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Introduction THE INVISIBLE CIRCUS, CONT.
This book focuses on teaching and consolidating the skills required to complete the Reading component
Practice questions
of the annual national literacy test program called NAPLAN*.
5The The
activities
wordare
in designed to help
the text that tellsdevelop
us thereand
is arefine
rangeskills in reading
of different actscomprehension,
in the Invisiblegeneral
Circus literacy,
is text analysis,
logic and problem solving, and the
technology. higher order abstract
effects. tricks.reasoning that has become a feature of the official test
variety.
papers. All answers are provided, along with expert advice and generous hints from specialist English teachers.
The annotated practice questions contain the following helpful teaching features:
6HINTSWhich of these
– explain whatsummary statements
the question is reallyisasking
accurate?
students to do.
TRICKS – offer
In the Invisible Circus, actors can do the correct
shortcuts to use in determining the answer.
impossible.
TRAPS – highlight the red herrings among the answer options presented.
In the Invisible Circus, it is impossible to do the tricks.
THINGS TO KNOW – outline key facts, definitions and techniques students need to learn before sitting tests.
In the Invisible Circus, fleas do the tricks.
This book also includes one complete Test Paper. With eight original texts from a variety of genres and
In the
test questions forInvisible
each one,Circus, the audience
this sample can’twill
test paper see help
the actors.
prepare your students for the NAPLAN* tests.
7 What is the meaning of the term blacked out in the context of this passage?
Contents
fainted
covered in black or kept in darkness
SECTION 1 ANNOTATED SAMPLE QUESTIONS AND PRACTICE QUESTIONS
LEVEL affected
1 (EASY)by a power failure
invisible
The Invisible Circus Informative text 4
Leftovers Procedural text 6
How to make a periscope Instructional text 8
8 Which term from the text has been abbreviated?
Black Saturday Interview 10
blacked out ultraviolet Invisible Circus special effects
LEVEL 2 (MODERATE)
Power plant protest Letter 12
Salvador Dali Biography 14
9 The Invisible
Surfing Circus will present feats performed
competition by
Advertisements 16
Rocksaltfleas. Newspaper advertisement 18
LEVEL actors
3 (CHALLENGING)
who can’t be seen.
Fancy dress Novel extract 20
actors who aren’t present on stage.
Next-door neighbours Short story extract 22
Sitting using fluorescent lights.
in the rain Narrative 25
Diamonds Informative text 28
10 LEVEL
Punctuation that is used in the text includes
4 (DIFFICULT)
Double capitals
trouble and quotation marks. Novel extract 31
The Pirate Queen Book review 34
colons
The crash and123
of Flight semicolons. Investigative text 37
Beachedhyphens and exclamation marks. Poem 40
SECTION 2 PRACTICE
commas TESTmarks.
and question PAPER
Aladdin and the wonderful lamp Play script extract 43
The world’s coolest T-shirt? Informative text 44
11 In the statement A Flea Circus involves feats that are supposedly performed by tiny fleas, which are too small
Meet Michelle Robinson Biography 45
to be seen from a distance, which phrase reveals
Shampooing skills
that the writer doesn’t believe fleas actually perform?46
Procedural text
too small to be seen from a distance
Basket makers Poem and informative text 47
Missing Narrative 48
too small to be seen
Soccer grand final Report 49
involves
Van Diemen’s Landfeats Informative text 50
supposedly performed by tiny fleas
TEST QUESTIONS 51
ANSWERS 60
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SeCTION 1 SAMPLE QUESTIONS AND PRACTICE QUESTIONS
The InvIsIble CIrCus

The Invisible Circus is a stage show with a difference. It incorporates a variety of acts
presented as a traditional-style circus with a big twist – all the actors are invisible to the
audience. Now, that doesn’t mean they aren’t present on stage. It’s just that the audience
can’t SEE them.
How?
Well, the technology of ultraviolet (UV) light allows some parts of the actors to be seen while using black
clothing to hide other parts. When the stage and the room are blacked out, the clothed parts simply
disappear. White or fluorescent colours can be seen when the UV light is switched on, being brightly
illuminated in the black environment.
Can you see the great potential for a circus show using UV effects?
The Invisible Circus has similarities with the concept of a flea circus. A flea circus involves feats that are
supposedly performed by tiny fleas, which are too small to be seen from a distance. Of course, there are no
performing fleas. It’s all done through tricks with the props and the circus arena itself. In the same way, the
Invisible Circus features special tricks and acts that appear to be impossible. But instead of nonexistent fleas,
the actors work in the dark to perform the tricks and special effects.
By Mark Wing
Sample questions
1 The Invisible Circus is HINT
a musical concert. This question requires
a stage show. you simply to find a fact
in the text.
an acting school.
a flea circus.
2 One fact presented in the text is

HINT
how actors can become invisible to an audience.
This fact is expressed in
how to train actors. different words in the text.
how to perform tricks with props.
how to professionally light a stage.
TRAP!
3 According to the text, the audience can see
ultraviolet light. HINT Take note that the text
focuses on what the
anything coloured black. This is another simple audience can’t see, but
tiny fleas doing tricks. task of locating a fact this question is asking
in the text. the opposite.
anything coloured white or fluorescent.
4 Two techniques used by the writer of this text are

description and dialogue.
contrast and dialogue.
TRAP!
statistics and questions. One of each pair of techniques may
be present in the text, but are both?
description and questions.
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THE INVISIBLE CIRCUS, CONT.
Practice questions
5 The word in the text that tells us there is a range of different acts in the Invisible Circus is
technology. effects. tricks. variety.
6 Which of these summary statements is accurate?

In the Invisible Circus, actors can do the impossible.
In the Invisible Circus, it is impossible to do the tricks.
In the Invisible Circus, fleas do the tricks.
In the Invisible Circus, the audience can’t see the actors.
7 What is the meaning of the term blacked out in the context of this passage?
fainted
covered in black or kept in darkness
affected by a power failure
invisible
8 Which term from the text has been abbreviated?

blacked out ultraviolet Invisible Circus special effects
9 The Invisible Circus will present feats performed by

fleas.
actors who can’t be seen.
actors who aren’t present on stage.
using fluorescent lights.
10 Punctuation that is used in the text includes

capitals and quotation marks.
colons and semicolons.
hyphens and exclamation marks.
commas and question marks.
11 In the statement A Flea Circus involves feats that are supposedly performed by tiny fleas, which are too small
to be seen from a distance, which phrase reveals that the writer doesn’t believe fleas actually perform?
too small to be seen from a distance
too small to be seen
involves feats
supposedly performed by tiny fleas
lefTovers
Too much of a good thing? Try these ideas to help use up leftover vegies.
CELERY: Cut into sticks, fill with peanut butter and wrap in cling film for kids’
lunchboxes. These snacks are great for fighting the after-school munchies as well.
CARROTS: Whack your leftover carrots into a juicer. Carrot juice is a great tonic
and it makes a refreshing drink. Simply put the carrots through the juicer and then let the juice stand for
half an hour so you can scoop off the layer of weird frothy stuff that rises to the top. Then chill it and serve.
PUMPKIN: Our pumpkin soup recipe will knock your woolly winter socks off:
Ingredients: Half a Jap pumpkin, 2 onions, 2 potatoes, garlic, butter, 3 cups milk, 250ml cream, salt,
fresh chives or parsley, Chicken Supreme dry soup mix.
Method: Chop the onions and garlic and then fry them in a saucepan with some butter. Peel, chop and
cook the pumpkin and potatoes in the microwave or on your stovetop, then mash them up well. Add the
pumpkin, potato and milk to the sautéed onions. Stir in the Chicken Supreme soup mix. Add the cream
– at this point, take care not to let the soup boil. Chop some fresh herbs and add them, along with salt
(and pepper if desired) to taste. Serve with crusty bread rolls. Voila!
Sample questions
1 According to the text, at what times of the day are kids likely to want snacks?
late afternoon
TRICK
mornings
The word lunchboxes
bed time
reveals the answer, as
during and after school does the phrase late
afternoon munchies.
2 For which season is pumpkin soup recommended?
summer
HINT
autumn
This is a straightforward question
winter requiring you to locate a reference
spring to a season.
3 In what order should the pumpkin soup ingredients be used? TRAP!

onions, garlic, butter, pumpkin, potatoes, milk, Chicken Supreme, cream, herbs and salt The ingredients are
onions, garlic, butter, Chicken Supreme, pumpkin, potatoes, milk, cream, herbs and salt not listed in order
pumpkin, potatoes, milk, onions, garlic, butter, Chicken Supreme, cream, herbs and salt of use so you need
to understand the
herbs, salt, onions, garlic, butter, Chicken Supreme and cream
instructions (method).
4 Why are the words Chicken Supreme shown in italics?

for emphasis THINGS TO KNOW
to show this is the most important ingredient Proper nouns, including the brand
because they are the brand name of a product names of products, should be shown
in italics or quotation marks.
because it is another name for pumpkin soup
LEFTOVERS, CONT.
Practice questions
5 What is the phrase Too much of a good thing? referring to?
leftover meat
leftover vegetables
leftover carrots
peanut butter
6 The phrase Too much of a good thing? is what type of writing technique?
statement question exclamation symbolism
7 According to the text, what are two positive things about carrot juice?
It is refreshing and frothy.
It is refreshing and quick to make.
It is refreshing and makes a good tonic.
It is weird and frothy.
8 Which of these terms is not a colloquialism?

whack munchies knock your woolly winter socks off scoop off
9 Which dairy foods are used in the soup recipe?

potatoes and pumpkin
cream and chives
milk and butter
butter, milk and cream
10 Why might readers prefer the first two recipes over the third one?
They are quick and easy, and require fewer ingredients than the soup.
They need to be cooked, which makes them take longer to prepare.
They taste better than the soup.
They are more filling than the soup.
11 Which of the recipes requires the least ingredients?

carrot juice
celery sticks
pumpkin soup
carrot juice and celery sticks
how To Make a PerIsCoPe

