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CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
Cambridge Ordinary Level
MARK SCHEME for the October/November 2015 series
1123 ENGLISH LANGUAGE

1123/22 Paper 2 (Reading), maximum raw mark 50
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the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not
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which would have considered the acceptability of alternative answers.
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Report for Teachers.
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Page 2 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper
Cambridge O Level – October/November 2015 1123 22
1 (a) Identify and write down the points in the passage which describe the stages in the
development and rise in popularity of the cinema, and the reasons for its continuing
popularity today.
Mark Expected Answer Allow Don’t Allow
1 mark The stages in the development and rise in Accept ‘(moving)

for popularity of the cinema images’ for film /
each 1 Racehorse photographed every story where
correct thousandth of a second by several appropriate
point cameras
up to a
max. 2 (Invention of) camera which could take 10 pictures at
of 15 ten consecutive pictures / frames per once / 10
second (using celluloid film) pictures at a
time
3 Kinetoscope / a box-shaped device The box-shaped ‘This box-

showed (strip of) film carrying / showing / device…sequence shaped
with images in sequence device…
sequence’
without link to
kinetoscope
4 (Film) projector allows films to be seen

(on a screen)by many people
simultaneously / together at once / at a
time
5 (Recorded) events / acrobats and ‘films’ for

sporting events could be shown events
repeatedly (at no extra cost to the
producers)
6 (Building of) permanent cinemas /

permanent venues
7 enough / many / several films produced / Lift of L20–21 ‘(by ‘Enough of

there were enough / many films to create this time) although them’ for
programmes lasting half an hour // films…half an ‘enough films’
enough / many films produced / there hour’
were enough / many films produced to OR lift of L20–22 Lift of
change programmes weekly / to change ‘(by this time) ‘programmes
programmes when the audience became although could be
bored films…become changed…
bored’ bored’
8 (Silent) films accompanied by live music /

music from piano / groups of musicians
Film context is essential unless already
established in the previous point
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9 Narrators filled in missing parts of the film narrators needed

/ story when parts of the
film / story were
missing
10 Sound-on-disc / recorded sound (added 10a sound added

to silent film) (alone) if neither
point 10 nor point
11 is accurately
made
11 Sound-on-film / sound recorded on to the

film (added to silent film)
Reasons for the continuing popularity of

the cinema today
12 Cinema has been enhanced by improved

technology (in sound effects/ lighting)
13 Sophisticated / better / modern / evolved / Emotions acted

improved camerawork allows audience to out / portrayed for
see (more clearly) the emotions of the ‘actors’
characters / actors // Sophisticated /
better / modern / evolved / improved
camerawork allows audience to relate
characters’ situation to their own lives
14 Films about issues / themes (can be force Examples

for good (in the world) // Films about alone (civil
issues / themes (can) shape the way liberties /
societies / individuals think poverty)
15 (Cinema / Film) can keep / keeps Bollywood /

heritages alive films about
ancient epics
keep heritages
alive
16 Different / Many genres / categories / Examples war

types of film cater for all (tastes) // etc. for
Different / Many genres / categories / different
types of film ensure / provide genres
entertainment / relaxation for all
17 Wide / big screens (in cinemas) facilitate /

provide / offer / allow (the showing of)
spectacular / extravagant films (better
than television)
18 Computer animations / creations / CGI / computer Computers

graphics enhance / improve (quality of generated images (alone)
modern) films for animations

19 Celebrity actors / film stars might be /are Good models Actors (alone)
(good) role models (for their fans) Celebrity stars
(alone)
20 Videos / DVDs can be watched at home //

Videos / DVDs provide (family)
entertainment at home
Additional information
If content point is made in the wrong box, do not award the mark.
Accept own words or lifting.
Accept sentences or note form.
Points 1 and 12 are already given.
If script is entirely verbatim lift give 0.

If more than one content point appears under a single bullet point, award each content point
separately if clearly made.
If content point being made depends on information contained in another bullet point,
withhold the mark unless a clear link is made between the two points.
If point is truncated with dots, dashes or slashes, ignore these and mark what you see, for
example, cinemas / keep heritages alive = 1 but cinemas / heritages alive = 0

