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1、CambridgeInternationalExaminationsCambridgeInternationalGeneralCertificateofSecondaryEducation*2566315146*ENGLISHASASECONDLANGUAGE0510/21Paper2ReadingandWriting(Extended)May/June20142hoursCandidatesanswerontheQuestionPaper.NoAdditionalMaterialsarerequired.READTHES
2、EINSTRUCTIONSFIRSTWriteyourCentrenumber,candidatenumberandnameonalltheworkyouhandin.Writeindarkblueorblackpen.Donotusestaples,paperclips,glueorcorrectionfluid.DONOTWRITEINANYBARCODES.Answerallquestions.Dictionariesarenotallowed.Attheendoftheexamination,fastenallyo
3、urworksecurelytogether.Thenumberofmarksisgiveninbrackets[]attheendofeachquestionorpartquestion.Thisdocumentconsistsof15printedpagesand1blankpage.DC(SJF/SW)74433/5©UCLES2014[Turnover2Exercise1Readthefollowingarticleaboutkiteflying,andthenanswerthequestionsontheoppo
4、sitepage.THEWORLDOFKITEFLYINGKiteflyingisapopularhobbyforchildrenandadults.Kitesarenamedafteraparticularbirdofprey,whichisknownforitsgracefulmovementinflightanditssuddenturnsanddivestochangedirection.Kiteflyinghasalonghistoryandhasbeenthesubjectofmanypoemsandstori
5、esforthousandsofyears.SOMUCHVARIETYKitescomeinahugevarietyofcolours,shapesandsizes.Theshapeofthekiteisvitalbecauseitaffectstheheightandspeedatwhichitflies.Theflatkiteisatraditionaldiamondshapeandisprobablythebestknowntypeofkite.Theboxkiteismadewithholesthattrapthe
6、air,whichmeansthatitcanflyatagreaterheightinthesky.Thetopaltituderecordsforkiteflyingareusuallyheldbylargeboxkites.Oneofthenewestdesigns,inventedin1963,isthe‘parafoil’kite.Itisshapedlikeaparachute,andisverypopularwithsailorsandcanoeistsbecauseitisfastandflexiblewh
7、enattachedtothefrontoftheboat.THEFIRSTKITESNooneknowsexactlywhenthefirstkiteswereinvented.ItisgenerallythoughtthattheiroriginwasinChinaabout2800yearsago.However,cavepaintingsfoundonMunaIslandinIndonesiashowthatbasickitesmayhavebeeninexistenceformuchlonger,maybeeve
8、nfor30000years.EarlyChinesekiteswereusedtomeasuredistances,testthespeedanddirectionofthewind,andasaformofcommunication.Theexplorer,MarcoPolo,probablyint