You will need:
• two small mirrors (5cm x 5cm) • duct tape
• plywood (three-ply) cut into the following pieces: • saw
- 2 pieces 45cm x 5cm • hammer
- 2 pieces 40cm x 5cm • small tacks
- 2 end pieces 5cm x 5cm • adhesive
DIAGRAM A DIAGRAM B
Instructions:
A periscope enables you to look at something from a position higher than eyeline. It works by using
reflections from one mirror to another. Periscopes are mostly associated with submarines, and are used
to spy on surface activities whilst the vessel remains submerged.
Make a rectangular prism using the four biggest pieces. Two sides will have 5cm windows through which
to do your spying. Carefully glue the edges of the long pieces together as shown in Diagram A, then tack
them into place. Finish the box by attaching the square end pieces. The trickiest part of this project is
placing the mirrors into the top and bottom box at the right angles. You will need to experiment with this
a little, using duct tape to temporarily fix them into place to test out their positions. When you’re happy
with the placement of the mirrors, you could glue some thin strips of wood onto the box’s inner walls to
act as runners. The mirrors can then be slid into place between these guides and locked into place against
the box’s end pieces. But duct tape will work almost as well.
Sample questions
1 According to the text, the mirrors must be HINT
made of wood. This is indirectly referring to the
rectangular in shape. measurement for the mirrors in the
circular in shape. list of things needed.
square in shape.
TRICK
This requires you to look at
2 The number of rectangular pieces the plywood should be cut into is the measurements of the
two. four. six. eight. plywood pieces and separate
them into two groups. There
are six pieces required but
not all are rectangular.
3 A synonym for adhesive is

stamp. stick. diagram. glue. THINGS TO KNOW
A synonym is a word that has the
same meaning as another word.
HOW TO MAkE A PERISCOPE, CONT.
Practice questions
4 The list of things needed to make the periscope could be divided under which two headings?
Materials and tools
Wood and glass
Adhesives and saws
Mirrors and wood
5 The word vessel refers to a

periscope. box. bowl. submarine.
6 Which of the following summarises the instructions in the correct order?

Join the sides of the box, add the end pieces and position the mirrors.
Position the end pieces of the box, add the mirrors and glue the box together.
Finish the box, glue the mirrors inside and then add the end pieces.
Join the ends of the box, tack thin strips into place and then position the mirrors.
7 The alternative to inserting thin strips of wood onto the box’s inner walls is to use
the end pieces. duct tape. glue. tacks.
8 The phrase to act as runners means to

run.
pretend to run.
function as a guide.
function as a messenger.
9 Which of the following contains a verb and two nouns?

periscope, mirror, look
submerged, carefully, tape
happy, through, windows
surface, mostly, reflections
10 How many commas should be inserted to separate the things mentioned in this list?
Duct tape saw hammer small tacks and adhesive.
two
three
four
five
blaCk saTurday
On Saturday, February 7, 2009, fire crews in country Victoria were on alert for a potentially busy day. When
temperatures soared above 40 degrees and conditions were at their most extreme, a fire was deliberately lit in
bushland at Murrindindi. Volunteer fire fighter Casey Mills describes what confronted her when she arrived
in the township of Marysville.
“The fire was travelling unbelievably fast. There were these massive fireballs crashing through the treetops
and just leaping over the roads – it was just surreal. I couldn’t believe my eyes. And the heat was just
indescribable. It sucked all the oxygen out of the air so you could hardly breathe. The randomness of the
fire’s path was weird. I saw whole streets where everything was burned completely beyond recognition, then
occasionally, an entire house that had escaped untouched.
At one point, I had to get out of the truck to move a fallen limb off the road. I couldn’t see any flames or burning
material nearby. I cleared the road pretty quickly, but by the time I got back in the truck the bush on both sides of
the road ahead was alight. The flames on either side were leaping so high that they joined up in mid-air. I turned
the vehicle around and put the pedal to the metal. I was hoping to get back to the oval – it’s a clearing where I’d
seen a lot of cars gathering. I made it back and took shelter under a fire blanket on the back floor of the truck. The
fire was moving so quickly that it just sped right over the area in a great rush and kept going. So all the people on
the oval survived. Had I delayed turning around by even a few minutes, I know I wouldn’t have made it out.”
Casey believes that people should be required by law to leave their properties and homes in the event of a fire
emergency, or even a threat. The horrific bushfires that ravaged country Victoria tragically claimed 173 lives. Perhaps
many of these people could have been saved if compulsory evacuation plans were put into practice on Black Saturday.
By Gwen Rose
Sample questions
1 This text can be described as HINT
descriptive. persuasive. humorous. entertaining. The text is presenting an
eyewitness’s description
of a serious event.
2 Three characteristics of the fire, according to Casey Mills, were
speed, random path and heat. TRAP!
noise, speed and force. Some of these characteristics
speed, heat and oxygen. are in the text, but they are not
speed, fireballs and survival. characteristics of the fire itself.
3 We can deduce that the reason cars were gathering on the oval was
so they could watch a local sporting event. HINT
so they could protect the oval. You need to use your own
knowledge and logic to
because it was a clearing that might escape being set alight.
decide why Casey and other
because they had escaped the fire untouched. people went to the oval.
4 Why did Casey need to turn the truck around after clearing the road?
The road had caught alight. HINT
The truck had caught alight. Here, the word bush
She couldn’t move the fallen limb off the road. means the trees on
either side of the road.
Both sides of the road ahead were alight.
BLACk SATURDAY, CONT.
Practice questions
5 Black Saturday was the name given to
February 9, 2007.
February 9, 2009.
February 7, 2007.
February 7, 2009.
6 Casey Mills is
a volunteer fire fighter. a professional fire fighter. a police officer. a lawyer.
7 A word from the second paragraph that means whole is

entire. massive. lots. beyond.
8 Two phrases from the second paragraph that show contrast are
whole streets and massive fireballs.
everything was burned and escaped untouched.
indescribable and weird.
unbelievably fast and over the roads.
9 The words that tell us that Casey drove as fast as she could to escape the fire are
put the petal to the metal.
put the pedal to the medal.
put the metal to the pedal.
put the pedal to the metal.
10 The phrase Had I delayed turning around means

I delayed turning around.
I had delayed turning around.
if I had delayed turning around.
I had not delayed turning around.
11 Casey believes that

people should be given the choice to evacuate by authorities if their homes are threatened by fire.
compulsory evacuation plans claimed 173 lives on Black Saturday.
people should be forced to evacuate by authorities if their homes are threatened by fire.
more houses could have been saved if people were kept away from their properties.
Power PlanT ProTesT

Nevio Georgadis
2 Bonser Lane,
TAYLOR’S FLAT WA
11th June
To the Minister for Energy and Resources,
I am writing to strongly protest against the proposed development of a coal-fired power station at Mitchell
Lake. My sources tell me that this dirty development could produce eight million tonnes of carbon dioxide
every year. I can’t believe that your government is about to give the green light to this power plant. Do you
realise the damage that will be done to the environment if this project goes ahead?
With all of Australia’s access to sunlight, the wind and the waves, why on earth are we still using coal to
generate our power? In Germany, the government’s policy is to use only renewable resources for its energy
needs. And the result? Germany’s energy needs are met by systems that are 100% environmentally friendly.
And as a bonus, the renewable energy industry has created 250,000 new jobs in recent years – so everybody
wins. If renewable, clean technologies have proven to work well overseas, why can’t Australia follow suit?
It is totally unacceptable that we still rely on the burning of fossil fuels in this day and age. With all the
information about climate change, why aren’t we making changes now? You government leaders need to
be held accountable. Stand up and do the right thing, and show the world what Aussies are really made of.
I urge you to vote to reject this proposal, for the sake of this country’s future.
Yours sincerely,
Nevio Georgadis
Sample questions
1 This text is best described as a
HINT
letter to a church minister.
Use your vocabulary knowledge
letter to a power plant owner.
to work out that a minister
letter to the prime minister. is a politician in this text.
letter to a politician.
2 Why does the writer use questions throughout the text?

THINGS TO KNOW
to imply that the minister doesn’t know anything
Questions can add emphasis
to create emphasis and add impact to his message
to an argument.
to present facts to support his argument
because he doesn’t know the answer to the problem
of producing environmentally friendly power
3 According to Nevio Georgadis, what are three natural resources

Australia could use instead of coal to generate power? TRAP!
fossil fuels, sunlight and the sea Solar rays is used instead of
carbon dioxide, coal and green light sunlight or solar power, but
in this context it means the
coal, carbon dioxide and Mitchell Lake same thing.
solar rays, wind and waves
POWER PLANT PROTEST, CONT.
Practice questions
4 What is the first clue that shows this text is a letter?
its structure its length the subject matter the words yours sincerely
5 The statement your government is about to give the green light to this power plant contains an example of
metaphor. contrast. simile. dialogue.
6 The term renewable resources means

resources that are able to be replenished.
new resources.
coal and other fossil fuels.
resources that gradually regenerate.
7 Nevio Georgadis uses statistics to emphasise his points about

the effectiveness of Germany’s energy creation system.
Australia’s potential to use renewable resources.
the stupidity of burning fossil fuels in this day and age.
the damage the proposed power plant will do to the environment.
8 What does Nevio Georgadis want the minister to do next?

