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 Read My little sister is driving me crazy and answer questions 1 to 6.

y little sister is
driving me crazy
I was lying in bed, reading, when I heard
an odd scratching sound at the door.
I sighed. I put my book aside and went
to open it. There was my little sister,
Bonita, down on the ground on all
fours. She looked up at me, opened
her mouth and made a long, loud
squeaking sound instead of saying
my name, James.

I told her to go and bother someone

else but she just stared. Then she
scuttled past me and hid under my
bed. She was amazingly quick!
I bent down to see where she was.
She was hiding against the wall, in the
darkness. I asked her to come out but she
shook her head and squeaked again.

Now, you might think this is very strange behaviour, but there is a reason for it.
You see, Bonita really wants a guinea pig but Mum says she can't have one.
So Bonita says that i f she can't have a guinea pig, then she'll pretend to be one until
Mum says yes.

So that's what she was doing under my bed. The only way I could get her to
come out was by offering her a carrot. I dangled it in the air, and she followed me
(crawling, of course) out the door, down the hallway and back to her own room. Phew!

This has been going for three days now. I hope Mum says yes to a guinea pig soon,
because my little sister is driving me crazy!

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 1. W h y did J a m e s o p e n his d o o r ?

(A) He had to find B o n i t a .

(B) He had finished reading his book.
(C) He heard s o m e o n e s q u e a k i n g .
(D) He heard a scratching s o u n d .

2. W h i c h of t h e s e i m a g e s s h o w s B o n i t a 'down on the ground o n all fours'?

(C) (D)

3. B o n i t a is acting like a g u i n e a pig b e c a u s e

(A) she wants her brother to play with her.

(B) she wants to p e r s u a d e her brother to get a g u i n e a pig.
(C) she wants to avoid being p u n i s h e d by her mother.
(D) she wants her mother to buy her a g u i n e a pig.

4. '(crawling, of c o u r s e ) '

T h e w o r d s are in brackets b e c a u s e they provide

(A) a comment.
(B) an explanation.
(C) a n instruction.
(D) a suggestion.

5. J a m e s said ' P h e w ! ' b e c a u s e

(A) Bonita had s t o p p e d acting like a g u i n e a pig.

(B) Bonita had s t o p p e d crawling a r o u n d .
(C) Bonita had finally got her way.
(D) Bonita had now left his r o o m .

6. After reading the text, w h i c h w o r d best d e s c r i b e s B o n i t a ?

(A) stubborn
(B) confused
(C) angry
(D) shy

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 Read Buried treasure and answer questions 7 to 13.

Buried treasure
Pirates in s t o r i e s k n o w w h e r e t o f i n d buried
treasure because X always marks the spot!
But d o p e o p l e f i n d b u r i e d t r e a s u r e in real life?
D o c h e s t s f u l l of g o l d a n d j e w e l s a c t u a l l y e x i s t ?
C o m e on a journey to England. We're going to
d i s c o v e r a real t r e a s u r e h o a r d !

I m a g i n e t h a t y o u ' r e a b u i l d e r in L o n d o n a b o u t
1 0 0 y e a r s a g o . Y o u ' r e in C h e a p s i d e , a g r i m , r u n -
d o w n part of t o w n . Y o u r t a s k is t o d e m o l i s h
three old buildings. You're w o r k i n g d o w n in
a cellar, breaking through the floor, when
s u d d e n l y y o u r pickaxe cracks a g a i n s t s o m e t h i n g
h a r d . You pull t h e w o o d e n f l o o r b o a r d s up a n d
s c r a p e a w a y t h e dirt, a n d r e a l i s e t h a t y o u ' r e
l o o k i n g at a c h e s t — a v e r y o l d , w o o d e n c h e s t .
You m a n a g e t o p r i s e o p e n t h e lid, a n d are
d a z z l e d by a p r i c e l e s s t r e a s u r e .

Inside t h e c h e s t are j e w e l l e d p e n d a n t s . T h e r e are f i n e n e c k l a c e s s t r u n g w i t h e n a m e l l e d f l o w e r s .

