Answers to Cloze Tests Reading Passage 1 page 11 A. 1. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer won ‘Britain’s all-time favourite Puffin book’. 2. The winner was decided by an online poll. 68% of people voted for Artemis Fowl. 3. People could choose from seven books. 4. Puffin have been publishing children’s books for seventy years. B. Eoin Colfer says that Stig of the Dump was one of his favourite books when he was a child. He remembers getting the book when he was sick and reading it three times. That showed that he really liked it. C. 1. ‘Beating classics’ means that Artemis Fowl defeated other books that were very popular for many years. 2. ‘Came a distant second’ means that the book that came in second place was very far behind in the number of votes it received. 3. ‘You write yourself off’ means that you don’t think you will win. 4. ‘Criminal mastermind’ is a someone who is brilliant at breaking the law. D. Eoin Colfer was pleased to have won the competition because his book was voted the favourite Puffin book of all time. His book beat other famous books, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Colfer said that it was ‘the most important’ prize he had ever won. He was pleased to have won because now he knows now that his book will continue to be popular for a long time. E. The managing editor of Puffin books said that it was a book for this time, the 21 st century. She also said that the book was ‘inventive, fast, funny and written in an engagingly fresh was’. This means that the book is original, moves along at a quick pace, is humorous and well written. Reading Passage 3 page 15 A. 1. The festival ran for three days. 2. The problems of travelling around China with children were friction or fighting, sickness and being uncomfortable. Another problem was mutiny, that is the children would refuse to do what they were told. 3. The family visited Jinhong for the festival. 4. There was a lot to see during the festival – water splashing, fireworks, dragon-boat racing, parades and food markets on the streets. B. People splash each other with water to bring good luck. They believe that they are washing away the demons or bad luck of the previous year and bringing happiness for the new year. C. Firstly we can see that the children enjoyed the water-splashing festival because they took part in the water splashing. They wanted more water and bigger guns to use to splash other people. Secondly the children were ‘ecstatic’, that means they were very happy and the writer said the children wanted to go back again. D. The writer means that even though they were soaking wet they felt lucky. At the same time perhaps it was because they were happy together at the festival in China that they felt lucky. Being soaked with water was believed to bring good luck, so maybe that’s why they felt so lucky. E. 1. This means that the food on sale at the Chinese festival was very different from the kind of food on sale at Irish festivals. 2. ‘Much anticipated’ means that the family were really looking forward to the water splashing. 3. ‘Through this mayhem’ means that the writer was trying to see through the chaos and confusion on the street. 4. The Chinese believed that if you splashed someone with water you were blessing them. Now the family who were on holidays were splashing people too.
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Reading Passage 1 page 11A. 1. ArtemisFowlbyEoinColferwon‘Britain’sall-timefavouritePuffinbook’. 2. Thewinnerwasdecidedbyanonlinepoll.68%ofpeoplevotedforArtemisFowl. 3. Peoplecouldchoosefromsevenbooks. 4. Puffinhavebeenpublishingchildren’sbooksforseventyyears.B. EoinColfersaysthatStig of the Dumpwasoneofhisfavouritebookswhenhewasachild.Heremembers
bookofalltime.Hisbookbeatotherfamousbooks,suchasCharlie and the Chocolate Factory.Colfersaidthatitwas‘themostimportant’prizehehadeverwon.Hewaspleasedtohavewonbecausenowheknowsnowthathisbookwillcontinuetobepopularforalongtime.
splashing.Theywantedmorewaterandbiggergunstousetosplashotherpeople.Secondlythechildrenwere ‘ecstatic’, that means they were very happy and the writer said the children wanted to go backagain.
D. Thewritermeansthateventhoughtheyweresoakingwettheyfeltlucky.AtthesametimeperhapsitwasbecausetheywerehappytogetheratthefestivalinChinathattheyfeltlucky.Beingsoakedwithwaterwasbelievedtobringgoodluck,somaybethat’swhytheyfeltsolucky.
E. 1. ThismeansthatthefoodonsaleattheChinesefestivalwasverydifferentfromthekindoffoodonsaleatIrishfestivals.
• ThetitleIwouldsuggestis–‘TheBenefitsofKeepingFit’. I choose this title because the passage outlines the importance of taking regular exercise as a way of
D. Ithinkthatthemainideaofthispieceistoamuseus.Manyofthepointsthataremadeareactuallynottrue.Forexample,familymealsarestillcommonplace.SoIthinkthatthewriterisexaggeratingtoamuseus.Anotherexampleofthisisthatheblamestheownersoftakeawaysfortheruinationofdecentsociety–whateverthatwas–insteadofblamingthepeoplewhodiscardtherubbish.
