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International General Certificate of Secondary Education
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FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH
Paper 2 Reading Passages (Extended)
May/June 2010
2 hours
Additional Materials:
Answer Booklet/Paper
*2417882240*
READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST
If you have been given an Answer Booklet, follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet.
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.
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.
This document consists of 5 printed pages and 3 blank pages.
DC (CB) 12973/3
© UCLES 2010
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Part 1
Read Passage A carefully, and then answer Questions 1 and 2.
Passage A
A Great Conductor
This passage describes a series of three sequences in a television programme about a great orchestral conductor. These sequences trace the course of some very unusual events.
In the first sequence, the elderly Signor Alessandro sits at a table in a restaurant. Tonight he will conduct Beethoven’s powerful Fifth Symphony yet again. Tomorrow he will conduct the much gentler
Sixth Symphony. At least he thinks they are in that order. His memory frequently fails him these days.
Already in his mind he hears the magnificent opening chords of the Fifth Symphony and sees his own powerful gestures as he drives his orchestra forward. He smiles. Great conductors instinctively know which gestures best communicate with the players. His chicken curry arrives. Always a chicken curry before a concert. His excuse is that it helps the adrenalin to flow. This curry has been cooked to perfection. The aroma tickles his nostrils and the chicken – ah, so succulent – tempts
w ap eP
m
e tr .X
w om .c
s er UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
International General Certificate of Secondary Education
0500/21
FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH
Paper 2 Reading Passages (Extended)
May/June 2010
2 hours
Additional Materials:
Answer Booklet/Paper
*2417882240*
READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST
If you have been given an Answer Booklet, follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet.
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.
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.
This document consists of 5 printed pages and 3 blank pages.
DC (CB) 12973/3
© UCLES 2010
[Turn over
2
Part 1
Read Passage A carefully, and then answer Questions 1 and 2.
Passage A
A Great Conductor
This passage describes a series of three sequences in a television programme about a great orchestral conductor. These sequences trace the course of some very unusual events.
In the first sequence, the elderly Signor Alessandro sits at a table in a restaurant. Tonight he will conduct Beethoven’s powerful Fifth Symphony yet again. Tomorrow he will conduct the much gentler
Sixth Symphony. At least he thinks they are in that order. His memory frequently fails him these days.
Already in his mind he hears the magnificent opening chords of the Fifth Symphony and sees his own powerful gestures as he drives his orchestra forward. He smiles. Great conductors instinctively know which gestures best communicate with the players. His chicken curry arrives. Always a chicken curry before a concert. His excuse is that it helps the adrenalin to flow. This curry has been cooked to perfection. The aroma tickles his nostrils and the chicken – ah, so succulent – tempts