Cambridge IGCSE Chinese (Mandarin) - Foreign Language 0547 — 2008 May/June Paper 2 · Variant 1
0547/21/M/J/08 · 65 marks · ≈73 min
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Question paper, page 1
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education *4025879052* 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 all questions in Section 1, Section 2 and Section 3. 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. MANDARIN CHINESE 0547/02 Paper 2 Reading and Directed Writing May/June 2008 1 hour 30 minutes Candidates answer on the Question Paper. No Additional Materials are required. This document consists of 13 printed pages and 3 blank pages. NL/TC T47801/3 © UCLES 2008 [Turn over Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Total For Examiner's Use www.XtremePapers.com
Question paper, page 3
[Turn over 0547/2/M/J/08 3 © UCLES 2008 For Examiner's Use [1] A B C D Section 1 第一部分 Exercise 1 Questions 1-5 问题一至五 请回答问题一至五,选择唯一正确的答案,在方格里打( )。 1 小王喜欢吃鸡。她喜欢吃什么? 2 我想买大衣。我买什么? [1] A B C D B C A D B C A D 3 我的朋友爱打网球。他爱做什么? [1] A B C D B C A D
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0547/2/M/J/08 4 © UCLES 2008 For Examiner's Use 4 小安常常看电视。她常做什么? 5 我爸爸七点起床。他几点起床? [1] [Total: 5] [1] A B C D A B C D B C A D B C A D
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[Turn over 0547/2/M/J/08 © UCLES 2008 For Examiner's Use Exercise 2 Questions 6-8 请看表回答问题六至八。 问题六至八 2008 年 2 月 9 日 北京 刮风 5 ºC 上海 大雨 12 ºC 拉萨 下雪 0 ºC 昆明 阴 9 ºC 广州 晴 15 ºC 6 哪个城市下雨? [1] A B C D 7 拉萨天气怎么样? [2] A B C D B C A D 8 北京天气怎么样? [2] A B C D B C A D 北京 上海 拉萨 广州 [Total: 5] B C A D
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0547/2/M/J/08 © UCLES 2008 For Examiner's Use Exercise 3 Questions 9-11 问题九至十一 请回答问题九至十一,选择唯一正确的答案,在方格里打( )。 三个朋友谈旅行 [2] 我喜欢买东西,想坐火车去上海。 小安 我爱游泳,应该去海边旅行。 小李 9 小李爱做什么? 10 小安怎么去上海? [1] A B C D A A B C D B C A D 我喜欢安静,爱看看花和树,应该去爬山。 小明 B C A D
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[Turn over 0547/2/M/J/08 © UCLES 2008 For Examiner's Use Exercise 4 Question 12 问题十二 12 你要出去。请用中文(约 25-40 字)给家里人写个条子说说: (a) 你到哪儿去 (b) 你要做什么 (c) 你什么时候回来 [Total: 5] … … … … … … 11 小明想做什么? [2] [Total: 5] A B C D B A D C
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0547/2/M/J/08 © UCLES 2008 Section 2 第二部分 Exercise 1 Questions 13-20 问题十三至二十 请阅读下面的信,然后用中文回答问题。 小王: 你好! 我是昨天从国际学生交流大会飞回来的,非常累,今天才回 信,请原谅。 大会是在印度举行的。我在那儿交了不少新朋友了。我最好 的朋友是印尼人。开会的时候我们讨论了全世界的气候为什么越 来越暖和等重要问题。 有一天我们骑着大象去一个大森林。森林里有很多猴子跳来 跳去。一个小猴子看到我手里的面包,忽然就把它拿去了!我非 常害怕! 午饭我吃了一大碗米饭和鱼。天气非常热,我们䛑ୱ��ᵃ 都ୱ��ᵃ 喝了�ᵃ 一杯 酸牛奶。 回来的时候天黑了,下了大雨,路很滑不好走,大象走得很 慢,半个钟头的路走了三个小时,晚上十二点才回来。 那个大会真好玩儿! 你的朋友 小张