T h e r e are n e c k l a c e s set w i t h a m e t h y s t s , g a r n e t s a n d e m e r a l d s — e a c h g o l d e n link m a d e by
h a n d . T h e r e a r e j e w e l l e d c r o s s e s , a d i a m o n d ring, t w o crystal j u g s a n d a salt c e l l a r w i t h silver
a n d g o l d d e c o r a t i o n , e x q u i s i t e hat o r n a m e n t s a n d a p e n d a n t in t h e s h a p e of a s q u i r r e l e a t i n g
a nut.

A n d t h e n t h e r e are t h e g e m s ! T h e r e are g a r n e t s f r o m India, e m e r a l d s f r o m C o l o m b i a a n d

a w h i t e s a p p h i r e f r o m Turkey. T h e r e is t u r q u o i s e f r o m Iran a n d j a d e f r o m C h i n a .

The chest also contains strange and w o n d e r f u l t o a d s t o n e s . T h e s e s m o o t h , b r o w n c u p - s h a p e d

rocks w e r e b e l i e v e d t o w a r d off p o i s o n , a n d w e r e t h o u g h t t o c o m e f r o m t h e h e a d s o f t o a d s .
In reality, t h e y are t h e f o s s i l i s e d t e e t h o f a n a n c i e n t f i s h . T h e c h e s t c o n t a i n s 14 o f t h e s e
priceless objects.

Did s o m e t h i n g like t h i s really h a p p e n ? Yes! In 1 9 1 2 , w o r k m e n in C h e a p s i d e really d i d f i n d

b u r i e d t r e a s u r e ! T h e y f o u n d a c h e s t c o n t a i n i n g t h e f i n e s t c o l l e c t i o n o f 1 7 t h - c e n t u r y English
j e w e l l e r y in t h e w o r l d . By l o o k i n g at p a i n t i n g s o f p e o p l e w e a r i n g j e w e l l e r y , h i s t o r i a n s c o u l d
t e l l t h a t t h e s t y l e o f t h e j e w e l l e r y in t h e C h e a p s i d e H o a r d w a s w o r n in E n g l a n d b e t w e e n 1 6 1 0
a n d 1 6 3 0 . In t h o s e days, C h e a p s i d e w a s f a m o u s f o r its g o l d s m i t h s a n d j e w e l l e r s . T h e b u i l d i n g
w h e r e t h e g e m s w e r e b u r i e d p r o b a b l y h o u s e d o n e o f t h e m , a n d so t h i s c h e s t probably
b e l o n g e d t o a j e w e l l e r . It w a s his s t o c k - i n - t r a d e : t h e c o l l e c t i o n of g e m s a n d j e w e l l e r y t h a t
he o w n e d , a n d t h a t he w a s w o r k i n g o n at t h e t i m e .

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 7. W h a t d o e s the w o r d ' h o a r d ' m e a n , a s it is u s e d in the text?

(A) chest
(B) site
(C) store
(D) box

W h a t is a t o a d s t o n e ?

(A) a p o i s o n o u s rock
(B) a n ancient m e d i c i n e
(C) a n antique fish
(D) a f o s s i l i s e d tooth

9. W h i c h of the following is N O T a r e a s o n for d e s c r i b i n g the items in the c h e s t ?

(A) to highlight the u n u s u a l items found in the c h e s t

(B) to explain why the c h e s t is said to contain s o m e of the finest E n g l i s h jewellery
(C) to e m p h a s i s e the range of jewellery that w a s m a d e at that time
(D) to illustrate how m u c h the C h e a p s i d e n e i g h b o u r h o o d has c h a n g e d

10. H o w did the historians know what time period the jewellery c a m e f r o m ?

(A) They c o m p a r e d the jewellery to w h a t w a s s e e n in paintings.

(B) They k n e w how old the w o o d of the c h e s t w a s .
(C) They m a t c h e d the a g e of the building with how d e e p the c h e s t w a s buried.
(D) They c h e c k e d the d a t e s that the g e m s w e r e brought into the country.

11. '...and s o this c h e s t probably b e l o n g e d to a jeweller.'

In the s e n t e n c e , the word 'probably' s h o w s that

(A) historians d i s a g r e e about w h o the o w n e r of the c h e s t w a s .

