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SP (CW) T58074/3
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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level
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.
Leave a space of one line between answers to each part of a question, e.g. between 3(a) and 3(b).
Leave a space of at least three lines after your completed answer to each whole question.
The insert contains the passage for comprehension.
Mistakes in spelling, punctuation and grammar may be penalised in any part of the Paper.
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.
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE
1115/02, 1120/02
1123/02, 1125/02
Paper 2 Comprehension
October/November 2008
1 hour 30 minutes
Additional Materials:
Answer Booklet/Paper
2
1120/02/O/N/08
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Read the passage in the insert and then answer all the questions which follow below.
You are recommended to answer the questions in the order set.
Mistakes in spelling, punctuation and grammar may be penalised in any part of the Paper.
From paragraph 1:
1 Give two reasons why Benjamin was reluctant to get out of bed that morning. Number your
answers (i) and (ii).
[2]
From paragraph 2:
2 Benjamin had ‘a passion for literature’. Give two other reasons for his decision to become a
teacher of literature. Number your answers (i) and (ii).
[2]
From paragraph 3:
3
(a) Benjamin realised ‘his preconceptions of the job were different from its reality’. Explain in
your own words what this means.
[2]
(b) Give two reasons why it might be surprising that Benjamin