Cambridge IGCSE English - Second Language (oral endorsement) 0510 — 2006 Oct/Nov Paper 3 · Variant 1
0510/31/O/N/06 · 30 marks · ≈34 min
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Question paper, page 1
This document consists of 6 printed pages and 2 blank pages. IB06 11_0510_03/8RP UCLES 2006 [Turn over Candidate Name Centre Number Candidate Number UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE Paper 3 Listening (Core) 0510/03 October/November 2006 Candidates answer on the Question Paper. Approx. 30 minutes Additional Materials: As listed in Instructions to Supervisors. 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, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. DO NOT WRITE IN THE BARCODE. DO NOT WRITE IN THE GREY AREAS BETWEEN THE PAGES. Answer all questions. Dictionaries are not permitted. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. *051003* FOR EXAMINER'S USE Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Total
Question paper, page 2
2 © UCLES 2006 0510/03/O/N/06 For Examiner's Use Part 1 Questions 1-6 For questions 1-6 you will hear a series of short sentences. Answer each question on the line provided. Your answer should be as brief as possible. You will hear each item twice. 1 Where do customers go for sale items? [1] 2 What does the doctor tell Darrel he should do? [1] 3 When do students need to meet for the study trip? [1] 4 Aysha wants to improve her computer skills. What special offer is available to her at the college? [1] 5 How does Hammad obtain a reduction on the tickets? Give two details. (i) [1] (ii) [1] 6 Why is it difficult for Thandie to reach the bank? [1] [Total: 7]
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3 © UCLES 2006 0510/03/O/N/06 [Turn over For Examiner's Use Part 2 Part 2: Exercise One (Question 7) Listen to the following interview with a rug-maker, and then fill in the details below. You will hear the interview twice. Rug length: up to … … [1] Named after … or … where made. [1] Quality of wool: best is … , cheaper is … [1] Persian or Turkish knots can be used and show that rug is hand-made, but loops mean it is machine-made. Colour production: warm red is … dye, but crimson means chineal, an insect dye. [1] Rug-maker: leaves date and signature on rug. Sign of a great rug: has … on reverse as well as front. [1] RUG-MAKING [Total: 5]
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4 © UCLES 2006 0510/03/O/N/06 For Examiner's Use Part 2: Exercise Two (Question 8) Listen to the following interview with a former salesman who has recently become a famous singer, and then fill in the details below. You will hear the interview twice. Singer, aged: … [1] Current success: top of … … music charts. [1] Sales career: Luigi had been a salesman for … … until … … . [1] Motivation to become a singer: boredom at work, need for a … , and luckily finding a … . [1] Amateur singing career: entered competitions, won year 2000 millennium festival contest. Combined careers: daytime as … , evenings and … as singer. [1] Professional singing career: sings at … … [1] Aim: to make classics accessible to everyone. Forthcoming engagements: singing at sports fixtures, recording CD with national orchestra. Luigi’s family: offer him … and … [1] PROFILE OF LUIGI RIGOLETTI [Total: 7]
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5 © UCLES 2006 0510/03/O/N/06 [Turn over For Examiner's Use Part 3 Part 3: Exercise One (Question 9) Listen to the following interview about the benefits of sunlight to our health, and then indicate whether each statement is true or false by putting a tick in the appropriate box. You will hear the interview twice. True False According to the speaker: (a) Light is a healer. (b) Humans need vitamins more than they need light. (c) Bright light on our skin and in our eyes can have bad effects on us. (d) Nerve message carriers will not work in bright light. (e) A vitamin can be produced from a non-food source. (f) The body needs hours of sunlight in order to make Vitamin D. (g) We must wear protective clothes when going out into the light. (h) Some lamps recreate the light of day. (i) We can feel better by changing the colour of a light bulb. (j) A light box harms our health. [Total: 5]
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6 © UCLES 2006 0510/03/O/N/06 For Examiner's Use Part 3: Exercise Two (Question 10) Listen to the following talk about lantern-making in Taiwan, and then indicate whether each statement is true or false by putting a tick in the appropriate box. You will hear the talk twice. True False (a) Lukang is a modern, bustling city. (b) National Living Treasures are displayed in Taiwan’s museums. (c) Wu Tunkhou has a lantern workshop on a boat in the old harbour. (d) Wu is a baker as well as a lantern-maker by trade. (e) Wu’s sons are master craftsmen lantern-makers. (f) First Wu makes the lantern framework and then he paints it. (g) Lantern-makers often use bamboo, silk and oil in their lantern construction. (h) Wu’s preferred decorations are Chinese poems which he writes on the lanterns. (i) It is simple to transport one of Wu’s delicate lanterns home safely. (j) Wu supplies lanterns for local people and festivities. (k) Lanterns are positive symbols for people in Taiwan. (l) Lantern-making is a dying trade in Taiwan. [Total: 6]
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Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2006 Oct/Nov, Paper 3 · Variant 1. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.