Cambridge IGCSE Chinese (Mandarin) - Foreign Language 0547 — 2013 May/June Paper 2 · Variant 1
0547/21/M/J/13 · 65 marks · ≈73 min
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This document consists of 14 printed pages and 2 blank pages. (NL/SW) 66859/3 © UCLES 2013 [Turn over UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education MANDARIN CHINESE 0547/21 Paper 2 Reading and Directed Writing May/June 2013 1 hour 30 minutes Candidates answer on the Question Paper. No Additional Materials are required. 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. DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES. 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. * 6 6 8 7 1 2 8 4 7 2 *
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3 [Turn over For Examiner’s Use 0547/21/M/J/13 © UCLES 2013 A B C D A B C D B C D A B C D A A B C D N U T S B C D A Section 1 第一部分 Exercise 1 Questions 1–5 练习一,问题一至五 选择唯一正确的答案,在方格里打勾(9)。 1 小文去买花。她去买什么? [1] 2 我喜欢做饭。我喜欢做什么? [1] 3 王力在图书馆工作。他在哪儿工作? [1]
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4 For Examiner’s Use © UCLES 2013 0547/21/M/J/13 4 我和奶奶一起吃午餐。我和谁一起吃午餐? [1] 5 朋友们开车去法国。他们怎么去法国? [1] [Total: 5] A B C D A B C D B C D A B C D A
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5 [Turn over For Examiner’s Use 0547/21/M/J/13 © UCLES 2013 Exercise 2 Questions 6–8 练习二,问题六至八 请看表回答问题六至八。 小王的课表 星期一 星期二 星期三 星期四 星期五 9:00 – 10:30 数学 科学 数学 地理 英文 11:00 – 12:30 英文 数学 英文 数学 数学 2:00 – 3:30 体育 音乐 美术 历史 体育 请选择“是”或“非”。 是 非 6 小王星期四学习音乐。 [1] 7 小王没有中文课。 [2] 8 小王每天都有数学课。 [2] [Total: 5]
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6 For Examiner’s Use © UCLES 2013 0547/21/M/J/13 Exercise 3 Questions 9–11 练习三, 问题九至十一 请回答问题九至十一,选择唯一正确的答案,在方格里打勾(9)。 三个同学谈他们的周末 三个同学谈他们的周末 周末我和朋友一起去游了泳。 小海 哥哥去北京,周末我们全家去了机场送他。 小刚 周末下大雨,我没有出去。 小丽 9 小海做了什么? [1] 10 小刚去了什么地方? [2] A B C D B C D A A B C D B C D A
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7 [Turn over For Examiner’s Use 0547/21/M/J/13 © UCLES 2013 11 周末小丽为什么没有出去? [2] [Total: 5] Exercise 4 Question 12 练习四,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) 你要去哪儿; (b) 跟谁一起去; (c) 去做什么。 … … … … … … [Total: 5] A B C D B C D A
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8 © UCLES 2013 0547/21/M/J/13 Section 2 第二部分 Exercise 1 Questions 13–22 练习一,问题十三至二十二 阅读下面的信,然后回答问题。 小张: 你好! 我从小就很想当兽医。三个月以前我给东华动物园打了 电话,请他们让我在那儿工作一个星期,他们同意了。我刚刚 回来,所以现在才回信,请原谅。 到东华动物园来的人,有的先去看老虎。我发现男孩子 特别喜欢看老虎。还有一些人先去猴山看猴子。 猴子很有趣,总是跑来跑去,像小孩子一样。有一次 一只小猴子把一个男人的帽子偷走了,还把帽子戴到自己的头 上,大家都笑了起来! 大象有长长的鼻子、大大的耳朵,看起来很可爱。我决 定在大象馆里工作了。我每天早上给它水喝,中午给它三十个 苹果吃。它很聪明:如果只给它二十九个苹果, 它就会很不高 兴, 让我再给一个! 我们慢慢成了好朋友。最后一天它把长鼻 子向我摇了摇,好像在说再见! 祝好 小王
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9 [Turn over For Examiner’s Use 0547/21/M/J/13 © UCLES 2013 13 小王从小就想做什么工作? … [1] 14 他在哪儿工作了? … [1] 15 他在那儿工作了多久? … [1] 16 他说, 男孩子特别喜欢看什么动物? … [1] 17 他为什么说, 猴子很有趣,像小孩子一样? … [1] 18 看猴子的人为什么都笑了起来? … [1] 19 小王早上给大象做些什么? … [1] 20 中午, 小王给大象什么东西吃? … [1] 21 他为什么说, 大象很聪明? … [1] 22 最后一天, 大象做了些什么? … [1] [Total: 10]