vote against the development of the power plant
stop building nuclear power plants
stand up
allow the power plant to be built at Mitchell Lake
9 Who does Nevio Georgadis believe should be held responsible for failing to protect the environment?
Aussies
the Minister for Energy and Resources
the German government
Australian government leaders
10 The main reason Nevio Georgadis’ letter is an effective persuasive text is because it
presents a strong argument supported by objective evidence and statistics.
explains the impact of the power plant on the environment.
presents lots of emotive language to convey the writer’s point of view.
contains criticism of the government’s energy-creation policies.
salvador dalI
Early years
Surrealist artist Salvador Dali was born in the small town of Figuera in Spain. He received his first drawing
lessons when he was just a young boy. Dali studied at the Royal Academy of Art in Madrid. He was expelled
twice and never took the final exams. He believed that he was more qualified than his teachers.
Becoming famous
By 1929 Dali had found the unique style that would make him famous – the world of the unconscious that is
recalled at night within our dreams. Surrealism was one of the many art movements influenced by the theories
of the famous psychologist, Dr Sigmund Freud. Freud believed that a person’s subconscious thoughts were
represented in their dreams, and therefore that dreams have symbolic meaning. Dali repeatedly used images of
melting watches, burning giraffes, ants and crutches – symbols that he drew from his own dreams and private fears.
Falling in love
Meeting Helena Diakonova, known as ‘Gala’, was the most important event in Dali’s life. She became Dali’s
companion, his model for many paintings and his business manager. In 1934 Dali and Gala were married in
a ceremony in France, a marriage that was to last 48 years, until Gala’s death in 1982.
Last years
In 1980 Dali was forced to retire due to palsy, a neurological disease that caused trembling and weakness in
his hands. He was not able to hold a brush any more. Towards the end of his life, Dali lived in the studio of
his own museum. He died on January 23, 1989 from a heart attack.
Legacy
Dali’s art works included oil paintings, watercolours, pencil drawings, sculptures, engravings, furniture,
jewellery, holograms and photography. He also wrote stories and scripts for plays and ballets, and designed,
built and painted a number of theatrical sets for stage shows. Before his success, Dali once famously
prophesied about his impact as an artist, saying, “the world will admire me. Perhaps I’ll be despised and
misunderstood, but I’ll be a great genius, I’m certain of it”.
Sample questions
1 The word prophesied implies that Dali TRICK
worked as a fortune teller. Think about the timing of
when the statement was
believed he would be successful.
made (before his success).
could predict the future.
predicted his success before it happened. TRAP!
2 Dali died of The word believed would be
HINT acceptable, but because
a heart attack.
The text clearly states the Dali’s statement proved true
a broken heart. answer to this question. prophesied is more accurate.
palsy.
a disease that caused trembling and weakness.
3 The subheadings in the text are organised

from the most important facts to the least important. TRICK
alphabetically. Work out the relative importance
at random. of each stage of Dali’s life to
rule out the first answer.
according to different stages in Dali’s life.
SALVADOR DALI, CONT.
Practice questions
4 The countries mentioned in the text are part of
South America. Europe. Spain. France.
5 According to the text, Salvador Dali had many artistic pursuits, including
designing studios.
painting jewellery.
building scripts.
designing, building and painting theatre sets.
6 From the context of the passage, the most likely meaning of surrealist is
private. psychological. symbolic. dream-like.
7 The writer assumes that readers know

that Dali was a famous artist.
that Dali is now dead.
the theories of Dr Sigmund Freud.
that Dali was more qualified than his art teachers.
8 The purpose of this text is to

provide information about the life and work of Salvador Dali.
explain the meaning of Dali’s sculptures.
present the writer’s opinion of Dali.
criticise Dali for being arrogant.
9 Dr Sigmund Freud was a famous

surrealist artist.
psychedelic artist.
psychiatrist.
psychologist.
10 Freud’s theories gave Dali

inspiration for one of his paintings.
new ideas for his paintings.
inspiration to paint images from his dreams and fears.
permission to dream about his paintings.
surfIng CoMPeTITIon
ReADY TO GeT WeT? surf’s uP

Roundhouse Amateur Surf Comp Trick surfing exhibition
Featuring the
world’s best
entry open to amateur trick surfers
surfers aged 16 plus
NO ReGISTRATION Fee
Three action-
packed days
Feb 9–11
@ burleigh
Heads, Qld
ROUNDHOUSe AMATeUR SURF COMPeTITION
FREE ENTRY FOR SPECTATORS General
• Longboard classic demo admission $12
• Grommet events Jan 19–20
• Surf lifesaving demos Merewether Beach,
• Live bands and entertainment Newcastle Student
• BBQ To register or get more info, concession $8
• Chopper joy flights call (02) 49 614782 or
• Free parking email rhouse@amsurf.com
PRO SURFeRS WIll be SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS

H2CU there
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PosTer 1 PosTer 2
Sample questions
1 What is the main purpose of Poster 1?
HINT
to advertise a trick surfing exhibition
Make sure you read the
to advertise a professional surfing competition poster titles carefully.
to advertise an amateur surfing competition
to advertise a professional surfing exhibition
2 How many different ways of getting more information are offered in Poster 1?
one two three four
HINT
Look for the
abbreviation
of information.
SURFING COMPETITION, CONT.
3 How much does it cost students to watch the surfing competition?

eight dollars
TRAP!
twelve dollars
Ask yourself what the difference is between
four dollars
a competition and an exhibition. Also note
nothing that spectator is a synonym for a watcher
of a sporting event.
Practice questions
4 Which of the following best describes the main message of Poster 2?
There’s a surfing competition that people can enter.
There’s a trick surfing competition that people can watch.
There’s a trick surfing exhibition that people can watch.
There’s an amateur surfing exhibition that people can enter.
5 Which of the following lists all the beach sports mentioned in Poster 1?
surf comp, longboard demo, grommet events, surf lifesaving demos and amateur surfers.
surf comp, longboard demo, grommet events and surf lifesaving demos.
surf comp, longboard demo, chopper joy flights and surf lifesaving demos.
pro surf comp, longboard demo and grommet events.
6 In Poster 2, what do you think H2CU there means?

Hate to see you there.
Have to see you there.
Hope to see you there too.
Hope to see you there.
7 Where is the surfing exhibition to be held?

a beach in New South Wales
Merewether Beach
Roundhouse
a beach in Queensland
8 Which of the following contains three examples of surfing jargon found in the posters?
longboard, grommet, surf’s up
beach, amateur, lifesaving
classic, demo, chopper
H2CU there, Burleigh Heads, pro surfers
9 For how many days will the trick surfing exhibition be running?
one two three four
roCksalT
A stunning waterside location and commitment to excellence allows Rocksalt to
offer you the perfect dining experience, right on Newcastle Harbour. With Jo
Minett at the helm, it’s no surprise that Rocksalt was awarded the prestigious title
of ‘Most Outstanding Restaurant’ again this year. We pride ourselves on offering the freshest premium
quality seafood available.
Rocksalt’s waterside setting presents diners with fabulous views of Newcastle’s Honeysuckle precinct.
Located right on the marina’s edge, the vista stretches across the busy harbour of one of Australia’s largest
bulk export ports. Luxury yachts and motor cruisers fill the foreground of the ever-changing seascape,
peppered with majestic bulk carriers, graceful tugs, working fishing vessels and the occasional dolphin.
Our young, dynamic chef adds a contemporary flair to Rocksalt’s menu, offering diners a tempting array
of dishes that represent the best in coastal cuisine. Complementing our fresh, local seafood is a carefully
chosen wine list showcasing boutique vineyards across Australia and New Zealand. We also carry a selection
of French wines for you to explore at your leisure.
As our regular patrons know, the unfailing sea breeze adds a zesty salt tang to your dining experience.
Patrons using our waterside area by night can also enjoy the warmth of overhead gas heaters. If you prefer
the weather protection of clear glass, we recommend that you book an indoor table.
With its unique décor, professional staff and delightful menu, Rocksalt offers something for every
occasion. Whether you require a romantic setting for a quiet dinner or a cosmopolitan venue for lively
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their approachability and attention to detail very refreshing.
Call Rocksalt to reserve a table for breakfast, lunch or dinner and take advantage of this special offer:
10% discount on all main meals when you mention this advertisement.
Sample questions
1 The writer uses the phrase at the helm to HINT
link the restaurant with its setting. Identify the nautical
show that the restaurant is a boat. terms in the text that
describe the setting.
imply that the restaurant is decorated in a nautical style.
explain why Rocksalt was voted “Most Outstanding Restaurant”.
2 What is the main type of food served at Rocksalt?

seafood
fish and chips
French cuisine
something for every occasion
3 One recommendation made in the text is to TRAP!

always book an indoor table. The text does mention the
other things, but these are
call to book a table.
not recommendations.
talk to the chef.
ask for French wines, rather than wines from Australia or New Zealand.
ROCkSALT, CONT.
Practice questions
4 We know that this text is designed to advertise the restaurant because
it says the staff are professional.
the word advertisement appears in the text.
it emphasises the quality of the food.
it says the restaurant has fabulous harbour views.
5 The restaurant is located in

Newcastle. France. New Zealand. Marina.
6 The word prestigious is used to support the idea that Rocksalt has a good
reputation. chef. decorator. location.
7 The writer mentions the zesty salt tang to inform readers that
there’s a lot of salt in the food.
there’s no need to add salt to your meal.
there is salt everywhere.
the sea air is refreshing.
8 According to the text, as well as dining out, Rocksalt patrons can also
see dolphins every night at the restaurant.
hold a special event at the restaurant.
take a motor cruiser ride.
get free wine with their meal.
9 The phrase complementing our fresh, local seafood refers to

the wines on offer at the restaurant.
the restaurant’s dessert menu.
the young, dynamic chef.
the patrons who make positive comments about the seafood.
10 In the fourth paragraph, clear glass implies that

the glassware and windows are very clean.
the windows are clean and they reflect the lovely water views.
the indoor tables have weather protection and the views are unobstructed.
patrons would be better off with an outside table.
fanCy dress
On Sunday morning, everyone was up early at the McDonald’s house.
“Your father and I talked about your birthday party,” said Abby’s mother, coming into her room. “He wants
to come as a caveman!” Her mother made a face.
“Yay! So I can have a fancy dress party?” squealed Abby excitedly. Her mother nodded, but held up a finger
in warning.
“You can invite six friends, no more! The other four people coming are your father and me, and Aunty Kate
and Uncle Rob. I’ve already asked them, actually. Dad and I don’t want to be the only adults there!”
“What can I go as?” asked Abby. Her mother suggested that they could go to Hampton Street and look in
the costume hire shop for something to wear. Abby hugged her. She was delighted that her mother hadn’t
expected her to wear the ancient clown suit that kept appearing at various local gatherings. Abby had worn
that suit to Mrs Patrick’s fancy dress party (which had been called a ‘Masque Ball’ on the invitations), and
everyone had called her Ronald McDonald.
Abby jumped out of bed and quickly got dressed. She surprised her father by having his boiled egg and toast
ready for him when he finished his shower. “Well! Thank you very much, ma’am,” he said. “And may I ask
what you are doing up so early this fine morning?”
“I want to start organising my party,” Abby explained. She poured more hot water from the kettle into her
mug of tea.
“Great! I’ll help you, if you like,” he said, as he sliced the top off his egg and dug out the little white hat with
a teaspoon.
“Aren’t you going to work today?” asked Abby.
“Oh yes, that’s right!” he joked, “I knew there was something I had to do today! Thanks for reminding me!”
Abby’s father made no secret of the fact that he didn’t enjoy his job. He was a clerk in a small company that
hired out forklifts.
“I’m coming as a caveman!” Abby’s father announced. “I’ll wear a couple of potato bags from the shed. Can
you hang them out on the line today? Just spray the hose on them for me, in case there are any fleas!”
“Oh, that’s just great, Dad!” groaned Abby. “I’m glad to see you’re going to so much trouble with your outfit!”
By Charles Andrews
Sample questions
1 Who is in Abby’s bedroom on Sunday morning? TRICK
Abby’s father and mother Abby’s mother is only in her
Abby and both her parents room for a short time and then
Abby is in the kitchen with her
Abby and her father father. Look for clues, such as
Abby and her mother Abby making tea.
2 The statement Thanks for reminding me! reveals that

