Advanced Reading Factual text Read the newspaper article, Space Debris; A Growing Problem. and answer the questions ‘abou this text ¥ | AUSTRALIAN DAILY arlier this year a 17 om glass sphere Russian satellite was thrown off its orbit when it was hit by a plece of a weather satelite. The weather satellite was destroyed in 2007 by a Chinese missile and its debris is stil in space. The collision caused the Russian satelite to face the wrong way and now itis unusable, that’s just the pieces large enough to count! Satlites that are no longer used, discarded pieces of rockets, even Space junk is becoming a significant smallpieces ofpalnt make up this space problem with incidents such as this debris. At the speed that these pieces fone on the rise. A few years ago the move even the tiniest fleck of paint can probability of a spacecraft colliding cause serious damage. with a piece of space junk was the Earth's gravitational pull means estimated to be about one incident that every piece of human-made space every five years. Today its estimated junk, will eventually fll back down to that a collision will occur once every 418 months to two years and that estimate Is expected to rise Earth, Whilst no-one has been injured yet by a falling piece of space junk, International space agencies have NASA believes that there are more than identified space junk as a very serious 22,000 pieces of space debris orbiting problem and are working on solutions the Earth at this very moment, And forthis global problem,Advanced Reading os Factual text (continued) 1A Chinese missle destoyed o: O glass sphere satelite Orusson satettie —- Oweatnersarette: 2. The destruction of a weather station was: Oanaccident — Oplannedand carried out. © Oan unexplained occurence 3. The phroxe ‘incidents such os this' refers to the destruction of a: Osotelite by space debris Osatelite bya mitsia missle by space debris 4. The Russian satelite is unusable because Ohas disintegrated Os facing the wrong way has fallen from the sky 5. What does the word debris mean? ‘O shattered remains ot something Osmall missies scattered soit 6. This article is about the increasing: number ot missles Onumberofsatalites QO oroblem of space junk 7. How has the probability of collision between spacecraft and space debris changed in the last few yoo? Oithasdoubled Oithas decreased O ithos more then doubled ‘8. What has NASA been able fo count? Opieces of paint all debris orbiting Earth Olarger debris orbiting Earth val text “4aD Visual text ' Read the text. Next Generntinn Mobile Phane, and answer the questions on the next page. 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Well, back in the seventeenth and ‘early eighteenth centuries women did exactly that! ‘Queen Elizabeth | reigned over England from 1558-1603 and during that time she started a trend, for weoring face paint. The cream wos used ta whiten the face and give the illusion 0 pole and luminous skin, Made from powdered white lead, vinegar and eg9 white it was a deadly concoction that coused lead poisoning in those who wore It. In its miidest form, lead poisoning brought on bouts of nausea. stomach ache and head pain. Stronger doses of lead poisoning affected the brain, causing insanity In the most severe cases it offen ended in death. Elzabeth | began using lead makeup after she contracted smallpox. Smallpox was a highty contagious disease back in those days and is symptoms were flu-like. Victims suffered high fever, fatigue and head and back aches. The hallmark feature of smallpox was the rash and flat red sores that often left scaring once healed over. Elzabeth | was left scarred from the illness and used the deadly face paint to hide the scarring. Many historians believe that the lead from the paint gave her blood poisoning, which eventually kiled her, The Queen had begun a deadly trend and women copied her style, sometimes to their death. The lead makeup that they used had such high levels of poison that it eroded the hair ct the hairine, eyebrows and even left its own scars on the skin due to its toxicity. How far would you go in the name of beauty? If you lived during the reign of Queen Elzabeth I, do you think you might have taken up this deadly fashion trend?Advanced Reading a Factual text (continued) 1. Why do you think ths text is called Death by Beauty?. 2. Write down two othe’ titles that would be appropriate for this text. 3. Why did Elizabeth | wear lead make-up®. 