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10 For Examiner’s Use © UCLES 2013 0547/21/M/J/13 Exercise 2 Question 23 练习二,问题二十三 23 请给你的中国笔友写一封信(80–100字)。 信里讲一讲: (a) 你的学校有多少学生; (b) 你是几年级的学生; (c) 你怎么去学校; (d) 你最喜欢的课是什么; (e) 你为什么喜欢这门课。 … … … … … … … … … … … … … [Total: 15]
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11 [Turn over 0547/21/M/J/13 © UCLES 2013 PLEASE TURN OVER FOR SECTION 3
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12 © UCLES 2013 0547/21/M/J/13 Section 3 第三部分 Exercise 1 Questions 24–28 练习一,问题二十四至二十八 请阅读下面的短文,然后回答问题。选择唯一正确的答案,在方格内打 (9)。 去纽约 纽约度假 度假 我叫林大山。今年暑假,我和家人去了美国的纽约市度假。纽 约又被称为“大苹果”。我很喜欢纽约的夏天,那儿温度很高。 纽约有大量的公共设施,有许多博物馆和娱乐中心。 在市中 心,有一个特别漂亮并且非常著名的公园,叫“中央公园”,每天 有很多人到那里参观游览。除了有美丽的风景,那里还有两个小动 物园。我最喜欢的活动是在中央公园里骑自行车和坐马车。 地铁是纽约最重要的公共交通工具,因为每天都有许多人使 用它。纽约的汽车越来越多,对环境很不好,我觉得人们应该多 坐公共汽车。 除了参观一些艺术博物馆以外,我们还去逛街,在百货商店 买了很多衣服。我还吃了我最喜欢的食物,例如汉堡包、薯条和 冰激凌等等。虽然不是很健康,但好吃极了,而且挺便宜的!由 于我们只在那里呆了一个星期,太短了,我希望今后有机会能再 去那儿。
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13 [Turn over For Examiner’s Use 0547/21/M/J/13 © UCLES 2013 C 24 为什么林大山喜欢纽约的夏天? 常常刮风 天气很热 有时有雾 [2] 25 为什么有很多人去中央公园参观游览? 有大量的公共设施 特别漂亮并且非常著名 交通方便 [2] 26 林大山最喜欢在中央公园做什么? 看美丽的风景 去动物园 骑自行车和坐马车 [2] 27 为什么林大山觉得人们应该多坐公共汽车? 地铁票越来越贵 越来越多的汽车对环境很不好 坐公共汽车比骑自行车快 [2] 28 林大山最喜欢的食物 不太健康 很难买到 挺贵 [2] [Total: 10] A B C A B C A B C A B C A B C
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14 © UCLES 2013 0547/21/M/J/13 Exercise 2 Questions 29–35 练习二,问题二十九至三十五 请阅读下面的短文,然后回答问题。 武术影星 武术影星 王龙,1973 年生于上海,小学时开始学习武术,两次得到全 市小学生武术比赛第一名。他在十一岁时去了河南少林寺武术学 校,参加了专业武术班。在武术学校的四年中,他参加过几次全国 比赛,虽然没得到第一名,但获得了第二名的好成绩。他也去过欧 洲、亚洲和美洲等地区参加比赛。 武术学校毕业后,他先在北京红剧场做演员,表演《功夫的 故事》,很受欢迎。1989 年他开始拍电影《太极》,演出非常成 功,因此他成了影星。由于他很有名,很多小孩也希望像他一样, 做武术影星。他告诉孩子们,练习武术很有用,可以让人们身体健 康,认识更多的朋友,也可能成为名人。但是要想成功,仅有聪明 是不够的,还需要努力、花时间。 现在,王龙除了拍电影以外,还开了一所武术学校,专收外国 学生,因为他想让外国人也知道中国武术的好处。他计划让他的外 国学生两年内进入全国比赛,得到前三名。他的学生们都觉得他又 帅又认真,教得也很有意思。在那里学习,他们都很满意。
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15 [Turn over For Examiner’s Use 0547/21/M/J/13 © UCLES 2013 29 王龙从什么时候开始学习武术? … [1] 30 十一岁时他去了哪里?做了什么? … … [2] 31 他在全国比赛中获得过什么成绩? … [1] 32 毕业后,他的第一个工作是什么? … [1] 33 王龙认为什么样的人才能成功? … … [2] 34 为什么他的武术学校专收外国学生? … [1] 35 他的学生认为他是怎样的人? … … [2] [Total: 10]
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CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2013 series 0547 MANDARIN CHINESE (FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 0547/21 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, 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 2013 series for most IGCSE, GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level components and some Ordinary Level components.
