Cambridge IGCSE Chinese - First Language 0509 — 2015 May/June Paper 1 · Variant 2
0509/12/M/J/15 · 50 marks · ≈56 min
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Question paper, page 1
This document consists of 9 printed pages, 3 blank pages and 1 Insert. DC (ST) 108721/1 © UCLES 2015 [Turn over FIRST LANGUAGE CHINESE 0509/12 Paper 1 Reading May/June 2015 2 hours 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 the spaces provided. The 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. Dictionaries are not permitted. The Insert contains the reading passages. The Insert is not assessed by the Examiner. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education * 6 6 5 6 3 3 8 3 8 3 * ፝ӒᎨпίᇴ݃ 婳㈲侫娎ᷕ⽫䶐嘇ǃ侫䓇嘇⥻⎵⮓⛐㛔枩ᶲ㕡䘬䨢㟤ᷕDŽ 婳䓐㶙啵刚ㆾ侭湹刚䫮䫼⌟DŽ 婳ᶵ天䓐妪㚠憀ǃ㚚⇍憅ǃ先㯜ㆾ侭⟿㓡㵚DŽ 婳ᶵ天⛐ảỽ㡅⼊䡤ᶲ⟿⮓⫿嶉DŽ 娎⌟ᶲ䘬⓷柴ˈ㚱䷩橼䯉橼ℑ䧖䇰㛔DŽ劍天䷩橼⫿䇰ˈ婳侣⇘䫔Ḵ枩DŽ ขኡޚᇵངಖ 䈧ᢺ㘳䈅ѝᗳ㕆ਧǃ㘳⭏ਧ઼ဃ߉൘ᵜ亥кᯩⲴオṬѝDŽ 䈧⭘␡㬍㢢ᡆ㘵唁㢢ㅄㆄধDŽ 䈧н㾱⭘䇒Җ䪹ǃᴢ࡛䪸ǃ㜦≤ᡆ㘵⎲᭩⏢DŽ 䈧н㾱൘ԫօᶑᖒ⸱к⎲߉ᆇ䘩DŽ 䈅ধкⲴ䰞仈ˈᴹ㑱փ઼ㆰփє⡸ᵜDŽ㤕㾱ㆰփᆇ⡸ˈ䈧㘫ࡠㅜޝ亥DŽ
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0509/12/M/J/15 © UCLES 2015 48(67,216,175$',7,21$/&+$5$&7(56 婳⚆䫼㚱⓷柴ˈ㈲䫼㟰⮓⛐娎⌟ᶲDŽ ⎗ẍ䓐䷩橼⫿ㆾ侭䯉橼⫿⚆䫼⓷柴DŽ ⛐侫娎ᷕᶵ⃩姙ἧ䓐⫿℠DŽ ㍺枩ᶲ䘬㗗教嬨䞕㔯DŽ侫⭀ᶵ㚫教嬨ㆾ侭姽⇌㍺枩DŽ 㭷ᶨ柴ㆾ侭㭷ᶨ⮷柴䘬↮㔠⛐℞⼴朊䘬㊔嘇ŜġŞ墉DŽ ಒΚഌϸ 婳教嬨㍺枩ᶲ䘬䞕㔯ᶨˈ䃞⎶⛐娎⌟ᶲ⚆䫼䫔ᶨ柴DŽ ⓷柴 D 慵嬨䞕㔯䫔ᶨ㭝ˈ嫃ᶨ嫃⮵ㆸ≇Ṣ⢓䘬婧㞍栗䣢↢˖ L ṾᾹ䘬冒ᾉ⽫橼䎦⛐⒒ṃ㕡朊˗ >@ LL ṾᾹ℞ṾṢ㚨⣏䘬ⶖ䔘㗗ṨᷰDŽ >@ E 慵嬨䞕㔯䫔Ḵ㭝ˈ婳䓐冒䘬娙妋慳ᶨᶳẍᶳ娆䳬㗗Ṩᷰシ⿅DŽ ġ ġ ġġġɀ嫁嫁⏃⫸ >@ F 慵嬨䞕㔯䫔Ḵ㭝ˈ嫃ᶨ嫃˖ L Ṩᷰ㧋䘬Ṣ㚫塓娵䁢㗗䉪⤬ᷳ⼺˗ >@ LL 忁䧖奨⾝ⷞἮ⒒䧖屈朊⼙枧DŽ >@
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0509/12/M/J/15 © UCLES 2015 [Turn over G 慵嬨䞕㔯䫔Ḵ㭝ˈ嫃ᶨ嫃嫁嫁⏃⫸䘬㔯⊾䴎ᷕ⚳⬠䓇ⷞἮḮṨᷰ㧋䘬⼙枧DŽ >@ H 慵嬨䞕㔯䫔ᶱ㭝ˈ嫃ᶨ嫃䁢Ṩᷰ婒⣏⣂㔠Ṣ悥ㅱ娚⮵冒㚱ᾉ⽫DŽ >@ I 慵嬨䞕㔯䫔ᶱ㭝ˈ嫃ᶨ嫃ἄ侭䁢Ṩᷰ㍸⇘䔒劬DŽ >@ J ⽆䞕㔯䫔⚃㭝⎗ẍ䚳↢䷥㗗婒Āㆹᶵ埴ā䘬Ṣ㚱ᶱ⾽ˈṾᾹ悥⾽Ṩᷰ烎 >@ K 慵嬨䞕㔯䫔Ḽ㭝ˈ嫃ᶨ嫃ἄ侭䓐ṨᷰἮ嫱㖶ᾉ⽫䘬慵天⿏DŽ >@ L 慵嬨䞕㔯䫔ℕ㭝ˈ嫃ᶨ嫃ㆸ≇䘬䫔ᶨ㬍㗗ṨᷰDŽ >@ >婆妨䘬䱦䡢˖@ >䷥↮˖@
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0509/12/M/J/15 © UCLES 2015 ಒΡഌϸ 婳教嬨㍺枩ᶲ䘬䞕㔯Ḵˈ䃞⎶⛐娎⌟ᶲ⚆䫼䫔Ḵ柴DŽ ⓷柴 㟡㒂㍺枩ᷕℑ䭯㔯䪈䘬ℏ⭡ˈ䓐冒䘬娙䯉徘ᶨᶳ˖ ± 䁢Ṩᷰ婒䚠ᾉ冒朆ⷠ慵天˗ ± ⤪ỽἧ冒ㆸ䁢ᶨᾳ冒ᾉ䘬ṢDŽ 炷⫿㔠⫿ⶎ⎛炸 >ℏ⭡˖↮@ >婆妨䘬岒慷˖↮@
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0509/12/M/J/15 © UCLES 2015 48(67,216,16,03/,),('&+$5$&7(56 䈧എㆄᡰᴹ䰞仈ˈᢺㆄṸ߉൘䈅ধкDŽ ਟԕ⭘㑱փᆇᡆ㘵ㆰփᆇഎㆄ䰞仈DŽ ൘㘳䈅ѝнݱ䇨֯⭘ᆇިDŽ ᨂ亥кⲴᱟ䰵䈫⸝᮷DŽ㘳ᇈнՊ䰵䈫ᡆ㘵䇴ࡔᨂ亥DŽ ⇿а仈ᡆ㘵⇿аሿ仈Ⲵ࠶ᮠ൘ަਾ䶒Ⲵᤜਧ> @䟼DŽ ݕᇜؠࠍ 䈧䰵䈫ᨂ亥кⲴ⸝᮷аˈ❦ਾ൘䈅ধкഎㆄㅜа仈DŽ 䰞仈 D 䟽䈫⸝᮷ㅜа⇥ˈ䇢а䇢ሩᡀ࣏Ӫ༛Ⲵ䈳ḕᱮ⽪ࠪ˖ L ԆԜⲴ㠚ؑᗳփ⧠൘ଚӋᯩ䶒˗ >@ LL ԆԜ઼ަԆӪᴰབྷⲴᐞᔲᱟӰѸDŽ >@ E 䟽䈫⸝᮷ㅜҼ⇥ˈ䈧⭘㠚ᐡⲴ䈍䀓䟺алԕл䇽㓴ᱟӰѸᙍDŽ ġ ġ ġġġɀ䉖䉖ੋᆀ >@ F 䟽䈫⸝᮷ㅜҼ⇥ˈ䇢а䇢˖ L ӰѸṧⲴӪՊ㻛䇔Ѫᱟ⣲ྴѻᗂ˗ >@ LL 䘉㿲ᘥᑖᶕଚ䍏䶒ᖡ૽DŽ >@