(b) Now use your notes to write a summary in which you describe the stages in the
development, and rise in popularity of the cinema, and the reasons for its continuing
popularity today, as outlined in the passage.
Candidates have now fleshed out their notes into a piece of formal, continuous prose.
The mark for Style incorporates TWO categories of writing, namely OWN WORDS and USE
OF ENGLISH. The table which follows on page 6 provides descriptors of the mark levels
assigned to these TWO categories.
In assessing the overall mark for Style, first of all assign the script to a mark level under the
category of OWN WORDS. Then arrive at the mark level for USE OF ENGLISH.
Under OWN WORDS, key pointers are: sustained, noticeable, recognisable but limited,
wholesale copying and complete transcript. The difference between wholesale copying
and complete transcript is that, whereas in wholesale copying there is nothing / little that is
original, the copying has been selective and directed at the question, but with a complete
transcript the candidate has started copying and continued writing with little sense of a link to
the question. Complete transcripts are rare.
Under USE OF ENGLISH, take into consideration the accuracy of the writing, and the ability
to use original complex sentence structures.
Write marks for OWN WORDS and USE OF ENGLISH separately in a text box, found in the
marking palette, beneath the question. (The comments box previously used is no longer
suitable and should not be used with Web Assessor version of scoris.) Add the marks for
OWN WORDS and USE OF ENGLISH together and divide by two. Raise any half marks to
the nearest whole number e.g. OW 3, UE 2, giving 3 to be entered in Scoris marks column.
Below follows a list of serious errors:
Wrong verb forms.

Serious tense errors.
Serious errors of sentence structure, especially in setting up subordination.
Omission or obvious misuse of prepositions.
Wholesale misunderstanding over the meanings of words used.
Serious errors of agreement.
Using a comma to replace the necessary full stop.
Mis-spellings of simple, basic words, e.g. were/ where // to/ too // their/ there.
Breakdown of sense.
Serious omissions, or serious intrusions e.g. of definite article. Ignore what are clearly slips.

SUMMARY STYLE DESCRIPTORS
Mark Own Words Mark Use of English
5 • Candidates make a sustained 5 • Apart from very occasional slips, the

attempt to re-phrase the text language is accurate.
language. • Any occasional errors are either slips or
minor errors. There is a marked ability
• Allow phrases from the text to use original complex syntax
which are difficult to substitute. outside text structures.
• Punctuation is accurate and helpful to
the reader.
4 • There is a noticeable attempt 4 • The language is almost always
to re-phrase the text. accurate. Serious errors will be
• The summary is free from isolated.
stretches of concentrated • Sentences show some variation,
lifting. including original complex syntax.
• Punctuation is accurate and generally
helpful.
3 • There are recognisable but 3 • The language is largely accurate.
limited attempts to re-phrase • Simple structures tend to dominate and
the text detail. Attempt may be serious errors are not frequent,
limited by irrelevance or by although they are noticeable.
oblique or mangled • Where sentences show some variety
relevance. and complexity, they will generally be
• Groups of text expression are lifted from the text.
interlaced with own words. • Serious errors may occur when more
• The expression may not sophisticated structures are attempted.
always be secure, but the • Punctuation is generally accurate.
attempt to substitute the text
will gain credit.
2 • Wholesale copying of large 2 • Meaning is not in doubt but serious
areas of the text, but not a errors are becoming more frequent.
complete transcript, [8+ errors as a guide, but balance
• Attempts to substitute own against sentence structure is also
language will be limited to necessary]
single word expression. • Some simple structures will be
• Irrelevant sections of the text accurate, although this accuracy is not
will be more frequent at this sustained for long.
level and below. • Simple punctuation will usually be
correct.
1 • Pretty well a complete 1 • Heavy frequency of serious errors,
transcript of the text sometimes impeding reading.
expression. • Fractured syntax is much more
• There will also be random pronounced at this level.
transcription of irrelevant
sections of the text.
0 • Complete transcript* 0 • Heavy frequency of serious errors
throughout.
• Fractured syntax

2 From your reading of paragraph 1, decide whether each of the following statements is
true, false, or not stated in the passage, and tick the boxes you have chosen.
1 mark Statement (i) is true Any clear indication of If two or three answers are
choice even if it not a indicated against any single
1 mark Statement (ii) is false tick, e.g. cross, star, statement
asterisk
1 mark Statement (iii) is not
stated
Tick correct answers. There is no need to cross incorrect answers, unless all are incorrect, in
which case put a single cross in the bottom right hand corner of the answer.
3 From paragraph 3, write down one opinion. You are free to use your own words or the
words of the passage.
1 mark It is astonishing that in

USA, by 1907, there
were 4000 cinemas,
(called ‘Nickelodeons’
after the first one in
Pittsburgh)
OR
It is astonishing that
4000 cinemas were
built in two years
OR
It is astonishing that
4000 cinemas were
built between 1905
and 1907

4 From paragraph 6, write down one opinion. You are free to use your own words or the
words of the passage.
1 mark (Trips to) cinemas are The dramatic qualities

(much) better than of spectacular /
(watching) television extravagant films are
(at home). lost on the TV screen
5 (a) Why did the pile of straw heave ‘gently and rhythmically’?
1 mark A kusimanse / The breathing of a Lift of ‘I saw one

creature / animal was kusimanse under / in it under...rhythmically’ = 0 (N),
sleeping under / in it even if change to third person
is made. Answer must be
distilled
Lift of ‘I saw one asleep’ = 0
(N)
A kusimanse…on it / there
The animal was under it (alone)
0(N) answer does not negate correct answer.

