11 Plus Leap CEM1 A
11 Plus Leap CEM1 A
11 Plus Leap CEM1 A
2014
Suitable for CEM (University of Durham)
tests
Paper 1A
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Read the passage below carefully and then answer the quesons that follow
Alice was beginning to get very red of si5ng by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do.
Once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversa-
ons in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversaons?"
So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the day made her feel very sleepy
and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of ge5ng up
and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.
There was nothing so very remarkable in that, nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to
hear the Rabbit say to itself, "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!" But when the Rabbit actually took
a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket and looked at it and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for
it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a
watch to take out of it, and, burning with curiosity, she ran across the field aAer it and was just in me
to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole, under the hedge. In another moment, down went Alice aAer it!
The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way and then dipped suddenly down, so sud-
denly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself falling
down what seemed to be a very deep well.
Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of me, as she went down, to
look about her. First, she tried to make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see any-
thing; then she looked at the sides of the well and noced that they were filled with cupboards and
book-shelves; here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs. She took down a jar from
one of the shelves as she passed. It was labelled "ORANGE MARMALADE," but, to her great disap-
pointment, it was empty; she did not like to drop the jar, so managed to put it into one of the cup-
boards as she fell past it.
1 What does ‘she had peeped into the book her sister was reading’ mean?
A She stared at the book intently
B She leaned in very close to the book
C She glanced at the book briefly
D She read the enre book
3 Which of the following things did the White Rabbit NOT have?
A A waistcoat
B A pocket-watch
C Spectacles
D Pink eyes
9 Alice takes one jar off the shelf. What is inside the jar?
A Orange marmalade
B Jam
C Daisies
D Nothing
In it, Alice has eaten a cake and has shrunk to the size of an insect. She is now trying to find her way into
a garden she saw earlier, but is lost.
Alice looked all around her at the flowers and the blades of grass, but she could not see anything that
looked like the right thing to eat or drink under the circumstances. There was a large mushroom grow-
ing near her, about the same height as herself. She stretched herself up on ptoe and peeped over the
edge and her eyes immediately met those of a large blue caterpillar, that was si5ng on the top, with its
arms folded, quietly smoking a long hookah and taking not the smallest noce of her or of anything
else.
At last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth and addressed Alice in a languid, sleepy voice.
Alice replied, rather shyly, "I—I hardly know, sir, just at present—at least I know who I was when I got
up this morning, but I think I must have changed several mes since then."
"What do you mean by that?" said the Caterpillar, sternly. "Explain yourself!"
Vocabulary
Hookah: A kind of large pipe used to smoke tobacco
Choose the word which is an antonym of the word on the leA in bold.
Example:
Ex. A B C D E
fast rapid slow mely punctual hard
17 A B C D E
accept include deny announce reduce apart
18 A B C D E
courageous colourless shy cowardly valiant angered
19 A B C D E
commence counter explain refrain cease begin
20 A B C D E
sour fresh drain sweet bi#er ro#en
21 A B C D E
obscure clean useful understood crypc famous
22 A B C D E
dusk mourning neat sunshine sunset dawn
23 A B C D E
fruiul fule vegetaon sugary citrus worthwhile
24 A B C D E
springy autumnal durable inflexible spongy light
25 A B C D E
ordered chosen booked muddle given chaoc
26 A B C D E
embrace deny remove elude reject encircle
27 A B C D E
major lieutenant miner insignificant lesson important
28 A B C D E
allow prohibit enhance intolerant disagreement forget
29 A B C D E
conceal bare reveal admi#ance introduce hide
30 A B C D E
ancient modern newly baby dated aune
31 A B C D E
typical individual excessive curved classic unusual
32 A B C D E
honest candid sharp deluded deceiTul true
33 A B C D E
delighted thrilled disappointed unlucky calamity blesses
34 A B C D E
precise error inaccurate lie malicious version
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Ex. A B C D E
365 469 468 467 432
Which of the following numbers is both a square number and a cube number?
37 A B C D E
81 125 216 27 64
Which is the next number in the following sequence? 343, 216, 125, 64, ?
38 A B C D E
32 62 20 27 36
39 A B C D E
3 6 27 30 15
40 A B C D E
12 24 30 18 20
41 A B C D E
114.9 115.9 119.7 117.9 314.7
42 A B C D E
11 10 9 8 7
Which of the following numbers is not divisible by 3? 342 624 780 183 643
43 A B C D E
342 624 780 183 643 7
Ex. A B C D E
365 469 468 467 432
What is 19²?
44 A B C D E
263 361 38 380 216
If the temperature is 2°C but falls by 11 degrees, what will the new temperature be?
46 A B C D E
-9°C -13°C -7°C 9°C 7°C
48 A B C D E
15 45 50 48 42
Which of the following numbers is not divisible by 4? 124 348 536 418 520
50 A B C D E
124 348 536 418 520
51 A B C D E
25% 35% 15% 30% 28%
52 A B C D E
4 6 5 7 12 8
Ex. A B C D E
365 469 468 467 432
54 A B C D E
36cm 42cm 40cm 38cm 90.25cm²
If two angles on a triangle are 49° and 23°, how many degrees will the third angle be?
