O-LevelEnglish LanguageReading for Meaning1123/21 · May/June 2015 · Q64 Marks

From paragraph 2

(a)The woman's curls were ‘like a swarm of bees'. What impression of her curls is given by this comparison? [1][1]
(b)The woman's curls were ‘like a swarm of bees'. Pick out and write down the single word used later in the paragraph which continues this comparison. [1][1]
(c)Explain fully why the woman was 'corrected' by Griet's mother. [2][2]

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2015). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

[1] they were moving / flying around // there were many / a lot of / plenty (of them) (Allow: Untamed / dense / (so) much)
[1] swatting (Allow: The use of the correct word in a phrase or sentence provided that it is underlined or otherwise highlighted.)
[1] The woman / she had treated /spoken about Griet / her daughter rudely / disrespectifully / dismissively / as if Griet / her daughter were unimportant / not worth being polite to / a nobody / a servant // the woman didn't ask / refer to Griet's/ her daughter's name (Allow: The woman looked down on Griet / her daughter, spoke about Griet with contempt / superiority, she didn't care that Griet was her daughter, she was rude about / to Griet/ her daughter)
[1] (The mother / she felt / thought / knew that the woman that) Griet / her daughter was a person / had a name / wasn't just a servant / wasn't just an object / should be called by her name / was her daughter / the daughter of the house (Allow: The mother / she was offended by the labelling of her daughter as 'the girl', the mother / she wanted the woman / her to treat her daughter with respect/ The mother / she wanted her daughter to be treated with respect)

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