Abby is speaking. HINT!
Mr McDonald is pretending that he’s forgotten to go to work. The statement is ironic – he
Mr McDonald is grateful for the reminder Abby gives him. actually means the opposite.
Mr McDonald has forgotten to go to work.
FANCY DRESS, CONT.
3 The word couple means

HINT!
one. two. three. many.
A couple means
the same thing as
a pair or a duo.
Practice questions
4 The fact that Abby is up early in the morning shows that
she is eager to make arrangements for the party.
she is eager to make breakfast for the family.
she doesn’t like sleeping late.
she is ill.
5 In the second sentence, the word that is an antonym for going is

coming. began. early. organising.
6 How many people will be at the party?

ten fifteen fourteen eleven
7 Which word is the odd one out?

people adults mother everyone
8 Which of the following things does Abby want to do?

get an outfit from the costume shop
have her father wear a costume made from potato bags
wear the clown suit
go to Mrs Patrick’s party
9 The use of quotation marks in the text is used to indicate

questions. exclamations. indirect speech. direct speech
10 Which of these adjectives is used to describe the clown suit?

white ancient bright funny
nexT-door neIghbours
Anna hadn’t wanted to spend the weekend at Shelley’s, but with her parents
away there was nowhere else she could stay. She envied Shelley’s magnificent
house and her attic bedroom with its sloping ceiling. Shelley’s bedroom
windows overlooked the pool and spa, which were both lit from under the water by blue lights. But
Shelley did not seem to appreciate her beautiful surroundings. She never seemed interested in using
the pool or spa, so Anna couldn’t use them either, which was a bit annoying.
Shelley was a difficult person to be friends with. Anna’s mother thought she should try to stay friends
with Shelley since neither of them had brothers or sisters. And she also said that it was Anna’s
responsibility to forgive Shelley when she was nasty, because Anna was the more mature one. But Anna
found it hard going, because Shelley was very competitive. Anna began to learn to play the piano, so
Shelley took up the violin. When Anna developed an interest in horses, Shelley got her father to buy her
one. They still owned it, but it lived on a property owned by her father’s friends. Shelley rarely visited
the horse. When Anna adopted a stray tabby she had found wandering the streets, Shelley suddenly
decided that cats were her new favourite animals. Anna remembered Shelley holding up her new Siamese
kitten to the mirror next to her face, asking, “Do you think he suits me?” But within a few weeks, she’d
lost interest in her new pet and was tired of looking after it. So, after announcing that she’d suddenly
developed ‘an allergy to cats’, she gave the kitten away and bought a rabbit from the pet shop.
That too became a bore to Shelley, so she returned it to the store a week later.
“I brought my swimmers!” said Anna hopefully. She pulled them out of the bag she’d packed.
“It’s too cold to go swimming,” said Shelley, “We haven’t been in for weeks now. The chlorine absolutely
ruins my hair colour.” Anna knew there was no point in suggesting a spa. Shelley tired of such luxuries
very easy, and always seemed bored with her life, no matter what new extravagance was bestowed upon
their household.
Anna and Shelley entered the greenhouse, which was Mr Patrick’s pride and joy. He grew orchids and
had spent what Anna’s father called ‘a scandalous amount’ of money on the watering system and self-
regulating temperature control. They walked through to the little shade-cloth enclosure at the rear of
the greenhouse. Shelley opened the door and Abby saw a large wooden crate covered with wire-mesh.
Inside it were six yellow chickens.
“Chickens!” said Anna.
“Aren’t they just dahhhrling?” gushed Shelley. “Dad brought them home for me to hand raise. But he
won’t let me take them out of here until the new garden shed is delivered. It’s supposed to be coming
tomorrow. We can move them into their new home together, after we redecorate the interior!”
Anna stared at her friend blankly. Shelley took her expression to mean that she was overcome with
excitement. The chickens were cute. The girls noticed that one chicken had its foot caught between
two boards in the floor of the crate. Immediately, Anna reached down to free the little bird, but Shelley
stopped her.
“Oh, you can’t touch them without gloves!” she squealed, “They might have lice.” Anna sighed.
This was going to be a very long weekend.
By Joanne Hodges
NExT-DOOR NEIGHBOURS, CONT.
Sample questions
TRAP!
1 The writer mentions Shelley’s pets and hobbies to show that
The third option tests
she is fickle and competitive. HINT your understanding
she has lots of different interests. This is asking you of irony (using
she is a real animal lover. to consider what the words that mean the
opposite to their
she is similar to Anna in personality. writer wants you to
think about Shelley. literal interpretation).
2 The reason Shelley gave away her Siamese cat was because
she was allergic to cats.
HINT
she got a horse instead.
This asks you to see the
her father didn’t like the cat. difference between excuses
she quickly lost interest in the cat. and actual reasons.
3 Why does the writer spell the word dahhhrling incorrectly?

to imitate the way Shelley says the word THINGS TO KNOW
to show that Shelley has a French accent
Sometimes words are deliberately
to reveal that the writer really likes Shelley misspelt to indicate an unusual
because it helps us understand the word better pronunciation, or a particular way
of speaking.
Practice questions
4 Why does Anna’s mother believe that Anna should be friends with Shelley?
because Shelley is more mature
because both of the girls are bored
because neither of the girls has siblings
because of their brothers and sisters
5 The word in the first paragraph that means envious is

sloping. jealous. envied. either.
6 The phrase a scandalous amount means

a lot of money.
hardly any money.
a moderate amount of money.
no money.
NExT-DOOR NEIGHBOURS, CONT.
7 Which is the order in which Shelley adopted her pets?

kitten, rabbit, horse, chickens
rabbit, kitten, horse, chickens
horse, chickens, rabbit, kitten
horse, kitten, rabbit, chickens
8 Mr Patrick is
Anna’s father. Shelley’s father. Shelley’s neighbour. Anna’s uncle.
9 The writer appears to feel sorry for

Anna. Shelley. Patrick. the kitten.
10 The first time Anna saw the chickens they were

in the house. in the new garden shed. in a wooden crate. in the pet shop.
11 We suspect that Shelley won’t be interested in the chickens for long because
of her past history with pets.
chickens are boring pets.
Anna thinks so.
her father bought them for her.
12 In the sentence The chickens were cute, the word were is shown in
capital letters. italics. quotation marks. bold.
13 Why does Anna think that it is going to be a very long weekend?

There is a public holiday on Monday.
There are many activities to fit into the weekend.
The weekend is going to be boring.
The weekend is going to be difficult for Anna.
14 The two girls react differently to the chickens. This helps the writer emphasise
their love for nature. their fear of lice. their different personalities. their concern for the chickens.
15 The main contrast presented in this text shows

that Shelley and Anna have very different lifestyles and attitudes.
that Shelley doesn’t like Anna’s attitude toward life.
that Anna has a boring lifestyle and is not a very good friend to Shelley.
that Shelley is not very smart and Anna is from a wealthy family.
sITTIng In The raIn

After his long walk, the cool rain was a welcome relief, so the boy didn’t move straight away. He noticed that
a man seated on a bench in the park hadn’t bothered to move either. Shaking drips from his head, Sanjeev
looked around until he spotted a good tree to climb. He swung himself up and sat on a lower branch, well
hidden from sight and sheltered from the rain by the waxy leaves. Through the leaves, Sanjeev saw that the
grey sky threatened to open up and produce more than a drizzle. The park was too far away from the mall to
risk running for it. He’d just have to wait it out.
Sanjeev could hear the rain becoming heavier. He leaned a little closer against the trunk and settled himself.
He looked over toward the man on the bench, and was surprised to find that he was still sitting there. The
gentleman was smartly dressed in a perfectly tailored suit, charcoal grey. His curly hair gave an impression
of nobility and was cut close, almost as if it were sculpted. The hair disappeared into a grey shirt collar, the
colour identical to the suit, permitting no glimpse of his neck. From his vantage point Sanjeev could see the
man’s steel-grey hair, but his head was turned at such an angle that he couldn’t make out his face.
The steadily increasing rain still seemed to be having no impact on the stranger at all. He hadn’t moved
an inch. Perhaps he was asleep, although his head was still upright. There was something about the man’s
bearing that intrigued Sanjeev – distinguished and refined, yet content to sit in the drizzling rain with not
a care for the damage to his expensive-looking suit.
Sanjeev climbed down from his branch and was just about to head for the seat to get a closer look when the
heavens opened in a torrential downpour. People everywhere scurried for cover, running to their cars and
toward the shelter of the trees. Water flowed freely onto Sanjeev’s head and shoulders and coursed down
his back, drenching him through. He shook it off vigorously as he leapt back under the tree to take shelter.
He peered through the leaves and the rain, shaking his wet head in disbelief. The man was still sitting there!
He must have been soaked to the skin! As Sanjeev stood waiting under the tree, trapped by the grey sheet
of rain, it suddenly dawned on him that the man he was looking at was an iron statue.
By T.G. Danda
Sample questions
1 At the beginning, why didn’t the boy mind that it was raining?
He was hot from his long walk.
HINT
He wasn’t getting wet.
This is just a straightforward
He loved the rain.
plot question.
He enjoyed getting soaked to the skin.
2 The phrase that means adjusted his sitting position is

settled himself.
TRICK
sheltered from the rain. Use the context (the
words immediately before
sitting there. and after) to determine
a welcome relief. the meaning of the phrase.
3 What was the first thing that Sanjeev noticed about the man on the bench?
He had a grey suit on.
HINT
He was getting wet.
This is simply asking you to
He hadn’t moved.
determine the order of events.
He had grey hair.
SITTING IN THE RAIN, CONT.
Practice questions
4 In the sentence He’d just have to wait it out in the first paragraph, what is it referring to?
the mall the park the rain the tree
5 How do we know that Sanjeev climbed the tree easily?

