Cambridge IGCSE Chinese (Mandarin) - Foreign Language 0547 — 2024 May/June Paper 2 · Variant 3
0547/23/M/J/24 · 40 marks · ≈45 min
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Question paper, page 1
MANDARIN CHINESE 0547/23 Paper 2 Reading May/June 2024 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) 329862/3 © UCLES 2024 [Turn over This document has 12 pages. Cambridge IGCSE™ * 3 7 2 8 0 0 8 3 9 8 *
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2 0547/23/M/J/24 © UCLES 2024 问题1–5: 选择唯一正确的答案,在方格里打勾()。 1 西兰花太贵了。什么很贵? A B C D [1] 2 广州今天刮风。今天天气怎么样? A B C D [1] 3 钱包在衣柜里。什么在衣柜里? A B C D [1]
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3 0547/23/M/J/24 © UCLES 2024 [Turn over 4 哥哥要去教室。哥哥要去哪儿? A B C D [1] 5 蓝色的气球真好看。什么很好看? A B C D [1] [总分: 5]
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4 0547/23/M/J/24 © UCLES 2024 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) 林红很想当警察。 [1] (b) 马刚要去理发店。 [1] (c) 赵文在广场看表演。 [1] (d) 张伟教朋友滑旱冰。 [1] [总分: 4]
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5 0547/23/M/J/24 © UCLES 2024 [Turn over 7 阅读以下句子。选择唯一正确的答案,在方格里打勾()。 黄月 黄月是学校网球队的队员。她物理学得特别好,还常常帮助其他同学,但是 她说将来想当记者。 (a) 黄月做什么体育活动? A B C D [1] (b) 黄月什么学得很好? A B C D [1] (c) 黄月想做什么工作? A B C D [1] [总分: 3]
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6 0547/23/M/J/24 © UCLES 2024 8 阅读以下短文,用中文 中文回答问题。 (a) 小华在杭州玩了多长时间? … [1] (b) 小华是怎么去杭州的? … [1] (c) 在杭州,小华先去了哪里? … [1] (d) 小华觉得那儿怎么样? 1 … [1] 2 … [1] 小山: 你好! 我上个月和朋友去了杭州。我们在那里玩了两天,特别开心。 坐高铁又快又便宜,我们一个小时就到杭州了。我先和朋友去了 西湖。西湖的风景十分美丽,好玩的地方很多。我们不但划了船,还 去喝了茶,所以一直到晚上六点才回到酒店。 第二天,我们去了市中心的一个纪念品商店。店里正在打折,顾 客特别多。我买了一张中国画,打算送给姥爷。我的朋友说:“我要 买那个背包。你看,上面写了‘做自己’三个字,多时尚啊!” 祝好! 小华
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7 0547/23/M/J/24 © UCLES 2024 [Turn over (e) 小华什么时候回酒店? … [1] (f) 为什么纪念品商店里人很多? … [1] (g) 小华给谁买了中国画? … [1] (h) 小华的朋友觉得那个背包怎么样? … [1] [总分: 9]
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8 0547/23/M/J/24 © UCLES 2024 9 阅读以下短文(A–D)。选择唯一正确的答案,在方格里打勾()。 顾客留言 顾客留言 A 王先生 王先生 酒店的健身房特别好。游泳池的水很干净,我游了好几次。酒店的餐厅很现 代,但没有西餐,服务员也不太友好。 B 李小姐 李小姐 酒店设施很好,游泳池很大,但我一直在这里开会,没有时间做运动。停车 场很大,所以我和同事都是开车来的。 C 赵先生 赵先生 酒店离机场有点远,但是环境不错。服务员很有礼貌,还帮我们搬行李,告 诉我们去哪里玩比较好。 D 吴小姐 吴小姐 我开车到酒店,但是这里没有地方停车,只能停在旁边的路上。餐厅的中餐 和西餐都不贵,也很好吃。我每天都去吃。 (a) 哪个顾客觉得服务员很有帮助? A B C D [1] (b) 哪个顾客在酒店开会? A B C D [1] (c) 哪个顾客喜欢在酒店游泳? A B C D [1] (d) 哪个顾客可以在酒店停车? A B C D [1] (e) 哪个顾客在酒店餐厅吃了西餐? A B C D [1] [总分: 5]
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9 0547/23/M/J/24 © UCLES 2024 [Turn over 10 阅读以下短文。选择唯一正确的答案,在方格里打勾()。 “地球日”活动 “地球日”活动 上周末,方方和同学们参加了“地球日”活动,不是在学校或公园,而 是在街上。 同学们都穿着不同的衬衣。方方帮小明在衣服上写了“要保护环境”, 自己的写了“地球是我家”。有的同学的衣服上还画了绿色的森林。 活动时有两个队。小明在第一队,义卖在学校做好的蛋糕。小明说: “这次义卖是为了买树苗,这样下次我们可以去旁边的山上种树。” 方方在第二队。他们向行人介绍了环境问题。上个月他们还建了一个关 于环保的网站。方方说:“请在网站上多多留言。” 做完活动,有的人觉得很累,却还要走路回家。方方觉得还好,她在骑 自行车回家的路上,很开心地跟小明说:“这个活动真有意义,我下次还要 参加!” (a) 方方在哪里参加了“地球日”活动? A 公园 B 海边 C 街上 D 学校 [1] (b) 方方穿的衣服上 A 有“要保护环境”。 B 有“地球是我家”。 C 画了蓝天白云。 D 画了很多植物。 [1]
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10 0547/23/M/J/24 © UCLES 2024 (c) 参加活动时,第一队的队员 A 卖了东西。 B 买了小树。 C 收了垃圾。 D 去了山上。 [1] (d) 为了“地球日”活动,第二队的队员 A 采访了行人。 B 做了一个网站。 C 在网站上留了言。 D 交换了旧书。 [1] (e) 活动结束后,方方 A 觉得非常累。 B 要走路回家。 C 以后还想去。 D 和父母聊天。 [1] [总分: 5]
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11 0547/23/M/J/24 © UCLES 2024 [Turn over 11 阅读以下短文,用中文 中文回答问题。 《快快跑》是很受欢迎的电视节目,每期都有各种让人开心的游戏。 节目每周六晚在电视上直播,星期天就能在电视节目网站上找到了。 晓林说:“我总是在星期天晚上看《快快跑》,不用看那些无聊的广告。很 多同学和我一样,周六都要做作业。星期天我们一边看一边用手机聊天,猜 哪个队会赢。” 张平说:“《快快跑》是三年前开始的,可我去年才听说这个节目, 从那时开始每周都看。很多人觉得里面的游戏很有趣,但对我来说,它们没 什么特点。节目里可以看到很多名人,有我最喜欢的明星参加时,我就开心 得多。” 当然,有的人也不喜欢《快快跑》。他们认为游戏虽然不错,但是明星 们说的话都是安排好的。 (a) 《快快跑》这个节目受欢迎的原因是什么? … [1] (b) 周日晓林怎么才能看到这个节目? … [1] (c) 晓林为什么在周日看这个节目? 1 … [1] 2 … [1] (d) 看节目的时候,晓林喜欢和同学聊什么? … [1] (e) 张平从什么时候开始看这个节目? … [1] (f) 张平觉得这个节目里的游戏怎么样? … [1]
