MOCK 5 English READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY: This test consists of three sections: + Section one: COMPREHENSION (30 minutes plus 10 minutes reading time). On the next two pages there is a passage of text. Read the passage carefully when you are told to do so. You have 10 minutes. You then have 30 minutes to answer the questions that follow. You do not need to wait to be told to start the questions. Remember, this is not a test of memory. You can look back at the passage to check your answers as many times as you want. + Section two: APPLIED REASONING QUESTIONS (10 minutes) + Section three: CONTINUOUS WRITING (20 minutes) TOTAL TIME: 1 hour 10 minutes Instructions: 1. Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. 2. Work quickly but carefully through the questions. If you cannot do a question go on to the next one and return to it if you have time at the end. ‘The number of marks available for each question is indicated in the right-hand margin |. Incorrect spelling and grammar will be penalised. Punctuation should be clear and exact. Where you are asked to choose between a number of responses, choose always the most appropriate response. . If you finish with time to spare, please remember to check your work. Once the test has begun, you should not ask about questions in the test.Cc 10 " 12 13 14 15 16 7 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 The passage below is from ‘The Thirty-Nine Steps’ by John Buchan, written in 1915. | returned from the City about three o'clock on that May afternoon pretty well disgusted with life. I had been three months in the Old Country, and was fed up with it. If anyone had told me a year ago that | would have been feeling like that | should have laughed at hi ut there was the fact. The weather made me liverish, the talk of the ordinary Englishman made me sick, | couldn't get enough exercise, and the amusements of London seemed as flat as soda-water that has been standing in the sun. “Richard Hannay’ | kept telling myself, “you have got into the wrong ditch, my friend, and you had better climb out” It made me bite my lips to think of the plans | had been building up those last years in Buluwayo. | had got my pile — not one of the big ones, but good enough for me; and | had figured out all kinds of ways of enjoying myself, My father had brought me out from Scotland at the age of six, and | had never been home since; so England was a sort of Arabian Nights to me, and | counted on stopping there for the rest of my days. But from the first | was disappointed with it. In about a week | was tired of seeing sights, and in less than a month I had had enough of restaurants and theatres and race-meetings. | had no real pal to go about with, which probably explains things. Plenty of people invited me to their houses, but they didn't seem much interested in me. They would fling me a question or two about South Africa, and then get on to their own affairs. A lot of Imperialist ladies asked me to tea to meet schoolmasters from New Zealand and editors from Vancouver, and that was the dismalest business of all. Here was |, thirty-seven years old, sound in wind and limb, with enough money to have a good time, yawning my head off all day. | had just about settled to clear out and get back to the veld, for | was the best bored man in the United Kingdom. That afternoon | had been worrying my brokers about investments to give my mind something to work ‘on, and on my way home | turned into my club — rather a pot-house, which took in Colonial members. | had a long drink, and read the evening papers. They were full of the row in the Near East, and there was an article about Karolides, the Greek Premier. | rather fancied the chap. From all accounts he seemed25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 35 36 37 the one big man in the show; and he played a straight game too, which was more than could be said for most of them. | gathered that they hated him pretty blackly in Berlin and Vienna, but that we were going to stick by him, and one paper said that he was the only barrier between Europe and Armageddon. | remember wondering if | could get a job in those parts. It struck me that Albania was the sort of place that might keep a man from yawning, About six o'clock | went home, dressed, dined at the Café Royal, and turned into a music-hall. It was a silly show, all capering women and monkey-faced men, and | did not stay long. The night was fine and clear as | walked back to the flat I had hired near Portland Place. The crowd surged past me on the pavements, busy and chattering, and | envied the people for having something to do. These shop-girls and clerks and dandies and policemen had some interest in life that kept them going. | gave half-a-crown to a beggar because | saw him yawn; he was a fellow-sufferer. At Oxford Circus | looked up into the spring sky and I made a vow. | would give the Old Country another day to fit me into something; if nothing happened, | would take the next boat for the Cape. END OF PASSAGESPEND ABOUT 30 MINUTES ON THIS SECTION. Rae es — 4. What is meant by the ‘City’ (line 1)? Amark | | "hipsce, 2. Read the first three paragraphs (lines 1-20). (a) Whats the name of the narrator? mark (b) In which month did he return from being overseas? 