Cambridge A Level Chinese - Language (AS Level only) 8681 — 2014 Oct/Nov Paper 3 · Variant 1
8681/31/O/N/14 · 40 marks · ≈45 min
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Question paper, page 1
CHINESE LANGUAGE 8681/31 Paper 3 Essay October/November 2014 1 hour 30 minutes Additional Materials: Answer Booklet/Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet, follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. 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. 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. Dictionaries are not permitted. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. All questions in this paper carry equal marks. ㄨ乬Пࠡˈ䇋ܜҨ㒚䯙䇏ҹϟᦤ⼎DŽ བᵰᏆ㒣থ㒭Դㄨ乬㒌ˈ䇋ᣝㄨ乬㒌ᇕ义Ϟⱘᦤ⼎᪡DŽ 䇋᠔᳝㽕∖ϞѸⱘᴤ᭭Ϟℷ⹂฿ݭ㗗䆩Ёᖗ㓪োǃ㗗⫳ো㗗⫳ྦྷৡDŽ ⫼⏅㪱㡆咥㡆䩶ヨ฿ݭㄨ乬DŽ ϡ㽕Փ⫼䅶к䩜ǃಲᔶ䩜ǃ㛊∈⍖ᬍ⎆DŽ 䇋࣓ӏԩᴵⷕϞкݭDŽ া乏ಲㄨ݊ЁϔϾ䯂乬DŽ䇋⫼Ё᭛ಲㄨDŽ ∝ᄫᄫ᭄䰤ࠊ 250 400 П䯈DŽ ᴀोᘏߚЎ 40 ߚˈ݊Ё᭛ゴݙᆍऴ 16 ߚˈ䇁㿔䋼䞣ऴ 24 ߚDŽ 㗗䆩ЁϡᕫՓ⫼ᄫDŽ 㗗䆩㒧ᴳৢˈ䇋ᭈ⧚ད᠔᳝ㄨ乬㒌ˈᑊᅝܼᴳϔ䍋DŽ ᴀो↣䘧乬ⱘߚؐⳌৠDŽ Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge International Advanced Subsidiary Level This document consists of 2 printed pages. DC (CW) 99935 © UCLES 2014 [Turn over * 3 0 8 7 6 7 8 8 5 0 *
Question paper, page 2
2 8681/31/O/N/14 © UCLES 2014 ϟ߫乬Ⳃˈ䗝ᢽ݊ЁϔϾDŽ250 – 400 ϾᄫDŽ 1 ҎϢҎП䯈 㔥㒰ᢝ䖥њҎϢҎП䯈ⱘ䎱⾏DŽԴৠᛣ৫˛ 2 ජе⫳⌏ Ё↣ᑈ᳝ϞғҎࡴܹ䖤ⱘ㸠߫DŽ䇋䅼䆎ЎҔМӮ᳝䖭ḋⱘ⦄䈵DŽ 3 စФӥ䯆 䴦ᇥᑈ↨៤ᑈҎᑌ⽣ˈЎҪӀϡ䳔㽕Ўᆊᒁᡓᢙय़DŽԴৠᛣ৫˛䇋䅼䆎DŽ 4 ѝϢᑇ ᳝Ҏ䇈ˈᣓᴀ㒇Ҏⱘ䪅এ㓈ᡸ߿ⱘᅝܼᰃϡᯢᱎⱘDŽԴᗢМⳟ˛ 5 ⦃๗ থሩϔϾഄऎⱘ㒣⌢ᖙ✊Ӯ㒭ഄᮍ⦃๗ᏺᴹ䋳䴶ᕅડDŽԴৠᛣ৫˛䇋䅼䆎DŽ 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. 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.
What you needed in this session
Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2014 Oct/Nov, Paper 3 · Variant 1. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.