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FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH 0500/12

Paper 1 Reading February/March 2025

2 hours

You must answer on the question paper.

You will need: Insert (enclosed)

INSTRUCTIONS
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● The total mark for this paper is 80.
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● The insert contains the reading texts.

This document has 16 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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Read Text A, Animals that migrate, in the insert and then answer Questions 1(a)–(e) on this question
paper.

Question 1

(a) Give two examples of animals which migrate (other than humpback whales) according to
paragraph 1.

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(b) Using your own words, explain what the text means by:

(i) ‘incredible endurance’ (line 5) ...........................................................................................

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(ii) ‘facilitated research’ (line 7). ..............................................................................................

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(c) Reread paragraph 2 (‘Despite … animal movement.’).

Give two ways in which migration differs from other types of animal movement.

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(d) Reread paragraphs 3 and 4 (‘Astonished … GPS-tagged zebras.’).

(i) Identify two things scientists had to do before they were able to study how far the plains
zebras travelled during migration.

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(ii) Explain what researchers in the second study did to test what might influence the
direction in which migrating zebras travelled.

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(e) Reread paragraph 5 (‘Preliminary … lead scientist.’).

Using your own words, explain why some people might not accept the findings of the study
as conclusive.

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Read Text B, Zozu’s story, in the insert, and answer Question 1(f) on this question paper.

(f) According to Text B, what are the reasons why changes to animal migrations have occurred
and why are these changes worrying?

You must use continuous writing (not note form) and use your own words as far as
possible.

Your summary should not be more than 120 words.

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Read Text C, The last migration, in the insert and then answer Questions 2(a)–(d) on this question
paper.

Question 2

(a) Identify a word or phrase from the text which suggests the same idea as the words
underlined:

(i) The vehicle that Lotta hired was inexpensive.

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(ii) Seeing the flashing signals on the computer screen stops Lotta worrying that the trackers
will not work.

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(iii) Even though there are still a few bird species left alive, there is no longer any money
available to pay for scientists to study them.

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(iv) Lotta explains how the migrating birds begin by taking different routes before they rejoin

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each other to find where the fish are.

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(b) Using your own words, explain what the writer means by each of the words underlined:

‘I’ve put trackers on three, but couldn’t afford cameras,’ I explain, doggedly following Ennis
back to his vessel. ‘They’ll only help to pinpoint where the birds fly. Someone needs to witness
how they survive, to learn. Take me south – we’ll follow them. If there are fish left, those birds
will find them.’

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(c) Use one example from the text below to explain how the writer suggests Lotta’s attitude to
the project.

Use your own words in your explanation.

I’m not sure when dreaming of this last desperate project began, but it’s part of me now as
much as the instinct for breath. It swallowed me whole – a fantasy quest, securing a place
on a fishing vessel and having its captain carry me far south following the longest natural
migration of any living creature.

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• Paragraph 1 begins ‘I’m watching …’ and is about the actions of Lotta and the bird.
• Paragraph 13 begins ‘Months later …’ and is about what Ennis and Lotta discover when
they land at the end of their journey.

Explain how the writer uses language to convey meaning and to create effect in these
paragraphs. Choose three examples of words or phrases from each paragraph to support
your answer. Your choices should include the use of imagery.

Write about 200 to 300 words.

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Reread Text C, The last migration, in the insert and then answer Question 3 on this question paper.

Question 3

You are a journalist. You have interviewed Ennis and Lotta months after they have returned from
their trip. You write a magazine article about Lotta’s research project and the conservation work
they are both now involved in.

In your article, you should:

• describe what Lotta did to prepare for the research project and the challenges Lotta faced

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• explain why Lotta needed Ennis’s help with the project and why Ennis decided to help Lotta
• explain how Ennis and Lotta felt about what happened on their journey and the changes they
hope to bring about in the future.

Write the words of the article.

Base your article on what you have read in Text C, but be careful to use your own words. Address
each of the three bullets.

Write about 250 to 350 words.

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