Any suggestion that wind / breeze caused the straw to move = 0(N)
(b) Why did the writer feel justified in disturbing the creature?
1 mark he would see one on Lift of ‘this was one of

his photography trip // the creatures I …
he would see one on photograph animals’,
his trip to photograph or change from first to
animals (in their third person ‘this was
natural habitat) one of the creatures
he … photograph
animals’
Answers which suggest the zoo visit was the photography trip = 0 (W) e.g. he had come to
take pictures of animals

(c) Why was the animal in a hurry ‘to release itself from its cocoon of straw’?
1 mark (it wanted) to eat / Titbits / snack / food It was struggling madly = 0 (N)
take / grab / get the for ‘nuts’
nuts (the writer was It was hungry = 0 (N)
holding / offering) // it Lift of ‘noticing the
saw /noticed / was nuts I held’ The writer held nuts (alone) =
attracted by the nuts 0(N)
(the writer was holding
/ offering)
0(N) answer does not negate a correct answer
(d) The animal ‘dived back into the straw’. What had it hoped would happen?
1 mark It / He would get / see The writer / he would The writer would get more nuts
more nuts / food / continue to give / keep
titbits / snacks giving him nuts Lift of ‘(it realised) no more
titbits were forthcoming.
(It / He hoped that)
more titbits were He wanted to eat more nuts
forthcoming

6 (a) Explain in your own words why, even before the babies were brought to him, the writer
had ‘ample opportunity’ to get to know kusimanses properly.
1 mark CONCEALMENT: Lying in wait (sic) / in unseen / invisible / unobtrusive

hiding / under cover/ a hideout / obscured = 0 (N)
camouflage / cloaked
1 mark SHOW UP: appear / Come (alone) Take shape / loom up / he was
come along / arrive / waiting to see animals
turn up / come into
view / come into sight
/ come out /
materialise / reveal
themselves
This is an OWN WORDS question. Key words are CONCEALMENT and SHOW UP
Do not insist on correct grammatical form.
Mark what you see, i.e. ignore wrong answers unless it contradicts a correct one, e.g.
‘materialise and disappear’ for ‘show up’.
Do not insist on synonym for ‘animals’ or ‘forest’ or ‘I often saw them’ but a sensible context
must be established.
NB: CONCEALMENT refers to the writer; SHOW UP refers to the animals.

(b) The writer fed the babies with cotton wool dipped in milk. What were the two problems
he encountered?
1 mark (i) they (struggled and Lift of ‘Every time I They spat the milk out = 0(N)
squeaked and) spat pushed......spat it out
the cotton wool / it again’, even although They didn’t want to drink it =
(out) first person is wrong, 0(N)
or ‘Every time he
pushed......spat it out
again’. Excess denies,
i.e. run-on into ‘did
they think…’
Cotton / wool for

cotton wool
They refused to suck

(it)
1 mark (ii) they swallowed / Lift of ‘they sucked so They swallowed the milk = 0
ate the cotton wool / it hard that…down their
throats’ The cotton wool disappeared
(alone) = 0
Lift of ‘it was not long
before…throats’ but
inclusion of ‘luckily’
=0
7 (a) What effect is created by the word ‘sprawling’ that would not be created by, for
example, ‘lying’?
1 mark It suggests comfort / Chilling (out) Moving / playful / untidy / still /

laziness / indolence / enjoyment / sleeping /
relaxation / inactivity / stretched / spread out / resting
doing nothing / lack of
energy / lethargy / at
ease
Question asks for effect not meaning.

(b) Which physical development meant that the babies were able to see ‘the world that lay
outside their basket’?
1 mark their legs / limbs got Addition of ‘they could Their teeth appeared = 0 (W)
/grew / were strong(er) stand / walk The writer put them on the bed
/ they had a walk around / they
were eager to see the world
outside their basket / (the
development of) their legs
/limbs / their legs / limbs grew =
0(N)
0(W) answer negates a correct answer
0(N) answer does not negate a correct answer
(c) Pick out and write down the three consecutive words which indicate the sudden way
in which the babies were prevented from seeing ‘the world that lay outside their
basket’.
1 mark an abrupt halt The use of the correct More or fewer than three words
OR word in a phrase or
abrupt halt to sentence provided
that it is underlined or
otherwise highlighted.

