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SJF4319 T26799/2
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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 4(a) and 4(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.
*7888514999*
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
1115/02, 1120/02
1123/02
Paper 2 Comprehension
May/June 2007
1 hour 30 minutes
Additional Materials:
Answer Booklet/Paper
2
1120/02/M/J/07
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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
(a) What woke the writer from his sleep?
[1]
(b) The writer was reluctant to move at first. Why did he then get up and go on deck?
[1]
(c) In what two ways did Vigo resemble ‘a sparkling necklace’? Number your answers (i) and (ii).
[2]
From paragraph 2
2
(a) Apart from a shortage of money, what other evidence is there to suggest that the writer might
have difficulty settling in this new country?
[1]
(b) The writer cut the ‘last connection with home’ when he changed his coins into local currency.
What other piece of evidence sugges