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0509/12/M/J/15 © UCLES 2015 [Turn over G 䟽䈫⸝᮷ㅜҼ⇥ˈ䇢а䇢䉖䉖ੋᆀⲴ᮷ॆ㔉ѝഭᆖ⭏ᑖᶕҶӰѸṧⲴᖡ૽DŽ >@ H 䟽䈫⸝᮷ㅜй⇥ˈ䇢а䇢ѪӰѸ䈤བྷཊᮠӪ䜭ᓄ䈕ሩ㠚ᐡᴹؑᗳDŽ >@ I 䟽䈫⸝᮷ㅜй⇥ˈ䇢а䇢㘵ѪӰѸᨀࡠ⮚㤴DŽ >@ J Ӿ⸝᮷ㅜഋ⇥ਟԕⴻࠪᙫᱟ䈤Āᡁн㹼āⲴӪᴹйᙅˈԆԜ䜭ᙅӰѸ˛ >@ K 䟽䈫⸝᮷ㅜӄ⇥ˈ䇢а䇢㘵⭘ӰѸᶕ䇱᰾ؑᗳⲴ䟽㾱ᙗDŽ >@ L 䟽䈫⸝᮷ㅜޝ⇥ˈ䇢а䇢ᡀ࣏Ⲵㅜа↕ᱟӰѸDŽ >@ >䈝䀰Ⲵ㋮⺞˖@ >ᙫ࠶˖@
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0509/12/M/J/15 © UCLES 2015 ݕߗؠࠍ 䈧䰵䈫ᨂ亥кⲴ⸝᮷Ҽˈ❦ਾ൘䈅ধкഎㆄㅜҼ仈DŽ 䰞仈 ṩᦞᨂ亥ѝєㇷ᮷ㄐⲴᇩˈ⭘㠚ᐡⲴ䈍ㆰ䘠ал˖ ² ѪӰѸ䈤ؑ㠚ᐡ䶎ᑨ䟽㾱˗ ² ྲօ֯㠚ᐡᡀѪањ㠚ؑⲴӪDŽ ˄ᆇᮨᆇᐖਣ˅ >ᇩ˖↮@ >䈝䀰Ⲵ䍘䟿˖࠶@
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Mark scheme, page 1
® IGCSE is the registered trademark of Cambridge International Examinations. CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2015 series 0509 FIRST LANGUAGE CHINESE 0509/12 Paper 1 (Reading), maximum raw mark 50 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 will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes. Cambridge is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2015 series for most Cambridge IGCSE®, Cambridge International A and AS Level components and some Cambridge O Level components.