E. I thinkitwaswrittenbyanolderpersonbecauseit iscriticalofmoderntrendsineatinganditpraisestheway thingswere inbygonedays.Heusesphrases suchas ‘eatingasweonceknewandenjoyed’,‘nowadays’,andfinally‘Itdoesn’thappenanymore’.Allthesephrasessuggestthatheremembersatimewheneatinghabitswereverydifferent.
C. Thispoemshouldbereadinanangrytone.Thespeakerisangryatthebeginningwhenshesays: ‘Whydidyoudoit,Mother? Itoldyou–didn’tI...’ All theshortphrasessoundlikethespeakerhittingoutinanger.Shealsosoundsangrywhenshesays
D. Thespeakerisangrythatthewaitresssang‘HappyBirthdaytoYou!’Shethinksthatthewaitressmeansnothingtoher.Sheisa‘zerogirl’.Thespeakerhatesthesong.Shecallsita‘zerosong’.Thespeakeralsothinksthatthewaitresshasapoorhigh-pitchedvoice.
E. 2. The poem describes a short scene outside an old house in a forest on a moonlit night.A man isknockingatthedoor–
C. Thepoetsays‘YouneedyourCat’,soIthinkhereallylikescats.Helikestocomehometohiscatafteraverystressfuldayintown.Helikestotakehiscatonhiskneeandstrokehim.Thismakesthepoetfeelrelaxed.Thecatrenewsthepoet’senergylevel.Hesaysheislikeabatterygivinghimenergyandpower.Helikesthefactthathiscatignores‘Thesewaysofours’,whichisthelifeinthetown.
D. Thepoetistellingthereaderthatthesoundofthecatpurringislikeabattery.Abatterygivesenergy,sothecatgivesenergytoitsowner.Thepowerflowsfromthecatintotheowner’shands.
E. 2. Thispoemdescribesawintersceneon‘thedarkesteveningoftheyear’.Thepoetistravellingbyhorseandbuggyanddecidestostoponacountryroadtowatchthesnowfallingonnearbywoods.Hishorseispuzzledastowhytheyhavestoppedand‘giveshisharnessbellsashaketoaskifthereissomemistake’.Thepoemendswiththepoetreluctantlymovingonbecausehehas‘promisestokeepandmilestogobeforeIsleep’.
3. I liked the poem because it helped me imagine a beautiful winter scene like an illustration on aChristmascard.
C. ThepoetthinksthatlifewillchangeforJohnbecausefromtomorrowhemust‘share’andhisfathermustteachhimhowtodothat.Johnhashis‘Daybo’alltohimselfnowbuthewillnotbehis‘exclusively’fromnowon.ThepoetthinksthatJohnwillfeelbadwhenthenewbaby‘capturesallattention’.
D. Threepairsofrhymingwords: 1. meandexclusively 2. thusandfuss 3. grabandgab.
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E. 2. Theperson–inthiscasethepoet–ishappybecausehecomesacross‘acrowd,ahostofgoldendaffodils’onalakeshorewhileoutonastroll.Hedescribesthemas‘flutteringanddancing’andwhile‘thewavesbesidethemdanced’thedaffodilsoutdidthewaves‘ inglee’.Lookingat thedaffodilsmadethepoetveryhappy.
3. The poet succeeds in creating the impression of happiness by the use of the word ‘dancing’. Heimaginesthedaffodilsandthewavesaslivingbeings,‘dancinginglee’.Healsotellsusthatwhenhefeelsboredor‘vacant’,herecallsthesceneinhisimaginationand‘hisheartwithpleasurefillsanddanceswiththedaffodils’.
3. Clearly the poem reflects Kavanagh’s great love and respect for his mother. Lines like ‘Among yourearthiestwordstheangelsstray’and‘Sofullofrepose,sorichwithlife’paintapictureofakind,warm,lovingmother.
‘bubblegummachine’.Thiswouldbringhappiness to thechildanddonoharm.Thebulletwould liketobe‘someordinarylittlestone’.Thisstonemightbemadeintoanearring,whichwouldbesomethingbeautiful.Thebulletwouldbehappyalsotobeastonejustlyingthere,nothurtinganyone.
C. ThemessageItakefromthispoemisthatbulletsareusedbypeopletobringsufferinganddeathtoothers.Countriesandpeoplemustdecidetostopwarsandkilling.Ontheotherhand,suchsmall thingsbringhappiness,acoin,aseed,astone.
D. Thequestionthebulletasksis,‘Canyougiveupbeingakiller?’Thebulletasksthisquestionasitisthekillerwhousesthebullet.Itisonlywhenthekillerdecidestostopkillingthatthebulletcanstopdoingharm.
