Cambridge IGCSE: English As A Second Language 0510/42
Cambridge IGCSE: English As A Second Language 0510/42
Cambridge IGCSE: English As A Second Language 0510/42
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Approximately 50 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS
● Answer all questions.
● Use a black or dark blue pen.
● Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
● Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
● Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
● Do not write on any bar codes.
● Dictionaries are not allowed.
INFORMATION
● The total mark for this paper is 40.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
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Exercise 1
You will hear four short recordings. Answer each question on the line provided. Write no more than
three words, or a number, for each answer.
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(b) How many hours did the boy spend at the museum?
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4 (a) What must the woman do before leaving home for her business trip?
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[Total: 8]
Exercise 2
5 You will hear a marine biologist called Ruth Harper giving a talk about an unusual fish called
a seahorse. Listen to the talk and complete the details below. Write one or two words, or a
number, in each gap.
Seahorses
General information
Ruth explains that seahorses can ..................................., which helps them avoid being eaten.
Ruth mentions that seahorses live in ................................... water in seas around the world.
Ruth explains that female seahorses have a much larger ................................... than males.
Eating habits
Ruth was surprised to learn that seahorses are unable to ................................... their food.
Conservation
Ruth explains that around ................................... million seahorses are killed by humans each
year.
Ruth says that seahorses are sold as ................................... and as pets in roughly equal
numbers.
[8]
Exercise 3
6 You will hear six people talking about studying in another country. For each of speakers
1 to 6, choose from the list, A to G, which opinion each speaker expresses. Write the letter in the
appropriate box. Use each letter only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need to use.
[6]
Exercise 4
7 You will hear an interview with a man called Michael Pearson, who is talking about his favourite
sport, kitesurfing. Listen to the interview and look at the questions. For each question, choose the
correct answer, A, B or C, and put a tick (3) in the appropriate box.
(b) What problem did Michael have during his early kitesurfing experiences?
(c) How did Michael feel when he took part in his first competition?
(g) Michael says that kitesurfing has recently become more popular because
[Total: 8]
Exercise 5
8 (a) You will hear a museum guide giving a talk about the history of the type of engine found in
most cars, known as the internal combustion engine. Listen to the talk and complete the
notes in Part (a). Write one or two words only in each gap.
The first internal combustion engines provided power for ..................................... in a royal
palace garden.
The creator of the first industrial internal combustion engine used a ..................................... to
demonstrate his invention.
In the 1860s, cloth and ..................................... were made with the help of early internal
combustion engines.
An early car called the ‘Hippomobile’ was the first to use a ..................................... as fuel.
[5]
(b) Now listen to a conversation between two students, called Ben and Anna, about transport
of the future, and complete the sentences in Part (b). Write one or two words only in each
gap.
Ben says that self-driving cars are not as good at ..................................... as people.
Anna thinks that having so many ..................................... may prevent flying cars from becoming
more common.
Ben believes personal jet packs are a great idea, apart from their ..................................... .
Anna says lots of ..................................... will need to be altered for new high-speed trains.
Ben and Anna agree that money spent on space tourism should be used to solve
[5]
[Total: 10]
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