Cambridge IGCSE Chinese (Mandarin) - Foreign Language 0547 — 2017 May/June Paper 2 · Variant 1

0547/21/M/J/17 · 36 marks · ≈41 min

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MANDARIN CHINESE 0547/21 Paper 2 Reading May/June 2017 1 hour 15 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, glue or correction fluid. DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES. Answer all questions. 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 This document consists of 12 printed pages and 4 blank pages. NL (SG) 130806/2 © UCLES 2017 [Turn over The syllabus is approved for use in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate. * 2 1 4 9 6 1 2 1 7 4 *

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3 [Turn over 0547/21/M/J/17 © UCLES 2017 Section 1 第一部分 Exercise 1 Questions 1–5 问题一至五 选择唯一正确的答案,在方格里打勾()。 1 今天刮风了。今天天气怎么样? [1] 2 小王买了一瓶汽水。小王买了什么? [1] 3 哥哥爱爬山。哥哥爱做什么? [1] A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D

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4 © UCLES 2017 0547/21/M/J/17 4 手套很便宜。什么很便宜? [1] 5 公共汽车上人很多。哪儿人很多? [1] [Total: 5] A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D

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5 [Turn over 0547/21/M/J/17 © UCLES 2017 Exercise 2 Questions 6–9 问题六至九 请看下面的图片,回答问题六至九。 选择唯一正确的答案,将字母填入方格中。 6 小红在学校吃午餐。 [1] 7 小刚喜欢在花园种花。 [1] 8 小文要去书店买字典。 [1] 9 小伟常常跟妹妹玩。 [1] [Total: 4] A B C D E

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6 © UCLES 2017 0547/21/M/J/17 Exercise 3 Questions 10–12 问题十至十二 请回答问题十至十二,选择唯一正确的答案,在方格里打勾()。 姐姐家 明明的姐姐住在农村,养了很多马。那里的橙子也非常好吃。 10 姐姐住在哪儿? [1] 11 姐姐养了什么动物? [1] 12 什么很好吃? [1] [Total: 3] A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D

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7 [Turn over 0547/21/M/J/17 © UCLES 2017 Section 2 第二部分 Exercise 1 Questions 13–16 问题十三至十六 请阅读下面的短文 锻炼身体 大力很想买新汽车。他的妻子说:“你每天都在网上找新 车,什么运动都不做,会越来越胖的。还有,你天天吃汉堡 包,很少吃蔬菜,很不健康。我们还是买辆自行车吧。我可 以在公园里骑车,你跟着跑步。这样,我们两个人都可以锻 炼身体。” 请用下列词组填空。 自行车 汉堡包 跑步 健康 蔬菜 汽车 胖 骑车 13 大力要买新 …。 [1] 14 他可能会越来越 …。 [1] 15 大力每天都吃 … 。 [1] 16 他的妻子说,大力可以在公园里…。 [1] [Total: 4]

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8 © UCLES 2017 0547/21/M/J/17 Exercise 2 Questions 17–24 问题十七至二十四 请阅读下面的信,然后回答问题 小王: 你好! 我八月八日刚从奶奶家回来,今天才能回信,请原谅。 奶奶家在山区。她是那儿的一位语文老师,今年六十三岁了。 她教语文教了二十多年。我每年都去她那儿过暑假,玩得非常开 心。 我今年夏天参观了山区的一座庙,里面有一家白云茶馆。每天 下午都有一位老人来这儿讲中国历史故事。我们一边听故事一边喝 茶,很有趣! 奶奶家没有电脑,我没有办法上网,但我觉得跟山区的小朋友 们玩游戏比上网更有意思。 祝 好! 小刘

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9 [Turn over 0547/21/M/J/17 © UCLES 2017 17 小刘是什么时候回来的? … [1] 18 他的奶奶住在哪儿? … [1] 19 奶奶做什么工作? … [1] 20 小刘每年什么时候去奶奶家玩? … [1] 21 庙里的茶馆叫什么名字? … [1] 22 老人来茶馆讲什么故事? … [1] 23 小刘在奶奶家为什么不能上网? … [1] 24 小刘觉得做什么比上网更有意思? … [1] [Total: 8]