8 (a) What does the word ‘merely’ suggest about the many troubles the writer would have
with the kusimanses in the future?
1 mark They would be greater There was no It was just the first / beginning
/ more difficult / more comparison with what
serious / harder (to was in store He would have many problems
cope with) / worse (question wording)
(than this)
He would have more problems
OR the first / this
trouble was less / All above = 0(N)
smaller / less difficult /
easier (to cope with)
Comparative idea is essential.

Look for degree of troubles not number.
(b) Why do you think ‘The Bandits’ was an appropriate name for the kusimanses?
1 mark they were thieves / caused a lot of nuisance / bad / wicked /

robbers / stole (food) damage / havoc / trouble / problem / mischievous
destruction / chaos / ruckus / outlaws All = 0(N)
they were vandals

(c) Explain in your own words why, according to the writer, the kusimanses ‘grew fast’.
1 mark APPETITES: hunger // Eating / looking for food

desire / passion /
yearning to eat /
desire / passion /
yearning for food
1 mark INSATIABLE : infinite / Not able to be satisfied //

endless / limitless / voracious / great / excessive =
had no boundaries / 0 (N)
unquenchable //
never had / couldn’t
get enough // were
never fulfilled
This is an own words question. Key words are APPETITES and INSATIABLE
Do not insist on correct grammatical form.
Mark what you see, i.e. ignore wrong answers unless it contradicts a correct one.
Both marks might be scored succinctly, e.g.

1 they were always hungry = 2
2 they were never full = 2
3 the desire for food was always there = 2
4 they were always eating = 0
5 their hunger could never be satisfied = 1
(d) The writer refers to the ‘state’ of the kusimanses. What exactly was this ‘state’?
1 mark they were covered / Egg yolks / whites for Lift of ‘they broke a dozen
enveloped in / messy / eggs eggs....the contents’ = 0
slimy with (broken) They were dirty with
eggs / egg shells broken eggs They were dirty /
They had eggs on them / they
rolled in eggs

9 (a) What evidence is there to suggest that Colly was a ‘vain creature’?
1 mark She spent a lot of time She did nothing but Lift of ‘one afternoon....tail’ = 0
/ (all) her time groom herself She was tame = 0(W)
grooming her coat / she enjoyed a siesta / sleeping
tail / herself / sunbathing = 0(N)
0(W) answer negates a correct answer.

(b) The Bandits decided that Colly’s tail was ‘a tasty morsel of something or other’. What
does this suggest about their attitude to food?
1 mark they ate anything / (They thought that) destiny had

everything // did not placed it in their path = 0(N)
discriminate // were They were always hungry /
not fussy wanted to eat / had insatiable
appetites // they were greedy //
they appreciated food // they
couldn’t resist food // they like
all food = 0 (N)
Look for lack of discrimination, not amount of food.

(c) Explain fully why the kusimanses were ‘three feet off the ground’.
1 mark (i) they had bitten / They were trying to

had their teeth in / eat Colley’s tail They were hanging onto the
sunk into Colly’s / the monkey by their claws = 0(W)
monkey’s tail for (i) only
They had bitten the monkey

(alone) = 0(N)
1 mark (ii) Colly / the monkey …climbed on a tree Colly was in / up the tree
had climbed a tree / (needs to climb)
was climbing a tree
0(W) answer negates a correct answer.

Contact between kusimanses’ teeth and Colly’s tail = 1
Colly climbing the tree = 1
BUT verbatim lift of lines 39–45 = 1 max

10 Choose five of the following words. For each of them give one word or short phrase (of
not more than seven words) which has the same meaning that the word has in the
passage.
Mark Words Expected Answer Don’t Allow
1 mark 1. captivated (L1) fascinated / charmed / attracted / imprisoned // attention

For each enslaved / enthralled / enchanted / caught / attention
correct bewitched / drawn (alone) / drawn // amazed /
meaning mesmerised / intrigued / smitten / surprised / interested /
(max 5) beguiled / dazzled / enamoured / captured
entranced / spellbound / riveted /
hypnotised / hooked / enraptured
2. appraised(L5) judged / evaluated / sized up/ honoured / looked at /

summed up / weighed up / gauged / saw / studied
assessed / reviewed / inspected /
checked out / examined / looked up
and down / took stock of / estimated
3. alas(L27) unfortunately / unhappily / sadly / However / nevertheless

unluckily / it is a pity / regrettably / / in vain
lamentably /
4. nuisance(L28) problem / drawback / pest / pain / Disaster / chaos /

bother / trouble(some) / troublemaker danger / hazard /
/ inconvenience / annoyance / burden / curse / worry /
disturbance / trial / irritation / torment
nightmare
5. minimum (L33) least / shortest / smallest / littlest / as Little / less / small /

little as possible / short
6. somewhat rather / quite / to an extent / a bit / a Very / extremely / to