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[Turn over 0547/2/M/J/08 © UCLES 2008 For Examiner's Use 13 小张为什么今天才回信? … [1] 14 他在哪儿开会? … [1] 15 他们讨论了什么世界大事? … [1] 16 他们怎么样去看森林? … [1] 17 小张为什么害怕? … [1] 18 他午饭吃了些什么? (i)… [1] (ii)… [1] 19 他们喝了什么? … [1] 20 他们为什么很晚才回来? (i)… [1] (ii)… [1] [Total: 10]
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0547/2/M/J/08 10 © UCLES 2008 For Examiner's Use Exercise 2 Question 21 问题二十一 21 请给你的中国笔友写一封信(80-100 字)。信里讲一讲: (a) 你最喜欢哪种体育运动?为什么? (b) 你跟谁做这种运动? (c) 你什么时候做运动? (d) 你在哪儿做运动? (e) 你想去北京看奥林匹克运动会1吗?为什么? 1奥林匹克运动会 Aòlínpǐkè Yùndònghuì: Olympic Games … … … … … … … … … … … … … [Total: 15]
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0547/2/M/J/08 11 [Turn over please turn over for section 3 BLANK PAGE
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0547/2/M/J/08 12 © UCLES 2008 For Examiner's Use Section 3 第三部分 Exercise 1 Questions 22-26 问题二十二至二十六 请阅读下面的短文,然后回答问题。选择唯一正确的答案,在方格里打( )。 大学生当保姆 七月十七日,是五十二名四川大学生保姆到北京的第四天。现在,家政公司 已经给二十多人找到了工作。 昨天早上,从美国来的保罗先生给准备到外国人家里当保姆的学生上了一堂 课。学生们学习了英语口语,也了解了一些西方人照顾孩子的方法。 十四日下午,在医院大夫的指导下,大学生们学习了怎么照顾孩子,他们每 人抱着一个玩具“孩子”,男大学生冯建也和女学生们一起学习。 昨天下午,一位三岁男孩的母亲想请冯建当孩子的保姆,每个月的工资是 一千八百元。冯建想都没想,就答应了。 但是有的大学生很快就不做了。小李去给一家当保姆,她每天除了照顾孩 子以外,还要做饭和打扫卫生。她说:“工资还是可以的,但是一天下来,人 累得都不想动了。” 三天以后,小李就不去那家工作了。
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[Turn over 0547/2/M/J/08 13 © UCLES 2008 For Examiner's Use 26 工作太累 她感冒了 不会做饭 孩子不听话 [Total: 10] 觉得孩子太小 很愿意做 工资不够高 现在不能决定 小李为什么不去那家工作了? C 22 大学生保姆是从什么地方来的? 北京 南京 四川 山西 23 为什么有些人要上保罗先生的课? 为了出国学习 为了参加英语考试 为了教孩子英语 为了到外国人家里工作 24 大学生们跟什么人学习怎么照顾孩子? 做了母亲的人 医院的医生 家政公司的人 做过保姆的人 25 冯建对给三岁男孩当保姆的工作,有什么想法? [2] [2] [2] [2] [2] A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D
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0547/2/M/J/08 14 © UCLES 2008 Exercise 2 Questions 27-31 问题二十七至三十一 请阅读下面的短文,然后回答问题。 大学可以建高尔夫球练习场吗? 北京大学校长许先生二十九日对记者说:“我们准备在校园里修建高尔夫练 习场,但是最近网上的争议太大,学校很有压力,所以这个计划停了下来。” 记者在一个网站上看到反对的网友说:“高尔夫球是有钱人的运动,不适 合大学生。” 一位体育教师说:“过去有人认为网球是有钱人的运动,但现在很多大学 都有网球场,不少学生喜欢打网球,还能说网球是有钱人的运动吗?再说,高 尔夫练习场不太大,跟足球场差不多。” 大学生李刚说:“大学建高尔夫场,可能会占用原来的足球场、篮球场;另 外,高尔夫练习场要种草,用水太多。”大学生张勇说: “开高尔夫球课是为 了学生以后和别人更好地交流,这没什么错。” 对于今后北京大学会不会继续修建高尔夫练习场,许校长笑着说:“现在 不好说,先等一等吧。”
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[Turn over 0547/2/M/J/08 15 © UCLES 2008 For Examiner's Use 27 北京大学修建高尔夫球练习场的计划为什么停了? (i)… [1] (ii)… [1] 28 有的网友为什么反对建高尔夫练习场? (i)… [1] (ii)… [1] 29 体育教师为什么说网球不再是有钱人的运动? … [1] 30 两位大学生对建高尔夫练习场有哪些看法? (i)… [1] (ii)… [1] (iii)… [1] 31 你认为大学应该不应该建高尔夫练习场?为什么? … … [2] [Total: 10]
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0547/2/M/J/08 16 © UCLES 2008 BLANK PAGE Copyright Acknowledgements: Questions 22-26 © http://news.xinhuanet.com/edu/2006-07/19/content_4854053.htm Questions 27-31 © http://news.xinhuanet.com/sports/2006-10/28/content_5260462.htm 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.
