1 MARKING SCHEME FOR EXCEL 2 SPM BI 2 SECTION A 1. A 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. A 6. B 7. A 8. A 9. C 10. D 11. A 12. B 13. C 14. A 15.A SECTION B 16. Techno Remixes 17. Blues 18. German traditional and modern tracks 19. All kinds 20. Chinese 21. Instrumental with the saxophone 22. Wednesday 23. With a Mediterranean feel 24. CRAZY FEAT and DEUTSCHLAND BEST 25. 130 kinds of German beer, Sauerkrauts and continental dishes SECTION C 26. trouble yourself 27. (a) check whether sugar, fat or salt is the first three ingredients (b) check the number of fat grams 28. (a) combo OR king-size (b) jumbo OR supreme 29. (a) consume lean meat (b) limit your intake of vegetable oils, butter, salad dressings and fried food 30. (a) moderation OR eat moderately (b) balance OR eat balanced food
2 31. SUMMARY Content : 10 marks Language : 5 marks _____________________ 15 marks _____________________ Content : • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Food Consider the quality of food Check the labels for the contents Too much sugar, fat, salt is not good Avoid fast-food outlets Deep fried, high in fat, salt and sugar is not good Eat at moderate portions Don’t eat too much Eat low-fat food Control cholesterol consumption Eat food with lean protein Avoid excess sugar Exercise regularly
FOR CONTENT, AWARD 1 MARK FOR EACH POINT WITH THE MAXIMUM OF 10 POINTS LANGUAGE : Refer to Language descriptor attached
SECTION D 32. (a) to pay the last respect to the dead (or any other acceptable answers) (b) to confirm the death (c) both thought whether someone died on the mattress (d) because someone died on it. It tells that the people in the house are superstitious. 33. (a) She believed she was born to wear jewels and rich gowns (b) She is ashamed that she is poor (c) Invitation to the ball (d) No, she is not satisfied with what she has in her life (or any other acceptable answers) 34. Refer to the Literature Component Descriptor
3 LANGUAGE DESCRIPTORS Question 31 : Summary MARK 5
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PARAPHRASE sustained paraphrasing allow phrases from text which are difficult to substitute expression is secure
MARK 5
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4
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noticeable rephrasing free from stretches of concentrated lifting expression is generally sound
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3
2
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limited rephrasing intelligent and selective lifting expression is not always secure
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wholesome copying attempts to substitute with own language limited to single word expression
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more or less a complete transcript of text originally barely noticeable mindless lifting
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2
USE OF ENGLISH language is accurate occasional slips or minor errors very well-organized and coherent throughout marked ability to use original compound and complex structures language is largely accurate isolated serious errors well-organized and coherent in most parts some ability to use original compound and complex structures language is sufficiently accurate some serious errors fairly well-organized and coherent in some parts
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meaning is not in doubt frequent serious errors poorly organized and lacks coherence
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heavy frequency of serious errors fractured syntax incoherent
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Note : 1. The mark of 0 is awarded if the material used is outside the prescribed text (totally irrelevant) or the candidate has copied the whole text. 2. For a ‘more or less complete transcript of text’, maximum mark for USE OF ENGLISH is 3.
4 LITERATURE COMPONENT - NOVEL (Question 34) MARK RANGE
CONTENT •
10 – 9 •
• 8–7
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• 6–5
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• 4–3
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2–1 •
a consistently relevant and convincing response to the task always provides textual evidence (detailed and well developed) a relevant response to the task usually provides textual evidence (some development) an intermittently relevant response to the task provides some textual evidence (some development) a response of very little relevance to the task hardly any textual evidence shows barely any understanding of the requirement (s) of the task response has no relevance to the task
MARK RANGE
5
4
LANGUAGE • •
accurate very well - organized
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accurate very well - organized
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frequent errors but meaning is never in doubt fairly organized
3 • • 2 • • 1 •
some blurring in meaning poorly organized makes little or no sense at all lacks organization
NOTE: The mark of ‘0’ should only be awarded if • There is no understanding of the requirement(s) of the task • The response is in a language other than English • There is no response