55 A B C D E
112° 108° 288° 128° 92°
Which number is the next in the following sequence? 2, 4, 6, 10, 16, 26, ?
56 A B C D E
36 38 42 44 40
57 A B C D E
£144 £140 £200 £180 £160
58 A B C D E
7 6 5 4 3
59 A B C D E
366 376 386 356 354
60 A B C D E
VII IIV XIX XX CX
61 A B C D E
248mm 2480mm 28400mm 0.248mm 24.8mm 9
Ex. A B C D E
365 469 468 467 432
63 A B C D E
£11 £13 £14 £15 £16
64 A B C D E
2.2cl 220cl 2200cl 0.2cl 22cl
65 A B C D E
46 51 48 50 58
66 A B C D E
300g 30g 3kg 400g 500g
67 A B C D E
124 126 118 120 134
68 A B C D E
14.5cm 18cm 19cm 4.75cm 11.5cm
69 A B C D E
645.00 64.5 0.645 6.45 6.045
Which of the following numbers is divisible by 6? 125 248 372 284 386
70 A B C D E
125 248 372 284 386 10
71 Farmers grow cereal crops, like __________, and rear animals for their meat and milk.
A B C D
pigs carrots wheat potatoes
72 Like all __________birds, ostriches have short wings and small wing muscles.
A B C D
lazy flightless colourful African
73 The __________ is a kind of pump that pushes blood around the body.
A B C D
brain arm chest heart
74 Telescopes contain lenses and can make things look __________ than they are.
A B C D
smaller brighter closer cleaner
75 Some mammals go into a deep sleep known as __________ during the winter.
A B C D
slumber hibernaon drought dreaming
76 Some people do not eat meat or __________ products such as cheese and milk.
A B C D
dairy such vegetarian sugary
77 Geologists are sciensts who study the __________ and minerals of the earth.
A B C D
lakes oceans foods rocks
78 In maths, angles that measure less than 90° are known as __________ angles.
A B C D
right obtuse reflex acute
80 The goods and services that a country sells abroad are known as its __________.
A B C D
exports imports shops factories 11
Choose the word which has the same meaning as the words in both brackets.
Example:
Ex. [now present] [flow moon]
A B C D E
course run here today current
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Choose the word which has the same meaning as the words in both brackets.
Example:
Ex. [now present] [flow moon]
A B C D E
course run here today current
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Shuffled sentences
Use the words below to make a sentence and then mark the word that does not belong.
Example: You should drink four pints of water daily. The word that does not belong is healthy.
Ex. drink you water four daily pints should of healthy
A B C D E F G H I
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1 handbag on lost Poppy a was bus found the
A B C D E F G H I
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CEM 11+ PRACTICE PAPER 1A
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22 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] 58 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ]
23 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] 59 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ]
24 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] 60 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ]
25 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] 61 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ]
26 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] 62 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ]
27 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] 63 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ]
28 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] 64 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ]
29 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] 65 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ]
30 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] 66 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ]
31 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] 67 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ]
32 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] 68 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ]
33 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] 69 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ]
34 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] 70 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ]
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CEM 11+ PRACTICE PAPER 1A
Shuffled sentences
91 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] [ F ] [ G ] [ H ] [ I ]
92 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] [ F ] [ G ] [ H ] [ I ]
93 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] [ F ] [ G ] [ H ] [ I ]
94 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] [ F ] [ G ] [ H ] [ I ]
95 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] [ F ] [ G ] [ H ] [ I ]
96 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] [ F ] [ G ] [ H ] [ I ]
97 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] [ F ] [ G ] [ H ] [ I ]
98 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] [ F ] [ G ] [ H ] [ I ]
99 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] [ F ] [ G ] [ H ] [ I ]
100 [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] [ F ] [ G ] [ H ] [ I ]
3. C 37. E 73. D
4. C 38. D 74. C
39. C 75. B
5. C
76. A
6. A 40. B
77. D
7. B 41. D
78. D
8. D 42. E
79. B
9. D 43. E
80. A
10. A 44. B
11. B 45. A
12. D 46. A Homonyms
13. A 47. D 81. B
14. A 48. B 82. E
15. B 49. C 83. B
16. B 50. D 84. C
51. B 85. C
Antonyms
52. D 86. C
17. B deny
53. C 87. E
18. C cowardly
54. D 88. C
19. D conclude
55. B 89. A
20. C sweet
56. C 90. B
21. E famous
57. A
22. E dawn
58. E
23. A fule Shuffled sentences
59. D
24. C inflexible 91. E
60. D
25. E chaoc 92. E
61. B
26. D reject 93. D
62. B
27. C insignificant 94. B
63. C
28. A prohibit 95. G
64. B
29. B reveal 96. F
65. C
30. A modern 97. B
66. A
31. E unusual 98. G
67. B
32. D deceiTul 99. I
68. C
33. B sorrowful 100. C
69. D
34. B inaccurate
70. C
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