Cambridge A Level Arabic - Language (AS Level only) 8680 — 2018 Oct/Nov Paper 2 · Variant 1
8680/21/O/N/18 · 70 marks · ≈79 min
The question paper and its mark scheme, free to read here and free to download. This is Cambridge’s own paper, exactly as it was sat.
Question paper12 pages












Mark scheme9 pages
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Question paper, page 1
This document consists of 9 printed pages, 3 blank pages and 1 Insert. DC (KS) 174242 © UCLES 2018 [Turn over Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge International Advanced Subsidiary Level * 1 4 1 7 6 5 6 1 7 3 * ARABIC LANGUAGE 8680/21 Paper 2 Reading and Writing October/November 2018 1 hour 45 minutes Candidates answer on the Question Paper. No Additional Materials are required. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number, candidate number and name in the spaces at the top of this page. Write in dark blue or black pen. Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES. Answer all questions in Arabic in the spaces provided. Dictionaries are not permitted. You should keep to any word limits given in the questions. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
Question paper, page 2
2 8680/21/O/N/18 © UCLES 2018 1 3 1 2 1 1 (a) … [1]… (b) … [1]… (c) … [1]… (d) … [1]… (e) … [1]… 5
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3 8680/21/O/N/18 © UCLES 2018 [Turn over 2 (a) … [1]… (b) … [1]… (c) … [1]… (d) … [1]… (e) … [1]… 5
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4 8680/21/O/N/18 © UCLES 2018 1 5 3 20 5 15 (a) … … [2]… (b) … … [2]… (c) … … [2]… (d) … … … [3]… (e) … … [2]…
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5 8680/21/O/N/18 © UCLES 2018 [Turn over (f) … … [2]… (g) … … [2]… 20
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6 8680/21/O/N/18 © UCLES 2018 2 5 4 2 5 2 4 20 5 15 (a) … … [2]… (b) … … [2]… (c) … … [2]… (d) … … … [3]… (e) … … [2]…
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7 8680/21/O/N/18 © UCLES 2018 [Turn over (f) … … [2]… (g) … … [2]… 20
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8 8680/21/O/N/18 © UCLES 2018 5 140 5 b a 20 5 15 [10] (a) [5] (b) … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …
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Mark scheme, page 1
This document consists of 9 printed pages. © UCLES 2018 [Turn over Cambridge Assessment International Education Cambridge International Advanced Subsidiary Level ARABIC LANGUAGE 8680/21 Paper 2 Reading and Writing October/November 2018 MARK SCHEME Maximum Mark: 70 Published This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began, which would have considered the acceptability of alternative answers. Mark schemes should be read in conjunction with the question paper and the Principal Examiner Report for Teachers. Cambridge International will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes. Cambridge International is publishing the mark schemes for the October/November 2018 series for most Cambridge IGCSE™, Cambridge International A and AS Level components and some Cambridge O Level components.
Mark scheme, page 2
8680/21 Cambridge International AS Level – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 2 of 9 Generic Marking Principles These general marking principles must be applied by all examiners when marking candidate answers. They should be applied alongside the specific content of the mark scheme or generic level descriptors for a question. Each question paper and mark scheme will also comply with these marking principles. GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 1: Marks must be awarded in line with: • the specific content of the mark scheme or the generic level descriptors for the question • the specific skills defined in the mark scheme or in the generic level descriptors for the question • the standard of response required by a candidate as exemplified by the standardisation scripts. GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 2: Marks awarded are always whole marks (not half marks, or other fractions). GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 3: Marks must be awarded positively: • marks are awarded for correct/valid answers, as defined in the mark scheme. However, credit is given for valid answers which go beyond the scope of the syllabus and mark scheme, referring to your Team Leader as appropriate • marks are awarded when candidates clearly demonstrate what they know and can do • marks are not deducted for errors • marks are not deducted for omissions • answers should only be judged on the quality of spelling, punctuation and grammar when these features are specifically assessed by the question as indicated by the mark scheme. The meaning, however, should be unambiguous. GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 4: Rules must be applied consistently e.g. in situations where candidates have not followed instructions or in the application of generic level descriptors.
Mark scheme, page 3
8680/21 Cambridge International AS Level – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 3 of 9 GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 5: Marks should be awarded using the full range of marks defined in the mark scheme for the question (however; the use of the full mark range may be limited according to the quality of the candidate responses seen). GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 6: Marks awarded are based solely on the requirements as defined in the mark scheme. Marks should not be awarded with grade thresholds or grade descriptors in mind.