(B) e v i d e n c e indicates that the c h e s t w a s likely o w n e d by a jeweller.
(C) historians are c o n v i n c e d that the c h e s t w a s o w n e d by a jeweller.
(D) only the w o r k m e n w h o d i s c o v e r e d the c h e s t k n e w w h o the o w n e r w a s .

12. In the last p a r a g r a p h , the information after the c o l o n (:) is c l o s e s t to being

(A) a definition.
(B) a description.
(C) an e x a m p l e .
(D) a n illustration.

13. T h e writer c a p t u r e s the r e a d e r ' s interest by

(A) using e x a c t dates.

(B) referring to what the r e a d e r a l r e a d y k n o w s .
(C) repeating important information.
(D) a d d r e s s i n g the r e a d e r directly.

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 Read Hardly out of this world and answer questions 14 to 20.

T h e l a t e s t Tyranno m o v i e , Tyranno 2: Earth defence, has just taken a nosedive

a n d c r a s h - l a n d e d a t a c i n e m a n e a r y o u — a l l in 3 D ! W h i l e t h e o r i g i n a l Tyranno
w a s a v i s u a l f e a s t w i t h s t r o n g c h a r a c t e r s a n d a g r i p p i n g s t o r y , Tyranno 2 has
f a i l e d m i s e r a b l y a s s o m a n y s e q u e l s d o . It is l o o s e l y b a s e d o n t h e s e c o n d
b o o k in t h e e x c e l l e n t s e r i e s b y L i l l i a n S i d l e , b u t it h a s m u t a t e d i n t o a t r u l y
a w f u l m o v i e . I n p a r t i c u l a r , p a r t s o f t h e p l o t w h i c h w e r e s i g n i f i c a n t in t h e b o o k
h a v e b e e n left o u t of t h e s c r i p t . T h i s p l o t - t h i n n i n g h a s h a d t h e e f f e c t of c r e a t i n g
c h a r a c t e r s t h a t a r e s o m e w h a t o n e - d i m e n s i o n a l — e v e n if t h e y l o o k g r e a t in t h e i r
dinosaur costumes.

S i m o n G r a y , w h o d i d s u c h a f a b u l o u s j o b in t h e f i r s t m o v i e , p l a y s T y r o . H e
is r e s p o n s i b l e f o r d e f e n d i n g E a r t h f r o m t h e e v i l p i r a t e d i n o s a u r P i r a t o p o d .
H e l p w i t h t h i s m i s s i o n is p r o v i d e d b y a c o u p l e o f v e l o c i r a p t o r c o - s t a r s n a m e d
Barry (Evan Green) and Kevin (Brian Scott). Piratopod has invented a solar-
p o w e r e d m e t e o r m a g n e t and intends to capture m e t e o r s f r o m their s p a c e orbits,
re-directing t h e m onto a collision course with Earth. Tyro m u s t mobilise the Earth
D e f e n c e T e a m to l o c a t e a n d d i s a b l e P i r a t o p o d ' s s e c r e t w e a p o n . It's a t y p i c a l
'good-guy-fights-bad-guy-and-overcomes-a-few-problems-along-the-way-
w h i l e - w i n n i n g - i n - t h e - e n d ' s o r t o f m o v i e . U s u a l l y t h i s is a r e a s o n a b l e f o r m u l a
f o r s u c c e s s . H o w e v e r , t h e p l o t is m i n d - n u m b i n g l y p r e d i c t a b l e , w i t h g a p s in t h e
story that b e c o m e obvious quite early on. This also m e a n s that the story tends
to jolt strangely f r o m one scene to the next.

I often use a 'spoiler alert' to w a r n readers w h e n I intend to provide key details

a b o u t a m o v i e . I n t h i s c a s e h o w e v e r , t h e s t o r y is s o u n d e r - d e v e l o p e d t h a t t h e r e
aren't m a n y key details to reveal. You would think the director m i g h t have
considered borrowing ideas f r o m Sidle's books to m a k e the characters m o r e
interesting— for instance Piratopod's twisted personality w a s actually explained
a s t h e r e s u l t o f t r a u m a t i c e v e n t s in h i s p a s t . B u t n o .

