Cambridge IGCSE Chinese - First Language 0509 — 2006 May/June Paper 2 · Variant 1
0509/21/M/J/06
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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education FIRST LANGUAGE CHINESE 0509/02 Paper 2 Reading and Directed Writing May/June 2006 2 hours 15 minutes Additional Materials: Answer Booklet/Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet, follow the instructions on the front 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, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Answer all questions. The passages and questions on this question paper are printed twice, once in traditional and once in simplified characters. If you wish to read them in traditional characters, turn to page 2; if you wish to read them in simplified characters, turn to page 6. You may write your answers in either traditional or simplified characters. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. This document consists of 9 printed pages and 3 blank pages. (NL) T05814/3 [Turn over © UCLES 2006 www.XtremePapers.com
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© UCLES 2006 2 0509/2/M/J/06 PASSAGES AND QUESTIONS IN TRADITIONAL CHARACTERS [ ]
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