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Page 2 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2013 0547 21 © Cambridge International Examinations 2013 1 General Marking Principles 1.1 Please note that it is not possible to list all acceptable alternatives in the Detailed Mark Scheme provided in Section 2. You will need to consider all alternative answers and unexpected approaches in candidates' scripts, make a decision on whether they communicate the required elements, in consultation with your Principal Examiner if necessary (or with your Product Manager if you are a single Examiner), and award marks accordingly. The following marking principles underpin the detailed instructions provided in Section 2 of the Mark Scheme. Where a decision is taken to deviate from these principles for a particular question, this will be specified in the Mark Scheme. 1.2 Crossing out: (a) If a candidate changes his/her mind over an answer and crosses out an attempt, award a mark if the final attempt is correct. (b) If a candidate crosses out an answer to a whole question but makes no second attempt at it, mark the crossed out work. 1.3 Reading tasks: more than the stipulated number of boxes ticked/crossed by the candidate: (a) If more than one attempt is visible, but the candidate has clearly indicated which attempt is his/her final answer (e.g. by crossing out other attempts or by annotating the script in some way), mark in the usual way. (b) If two attempts are visible (e.g. two boxes ticked instead of the 1 box stipulated), and neither has been crossed out/discounted by the candidate, no mark can be awarded. 1.4 Reading tasks: for questions requiring more than one element for the answer, (i) and (ii), where the answers are interchangeable: Both correct answers on line 1 and line 2 blank = 2 Both correct answers on line 1 and line 2 wrong = 1 (or vice-versa) 1.5 Reading tasks: answers requiring the use of Chinese (rather than a non-verbal response) should be marked for communication. Tolerate inaccuracies provided the message is clear. (a) ‘If in doubt, sound it out’: if you read what the candidate has written, does it sound like the correct answer? (b) Look-alike test: does what the candidate has written look like the correct answer? (c) Accept incorrect person unless Mark Scheme specifies otherwise. (d) Accept incorrect possessive adjectives unless Mark Scheme specifies otherwise (in general, Section 2 accept, Section 3 consult Mark Scheme carefully). 1.6 Unless the Mark Scheme specifies otherwise, do not accept incorrect Chinese if the word given means something else in Chinese.
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Page 3 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2013 0547 21 © Cambridge International Examinations 2013 1.7 Annotation used in the Mark Scheme: (a) INV = Invalidation and is used when additional material included by the candidate is judged to invalidate an otherwise correct answer thus preventing him/her from scoring the mark (INV = 0). (b) tc = ‘tout court’ and means that on its own the material is not sufficient to score the mark. (c) HA = harmless additional material which in conjunction with the correct answer does not prevent the candidate from scoring the mark. (d) BOD = Benefit of the Doubt and is used to indicate material considered by the Examiner and judged to be more correct than incorrect: the benefit of the doubt is given to the candidate and the mark is awarded. 1.8 No response and '0' marks Award NR (No Response): • If there is nothing written at all in the answer space or • If there is only a comment which does not in any way relate to the question being asked (eg 'can’t do' or 'don’t know') or • If there is only a mark which isn’t an attempt at the question (e.g. a dash, a question mark). Award 0: If there is any attempt that earns no credit. This could, for example, include the candidate copying all or some of the question, or any working that does not earn any marks, whether crossed out or not. 1.9 Extra material: Section 2, Exercise 1 In Section 2, Exercise 1, reward the candidate for being able to locate the answer in the passage. Do not worry about lifting unless this would cause the message to be seriously distorted (in general, incorrect possessives should not be judged to cause distortion: see 1.5(d)) – in which case a lift will be specifically rejected in the Mark Scheme. Ignore extra material given in an answer providing that it does not invalidate an answer.
