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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
International General Certificate of Secondary Education

*9666543292*

0510/21

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
Paper 2 Reading and Writing (Extended)

October/November 2009
2 hours

Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
No Additional Materials are required.
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 ANY BARCODES.
Answer all questions.
Dictionaries are not allowed.
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.
For Examiner's Use
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Total

This document consists of 15 printed pages and 1 blank page.
IB09 11_0510_21/3RP
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Exercise 1
Read the following information about a Space Camp Competition, and then answer the questions on the opposite page.

Space
Space Camp Competition
This is a chance for you and your friends to win a place at next year’s Space Camp where you will spend time learning more about outer space and having wonderful space-like experiences. It also includes a visit to the National Space
Centre. The camp will run from 5th to 10th May
2010 and will include accommodation, food and a host of fun and educational activities. All this is free to the winning teams but would normally cost you $450 per team.

At the camp
When you reach the camp there will be experts showing you how it all works. You will also get the opportunity to experience what weightlessness in space can be like by scuba diving. Once you can do this well you will have to try to build a satellite under water!

The competition task
Imagine that man has returned to the moon and set up a base there. The ‘lunanauts’ live on the moon for months

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