O-LevelEnglish LanguageReading for Meaning1123/22 · May/June 2015 · Q54 Marks
From paragraph 1
- (a)What was the 'obvious' explanation for Monica's 'odd behaviour'?[1]
- (b)What did the writer suspect was the real reason for Monica's ‘odd behaviour'?[1]
- (c)Explain in your own words why ‘it was often hard to cope with' the strands of Monica's conversation.[2]
Mark scheme
Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2015). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.
- [1] (a) old age / being (quite) old (Allow: senility)
- [1] (b) (It might be caused by a plan) to get her own way (an old lady's prerogative) (Allow: She liked to get her own way // she liked to get things done / do things her own way, She was stubborn / wilful / obstinate)
- [1] (c) MEMORY AND FORGETFULNESS: remembering / retaining / recalling / calling to mind / holding on to (facts) AND not remembering/ losing (your memory) / (facts) slipping the mind
- [1] (c) CROSSED AND RECROSSED: flashed / moved round / came and went / alternated / fluctuated / changed places / (got) mixed (up) / (got) confused / tangled / entangled / intertwined / overlapped / intersected (with) / passed each other / interchanged // jumped / skipped about / around
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