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1、CambridgeInternationalExaminationsCambridgeInternationalGeneralCertificateofSecondaryEducation*2566315146*ENGLISHASASECONDLANGUAGE0510/21Paper2ReadingandWriting(Extended)May/June20142hoursCandidatesanswerontheQuestionPaper.NoAdditionalMaterialsarerequired.READTHESEINSTRUCTIONSFIRS
2、TWriteyourCentrenumber,candidatenumberandnameonalltheworkyouhandin.Writeindarkblueorblackpen.Donotusestaples,paperclips,glueorcorrectionfluid.DONOTWRITEINANYBARCODES.Answerallquestions.Dictionariesarenotallowed.Attheendoftheexamination,fastenallyourworksecurelytogether.Thenumberof
3、marksisgiveninbrackets[]attheendofeachquestionorpartquestion.Thisdocumentconsistsof15printedpagesand1blankpage.DC(SJF/SW)74433/5©UCLES2014[Turnover2Exercise1Readthefollowingarticleaboutkiteflying,andthenanswerthequestionsontheoppositepage.THEWORLDOFKITEFLYINGKiteflyingisapopularho
4、bbyforchildrenandadults.Kitesarenamedafteraparticularbirdofprey,whichisknownforitsgracefulmovementinflightanditssuddenturnsanddivestochangedirection.Kiteflyinghasalonghistoryandhasbeenthesubjectofmanypoemsandstoriesforthousandsofyears.SOMUCHVARIETYKitescomeinahugevarietyofcolours,
5、shapesandsizes.Theshapeofthekiteisvitalbecauseitaffectstheheightandspeedatwhichitflies.Theflatkiteisatraditionaldiamondshapeandisprobablythebestknowntypeofkite.Theboxkiteismadewithholesthattraptheair,whichmeansthatitcanflyatagreaterheightinthesky.Thetopaltituderecordsforkiteflying
6、areusuallyheldbylargeboxkites.Oneofthenewestdesigns,inventedin1963,isthe‘parafoil’kite.Itisshapedlikeaparachute,andisverypopularwithsailorsandcanoeistsbecauseitisfastandflexiblewhenattachedtothefrontoftheboat.THEFIRSTKITESNooneknowsexactlywhenthefirstkiteswereinvented.Itisgenerall
7、ythoughtthattheiroriginwasinChinaabout2800yearsago.However,cavepaintingsfoundonMunaIslandinIndonesiashowthatbasickitesmayhavebeeninexistenceformuchlonger,maybeevenfor30000years.EarlyChinesekiteswereusedtomeasuredistances,testthespeedanddirectionofthewind,andasaformofcommunication.
8、Theexplorer,MarcoPolo,probablyint
