Cambridge IGCSE Chinese (Mandarin) - Foreign Language 0547 — 2007 May/June Paper 4 · Variant 1

[Turn over 1 UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education *6727455886* READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST 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 Question 1(a) or Question 1(b) and Question 2. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. All questions in this paper carry equal marks. MANDARIN CHINESE 0547/04 Paper 4 Continuous Writing May/June 2007 1 hour 15 minutes Candidates answer on the Question Paper. No Additional Materials are required. This document consists of 4 printed pages. (NL) T27898/2 © UCLES 2007 [Turn over 1 2 Total For Examiner's Use www.XtremePapers.com

0547/04/M/J/07 2 © UCLES 2007 For Examiner's Use 1 下列题目,选择其中一个（1(a) 或者 1(b)）。写一百五十个字左右。 (a) 你上个月过生日。你爸爸送了你一只狗。请给奶奶写信告诉她。 信里说说： – 狗的样子、颜色等 – 你的狗喜欢吃什么 – 你跟它喜欢做些什么 – 你为什么很喜欢它。 or 或者 (b) 在你的国家，你最喜欢哪一个节日？请给笔友写信说一下你去年这个节 日过得怎么样。 信里谈谈： – 你跟谁一起过的节 – 你做了些什么 – 你吃了些什么 – 你为什么喜欢这个节日。

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0547/04/M/J/07 4 © UCLES 2007 For Examiner's Use 2 去年夏天你跟十个同学和两位老师一起去国外旅行。有一天你们一起参观了一个又 大又漂亮的公园。讲一讲你在公园看了些什么？那天发生了什么事？ 写一百五十个字左右。 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. University of 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. … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2007 question paper 0547 MANDARIN CHINESE (FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 0547/04 Paper 4 (Continuous Writing), 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. All Examiners are instructed that alternative correct answers and unexpected approaches in candidates’ scripts must be given marks that fairly reflect the relevant knowledge and skills demonstrated. Mark schemes must be read in conjunction with the question papers and the report on the examination. • CIE will not enter into discussions or correspondence in connection with these mark schemes. CIE is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2007 question papers for most IGCSE, GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level syllabuses and some Ordinary Level syllabuses. www.XtremePapers.com

Page 2 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2007 0547 04 © UCLES 2007 Each essay is marked out of 25, making a total of 50 marks awarded for the paper. Marks for each essay are awarded under the following headings: RELEVANT COMMUNICATION Q1 (a) Letter to granny about new dog: ticks will be awarded in the righthand margin up to a maximum of 5. 1 tick available for each of the 4 guidelines in the question and then 1 left over to be awarded for an appropriate beginning and ending to the letter. (b) Letter to penfriend about favourite festival in your country: ticks will be awarded in the righthand margin up to a maximum of 5. 1 tick available for each of the 4 guidelines/sub-questions in the question and then 1 left over to be awarded for an appropriate beginning and ending to the letter. Q2 Description of visit to park: this composition allows candidates to use their imagination. Ticks will be awarded in the righthand margin, up to a maximum of 5, for each point relevant to the description of the park and to what happened that day. ACCURACY The 15 marks for accuracy will be divided into: Accuracy of Characters: 5 marks 5 marks Highly accurate, with a wide range of characters including some more difficult or unusual ones correctly written, with occasional minor slips. 4 marks Not as consistently accurate nor as wide a range as the highest level, but a good range of characters attempted with easy and moderately easy characters correctly written. 3 marks A more limited range with most easy characters correctly written (or a wide range attempted with a lot of errors). 2 marks Substantially inaccurate despite several examples of correctly written characters. 1 mark Substantially inaccurate, with only isolated examples of correctly written characters. Accuracy of Grammar and Structures: 10 marks 10/9 marks Highly accurate including use of more complex structures, but with occasional minor slips. 8/7 marks Accurate in use of simpler structures, except for occasional more serious errors/more frequent slips. 6/5 marks Generally accurate, but with increased incidence of more serious errors (or an extremely limited range of structures). 4/3 marks Substantially inaccurate, despite several examples of accurate usage. 2/1 marks Substantially inaccurate, with only isolated examples of accurate usage.

Page 3 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2007 0547 04 © UCLES 2007 IMPRESSION The good candidate will be further rewarded for the use of 'extended' language in making the points of relevant communication, ie by using a range of vocabulary and structure or idioms to clarify or define further the points made. 5 marks are available for impression. The Examiner has to decide whether the candidate has used vocabulary and structures which go beyond the minimum required to convey adequately the thought involved and has so given him/herself greater flexibility or self-expression. 5 marks Comprehensive range of vocabulary and idiom with more complex language predominant. 4 marks Considerable variety of vocabulary and idiom with more complex language clearly in evidence. 3 marks Some variety of vocabulary and idiom with several items of more complex language. 2 marks Limited variety of vocabulary and idiom with occasional more complex language. 1 mark Only isolated examples of variety of vocabulary and idiom and more complex language. 0 No examples of variety of vocabulary or more complex language.