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May 2025 Edexcel: A Level Russian
9RU0/01 Paper 1 – Listening, Reading
and Translation – Merged Question
Paper & Mark Scheme
Paper
🟐 🟐
Advanced
PAPER 1: Listening, Reading and Translation
suitable individual listening device
Instructions
•• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
centre number and candidate number.
•• Answer all questions.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
• Candidates are recommended to start with Section A: Listening, and work through
each section as presented in the answer booklet.
• We recommend you spend 50 minutes on Section A: Listening, 50 minutes on
Section B: Reading and 20 minutes on Section C: Translation into English.
• You must not use a dictionary.
Information
••
Exam The
The The
total mark
Resource
May marks
2025 Edexcel
for this paper is 80.
Summary
for eachA question are shown
Level Russian in brackets
9RU0/01 – Paper 1: Listening, Reading and
Translation – Merged Question Paper & Mark Scheme on
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend each question.
document combines the official
examination paper with its complete mark scheme. This paper assesses students’ listening
Advice
comprehension, reading skills, and translation abilities from Russian into English, focusing
•
on understanding of vocabulary, grammar, and contextual meaning. The merged format
Readeach
each question
question alongside
carefully before you start to answer it. clear guidance on examiner
••
presents its marking criteria, providing
Try to answer
expectations, markevery question.
allocation, and question structure. This resource supports targeted
Checkdevelopment
revision, your answersofiflinguistic
you have and
timeanalytical
at the end.
skills, and practice in accurately
interpreting and translating texts, making it essential for preparation for the MayTurn 2025over
Edexcel A Level Russian Paper 1 examination.
P74226A
©2025 Pearson Education Ltd.
Y:1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/
, Some questions must be answered with a cross in a box . If you change your mind about an
answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .
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SECTION A
LISTENING
Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
We recommend you spend no more than 50 minutes on this section.
Questions 2, 3 and 4(a) do NOT require full sentences and you may respond using
single words or phrases.
Summary Question 4(b) does NOT require full sentences and you may respond
using short phrases.
You may use words from the listening passages but you must not transcribe
whole sections.
You are going to listen to five passages. The duration of each passage
is approximately:
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Passage 1 = 1 minute 43 seconds
Passage 2 = 1 minute 35 seconds
Passage 3 = 2 minutes 56 seconds
Passage 4a = 1 minute 51 seconds
Passage 4b = 1 minute 48 seconds
You will be in charge of the recording and you may listen to each passage as often
as you wish, and write your answers whenever you wish to do so.
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, Вопрос номер 1- Акция «Молодёжь за здоровый образ жизни»
1 Прослушайте этот отрывок о здоровье. Потом выберите правильный ответ и
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поставьте крестик .
(i) Какого числа проходит акция?
(1)
A 6 июня.
B 16 июня.
C 6 июля.
D 26 июля.
(ii) Участники акции смотрят в будущее…
(1)
A с пессимизмом.
B со страхом.
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C наивно.
D оптимистически.
(iii) Согласно отрывку, самая сложная проблема со здоровьем в России — это
зависимость от…
(1)
A социальных сетей.
B сахара.
C табака.
D алкоголя.
(iv) Гости смогут…
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(1)
A заниматься спортом.
B выигрывать призы.
C покупать сувениры.
D смотреть фильмы.
(Total for Question 1 = 4 marks)
3
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, Вопрос номер 2 - Музыка
2 Прослушайте этот подкаст о музыке. Потом ответьте на вопросы по-русски.
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(a) Согласно подкасту, какой вопрос редко задаётся?
(1)
............................................................................................................................. ..............................................................................................................
(б) Почему в подкасте говорят о наркотиках?
(1)
............................................................................................................................. .............................................................................................. ................
(в) Когда музыка нас может отвлекать? Укажите 2 примера.
(2)
............................................................................................................................. ............................................ ..................................................................
............................................................................................................................. ....................................................... .......................................................
(г) Что музыка заставляет нас делать?
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(1)
............................................................................................................................. ..............................................................................................................
