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The document is a reading comprehension test with questions about a passage. The passage is about a character named Billy who is walking through a neglected neighborhood and encounters a strange house. It describes Billy's clothes, the area he is walking through, and details from the passage that attract his attention. It also asks questions about punctuation, word choices, text structure, and the woman who answers the door at the house.

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© Ucles 2024 E/s6/02

The document is a reading comprehension test with questions about a passage. The passage is about a character named Billy who is walking through a neglected neighborhood and encounters a strange house. It describes Billy's clothes, the area he is walking through, and details from the passage that attract his attention. It also asks questions about punctuation, word choices, text structure, and the woman who answers the door at the house.

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Section A: Reading

Spend 30 minutes on this section.

Read the text in the insert, and answer Questions 1–10.

1 Look at lines 5–8.

(a) What is it about Billy’s clothes that makes him feel good?

[1]

(b) What does this paragraph tell us about Billy’s ambitions?

[1]

2 Look at lines 9–14.


Give evidence from the text to complete the table below describing the area Billy is
walking in.

Where Billy is walking… Evidence from the text


…is a place where people
live
…the buildings were all
built at the same time
...the buildings were
luxurious and expensive at
some point in the past
…the buildings have been
neglected

[4]

3 Look at lines 15–18.

(a) What attracted Billy’s attention as he was walking down the street?
[1]

(b) Explain why the writer uses some long and some short sentences here.

[2]

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4 Look at lines 19–24. Why are brackets ( ( ) ) used?


Tick () one box.

Brackets are used to give…

an extra detail.

a precise definition.

a character’s opinion.

an equivalent phrase.

[1]

5 Look at lines 25–28.

(a) Give one passive verb form.

[1]

(b) Give two synonyms for strange from this paragraph.


•

[2]

6 Look at lines 31–32.


The writer uses different ways to make a dramatic impact here. How does the
writer make an impact? Give two ideas.
•

[2]

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7 The climax of this story is when Billy rings the doorbell.


How does the writer use text structure to emphasise this climax? Give two ideas.
•

[2]

8 Look at lines 36–44.

(a) Look at the first sentence in this section. What is the purpose of the commas?
Tick () two boxes.

to separate adjectives

to separate items in a list

to indicate a conjunction follows

to indicate parentheses in a sentence

to separate a quotation from the rest of a sentence

[2]

(b) Look at line 40. Why is a dash ( – ) used in this line?


Tick () one box.

A dash is used to…

join two related sentences.

connect two similar ideas.

repeat the information more dramatically.

show one action is connected to another.

[1]

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9 Look at the last line (line 44). What does the woman’s behaviour tell us about who
she is?

[1]

10 Do you think that the house is a good place for Billy to stay overnight? Tick ()
one box.

Yes

No

Give two reasons for your opinion and support each reason with a quotation from
the text.

Reason 1:

Quotation 1:

Reason 2:

Quotation 2:
[4]

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