illum.e 2022 O Level Answer Key Paper 2 Comprehension

 

 

P2

Text 1

1a. The approach discourages traffic from entering entire residential areas completely instead of just implementing designated paths for cycling and walking only.

[1]

1b. Most cars and other vehicles are confined to major roads.

[1]

2i. ‘Quieter, safer streets’

2ii. ‘Easier access to your favourite local shops’

[1]

3i Photograph 2: ‘no-drive’ areas

Ii Photograph 3:’mini-parks’

4. The webpage hopes to inform residents in the neighbourhood regarding changes being made to the community for their benefit.

Lower Quality Answer: persuade residents in the neighbourhood to take part in the community mapping exercise

[1]

5.

‘Guernsey felt a whole lifetime away’ - reflects how she feels detached from Guernsey as it is very distant from her, and a completely different life from the one she was leading now.

‘A false sense of time and distance’ - shows how Lucy finds her perception of time and distance to be skewed, and how the reality of returning was more intense. [Probably reject as it continues the first answer]

‘It had been too long: she knew that’ - indicates Lucy’s acknowledgement of her absence and her emotional realisation that she had not been back for some time.

‘There’d always been a valid reason why she couldn’t return’ - hints at the complications and challenges that prevented her from returning sooner, suggesting potential guilt or a sense of missed opportunities.

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6i The layers of thick green ivy leaves blanketed the grey brick frontage and looked rather pretty.

6ii The leaves would turn a russet colour, which for some reason comforted Lucy.

[2]

7 The contents and ornaments in the house were sparse.

[1] Reject dust/smell which does not reflect how it is devoid of people living there for some time. A trick question?

8i there were no other objects in the room - ‘the only ornament in the entrance hall’

8ii the light was reflected around the room - ‘rainbow droplets of sunlight on the walls’

8iii the hall was in darkness - ‘the blinds and shutters were closed’

[3]

9a. The contents of the room were sparse/ the items belonging to the residents were missing.

[1]

9bi The repeated use of questions.

9bii The increased use of words/details/description with each question [short sentence + longer sentences], reflecting her knowledge of what used to be in the place.  

[2]

10 Clara was impatient.  

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11i Clara’s hand went directly to the light switch at the top of the stairs.

11ii Clara purposefully turned right and opened the door to one of two rooms.

[2]

12. They were nudging one another playfully to get a spot within the camera’s view.

[1]

13

Paragraph 1 detached

Paragraph 2 reassured
Paragraph 3-4 puzzled

Paragraph 5 interested

 

Text 3

14i. First impressions = truffles do not amount much →

Aesthetically not very pleasing

Classified as fungi

15.

Guests at a charity dinner served a four course meal with truffles

Bid for a few prize specimen truffles

16. ‘Customised menu’

17a. ‘Only a few of the many hundreds of species of truffle produce the aromatic gas that gives them any culinary value.’

‘A truffle’s intoxicating fragrance magically transforms the taste of food, thus making it an unforgettable experience.’

17b.

‘fine diners can unwittingly pay astronomical amounts of money for an unpalatable truffle’

‘The remaining 65% of people smell nothing or, even worse, a whiff similar to sweaty feet’

18. Rephrase ‘fungi obtain nutrients from the soil which they share with the tree, and in return, the tree provides carbohydrates that nurture their growth.’

19. Using your own words as far as possible,

Use only information from Paragraphs 4 and 5.

Your summary must be in continuous writing (not note form). It must not be longer than 80 words (not counting the words given to help you begin).

Truffles are hard for farmers to grow because they need

	FTP	Paraphrased
1	To only be cultivated underground	to be grown beneath the earth.
2	Truffles are fussy, requiring very specific conditions	Truffles can only grow under distinct conditions/scenarios
3	A tree must be a certain age before its roots start to bear truffles	Trees must be mature enough to have truffles grown on its roots
4	For truffles to prosper, they need warm, damp summers and cold winters	To thrive, truffles require hot, wet summers and frosty winters
5	Such perfect conditions can no longer be relied upon because of climate change, reducing the number of areas rich in truffles	Areas where truffles thrive declines since climate change affects ideal climates
6	Buried too deep in the earth for humans to see, so services of foragers are required	entombed deeply so it cannot be sighted by humans, foragers are needed
7	In the frenzy to dig up the truffle, animal’s hooves will damage the tree’s root system, making it less likely that the same host will yield truffles in subsequent years	Animal’s hooves damage roots, reducing future truffle growth
8	Extremely difficult to prevent such natural foragers from eating the truffles once located	Almost impossible to stop them from consuming truffles
9	Extracting the truffles is time consuming, as hunters have to dig them up manually.	obtaining truffles takes a lot of time due to manual labour.

Sample answer:
Truffles are hard for farmers to grow because they need to be grown beneath the earth and under distinct conditions. Trees must be mature enough to have truffles  grown on its roots, and to thrive, truffles require hot, wet summers and frosty winters. Areas where truffles thrive declines since climate change affects ideal climates. Furthermore, truffles are entombed deeply so it cannot be sighted by humans and foragers are needed. These foragers’ hooves damage roots, reducing future truffle growth, and it is almost impossible to stop them from consuming truffles. (80 words)