(Total for Question 2 = 5 marks)
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Number Number
May 2025 Edexcel: A Level Russian
9RU0/01 Paper 1 – Listening, Reading
and Translation – Merged Question
Paper & Mark Scheme
Paper
🟐 🟐
Advanced
PAPER 1: Listening, Reading and Translation
suitable individual listening device
Instructions
•• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
centre number and candidate number.
•• Answer all questions.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
• Candidates are recommended to start with Section A: Listening, and work through
each section as presented in the answer booklet.
• We recommend you spend 50 minutes on Section A: Listening, 50 minutes on
Section B: Reading and 20 minutes on Section C: Translation into English.
• You must not use a dictionary.
Information
••
Exam The
The The
total mark
Resource
May marks
2025 Edexcel
for this paper is 80.
Summary
for eachA question are shown
Level Russian in brackets
9RU0/01 – Paper 1: Listening, Reading and
Translation – Merged Question Paper & Mark Scheme on
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend each question.
document combines the official
examination paper with its complete mark scheme. This paper assesses students’ listening
Advice
comprehension, reading skills, and translation abilities from Russian into English, focusing
•
on understanding of vocabulary, grammar, and contextual meaning. The merged format
Readeach
each question
question alongside
carefully before you start to answer it. clear guidance on examiner
••
presents its marking criteria, providing
Try to answer
expectations, markevery question.
allocation, and question structure. This resource supports targeted
Checkdevelopment
revision, your answersofiflinguistic
you have and
timeanalytical
at the end.
skills, and practice in accurately
interpreting and translating texts, making it essential for preparation for the MayTurn 2025over
Edexcel A Level Russian Paper 1 examination.
P74226A
©2025 Pearson Education Ltd.
Y:1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/
, Some questions must be answered with a cross in a box . If you change your mind about an
answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
SECTION A
LISTENING
Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
We recommend you spend no more than 50 minutes on this section.
Questions 2, 3 and 4(a) do NOT require full sentences and you may respond using
single words or phrases.
Summary Question 4(b) does NOT require full sentences and you may respond
using short phrases.
You may use words from the listening passages but you must not transcribe
whole sections.
You are going to listen to five passages. The duration of each passage
is approximately:
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
Passage 1 = 1 minute 43 seconds
Passage 2 = 1 minute 35 seconds
Passage 3 = 2 minutes 56 seconds
Passage 4a = 1 minute 51 seconds
Passage 4b = 1 minute 48 seconds
You will be in charge of the recording and you may listen to each passage as often
as you wish, and write your answers whenever you wish to do so.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
2
■■■■
, Вопрос номер 1- Акция «Молодёжь за здоровый образ жизни»
1 Прослушайте этот отрывок о здоровье. Потом выберите правильный ответ и
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
поставьте крестик .
(i) Какого числа проходит акция?
(1)
A 6 июня.
B 16 июня.
C 6 июля.
D 26 июля.
(ii) Участники акции смотрят в будущее…
(1)
A с пессимизмом.
B со страхом.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
C наивно.
D оптимистически.
(iii) Согласно отрывку, самая сложная проблема со здоровьем в России — это
зависимость от…
(1)
A социальных сетей.
B сахара.
C табака.
D алкоголя.
(iv) Гости смогут…
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(1)
A заниматься спортом.
B выигрывать призы.
C покупать сувениры.
D смотреть фильмы.
(Total for Question 1 = 4 marks)
3
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, Вопрос номер 2 - Музыка
2 Прослушайте этот подкаст о музыке. Потом ответьте на вопросы по-русски.
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(a) Согласно подкасту, какой вопрос редко задаётся?
(1)
............................................................................................................................. ..............................................................................................................
(б) Почему в подкасте говорят о наркотиках?
(1)
............................................................................................................................. .............................................................................................. ................
(в) Когда музыка нас может отвлекать? Укажите 2 примера.
(2)
............................................................................................................................. ............................................ ..................................................................
............................................................................................................................. ....................................................... .......................................................
(г) Что музыка заставляет нас делать?
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(1)
............................................................................................................................. ..............................................................................................................
(Total for Question 2 = 5 marks)
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