E. 2. The poem describes a lady who comes every day to feed a sack of bones to group of stray cats.‘Shufflingalonginherbrokenshoesfromtheslums...’isoneimageofherthatsuggeststhatherlife,likethelivesofthecatsshefeeds,isastruggle.Thecatsarenotverycuddlycreatures.Theyaredescribedas‘outlaws...furtiveshe-cats...villainoustoms’.Thepoetcomparesthecatstosoldiersformingaguardofhonourforher–‘Proudlytheysteptomeether,theymarchtogether/Withanarchingofbacksandawavingofplumytails’.
purposeisto‘layeggsforthelikesofyouandme’.Shecomplainsthat: ‘Ineverscratchedafarmyard Ineverpeckedaworm Ineverhadthesunshine Towarmmyfeathersthrough’ She is fedonpelletsanda ‘squirtofwater’ twiceadaywhileshedreamsofwanderingarounda
• Thepoet tried to imaginehisGrampasayoungmanwinning the race,buthecouldn’t.HecouldnotimagineitashisGrampwassooldandhisbackwasbentnow.Hecouldnotwalkproperlyhecouldonly‘shuffle’,sothepoetcannotimaginehimrunning.
C. Itisabighousewithastableandlawn.Thelawngoesdowntothelochandhasaviewofthesettingsun.Oneofthementhinkstheviewis‘nice’andSonyathinksitis‘fantastic’.Thehouseitselfisaverylargeoldhouse.Someworkneedstobedoneonitbutitis‘afinehouse’.
D. Sonyacriesoutbecausesheisafraidthatshewilllosethehouse.Sheisworriedthatthesetwomenwillfindawaytotakeitfromherbrotherandherself.ShesaysthatNatashawantedthemtohavethehouse,sosheisupsetthatthesemenmighttakeitfromthem.
C. Raphael and Gardo are close and know each other well.We learn that Gardo knows what Raphael isthinkingand,eventhoughhepushesRaphaelaround,Raphaeltellsusthathewouldalwayswanthimonhisside.Theyworktogetheronthedumpandsharewhatevertheyfind.Whenthewalletwasfound,theybothalmostdancedwithjoy,asbothknewthefindwouldbesharedequally.
D. 1. Intheleatherbagwasamap,akeyandawalletcontainingelevenhundredpesos. 2. Obviouslytheownerofthewalletdidn’tintendittoendupinthedump.Iimaginethattheboyswill
E. IstudiedashortstorycalledThe Hitch-HikerwhichwaswrittenbyRoaldDahl.Inthestorythenarrator,whoisarichauthor,givesalifttoahitch-hiker.Astheydrivealongtheychatabouttheirwork,thecar,horseracingandgenerallygetalongwell.Theauthorisopenandhonestabouthisworkandthehitch-hikerisfullofadmirationforhim.Thehitch-hikertellstheauthorthathetooishighlyskilledinwhathedoes–butavoidssayingexactlywhatthatskillis.Theauthorbecomesmoreandmorecurious,asIdidwhenIreadthestory.Thismysterymadethestoryinteresting.Thestorybecomesevenmoreinterestingwhentheauthorisstoppedbyapolicemanforspeedingandtoldhewillendupinjail.Thiseventleadstotheauthorandthereadersfinallydiscoveringthehitch-hiker’sspecialskill.
Thepolicemanridesawayonhismotorbikeandtheauthorstartstoblamethehitch-hikerforencouraginghim to speed.Then thehitch-hiker revealshis special skillwhenhehands the author thepoliceman’snotebook.Thehitch-hikerwasapickpocketonhiswaytotheraces.
C. Thewritercreatesa tenseatmospherebytellingus thatHaoyoupleadedwithhismotherandspokein‘desperation’.ThereistensioninthissceneaswewaittoseeifHaoyouandhismotherwillpartonfriendlyterms.However,theydonot–sheonlygives‘aninarticulateroar’andrunsfromtheroomwithoutbiddinghimgoodbye.
D. MipengiskindandcaringasshehelpsHaoyouontothecartandaskshimhowhismotheris.IthinkthatMipengisclever.WhensheseeshowupsetHaoyouisandhearsaboutthebone,shegivesaverygoodexplanationtoshowhimthathismotherreallyloveshim.
