Section 1: Reading for Ideas

Read Passage 1 in the insert and answer all the questions below in the
order set.

1 (a) Notes [12 marks]

Identify and write down the points in the passage which tell us the
advantages and disadvantages of the internet.

USE ONLY THE MATERIAL FROM PARAGRAPH 2 TO

PARAGRAPH 8 INCLUSIVE.

At this stage, you need NOT use your own words. To help you get started,
the first point in each section of notes is done for you. You will be
awarded up to 12 marks for content points.

MAIN POINTS

Advantages of the internet

• Speed at which information can be accessed

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Disadvantages of the internet

• Online shopping takes customers away from shops

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(b) Summary [10 marks]

2 Now use your notes to write a summary in which you state the
advantages and disadvantages of the internet, as outlined in the passage.
This time, you will be awarded up to 5 marks for using your own words
wherever possible and for accurate use of language.

Your summary, which must be in continuous writing (not note form), must
be no longer than 160-180 words, including the 10 words given below.
Begin your summary as follows:

It is clear that the internet has many advantages because

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No. of words________
3. From paragraph 2, select and write down one opinion.
The opinion
is ............................................................................................................ ......
..................................................................................................[1]

From your reading of paragraph 9, decide which one of the following

statements is true and tick the box you have chosen.

The writer doesn’t understand how the internet works.

The writer disapproves of technology.

The writer thinks that the internet can be a force for good in the world.
[1]

4. From your own knowledge or experience, give one example of ways in

which the internet can be used. Do not refer to specific examples in the
passage in your answer.

The example
is ............................................................................................................ ......
..................................................................................................[1]

Total for Section 1 [25]

Section 2: Reading for Meaning

Read Passage 2 in the insert and then answer all the questions below in the
order set.

From paragraph 1
5 What two features of Miles’s bedroom meant he could live untroubled
by adults?
(i)
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(ii)
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From paragraph 2
6 From which three sources did Miles get money in exchange for the sea
creatures he collected?
(i)
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(ii)
........................................................................................................................
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(iii)
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From paragraph 3
7 (a) Give two ways in which the snail resembled a bulldozer.
 (i)
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(ii)
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(b) What was Miles’s ‘alibi’ and why was it ‘rather weak’?
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(c) What do you think was the attitude of other people towards Judge
Stegner?
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From paragraph 4
8 (a) Explain in your own words the two contrasting attitudes that the
writer had towards crabs.
(i)........................................................................................................
(ii).......................................................................................................
[2]
(b) Pick out and write down two consecutive words which suggest that
the oyster beds were being attacked by the crabs.
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[1]
From paragraph 5
9 (a) What had happened to the young minke whale?
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[1]
(b) Explain in your own words why Miles knew he had to avoid
‘stepping into the mud’.
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[2]
From paragraph 6
10 (a) ‘It was impossible to hear anything over the roaring of the blood in
my ears’. What is the writer telling us here about how Miles was
feeling? ..........................................................................................................
.. [1]

(b) Give two reasons why Miles was unable to be sure of the exact size of
the giant squid.
(i)........................................................................................................
(ii).......................................................................................................
[2]
(c) ‘I didn’t know whether I was within its reach’. What does ‘its’ refer to
here? Answer in one word.
............................................................................................................
[1]
(d) What finally convinced Miles that the creature was a giant squid?
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[1]
(e) What effect does the writer achieve by the final short sentence?
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[1]

From the whole passage

11 Choose five of the following words. For each of them give one word or
short phrase (not more than seven words) which has the same meaning that
the word has in the passage. [5]
1. detached (line 2) ……………………………………………
2. faintly (line 5) …………………………………….........
3. reek (line 5) …………………………………………..
4. haul (line 10) …………………………………………..
5. clasping (line 25) …………………………………………..
6. relatively (line 27) …………………………………………..
7. exhaling (line 29) …………………………………………..
8. prise (line 41) …………………………………………..
 Total for Section 2 [25]

Grand test Total /50