Cambridge IGCSE English - First Language (UK) 0522 — 2014 Oct/Nov Paper 2 · Variant 1
0522/21/O/N/14 · 50 marks · ≈56 min
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Question paper, page 1
This document consists of 11 printed pages, 1 blank page and 1 Reading Booklet Insert. DC (NF) 98638 © UCLES 2014 [Turn over Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education * 8 9 8 2 6 2 8 1 5 5 * FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH 0522/02 Paper 2 Reading Passages (Extended) October/November 2014 2 hours Candidates answer on the Question Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number, candidate number and name in the spaces provided. 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 in the space provided. If additional space is required, you should use the lined pages at the end of this booklet. The question number(s) must be clearly shown. Dictionaries are not permitted. The Reading Booklet Insert contains the reading passages for use with all questions on the Question Paper. The Insert is not assessed by the Examiner. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. PAPA CAMBRIDGE
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2 0522/02/O/N/14 © UCLES 2014 1 Imagine that you are the new headteacher in Passage A. You address the staff on the first day of the next term. Write what you say to them. You should: • describe what you have noticed about the students in this school • explain how the staff have contributed to the poor ethos of the school • present and justify your three-point plan for improving the school during the coming year. Base your writing on what you have read in Passage A. Address all three bullet points. Be careful to use your own words. Begin with the words, ‘The impressions I have formed of this school …’ Write between 1½ and 2 sides, allowing for the size of your handwriting. Up to 15 marks are available for the content of your answer, and up to 5 marks for the quality of your writing. … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …
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5 0522/02/O/N/14 © UCLES 2014 [Turn over [Turn over for Question 2]
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6 0522/02/O/N/14 © UCLES 2014 2 Re-read the descriptions of: (a) the school magazine and the reactions to it in paragraph 4, beginning ‘I also allowed the senior students…’; (b) the head of department and his room in paragraph 8, beginning ‘Because he left me to my own devices…’. Select words and phrases from these descriptions, and explain how the writer has created effects by using this language. Write between 1 and 1½ sides, allowing for the size of your handwriting. Up to 10 marks are available for the content of your answer. … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …
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8 0522/02/O/N/14 © UCLES 2014 3 Summarise: (a) the advantages and disadvantages of attending evening classes, as described in Passage B; (b) the reasons why the writer felt pleased with her job, as described in Passage A. Your summary must be in continuous writing (full sentences; not note form). Use your own words as far as possible. Aim to write no more than one side in total, allowing for the size of your handwriting. Write your response on the lines provided on page 9. Up to 15 marks are available for the content of your answer, and up to 5 marks for the quality of your writing.
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10 0522/02/O/N/14 © UCLES 2014 Additional Page If you use the following lined page to complete the answer(s) to any question(s), the question number(s) must be clearly shown. … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …
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12 0522/02/O/N/14 © UCLES 2014 Copyright Acknowledgements: Question 3 The Advantages & Disadvantages of attending Evening classes; http://language123.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/advantages-disadvantages-attending.html; 08 March 2012. 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. Cambridge International Examinations is part of the Cambridge Assessment Group. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is itself a department of the University of Cambridge. BLANK PAGE
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Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2014 Oct/Nov, Paper 2 · Variant 1. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.