VEAR S44 Lien acy (Pending) al IOVS First name Last name __ School _ Class Date of birth ( Date oftest ()C) Total score ( Tywodraeth Cymru Welsh Governmentractice questi Inthis booklet, there are different types of question for you to answer indifferent ways. Here are some practice questions which show you the types of question you will ee inthe test. The instructions tell you what you need todo. Start by reading the text in the box below. Bryn and Sara eagerly packed ther rucksacks forthe final day oftheir castle exploration tip ~today they would vsitCastelly Bere. Bryn had marked on the map which castle they had investigated each day and Sara had been photographing and recording the plants tha ved there. Dolbadarn Castle onthe fist day had been thet favourite but the views at Deganwy onthe third day had been amazing! bry ted th eat folded maps betweenheconpassardhefisaisutinns | | bag wile ara rammed he sep ht beeen thecamerandhal-cten pact of so99y Bsc, | ® rnnasssurrneinterror Tickthnee. Hint chedkhow mary you have tock, maps compass hat biscuits fistaiane camera Lookat the text inthe box blow, | Undertine one word that tel you that they were excited about thet Y Hint Checkhow many words to undetine. uf Bryn and Sara eagerly packed thle rucksacks forthe final day oftheir castle exploration trip today they would visit Castell y Bere. (RE a Samaras) | © GR sre mints int: You must look back \ Inthe texttofind these@ rrtecis tos ich statements te and fiche fal, True | Fale Bryn had marked castles on the map. Dotbedarn Castle was their favour, Sora cari the fetal kitin her rucksack, Putte nore to show what rym and Sara dc onthe ip by rumbting them om 14 admired the views at Degonivy J ser oO visited Dolbadarn Castle 1 | | plored Castel Ber ] | choose thebest word ofthe passage and ck (pene ie whole pasage below en eee | Ary and Sara were visting a} mountains castles) thers towns acd recoding wich b people animals (plants (tung | Wed there | STOP } Please wait until you are told to start work on page 4. Inthis booklet you have three texts to read and answer questions ‘about. Read the fist text carefully before you start answering the ‘questions for that text. Then carefully read the next text before “answering the questions and soon. Youshould work through the booklet untilyou finish page 1S0r until youvare asked 0 stop, referring to the text when you needto. Youhave upto 60 minutestodo the tes.White Fang ‘The cub came upon it suddenly was his own faut. He had been careless. He had left the cave and run down tothe stream to drink. temight have been that he took rnonatice because he was heavy with sleep. (He had been out al night on the meat trail and had but just then awakened) And his carelessness might have been due to {the familar of the tal tothe pool. He had travelled it often, and nothing had ever happened on it He went down past the blasted pine crossed the open space, and trotted in amongst the trees. Then atthe same instant, he saw and smelled. Before him, siting silently fon their haunches, were ie live things, the lke of which he had neve seen befor. It ‘was his fist glimpse of mankind. But a the sight of him the five men didnot spring to their feet, nor show their teeth, nor snarl, They did not move but sat thee, silent anc Nor did the cub move. Every instinct of his nature would have impelled him to dash wildly away, had there not suddenly and fr the fist time arisen in him another ‘and counter instinct. A great awe descended upon him. He was beaten down to ™movelessness by an overwhelming sense of his own weakness and Iitleness, Here was mastery and power, something far and away beyond him. “The cub had never seen man, yet the instinct concerning man was his. In dim ways he recognised in man the animal that had fought itself to primacy over the other animals ‘ofthe Wil. The spell ofthe cub’s heritage was upon him the fear andthe respect born ofthe centuries of struggle and the accumulated experince ofthe generations, Had he been full-grown, he would have run away. As it was, he cowered down in a paralysis of fear alteady half poffering the submission that his kind had proffered from the frst time a wolf came into st by man'fire and be made warm (One ofthe Indians arose and walked over to him and stooped above him. The cub ‘oweted closer to the ground. twas the unknown bending over him and reaching ‘down to seize hold of him. His hal istled involuntarily; his ips writhed back and his litle fangs were bared, The hand, poise lke doom above him, hesitated and aman spoke, laughing, “Wabam wabisca ppt tah” (Look! The white fangs!)@ crore tne be wot or grouper work ithe page an ek yor ces ‘The cantralcharactarin the extracts a avottah amma gal” akan ‘The story describes his feelings of 1) glee () uncertainty () frustration (power when, forthe frst time, he lefthis 3 swamin )—wentinto cave ihestream, — Thevores sawhumans. ) @ ixinetiooren Find and copy two words tat show the cub had been to the pool before © trotted in amongst the toes What does the word torted tel is about how the cub was feling? Tiekone, He was surprised, C) Hewascaretee. He wasted. @ ter dhe sib tntbecme snot te guy ert Tickewo, Tey appeared suddenly ouside iscave, () Head adreamaboutthem, He found them where he didnot i eepieea we nex sent (= He woke up and one was poised He realised they were Bbove him FD ratchinghimystenty.