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E. The Anniversary byBillDavies. 1. Bill,atruckdriver,turnsintoaroadsidecafétohavebreakfast.Heremembersthat,onthatveryday,
3. He leaves thecafé to thesoundofmocking laughter.TheHellsAngelshearhis lorrystartingandmovingoff.Thenthecaféownerpointsouttothegangthatthetruckthatjustlefthaddrivenovertheirmotorbikesandwreckedthem.ThatwashowBilldecidedtogeteven.
home she says her day was ‘lousy’ and starts giving out to Hugh.Then she starts complaining aboutTransitionYear.Shedoesnottrytocreateahappyatmosphereathome.
D. Maisaverystrictmother.Shehasrulesabouteating–noeatinginthedrawingroomandnoeatingbeforedinner.Shesaysshehastorepeatthesethings‘onemilliontimes’.SheordersHughtogointothekitchen,tocleanupthemessandtopeelthepotatoes.Shealsoaskshimabouthomework.Shesoundsverystricttome.
E. Novel:Goodnight Mister Tom byMichelleMagorian 1. TomOakleyandWillieBeecharethecharacterswhohaveanimportantrelationship. 2. AttheoutbreakofWorldWarTwo,ayoungboy,WillieBeech,isevacuatedfromLondontoavillage
B. YesthewriterconvincesmethatDrNeroisanastycharacter.Heissurroundedbythugsandgazesatthechildrenwithalookof‘coldcalculation’.Hehaskidnappedthechildrenandpromisestoturnthemintovillains–‘tomakeyoutheveryworstthatyoucanbe’.
C. Iwouldsaythat thetoneisfrightening.Herewehaveanopeningwhichdescribeskidnappedchildrenbeingbroughttoafrighteningplace.Itismannedbythugs.Ottoshudderswithfearand,infrontofthestage,thechildrenarewhisperingnervously.DrNerolooksatthechildrenwitha‘coldsmile’.
D. Iwouldnotbeinterestedinreadingthebookbecausetheepisodeisnotrealistic.Itistoofar-fetchedandIjustcannotimaginesuchascenehappeninginreallife.DrNeroisutterlyevilandabitcrazyandhisplanforthechildrenisridiculous.Ipreferbooksthatreflecttheupsanddownsofrealliferatherthanscience-fictionbooks,whichthisoneappearstobe.
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E. Inthestory,A Shot in the Dark,byShaneLee,anunexpectedeventhappens. 1. ThestoryissetonadarknightinCork.JackieMahon,atwelve-year-oldboy,ispuckingaballwith
B. IthinkKitisaboutfiveyearsold.Sheisyoungenoughtobefascinatedbya‘severed-thumbtrick’.Sheisoldenoughtospeakproperlyandknowswhatshewants toeat.She isyoungenoughtoclimbontoDawsey’slapafterdinner.Kitwantsabedtimestoryandwantstobetuckedinbysomeonesothat’swhyIthinksheisaboutfive.
C. I think the toneof theextract isamusing.Thiscanbeseen inhercommentaboutAmeliabeingmorebeautifulatsixtythanshecouldhavebeenattwenty.Thenarratorhopesthatpeoplesomedaywillsaythataboutheralso.Kitaddsthemostamusementtothestory.Whensherefusestoeatspinachsheputsherhanduplikeapoliceman.Ithoughtitwasfunnywhensheaskedthenarratorwouldshekissaratonthelips.
D. Dawseyis thecharacterI findmost interestingashepuzzlesme.Heisquietanddoesnotsaya lot. Iwonderwherehegothislimp.IalsowonderwhathisrelationshiptoKitis.HeiskindtoherandmakesherarabbitoutofanapkinbutIdon’tthinkheisherfather.Iwouldbeinterestedtoknowmoreabouthim.
E. 1. After Twenty Years byO.Henryisastorywhichdealswithfriendship. 2. Thestoryisaboutareunionoftwoformerfriends,BobandJimmy.Theywenttheirseparateways
whentheywereintheirtwenties–butagreedtomeetonacertaindateandtime,twentyyearslater.The story is set inNewYorkon adark and foggynight.Bob,who travelled fromChicago, is attheagreedspotat theagreedtimeofteno’clock.Hechatstoapassingcop, tellinghimabouttheagreementbetweenJimmyandhimself.Teno’clockstrikesandthecopmoveson.AshorttimelateramanarrivesandidentifieshimselfasJimmy.
