2012 Senior External Examination Chinese Tuesday 23 October 2012 Reading section Question and response book 9 am to 10:40 am Time allowed Perusal time: 10 minutes Working time: 1 hour 30 minutes Examination materials provided Reading section Question and response book Notepaper Equipment allowed QSA-approved equipment Directions Do not write in this book until perusal time is finished. The Reading section has three tasks. You must: attempt all tasks respond in English. Dictionaries are not allowed. Assessment Assessment standards are at the end of this book. Candidate use Print your candidate number here 1 2 Attach barcode here Number of books used Supervisor use only Supervisor s initials QSA use only Marker number After the Reading section is finished The supervisor will collect this book.
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There are three tasks in this section. Respond to all three tasks. For each task, read the Chinese text and respond in clear, concise English. Base your responses on information from the texts. Write your responses in the spaces provided. 2012 Chinese Reading section Question and response book 1
Task 1 Read the following text and respond in English to the questions on the next page. Provide as many relevant details as possible. 2 2012 Chinese Reading section Question and response book
Question 1 What are the two points of view presented in the article? Question 2 How does the writer convince the reader of their point of view? Support your response with information from the text. End of Task 1 2012 Chinese Reading section Question and response book 3
Task 2 Read the following text and respond in English to the questions on the next page. Provide as many relevant details as possible. 4 2012 Chinese Reading section Question and response book
Question 1 What did each artist paint? Question 2 Which painting was regarded as the best? Why do you think it was chosen as the winning picture? Support your response with information from the text. End of Task 2 2012 Chinese Reading section Question and response book 5
Task 3 Read the following story and respond in English to the questions on the next page. Provide as many relevant details as possible. 6 2012 Chinese Reading section Question and response book
Question 1 Why did Li Xiaolong lose his job? Question 2 What happened to Li a year later? Why do you think that was the case? Explain your response using information from the text. Question 3 What does the title mean? Do you think the title is referring to Li, the company or both? Explain your response using information from the text. End of Task 3 End of Reading section 2012 Chinese Reading section Question and response book 7
Assessment standards from the Chinese Senior External Syllabus 2007 Criterion Comprehension Reading skill Content gist and detail main and subsidiary points Deduction ideas unknown words and phrases Recognition and appreciation tone intention sociocultural references Standard A Standard B Standard C Standard D Standard E The candidate demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of main ideas from a range of texts; distinguishes gist from detail, main points from subsidiary ones; understands all or most of the significant points and the relationships between them; can draw appropriate conclusions; applies a knowledge of language to deduce meaning from context; recognises tone and can infer the purpose of the text and the writer s attitude; understands familiar sociocultural references. The candidate demonstrates an effective grasp of the main ideas; usually distinguishes gist from detail, main points from subsidiary ones; recognises the relationship between significant points; can apply a knowledge of language to deduce some meaning from context; identifies the general purpose of the text and the writer s attitudes when explicitly expressed and recognises some familiar sociocultural references. The candidate demonstrates an understanding of most of the main ideas when presented in a straightforward way; can apply a knowledge of structures to understand much specific detail; can see the relationship between points when marked by simple and familiar connectors; can deduce the meaning of some unknown words from context; recognises the writer s general intention when obvious within a familiar context, may recognise some familiar sociocultural references. The candidate demonstrates an understanding of the very broad outline of straightforward texts and some detail in familiar language. The candidate occasionally demonstrates an understanding of isolated details expressed in familiar structures and vocabulary. 8 2012 Chinese Reading section Question and response book
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