2011 Leseverständnis I

(4 marks: 2 x 2 marks)        Any 2 of the following:

1) (Sie will) einen Termin für heute

2) (Sie will) sich die Haare schneiden (lassen)

3) (Sie will) sich die Haare färben (lassen)

(2 marks)

Sie sind mit ihren Haaren unzufrieden.

(6 marks: 3 x 2 marks)        All 3 of the following:

1) Er massiert einem Kunden / Herrn Hoffmann / einem älteren Mann die Kopfhaut/ den Kopf

2) Er hört Beate beim Telefonieren zu

3) Er beobachtet Beate im Spiegel

(4 marks: 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 marks) 

Wann: im Juli

Stadt: München

Wetter: sehr heiβ / Hitze. (1) Der Himmel ist (milchig)blau/ wolkenlos/klar (1)

(6 marks: 2 x 3 marks)        Any 2 of the following:

1) how the heat/ weather affects people / makes them nervous / irritable / lethargic / lazy

2) decides that he can’t let himself get affected by it // has to pull himself together

3) annoyed by sound of blow-dryers (plural)

4) annoyed by odour of perfume

5) annoyed by (constant) ringing of telephones

6) has a strange/ funny feeling // he feels something threatening.

(6 marks: 3 x 2 marks)        Any 3 of the following:

Interior:

1) renovated

2) bright

3) (almost) minimalist

4) (customers sit in front of) a long mirror(s)

5) mirror(s) is indirectly lit

6) a shelf at the cash desk

7) trophies (he won in London are on shelf).

(2 marks)

Approach:

1. patient/ polite/ courteous / obliging / accommodating

(9 marks: 3 x 3 marks)        Any 3 of the following:

1) name is Alexandra Kaspari // she is a woman

2) a special / exclusive customer // The narrator always makes an exception for her // serves her personally after closing time

3) a (successful) journalist

4) editor of a fashion magazine

5) a brunette

6) hair looks lifeless// hair normally strong

7) tells him many a scandal from her private life

8) hair dyed blond

9) leaves after two hours.

(9 marks: 3 x 3 marks)        Any 3 of the following:

1) She walks along Hans-Sachs Street

2) Herr Hoffman was watching from Café // gave thumbs up sign

3) The narrator turns off the light // locks up the salon

4) The following morning a chief detective inspector/ policewoman comes by

5) Alexandra Kaspari was found dead in her office (that morning)// was murdered.

(12 marks: 3 x 4 marks)        Any 3 of the following:

1. The title of the story refers to the last/ final appointment of a customer (Frau Kaspari)

2. The use of “as if it were a matter of life and death” in the first paragraph hints at something sinister

3. The author’s description of how the weather was affecting people creates an atmosphere of tension

4. Und ich hatte ein komisches Gefühl. –  He has a funny/ strange/ sinister feeling

5. Heute weiβ ich: Etwas braute sich zusammen wie bei einem Unwetter. – The author’s senses / has a feeling/ premonition that a catastrophe is about to happen

6. Die Haare von Frau Kaspari waren ohne Spannung und Leben, wie tot: – the use of „lifeless, as if dead“ again infers something sinister

7. The reference to the scandals in Frau Kaspari’s life indicates she has information about others which perhaps she shouldn’t have

8. Es sollte der letzte Termin von Alexandra Kaspari gewesen sein. – ”It was to be / have been her final appointment” – The author foresees that something sinister is about to happen.

9. The author’s description of the detective as eine fremde Frau, die nicht wegen ihrer Haare gekommen war – stranger who had not come because of her hair – also infers impending trouble

10. The reference in the last paragraph that the narrator Tomas was the last person to see her also adds to the sinister atmosphere

11. The use of adjectives/ adverbs/ verbs such as hoch und schrill –  high-pitched, piercing – , dringend – urgent – , gereizt – irritated, tetchy – , komisch – odd, strange, sinister, zusammenbrauen – something brewing add to the sinister atmosphere (3 listed examples + translations required) 

12. Three references to death/ lifelessness – Tod, tot. ohne Leben.