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Question 20This question was very well answered, with just a few candidates failing to understand the nun’s words esnuestra obligación orar por el mundo.Question 21Almost all candidates gave the correct answer.Question 22Nearly all identified the key word as revoltosas but many had difficulty putting that into English, with wordssuch as ‘revolted’ and ‘rebellious’ being quite common.Question 23No candidates scored all three marks. The main problem was a failure to refer to ‘reverence’, while, in othercases, there was reference to ‘reverence for one’s parents’.Question 24There were several very good answers, although in some cases the words Nos llevaremos un rosario wererendered as ‘he will bring a rosary with him’.Paper 9109/03Reading and WritingGeneral commentsThe quality of the candidates’ performance followed the pattern of recent examination sessions. Only a fewcandidates achieved a very high standard, although many gave quite solid performances. As in previoussessions, there were a number of candidates who were either ill-prepared or ill-equipped for examination atthis level.Comments on specific questionsSeccin PrimeraQuestion 1This question was generally well answered, although some candidates gave the wrong verdadera/falsa butproceeded to give a valid justification.Question 2On the whole, candidates were successful in this question. The only stumbling block was compañias, whichprompted the wrong answer mercados in many cases.Question 3Marks were lost in this section because of an inability on the part of some candidates to express themselvesclearly in English. Some candidates gave very loose translations of the Spanish, which failed to convey therequired information.(a)(b)Many gained the mark for ‘checking one’s bank balance’ but hardly any candidates understoodconsultar los valores bursátiles en los diferentes mercados mundiales - or if they did, they failed tocommunicate this correctly.Many candidates picked up most of the marks here, apart from the mark available for no hay queesperar colas, the meaning of which was often taken to be lines.55