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(c)(d)This question was not particularly well done. Few translated servidor accurately and hardly anygained the third point, for conveying the idea of una cuenta concertada previamente.Few candidates gained full marks in this question. A large number misunderstood the informationon estos asaltos informáticos, believing the coste de la operación to refer to the high costs offinancial transactions on the Internet.Question 4There were few impressive performances in this question. The most common mistakes were llega for llegue;tan for tanto; cualquiera for cualquier and ésta for este.Seccin SegundaThis section was where the weakest candidates lost the most marks. As in previous years, many candidatespersisted in lifting large chunks of the original text, in which case no credit can be given.Question 5(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)Generally well answered.A large number of candidates missed the point here by failing to illustrate the lack of humancontact.Marks were scored, but many were needlessly lost, because of failure to paraphrase.This was probably the hardest section to paraphrase, though some candidates demonstrated thecorrect approach, e.g. habra que asimilar la implementacin de las nuevas tecnologas…a losplanes de la empresa…This question proved as difficult as the previous one, though again, there were some sterlingattempts to paraphrase the original, for example, para que se optimice la productividad. Offeringssuch as el equipo no es todo were sufficient to gain a mark, if conveyed in the right context.Question 6This question was handled with some success. There was considerably less lifting than in Question 5.Some candidates, who had made little or no attempt to express the information in their own words in theprevious question, coped admirably in this section.Seccin TerceraQuestion 7This question was generally well done, with many candidates picking up most of the communication marks.The most common vocabulary difficulties were exigente, reto and paleta.(a) Most candidates scored between 3 and 4.(b)(c)(d)Generally well done.Well answered. Bate was accepted.This was probably the most challenging question in this section. Nevertheless, the requiredinformation was invariably conveyed, though few gained full marks for language.Question 8It was evident that some candidates failed to read the question, or understood what was expected of them.There were many competent descriptions of la pelota vasca, but the opportunity to gain marks forcommenting on the value of sport in general was lost. Those who rose to the occasion gave someimpressive performances, for example:56