Mark scheme, page 1
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2008 question paper 0547 MANDARIN CHINESE (FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 0547/02 Paper 2 (Reading and Directed Writing), maximum raw mark 65 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 2008 question papers for most IGCSE, GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level syllabuses and some Ordinary Level syllabuses. www.XtremePapers.com
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Page 2 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2008 0547 02 © UCLES 2008 Section 1 Exercise 1 Questions 1–5 1 A 1 2 C 1 3 A 1 4 D 1 5 B 1 [Total: 5] Exercise 2 Questions 6–8 6 B 1 7 C 2 8 D 2 [Total: 5] Exercise 3 Questions 9–11 9 B 1 10 A 2 11 B 2 [Total: 5] Exercise 4 Question 12 3 marks for content (a) where you are going 1 (b) what you will do 1 (c) when you will come home 1 2 marks for appropriateness of language 2 No serious errors; use of simple structures mostly accurate. 1 Some accuracy; maybe some ambiguity. 0 Mostly inaccurate. [Total: 5]
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Page 3 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2008 0547 02 © UCLES 2008 Section 2 Exercise 1 Questions 13–20 13 开国际学生交流大会 or 累 or 刚回来 1 14 在印度 1 15 (全世界的)气候为什么越来越暖和 or 气候 or 越来越暖和 1 16 骑着大象 or 大象 1 17 一个小猴子把他的面包拿去了 1 18 (i) 米饭 1 (ii) 鱼 1 19 酸牛奶 1 20 Any 2 of: 天黑了,大象走得很慢,下了大雨/路很滑/不好走 1+1 [Total: 10] Exercise 2 Question 21 Communication marks: 10 marks are awarded for Communication. 1 mark is awarded for each item of relevant information communicated. Candidates who have not completed all of the tasks stipulated in the rubric cannot score full Communication marks (a) what is your favourite sport and why? 1+1 (b) who do you like to do this with? 1 (c) when do you do sport? 1 (d) where do you do sport? 1 (e) do you want to go to Beijing Olympics and why? 1+1 Up to 3 further marks available for additional details for (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) 1 mark available for appropriate beginning or ending Maximum of 2 marks for a list Accuracy marks: 5 marks are awarded for Accuracy of Grammar and Structures according to the grid that follows: 5 marks Highly accurate in the use of simpler structures, with occasional minor slips. 4 marks Accurate in the use of simpler structures, except for occasional more serious errors/more frequent slips. 3 marks Generally accurate, but with increased incidence of more serious errors. 2 marks Substantially inaccurate, despite several examples of accurate usage. 1 marks Substantially inaccurate, with only isolated examples of accurate usage. [Total: 15]
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Page 4 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2008 0547 02 © UCLES 2008 Section 3 Exercise 1 Questions 22–26 22 C 2 23 D 2 24 B 2 25 B 2 26 A 2 [Total: 10] Exercise 2 Questions 27–31 27 (i) (网上)争议大 1 (ii) (学校)有压力 1 28 (i) 高尔夫球是有钱人的运动 1 (ii) 不适合大学生 1 29 现在很多大学都有网球场 or 1 不少学生喜欢打网球 30 In any order: (i) 对交流有好处 1 (ii) 可能会占用其它运动场 1 (iii) 要种草用水多 1 31 Two marks available according to each candidate's interpretation. 2 [Total: 10]
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