1 mark (c) For how many years had he been living abroad? 1 mark (d) Which three adjectives best describe how the narrator feels? 3 marks (Tick three boxes.) A. Purposeless..... . Lively. . Jet-lagged . Unenthusiastic Distraught OOO000 Despondent 3. Read lines 1-6. Find and copy an example of (a) A metaphor... (b) A simile ..c 1 mark 1 mark (GOTO NEXT PAGE(Please do) 4. ‘England was a sort of Arabian Nights to me' (line 10) 2marks | | setwetein What does the narrator mean by this? ae 5. Which two of the following statements are true according to the passage? | 2 marks (Tick two boxes.) A. The narrator does not know many people in London. Co B. His father was Scottish. OO C. The narrator is financially comfortable, Co D. He does not like the English weather. CI E. He takes part in running races. CI 6. ‘they didn't seem much interested in me’ (lines 14-15). 2 marks Explain in your own words what made the narrator think this. 7. Find a five-word idiom in the third paragraph (lines 12-20) that means 1 mark ‘completely healthy (GO TO NEXT PAGE8. A‘pot-house' (line 22) is: 1 mark (Tick one box.) A. Alaundrette...... A PUD esos A store selling pottery items..... ‘An employment agency oooo0 A library 9. According to the passage, which two of the following statements are true |2 marks about Karolides, who is mentioned in line 247 -— A. He is corrupt... The German government disapproves of HIM. ...cscncuesrenenee The British government supports him. .... He has recently been elected president. . nooo He is a tall, stout man. .. 10. Several countries are referenced in this passage. Write the name of a [5 marks country, or countries, to answer the questions below. t— (a) What is meant by ‘the Old Country’ (line 2 and line 36)? (b) Which country is meant when the word ‘veld’ (line 19) is used? (c) Which country is meant by ‘the Cape’ (line 37)? (d) Which two countries referred to in the passage would be included in the region known as ‘the Near East (line 23) at the time? GO TO NEXT PAGE(Pee a 11. Describe in a few words what sort of situation is meant when the word | 1 mark || sstw ‘Armageddon’ (line 27) is used. ae 12, Select from the passage the ONE WORD which most closely 7 marks corresponds to the word or phrase on the left. The line numbers on the right show where in the passage the word is to be found. Word from passage Look in lines ‘A. Bad-tempered 3-5 B. Large house 7-9 C. Decided 17-19 D. Region 26 - 28 E. Prancing 30 - 32 F. Inane 31-33 G. Pledge 35 - 37 13. Look at line 34. What are ‘clerks’ and ‘dandies’? {a) Clerks are 1 mark (b) Dandies are 1 mark GOTO NEXT PAGE14, Look at the final paragraph (lines 30-37) and, using your own words, describe the attitude of the narrator towards the passers-by on the street. 2 marks 15. I gave half-a-crown to a beggar because | saw him yawn; he was a fellow-sufferer’ (lines 34-35) (a) What do you think is meant by ‘half-a-crown’? (b) Why does the narrator use the term ‘fellow-sufferer’? (Tick one box.) A. The beggar is a sick man and the narrator feels sorry for him B. The beggar is ungrateful after the narrator gives him half-a-crown. C. The beggar is homeless and has nowhere to sleep. D. The narrator recognises that he and the beggar have something in common. vsntnteentnnnee oo 009 E, The narrator realises that he and the beggar both studied together. ..... vntntneneese 1 mark 1 mark 16. How have the narrator's plans for the length of his stay in England changed over the past three months? (a) Initially, he (b) Three months later, he GOTO NEXT PAGE FOR APPLIED REASONING QUESTIONS. 2marks Co wSPEND ABOUT 10 MINUTES ON THIS SECTION. Een) APPLIED REASONING (You should spend about 10 minutes on this section) “a Question 1 Complete each word by writing two consecutive letters in the gaps. sha(_je sha(_je (_)ece(. GOTO NEXT PAGE FOR THE CONTINUOUS WRITING SECTIO! For example: ho(_)(_)e should be completed ho( r)(s)e a. 1 mark e(_)(_)se b. 1 mark r(_)Ljer c. 1 mark ane(_)(_)ote Question 2 The first repeated word in each set can be completed in two different ways. The letters used to complete the first word should then be used to complete the second word. For example: fe(_)er fe(_)er (_Jo(_)el should be completed: fe(v )er fe(w)er (v)o(w)el a 1 mark p(_jint = p(_)int_ —e(_)(_)al b. 1 markSPEND ABOUT 20 MINUTES ON THIS SECTION. CONTINUOUS WRITING (Answer BOTH questions in your own words.) 15 marks 1. In at least six sentences, describe one of the neighbours where you live.QUESTION 1 CONTINUEDQUESTION 2 CONTINUED