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1、CambridgeInternationalExaminationsCambridgeInternationalGeneralCertificateofSecondaryEducation*2566315146*ENGLISHASASECONDLANGUAGE0510/21Paper2ReadingandWriting(Extended)May/June20142hoursCandidatesanswerontheQuestionPaper.NoAdditionalMaterialsarerequired.READTHESEINSTRU
2、CTIONSFIRSTWriteyourCentrenumber,candidatenumberandnameonalltheworkyouhandin.Writeindarkblueorblackpen.Donotusestaples,paperclips,glueorcorrectionfluid.DONOTWRITEINANYBARCODES.Answerallquestions.Dictionariesarenotallowed.Attheendoftheexamination,fastenallyourworksecurely
3、together.Thenumberofmarksisgiveninbrackets[]attheendofeachquestionorpartquestion.Thisdocumentconsistsof15printedpagesand1blankpage.DC(SJF/SW)74433/5©UCLES2014[Turnover2Exercise1Readthefollowingarticleaboutkiteflying,andthenanswerthequestionsontheoppositepage.THEWORLDOFKI
4、TEFLYINGKiteflyingisapopularhobbyforchildrenandadults.Kitesarenamedafteraparticularbirdofprey,whichisknownforitsgracefulmovementinflightanditssuddenturnsanddivestochangedirection.Kiteflyinghasalonghistoryandhasbeenthesubjectofmanypoemsandstoriesforthousandsofyears.SOMUCH
5、VARIETYKitescomeinahugevarietyofcolours,shapesandsizes.Theshapeofthekiteisvitalbecauseitaffectstheheightandspeedatwhichitflies.Theflatkiteisatraditionaldiamondshapeandisprobablythebestknowntypeofkite.Theboxkiteismadewithholesthattraptheair,whichmeansthatitcanflyatagreate
6、rheightinthesky.Thetopaltituderecordsforkiteflyingareusuallyheldbylargeboxkites.Oneofthenewestdesigns,inventedin1963,isthe‘parafoil’kite.Itisshapedlikeaparachute,andisverypopularwithsailorsandcanoeistsbecauseitisfastandflexiblewhenattachedtothefrontoftheboat.THEFIRSTKITE
7、SNooneknowsexactlywhenthefirstkiteswereinvented.ItisgenerallythoughtthattheiroriginwasinChinaabout2800yearsago.However,cavepaintingsfoundonMunaIslandinIndonesiashowthatbasickitesmayhavebeeninexistenceformuchlonger,maybeevenfor30000years.EarlyChinesekiteswereusedtomeasure
8、distances,testthespeedanddirectionofthewind,andasaformofcommunication.Theexplorer,MarcoPolo,probablyint
