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Cambridge Lower Secondary Sample Test For use with curriculum published in September 2020



English Paper 2 Stage 8 1 hour 10 minutes



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Additional materials: Insert INSTRUCTIONS • Answer all questions. • Write your answer to each question in the space provided. • You should pay attention to punctuation, spelling and handwriting. INFORMATION • The total mark for this paper is 50. • The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ]. • Suggestions for how long to spend on each section are given in the booklet.



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2 Section A: Reading Spend 30 minutes on this section. Read the text in the Insert, and answer questions 1–12. 1



Look at the first paragraph (lines 1–5). (a) What literary technique is used in line 2? Tick () one box. simile hyperbole oxymoron personification [1] (b) What are the crowd’s feelings? [1] (c) The narrator describes herself as ‘… scrawnier than a wire fence’ (line 3). How does this help Liza and her brother?



[1] (d) What does we spilled out in front (line 5) tell the reader about the way Liza and her brother emerged from the crowd? [1]



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Look at lines 6–9. (a) Liza has been feeling impatient to see the new object. Give one word that tells the reader this. [1] (b) The appearance of a telephone in the post office is a remarkable event. How does the writer build up the excitement of this event? Give two ways. • •



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Look at lines 10–15. (a) Explain how the writer has linked the three paragraphs.



[2] (b) Liza shares the crowd’s feelings about the telephone. Give one phrase that tells the reader this. [1] 4



Look at lines 16–18. What does the reader learn about Liza’s experience of falling in love? [1]



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Look at lines 19–21. (a) Liza was reluctant to leave the post office. What word tells the reader this? [1]



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4 (b) Look at lines 20–21. What question is Frank about to ask Liza? Tick () one box. How are you going to get the money? Where are we going? What are you thinking? Why do you want to use the telephone? [1] 6



The writer uses dashes ( – ) for two different reasons. (a) Why does the writer use a dash in line 29? [1] (b) Why does the writer use a dash in line 31? [1]



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What decision have the twins made between the end of the thirteenth paragraph (line 34) and the beginning of the fourteenth paragraph (line 35)? [1]



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Look at lines 38–40. What does the reader learn about Liza? Tick () one box. She is always honest. She knows magic tricks. She is very imaginative. She has a silly voice. [1]



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(a) Look at lines 41–43. Explain what Liza thinks is unusual about the mine and why. What is unusual? Why?



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(b) How does the writer convey dramatic effect? [1] 10 Look at lines 47–52. (a) What is the writer’s use of the word ting (line 47) an example of? Tick () one box. sibiliance alliteration assonance onomatopoeia [1] (b) What does it (line 51) refer to? [1] 11 Do you think Liza shows great determination to get what she wants? Tick () one box. yes no Explain two ways that her actions show this in the text. • •



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12 The story is set in the historical past. One piece of evidence is that people are familiar with how the telegraph works. Give one other piece of evidence from the text that shows this. [1]



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6 Section B: Writing Spend 30 minutes on this section. 13 The extract ends: ‘Just then, voices sounded in the next cavern over: “Zed, hold it higher.” Two men stepped through a gap in the far wall.’ Continue the story. Consider the following: • • •



the character viewpoint who the two men are what happens next. Space for your plan:



Write your story on the next page.



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