2024 Pearson Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE English Language 1EN0/02 PAPER 2: Contemporary Texts. With Marking Scheme Merged

2024 Pearson Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE English Language 1EN0/02 PAPER 2: Contemporary Texts. With Marking Scheme Merged Pearson Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9–1) Thursday 6 June 2024 reference 1EN2/02 Morning (Time: 1 hour 55 minutes) Paper English Language 2.0  PAPER 2: Contemporary Texts You must have: Total Marks Source Booklet (enclosed) 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 in Section A and ONE in Section B. • You should spend about 1 hour 10 minutes on Section A. • You should spend about 45 minutes on Section B. Answer the questions in the spaces provided – there may be more space than you need. Information • The total mark for this paper is 80. • The marks for each question are shown in brackets • – use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question. Questions labelled with an asterisk (*) are ones where the quality of your written communication will be assessed – you should take particular care on these questions with your spelling, punctuation and grammar, as well as the clarity of expression. Advice • Read each question carefully before you start to answer it. • Check your answers if you have time at the end. Turn over P75482A *P75482A0120* ©2024 Pearson Education Ltd. F:1/1/1/ SECTION A Reading You should spend about 1 hour 10 minutes on this section. Read Text 1 in the Source Booklet provided and answer Questions 1–2. Write your answers in the spaces provided. 1 From lines 1–8, identify one word or phrase that shows that Sam and Frodo are finding the journey difficult. .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... (Total for Question 1 = 1 mark) 2 Read this extract. He looked back, and then he looked up; and he was amazed to see how far his last effort had brought him. The Mountain standing ominous and alone had looked taller than it was. The confused and tumbled shoulders of its great base rose for maybe three thousand feet above the plain, and above them was reared half as high again its tall central cone, like a vast chimney capped with a jagged crater. As he looked up he would have given a shout, for amid the rugged humps above him he saw plainly a path or road. It climbed from the west and wound snakelike about the Mountain, until it reached the foot of the cone upon its eastern side. In the extract, how does the writer use language to show that Mount Doom is an unwelcoming place? Use examples from the extract and relevant subject terminology. 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(Total for Question 2 = 6 marks) *P75482A0320* 3 Turn over  Read Text 2 in the Source Booklet provided and answer Questions 3–4. Write your answers in the spaces provided. 3 Read this extract. We did not know that the altimeter1 was wrong; the crash site wasn’t at 7,000 feet, as we thought, but close to 12,000. Nor did we know that the mountain we were about to challenge was one of the highest in the Andes, soaring to the height of nearly 17,000 feet, with slopes so steep and difficult they would test a team of expert climbers. The three of us were climbing in street clothes, with only the crude tools we could fashion out of materials salvaged from the plane. Our bodies were ravaged from months of exhaustion, starvation and exposure. If we had known anything about climbing, we’d have seen we were already doomed. Luckily, we knew nothing: our ignorance provided our only chance. From the extract, identify one thing the writer mentions that suggests that the group were unprepared for their climb. .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... (Total for Question 3 = 1 mark) 4 The writer describes a group of survivors climbing to freedom. How does the writer try to interest and engage the reader? You should include: • the writer’s use of language • the writer’s use of structure • the effect on the reader. 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