I t is c l e a r l y in s p e c i a l e f f e c t s t h a t a l l t h e t i m e a n d e n e r g y w e r e i n v e s t e d in t h i s
m o v i e , a n d if y o u l o v e t h i s s o r t o f t h i n g y o u w i l l b e e n t h r a l l e d . T h e v i e w s o f
E a r t h a n d t h e M o o n a r e s p e c t a c u l a r . I w a s n ' t s i t t i n g in a c i n e m a w e a r i n g 3 D
g l a s s e s ; I w a s o u t t h e r e in s p a c e ! A l t h o u g h t h e s t o r y is w e a k a n d t h e c h a r a c t e r s
u n d e r - d e v e l o p e d , the special effects are brilliant. T h e y are t h e icing on a stale
cake!

If t h e m o v i e m a k e r s h a d f o l l o w e d L i l l i a n S i d l e ' s w o r k
m o r e closely, this m o v i e could have been a success. My
s u g g e s t i o n t o f a n s is t o s a v e y o u r m o n e y o n t h i s m o v i e Rated: PG
and buy the book instead.

R e v i e w e d b y Lee Evan

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 14. W h a t d o e s the w o r d 'mutated' m e a n ?

(A) changed
(B) shifted
(C) progressed
(D) decreased

15. W h y d o e s the reviewer d e s c r i b e the c h a r a c t e r s a s ' o n e - d i m e n s i o n a l ' ?

(A) T h i s is h o w the c h a r a c t e r s are portrayed in the book.

(B) T h e actors did not h a v e the e x p e r i e n c e to play the parts.
(C) T h e r e is a lack of c h a r a c t e r d e v e l o p m e n t in the movie.
(D) T h e c h a r a c t e r s are p l a y e d by u n k n o w n actors in the movie.

16. W h a t is a ' s p o i l e r alert'?

(A) a s u g g e s t i o n to c h a n g e the plot

(B) a hint that a negative c o m m e n t will be m a d e
(C) a warning that key parts of the plot will be e x p o s e d
(D) a clue that links the m o v i e with the book

17. T h e w o r d 'enthralled' m e a n s

(A) curious. (B) fascinated. (C) puzzled. (D) amused.

18. W h i c h statement would the reviewer most likely a g r e e with?

(A) The a u d i e n c e will d i s r e g a r d the c h a n g e s to the storyline.

(B) The c h a n g e s in the plot w e a k e n e d the s p e c i a l effects.
(C) The cast w a s m o r e i n e x p e r i e n c e d than e x p e c t e d .
(D) The m o v i e w a s more s h o w than s u b s t a n c e .

19. W h a t is the main t e c h n i q u e u s e d by the reviewer to p e r s u a d e r e a d e r s not to

w a t c h the m o v i e ?

(A) d e s c r i b i n g what it is like to v i e w the m o v i e in 3 D

(B) e x a g g e r a t i n g the strengths of the book
(C) contrasting the m o v i e with the b o o k
(D) including h u m o u r

20. T h e overall tone of the review is

(A) angry.
(B) rude.
(C) dissatisfied.
(D) arrogant.

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Carl sat chewing, his glasses balanced on the very tip of his nose. He was
concentrating very hard. Cass watched fascinated. One more chew and they would
slip off. 'Well,' Carl lifted his head and his glasses slid back into place, T don't know
if we can do anything more, Cass. If adults can't stop them, what can we do?'

The twins ate in silence, watching the sun slip behind the distant skyline,
silhouetting the tall faceless office blocks that poked out of a shifting yellow haze.
The din of the city traffic barely reached them. It mingled with the warm shushing
sound of the surrounding park.

The Trumper Tree rose above them, majestic and tall, its twisted branches and
gnarled trunk swirling in strange patterns. It looked as if it reached into the sky
forever.

'I'm going to save a leaf from the Trumper Tree as a memento,' said Cass and she
picked up a fallen leaf. 'Here's one for you,' and she handed it to Carl. He was very
quiet. The air became heavy and still. The park seemed to be holding its breath.
'Let's make a wish, a wish to make things right,' whispered Cass.