® fete things Why does the weer we ths phrase to describe the men? Tickone, toshowthatthendans were alive, notdead =) because they satsostll they werelikestatues to show thatthe eubald not know what they were because they didnot behave ike animals Oo The spell the cb’ hertage was upan him What does this mean? Tekone. 0 ‘hat happened inthe pasthad influence over him naw. He could not remember everything thathappened inthe past. What happened inthe past was legend, not fact. C He could not control what happenedin the pas. c 000 Wy did the eb not run avy when he fists the men? Tickone He was 00 ted to move, He wanted to sit by the re He thought the men might feed him.) He wes overnfiedby his thoughts.) By notunng wy hows te eb behaviours he fs wo tasty In both cases Tiekone. the wolves wanted tobe friendly withthe Indians. the wolves recognised mans superior. thewolvs didnatknaw about man’s power) the wolves needed to prove thelr bravery. a® Puttick to show whic statements are true and which ae false. Thecub True | Fale had token afferent route tothe poo. had never seen men before. thought the men were weak and itl went and sat by the men’ re, was defensive when the man approached him. \ihich ofthe fllowing sentences best summaries the lst paragraph? Tiekone. ‘The ngion was determined to capture thecub. (_) ‘Te cub was pleased to meet the Indian. Oo Thecubsreactionsmadethe Ian laugh, ‘The indion vas ightenedby the cub'sfangs. Putthese events in order by numbering them fom 1105. The cub wos seedy the approschof human. [ wa overcome by thoughts and fetings. [ lefethe cave. bared is teeth, sa something unfailiacLost Without It Imagine trying to live in a world dominated by dihydrogen oxide. Tiss a compound* that has no taste or smell and sso variable in ts properties that tis generally benign but at other ies swifl lethal. Depending on its state, tcan scald you o freeze you. Inthe presence of certain organic molecules ican form acids so nasty that they can strip the leaves from trees and eat the faces off statuary. n bulk when agitated it can strike with a fury that no human edifice could withstand, Even for those vhe have leamed to lve witht ts an often murderous substance. We cal t water. Water's everywhere, A potatos 80 per cent water, a cow 74 percent, a bacterium 75 percent. Atomato, at 95 per cent, litle but water. Even humans are 65 percent water, making us more liquid than solid by a margin of almost two to one. Water is, strange tuft tis formless and tansparent and yet we long to be beside thas no taste and yet we love the taste of it. We will travel great distances and pay small fortunes to seeit in sunshine. And even though we know itis dangerous and drowns tens of thousands of people every year, we can't walt ofrolicin it. Because waters so Ubiquitous we tend to overlook what an extraordinary substance itis. hardly need point outthat we would be lost without it “In science, a compound is something made by combining two or more elements se ome oi = = ae se = Ga UU) Geers col yy ee maTektwo. an imaginary substance tasteless compound ‘lethal element water anacid 000 @ Lookatine textin the box below Undertine two words that show that inydrogen axde can be deadly, Imagine trying oven a word dominated by cihydrogen oxide. This a ‘compound that has no taste o smell ands 0 variable nits properties that itis generally benign but at other times sil lethal. Depending on its state, itcan scald you or freezeyou nthe presence ofcetan ganic molecules Itcan form acid so nasty that they can stip the leaves from ees and eat ‘the faces off statuary. In bulk, when agitated, t can strike with a fury that no human edifice could withstand. Even for those whe have leamed tolive with it it isan often murderous substance, Wecallit wate @® Depending on its state. What does this tellus about hydrogen oxide? Tickone thatle is always moving 0 ‘thatit canbe found in ferent areas) . thatitcantakeclfferentforms. =) ‘that ts normaly safe Oo @ tookattne tse poragrooh \Wihich ofthe following best descrssthe acids mentioned inthe ext Tickone polluted =) hygiene = . destructive pleasetum over® We col \hatis the tended effect ofthis sentence? Tiekone. tosuprisethereader towory the reader to stress the dangers tcause confusion keeping fit and healthy insurance protection against ought _( c C travel insurance {going on summer holidays Undertine three words o phases that might make water seem dull and unexciting, ‘later is strange stuff. formless and transparent and yet we long tobe beside it. thas no tase and yet we lve the taste of We wil travel grat stances and pay small fortunes to see itn sunshine, Puttcks toshow which statements ae true and which ae fale ‘Tie | Foleo Water has tase Water has a dstnct el A bacterum 75 percent water Humans are more soli than liquid Water dronns tens of thousands of people ach yt Humans lose about2.Slitres of waters dayPuttcks to show which ofthe following statement from the text are factand which | are opinion, Fact Opinion | Itean scald you o freeze you, A tomato, 3t 95 per cnt is ite but wate. Wate strange stl. ‘we long tobe beside it. we ant wait frolic init Lookat the whole text, section. the diagrams or In both. Puttick nthe table below to show whether the information can be found in the welten Wilton Diagrams | Both | Water can be dangerous, Water forms part of living things. 