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8680/21 Cambridge International AS Level – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 4 of 9 Question Answer Marks Guidance 1(a) ŶЧ±ś ·ÃƂŬ 1 1(b) ¯§¯Ãƅ§ ©Ì²Ÿƈƅ§ ¨ţƅ§ 1 1(c) řƔƅ§Ãśƈ řŸŗŕśśƈ 1 1(d) ÁŕƄƈ ¿ŕŠƈ 1 1(e) ©ÃŠž ©±ſţ 1 Question Answer Marks Guidance 2(a) .ÁƔśƔÃƁ ¿Ÿž ƓśÌ¯± ªŝ¯ţ£ 2(b) ªŕƂƆ·Ɗƈƅ§ ¯ŬŠƔ Űƅ§ ¼±Űśƅ§ Ɠž ŢŲśś .řƔ±Ƅſƅ§ 2(c) .ÅÃŬ ¾ÃƆŬ ƌƆŸƅ 2(d) .řŲƁŕƊƈ ÆƛŕŸž£ §Ã̯¤Ɣ Àƅ 2(e) .¿ŕƔŠƗ§ ÁƔŗ ©ÌÃƎƅ§ ÉÁ±ÌÃŰśƔ ªŕÌŰśŦƈƅ§
Mark scheme, page 5
8680/21 Cambridge International AS Level – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 5 of 9 Question Answer Marks Guidance 3(a) ŗƒŵœƆřŞƙ¦ ©œſƚŶƃ¦ °œƒƌƈ¦ 1 ¨®š¦Âƃ¦ ŗƄőœŶƃ¦ œŰŵ¢ Àƒŕ ¨®ÂƆƃ¦ °Ů¦Â¢ ½ƂŽř 1 . .°œźŮƃ¦ ¾ƒŞÂ °œŕƂƃ¦ ¾ƒŞ Àƒŕ ¸¦°Ů :¾ŕƀƒÂ 2 3(b) ¾ŶŞ .®¦®Şƕ¦Â œŕƓ¦ œƌż°Ŷƒ ¿ƃ °ƒƒœŶƆ ¦°œƂż¢Â œƆƒſ ÀÂƈŕřƒ §œŕŬƃ¦ 1 ¿Âƒƃ¦ /Ƒƃœšƃ¦ °ŮŶƃ¦ Ƒż 1 2 3(c) œƈŕƕ¦Â œŕƓ¦ Àƒŕ ©œſƚŶƃ¦ ¾ƂŬ 1 .ŗƒ°ƂŽƃ¦ ©œƀƄ¶ƈƆƃ¦ ®ŪŞř Ƒřƃ¦ ©œż°Ůřƃ¦ 1 2 3(d) »ƄŤřƃ¦ 1 Àƒ®ƒƄƀř ) (§°Ŭ °Ƌ®ƃ¦ ƊƒƄŵ ¾Ƃ¢ Ŵſ¦Â Ƒż ÀÂƄƆœŶřƒ /¼ƒŰ ±ƒš Ƒż ÀÂŬƒŶƒ 1 ÀÂƀƄźƈƆ 1 3 3(e) (§œŕŬƃ¦ ¾ƒŞÂ œŕƓ¦ ¾ƒŞ) ÀƒƄƒŞƃ¦ Àƒŕ ¸¦°Ů ŗſƚŵ ŋŬƈřŪ 1 .°œŕƂƃ¦ Àŵ ¦Å®ƒŶŕ ƏƀŕƒŪ °œźŮƃ¦ ¾ƒŞ À¢ ðƒ 1 2 3(f) ŗƒƃƚƀřŪƙ¦ 1 °ŮœŶƆ ÂƋ œƆ ¾Ƃ ¦°Â ƑŶŪƃ¦ /ŗƒÂſ ¨±ƒƆřƆ ŗƒŮŤŬ œƈŕ 1 2
Mark scheme, page 6
