Cambridge A Level Chinese (A Level only) 9715 — 2017 Oct/Nov Paper 3 · Variant 3
9715/33/O/N/17 · 40 marks · ≈45 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.
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Question paper, page 1
CHINESE 9715/33 Paper 3 Essay October/November 2017 1 hour 30 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 one question in Chinese in the space provided. Dictionaries are not permitted. You should write between 250 and 400 characters. Your essay will be marked out of 40 with 16 marks for Content and 24 marks for Quality of Language. 请先阅读以下提示 请在本页上方的空格内填写考试中心编号、考生号和考生姓名。 用深蓝色或黑色笔填写和答题。 不要使用订书针、回形针、胶水或涂改液。 不要在条码上写字。 从题目中任选一题,并用中文在所提供的答题纸上进行回答。 考试中不得使用字典。 汉字字数限制在 250 和 400 之间。 本卷总分为 40 分,其中文章内容占 16 分,语言质量占 24 分。 Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge |nternational Advanced Level This document consists of 4 printed pages. NL 131982 © UCLES 2017 [Turn over * 2 6 5 6 3 1 7 9 2 1 *
Question paper, page 2
2 9715/33/O/N/17 © UCLES 2017 下列题目,选择其中一个。250 至 400 个字。 1 饮食 请谈谈为什么绿色饮食越来越流行。 2 机会均等 一个人的体貌对其就业有什么影响? 3 体育 “体育课应该是所有学生的必修课。”请讨论。 4 社会和经济发展 请谈谈民工给中国经济发展带来的作用。 5 生态保护 如果你只能保护一种生物,那会是什么?为什么?
Question paper, page 3
3 9715/33/O/N/17 © UCLES 2017 [Turn over 请把所选作文题号写在这里: 100 200 300
Question paper, page 4
4 9715/33/O/N/17 © UCLES 2017 Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity. To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced online in the Cambridge International Examinations Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download at www.cie.org.uk after the live examination series. Cambridge International Examinations is part of the Cambridge Assessment Group. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is itself a department of the University of Cambridge. 400 500 600 700
Mark scheme, page 1
® IGCSE is a registered trademark. This document consists of 2 printed pages. © UCLES 2017 [Turn over Cambridge Assessment International Education Cambridge International Advanced Level CHINESE 9715/33 Paper 3 Essay October/November 2017 MARK SCHEME Maximum Mark: 40 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 2017 series for most Cambridge IGCSE®, Cambridge International A and AS Level components and some Cambridge O Level components.
Mark scheme, page 2
9715/33 Cambridge International A Level – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 2 of 2 COMPONENT 3: Essay Essays which address the broad topic area but relate to the exact essay title/question only in places will be awarded content marks in the ‘poor’ band, with access to the full range of marks for language. Essays which address the broad topic area but do not relate in any way to the exact essay title/question will be awarded 0 marks for content and 0 marks for language. Language (24 marks) Content (16 marks) 21–24 Very good Confident use of complex sentence patterns, generally accurate, extensive vocabulary, good sense of idiom. 14–16 Very good Detailed, clearly relevant and well illustrated; coherently argued and structured. 16–20 Good Generally sound grasp of grammar in spite of quite a few lapses; reads reasonably; some attempt at varied vocabulary. 11–13 Good Sound knowledge and generally relevant; some ability to develop argument and draw conclusions. 10–15 Adequate A tendency to be simple, clumsy or laboured; some degree of accuracy; inappropriate use of idiom. 7–10 Adequate Some knowledge, but not always relevant; a more limited capacity to argue. 5–9 Poor Consistently simple or pedestrian sentence patterns with persistent errors; limited vocabulary. 3–6 Poor Some attempt at argument, tends to be sketchy or unspecific; little attempt to structure an argument; major misunderstanding of question. 0–4 Very poor Only the simplest sentence patterns, little evidence of grammatical awareness, very limited vocabulary. 0–2 Very poor Vague and general, ideas presented at random.
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Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2017 Oct/Nov, Paper 3 · Variant 3. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.