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10 © UCLES 2017 0547/21/M/J/17 Section 3 第三部分 Exercise 1 Questions 25–28 问题二十五至二十八 请阅读下面的短文,然后回答问题。选择唯一正确的答案,在方格内打勾()。 去老人院帮忙 我叫安帝,父母想让我做律师,但我想做社会工作。所以每个 星期三下午我都会去老人院帮忙。 星期三我很忙,一点才下课,两点就必须赶到老人院,可是路 上至少要四十分钟,所以我常常没有时间在学校食堂吃午饭,只能 拿一个三明治边走边吃。有时路上堵车,下公车后,要跑过去才 行。 到了老人院,我先陪老人说话,然后为他们读报纸。天气好的 时候,陪他们去旁边的公园散步。我和保罗最好,他今年八十八岁 了,去过不少国家,给我讲了很多有趣的故事。 今年暑假后我就要去别的城市上大学,不能再去那里帮忙了。 但我在圣诞节放假时,还会去看他们,希望他们不要生病,仍然健 康快乐。

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11 [Turn over 0547/21/M/J/17 © UCLES 2017 25 安帝为什么去老人院帮忙? 想做社会工作 想做律师 想做好事 [1] 26 为什么安帝不能在学校吃午饭? 时间很赶 午饭不好吃 爱吃三明治 [1] 27 保罗给安帝 买礼物 讲故事 读报纸 [1] 28 为什么暑假后安帝不能再去老人院了? 过圣诞节了 生病了 要上大学了 [1] [Total: 4] C A B C A B C A B C A B C

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12 © UCLES 2017 0547/21/M/J/17 Exercise 2 Questions 29–34 问题二十九至三十四 请阅读下面的短文,然后回答问题。 从中国来的老师 我叫乔,是英国九年级的中学生。上个月,有五位从中国来的老 师到我们学校上课。这样能让学生们了解中国的教育方式。 刚开始,同学们都觉得很兴奋。不过老师们让我们抄很多笔记, 真的很无聊,可他们认为这样可以加深印象。有些课程很没意思,老 师讲得很快,口音又重,一些学生常常听不懂。虽然大部分学生都很 认真,但有的学生上课说话,玩手机,让老师们很难过。 后来,为了提高我们的学习兴趣,老师们常常跟我们做一些中国 文化活动,我们对老师的看法也慢慢有了变化。我们不但学到了新知 识,而且考试成绩也提高了。我发现两种教育方式各有好处。 抄笔记: take notes

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13 0547/21/M/J/17 © UCLES 2017 29 为什么中国老师来乔的学校上课? … [1] 30 老师为什么让同学们抄笔记? … [1] 31 为什么有些学生常常听不懂老师讲课? (i) … [1] (ii) … [1] 32 学生做了什么让老师们很难过? (i) … [1] (ii) … [1] 33 学生们的学习兴趣是怎么提高的? … [1] 34 乔怎么看中国和英国的教育方式? … [1] [Total: 8]

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® IGCSE is a registered trademark. This syllabus is approved for use in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate. This document consists of 11 printed pages. © UCLES 2017 [Turn over Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education MANDARIN CHINESE 0547/21 Paper 2 Reading May/June 2017 MARK SCHEME Maximum Mark: 36 Published 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 2017 series for most Cambridge IGCSE®, Cambridge International A and AS Level and Cambridge Pre-U components, and some Cambridge O Level components.

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0547/21 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 2 of 11 1 The Standardisation process 2 General Marking Notes 3 General Marking Principles 3.1 It is not possible to list all acceptable alternatives in the Detailed Mark Scheme provided in Section 4. 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 Team Leader 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 4 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. Often the general principles will have to be weighed up against each other, e.g. the answer might pass the look-alike test (3.5(b)), but if the candidate has produced an answer that is another word in the target language they will not score (3.6). 3.2 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.

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0547/21 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 3 of 11 3.3 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. (c) Where candidates must tick a number of boxes (e.g. tick the 6 true statements) and tick too many, apply the following rule: deduct the number of 'extra' answers indicated by the candidate from their number of correct answers. The remaining number is the mark awarded, eg the candidate is asked to tick 6 statements, but ticks 8. 5 of the ticks are correctly placed, but 2 are 'extras' (8 ticks placed by candidate minus 6 ticks required by rubric = 2 ‘extras’). Therefore the candidate is awarded a mark of 3. (d) Answers in pen do not take precedence over answers in pencil, e.g. if a candidate is asked to tick 1 box and ticks two, one in pen and the other in pencil, the mark cannot be awarded unless there is explicit indication from the candidate as to which is his/her final answer. 3.4 For questions requiring more than one element for the answer, (i) and (ii), where the answers are interchangeable: (a) Both correct answers on line 1 and line 2 blank = 2. (b) Both correct answers on line 1 and line 2 wrong = 1 (or vice-versa)