(L35) little / pretty / kind of / fairly / to a some extent / in some
degree / in a way / sort of / more or way / not completely
less / relatively
7.apparently(L39) seemingly / on the surface of things / Really / obviously/

ostensibly / looking like / from the clearly / it appeared /
looks of it / as if / as though / likely
supposedly / superficially / at a glance
/ as far as one could tell / it seems
8 regret(L46) sorrow / sadness / rue(fulness) / Loss / remorse / guilt /

unhappiness / despondency / upset / nostalgia / distress /
disappointment / heartache / anguish / pity / grief /
melancholy threat

Mark only the first FIVE words attempted.
For each word attempted, mark the first answer only when more than one answer is offered. A
comma or the word 'or' indicates a second attempt.
For two answers joined by 'and', allow one correct answer if the other answer is not wholly wrong
but neutral, e.g. ‘shortest and little’ for 'minimum'.
For a short phrase answer, mark the first seven words only (RUBRIC). Credit a correct element
within this limit.
Ignore mis-spelling if the word is phonetically recognisable.
Ignore errors of tense and grammatical form but only if the meaning is correct.
Tick only correct answers. There is no need to cross wrong answers but if all answers are
incorrect put one cross only in the bottom corner.

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CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

Cambridge Ordinary Level

MARK SCHEME for the October/November 2015 series

1123 ENGLISH LANGUAGE

® IGCSE is the registered trademark of Cambridge International Examinations.

Mark Expected Answer Allow Don’t Allow

1 mark The stages in the development and rise in Accept ‘(moving)

3 Kinetoscope / a box-shaped device The box-shaped ‘This box-

4 (Film) projector allows films to be seen

5 (Recorded) events / acrobats and ‘films’ for

6 (Building of) permanent cinemas /

7 enough / many / several films produced / Lift of L20–21 ‘(by ‘Enough of

8 (Silent) films accompanied by live music /

© Cambridge International Examinations 2015

9 Narrators filled in missing parts of the film narrators needed

10 Sound-on-disc / recorded sound (added 10a sound added

11 Sound-on-film / sound recorded on to the

Reasons for the continuing popularity of

12 Cinema has been enhanced by improved

13 Sophisticated / better / modern / evolved / Emotions acted

14 Films about issues / themes (can be force Examples

15 (Cinema / Film) can keep / keeps Bollywood /

16 Different / Many genres / categories / Examples war

17 Wide / big screens (in cinemas) facilitate /

18 Computer animations / creations / CGI / computer Computers

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20 Videos / DVDs can be watched at home //

Accept sentences or note form.

Points 1 and 12 are already given.

If script is entirely verbatim lift give 0.

© Cambridge International Examinations 2015

Below follows a list of serious errors:

Wrong verb forms.

© Cambridge International Examinations 2015

SUMMARY STYLE DESCRIPTORS

Mark Own Words Mark Use of English

5 • Candidates make a sustained 5 • Apart from very occasional slips, the

© Cambridge International Examinations 2015

Mark Expected Answer Allow Don’t Allow

Mark Expected Answer Allow Don’t Allow

1 mark It is astonishing that in

© Cambridge International Examinations 2015

Mark Expected Answer Allow Don’t Allow

1 mark (Trips to) cinemas are The dramatic qualities

Mark Expected Answer Allow Don’t Allow

1 mark A kusimanse / The breathing of a Lift of ‘I saw one

0(N) answer does not negate correct answer.

Mark Expected Answer Allow Don’t Allow

1 mark he would see one on Lift of ‘this was one of

© Cambridge International Examinations 2015

Mark Expected Answer Allow Don’t Allow

0(N) answer does not negate a correct answer

Mark Expected Answer Allow Don’t Allow

© Cambridge International Examinations 2015

Mark Expected Answer Allow Don’t Allow

1 mark CONCEALMENT: Lying in wait (sic) / in unseen / invisible / unobtrusive

Do not insist on correct grammatical form.

NB: CONCEALMENT refers to the writer; SHOW UP refers to the animals.

© Cambridge International Examinations 2015