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MARKING SCHEME FOR EXCEL 2 SPM BI 2

SECTION A
1. A
2. A
3. C
4. C
5. A
6. B
7. A
8. A
9. C
10. D
11. A
12. B
13. C
14. A
15.A

SECTION B

16. Techno Remixes

17. Blues
18. German traditional and modern tracks
19. All kinds
20. Chinese
21. Instrumental with the saxophone
22. Wednesday
23. With a Mediterranean feel
24. CRAZY FEAT and DEUTSCHLAND BEST
25. 130 kinds of German beer, Sauerkrauts and continental dishes

SECTION C

26. trouble yourself

27. (a) check whether sugar, fat or salt is the first three ingredients
(b) check the number of fat grams
28. (a) combo OR king-size
(b) jumbo OR supreme
29. (a) consume lean meat
(b) limit your intake of vegetable oils, butter, salad dressings and fried food
30. (a) moderation OR eat moderately
(b) balance OR eat balanced food
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31. SUMMARY

Content : 10 marks
Language : 5 marks
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15 marks
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Content :

• Food
• Consider the quality of food
• Check the labels for the contents
• Too much sugar, fat, salt is not good
• Avoid fast-food outlets
• Deep fried, high in fat, salt and sugar is not good
• Eat at moderate portions
• Don’t eat too much
• Eat low-fat food
• Control cholesterol consumption
• Eat food with lean protein
• Avoid excess sugar
• Exercise regularly

FOR CONTENT, AWARD 1 MARK FOR EACH POINT WITH THE MAXIMUM
OF 10 POINTS

LANGUAGE : Refer to Language descriptor attached

SECTION D

32. (a) to pay the last respect to the dead (or any other acceptable answers)
(b) to confirm the death
(c) both thought whether someone died on the mattress
(d) because someone died on it. It tells that the people in the house are superstitious.

33. (a) She believed she was born to wear jewels and rich gowns
(b) She is ashamed that she is poor
(c) Invitation to the ball
(d) No, she is not satisfied with what she has in her life (or any other acceptable
answers)

34. Refer to the Literature Component Descriptor

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LANGUAGE DESCRIPTORS
Question 31 : Summary

MARK PARAPHRASE MARK USE OF ENGLISH

• sustained paraphrasing • language is accurate
5 • allow phrases from text which are 5 • occasional slips or minor
difficult to substitute errors
• expression is secure • very well-organized and
coherent throughout
• marked ability to use
original compound and
complex structures

• noticeable rephrasing • language is largely

4 • free from stretches of concentrated 4 accurate
lifting • isolated serious errors
• expression is generally sound • well-organized and
coherent in most parts
• some ability to use
original compound and
complex structures

• limited rephrasing • language is sufficiently

3 • intelligent and selective lifting 3 accurate
• expression is not always secure • some serious errors
• fairly well-organized and
coherent in some parts

• wholesome copying • meaning is not in doubt

2 • attempts to substitute with own 2 • frequent serious errors
language limited to single word • poorly organized and
expression lacks coherence

• more or less a complete transcript • heavy frequency of

1 of text 1 serious errors
• originally barely noticeable • fractured syntax
• mindless lifting incoherent

Note :
1. The mark of 0 is awarded if the material used is outside the prescribed text
(totally irrelevant) or the candidate has copied the whole text.
2. For a ‘more or less complete transcript of text’, maximum mark for USE OF
ENGLISH is 3.
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LITERATURE COMPONENT - NOVEL (Question 34)

MARK CONTENT MARK LANGUAGE

RANGE RANGE
• a consistently relevant and
convincing response to the • accurate
10 – 9 task 5 • very well - organized
• always provides textual
evidence (detailed and well
developed)

• a relevant response to the

task 4 • accurate
8–7 • usually provides textual • very well - organized
evidence (some
development)

• an intermittently relevant
response to the task • frequent errors but
6–5 • provides some textual 3 meaning is never in
evidence (some doubt
development) • fairly organized

• a response of very little

relevance to the task
4–3 • hardly any textual evidence
• shows barely any
2–1 understanding of the
requirement (s) of the task
• response has no relevance to
the task
• some blurring in
2 meaning
• poorly organized
• makes little or no sense
1 at all
• lacks organization

NOTE: The mark of ‘0’ should only be awarded if

• There is no understanding of the requirement(s) of the task
• The response is in a language other than English
• There is no response