4. What was the deadly ingredient in the make-up? 5. How did the lead get into a wearer's system to poison them? 6, What does it mean to ‘cause insanity’?. 7. What other negative effects did the make-up have apart from lead poisoning? “6 FactuattexFactual text Reod the tex Jopan'sSamuarand Feudal system, and hen cleurine ccieforne, > correct answer. Japan's Samurai and Feudal system Feudal Japan wasa social system with o strong hierarchy. Itwas a monarchy run by the Emperor and was in operation in Japan between the 1100: and 1806. The system had four distinct pariods: + The Kamakura period from 1183-1335 + The Muromachiperiod from 1336-1576 + The Sengoku period from 1578-1600 + The Edo period irom 1603-1868 Feudal Japan was dominated by the Japanese samurai an army of elite professional soldie's who were well trained, heavily ormed and armoured. The emperor ruled the samurai and the samurai clans \ \ renee were led by a Japanese military general known os the shogun. These soldiers were members of the Japanese nobility and they ‘were loyal to the emperor. They rode on horseback and catied swords and bow and arrows, and were the only people in the feudal period allowed to cary such weapons. The Japanese samurai conquered ‘and protected lands and continued to fight for land and power throughout the feudal period. There were eight social classes in feudal Japan, The nobility made up 10 per cent of the population and the other 90 per cent ‘was made up of the workers and farmers. The emperor was the manach ord the head of he Imperial family. He wes cowsicerede fg.reheod ‘only anc was meaty unde the shogun's power, ‘he shogun wa he lead of he samurai amy. He oso held poliica pow. Daimyo were the membes of he worfor clas. ‘Tey‘on he shogun's estes. ond londs. The aime were the highest rank of samurai nbily, ‘Samual were the profescnal wor who were loyal tothe shogun, daimyo ond emperc Ronin were profesional sede who fought dung ‘wari, Tey id no pledge loyally fo the daimyo corshogun, ‘the peatants armed o fshed and gave mos of ‘heir produce to tho zhogun mn exchange forthe "ight fo ve onthe lena ‘The sans made equipment, too and weopons ‘The merchants ought ondsold produce anc goods. ”Advanced Reading ———— Factual text (continued) 1. A monarchy isa form of government with Qaniing body O shored leadership. one leader 2. The strong hierarchy consisted of people grouped together according to: O their strength O their age O thet status 3. he form figurehead! means a: O head with real power head without forily O head without real power 4. Power in feudal Japan came from having: O goods to sell estates and land ‘Calarge tamity 5. The balance of power was controlled by: 2.90 per cent of the population 0.50 per cent by the emperor 10 per cent of the population 6. How many warrior classes were there? Oona O1wo Ofour 7. Who tan the shogun's estates ond lands? Othe ronin Othe samurai. =O the daimyo. 8. Farmers under the feudal system: owned their own land ‘Orented lands to the nobility O paid to live on the land Ea Factual texNarrative text soc ee Sones. cn nonce cde fr coc ene Hf Stranded It was 4 o'clock and the mountain was cast in shadow. A wind had picked up and dark cloud: hung ominously in the sky. Rena gided towards the chair queue. As the fine moved. forward Rena found herself between three young children. She looked cround to see if she couldsee the children’s parents but before she knew it she was standing on the red line with ‘them waiting for the next quad-chait. “Where ore your parents@” Rena ‘c&ked as all four of them sat on the ‘chair and lowered the safety bor. “Ithought they were behind us," the boy answered, looking over his shoulder, ‘I'm Ben and this is Mikal ond Josie.’ "think they must hove decided rot fo come up this time,” Josie said biting her fp, ‘We'llbe in ttouble for this and it's starting to snow.’ "Do your jackets right up and put your hoods on," Rena said. ‘When we reach the top, ‘everyone get off and stay with me. It's turing into a bizzard. Visioity willbe zero, making the run very reacherous.’ “iwant to go back,’ Mikala shouted over the wind, suddenly feeling very agitated. "Why can't we just slay on the chair and go back down? | don’t know what treacherous means ut | know it isn't good." “We're close to the top now,’ Rene answered. ‘Let's just stay on the chais hen and go back own to the bottom that way. Tren, all at once the chaitift came to a grinding halt. The chairs swung roughly from their hooks as the wind whipped round them, bringing snow and ice withit as i blew. Rena could eorely see the safely bar right in front of her. Josie and Mikala started to cry. Great! Reno: thought. Knew | shouldn't have risked il. It wasn't that bad down the bottom and now I'm suckin this freezing cold blizzard on a broken chaitift with two temfied chidren.Advanced Reading ——— Narrative text (continued) Just then Ben said, ‘I'm scared the chair is going to snap off and fail! want to get off Correction, Rena thought. Three terified children, Time to use some distraction techniques, “Listen to me,’ Rena shouted. ‘The chair won't fall off. The lft technicians will akeady be ‘working on the problem and the its wil move again very soon, Now we need fo huddle together fo keep warm, andwe need to sing.’ 'Sing what?’ Mikal sobbed. "Something happy! Rena said as she began to sing the ‘Hokey Pokey’. Before long everyone was singing and clapping along. Soon no-one noticed the choir rocking to and ro. By the time the ift began moving again Ben, Mikala ond Josie were having so much fun they almost didn't notice they were moving again Phew! thought Rena. That was a very hairy Ii ride. 1. Another word for ‘ominous’ is: Osporsely Othreateningly Olighty: 2. Why do you think Josie was biting her ip? Oshewascold Oshe wasfeeing woried she was feeling pensive 3, Rena thinks the run wil be very treacherous because: Oltis tooicy Othe run is too steep: Othey will not be able to see 4, Rena used distraction techniques to make the children focus on: Othe chai something other than the chai! Otheirsking 5. Who felt disturbed by Rena’ description of the sking conditions? Open Ososie O ikea ‘6, What do if technicians do? Ogroom the slopes Orescue stranded skiers Orepair the choiritts Nootive toxSS ES SSSI Persuasive text Read the broctute, You Should Protect Your Skin, and then anawor the questions about Ini Feat y YOU SHOULD. Krowingthevskfactars| What we an de PROTECTYOUR SKIN. excneistiksfaetimst © Eve dcop it ‘tralia is bested witha wonder caer utsome fos imate. We have ls of sunshine and__ that rk. 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He flattens he | 1088 and destoys the towers and | ‘ughear Gessy thinks he's gang to |demolsn her house! The Atrocities of 5:30pm 7pm 4pm 10am Word War II 730m 9pm 5.30pm 2pm ash yew > 100m 7pm Spm te oe te power inte 1206 [rom loom Jong 1950s, Once n power ne flounched emessive compaign to page eradicate tre Jewish population eon aden gs Paget ein Corte cheesecake, soft drink and coffee, Pe Tihs on he sve Spe wth gskage: $20 pe eon, Foctge nce asin teton um bed he Selden gs ery beds chen ods ol, Srancte wm cron ae ‘Tet onthe ver spe: #12 per person Pc ces ‘ims, beans bongs ond Sin aps ‘Tes on the rome a5 pon Located at he chor the pena ca, No pape alte se Somple Testee oe ee 1. The best place to be is the: Osiver slope O bronze hill A golden grass 2, An outdoor cinema in the park is an auitdoor venue where people can: O show their hame videos Osi and listen to music Osee the latest films: 3. What does the word ‘inclement’ mean? Opleosanty dry Ounpleasartly cold orwet too sunny and hot 4, The golden gross is called ‘golden’ because itis Ogolden in colour. Othe most desirable area the largest area of all 5, Which ticket is best for a vegetarian? Othe golden grass Othe siversione (One bronze hil 6.On what days can you see Vampire Chroncles 2 before 10 pm? Osaturday and sunday OSunday and Monday © Wednesday and Sunday 7. What does the word ‘avenge’ mean? Cintlict harm in return Osupassinstrengin harm for no reason 8. The Atrocities of World War Ilis most likely: Canorotvefim — Cadocumentaryiim Can autobiography eeSample Veg) qs Read the text, Viking Longbeats, and then colour the circle for the correct answer Viking Longboats The Scandinavian Vikings came from Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Inthe late 700s these warriors left their homes and sailed across Europe in longboats. As they travelled they raided, traded, explored and created settlements in parts of Asi, Europe and the North Atlantic islands. During the late 8th, 9th, 10th and early 11th Centuries the Vikings were able fo travel as far east as Russia, as far west as Iceland ‘and Greenland and as far south as what is known as Morocco today, This period was known as the Viking Expansion and is an important era of the medieval ages. The Vikings were skiled sailors and boat builders. Their most famous types of boats