T don't believe in wishes,' was Carl's reply, but he didn't push the leaf away; he
placed it carefully in his pocket.

Around them the valley waited, motionless and silent. Cass shivered. T feel strange,
eerie. I can almost hear the tree speaking to me.'

'What am I supposed to listen for?'

'Quiet! Can't you hear? There's a sound in the leaves, a sort of stirring, a
movement, a rustling.'

'And for your next trick there'll be gnomes in the grass.' Carl was not impressed.

Cass was listening intently. 'It's saying that now is the time, now is special, if we
wish now something important will happen.'

'And pigs might fly. Come on Cass, it's time we went home.'

'Please let's try one wish now. Come on Carl, please ...!•'

'Oh, all right. Just one, then we must go or Mum and Dad will be late for that
meeting.'

'Let's put our arms around the tree and wish hard for something to save it.'

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 W h a t w a s Carl doing in the first p a r a g r a p h ?

(A) arguing with his sister

(B) hiding from his parents
(C) quickly finishing a big m e a l
(D) thinking d e e p l y about a problem
•
T h e story is set in

(A) a park.
(B) a building.
(C) a city street.
(D) a sports field.

In the s e c o n d p a r a g r a p h , the w o r d s 'silhouetting the tall f a c e l e s s office blocks'

refer to the effect of the

(A) sun. (B) tree. (C) haze. (D) skyline.

Personification is a type of description that g i v e s h u m a n qualities to s o m e t h i n g

w h i c h is not h u m a n .

W h i c h quotation u s e s personification?

(A) 'The twins ate in s i l e n c e '

(B) 'The park s e e m e d to be holding its breath.'
(C) 'There's a s o u n d in the l e a v e s '
(D) ' A n d pigs might fly.'

In the third p a r a g r a p h , w h y d o e s the writer d e s c r i b e the T r u m p e r T r e e a s

having a 'gnarled trunk swirling in strange patterns'?

(A) to e m p h a s i s e h o w bright the s u n is

(B) to create a mysterious a t m o s p h e r e
(C) to m a k e a c o m p a r i s o n with city buildings
(D) to highlight the colour of its l e a v e s a n d b r a n c h e s

C a s s g a v e a leaf to C a r l b e c a u s e

(A) she p l a n n e d to s h o w him a trick.

(B) she w a n t e d him to k e e p it a s a souvenir.
(C) she w a s sharing her love of nature with him.
(D) she k n e w that his hobby w a s collecting small things.

W h i c h quotation s h o w s that C a r l w o u l d follow C a s s a n d m a k e a w i s h ?

(A) ' H e w a s very quiet.'

(B) 'What a m I s u p p o s e d to listen for?'
(C) ' C o m e o n C a s s , it's time w e went home.'
(D) 'Just o n e , then w e must g o '

W h i c h word best d e s c r i b e s C a s s ?

(A) logical
(B) efficient
(C) reckless
(D) persistent

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 Read Creepy underwater crawlies and answer questions 29 to 36.

Going underwater is about to get

creepier. Lurking in the shallow
waters of your favourite beach and
inhabiting the depths of the coldest
oceans are creeping, crawling
sea spiders. Ranging in size from
one millimetre to more than
90 centimetres, these creatures
look like the stars of a science
fiction horror movie.

With their small bodies a n d really long

legs, it is easy to have nightmares A sea spider in the McMurdo Sound in Antarctica
about sea spiders larger t h a n y o u r head
crawling all over y o u , but it gets creepier. Sea spiders are e q u i p p e d with a proboscis
(a long a p p e n d a g e o n their head) for feeding on their prey. T h e s e carnivorous crawlies
insert their proboscis into the soft body of an invertebrate and t h e n suck out the
juicy g o o d n e s s . Surprisingly, the poor prey often survives this g r u e s o m e attack.
A l t h o u g h this type of feeding s o u n d s gross, invertebrates such as sea s p o n g e s a n d
sea a n e m o n e s are generally larger t h a n the spider, and so will survive being fed on
... most of the time.

