LEH01 01 Que 20120611
LEH01 01 Que 20120611
English
Year 9
Achievement Test
Instructions
t Use black ink or ball-point pen.
t Answer all questions.
t centre number
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
and candidate number.
t Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
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The total mark for this paper is 60.
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this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
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SECTION A
Answer ALL questions.
The first two texts are about Space.
Read Text 1, 'Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre', and answer the questions which follow.
Text 1 'Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre'
Enjoy a family day out at Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre – whatever the weather we’re
sure to inspire you!
The Lovell Telescope: The giant Lovell Telescope is an experience not to be missed!
Walk around the telescope pathway to find out about its history and how it works.
You can get a printed souvenir of what the telescope is observing live! 5
Fact! Did you know that the telescope is so sensitive that it could detect the signal from
your mobile phone if you were standing on the surface of Mars!
Space Pavilion: What is the telescope observing? How did the Universe begin? What is a
black hole?
Come and find answers to the wonders of the Universe, listen to the sounds of the Big 10
Bang and explore the invisible Universe using our interactive exhibit.
You can also find out about what astronomers do.
Planet Pavilion: Discover more about our Universe and explore the planets using our
model of the Solar System.
How well do you know the planets? Our interactive puzzles will put you to the test! 15
Gardens: We have 35 acres of gardens that families can explore. There are over 2,000
species of trees and shrubs.
An exciting new feature is our Galaxy Garden which has been designed and created by
Chris Beardshaw.
It has been built around the themes of Space and Astronomy and creator Chris says, ‘Early 20
scientists like Galileo were inspired and captivated not just by science and their studies of
the Universe but by the beauty of nature. Designing and building a garden based on the
Galaxy is a great opportunity to explain some of the lessons and themes of astronomy.’
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(Source: Taken from a leaflet for the Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre)
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Questions 1, 2 and 3 must be answered with a cross in a box . If you change your mind about
an answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .
1 The main purpose of this text is to:
A persuade readers to visit the centre
2 Which of the following most accurately describes what inspired early scientists?
3 Which one of the following statements about the Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre is
true?
A There are over 3,500 species of trees and shrubs.
B You can explore the planets using a model of the Solar System.
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Read text 2, 'The golden age of astronomy', and answer the questions which follow.
Text 2 'The golden age of astronomy'
Look upward on a dark, clear night and you will see stars – hundreds of them, even
thousands if you are lucky enough to live away from the light pollution of our modern
cities. The heavens seem to be ablaze. Many people today know that these tiny,
twinkling points of light are suns – many of them far larger, hotter and more powerful
than our own Sun; so much so that the Earth seems less important in the wide Universe 5
than a single grain of sand in the Sahara.
There is still much we do not know, and perhaps may never know, but we have come
a long way since our ancestors gazed up towards the stars, just as we do today, and
wondered what they were. Astronomers can now peer into the depths of space, pick up
light from star-systems unbelievably far away, and even send machines to other worlds. 10
We are living in a golden age of astronomy. New observational instruments such as the
Hubble Space Telescope, which orbits the Earth beyond the haze of our atmosphere,
would have been unimaginable only a few decades ago. Another factor which has been
crucial in the amazing advances of the last fifty years is the increase in computer power
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(Source: Taken from Bang! A complete history of the Universe, by Brian May, Chris Lintott and Patrick Moore.)
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Questions 5, 6 and 7 must be answered with a cross in a box . If you change your mind about
an answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .
5 The main purpose of this text is to:
A describe the Hubble Space Telescope
A beautiful
B polluted
C insignificant
D bright
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9 Both text 1 and text 2 are about astronomy.
Compare the ways both texts try to interest the reader in astronomy.
In your answer you should comment on each writer’s choice of words and phrases to
create an interest in astronomy.
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SECTION B
Answer ALL questions.
Read text 3, 'The Night Sky', and answer the questions which follow.
Text 3 'The Night Sky'
In this extract, Ellie is on holiday by a lake.
One hot moonless night after dinner she walked down alone to the wooden pier. It was
perfectly still. She looked up at the brilliant spangled sky and found her heart racing.
Without looking down, with only her outstretched hand to guide her, she found a soft
patch of grass and laid herself down.
The sky was blazing with stars. There were thousands of them, most twinkling, a few 5
bright and steady. If you looked carefully you could see faint differences in colour. That
bright one there, wasn't it bluish?
She felt again for the ground beneath her; it was solid, steady… reassuring. Cautiously
she sat up and looked left and right, up and down the long reach of lakefront. She could
see both sides of the water. The world only looks flat, she thought to herself. Really it's 10
round. This is all a big ball… turning in the middle of the sky… once a day. She tried
to imagine it spinning, with millions of people glued to it, talking different languages,
wearing different clothes, all stuck to the same ball.
If something as big as the Earth turned once a day, it had to be moving ridiculously fast.
Everyone she knew must be whirling at an unbelievable speed. She thought she could 15
now actually feel the Earth turn – not just imagine it in her head, but really feel it in the
pit of her stomach. It was like descending in a fast elevator. She craned her neck back
further, until she could see nothing but black sky and bright stars. She was overtaken by
the giddy sense that she had better clutch the clumps of grass on either side of her and
hold on for dear life, or else fall up into the sky, her tiny tumbling body dwarfed by the 20
huge darkened sphere below.
(Source: Extract from Contact by Carl Sagan)
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Questions 10, 11 and 12 must be answered with a cross in a box . If you change your mind
about an answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .
10 ‘the brilliant spangled sky’ (line 2) suggests that:
A the sky was covered in stars
A She is terrified.
B She is unwell.
C She is confused.
D She is overwhelmed.
12 Number the following statements in the order they happen in the extract. The first
one is done for you.
1 Ellie walks to the pier
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13 ‘If something as big as the Earth turned once a day, it had to be moving ridiculously
fast’
Identify two other words or phrases in the text that suggest the way the earth is
moving.
14 State three ways the writer suggests that the Earth is big
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SECTION C
Answer both questions.
You will be assessed on spelling, punctuation and grammar in both questions.
16 Write an article for a school magazine, telling readers about a hobby or interest you
enjoy.
In your writing you should:
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17 In Passage 3, Ellie is very impressed by seeing the stars on a dark night.
Describe a place that has impressed you.
You should include:
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