Cambridge IGCSE Chinese (Mandarin) - Foreign Language 0547 — 2019 May/June Paper 2 · Variant 3
0547/23/M/J/19 · 36 marks · ≈41 min
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MANDARIN CHINESE 0547/23 Paper 2 Reading May/June 2019 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. This document consists of 12 printed pages and 4 blank pages. NL (SG) 164440/1 © UCLES 2019 [Turn over Cambridge Assessment International Education Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education This syllabus is regulated for use in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 IGCSE Certificate. * 0 2 0 1 7 6 1 6 7 3 *
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3 [Turn over 0547/23/M/J/19 © UCLES 2019 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()。 1 面条卖完了。什么卖完了? [1] 2 明天有地理课。明天有什么课? [1] 3 姐姐的书包很漂亮。什么很漂亮? [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 2019 0547/23/M/J/19 4 妹妹喜欢巧克力。妹妹喜欢什么? [1] 5 十五路车去体育馆。十五路车去哪儿? [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 0547/23/M/J/19 © UCLES 2019 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 小红今天在家读报纸。 [1] 7 小刚喜欢玩电脑游戏。 [1] 8 小文开车去海边玩儿。 [1] 9 小伟带弟弟去踢足球。 [1] [Total: 4] A B C D E
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6 © UCLES 2019 0547/23/M/J/19 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()。 护士 小青的爷爷常常头疼。小青想要努力学习,将来当一名护 士, 照顾病人。 10 小青的爷爷哪儿不舒服? [1] 11 小青要努力做什么? [1] 12 小青想做什么工作? [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 0547/23/M/J/19 © UCLES 2019 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。 大华商场 大华商场不在市中心,在火车站附近,所以还是有很多游客 来买东西。商场里有书店、药店等等,没有停车场。最有名 的是一家中国饭馆。那里的中餐不贵,而且特别好吃。 当人们在等火车的时候,可以去网吧上网,也可以去咖啡馆 看书或者休息。 请用下列词组填空。 火车站 看书 停车场 贵 好吃 市中心 上网 药店 13 大华商场离 …很近。 [1] 14 大华商场没有 …。 [1] 15 饭馆的菜很 …。 [1] 16 人们可以去咖啡馆…。 [1] [Total: 4]
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8 © UCLES 2019 0547/23/M/J/19 Exercise 2 Questions 17–23 问题十七至二十三 请阅读下面的信,然后回答问题。 马元: 你好! 我刚从上海回来,现在才回信,请原谅。 我在那儿的一家酒店工作了两个星期。上班的时候,我要给客 人订房间,有时候也要回答问题。客人常常会问:“什么时候会打 折?”这个问题真的很难,因为我也不知道! 在那里工作对我帮助很大。虽然每天都又忙又累,但是我不怕 和别人说话了。 这个月,我还参加了一个滑旱冰的学习班。上第五节课时,我 的脚受了伤,不过现在已经好了。滑旱冰真的很有意思,你也来试 试吧。 祝 好! 吴甜
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9 [Turn over 0547/23/M/J/19 © UCLES 2019 17 吴甜刚从哪个城市回来? … [1] 18 吴甜在酒店工作了多长时间? … [1] 19 吴甜工作时要做什么? (i) … [1] (ii) … [1] 20 吴甜觉得哪个问题很难? … [1] 21 吴甜为什么觉得在酒店工作对她很有帮助? … [1] 22 这个月,吴甜参加了什么学习班? … [1] 23 第五节课的时候,吴甜哪里受了伤? … [1] [Total: 8]
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10 © UCLES 2019 0547/23/M/J/19 Section 3 第三部分 Exercise 1 Questions 24–27 问题二十四至二十七 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()。 交换学生 现在,越来越多的中学生想要参加交换学生项目。申请时,不 需要特别有钱或去过这个国家,不过要有很好的成绩和语言水平。 张影是一名在英国的交换学生。他说:“我们不住在宿舍,而 是住在英国人家里。这跟住旅馆不同,因为我们跟他们一起生活, 就像家人一样。” 小米是新加坡人,去年来到上海。她说:“我妈妈是中国人, 希望我了解中国文化,所以我就来了。没想到,我还在学校学会了 打乒乓球,在寄宿家庭学会了做中国菜,真是太棒了!” 出发以前,中学生们必须参加一个介绍会,了解将要去的学 校。如果有问题的话,学生们可以给寄宿家庭写信,或者问问去过 的交换学生的意见。
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11 [Turn over 0547/23/M/J/19 © UCLES 2019 24 申请交换学生项目的学生需要 家里非常有钱 有很好的成绩 去过这个国家 [1] 25 在英国,交换学生住在 英国人家里 学生宿舍 青年旅馆 [1] 26 小米来中国的目的是 做中国菜 打乒乓球 了解文化 [1] 27 中学生一定要 写信给学校 参加介绍会 问交换学生的意见 [1] [Total: 4] C A B C A B C A B C A B C
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12 © UCLES 2019 0547/23/M/J/19 Exercise 2 Questions 28–33 问题二十八至三十三 请阅读下面的短文,然后回答问题。 我是大明星 “我是大明星”是一个在中国很流行的唱歌比赛节目。以前,只 有业余歌手能参加。然而今年,节目还邀请了不少演员。 大家特别喜欢一个印尼的年轻人,叫亚德。他只会说一点中文,歌 却唱得特别好。他舞跳得不太好,不过笑起来帅极了。他最有名的英文 歌叫《生活》。有的人听不懂歌词,但是他的演唱让大家觉得很开心。 亚德说:“以前朋友都说,会讲中文很酷,我不这么觉得。但是 现在我发现,不会中文太不方便了。还是应该好好学!” 最近,亚德做了一个中文网站,上面有很多他的照片。大家都很 喜欢,所以写了很多留言。这样,观众们不仅可以欣赏他的歌声,还 可以了解他的生活。
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13 0547/23/M/J/19 © UCLES 2019 28 “我是大明星”是一个什么样的节目? … [1] 29 除了业余歌手,还有谁可以参加“我是大明星”? … [1] 30 大家为什么喜欢亚德? (i) … [1] (ii) … [1] 31 大家为什么喜欢听他唱《生活》? … [1] 32 亚德为什么觉得现在要学好中文? … [1] 33 在亚德的网站上可以看到什么? (i) … [1] (ii) … [1] [Total: 8]
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This syllabus is regulated for use in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate. This document consists of 12 printed pages. © UCLES 2019 [Turn over Cambridge Assessment International Education Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education MANDARIN CHINESE 0547/23 Paper 2 Reading May/June 2019 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 International will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes. Cambridge International is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2019 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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0547/23 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2019 © UCLES 2019 Page 2 of 12 1 Generic Marking Principles These general marking principles must be applied by all examiners when marking candidate answers. They should be applied alongside the specific content of the mark scheme or generic level descriptors for a question. Each question paper and mark scheme will also comply with these marking principles. GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 1: Marks must be awarded in line with: • the specific content of the mark scheme or the generic level descriptors for the question • the specific skills defined in the mark scheme or in the generic level descriptors for the question • the standard of response required by a candidate as exemplified by the standardisation scripts. GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 2: Marks awarded are always whole marks (not half marks, or other fractions). GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 3: Marks must be awarded positively: • marks are awarded for correct/valid answers, as defined in the mark scheme. However, credit is given for valid answers which go beyond the scope of the syllabus and mark scheme, referring to your Team Leader as appropriate • marks are awarded when candidates clearly demonstrate what they know and can do • marks are not deducted for errors • marks are not deducted for omissions • answers should only be judged on the quality of spelling, punctuation and grammar when these features are specifically assessed by the question as indicated by the mark scheme. The meaning, however, should be unambiguous. GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 4: Rules must be applied consistently e.g. in situations where candidates have not followed instructions or in the application of generic level descriptors.
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0547/23 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2019 © UCLES 2019 Page 3 of 12 GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 5: Marks should be awarded using the full range of marks defined in the mark scheme for the question (however; the use of the full mark range may be limited according to the quality of the candidate responses seen). GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 6: Marks awarded are based solely on the requirements as defined in the mark scheme. Marks should not be awarded with grade thresholds or grade descriptors in mind.
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0547/23 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2019 © UCLES 2019 Page 4 of 12 2 General Marking Principles 2.1 It is not possible to list all acceptable alternatives in the Detailed Mark Scheme provided in Section 3. 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 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, but if the candidate has produced an answer that is another word in the target language they will not score. 2.2 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. 2.3 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, e.g. 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.
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0547/23 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2019 © UCLES 2019 Page 5 of 12 2.4 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) 2.5 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. 2.6 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).
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0547/23 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2019 © UCLES 2019 Page 6 of 12 2.7 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. 2.8 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 (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.
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0547/23 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2019 © UCLES 2019 Page 7 of 12 2.9 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: (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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0547/23 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2019 © UCLES 2019 Page 8 of 12 3 Detailed Mark Scheme Section 1 Exercise 1 Question Answer Marks Not Allowed Responses 1 A 1 2 B 1 3 C 1 4 C 1 5 A 1 Section 1 Exercise 2 Question Answer Marks Not Allowed Responses 6 D 1 7 A 1 8 C 1 9 B 1 Section 1 Exercise 3 Question Answer Marks Not Allowed Responses 10 A 1 11 B 1 12 D 1
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0547/23 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2019 © UCLES 2019 Page 9 of 12 Section 2 Exercise 1 Question Answer Marks Not Allowed Responses 13 火车站 1 14 停车场 1 15 好吃 1 16 看书 1
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0547/23 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2019 © UCLES 2019 Page 10 of 12 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 1: GENERAL MARKING PRINCIPLES Question Answer Marks Not Allowed Responses 17 上海 1 18 两个星期 1 19(i) (给客人)订房间 1 19(ii) 回答问题 1 20 什么时候会打折 1 Reject 这个问题真的很难; 我也不知道 21 不怕和别人说话了 1 Reject 帮助很大 22 滑旱冰 1 23 脚(受了伤) 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)
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0547/23 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2019 © UCLES 2019 Page 11 of 12 Section 3 Exercise 1 Question Answer Marks Not Allowed Responses 24 B 1 25 A 1 26 C 1 27 B 1
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0547/23 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2019 © UCLES 2019 Page 12 of 12 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. In this section, take into account the whole of the candidate’s answer. We are still applying the sound-alike rule. READ SECTION 1: 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. Question Answer Marks Not Allowed Responses 28 唱歌比赛(节目) 1 29 演员 1 30(i) 歌唱得特别好 1 Reject 只会说一点中文 30(ii) 笑起来帅极了 1 31 让大家觉得很开心 1 Reject 他觉得很开心 32 不会中文太不方便了 1 Reject 还是应该好好学; 很酷 33(i) 他的照片 1 Reject 可以欣赏他的歌声 33(ii) 留言 1 Reject 还可以了解他的生活 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)
What you needed in this session
Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2019 May/June, Paper 2 · Variant 3. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.