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O-LevelEnglish LanguageReading for Meaning1123/21 · May/June 2014 · Q62 Marks

From paragraph 3

  1. (a)Inside the antiques shop, Alice saw a table with a ‘polished' surface. What did the surface of the table remind her of?[1]
  2. (b)Alice thought of the antiques shop as a 'temple of wonders'. Pick out and write down the single word used later in the paragraph which continues this idea of 'temple'.[1]

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2014). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

  1. [1] (a) Water / a lake / pond / pool (Don't Allow: Lift of 'she thought that.....edges'; Image must be de-coded; / sea / ocean = 0(N))
  2. [1] (b) reverently (Allow: The use of a correct word in a phrase or sentence provided that it is underlined or otherwise highlighted) (Don't Allow: More than one word)

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Topic
Reading for Meaning, O-Level English Language (syllabus 1123). Structured question, 2 marks.
Source
O-Level English Language, May/June 2014 Paper 2 Variant 1, question 6.

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