T h e r e are more t h a n 1300 k n o w n species of sea spiders. T h e y can have four, five or
six pairs of legs. T h e i r bodies are so thin that they do not need a respiratory system;
instead, their body surface is large e n o u g h to allow t h e m to breathe by diffusion,
w h i c h m e a n s o x y g e n is a b s o r b e d t h r o u g h their skin. In fact, their bodies are so small
that their organs spread out to their legs. M a n y sea spiders that live d e e p in the ocean
are blind.

Sea spiders are such unusual creatures that scientists are still a little puzzled about
how to classify t h e m . Sea spiders are not considered true spiders or arachnids.
T h e y have a s e g m e n t e d exoskeleton, w h i c h m a k e s t h e m arthropods j u s t like insects,
crabs a n d spiders. But other strange features such as their proboscis m a k e it difficult
to decide exactly w h a t type of arthropod t h e y are.

Marine zoologist Dr Claudia A r a n g o of the Australian M u s e u m finds sea spiders

fascinating, especially the o n e s that live in Antarctica. T h e y are more diverse, more
abundant, bigger a n d weirder t h a n sea spiders in other parts of the w o r l d : t h a t m a k e s
t h e m a very attractive fauna,' says Dr A r a n g o .

Next time y o u go to the beach, head over to the rocks a n d investigate; y o u may just
find a little sea spider c a m o u f l a g e d in the shallow water. But don't worry, the really big
o n e s only live in the d e p t h s of the Antarctic O c e a n .

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(A) they h a v e soft b o d i e s .

(B) they h a v e thin b o d i e s .
(C) they are larger than their predators.
(D) they are able to survive after being a t t a c k e d .

30. W h a t is the m e a n i n g of the word ' g r u e s o m e ' ?

(A) frequent
(B) horrifying
(C) unexpected
(D) sudden

31. S e a s p i d e r s breathe by diffusion. T h i s allows t h e m to

(A) store o x y g e n in their legs.

(B) take in o x y g e n through their skin.
(C) control their respiratory s y s t e m .
(D) s u c k o x y g e n from their prey.

32. ' M a n y s e a s p i d e r s that live d e e p in the o c e a n are blind.'

W h i c h word or w o r d s c o u l d be p l a c e d at the beginning of this s e n t e n c e in the

third p a r a g r a p h ?

(A) A s a result
(B) However
(C) Yet
(D) In addition

33. W h y are s e a s p i d e r s d e s c r i b e d in the text a s 'unusual c r e a t u r e s ' ?

(A) They are a r a c h n i d s a n d they breathe by diffusion.

(B) They are invertebrates a n d they are a l s o c a r n i v o r e s .
(C) They are arthropods a n d they have a p r o b o s c i s .
(D) They can live in both d e e p a n d s h a l l o w water.

34. W h a t is the main p u r p o s e of the final p a r a g r a p h ?

(A) to s c a r e r e a d e r s into staying a w a y from s e a s p i d e r s

(B) to urge r e a d e r s to investigate the s e a s p i d e r s of the Antarctic O c e a n
(C) to r e a s s u r e r e a d e r s that s e a s p i d e r s are unlikely to be a threat to t h e m
(D) to warn readers against taking u n n e c e s s a r y risks with s e a s p i d e r s

35. W h a t is the text u n d e r n e a t h the photograph c a l l e d ?

(A) caption
(B) label
(C) subheading
(D) glossary

36. W h a t d o e s the writer a s s u m e about her r e a d e r s ?

(A) They are s c a r e d of s p i d e r s .

(B) They know what a s e a spider looks like.
(C) They u n d e r s t a n d w h a t a p r o b o s c i s is.
(D) They h a v e studied the Antarctic O c e a n .

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 Read Messing about in boats and answer questions 37 to 43.

Messing about in boats

'Do you know, I've never been in a boat before in all my life.'

'What?' cried the Rat, open-mouthed: 'Never been in a—you

never—well I—what have you been doing, then?'

'Is it so nice as all that?' asked the Mole shyly, though he was
quite prepared to believe it as he leant back in his seat and
surveyed the cushions, the oars and all the fascinating fittings,
and he felt the boat sway lightly under him.