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Page 4 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2013 0547 21 © Cambridge International Examinations 2013 1.10 Extra material: Section 3 In Section 3 it is the candidate’s responsibility to answer questions in such a way as to demonstrate to the Examiner that s/he has understood the texts/questions. Where candidates introduce extra, irrelevant material to an otherwise correct answer the danger is that the Examiner is being forced to ‘choose’ the correct answer and s/he cannot be certain that the candidate has shown understanding. Where the Examiner is put in this position the mark cannot be awarded. In Section 3, look for signs of genuine comprehension. Usually, candidates who lift indiscriminately fail to demonstrate comprehension and will not score the mark. However, careful lifting of the details required to answer the question does demonstrate comprehension and should be rewarded. The Detailed Mark Scheme provides specific guidance but in cases not covered, the following general rules apply: (a) Extra material, mentioned in the Mark Scheme, which reinforces the correct answer or in itself constitutes an alternative correct answer: this is acceptable and is not penalised (b) Extra material which constitutes an alternative answer, but which is not explicitly mentioned in the Mark Scheme: the Examiner needs to decide, by consulting the text and the Team Leader if necessary whether the alternative answer constitutes: (i) an alternative correct answer, in which case this falls into category (a) and the answer should be rewarded (ii) or an answer which on its own would be refused, in which case this falls into category (c) and the answer should be refused (c) Extra material which constitutes an alternative answer specifically refused in the Mark Scheme: this puts the Examiner in the position of having to ‘choose’ which is the candidate's 'final' answer – the Examiner cannot be sure what the candidate has understood – and the mark cannot be awarded (d) Extra material which distorts or contradicts the correct answer: this affects communication – the Examiner cannot be sure what the candidate has understood – and the mark cannot be awarded (e) Extra material introduced by the candidate and which does not feature in the text: this affects communication – the Examiner cannot be sure what the candidate has understood – and the mark cannot be awarded. It can sometimes be difficult to draw the line between what is a deduction made by an able candidate on the basis of what they have read and pure guesswork. Therefore where an answer of this sort occurs which is not covered in the Mark Scheme, Examiners should consult their Team Leader
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Page 5 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2013 0547 21 © Cambridge International Examinations 2013 2 Detailed Mark Scheme Section One Exercise 1 Questions 1–5 1 A [1] 2 C [1] 3 D [1] 4 A [1] 5 C [1] [Total: 5] Exercise 2 Question 6–8 6 False [1] 7 True [2] 8 True [2] [Total: 5] Exercise 3 Question 9–11 9 D [1] 10 A [2] 11 B [2] [Total: 5]
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Page 6 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2013 0547 21 © Cambridge International Examinations 2013 Exercise 4 Question 12 COMMUNICATION: 1 mark per item up to a maximum of 3 plus APPROPRIATENESSS OF LANGUAGE: 0, 1 or 2 marks according to grid • Mark answers written in note form (e.g. where candidates answer ALL the questions but ignore the instruction to frame their answer as a message/note/email) • Mark answers not written in the space provided exactly as those written in the correct space • Repeated errors should not be penalised Communication ACCEPT FOR COMMUNICATION ACCEPT ANY TENSE REFUSE (a) 你要去哪儿; ACCEPT ANY PLACE (COUNTRY / TOWN / CITY) (e.g. 商店,上海,奶奶家) [1] (b) 跟谁一起去; ACCEPT ANY PERSON (e.g 好朋友,妈妈) [1] (c) 去做什么。 ACCEPT ANY ACTIVITY (e.g. 买东西,打网球) [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. For LANGUAGE, consider only the parts of the candidate's work for which you award a communication mark. NB: if candidates do not attempt one of the tasks they cannot score more than 1 mark for language. [Total: 5]