were the longboals, or drakkar, These boats were used fo carry large numbers of Vikings on raids. They could sail both ways without needing to be turned orcund, They could land on beaches and could be easily carried. Most longboots required between 20-30 men to row the oats when there was no wind and the sails could not be used. The rest of the space on the boat was filed with Vikings, weapons, food and drink. The longest longboat ever found was 70 metres long and could hold at least +400 Vikings. Scientisis dated the timber used in the boat ot about 1025, Sols were made of woo! Shields were mounted ‘nd often dyed red. (onthe sides ofthe bea! i toprotect he crew. Longboat nad « tapered bow The body had o Cond stor. Ths alowed the Vikings low draught which fo sol forwards and backwards alowed longsoats to without having to tun, sallin shallow waters, 2 somple festnS a a a ay 9. What is meant by the phrase ‘created settiements'? “Oset up wages to ive in Cleave ner homes O.goonraigs 10. In whot period in history did the Vikings exist? ‘Othe stone ages O the industrial ages O the medieval ages 11. Lonybouls could hold more than: ©1025 Vikings 700 vikings 400 Vikings 12. The Viking crew needed shields to protect them because they: Ctought in battles — Ofellout of the beats O were frightened of sharks 13, A‘low draught’ means that the hull of the boat sat: ‘O deeply in the water Ounderthe water Onet too deeply in the water 14, To ‘date timber’ means to: Omatchitwith other timber uate the date init O calculate the timber’s age 15. Longboats were big and: extremely heavy Oeasiy transportable ‘Ocumbenome: 16. This period Is called the Viking Expansion because there was: O growth in numbers O travel and colonisation O many boats buitt i Sample Test 2Sample 0 — correct answer. Read the text, Unleashing the Magic, and then colour the circle for the ¥ Unleashing the Magic Congratul magician's most coveted possession ct your fingertips: a magicians secrets. This package is the magical equivalent ofc treasure chest full of secrets—every one of them holding its own in the dark, mysterious history of magic. Murals and manuscripts from ancient times descrioe magicians os powerful and influential People, beings to be revered and at times even feared. Think carefully before unlocking this chest; once you know the secrets of magic, you hove a responsibilty 10 protect them, ns! You now have every The great beauty of this at is the journey you travel, from learning your fist trick, trying it out yourself and then performing it for a tend. Like a rolling snewoall, os you learn and add to yourreperioire, your interest will grow. Just imagine what you can do with the confidential information within these poges. These tricks are now yours fo learn ond Use, bul there are some things you should know, Even a simple trick needs to be mastered to perfection. Even the easiest sleight of hand gets that way from rehearsing over and over. Itis your responsiblity, should you choose to ‘accept it, fo promote the art of magic in a positive and professional manner. A poorly performed trick will disappoint your audience, which in turn will be very disappointing for you. However, the good newsis that a well;performed trick can be the highlight of an event. the pertect ice-breaker or simply a great conversation piece, leaving your audience with a strong impression of you and your sills ‘You may not intend to become the ‘next Houdini, but who says you won't? ‘Are you ready to have some fun? Those Wicks are fun fe lean end fun to Practise. Most of all, they are enjoyable to perform and to your audience they ate simply mageallSD sc pe 17. Who was Houdini? Oa great cheat Qa famous magician Oa successful salesman, 18, What does the phrase ‘coveted possession’ mean? ‘Omost secret Onnost mysterious Omost wanted 19, The kit that this Inltoduclury lex! belongs to is a ‘Osecret chest Obook of spells Omagic kit 20, A magician with ‘sleight of hand! is 0: ‘Opoor perormer ‘Coauick and sklled performer Osyy and slow performer 21. What ie it that must be protected? ‘O murals and manuscripts Ohistory of magic Osecrets to magic tricks 22, The information within the pages is confidential which means it: ‘Omakes you feel confident Ommust be kept secret Ois unimportant 23, Magicians throughout history were revered. Another word for ‘revered’ i: Odisikes Oteored Oadmired 24, What. @ magician's repertoire? ‘Othe body of tricks performed ‘Othe secrets to tricks ‘O the equipment required aE ease eenen neue eennnneeE EEE ESS EERE See Somple Test “Sample Test) qe Read the text: Discover the Possiblties of Fake Blood, and then colour the circle for the comect answer. Discover the Possibilities of Fake Blood Fake blood is hilarious for a variety of reasons. It can alarm, scare and disgust people, Make sure you have a great story prepared to go with your fake blood and practise acting like a person who is bleeding profusely (waking stify, appearing vampiric, acting {sf you are about to poss out or perish). Don't do this infront of the faint hearted! What you need + 150 mi clear com syrup or glucose syrup + fed food colouring + 50 mi water * sifted flour + spoon or eye dropper What to do 1. Add about 150 ml of com syrup to 50 ml of water 2. Add food colouring until the mixture is deep red. 3. Add a drop of blue food colouring to give ine blood a more realistic colour. Continue adding more bive or red food colouring until you are hoppy with the colour. 4. Add a few tablespoons of flour and mix gently. Remove small lumps of flour from the top of the mixture. 5. Use a spoon or eyedropper fo distribute the blood Variation If you can stand the taste of com syrup. try ths variation: 1. Buy some tiny mints and store about four or five of them in your cheek, along with 1d teaspoon or so of fake blood (make sure you train for this—geiting used to the disgusting taste of mint and com syrup might take a while!) 2. Join your family oF fiends at a meal, smile politely and take c bite of bread {or something else, feel free to improvise) and yell aut dramatically: This bread is stole!” 3. With a pained expression spit into your hane, revealing lots of little tooth-ike mints ‘and fake blood, a Sumotea a pee ee, 25, "Bleeding profusely’ means that there is: ‘Onot much blood ‘Can abundance of blood ‘C.asmal constant trickle of blood 26. Faint-hearted people are people who like: ‘O scary things ‘O seeing blood ‘O onlysafe and familiar things 27. Fake blood made with red food colouring will bok: Coviheniic unrealistic O perfect 28. The mints are needed in the variation because they wil: ‘ disguise the taste of comn syrup ‘Olook lke broken teeth ‘O freshen the breath 29. The phrase ‘feel free to improvise" in this text means to: Ocromatise — Omake use of whatever's athand use all the bread 90. Why does the person need to claim that the bread is sicle® ‘Ostale hard bread breaks teeth Ostale breadistosty Ostale bread smells 31. The voriation section in this text offers the reader a new way to: ‘O make fake blood Ouse fake blood O freshen your breath 32, Whal ingredient is needed for making fake blood and is not on the list? Othe mints Othe stale bread Othe bive food colouring Somple Tes!Sample Test Read the text, Spider Mad!, and then answerthe questions about the text. t potlight on S Arachnolagists pers aren't exactly the Ifyou hinkcolleing venomnis | mast popular creatures on bad enough, then what about ‘urplanet. Yet there are some working with tose horrible people who are so fascinated sticky spider webs as well? by spiders that they've made Arachnologss lite so much the ‘study of spiders their they've been studying spider ay job! Arachnologists are sik—the substance spiders Scientists who study spiders maketo spin thelr webs with— for alving and thelr work has in the hope of reproducing I saved lives and led to mafor spider sik can be stronger breakthroughs. than steel and more elastic Dangerous spiders use than rubber. It Is. smooth, venom to kill thelr prey. fine, shiny and very fexible. in actual wound dressings. Arachnologists work with These properties make it a Arachnologsts also beleve it these spiders to collect that Very desirable commodity. has the potential to be used venom. The venom is then SElder sik ‘s ateacy being in protective cothing such as Used to make antidotes, of USEG to make incredily fine bulletproof vests. Soon police ‘ures for toxic spider bites. surgical thread for stitching could be all wrapped up in ‘That's one very risky day job! wounds and Is offen used spider web! 83. Whal has led fo major breakirougns? Opolice work — Ospider bites O arachnologists' work 34. This olcle imps that people in generat ike spiders. Odonot ike spiders Ostudy spiders 6 Sample TestSD —— 35. Spiders kill their prey by: Oliniecting them with venom. ‘O wrapping trem in silk O jumping on them 36, Arachnologiss collect spider venom to make: ‘Ocures for bites Osurgical thread