Exam Paper
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Edexcel Certificate Edexcel International GCSE
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English Language A
Paper 1
Thursday 10 January 2013 – Morning Time: 2 hours 15 minutes
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Paper Reference
KEA0/01 4EA0/01
Total Marks
Instructions
Use black ink or ball-point pen. Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name, centre number and candidate number. Answer all questions. Answer the questions in the spaces provided – there may be more space than you need.
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The total mark for this paper is 60. The marks for each question are shown in brackets – use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question. The quality of written communication will be assessed in your responses to Sections B and C – you should take particular care on these questions with your spelling, punctuation and grammar, as well as the clarity of expression. Copies of the Edexcel Anthology for IGCSE and Certificate Qualifications in English Language and Literature may not be brought into the examination. Dictionaries may not be used in this examination.
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Read each question carefully before you start to answer it. Keep an eye on the time. Try to answer every question. Check your answers if you have time at the end. Turn over
P41521A
©2013 Pearson Education Ltd.
*P41521A0120*
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Section A: Reading You should spend about 45 minutes on this section. Read the following passage carefully and then answer the questions which follow. In this passage, the writer describes how he returns to Soche Hill School in Africa where he was a volunteer teacher. A Disappointing Return! I had been imagining this return trip down the narrow track to Soche Hill for many years. Some trips mean so much to us that we rehearse them obsessively in our head, in delicious anticipation. It was a homecoming more important to me than going back to Medford where I had grown up. Instead
Surname Other names
Edexcel Certificate Edexcel International GCSE
Centre Number
Candidate Number
English Language A
Paper 1
Thursday 10 January 2013 – Morning Time: 2 hours 15 minutes
You must have: Insert (enclosed)
Paper Reference
KEA0/01 4EA0/01
Total Marks
Instructions
Use black ink or ball-point pen. Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name, centre number and candidate number. Answer all questions. Answer the questions in the spaces provided – there may be more space than you need.
Information
The total mark for this paper is 60. The marks for each question are shown in brackets – use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question. The quality of written communication will be assessed in your responses to Sections B and C – you should take particular care on these questions with your spelling, punctuation and grammar, as well as the clarity of expression. Copies of the Edexcel Anthology for IGCSE and Certificate Qualifications in English Language and Literature may not be brought into the examination. Dictionaries may not be used in this examination.
Advice
Read each question carefully before you start to answer it. Keep an eye on the time. Try to answer every question. Check your answers if you have time at the end. Turn over
P41521A
©2013 Pearson Education Ltd.
*P41521A0120*
1/1/1/1/1
Section A: Reading You should spend about 45 minutes on this section. Read the following passage carefully and then answer the questions which follow. In this passage, the writer describes how he returns to Soche Hill School in Africa where he was a volunteer teacher. A Disappointing Return! I had been imagining this return trip down the narrow track to Soche Hill for many years. Some trips mean so much to us that we rehearse them obsessively in our head, in delicious anticipation. It was a homecoming more important to me than going back to Medford where I had grown up. Instead