Cambridge IGCSE Chinese (Mandarin) - Foreign Language 0547 — 2023 May/June Paper 2 · Variant 1

0547/21/M/J/23 · 40 marks · ≈45 min

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MANDARIN CHINESE 0547/21 Paper 2 Reading May/June 2023  1 hour 15 minutes You must answer on the question paper. No additional materials are needed. INSTRUCTIONS ● Answer all questions. ● Use a black or dark blue pen. ● Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page. ● Write your answer to each question in the space provided. ● Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid. ● Do not write on any bar codes. ● Dictionaries are not allowed. INFORMATION ● The total mark for this paper is 40. ● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ]. NL (SW) 316336/3 © UCLES 2023 [Turn over This document has 12 pages. Cambridge IGCSE™ * 1 5 4 6 7 7 9 3 0 5 *

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2 0547/21/M/J/23 © UCLES 2023 问题1–5: 选择唯一正确的答案,在方格里打勾()。 1 银行关门了。哪儿关门了? A B C D  [1] 2 弟弟喜欢跑步。弟弟喜欢做什么? A B C D  [1] 3 葡萄卖完了。什么卖完了? A B C D  [1]

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3 0547/21/M/J/23 © UCLES 2023 [Turn over 4 包子真好吃。什么很好吃? A B C D [1] 5 我的牙膏不见了。什么不见了? A B C D [1] [总分: 5]

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4 0547/21/M/J/23 © UCLES 2023 6 请看下面的图片。 B A D C E 选择唯一正确的答案,将字母(A–E)填入方格中。 (a) 林红和弟弟去取钱。  [1] (b) 马刚周末常常看报。  [1] (c) 赵文爱吃冰淇淋。  [1] (d) 张伟在商店买西装。  [1] [总分: 4]

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5 0547/21/M/J/23 © UCLES 2023 [Turn over 7 阅读以下句子。选择唯一正确的答案,在方格里打勾()。 张青 今天,张青去一家幼儿园帮忙,在花园里种了很多树。工作人员很高兴,给 了她一个漂亮的本子。 (a) 张青去了哪儿? A B C D [1] (b) 张青做了什么? A B C D [1] (c) 张青得到了什么礼物? A B C D [1] [总分: 3]

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6 0547/21/M/J/23 © UCLES 2023 8 阅读以下短文,用中文 中文回答问题。 (a) 小刚在什么样的学校读书? … [1] (b) 小刚是什么时候开始住在学校的? … [1] (c) 宿舍里有什么? … [1] (d) 朋友们在哪里买零食? … [1] 明明: 你好! 我现在在一所艺术学校上学,是两个月前搬进学校宿舍的。 宿舍楼很大、很干净,还有乒乓球桌。我常常在周末跟朋友们一 起打球。有时候肚子饿了,朋友们就一起去学校外面买零食吃。住在 这里,我很开心。 在学校,我最喜欢画画,我也学习音乐和建筑。老师们都非常有 经验,我很喜欢他们。 我家在另外一个城市,所以我不经常回家,但是每个周五我都给 家里打电话。 祝好! 小刚

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7 0547/21/M/J/23 © UCLES 2023 [Turn over (e) 除了画画,小刚还学习什么课程? … [1] … [1] (f) 小刚为什么喜欢他的老师? … [1] (g) 小刚为什么很少回家? … [1] (h) 小刚每个星期五做什么? … [1]  [总分: 9]

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8 0547/21/M/J/23 © UCLES 2023 9 阅读以下短文(A–D)。选择唯一正确的答案,在方格里打勾()。 公园 公园 A 中心公园 中心公园 这里有一个美术馆,很多人来参观。美术馆里不让拍照。公园里还有个图书 馆,退休的人喜欢去那儿看书。 B 人民公园 人民公园 公园里有树、湖和动物园。进这个公园不用买门票。公园的湖很大,可以在 那里划船。 C 友谊公园 友谊公园 公园的小吃店很受欢迎,妈妈们常带孩子来这儿吃点心。小吃店的服务员有 时候还会带孩子们看书。 D 立新公园 立新公园 这里的花特别美,很多人都来拍照。公园的茶馆也常有游人来喝茶、吃蛋 糕。进这个公园,买门票总是要等很久。 (a) 在哪个公园可以划船? A B C D [1] (b) 哪个公园有很多人拍照? A B C D [1] (c) 孩子们常去哪个公园吃点心? A B C D [1] (d) 哪个公园的门票不好买? A B C D [1] (e) 哪个公园有地方给退休的人看书? A B C D [1] [总分: 5]

