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Word Choice
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11 champion advocate grandeur grandiose grandness grander

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12 submit confer infer reply comply refer

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13 warm scorching tepid medium heater boil

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14 opaque transparent invisible frosted clear blank

A B C D E
15 believable plausible probable improbable personable payable

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Comprehension
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3 Did Raleigh think that his own descendants would read Stevenson’s books?

A He had no idea.
B He thought they would be delighted to read Stevenson’s books.
C He thought they would definitely not read Stevenson’s books.
D He planned to make them read Stevenson’s books.

4 Which of the following statements is true?

A Raleigh thought that time is a great healer.

B Raleigh thought that time makes people forget.
C Raleigh thought that people have too much time on their hands.
D Raleigh thought that time is exceptionally important.

5 Who was Homer?

A An author who wrote books long after Stevenson’s novels were published.
B An author who wrote books before Stevenson did.
C A leader of a cult.
D A friend of Raleigh and Stevenson.

6  ‘Nevertheless, without handling the prickly question of literary immortality…’

What does the word ‘prickly’ mean in this context?

A Unfriendly
B Sharp
C Angry
D Complicated

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Pictures
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A B C

D E F

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A B C

D E F

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A B C

D E F

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Maths 2
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5 Anna makes sure she writes 3 pages of her holiday journal every day. If Anna starts writing
on the morning of 30th July and ends on the evening of 3rd September, how many
pages does Anna write?

A B C D E
99 102 108 114 120

6 Alex sold his old books and toy soldiers at a jumble sale. He sold 14 toy soldiers for 15p each and
9 books for 35p each. How much money did Alex raise?

A B C D E
£4.25 £4.75 £5.25 £ 5.75 £6.25

7 I think of a number N. I subtract it from 20 and then add 1. The answer is 9. What is the number
N that I first thought of?

A B C D E
10 28 14 12 24

8 Leah feeds her house flowers with a plant food in the summer. Each flower needs 10ml of plant
food once per day. If Leah has 7 flowers, how much plant food does she use each week?

A B C D E
490ml 70ml 140ml 280ml 240ml

9 A field is in the shape of a rectangle. The perimeter of the field is 300m. The length of the field is
twice its width. What is the area of the field?

A B C D E
6000m² 400m² 4000m² 500m² 5000m²

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Maths
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Look at these patterns made up of small squares.
Each small square has a side length of 2cm.
Use these patterns to answer questions 16–20.

2cm

pattern number 1 pattern number 2 pattern number 3 pattern number 4

A B C D E F G H I J
7cm 4 9cm 14cm 9 56 20cm 99 14 100

16 What is the height of pattern number 7?

17 What is the difference in height between pattern number 10 and pattern number 20?

18 What is the difference between the numbers of squares in pattern number 100 and pattern
number 99?

19 Which pattern number contains 45 squares?

20 Which pattern number is the first to exceed 100 squares?

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Pictures
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15   

A B C

D E F

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A B C

D E F

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Reading
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Instructions
In the following passages, some of the words are missing. Complete each passage by
selecting one word for each question from the options A–J.
Mark your answer on the answer sheet. Each word can only be used once.

Passage 1
A B C D E F G H I J
height defies overwhelm jagged ethereal appeal looks glimpse watery lure

What is the peculiar charm of that mighty, snow-capped sea of mountains, whose Question  1
peaks tossed far into the heavens seem ever about to Question 2 the level wheat-fields
of Western Canada? The Question 3 of the mountains Question 4 analysis,
but it is surely there with its irresistible Question 5 to all in whom the spirit of romance is
not quite dead. It stirs the blood strangely when, far out on the plains of Alberta, you get your first
Question 6 of the Canadian Alps — a line of white, glittering peaks just above the horizon,
infinitely remote and Question 7 .

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Word Choice 3
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A B C D
12 rabbit sty den warren cave

A B C D
13 refraction torch lamp light moon

A B C D
14 optical illusion allusion confusion infusion

A B C D
15 sheep nylon cotton wool silk

A B C D
16 ventriloquist child doll toy pantomime

A B C D
17 conductor exhibition audience performance orchestra

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2. Mark ONE answer only for each question on your test paper.
3. Use an HB pencil and rub out any errors thoroughly.

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