Owound dressings 97. According to this arficle the task of collecting venom is: ‘Cc5asy todo Caweste of ime Oorisky joo 38. Are scienists able fo reproduce spider sik? Oyes Ono 99, Spider sikis very: ‘Otragile Ostrong O thick 40, The word ‘anlidole" means: Ospiderwebs treatment forpeison spider poison 41, What is spider sik being used for? ‘O bulletproof vests Occures for bites ‘Ossurgical thread and wound dressings: 42, What is meant by the words ‘Soon police could be ail wrapped up"? a a somple Test, 6Test Answers and Explanations — Page 57 answers 1.option 3: golden grass 2. option 3: ee the latest fims 3. option 2: unpleasantly cold or wet 4.option 2: the most destable area S.opfion 3: the bronze hill 6-option 2: Sunday and Monday 7. option 1:ifct harm in return 8.option 2: a documentary fim 1. You need to read about all the areas before attempting fo answer this question, Golden ‘grass hos unintemupted views of the screen. Siver slope is behind the golden grass and the ‘bronze hillis up the very back, 2, We can infer this rom the fille and fist heading. A cinema shows new release films 3. We know from the sentence in which the word is used that inclement” is used to desctive weather The fins are unable to be shown due fo inclement weather. if you do not know the meaning of this word you can infer its ‘meaning from the context in which itis used. 4. The colours golden, siver and bronze are Used to describe categories of seating in order. Prior knowledge of use of colour to describe Categories is useful in choasing the right answer here. 5.70 answer this question correctly you must bring prior knowledge to the text regarding vegetations. Vegetarians do not eat meat and therefore would not want tickets with chicken ‘ond salad rols or chicken nuggets, 6, This is@ factfinding question. Viewings for this movie begin at 10 pm or later on al the other days except Tuesday, which isn’t an option in the answers 7. Black Teeth avenges the death of his beautitul wife. We can infer from this sentence that he is taking revenge ond that someone willbe kiled 10 pay for his wite's murder. 8. This fim s about something that really happened and the person featured ints dea, Therefore itis nota stary ond it cannot be on ‘autobiography. Page 59 answers 9. option 1: set up villages to ive in 10. option 3: the medieval ages 11 option 3: 400 Vikings 12 option 1: fought in battles 13. option 3: not too deeply in the water 14. option 3: calculate the tmoer's age 15. option 2: easly transportable 16. option 2: travel and colonisation 9. If you do not know what this phrase means you can infer its meaning trom other information in the text. The Vikings left their homes and explored new countries, They did not return home. They set up homes in new and conquered fonds, 10. This « fact-fingine question and the answer 'slocated at the end cf the frst paragraph. 11. We know from the “ex! that the longboot found had @ capacity of at least 400 Vikings. We aise know that thsis the longest longboat ‘ever found and therefore itis unlikely that other longboats could hold the greater numbers. 12, The text fel us that they raided and went on roids. We can also tel tom the labeled diagram that the shields are placed to protect the upper body and heads of the rowers from attacks, 13. The answer to this cuestion can be found in the label for the drougrt.aaa 14. Scientiss could work out from the timber that the longoeat was made i like yeur 1025. 15.In the description of a longboat the text states they could land on beaches and could be easly cared. 16. Colonisation is another way of saying that seftlements were made, The text tel us that ‘exploration and settlement took place during this time, This the expansion that the title “Viking Expansion’ refers to. Page 61 answers 17. option 2: a famous magician 1. option 3: most wanted 19. option 3: magic kt 20, option 2: quick and skiled performer 21. option 3: secrets to magic ticks 22. option 2: must be kept sectet 2. option 3: admired 24, option 1: the body of hicks performed 17.1f you do net know who Houdini was you can infer this information from the way his name Js used in the text. The tex! is about leaming to perform magic really well and it makes sense that @ person learning to perform magic woule spite to being the next great magician 18. Everyone wants @ magician's secrets so that they can perform magic tricks as well The most wanted possessions the secrets fo the tricks. 