Section 2: Reading for Meaning Read Passage 2, Laurent, in the insert and answer all the questions below. From paragraph 1

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2023). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

1. 3(a) [1] banker / (a career in) banking / working in a bank - Allow 'young banker' - Allow lift of line 2 'He had let himself be drawn into a career in banking'
2. 3(b) [1] he was earning / making (a lot of) money // his salary / pay (was high) // for the money // the money he was earning (was compensation for the problems that weighed heavily on him / he was facing) - Allow lift of line 6 ‘(for a while) the money he was earning was compensation (enough)'
3. 3(c) [1] (the contrast / difference between) what he wanted to do / be / become // what he aspired to / desired / hoped for / wished for // had a passion for a life (working) with books // his ambition / perfect life / goal / dream / (was a life devoted to reading / to work with books)
4. 3(c) [1] and what is actually happening / what is happening now // what he actually / currently is / has become / is doing // his actual / current / present life / job / career (as a banker / working in a bank) // life as it actually is/was // the life he actually has // his life now // the life he actually got // the life he is/was living (as a banker) // what his life in fact / literally / truly was // daily / regular / everyday life (as a banker) // how his life turned out // what he ended up doing - This is an OWN WORDS question. Key ideas are to be found in the words IDEAL and REALITY. Any paraphrases which capture these ideas are acceptable but do not accept mere synonyms of the words without a relevant context.