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    The document is a sample test for Cambridge Lower Secondary students. It contains two reading passages and questions to test comprehension. In Section A, students read Text A about the discovery of the Lascaux Cave in France and its commercialization, answering multiple choice and short answer questions about details and vocabulary. Section B requires students to imagine an emergency situation and provide written instructions for actions to take. The test evaluates a range of reading and writing skills over 50 marks.

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    English Stage 8 Sample Paper 1 - tcm143-595366

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    The document is a sample test for Cambridge Lower Secondary students. It contains two reading passages and questions to test comprehension. In Section A, students read Text A about the discovery of the Lascaux Cave in France and its commercialization, answering multiple choice and short answer questions about details and vocabulary. Section B requires students to imagine an emergency situation and provide written instructions for actions to take. The test evaluates a range of reading and writing skills over 50 marks.

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    The document is a sample test for Cambridge Lower Secondary students. It contains two reading passages and questions to test comprehension. In Section A, students read Text A about the discovery of the Lascaux Cave in France and its commercialization, answering multiple choice and short answer questions about details and vocabulary. Section B requires students to imagine an emergency situation and provide written instructions for actions to take. The test evaluates a range of reading and writing skills over 50 marks.

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    English Stage 8 Sample Paper 1 - tcm143-595366

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    The document is a sample test for Cambridge Lower Secondary students. It contains two reading passages and questions to test comprehension. In Section A, students read Text A about the discovery of the Lascaux Cave in France and its commercialization, answering multiple choice and short answer questions about details and vocabulary. Section B requires students to imagine an emergency situation and provide written instructions for actions to take. The test evaluates a range of reading and writing skills over 50 marks.

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    Cambridge Lower Secondary Sample Test

    For use with curriculum published in


    September 2020

    English Paper 1
    Stage 8
    1 hour 10 minutes

    Name

    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.

    English_S8_01/5RP
    © UCLES 2020
    2

    Section A: Reading

    Spend 30 minutes on this section.

    Read Text A in the Insert, and answer questions 1–11.

    1 Look at the first paragraph (lines 1–3).


    Give one word that means ‘fascinated’.

    [1]

    2 Why do you think the boys moved carefully down the hole?

    [1]

    3 Look at line 10.


    Why does the writer begin a new paragraph?

    [1]

    4 Why does the writer begin a sentence with To their surprise (lines 12–13)?

    [1]

    5 What does mesmerised (line 15) mean?


    Tick () one box.

    energised

    excited

    remembered

    captivated

    [1]

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    3

    6 Look at lines 18–20.


    Give one word which means ‘promise’.

    [1]

    7 Why do you think Marsal says this is the first commercial exploitation of the cave?

    [1]

    8 Look at this phrase: the news spread like wildfire (line 23).

    (a) What literary technique is used in the phrase above?

    [1]

    (b) Why is this an appropriate description of the way the news of the discovery travelled?

    [1]

    9 Why is the writer’s use of flocked appropriate in line 27?

    [1]

    10 Give two features of a newspaper report used in Text A.


    •

    •
    [2]

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    4

    11 Look at the title.

    (a) Why has the writer used inverted commas ( ‘ ’ )?

    [1]

    (b) Explain why you think it is appropriate to use the word cinema in the title. Give one
    quotation from the text to support your answer.

    Explanation:

    Quotation:

    [2]

    Read Text B in the Insert, and answer questions 12–16.

    12 What is the purpose of Text B? Tick () one box.

    to instruct

    to discuss

    to narrate

    to persuade

    [1]

    13 Look at the first paragraph (lines 1–7).


    Give two ways in which the writer engages the reader.
    •

    •
    [2]

    14 Look at the last sentence of the first paragraph (lines 6–7).


    Give one word which contributes to the idea of sequencing information.

    [1]

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    15 Look at the third paragraph (lines 11–14).


    Give one phrase that tells the reader that something has been successfully completed.

    [1]

    16 (a) Imagine a friend has a bat trapped in their house.


    List the ways in which the bat could be removed, using at least five suggestions from
    Text B.
    •

    •
    [3]

    (b) Using your list, write a summary to describe ways to remove a bat from the house. Use
    up to 50 words.

    [2]

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    Section B: Writing

    Spend 30 minutes on this section.

    17 Imagine a situation where something unusual happens that means you need to take action, for
    example an injury or extreme weather.

    Tell your reader what to do in this situation.

    Consider the following:

    • the type of situation


    • your audience
    • what actions need to be taken and why.

    Space for your plan:

    Write your instructions on the next page. [25 marks]

    © UCLES 2020 E/S8/01


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    © Lascaux Cave; www.savelascaux.org/Legacy_Funding.php


    © Caving; www.artofmanliness.com/2010/08/02/a-beginners-guide-to-caving
    © Bat Conservation Trust; www.bats.org.uk/pages/bats_of_the_world
    © Bat in the House; Professional Wildlife Removal; www.wildlife-removal.com/batinhouse.html
    Copyright © UCLES, 2020
    Cambridge Assessment International Education is part of the Cambridge Assessment Group. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of the University of
    Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which itself is a department of the University of Cambridge.
    Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every
    reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the
    publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity.
    © UCLES 2020 E/S8/01

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