Cambridge IGCSE English - Second Language (oral endorsement) 0510 — 2020 Feb/March Paper 4 · Variant 2
0510/42/F/M/20 · 40 marks · ≈45 min
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Cambridge IGCSE™ ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE 0510/42 Paper 4 Listening (Extended) February/March 2020 Approximately 50 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 [ ]. * 4 9 4 1 1 7 0 6 0 0 * This document has 12 pages. Blank pages are indicated. DC (LK/SW) 185978/3 © UCLES 2020 [Turn over
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2 0510/42/F/M/20 © UCLES 2020 Exercise 1 You will hear four short recordings. Answer each question on the line provided. Write no more than three words for each answer. You will hear each recording twice. 1 (a) What present does the girl usually buy for her grandmother’s birthday? … [1] (b) Where is the girl going to look for a present for her grandmother? … [1] 2 (a) What does the man find most difficult about learning to drive? … [1] (b) Who does the man think has helped him most with learning to drive? … [1] 3 (a) What job did Gina Foster do in the past? … [1] (b) Where does Gina Foster prefer to give talks about the environment? … [1] 4 (a) What time of day did the man go to the top of the skyscraper? … [1] (b) Where on the top floor had the man planned to go? … [1] [Total: 8]
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3 0510/42/F/M/20 © UCLES 2020 [Turn over Exercise 2 5 You will hear a talk given by a woman called Laura who took up photography as a hobby. Listen to the talk and complete the details below. Write one or two words only in each gap. You will hear the talk twice. Photography as a hobby When Laura first took up photography, she was discouraged by the … . Laura says that a … was particularly useful when she was learning about photography. When Laura began taking pictures outside, she realised the importance of … . Laura’s family didn’t expect her to take her camera to the … . When Laura managed to get good pictures of … , she became much more confident. Laura gets most pleasure from taking photographs when she is in … . According to Laura, being … is the key to successful photography. Laura dreams of organising … in the future. [8]
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4 0510/42/F/M/20 © UCLES 2020 Exercise 3 6 You will hear six people talking about television programmes they watch regularly. For each of speakers 1 to 6, choose from the list, A to G, which opinion each speaker expresses. Write the letter in the appropriate box. Use each letter only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need to use. You will hear the recordings twice. Speaker 1 A I’m surprised by the high quality of the special effects. Speaker 2 B I can’t always understand what is happening. Speaker 3 C I’m impressed by the quality of the acting. Speaker 4 D I don’t think the way the characters talk is realistic. Speaker 5 E I appreciate the beautiful settings. Speaker 6 F I believe the programme should be more popular than it is. G I don’t think it’s like any other programme on television. [6]
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5 0510/42/F/M/20 © UCLES 2020 [Turn over Please turn over for Exercise 4.
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6 0510/42/F/M/20 © UCLES 2020 Exercise 4 7 You will hear a student called Anna talking to Ben Hamilton, a personal trainer, about his work helping people to keep fit. Listen to the interview and look at the questions. For each question, choose the correct answer, A, B or C, and put a tick (3) in the appropriate box. You will hear the interview twice. (a) Why did Ben become a personal trainer? A He enjoyed studying health and fitness at university. B He wasn’t satisfied with the job he had at a gym. C He got the idea from his employer. [1] (b) What does Ben think is the most important quality for a personal trainer? A an ability to motivate people B good organisational skills C up-to-date specialist knowledge [1] (c) Ben says that he avoids working with people who A argue with him about the advice he gives. B have little previous experience of keeping fit. C are recovering from injuries. [1] (d) Ben admits that when he is very busy, he sometimes A cancels holidays he has booked. B tries to reduce the number of clients. C fails to keep as fit as he would like. [1] (e) Ben is sometimes annoyed when the people he knows A keep asking him specific questions. B try to pretend they are very fit. C say that his job must be easy. [1]
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7 0510/42/F/M/20 © UCLES 2020 [Turn over (f) Ben says that some of his clients probably give up because A they don’t have the time. B they lack discipline. C they run out of money. [1] (g) Ben felt particularly pleased when his client Mike A took part in a race. B changed his diet. C started walking everywhere. [1] (h) One day, Ben would like to A make television documentaries. B create his own fitness website. C write a book about his experiences. [1] [Total: 8]
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8 0510/42/F/M/20 © UCLES 2020 Exercise 5 8 (a) You will hear a teacher giving a talk about the Galapagos Islands. Listen to the talk and complete the sentences in Part (a). Write one or two words only in each gap. You will hear the talk twice. The Galapagos Islands For a long time, … were the only people who spent time on the islands. A … was created to protect underwater plants and sea creatures. Conditions are particularly … in the ‘pampa’ zone of the islands. The teacher says that visiting a … was the best part of his trip to the islands. The teacher was surprised that only a small number of … can be found on the islands. [5]
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9 0510/42/F/M/20 © UCLES 2020 (b) Now listen to a conversation between two university students about the wildlife of the Galapagos Islands and complete the sentences in Part (b). Write one or two words only in each gap. You will hear the conversation twice. The wildlife of the Galapagos Islands The woman was particularly interested in the … of sea iguanas. The man was surprised that the shell size of giant tortoises varies according to their … . The Galapagos penguins need plenty of … . The man would like to have the chance to see … in Tortuga Bay. The students agree that … may now be the biggest threat to wildlife on the Galapagos. [5] [Total: 10]
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12 0510/42/F/M/20 © UCLES 2020 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 the Cambridge Assessment Group. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which itself is a department of the University of Cambridge. BLANK PAGE
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This document consists of 4 printed pages. © UCLES 2020 [Turn over Cambridge IGCSE™ ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (SPEAKING ENDORSEMENT) 0510/42 Paper 4 Listening (Extended) March 2020 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 March 2020 series for most Cambridge IGCSE™, Cambridge International A and AS Level components and some Cambridge O Level components.
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0510/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED March 2020 © UCLES 2020 Page 2 of 4 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. 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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0510/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED March 2020 © UCLES 2020 Page 3 of 4 Question Answer Marks 1(a) (some) clothes 1 1(b) (the) shopping centre 1 Question Answer Marks 2(a) parking 1 2(b) (his/my) uncle 1 Question Answer Marks 3(a) (a) singer 1 3(b) (in) schools 1 Question Answer Marks 4(a) (in) (the) morning 1 4(b) (to) (a) restaurant 1 Question Answer Marks 5(a) technical language 1 5(b) blog 1 5(c) (the) light 1 5(d) super(-)market 1 5(e) sunsets 1 5(f) other countries 1 5(g) patient 1 5(h) (local) exhibitions 1 Question Answer Marks 6(a) G 1 6(b) F 1 6(c) B 1 6(d) D 1
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0510/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED March 2020 © UCLES 2020 Page 4 of 4 Question Answer Marks 6(e) A 1 6(f) E 1 Question Answer Marks 7(a) B 1 7(b) A 1 7(c) C 1 7(d) C 1 7(e) A 1 7(f) B 1 7(g) A 1 7(h) C 1 Question Answer Marks 8A(a) pirates 1 8A(b) marine reserve 1 8A(c) humid 1 8A(d) volcano 1 8A(e) mammals 1 Question Answer Marks 8B(a) feeding habits 1 8B(b) location 1 8B(c) shelter 1 8B(d) sharks 1 8B(e) introduced species 1
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Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2020 Feb/March, Paper 4 · Variant 2. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.