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0547/21 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 4 of 11 3.5 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 gender or person unless Mark Scheme specifies otherwise. (d) Accept incorrect possessive adjectives, unless Mark Scheme specifies otherwise. 3.6 Unless the Mark Scheme specifies otherwise, do not accept incorrect Chinese if the word given means something else in Chinese. (Incorrect Chinese which constitutes a word in any language other than Chinese is marked (i) on the basis of whether it is accepted or refused in the Mark Scheme and (ii) if not mentioned in the Mark Scheme, on the basis of 2.5 above). 3.7 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 that the Examiner has considered the answer/that part of the answer and judged it to be more correct than incorrect: the benefit of the doubt is given to the candidate and the mark is awarded

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0547/21 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 5 of 11 3.8 No response and '0' marks There is a NR (NO Response) option in scoris. 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 (e.g. '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. 3.9 Extra material: 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 recorded material. 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. The Detailed Mark Scheme cannot cover all eventualities and where specific instructions are not provided, Examiners must check the transcript to ensure the correct elements which would qualify for the mark are not contradicted or distorted by any extra material. The following, general, rules should be applied:

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0547/21 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 6 of 11 (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 transcript/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 or (ii) 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/transcript: 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 heard/read and pure guesswork. Therefore where a particular answer is not covered in the Mark Scheme, Examiners should consult their Team Leader

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0547/21 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 7 of 11 4 Detailed Mark Scheme Question Answer Marks Guidance Section 1 Exercise 1 1 D 1 2 B 1 3 C 1 4 B 1 5 A 1 Question Answer Marks Guidance Section 1 Exercise 2 6 D 1 7 C 1 8 B 1 9 E 1

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0547/21 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 8 of 11 Question Answer Marks Guidance Section 1 Exercise 3 10 D 1 11 B 1 12 C 1 Question Answer Marks Guidance Section 2 Exercise 1 13 汽车 1 14 胖 1 15 汉堡包 1 Reject 蔬菜 16 跑步 1 Reject 骑车

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0547/21 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 9 of 11 Question Answer Marks Guidance Section 2 Exercise 2 • 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) unless the Mark Scheme specifies otherwise • Accept lifting unless it is specifically refused in the Mark Scheme. • READ SECTION 3: GENERAL MARKING PRINCIPLES 17 八月八日 1 Reject 人月人日 18 山区 1 19 (语文)老师 1 20 暑假 1 Reject 夏天 21 白云(茶馆) 1 Reject 一家白云 22 中国历史(的故事) 1 23 没有电脑 1 24 (跟山区的小朋友)玩游戏 1 Reject 跟山区的小朋友们玩 Note: For questions with 2 interchangeable answers: 2 correct answers on line 1, line 2 blank = 2; 2 correct answers on line 1, line 2 wrong = 1 (or vice versa)

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0547/21 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 10 of 11 Question Answer Marks Guidance Section 3 Exercise 1 25 A 1 26 A 1 27 B 1 28 C 1 Question Answer Marks Guidance Section 3 Exercise 2 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. This Detailed Mark Scheme provides specific guidance but in cases not covered, see General Marking Principles, Section 3.10 In this section, take into account the whole of the candidate’s answer. We are still applying the sound-alike rule. READ SECTION 3: GENERAL MARKING PRINCIPLES FOR ANSWERS NOT COVERED BY MARK SCHEME, ANNOTATION TOOL MAY BE USED, e.g. INV or BOD REFUSE DIRECT SPEECH HOWEVER IT IS PRESENTED. 29 让学生们了解中国的教育方式 1 30 加深印象 1 Reject any answer including 真的很无聊 31(i) 讲得很快 1 31(ii) 口音重 1

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0547/21 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 11 of 11 Question Answer Marks Guidance 32(i) (上课)说话 1 32(ii) 玩手机 1 33 (老师们常常跟我们)做 (一些) 中国文化活动 1 Reject 中国文化活动 34 各有好处 1 Note: For questions with 2 interchangeable answers: 2 correct answers on line 1, line 2 blank = 2; 2 correct answers on line 1, line 2 wrong = 1 (or vice versa) TICK BLANK PAGES

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Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2017 May/June, Paper 2 · Variant 1. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.

A28/36
B24/36
C18/36
D15/36
E12/36
F9/36
G6/36