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9 0547/21/M/J/23 © UCLES 2023 [Turn over 10 阅读以下短文。选择唯一正确的答案,在方格里打勾()。 暑假 暑假 我叫哈利,喜欢旅游。以前我一般都是去著名的旅游景点或者去印度看 奶奶,今年暑假我一个人去了中国的农村。 在中国的西南地区,有很多山。过去没有公路,不太容易去;现在修了 很多公路,开车很方便了。我去了一个叫田外的村子,那里没有公共汽车, 我走了五公里的山路才到。 因为交通不便,那里没有工作机会,所有的大人都在城市打工。村里只 有老人和孩子,大一点的孩子要照顾弟弟妹妹。 我跟孩子们一起玩、看手机上的视频,也给他们带去一些好看的笔和本 子。我还跟老人们学做当地的食物。让我最高兴的是在山里看到一些野生动 物和很多野果。野果很漂亮,但我不敢吃。 (a) 哈利今年去了 A 奶奶家 B 旅游景点 C 农村 D 海边  [1] (b) 哈利是…去田外的。 A 坐公共汽车 B 坐火车 C 开车 D 走路  [1]

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10 0547/21/M/J/23 © UCLES 2023 (c) 田外的大人们在 A 农场种地 B 城市工作 C 家里照顾孩子 D 村子里工作  [1] (d) 哈利送给孩子们 A 食物 B 衣服 C 手机 D 文具  [1] (e) 哈利最喜欢 A 看野生动物 B 看山上的风景 C 吃各种野果 D 做当地的饭菜  [1] [总分: 5]

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11 0547/21/M/J/23 © UCLES 2023 [Turn over 11 阅读以下短文,用中文 中文回答问题。 丹尼的父母年轻时来到英国读书,后来父亲做了银行家,母亲做了会计 师。父母在学习上对他要求很严格,周末除了送他去中文学校,还要他去不 同的兴趣班。 小的时候,他只能听父母的,所以一直不开心。虽然丹尼的考试成绩很 好,可以上一所好大学,但中学毕业后,他决定去技术学校学做工艺品。 原本只想学一年,但是学校的环境太好了,课程非常有意思,他就呆了 两年。在那儿,学生们可以自己选择任何科目。学生们可以住在学校,大家 有时还很吵。丹尼以前不爱说话,但现在变得开朗了。 他做了很多工艺品,没在圣诞节时送给父母和朋友,而是在他们过生日 时寄给他们。 (a) 丹尼的妈妈做什么工作? … [1] (b) 为什么丹尼在周末很忙? 1 … [1] 2 … [1] (c) 为什么小时候,丹尼总是不高兴? … [1] (d) 中学毕业后,丹尼在哪里学习? … [1] (e) 丹尼一开始计划在那里学几年? … [1] (f) 在课程方面,学生们可以做什么? … [1]

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12 0547/21/M/J/23 © UCLES 2023 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. To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced online in the Cambridge Assessment International Education Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download at www.cambridgeinternational.org after the live examination series. Cambridge Assessment International Education is part of Cambridge Assessment. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is a department of the University of Cambridge. (g) 住校给丹尼带来什么好处? … [1] (h) 丹尼什么时候把他做的工艺品送人? … [1]  [总分: 9]

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This document consists of 10 printed pages. © UCLES 2023 [Turn over Cambridge IGCSE™ MANDARIN CHINESE 0547/21 Paper 2 Reading May/June 2023 MARK SCHEME Maximum Mark: 40 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 2023 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 2023 © UCLES 2023 Page 2 of 10 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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0547/21 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2023 © UCLES 2023 Page 3 of 10 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. Additional Guidance The following guidance underpins the detailed instructions provided in the mark scheme. Where a decision is taken to deviate from this guidance for a particular question, this will be specified in the mark scheme. Often the additional guidance points will have to be weighed up against each other, e.g. the answer might look or sound like the intended word/phrase in Chinese, but if what the candidate has written means something different in Chinese from what is expected, the mark cannot be awarded. It is not possible to list all acceptable alternatives in the mark scheme. If you encounter an answer which is not covered by the mark scheme, you will need to make a decision about whether it communicates 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.  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 2023 © UCLES 2023 Page 4 of 10  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 one box stipulated), and neither has been crossed out/discounted by the candidate, no mark can be awarded.  For questions requiring more than one element for the answer, (1) and (2), where the answers are interchangeable: (a) Both of the correct answers are on line 1 and line 2 is blank (or vice versa) = 2 marks (b) Both of the correct answers are on line 1 and line 2 contains a wrong answer (or vice versa) = 1 mark  Mark for communication: Answers requiring the use of Chinese (rather than a non-verbal response) should be marked for communication. Tolerate inaccuracies provided that the message is clear. However, do not accept incorrect Chinese if the word written by the candidate means something else in Chinese (unless the mark scheme specifies otherwise). (a) If you read aloud what the candidate has written, does it sound like the correct answer? Would a native speaker of Chinese understand it? (b) Does what the candidate has written look like the correct answer, e.g. one stroke missing but no other word created? Would a native speaker of Chinese understand it? (c) Accept incorrect person and possessive adjectives unless the mark scheme specifies otherwise. Incorrect Chinese which constitutes a word in any language other than Chinese is marked (i) on the basis of whether it is accepted or rejected in the mark scheme and (ii) if it is not mentioned in the mark scheme, on the basis of points (a) to (c) above.