19. The second sentence inthis introductory text uses the word ‘package’. Thsintroductory text is part of a magic pack or ki 20. If you ate untarrilar with this phrase you ‘can infer its meaning trom rereacing and reading on. 21, This is@ factfinding question and the ‘answer can be located at the end of the fist poragraph. Test Answers and Explanations 22. you ore unfamiliar with this word you can Infer is meaning from other information in the text, We know that the secrets fo the magic tricks must be kept sectet. There’ore we can infer that the information in the pages i not to be shared or spread around bu! fo be kept private ond secre. 23, The word “feared is already used in the sentence, The prior sentence tels vs that magicians were thought of os powerful and influential, Nothing in this poragraph indicates that they were dsiked, Another word for revered is ‘admired! 24, Arepertoie is nol the equioment used in treks oF the secrets fo them. The word ‘repertoire’ means ‘the performance in its ‘entirety’, which approximates in this context to the correct answer to this question. Page 63 answers 25. option 2: an abundance of blood 26. option 3: ke only safe and familiar things 21 option 2: unreatistic 28, option 2: ook ke broken teeth 29. option 2: make use of whateveris at hand 30. oplion 1: stale hard bread breoks teen 31. option 2: use fake blood 32, option 3 the blue food colouring 25. Profusely’ mean ‘plentitur. If @ person is bleeding profusely then there is a lt of blood. ‘Abundance’ is another word for profusely in thisinstonce. 26. The text tells us that fake biood can aiarm, ‘care and disgust t advises not doing itn front of fain hearted people. theretore we con infer that foint-hearted people would not lke scary things or seeing lots of blood. eTest Answers and Explanations <= Page 63 answers (continued) 27.The text suggests ading blue food colouring to the ted to make the blood look more realise, ‘We can infer hat foke blood made with jst red food colouring wl herefore look unrealistic 28. The clue to this answer can be foundin the phrase ‘toothke mints 29. The cue fo this answer can be found in point 20 the variation, and porticulaty in the phrase por fo ‘ee! fee to improvise 20. The purpose of biting stole breads to pretend that thas broken the teeth 31. The variation does not include anew recipe «and does no folk about freshening he breath, ttoutines one prank for using foke blood 232, Stale bread ond mins ore only requited for the variation and therefore do not need to be included in he lst of ingredients for making the fake blood. Page 64 answers 58. option 3: orachnologiss' work $4. option 2: do not lke spiders 3, The answer to this question can be found at the end of the fist paragraph. 34, The clues fo this answer con be found in the following sentences in the text: ‘Spiders aren't ‘exactly the most popular creatures on our lanet’; That's one very sky doy job’; if you think collecting venom is bad enough, then ‘what about working with those heeible sticky Spider webs os well?” o Page 65 answers 35. option I: injecting them with venom 36. option 1: make cures for bites 37. option 3: risky job 38, option 2: no 39, option 2: very strong 40. option 2: reatment for poison 41. option 3: surgical thread and wound dressings 42. see below 35. Ths is « fact-finding question and the answer ‘can be found at the beginning of paragraph two, 36. Sikis used fo make surgical thread and ‘wound cressings 37. Ths question requires the reader to locate information in the text. The answer te this ‘vestion can be found in the sentence, ‘That's cone very risky day job! 38, Scientists ae sill hoping to reprocuce it Therefore we con infer that they are “ot yet ‘ble to make it themselves. 39, This question requires the reader to locate informafon in the text. The answer to this ‘question can be found in the sentence, ‘Spider sik can be stronger than steel and more elastic ‘than rubber." 40. Ifyou are unfamiliar with this word read on in the text where the word is used to infer its meaning. ‘Cures for toxic bites fels the reader what an antidote is 41. Arachnologiss believe it has the potential fo be used in bulletproct vests. Therefore, we know that it'n’t being used for this purpose yet Antidotes are used for spider bites, not sik 42. Answers will vary but this phrase isa play on vests made from spider web and police being wrapped in the web when wearing spider-sik buletproot vests Test Arewers and Explanations