8680/21 Cambridge International AS Level – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 6 of 9 Question Answer Marks Guidance 3(g) °ƒŹ ¿Ƌ°œƂż¢ /µż°ƃ¦ ¢ ®œƈŶƃ¦ ¢ °ÂŮƀƃœŕ ¿ƌƆœƌřœŕ ½ƃ¯Â .ŗƒÂŪ °ƒŹÂ ŗŞŰœƈ 1 Ɗřƒŵ°ŬƆ »ƚřŤƙ¦ ¼š °œƂƈ¤ ŗƆ±¢ /¼ƚŤ¢ ŗƆ±¢ ¢ ŗƀś ŗƆ±¢ ©Ūƒƃ 1 ]:©œŞ°®Ƅƃ ƑƄƂƃ¦ ¸ÂƆŞƆƃ¦ 15 + 5 = 20 [ 2 Question Answer Marks Guidance 4(a) .ŗƆ¢ ŗƒƕ ŗƒ°Ŭŕƃ¦ ¨Â°śƃ¦ ¿ƌƈƕ 1 .©œŶƆřŞƆƂ œƌƃ ¢ §œŕŬƂ ¿ƌƃ °Ƌ¦± ¾ŕƀřŪƆ ÀœƆŰƃ 1 2 4(b) .²Ɔƕ¦ œƈŕƕ ¨°°ƂƆ «¯œƆƈ ¦ÂŪƒƃ ¿Âƒƃ¦ œƈŕ¢ Àƕ 1 ŗƒ°ƂŽƃ¦ ¿ƌř¦°®ſ ¿ƌŪŽƈ¢ ©œŕśƗ ¾ŕƀřŪƆƃ¦Â ¿Âƒƃ¦ ¾œƒŞƕ ¾œŞƆƃ¦ œ¶ŵ¤ 1 2 4(c) ƏƄŵ ³ƒŶƒ ƑŰœƆƃ¦ ¾ƒŞƃ¦ Àŋŕ §œŕŬƃ¦ ®ƀřŶƒ .¾ƚ¶ƕ¦ 1 ÃÂřŪƆƃ¦ Ƒż ¶ËŕŤř ÀƆ Ƒƃœšƃ¦ ¾ƒŞƃ¦ Ƒż İރ œƆ ƊŕŞŶƒ ƙ ¼ŕœŪƃ¦ ¾ƒŞƃ¦ .ŗƒŵœƆřŞƙ¦ ¨œƒšƃ¦ Ƒż °ÂƋ®ř 1 2 4(d) ¾ƒŞƄƃ œčƒŶƒŕ¶ ¦Å®¦®řƆ¦ §œŕŬƃ¦ ¾ƒŞ À°ŕřŶƒ ¼ŕœŪƃ¦ ¾ƒŞƃ¦ §œšŮ¢ ®Şř ½ƈ¤ .¼ŕœŪƃ¦ 1 ½Ƅřŕ ƏƈźřƒÂ /¼ŕœŪƃ¦ ¾ƒŞƃ¦ §œšŮ¢ Ɗƀƀš œƆŕ Ƒƃœšƃ¦ ¾ƒŞƃ¦ °ŤřŽƒ .©¦±œŞƈƗ¦ 1 ƏƄŵ ŗ·żœšƆƃ¦ /ÀÂŪŪ£Ɔƃ¦ œŕƓ¦ ¿ƌƃ ƊƂ°ř įƃ¦ °ƒŕƂƃ¦ ª°Ɨ¦ ƏƄŵ ŗ·żœšƆƃ¦ .ŗƀŕœŪƃ¦ ©¦±œŞƈƙ¦ 1 3
Mark scheme, page 7
8680/21 Cambridge International AS Level – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 7 of 9 Question Answer Marks Guidance 4(e) ³œƀƈƃ¦ ŗƃœ¶ ƏƄŵ ©œŽƄƆƃ¦ ŴŰ /»œŽŬ ¥®œƋ °¦Âš Əƃ¤ ¸¦°Ůƃ¦ ¾ƒÂšř 1 ¾ƒŞ Ƒż ŝƆ®ƈř ¾œƒŞƕ¦ ¾ŶŞř À¢ œƌƈŋŬ ÀƆ ¾Ɔŵ ¶¶Ť Əƃ¤ »ƚŤƃ¦ ¾ƒÂšř .®š¦Â 1 2 4(f) ŗƀŕœŪƃ¦ ©¦±œŞƈƙ¦ ³œŵ ¾ƒŞ /ƑŰœƆƃ¦ ¾ƒŞÂ °Űœšƃ¦ ¾ƒŞ Àƒŕ ®šÂřƃ¦ 1 ¾œƒŞƕ¦ ŴƒƆŞ Àƒŕ ÅœƒŕœŞƒ¤ ÅœƈœŶř ®ËŪŞƒ ¼°ŬƆ ¾ŕƀřŪƆ ¼ƒƀšř Ƒż ŗŕʰ 1 2 4(g) Ɔ ¢ §ŶŮ ÀƒƄƒŞƃ¦ Àƒŕ œƀřƃƙ¦ °œƂżƕ¦Â ¥®œŕƆƃ¦ »ƚřŤ¦ / ¾ƒšřŪ . 1 œƈƆƄŪřŪ¦ ¦¯¦ ½ƃ¯Â §ƒ°ƀƃ¦ ¼żƕ¦ Ƒż ŗšŰ¦Â œƈőœƈŕ¢ ¨°œŪŤ §œŕŬƃ¦ ¾ƒŞ ¦°Ɠ 1 2
Mark scheme, page 8
