O-LevelEnglish LanguageReading for Meaning1123/22 · Oct/Nov 2022 · Q34 Marks
Read Passage 2, A New Beginning, in the insert and answer all the questions below. From paragraph 1
- (a)What was the first sign to passengers on the ferry that they were approaching land?[1]
- (b)Why were the writer and his wife 'thrown against the other passengers'?[1]
- (c)What did the writer and his wife assume 'was true'?[1]
- (d)Why does the writer describe his wife as 'showing remarkable thought-reading talent'?[1]
Mark scheme
Marking points from the official mark scheme (Oct/Nov 2022). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.
- [1] 3(a) the ferry/it sounded its hooter // the hooter was sounded // the sound of the hooter
- [1] 3(b) the ship swayed/rocked/moved from side to side/tilted/swung/rolled
- [1] 3(c) (that) the harbour was in sight/in view/could be seen // (that) a child could see the harbour
- [1] 3(d) his wife/she repeats/says/puts into words/tells (him) what he has been thinking/is feeling // (when) he is aware of/thinks about being a foreigner/in a strange country/an outsider (and) his wife/she says/tells him she feels like an outsider/foreigner/the same (way) Look for the wife verbalising his thoughts
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