'Nice? It's the only thing', said the Water Rat solemnly, as he
leant forward for his stroke. 'Believe me, my young friend, there
is nothing—absolutely nothing—half so much worth doing as
simply messing about in boats. Simply messing', he went on
dreamily: 'messing—about—in—boats; messing—'

'Look ahead, Rat!' cried the Mole suddenly.

It was too late; the boat struck the bank full tilt. The dreamer,
the joyous oarsman, lay on his back at the bottom of the boat, his heels in the air.

'—about in boats—or with boats', the Rat went on composedly, picking himself up with
a pleasant laugh. 'In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. Nothing seems really to matter, that's
the charm of it. Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you arrive at your
destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get anywhere
at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in particular; and when you've done
it there's always something else to do and you can do it if you like, but you'd much better
not. Look here! If you've really nothing else on hand this morning, supposing we drop
down the river together, and have a long day of it?'

The Mole waggled his toes from sheer happiness, spread his chest with a sigh of full
contentment, and leaned back blissfully into the soft cushions. 'What a day I'm having!'
he said. 'Let us start at once!' 'Hold hard a minute, then!' said the Rat. He looped the
painter through a ring in his landing-stage, climbed up into his hole above, and after
a short interval reappeared staggering under a fat, wicker luncheon-basket.

'Shove that under your feet', he observed to the Mole, as he passed it down into the boat.
Then he untied the painter and took the sculls again.

'What's inside it?' asked the Mole, wriggling with curiosity.

'There's cold chicken inside it', replied the Rat briefly; 'coldhamcoldbeefpickledgherkins
saladfrenchrollscresssandwichespottedmeatgingerbeerlemonadesodawater —'

'O stop, stop', cried the Mole in ecstasies: 'This is too much!'

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 T h e author u s e s the word ' o p e n - m o u t h e d ' to indicate that the R a t is

(A) sleeping.
(B) disbelieving.
(C) e x t r e m e l y happy.
(D) about to s p e a k .

T h e word 'surveyed', a s it is u s e d in the text, m e a n s

(A) felt.
(B) tested.
(C) l o o k e d over.
(D) took hold of.

W h i c h of the following from the text d o e s NOT refer to the R a t ?

(A) 'young friend'

(B) 'dreamer'
(C) 'joyous o a r s m a n '
(D) 'pleasant l a u g h '

'Nothing s e e m s really to matter, that's the c h a r m of it.'

T h e word 'it' refers to

(A) lying o n the bottom of the boat.

(B) e m b a r k i n g o n a journey.
(C) pottering about in a boat.
(D) having u n p l a n n e d a d v e n t u r e s .

T h e r e m o v a l of s p a c e s a n d c o m m a s in the list of picnic food

(A) a d d s e m p h a s i s to the quality of the Rat's f o o d .

(B) s t r e s s e s that the R a t is distracted by the f o o d .
(C) s h o w s how excited the R a t is about the food.
(D) highlights how m u c h food the Rat c a n eat.

W h i c h of the following quotations most s h o w s the M o l e ' s i n e x p e r i e n c e ?

(A) ' a s k e d the M o l e shyly'

(B) 'cried the M o l e s u d d e n l y '
(C) ' l e a n e d b a c k blissfully'
(D) 'cried the M o l e in e c s t a s i e s '

W h i c h of the following is the Rat most likely to s a y ?

(A) 'Boating is a m e a n s of getting w h e r e y o u want to go.'

(B) 'Boating is a s m u c h about skill a s it is about enjoyment.'
(C) 'Boating is about having nothing to d o a n d all d a y to d o it in.'
(D) 'Boating w a s t e s time u n l e s s the e x p e r i e n c e is u s e d wisely.'

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 For questions 44 and 45 c h o o s e the correct option to complete the passage.

Recycling
Recycling is a word we hear a lot these days. It is a way of turning rubbish
back into usable materials. One common example of recycling is (44)
paper waste (such as cardboard) and break it down using a combination
of water and chemicals. Once it's been broken down, it can be cleaned and
processed into new sheets of paper, with no need to cut down any more trees!
Recycled paper is certainly better for the environment (45) it costs
more to produce.

44. (A) having taken

(B) taking
(C) to take
(D) took

45. (A) for

(B) even if
(C) since
(D) as long as

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