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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
1115/02, 1120/02
1123/02
Paper 2 Comprehension
May/June 2006
1 hour 30 minutes
Additional Materials:
Answer Booklet/Paper
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Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper.
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 5(a) and 5(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.
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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1120/02 M/J06
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 How does the writer suggest that Joseph has not yet learned to read?
[1]
From paragraph 2
2
(a) Joseph’s mother pushed him ‘hurriedly’ out of the front door. In what two other ways did her
behaviour suggest she was in a hurry?
[2]
(b) Joseph’s mother was ‘anxious in case her own mission might not be successful’. What
exactly was she worried about?
[1]
From paragraph 3
3
Pick out and write down the single word which shows that Joseph’s mother was treating him very
tactfully.
[1]
From paragraph 4
4
Explain in your own words what Joseph’s mother and her for