Mark scheme, page 2
Page 2 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper Cambridge IGCSE – May/June 2015 0509 12 © Cambridge International Examinations 2015 Section 1 • 20 marks will be available for Reading: these will be awarded according to the detailed mark scheme below. • 5 marks will be available for Writing (see table below). Accept Mark Reject 1 (a) (i) 他们有“我能行”的成功意识 (1) 他们(有)不怕失败(的自信心)(1) 不盲目崇拜权威 (1) [3] 如果没有‘我能行’不给分 (ii) 性格(不同) [1] (b) 任何正确的解释:(只要有‘谦虚’) [1] (c) (i) 常发表自己的见解 (1) 不总是同意别人的看法 (1) [2] (ii) 会扼杀创新精神 [1] (d) 盲目相信书本/不会批判性地分析问题 (1) 太听老师/长者的话/言听计从 (1) [2] (e) 大家的智力差不多 (1) 大家的潜力都很大 (1) [2] (f) 人就和蕃茄一样/比喻/对比 (1) 也可以挖掘出潜力(只要有‘潜力’) (1) [2] (g) 怕压力 (1) 怕挑战 (1) 怕困难 /失败(1) [3] 大段完全抄写原文,从‘很不愿 意…..的可能性。 (h) 名人的事例/俞敏洪的事例 (1) 名言/海伦的话 (1) [2] (i) 敢想/有理想/我能行/克服我不行的态度(1) [1] [Total: 20]
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Page 3 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper Cambridge IGCSE – May/June 2015 0509 12 © Cambridge International Examinations 2015 Writing: Accuracy of Language 5 (Excellent) Clear, carefully chosen language with complex syntax where appropriate. Varied, precise vocabulary. Hardly any or no technical errors. 4 (Good) Clear, appropriate language. Appropriate vocabulary. Few technical errors. 3 (Adequate) Language generally appropriate, but unsophisticated and generally simple syntax. Adequate vocabulary. Some technical errors. 2 (Weak) Unsophisticated language, not always appropriate. Very simple syntax with some clumsiness. Thin vocabulary. A number of technical errors. 1 (Poor) Thin, inappropriate use of language. Confused and obscure. Many errors.
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Page 4 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper Cambridge IGCSE – May/June 2015 0509 12 © Cambridge International Examinations 2015 Section 2 • 15 marks are available for reading: each relevant point extracted by the candidate from the texts is ticked (see below). A mark is awarded for each tick up to a maximum of 15 marks. • 10 marks are available for writing (see tables below). Possible content points are listed below. The list is not exhaustive and other relevant points may be accepted. 1 只有自信才能成功/有作为。 2 只有自信才能创新。 3 不随大流/不人云亦云。 4 只有自信才能不盲目崇拜权威。 5 不言听计从/只相信书本/批判性地分析问题。 6 只有自信才能发挥潜力。 7 只有自信才能不怕失败。 8 只有自信才能主动(学习)。 9 只有自信才能不怕压力/挑战/困难。 10 克服‘我不行’的消极态度,建立我能行的积极意识。 11 要有耐心。 12 要有学习/自学的能力。 13 要能够承认自己的不足。 14 要做足功课/充分准备。 15 要不懈努力。 16 要有真正的朋友。 17 不要追求完美。 [Total: 15]
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Page 5 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper Cambridge IGCSE – May/June 2015 0509 12 © Cambridge International Examinations 2015 Writing: Style and Organisation 5 (Excellent) Excellent expression and focus with assured use of own words. Good summary style with orderly grouping of ideas; excellent linkage. Answer has sense of purpose. 4 (Good) Good expression in recognisable summary style. Attempts to focus and to group ideas; good linkage. 3 (Adequate) Satisfactory expression in own words. Reasonably concise with some sense of order. Occasional lapses of focus. 2 (Weak) Limited expression but mostly in own words. Some sense of order but little sense of summary. Tendency to lose focus (e.g. by including some anecdote); thread not always easy to follow. 1 (Poor) Expression just adequate; maybe list-like. Considerable lifting; repetitive. Much irrelevance. Writing: Accuracy of Language 5 (Excellent) Clear, carefully chosen language with complex syntax where appropriate. Varied, precise vocabulary. Hardly any or no technical errors. 4 (Good) Clear, appropriate language. Appropriate vocabulary. Few technical errors. 3 (Adequate) Language generally appropriate, but unsophisticated and generally simple syntax. Adequate vocabulary. Some technical errors. 2 (Weak) Unsophisticated language, not always appropriate. Very simple syntax with some clumsiness. Thin vocabulary. A number of technical errors OR language is almost entirely lifted. 1 (Poor) Thin, inappropriate use of language. Confused and obscure. Many errors.
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Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2015 May/June, Paper 1 · Variant 2. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.