the use of the word swung implies that he did
because he was a good climber
because it doesn’t say he struggled to climb the tree
because the text says he took a long time to climb the tree
6 What quality of the tree’s leaves made it a good place to take shelter from the rain?
They were waxy and kept Sanjeev well hidden.
They were strong and thick.
They were thin and sparse.
They were low down.
7 When it first began to rain, it was described as

heavy. a drizzle. a torrential downpour. a drenching.
8 How did Sanjeev first know the rain was becoming heavier?
He could see it.
He could feel it.
He could see people running for cover.
He could hear it.
9 The phrase almost as if it were sculpted is a clue that the man is a statue. This is an example of
a question. personification. a comparison. onomatopoeia.
10 Some words in the text that describe positive attributes of the man are
nobility, smartly and permitting.
distinguished, refined and nobility.
content, smart and bearing.
intrigued, gentleman and tailored.
11 Another word for heavens is

gosh. gush. clouds. sky.
SITTING IN THE RAIN, CONT.
12 Why did Sanjeev shake his head?

to say ‘No’
to force the tree’s leaves apart
to express humour
to express disbelief
13 Which of these words is not a verb?

scurried climbed shaking vigorously
14 Which of the following is not a synonym for a colour?

charcoal grey iron steel-grey
15 Which three words describe Sanjeev’s actions?

dressed, sculpted, see
stood, leapt, shaking
moved, sit, scurried
drenching, shook, moved
16 This text is written in which storytelling mode?

first-person narrative and past tense
third-person narrative and past tense
third-person narrative and present tense
second-person narrative and future tense
THINGS TO KNOW
A text written in the first person is told from the point of view of one person who refers to
him or herself using I.
A text written in the second person is told from the point of view of one person, but also
identifies others, using you.
A text written in the third person is told from the point of view of someone other than
the character(s), (using she, he or they).
Past tense describes events that have already occurred.
Present tense describes events that are happening at the time of writing.
Future tense predicts events that may happen in the future (using will or shall).
dIaMonds
Rare treasures
Diamonds have been universally treasured, coveted, hidden, stolen and sought after by all
kinds of people throughout history. These wonderful gifts of nature are associated with eternity
because of their enduring properties. Diamonds are the hardest of all naturally occurring gemstones,
and retain their original splendour regardless of their age, giving rise to the saying ‘Diamonds are forever’.
They are popularly believed to be indestructible, but in fact they can break and chip, particularly when
stored with other diamonds.
Some of the world’s most fabulous and famous diamonds include the Great Star of Africa, the Mountain
of Light, the Excelsior, the Idol’s Eye, the Regent and the Blue Hope. The first two of these fabulous
stones belong with the British monarchy’s Crown Jewels in the Tower of London. The Excelsior originally
weighed 995 carats, but has now been cut down into ten pieces. The Idol’s Eye is the size of a small egg,
and has a blue tinge. It was once stolen from its setting in the eye of an idol. The Regent is considered to be
the world’s most beautiful diamond due to its perfect cut. Napoleon Bonaparte once set it into the hilt of a
sword. It is kept in the Louvre museum of Paris. The Blue Hope diamond is reputed to be cursed. Several
of its owners have suffered a series of catastrophes, resulting in the deaths of their families and loss of their
fortunes. The diamond is on display in Washington’s Smithsonian Institute.
Know your diamonds

When buying diamonds, there are some specific qualities to consider. Diamond merchants call these
the ‘Four Cs’.
• Cut: The finished shape of a diamond is achieved by cutting and polishing it to create a series of flat planes
on the surface. Diamonds can be cut in a variety of shapes, including pear, emerald, princess, radiant, heart,
oval and marquise.
• Clarity: A cut diamond sparkles because its cut facets reflect the light. If the stone is flawless, it will appear
particularly brilliant.
• Carat: Diamonds are weighed in carats – one carat equals about 200 milligrams.
• Colour: Diamonds occur in nature in a range of colours, from clear (or ‘Icy White’) to blue, red, yellow,
green, pink, violet and black.
Five ways to spot a fake

Some jewellers and unscrupulous dealers try to pass off fake diamonds as the real thing. But there are some
foolproof ways of telling whether or not a diamond is genuine.
• Because diamonds are highly refractive, they bend light sharply. So, if you look through an unmounted
stone directly from the top, you should not be able to see the bottom.
• If you place the stone upside down on a piece of newspaper, you will not be able to see the newsprint due
to refraction. If you can see the black ink, even as grey smudges, it’s probably not a real diamond.
• Rainbow reflections within the diamond are a sign that it’s either a fake or a low-grade stone. Real
diamonds create grey coloured reflections inside the stone.
• If you’re still not sure, have the diamond X-rayed. Real diamonds do not appear on X-rays. Glass, cubic
zirconias, quartz crystals and other substitute materials show up as opaque when X-rayed.
• Perhaps the simplest test is to put it in a glass of water. Real diamonds sink in water, whereas fakes float.
DIAMONDS, CONT.
Sample questions
1 The phrase enduring properties refers to
how expensive diamonds are.
how resilient diamonds are. THINGS TO KNOW
how rare diamonds are. The word enduring means long
lasting or resilient.
how attractive diamonds are.
2 Which statement is correct?

The Great Star of Africa and the Mountain of Light are among the British Crown Jewels.
The Great Star of Africa and the Excelsior are among the British Crown Jewels.
The Blue Hope is on display in the Louvre.
HINT
The Blue Hope is in the Tower of London.
Carefully re-read the opening
sentences of the second paragraph.
3 Which diamond has now been cut into ten pieces?
The Excelsior
The Idol’s Eye HINT
The Mountain of Light With questions that do not provide
a paragraph number you need to
The Regent
skim read to find the answer.
Practice questions
4 Which famous diamond was once set into a sword’s handle?
Napoleon Bonaparte The Great Star of Africa The Regent The Louvre
5 The information presented as the Four Cs can be summarised as

shape, sparkle, weight and colour.
value, clarity, carrots and colour.
rarity, brilliance, flaws and colour.
shape, cut, weight and colour.
6 The word flawless is

a noun. a verb. an adjective. an adverb.
7 According to the text, diamonds can be

changed into pears.
turned into emeralds.
melted into hearts.
cut into a variety of shapes.
DIAMONDS, CONT.
8 We can deduce from the text that a one-carat diamond weighs

the same as a car. the same as a carrot. a gram. one-fifth of a gram.
9 A dealer who is unscrupulous may

try to cut up your diamond.
tell you how to spot a fake diamond.
try to sell you a fake diamond.
try to sell you a genuine diamond.
10 Substitutes for real diamonds that are often used in jewellery include
glass and crystals.
glass and quarts.
cubic zirconias and quartz crystals.
diamonds and cubic zirconias.
11 The cheapest, easiest and most reliable way to tell if a diamond is fake is to
put it in water.
have it X-rayed.
have it cut.
ask an unscrupulous dealer.
12 People reading this text can find out information about

famous diamonds, places to dig for diamonds and how to clean your diamonds.
diamond mining, diamond shopping and diamond cutting.
famous diamonds, qualities of diamonds and how to recognise fake diamonds.
famous diamonds, making jewellery and how to keep your diamonds secure.
13 The purpose of this text is to

review. inform. argue. debate.
14 The style of this text is

formal. informal. imaginative. academic.
double Trouble
Milo ate slowly as usual, and as he was munching away he heard a thump, signalling
that Mrs Chester had shut the back door. It wasn’t until he’d heard the latch
click into place that, once again, Milo remembered his resolution to venture
outside during the night to have a real adventure. His owners locked him in
at night for his own safety, so they said. Well, it seemed that tonight there would be no opportunity to get
out. Mrs Chester already had on her mauve slippers, so she wouldn’t be going outside again. Whenever she
wore those slippers, she intended to stay indoors. Sometimes the mauve slippers stayed on all day – often
accompanied by the hair curlers. There was no going outside with slippers in the Chester household.
Milo looked around the house to see what Mr Chester was doing, and to reconnoitre the twins’ location, so he
could establish himself somewhere he would be left alone. He trotted down the hallway and peered in through
the doorway. There they were – the little monsters – both sitting quietly for once. But when Milo saw what they
were doing, he realised why they seemed so calm. The horrible little boys were busy cutting apart their soft toys,
Tristan using Mr Chester’s fishing knife and Crispin with Mrs Chester’s good sewing scissors. There they sat, on
the floor surrounded by furry limbs, foam stuffing and dismembered toys, like a pair of crazed taxidermists.
The ginger shape of Milo crept silently past the door, hoping not to attract the twins’ attention. He looked
in to the living room to check on Mr Chester, who was doing a crossword in the newspaper and had the
television on. Mrs Chester was folding linen in the dining room and sighing loudly each time she passed the
doorway to the living room, as if she wanted to alert her husband to the fact that she was still doing housework
at this hour.
Milo felt his eyelids starting to grow sluggish. His belly was full of food, making him feel warm all over.
It was amazing that no matter how much time he spent sleeping, he was always tired again at night.
He could quite easily have settled in by the fire for a good long nap. Without warning, Milo suddenly felt
himself being lifted up from above, and his head being twisted to come face to face with Tristan.
“No Tristy. Leave Milo alone. He’s just had his dinner.” By the sound of Mrs Chester’s voice, it seemed she’d
been expecting this. Milo resisted and struggled to break free of Tristan’s grip. The boy couldn’t maintain his
hold and the cat easily escaped. But Tristan was not to be deterred.
“I need a TAIL!” he howled, coming after Milo wielding the fishing knife.
“Oh dear! What are you doing with that knife? Now Tristy darling, don’t make Mummy sad!” Mrs Chester
scurried to chase him down the hall, her shrill voice echoing in the confined space. The commotion attracted
the attention of Crispin, whose eyes lit up madly as he joined in the chase.
“Crispy – be a good boy. Don’t make Mummy sad! Give me those scissors please.” But Crispy put them
behind his back defiantly, and stood his ground, daring his mother to snatch them. She soon gave up that
game, and Tristy and Crispy launched themselves at a flying pace after Milo again.
“Boys! Stop running in the house! Don’t make Mummy sad! Please!” Mrs Chester called helplessly. As
Tristan flashed past her, she caught hold of her son’s blade-wielding arm, which was flailing dangerously
close to his mother.
“Mummy said NO, Tristan!” Using the boy’s full name momentarily got his attention, but the word “no” presented
a problem. This was clearly a word that had not yet found a peg on which to hang in the young boy’s brain.
“You’re scaring him!” Mrs Chester pleaded. She hesitated, half-believing that her sons might
actually attempt to sever the cat’s tail. Then, to put a stop to the antics and any potential anatomical
experimentation, she scooped up a bewildered Milo and put him outside. Latching the back door, she
removed the silver key and slipped it into her pocket. And that is how it came to be that on a certain
evening not so long ago, Milo the Housebound suddenly found himself outside at night.
By Ally Chumley
DOUBLE TROUBLE, CONT.
Sample questions
1 Which is the odd one out of this group of nouns?
blade sewing scissors fishing knife knife
2 One example of irony in the text is