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0547/21 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2023 © UCLES 2023 Page 5 of 10  Annotations used in the mark scheme: (a) INV = invalidation. This is used when the additional material included by the candidate is judged to invalidate an otherwise correct answer and therefore prevents him/her from scoring the mark. (INV = 0) (b) tc = ‘tout court’. This means that, on its own, the material is not sufficient to score the mark. (c) HA = harmless addition. This means that the candidate has included additional material which, in conjunction with the correct answer, does not prevent him/her from scoring the mark.  No response and ‘0’ marks: (a) 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). (b) 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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0547/21 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2023 © UCLES 2023 Page 6 of 10  Extra material: Candidates need to answer the questions in such a way as to demonstrate that they have understood the text. The mark scheme cannot cover all eventualities so where specific instructions are not provided, the examiner must check the text to ensure that the correct elements which would attract 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 rejected, in which case this falls into category (c) and the answer should be rejected. (c) Extra material which constitutes an alternative answer specifically rejected in the mark scheme: This puts the examiner in the position of having to ‘choose’ which the intended answer is. The examiner cannot therefore 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 therefore the mark cannot be awarded. (e) Extra material introduced by the candidate and which does not feature in the original text: This affects communication. The examiner cannot be sure what the candidate has understood and therefore 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 a particular answer is not covered by the mark scheme, the examiner should consult the Team Leader.

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0547/21 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2023 © UCLES 2023 Page 7 of 10 4 Detailed Mark Scheme Question Answer Marks Guidance 1 B 1 2 A 1 3 C 1 4 C 1 5 D 1 Question Answer Marks Guidance 6(a) D 1 6(b) C 1 6(c) B 1 6(d) E 1 Question Answer Marks Guidance 7(a) A 1 7(b) C 1 7(c) D 1

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0547/21 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2023 © UCLES 2023 Page 8 of 10 Question Answer Marks Guidance Before marking Question 8, read the section Additional Guidance. 8(a) 艺术学校 1 Reject long lifting: 我现在在一所艺术学校上学,是两个月前搬 进学校宿舍的。 8(b) 两个月前 1 Reject: 两个月/两个月前搬(进) Reject long lifting: 我现在在一所艺术学校上学,是两个月前 搬进学校宿舍的。 8(c) 乒乓球桌 1 Accept: 还有乒乓球桌 8(d) 学校外面 1 Reject: 学校/外面 8(e) 音乐 1 Reject long lifting: 在学校,我最喜欢画画,我也学习音乐和建 筑。 建筑 1 8(f) (老师)非常有经验 1 Accept: 很有经验 Reject:有经验 8(g) 他家在另一个城市 1 Reject long lifting: 我家在另外一个城市,所以我不经常回家, 但是每个周五我都给家里打电话。 8(h) 给家里打电话 1 Reject:打电话 Reject long lifting: 我家在另外一个城市,所以我不经常回家, 但是每个周五我都给家里打电话。

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0547/21 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2023 © UCLES 2023 Page 9 of 10 Question Answer Marks Guidance 9(a) B 1 9(b) D 1 9(c) C 1 9(d) D 1 9(e) A 1 Question Answer Marks Guidance 10(a) C 1 10(b) D 1 10(c) B 1 10(d) D 1 10(e) A 1

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0547/21 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2023 © UCLES 2023 Page 10 of 10 Question Answer Marks Guidance Before marking Question 11, read the section Additional Guidance. 11(a) 会计师 1 11(b) 去中文学校 1 Reject: 中文学校 去(不同的)兴趣班 1 Reject: (不同的)兴趣班 11(c) 只能听父母的 1 11(d) 技术学校 1 11(e) 一年 1 11(f) (自己)选择任何科目 1 11(g) 变得开朗了 1 Reject: 但现在变得开朗了 Reject: 丹尼以前不爱说话,但现在变得开朗了。 11(h) 他们过生日时 1 Accept: 父母和朋友过生日时 Reject: 过生日时/生日时寄给他们 Reject: 而是在他们过生日时寄给他们

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Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2023 May/June, Paper 2 · Variant 1. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.

A26/40
B21/40
C16/40
D13/40
E10/40
F7/40
G4/40