• ItendswhenBrunodigsaholebeneaththefence,changesintoprisonclothingthatShmuelhasstolenforhim, and enters the camp to help Shmuel find his father. The boys then get caughtupinagroupofprisonersbeingtakentothegaschambers.Theretheboysdietogether,holdinghands.Bruno’sfatherarrivestoolatetosavehisson’slife.
lightninganditstartstorain.) Zeus: Oh,no!It’sraining.AlltheclayPeoplearebeingwashedaway!E. TheField(Film) • BullMcCabe,amanwhoworked a rented field, changing it from barrenrocktograssypasturesuitable
forgrazing cattle, dreams of buying the field at an auction. • At first it looks like he will failwhenanAmericanappearsandannouncesthatheintendstobidforthe
field. Bull and his son plan to frighten the American off and attack him on the night before the auction. However,theymurderedhim,althoughtheyonlyintendedtogivehimafright.Afterthat,Bullistheonlybidder and buys the field.
• Yes I would recommend the film. It paintsapictureofadifferentIrelandandhowpeoplelivedinthe fifties. There are some very tense and dramatic moments in the film and the actor playing Bull is excellent. A very enjoyable film!
Drama Extract � page ���/�• Tomhasbeenawayfromhomefortwoyears.• ThefatherfeelsannoyedthatTomhasarrivedwithouttellinghimthathewascoming.Thefathersaysfour
times,‘Youshouldatoldmeyouwerecoming.’HewouldhavelikedtohavehadfoodinforTom.• The relationship between Tom and his father does not seem to be a solid one. His father has kept a
• SchoolofRock-Film• DeweyFinnisarocksingerandguitaristwhoiskickedoutofhisbandatthestart of the film. His flatmate
andlifelongfriendNedSchneebly,asubstituteteacher,ispressuredbyhisgirlfriendtoevictDeweyunlesshe‘getsarealjob’andpayoffthebackrentheowes.DeweygetsaphonecallintendedforNedfromtheprincipalofaveryposhschool,askingNedtofillinforateacherwhohasbrokenherleg.Desperateformoneytoavoidgettingevicted,Deweydoestheunexpected,pretendstobeNedandtakesthejobasasubstitute teacher for the fifth-grade class. I never expected the plottotakesuchatwist,asIcouldneverimagineDeweyasateacher.
• Yestheunexpectedeventaddsimmenselytotheenjoymentofthefilm.Itsetsoffaseriesofhilariousscenes in the classroom. Dewey has no real idea how to teach, and instead simply gives his studentsconstantfreetime.HethendecidestoturnaclassroomfullofkidsintoarockbandtowintheupcomingBattleoftheBandscompetition.
Drama Extract 6 page 164/5• IthinkJudyisaverycheerfulperson.Shebeginsthedaybysaying‘Goodmorning’atleastthreetimes.
• I was not satisfied with the ending. I had hopedthatthedayspentwiththekidswouldbringoutakindersideinMrBriggsbutthatdidnothappen.Hehadbroughtacameraandhadtakensomepictures,whichthekidswerelookingforwardtoseeing.Intheclosingscene he removes the film from the camera and throwsitoutthewindowofhiscar.
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Drama Extract � page ���/�• KamyshevthinksthattheRussianshave‘naturalintelligence’. He insults the French. He thinks that they have only ‘acquired intelligence’. He thinks they will ‘eat
• I thinkthephotographwiththepeopleinthestockswouldmost likelyinterest tourists.Itwouldcatchtourists’ attention as it is the biggest photograph on the poster. It has brighter colours than the otherphotographs.Itlookslikethemanthrowingsomethingatthetwointhestocksishavingfun.
• I thinkthetextismoreusefulthanthefloorplans.Thetexthasgoodcaptionsindifferentcolours,forexample,Experience,FindandMeet.Thetextalsotellsyouallthethingsyoucandoandsee,‘GobacktoVikingtimesinDublin!’Ifindthefloorplanstoosmall.Theroomsarecalled‘TheArchive’and‘TheWharf’whichIdon’tfindusefulastheyaredifficulttounderstand.
C. BothplaysarewrittenbyShakespeare.Bothplaystellalovestoryandeachpostershowsapictureofacouplewholoveoneanother.
D. I think that theposterofRomeo and Juliet looksmore interesting.Thecouple looksyounger than thecoupleinAs You Like It.Theimageofthetwogangsshootingatoneanotherlooksinteresting.IlikethefactthatthecharactersintheRomeo and Julietposterhavemodernclothesonthem.
E. Iwoulddesignaposterfortheendofyearschoolconcert. 1. Thetopoftheposterwouldhavethenameoftheschooland‘TheEndofYearConcert’.Iwouldputin
2. Thecolouroftheposterwouldbeyellowandblack,ourschoolcolours. The lettering would be big and clear, with not too much text.The illustrations would be musical
B. Theadvertisement forpublic transport ismore successful.The twophotographsaregood.They showbright,moderntrains.Thetextisclearandtothepoint.IttellsthattheLuasandDARTtransportpeople
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