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12 0547/23/M/J/24 © UCLES 2024 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) 在节目里,看到谁会让张平更高兴? … [1] (h) 为什么有的人不喜欢这个节目? … [1] [总分: 9]
Mark scheme, page 1
This document consists of 10 printed pages. © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 [Turn over Cambridge IGCSE™ MANDARIN CHINESE 0547/23 Paper 2 Reading May/June 2024 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 2024 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 2024 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 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 descriptions 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 2024 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 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.
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0547/23 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2024 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 Page 4 of 10 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. 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
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0547/23 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2024 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 Page 5 of 10 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. 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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0547/23 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2024 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 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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0547/23 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2024 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 Page 7 of 10 4 Detailed Mark Scheme Questions 1–5 Question Answer Marks Guidance 1 D 1 2 B 1 3 D 1 4 A 1 5 C 1 Question 6 Question Answer Marks Guidance 6(a) D 1 6(b) A 1 6(c) E 1 6(d) C 1
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0547/23 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2024 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 Page 8 of 10 Question 7 Question Answer Marks Guidance 7(a) C 1 7(b) D 1 7(c) B 1 Question 8 Question Answer Marks Guidance 8(a) 两天 1 Reject long lifting: 我上个月和朋友去了杭州。我们在那里 玩了两天,特别开心。 8(b) 坐高铁 1 Reject: 高铁 8(c) 西湖 1 8(d) 风景(十分)美丽 好玩的地方很多 2 Reject: 美丽/地方很多 8(e) (晚上)六点 1 8(f) (店里正在)打折 1 8(g) 姥爷 1 8(h) 时尚 1 Reject long lifting: 你看,上面写了‘做自己’三个字,多时 尚啊!”
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0547/23 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2024 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 Page 9 of 10 Question 9 Question Answer Marks Guidance 9(a) C 1 9(b) B 1 9(c) A 1 9(d) B 1 9(e) D 1 Question 10 Question Answer Marks Guidance 10(a) C 1 10(b) B 1 10(c) A 1 10(d) B 1 10(e) C 1
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0547/23 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2024 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 Page 10 of 10 Question 11 Question Answer Marks Guidance 11(a) (每期都有各种)让人开心的游戏 1 11(b) 在电视节目网站上看 1 Reject: (星期天就能)在电视节目网站上找到了。 11(c) 不用看(无聊的)广告 周六要做作业 2 Accept:周六没时间 Reject: (同学们要)做作业 11(d) 哪个队会赢 1 Reject long lifting: 星期天我们一边看一边用手机聊天,猜哪 个队会赢。 11(e) 去年 1 Reject long lifting: 可我去年才听说这个节目(从那时开始每 周都看)。 11(f) 没有什么特点 2 Accept: 没什么特点 11(g) 自己最喜欢的明星 1 Reject: 明星 11(h) 认为明星说的话都是安排好的 1
What you needed in this session
Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2024 May/June, Paper 2 · Variant 3. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.