8680/21 Cambridge International AS Level – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 8 of 9 Question Answer Marks Guidance 5(a) ´ƈƃ¦ °œƂż¢ 1 1 ±ƔƔŕŸƈà §Æ±ŕƄž£Ã ŕÆƈƔƁ ¨ŕŗŮƅ§ ƑƊŗśƔ ¨®ƒ®Ş .(¨ƔƅŕŬ§/½±·/¦¯ŕŗƈ) 2 Ê Ɠž ±ŕŗƄƅ§ ōŮƊ Ä®ƒƄƀř .¡ŕƊŗƗ§ ƌž±ŸƔ Àƅ 3 ¨ŕŗŮƅ§ ¾ÃƆŬ ÄÂŪ °ƒŹ .Ƌ±ŕƄž£ ¾ƅ°Ƅà 4 Áƈ řƅŕţ ¨ŕŗŮƅ§ ´ƔŸƔ ©œŕśƃ¦ ¿®ŵ ±ƔƔżśƅ§ )±ŕƄžƗ§Ã ¦¯ŕŗƈƅ§ Ɠž ¿ő¦®ƃ¦ (¨ŕŗŮƅ§ ±ŕƄž£ Ɠž 5 ²ƔƈśƔ ¡ŕŗƕ§ ¿ƔŠ »ƄŤřƃœŕ Ɠž ÁÃŮƔŸƔ) ¼ƒŰ ±ƒš ÁÃƆƈŕŸśƔÃ/ÀƅŕŸƅ§ Áƈ ¿Ƅ£ ŶƁ§Ã Ŷƈ Ɖ°ƒƒźř ÀƂƆƒ ƙ §°Ŭ °Ƌ®ƃ¦ ƊƒƄŵ ( 6 ɨŕŗŮƅ§ ±ŕŗƄƅ§ ÀŕƎś§ µż°ƃ¦Â¢ ®œƈŶƃ¦Â¢ °ÂŮƀƃœŕ 7 ±ŕŗƄƅ§ ¨ŕŗŮƅ§ ±ŗśŸƔ ÀƒƀƄźƈƆ .©¯Ɣ¯Šƅ§ ±ŕƄžƗ§Ã ŶƈśŠƈƅ§ ƑƆŷ ´ƈƃ¦ °œƂż¢ 2 1 ƅ§ ¿ƔŠƅ§ Áƈ Ɠƅŕţƅ§ ¿ƔŠƅ§ Ɠž űŠƔ ŕƈ ƌŗŠŸƔ ƛ ½ŗŕŬ ÃÂřŪƆƃ¦ Ƒż ¶ŕŤř 2 ŗƒŵœƆřŞƙ¦ ¨œƒšƃ¦ Ƒż °ÂƋ®ř . 3 ƑƆŷ ÁÃŮƔŸś ÀƄƊ¥ ÀƎƅ ÁÃƅÃƂƔ ©œƒ°Ƃ¯ƃ¦Â ¾ƚ¶ƕ¦ . 10
Mark scheme, page 9
8680/21 Cambridge International AS Level – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 9 of 9 Question Answer Marks Guidance 5(b) .(±Ɣ¯ƈƅ§ /řŗƆ·ƅ§ /ÁƔƈƆŸƈƅ§ ) ÁƔ±Ŧƕ§ À§±śţ§ .řƔŷ÷śƅ§Ã řƔ±ƔŦƅ§ ¿ŕƈŷƗ§ Ɠž řƄ±ŕŮƈƅ§ řŷÃƊśƈƅ§ ªŕƂŗŕŬƈƅ§ Ɠž řƄ±ŕŮƈƅ§ řƔƈƆŸƅ§Ã řƔŲŕƔ±ƅ§ ªŕƂŗŕŬƈƅ§ :¿ŝƈ .ŕƍ±ƔŻÃ řƔžŕƂŝƅ§Ã .řƔƅ²Ɗƈƅ§ ¶Ã±ſƅ§Ã řƔŬ±¯ƈƅ§ ªŕŗŠ§Ãƅŕŗ Àŕƈśƍƛ§ .ŕƎŷŕŗś§Ã řƈ¸ƊƗ§Ã ÁƔƊ§ÃƂƅ§ À§±śţ§ .À§Ã¯ƅ§ ªŕƁÃōŗ À§²śƅƛ§ .ªŕб¯ƅ§ ƑƆŷ£ ƑƆŷ ¿ÃŰţƅ§Ã ½Ãſśƅ§ ÄÃśţƈƆƅ 15 řżƆƅ§ ©¯ÃŠƅ 5 5
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Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2018 Oct/Nov, Paper 2 · Variant 1. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.