TRAP!
the way that the twins are using safety scissors. All but one are used as synonyms
for fishing knife in the text.
the cat is kept in for his own safety, then put
outside for his own safety.
that Mrs Chester is being ignored by the twins. HINT
that it is a cold night. This is a test of your grasp of irony.
Irony is using words that convey
the opposite to their usual meaning.
Practice questions It can also describe unexpected
humour, often occurring by chance.
3 What do the mauve slippers represent?
Mrs Chester’s favourite colour
Mrs Chester’s patterns of behaviour
Mrs Chester’s liking for comfortable footwear
Mrs Chester’s disregard for fashion
4 Which desire of Milo’s is implied, rather than literally mentioned, by the writer?
to go outside for an adventure
to be left alone
to go to sleep
to get away from the twins
5 The phrase anatomical experimentation means

stabbing and cutting things.
cutting up body parts and putting them back together.
playing with scissors and other sharp implements.
playing with soft toys.
6 The word that is an antonym for suddenly is

sluggish. easily. gradually. busy.
DOUBLE TROUBLE, CONT.
7 The statement she was still doing housework at this hour is in italics to
indicate that Mrs Chester is speaking these words to her husband.
imply that Mrs Chester hates doing housework.
show that Mrs Chester has an accent.
show that Mrs Chester frequently says the same thing aloud.
8 The word NO is capitalised to show

that it is the most important word in the sentence.
that it is being spoken by Mrs Chester.
that Tristan ignores instructions.
that it is being shouted.
9 The phrase a peg on which to hang is used to symbolise

a place in Tristan’s brain.
what the boys try to do to the cat.
Mrs Chester’s laundry.
Mrs Chester’s kitchen.
10 The tone of the text indicates that the writer is

impressed by the good behaviour of the twins.
critical of Mrs Chester’s inability to control her sons.
approving of Mrs Chester.
sympathetic toward Mrs Chester.
11 The repetition of the phrase Don’t make Mummy sad! reveals that Mrs Chester
will do anything to avoid feeling sad.
has well-behaved children.
is routinely defied by her children.
is a strong-willed woman.
12 The direct speech of Mrs Chester is full of

instructions. invitations. jokes. descriptions.
13 Milo tries to move quietly in order to

be able to sneak outside.
creep up on Mr Chester.
remain inconspicuous to the twins.
amuse himself.
The PIraTe Queen

Author Barbara Sjoholm has thoroughly researched this wonderful new book, which I’ve
fallen for hook, line and sinker. Sjoholm spent months voyaging around the North Atlantic,
following in the wake of the notorious Grace O’Malley, now immortalised as the Pirate Queen.
O’Malley was a bona fide female pirate who raided numerous trading ships off the Irish coast during the
16th century. At the height of her maritime career, Grace O’Malley had 200 men under her command and
owned a large amount of property, including farmland and a castle.
The author has skilfully untangled the threads of truth and legend to bring to her readers some truly
captivating tales about O’Malley’s exploits in centuries past. One story that seems to epitomise the Pirate
Queen’s unquenchable spirit tells of a young Grace who wished to accompany her father on a voyage to Spain.
Predictably, he refused permission with the excuse that her long hair would become caught in the ship’s ropes.
Undaunted, Grace promptly took up the scissors and cut off all her hair, donned a pair of men’s trousers, then
haughtily boarded the ship. Sjoholm presents us with a treasure chest of such tales, which we like to hope are true.
O’Malley was reputed to be attractive, highly intelligent and well educated. In the book, Sjoholm relates an
occasion when O’Malley met and conversed with Queen Elizabeth I in 1593, regaling her with wild tales
of her extensive travels and keeping the monarch completely entranced. This swashbuckling story has all
the mythic elements of shipboard life – from mermaids to sea monsters, and some not so mythic as well –
blood, greed and revenge. It’s a whale of a tale that readers are certain to enjoy.
By Jake Hunter
Sample questions
1 According to the text, Barbara Sjoholm
HINT
was a bona fide female pirate.
You need to make the distinction
is the author of a new book.
between the author and the subject.
was born in the 16th century.
once met Queen Elizabeth I.
THINGS TO KNOW
Use the context to help you work
2 From the context of the text, the most likely meaning of maritime is out the meaning of unfamiliar words.
piracy. seafaring. Spanish. Irish.
3 The reviewer’s response to the book is

HINT
positive and enthusiastic.
Consider the reviewer’s tone and
negative and critical.
his attitude towards the book.
bored and indifferent. Look for emotive words, for
sarcastic and bitter. example, wonderful and skilfully.
4 The word entranced in the last paragraph means

having entered a room.
THINGS TO KNOW
having boarded a ship. TRAP! Always look out for words
that are used in a non-literal
held prisoner. This question is asking you to
(or figurative) sense.
held in a trance. use the context to find different
senses and meanings of the word.
THE PIRATE QUEEN, CONT.
Practice questions
5 The reviewer praises Barbara Sjoholm because she
is now immortalised as the Pirate Queen.
is one of only a few female pirates in history.
is intelligent and well-educated.
has done thorough research.
6 The phrase hook, line and sinker in the first sentence is

an example of a simile.
an example of personification.
a reference to piracy.
a common idiom related to fishing.
7 The correct spelling of the word that means “more than one month” is
months. month’s. moths. months’.
8 How many employees did Grace O’Malley have at one point in her career?
200 16 1600 1593
9 In the second paragraph, what is one thing Grace O’Malley did that was unusual for women of her time?
found a treasure chest
grew her hair long
wore men’s trousers
disobeyed her father
10 Which phrase is not a reference to sea travel?

voyaging around the North Atlantic
following in the wake
seafaring
it’s a whale of a tale
11 According to the reviewer, Barbara Sjoholm has untangled

fishing knots. ship’s ropes. truth and legend. mythic elements.
THE PIRATE QUEEN, CONT.
12 Which of the following terms from the text refers to a real person?
mermaid sea monster legend monarch
13 This text is
a feature article. a news article. an advertisement. a book review.
14 One piece of information not included in the text is the

price of the book.
reviewer’s reaction to the book.
author’s name.
subject matter of the book.
15 The book The Pirate Queen appears to be presenting information that is

technical. fictional. hysterical. historical.
16 The phrase a whale of a tale in the last sentence contains

rhyme. alliteration. personification. emotive language.
17 Jake Hunter believes

readers will enjoy the book.
readers should become seafarers.
readers should admire pirates.
female readers will enjoy the book more than males.
18 The three women mentioned in this text are

O’Malley, Sjoholm and Grace.
O’Malley, Sjoholm and Queen Elizabeth I.
O’Malley, Queen Elizabeth I and a female pirate.
O’Malley, Sjoholm and Barbara.
The Crash of flIghT 123

The last minutes of Japan Airlines Flight 123 from Tokyo have been the subject of intense debate since the Boeing
747 crashed on August 12, 1985. It remains to date the worst single plane air crash in history with 520 souls lost.
Twelve minutes into a domestic run from Haneda Airport, Tokyo to Osaka, Flight 123 experienced every pilot
and passenger’s nightmare – a total loss of hydraulic pressure, which rendered the piloting controls useless. The
plane was out of control for the next 27 minutes, having lost the stabilising section of its tail after a rear bulkhead
blew. The vertical fin was ejected and the four sets of hydraulic-control lines which enable the pilot’s controls were
blasted away. The crew desperately tried to stabilise the plane using only engine thrust and the flaps. Despite these
efforts, the jet Dutch-rolled downward at an incomprehensible speed of 18,000 feet per minute, a pace that only
fighter jets can handle. Captain Takahama tried to regain control of the plane, right up until 18:56, the moment
of impact. The 747 crashed into the lower slopes of Mount Osutaka, located 113 kilometres northwest of Tokyo,
where it exploded into flames. Miraculously, four people escaped alive from the wreckage of Flight 123.
Upon investigation, it was discovered that the structural failure of the aircraft’s fuselage bulkhead could be
traced to a poor repair job seven years prior to the tragedy. Back in 1978, defective repairs had been made
in Osaka by Boeing engineers. The plane’s tail section had touched the tarmac in a heavy landing, causing
damage to the tail. The fuselage plate did not extend across the full site of the damage, leaving a single line
of rivets to carry the load of three lines. Boeing’s fuselage repair specifications reveal that a single row of
rivets is insufficient to hold the panel in place, and that three rows are required. Questions have been raised
as to the reasons for the failure of Boeing’s repair-work inspection procedures – a failure in the quality
control of engineering, which ultimately cost hundreds of families dearly.
Sample questions HINT

