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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 2004
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.
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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.
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.
The insert contains the passage for comprehension.
Mistakes in spelling, punctuation and grammar may be penalised in any part of the Paper.
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1120/02/M/J/04
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 did Aditya feel about the writer’s ‘strange wish’?
[1]
From paragraph 2:
2 Why would Salim be an ideal companion on the journey?
[1]
From paragraph 3:
3 Give two reasons for the writer’s ‘gloomy mood’.
[2]
From paragraph 4:
4 Give two reasons why Queen was the elephant which the writer bought.
[2]
From paragraph 5:
5
(a) The owner of the tea stall shows by what he says that he is ‘enraged’. Explain two other ways
in which it is clear that he is angry.
[2]
(b) The writer says ‘the drain on my nerves and on my pocket’ had been considerable. Using
your own w