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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

International General Certificate of Secondary Education

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7 6 9 7 8 *FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH0500/23

Paper 2 Reading Passages (Extended) October/November 2012

2 hours Candidates answer on the Question Paper

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your Centre number, candidate number and name in the spaces provided.

Write in dark blue or black pen.

Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.

DO NOT WRITE ON ANY BARCODES.

Answer all questions in the space provided. If additional space is required, you should use the lined pages at

the end of this booklet. The question number(s) must be clearly shown.

Dictionaries are not permitted.

The Insert contains the reading passages for use with all questions on the Question Paper. The Insert is not required by the Examiner.

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

For Examiner’s Use

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Total

For Examiner’s Use 1

Y ou are Dean Potter being interviewed for an extreme sports magazine.

Y ou answer the following three questions only:

? E xplain why and how you practise in preparation for the Lost Arrow Spire challenge.

? Describe your feelings as you walk the slack-line.

? What advice would you give to people wanting to take-up this daring and exciting sport?

Write the words of the interview , beginning with the first question.

Base your interview on what you have read in Passage A. Be careful to use your own words.

Write between 1? and 2 sides, allowing for the size of your handwriting. Up to 15 marks are available for the content of your answer, and up to 5 marks for the

quality of your writing.

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Use 2 Re-read the descriptions of: (a) the valley below and Lost Arrow Spire above, as described in paragraph 5, beginning

‘Several months later…’;

(b) Dean Potter and his actions, as described in paragraph 6, beginning ‘His face,

adorned…’.

Select words and phrases from these descriptions, and explain how the writer has created

effects by using this language.

Write between 1 and 1? sides, allowing for the size of your handwriting.

Up to 10 marks are available for the content of your answer.

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Use 3 Summarise: (a) why daredevils risk their lives, as described in Passage B ;

(b) what the onlooker sees above and Potter sees below, as described in Passage A .

Use your own words as far as possible.

Aim to write no more than one side in total, allowing for the size of your handwriting. Write your response on the lines provided on page 9. Up to 15 marks are available for the content of your answer, and up to 5 marks for the

quality of your writing.

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Questions 1, 2 and 3 ? ADAPTED: Nora Zamichow; A Spiritual Quest on a Rope – at 1,200 feet ; Los Angeles Times; 28 November 1998.

Question 3 ? ADAPTED: Charles W Bryant; How Daredevils Work ; https://www.wendangku.net/doc/9811912707.html,/daredevil.htm/printable.

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