1 Mount Osutaka is located This is asking you to recount
113 miles northwest of Toyko. information from the text.
113 kilometres northwest of Tokyo.
in Osaka. TRAP!
18,000 feet from Haneda Airport. Check the units of
measurement in the text.
2 Which term is not referring to an aeroplane?
aircraft
HINT TRAP!
747
This is a vocabulary question. Sometimes synonyms can be
jet confused by their context.
engine For example, aeroplanes have
engines, but the two words
3 Who does the author imply are the most to blame for the tragedy? are not synonymous.
the passengers and their families
the pilot and flight crew
HINT
repair workers and safety inspectors
This requires you to infer
Captain Takahama and the air traffic controllers meaning by summarising
the details in the text.
THE CRASH OF FLIGHT 123, CONT.
Practice questions
4 The first sentence of the text suggests that
people agree about who is to blame for the crash.
people disagree about who is to blame for the crash.
people agree about what happened in the minutes immediately before the crash.
people disagree about what happened in the minutes immediately before the crash.
5 The first sentence of the text has the effect of

briefly summarising the text.
influencing the reader to believe the story.
giving detailed information about who was to blame for the crash.
presenting supporting information to build an argument.
6 Flight JAL123 was bound for

Tokyo. Haneda Airport. Boeing. Osaka.
7 The phrase a domestic run reveals that

Flight 123’s passengers worked as cleaners.
Flight 123 was scheduled to make an international trip.
Flight 123’s passengers were all Japanese citizens.
Flight 123 was making a trip within Japan.
8 In the second paragraph, the phrase the next 27 minutes refers to

the period of time it took to get to the crash’s survivors.
the period of time that the plane had been airborne before problems developed.
the period of time that it took for the flight crew to regain control of the aircraft.
the period of time in which the pilot tried to stabilise the plane.
9 According to the text, the total period of time that the flight stayed airborne was
exactly 12 minutes. exactly 15 minutes. at least 39 minutes. less than 27 minutes.
10 Why does the author use miraculously in the second paragraph?

because it was a miracle that so many people were killed in the crash
because it was a miracle that so few people were killed in the crash
because it was a miracle that anyone survived the crash
because it was a miracle that so few people were on the plane that day
THE CRASH OF FLIGHT 123, CONT.
11 The investigators found that the plane had crashed

because of a poor repair job that lead to structural failure.
because it ran out of fuel.
because the pilot had flown at speeds that only a fighter jet could handle.
because the plane’s tail section had touched the runway at take-off.
12 Investigators concluded that the crash occurred due to events that happened
in 1985.
in the cockpit.
in the atmosphere.
seven years earlier.
13 How many rows of rivets should have been used in replacing the fuselage plate?
four three two one
14 Which line of the passage does not contain emotive language?

The crew desperately tried to stabilise the plane
Miraculously, four people escaped alive from the wreckage of Flight 123
Flight 123 experienced every pilot and passenger’s nightmare
Captain Takahama tried to regain control of the plane
15 Which word is the odd one out?

blasted exploded blew flames
16 Which of these words cannot be used as a verb?

leaving structural handle escaped
17 Why does the reporter state that the accident cost hundreds of families dearly?
because the crash ruined people’s travel plans
because the crash forced the price of airfares to increase
because it was expensive to mount a rescue mission
because it resulted in the deaths of their loved ones
beaChed
Oh – the strength of him!
The power and size of him.
Majestic in a cumbersome form,
covered in great grey sleekness.
Where is his family?
Has he been alone in his sorrow?
Was his hugeness racked with pain?
Was he aware of hurting, helping hands?
Or, unlike his human co-habitants
on this vast planet,
did he accept the fate of all creatures great and small –
Death – undignified and alone?
by Colleen Minett
Sample questions
1 Which stanza implies that the creature being described in the poem is a whale?
first stanza
THINGS TO KNOW
second stanza
Stanza is another name for verse. Look for visual
third stanza
descriptions (designed to appeal to the sense of sight).
stanzas two and three
2 What technique has been used repeatedly throughout the second stanza?
answers
questions
TRICK
exclamations Look for punctuation marks
to provide the clues.
quotations
3 Which word in the poem is an antonym for big?

size
HINT
majestic
An antonym is a word
hugeness
that has an opposite
small meaning.
4 What is one word that describes the whale’s appearance?

cumbersome
grey
TRAP!
TRAP! The words cumbersome and strength
vast
The word vast doesn’t refer are characteristics, but they do not
strength describe the whale’s appearance.
to the whale.
BEACHED, CONT.
Practice questions
5 What does the phrase great grey sleekness specifically describe?
the whale
the whale’s skin
the surface of the water
the whale’s tail
6 What is being described as this vast planet?

the whale the Earth the sun the beach
7 What description tells us that people tried to help the whale but did more harm than good?
helping, hurting hands
hurting, helping hands
where is his family?
unlike his human co-habitants
8 How many lines are taken up by the longest question in the poem?
one two three four
9 What punctuation mark is not used in the poem?

colon question mark comma dash
10 The past tense used in the second and third stanzas tells us that
the incident happened a long time ago.
the whale must have died.
the whale must have survived.
the whale accepted his fate.
11 Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

power and size
grey sleekness
hugeness
hurting, helping hands
SeCTION 2 PRACTICE TEST PAPER YEAR 7 READING
INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
Use a 2B pencil to show your answers.
For the multiple choice questions, show your answers by shading the matching bubble.
If you make a mistake, erase the shading and shade the correct bubble.
Read each text carefully, and then answer the Test Questions that begin on page 51.
You may refer back to the texts at any time during the test.
Meet Michelle Robinson
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson was born in Chicago, USA, on January 17, 1964, the
daughter of Frasier and Marian Robinson. Frasier worked for the public water company
that supplies the city, and Marian was a full-time mum to Michelle and her older
brother Craig. The family endured some difficult times when Frasier was diagnosed
with multiple sclerosis. Unable to afford to own a house, the Robinsons lived in a
rented bungalow. They spent their leisure time playing board games, reading books
and enjoying modest family holidays when they could afford them.
Because of her strong academic achievements in school, Michelle was offered a place at
Princeton University, where she studied sociology. Her main area of research was the
racial attitudes of other students to African-Americans like herself at the university.
Because of the prejudices of some students, she felt like she didn’t really belong at
the university and worried that she would become a fringe-dweller rather than a fully
accepted figure in mainstream American society.
After her graduation, Michelle studied law at Harvard before she joined a corporate law
firm in Chicago. In 1989, Michelle was assigned as a mentor to a Harvard law student,
a young African-American man completing a work experience program. She helped
the newcomer gain confidence in his role with the firm, and found him to be friendly
and fun to be around. After about a month of turning him down, Michelle eventually
agreed to go out on a date with the persistent young man. The pair continued dating,
eventually marrying in October 1992.
The pair worked together on many projects during their early years of married life together.
In 1998 Michelle and her husband, Barack, welcomed a daughter, Malia, into their lives,
and another, Natasha – known as Sasha – in 2001. Today, Michelle lives in the White
House in Washington DC with her husband, the President of the United States of America.
By Bennie Bowen
Preparation Massage
Prior to starting the shampoo, greet your client and try Massage the scalp using a slow, rhythmic and
to put them at ease. Place a towel around the client’s continuous pressure. During the scalp massage you
neck, ensuring that it is tucked firmly into the collar at should not talk to the client – this is their time to relax.
the back. Ask them to sit back in the chair. Make sure After the massage, rinse the client’s hair thoroughly
you adjust the basin to ensure that no water will leak with warm water.
down their back.
Drying
Shampoo Towel-dry the client’s hair, taking care to dry inside and
Once the client is comfortable, you can then start the around the ears. Ensure you are not too vigorous in drying
shampoo. Ensure that the water temperature is warm. the hair, as some clients have more sensitive scalps than
Wet a small part of the client’s head and ask if the others. Remove the towel from the client’s neck.
temperature is right for them. If the client is happy
you can then go ahead and wet down all of the hair. Follow-up
Squeeze a small amount of cleanser onto your hand Ensure that you comb out the client’s hair before you
and rub your hands together to form a lather before take them to the workstation. This makes them feel a
applying it to the hair. This helps to distribute the little more presentable before they are seated in front
proteins for an even application. Repeat the process. of the mirror. It also saves the stylist from needing to
do it when it comes time to cut, style or treat the hair.
Conditioning
Add a small amount of conditioning milk to the hair,
ensuring that the milk is evenly distributed throughout.
This milk is a leave-in product, and does not require
rinsing. Lightly towel-dry the hair to remove the excess
water so the conditioning milk can properly coat the hair.
The basket
Rolls of wicker fall about,
hands weaving in and out
shaping such a pretty thing
a basket for flowers, bread or string.
Working the cane on a sundrenched morn,
hands gnarled, nails chipped and torn.
Time today for just one more.
Old brown back is bent and sore.
Given now as a token of love,
forgotten are the hands that wove,
forming the shape over work-worn knee
on that island far across the sea.
By Colleen Minett
Basket weaving in the Cook Islands