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Page 7 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2013 0547 21 © Cambridge International Examinations 2013 Section 2 Exercise 1 Questions 13–22 • In this exercise, reward the candidate for being able to locate the answer in the passage. • Ignore extra material (whether Chinese is accurate or inaccurate) • ACCEPT LIFTING UNLESS IT IS SPECIFICALLY REFUSED IN THE MARK SCHEME. ACCEPT REFUSE 13 兽医 [1] 14 (东华)动物园 or 大象馆 or 东华动物 园的大象馆 [1] 东华 我给东华动物园打了电话 15 一个星期 [1] 16 老虎 [1] 17 (总是) 跑来跑去 [1] (NOT 有趣) 18 一只小猴子把帽子戴上它的头上 or 小 猴子把一个男人的帽子偷走了 or both [1] 19 给 (它)水喝 [1] 20 (三十个) 苹果 [1] 21 如果只给它二十九个苹果, 它很不高 兴, 让小王再给一个 or中午一定要吃 三十个苹果 [1] 让他再给一个 它会不高兴 22 把长鼻子向小王摇了摇 [1] [Total: 10]
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Page 8 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2013 0547 21 © Cambridge International Examinations 2013 Exercise 2 Question 23 • COMMUNICATION: 1 mark per item up to a maximum of 10 • ACCURACY: up to 5 marks according to banded mark scheme Communication: FOR COMMUNICATION BE TOLERANT OF VERBS / TIME FRAMES / SPELLING • Award marks flexibly across the tasks. HOWEVER, each of the 5 tasks, (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) must be covered to get the 10 communication marks. • If (a) or (b) or (c) or (d) or (e) is missing, the maximum communication mark is 9. • If 2 of (a) or (b) or (c) or (d) or (e) are missing, the maximum communication mark is 8. • LISTS =一个LIST最多给三分,除非用了连词可以额外给分 • Up to 4 further marks available for additional details for (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) • 1 mark available for appropriate beginning or ending, e.g. 小李, 你好! / 小李 ONLY REWARD EACH PIECE OF INFORMATION ONCE ACCEPT REFUSE (a) 学校有多少学生; Reward any number given. e.g.:三千, 五百 [1] (b) 你是几年级的学生; Reward any year group given. e.g. 九年级,中五 [1] (c) 你怎么去学校; Reward any way / means of getting to school. e.g. 走路,坐校车 [1] 自行车 (因为需要动词 ‘骑’) (d) 你最喜欢的课是什么; Reward any subject e.g. 中文课 [1] (e) 你为什么喜欢这门课。 Reward any reasons given for liking the subject e.g.老师很好,很有意思 [1] 我很喜欢中文课 (因为要有理由) 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. 0 Nothing accurate enough to be comprehensible. [Total: 15]
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Page 9 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2013 0547 21 © Cambridge International Examinations 2013 Section 3 Exercise 1 Questions 24–28 24 B [2] 25 B [2] 26 C [2] 27 B [2] 28 A [2] [Total: 10] Look for signs of genuine comprehension. Usually, candidates who lift indiscriminately fail to demonstrate comprehension and will not score the mark. However, careful lifting of the details required to answer the question does demonstrate comprehension and should be rewarded. The Detailed Mark Scheme provides specific guidance but in cases not covered, see General Marking Principles, Section 1.10 Exercise 2 Questions 29–35 ACCEPT REFUSE 29 小学 [1] 11岁 1973年 30 (河南少林寺) 武术学校 参加了(专业)武术班 [1] [1] 31 第二名 [1] 32 演员 [1] 33 any 2 of: 努力,花时间,聪明 [2] 可以让人们身体健康,认 识更多的朋友 他很有名 34 让外国人知道中国武术的好处 [1] 35 any 2 of: 帅,认真,教得有意思 [2] [Total: 10]
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Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2013 May/June, Paper 2 · Variant 1. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.