70 percent ofa cies body is water. Waters important in everyones ieHome Truths? ‘Well meaning but misinformed people think animals in the wild are “happy” because they are “fee” They imagine this wild animal roaming about the savannah on digestive walks after eating a prey that accepted its lot piously. They imagine this animal overseeing its offspring proualy and tenderly, the whole family watching the setting of the sun from the limbs of tres with sighs of pleasure. Then Its captured by Wicked men and thrown int tiny al. ts “happiness Is dashed. It yearns mightly for eedom” and does allt can to escape. Being denied ts “freedom for too long, the ‘animal becomes a shadow of itself its spit broken, So some people imagine, ‘Thatis not the way Ris, ‘Animals are tetitorial, That is the key to thelr minds. Only a familar terttory wil allow ‘them to ful the two relentless imperatives of the wild: the avoidance of enemies and the getting of food and water. A biologically sound 200 enclosure — whether cage, pit, moated island, aviary or aquarium ~ just another tettory, peculiar only in its size and inits proximity to human tector. In 200, we do for animals what we have done for ourselves with houses: we bring together in a small space what inthe wild is spread out. Now the iver flows through taps athand’s reach andl we can wash next to here we sleep, we can eat where we have cooked, and we can surround the whole ‘with a protective wall and keep it lean and warm. A house is a compressed teritory ‘where ourbasic needs can be fulfilled close by and safely A sound z00 enclosure is the equivalent for an animal. finds within tall the places it needs ~ lookout, a place for esting, for eating and drinkin, for bathing, for grooming et. ~and finds that there isnoneed to go hunting, food appearing sx days a week (One might even argue that fan animal could choose with intligence, it would opt for lving in 3 200, Think about it yourself. Would you rather be put up at Te Ritz* with free room service and unlimited access toa doctor or be homeless without a soul to careforyou? * aluxury hotel@ ® Which ofthe following best describes tis text? Tikone. fieonslnaratve — ()—_—_factuanformation copinionand argument) nstctionsand advice ‘What messages conveyed inthis tex? ‘animals need tbe Animal are more comfortable popellyceredton = CO nthe. No-one realy knows what Zoosare best CO tegeeeiie In the fist paragraph, the narator describes an imagined wild anal fal Where coe the fly relax? Tikone. atthefeotofavee —)_—_—_onthebranchesoftwees onarockinthesunset () —_inashadyhaven a ‘What isthe naratrs view offen a 200? Tekone Wise being inating) elseasethan inthe we faimalsae hoppy becloie'e (—) primal become pied ) animal welfare sues, ofa a that they can eeboth sides ofthe that they realise the importance srgument J Gfewereeervuldaninals that they do not understand the Oo dlicles animals facelving nthe wid lease tum over© @® Look atthe text inthe box below Underline the phrase that shows that some animals inthe wd expect tobe eatn by others ‘They imagine tis wild animal roaming about the savannah on digestive walks aftr esting a prey that accepted its lat lousy They mogine this animal overseeing Is ofsping proualy and tenderly the whole family watching the setting ofthe sun rom the limbs of wees with sighs of pleasure Thatismot the way i What isthe effect of hs singe sentence paragraph? Ticktwo, Iehighightsthat everything that __Ithasmorelmpact because itstands Ieismeantto separatethe animal) _Itseparatesthe ext to show two patspectvefrom the humanone, 2 —siderof the argument Ieshows that the namatots feeling defensive Itisthere tointraduce the te facts What does the narrator say arte maln challenges for animals ving inthe wie? Tiektwo. keeping control fthelrtetory —()_—_—_—making sure they exercise enough J cing captivgy c maining anadeqatediet =) protecting themselves from predators Fving alongside humans a What does the narrator se asthe advantages ofivingin a compressed tet? Youcandowhateveryouwan. isso. oO Everything youneed sconvenient. ) _Ithasproper plumbing. Oo Itisneartothendly neighbours.) Therearesomanypacesto explore.)Think bout the narrator's viewpoint. Puttcks to show whether the narrator would agree or disagree with the folowing The narator would ‘agree _| disagree Animals ned wo have freedom tobe hap. Life inthe wild snot atvays easy, tis wrong to put animal a 2005, Animals have everything they need in 200% Living ina 200s ie ving in atop quality hotel Animalsin the wil have no-one tolook after them, ve do for animals what we hove done fr ourselves nat does thistellus about the narrator's assumptions? Tektwo. tiherndncccssmimane* = Cl Grectvaytelves Gniwanctctstnariees CO Sumaitethouses dove humans Hels animalsreaywantolwe He eleves that mans ae the Puttick to show which of the following statements ate fact and which ae opinion Fact_| Opinion ‘Animas inthe wild are hapa. People who put animals in cages are wicked, Animas in 2008 want to escape, Some people believe 2005 ae bd for animal Lfein a200 ease than inthe vl Animas in 2008 do not need to go hunting for food, End of test. Please check your work.