The Cook Islands (or Kuki Airani) is a South Pacific nation comprising fifteen small
islands. The total population is 15,000, half of whom live in the capital, Raratonga.
The people of the Cook Islands lead simple lives. The main industries are fishing, black
pearl farming, plant cultivation, hunting and handicrafts, including basket weaving.
Basket weavers use materials gathered from coconut palms to complete their work.
The large palm fronds are cut from the trees and used while they remain green and
flexible. The centre strands are removed, and the whole frond is folded. Then the
leaves of each side are plaited together. This type of basket is simple and easy to
make. Most islanders can create one in a matter of minutes.
More difficult is the task of weaving baskets from a material the islanders call ta’a.
This fibre comes from the unopened leaf shoots found at the tops of coconut palms.
It requires special preparation including boiling, stripping and drying processes
before it is usable for the weavers. A weaver typically spends several days turning
the fibres into thin white strips ready for weaving.
The art of basket weaving and other forms of craft is under threat from the growing
trend of migration among the young people of the Cook Islands. Because of the
country’s geographical isolation, its poor infrastructure and exposure to frequent
natural disasters, its potential for economic growth is small. Education and health
services are limited, causing parents to send their children to schools in Australia
and New Zealand. This has led to the breakdown of the learning cycle that once
ensured that skills like basket weaving were passed down to future generations.
Today, Cook Islanders are struggling to find new markets for their traditional craft
products, which are being replaced by mass-produced, cheap plastic substitutes.
Della was lost in her thoughts when her “Marco!” shrieked Della’s mother. She
mother came to the door of her room. threw her arms around his neck and said
She entered, hands outstretched, with something that came out muffled.
tears pouring down her face. Della’s heart “Laura! Dell-dell!” her father breathed,
constricted inside her. She feared that tears welling up in his eyes. He clung to
what her mother had to say next would his wife tightly, his eyes squeezed shut
shatter her. She could hardly breathe. over the escaping tears.
“They’ve found him!” Her mother sobbed. Della waited for her mother to disentangle
“They’ve found him, Della. He’s alive! He’s herself from her father and then hugged
in the hospital.” him herself.
Della saw and heard the relief of her “Are you alright? What happened? We
mother, but strangely she didn’t feel it thought we’d lost you!”
herself. All she could say was, “Oh!”.
Della’s father shook his head, smiling at
Della had heard various families talk of the flood of questions.
the waiting, and the horror of not knowing
“I – I – – I don’t remember. I can’t.” her
what had happened to their missing loved
father paused. ‘I know it isn’t an answer,
one, but it hadn’t affected her until now.
but it’s just a total blank. I just woke up
She realised that she and her mother
here in hospital with all these people
had been living in a state of suspension
around me asking me questions – police,
from normal life. There were no plans
nurses, doctors. I’ve had to tell them all
from day to day beyond continuing the
the same thing. I just don’t remember
search. Eating was a necessity, sleeping
anything.’
a difficulty. Both Della and her mother felt
nothing but the need to wait, wait, wait “It will all come in time,” Laura soothed,
until the resolution came. Della simply stroking her husband’s forehead. “Just
dreaded the thought that each day would give it time, and rest. Questions can wait.
close with nothing – no news, no call. What’s most important now is that we
And so on this day, the eighteenth day have you back.”
since her father’s disappearance, the By Ally Chumley
temporariness ended and life began again.
In the hospital bed closest to the door
was a familiar figure, looking a little paler
than usual.
Two sides, evenly balanced, yet with totally different styles of playing – the Adelaide
Falcons, equipped with speed and tenacity versus the Hobart Hawks relying on skill and
experience. This turned out to be a fiercely fought game with both sides desperate to
dominate from the opening whistle. In their last three encounters, Adelaide has beaten
Hobart twice and drawn in the third game. The Falcons came into this game with a good
deal of confidence from those wins.
Things began evenly and the game remained scoreless for some time. The deadlock was
broken 25 minutes in when some excellent work down the left flank created a corner for
Hobart. Danielle D’Andrea curled the kick in for Charlotte Mitchell to beat the keeper with
a firmly directed header.
Hobart quickly doubled their lead when an excellent through-ball by Jade Chang found
Angela Waite on the edge of the penalty box. Waite brought the ball down with her thigh
and drilled it past a despairing keeper. Hobart went in two goals to the good at half time
and deservedly so on the balance of play. Adelaide’s speed and youth were no match for
the intelligent thinking of the older Hobart players.
Not a lot separated the teams through the early stages of the second half. The Hawks
relaxed and took their foot off the pedal. But Adelaide is a very strong side and they were
not going to lie down without a fight. Midway through the second half, the Falcons earned
a throw-in. As the throw entered the danger zone, goalie Jo Durrheim came to catch the
ball at the near post. The low sun caught her off guard and she mistimed her reaction,
allowing the ball to slip through her hands and into the net.
With the score at 2:1, the Falcons had a sniff of a comeback and began to apply pressure
on the Hawks’ goal. It seemed that Hobart panicked and lost their way for almost
20 minutes as the pressure built. The vibe was that the Hawks couldn’t hold
on any longer, but things were about to change.
Some good work in clearing their lines found Parvati Sharma
on the right wing challenging for the ball. She beat two
defenders, ran to the goal line and then pulled back
a pass that found Angela Waite in space. Waite
hit the ball first time and slotted it into the left
hand side of the goal. The supporters went
a little crazy with excitement and their
coach ran onto the pitch and had to be
ordered off by the fourth official.
With only seconds to spare, the
pressure was off and the Hawks
began to celebrate early. It was
a great climax to a brilliant year
that saw them lose only one
game all season – ironically, to
Adelaide. Hobart received two
trophies today – one for winning
the Minor Premiership and one
for becoming Major Premiers
as Grand Final champs. So the
Hawks achieved the double
this year after being wooden
spooners this time last season.
Congratulations girls! It was a
well-deserved win.
By Catherine Joye
The period of Australian history from 1788 In 1822 a new penal station was formed at
to the 1820s was fraught with unanticipated Macquarie Harbour in Van Diemen’s Land.
difficulties, forcing both the original and It was separated by dense and mountainous
the new inhabitants to struggle for their bushland from the Hobart settlement. It
very survival. The problems that emerged in was developed in accordance with Britain’s
Van Diemen’s Land (now called Tasmania) policy of establishing places of secondary
concerned very basic matters such as punishment for convicts who committed
insufficient food supplies and the keeping of further crimes once in Australia, and was
general law and order. Other areas in which designed to discourage escape attempts. But
they struggled included the development the remoteness of these various outposts also
of a workforce, the establishment of a safe, cut the inhabitants off from vital supplies.
family-friendly society, and the Anglo-
European settlers’ gross mistreatment of the The governors of Van Diemen’s Land
Indigenous people of Australia. At times, battled in vain to establish law and order.
some Indigenous groups resisted the invading The largely uneducated status of the
forces, and the newcomers responded by newcomers, their criminal persuasion, and
mercilessly slaughtering them. The effects their disregard for law and order led to a
of this large scale genocide are still being good deal of petty crime, violent brawls and
felt by Australia’s Indigenous people today. generally uncivilised behaviour. But the
The lengthy fight for survival in this harsh isolation of the island colony was by far the
land created environments and events in the most alarming threat to law and order.
colonies that were far from civilised. The grave imbalance between the sexes
During the years that Britain began created a male-dominated society that was
transporting felons to Australia, food was in no place for children, and which moulded
short supply. The governors failed miserably in a certain crudeness into the characters of
their attempts to inspire the convicts to work many of its inhabitants. The lack of law in
the land, and this led to dire shortages and Van Diemen’s Land, and its remoteness,
subsequent food rations. All work had to be made it a fearful environment in which to
done by hand, as few farming implements were raise a family. It was some time before free
transported from England. Despite being cheap settlers arrived to bring a more balanced
workers, the convicts were mostly an unskilled influence to this colony.
and unwilling labour force. Fish and kangaroo By Andrew Waite
meat were relied upon when other provisions
failed. During this period, to be caught stealing
food was punishable by execution.
In New South Wales, Governor Arthur
Phillip relied on imported foodstuffs from
Norfolk Island. But in Van Diemen’s
Land, there was no such supply available,
although the fertility of the soil eased the
food crisis in time. By the early 1800s, the
starvation problem had eased somewhat, due
to developments in agriculture. The wheat
supply gradually increased, allowing the
colony to become self-sufficient.
YEAR 7 - LITERACY - Reading
Read Aladdin and the wonderful lamp on page 43 and answer Questions 1 to 6.
1 In the first line, the word ascended means

went up.
went down.
slid on.
built.
2 The text indicates that

the Dervish is Aladdin’s father.
Aladdin calls the Dervish Uncle.
Aladdin is the Dervish’s uncle.
the Dervish’s first name is Aladdin.
3 We can see that the text is a drama script because of

what Aladdin says.
the words in capital letters.
the layout of the text.
what happens in the story.
4 The Narrator is
one of the characters in the play.
the storyteller in the play.
the writer of the play.
Aladdin’s uncle.
5 What event is simulated using special sound and light effects?

a fire
a magical disappearance
an earthquake
a genie’s appearance
6 Who ends up with the lamp at the end of this scene?

Aladdin
the Dervish
the Narrator
no one
Read The world’s coolest T-shirt? on page 44 and answer Questions 7 to 12.
7 The text makes it clear that

playing air guitar takes great skill.
playing air guitar is an imaginary skill.
air guitars are of real benefit to society.
air guitar players have similar skills to researchers.
8 The writer of this text is

Dr Peter Helmer.
Dr Richard Helmer
a CSIRO researcher.
not mentioned by name.
9 The Wearable Instrument Shirt is called the WIS. The shortening of the name to these
three letters is an example of
an abbreviation.
an acronym.
a nickname.
a scientific name.
10 Researchers say we could be seeing more intelligent clothing like the WIS in years to come.
In this statement, the word we is referring to
researchers.
society.
Dr Helmer and his associates.
the CSIRO.
11 The title The World’s Coolest T-shirt? implies

that T-shirts are cool garments.
that playing the air guitar is cool.
that wearing hi-tech clothing is cool.
all of the above.
12 In the line we suspect that Dr Helmer has played a bit too much air guitar in his spare time,
the writer is using humour to emphasise the contrast between
a serious research scientist and the silliness of air guitar playing.
air guitar sounds and real musical notes.
the ordinary functions of clothing and the use of hi-tech equipment.
human arm movements and the creation of electronic musical sounds.
Read Meet Michelle Robinson on page 45 and answer Questions 13 to 18.
13 This text is a biography. It has been organised

in order of the importance of certain events in Michelle’s life.
in chronological order.
in alphabetical order.
at random.
14 Michelle’s parents are

LaVaughn and Robinson.
Fraser and Marian.
Frasier and Maria.
Frasier and Marian.
15 The second paragraph reveals that Michelle felt like an outsider because
of the prejudices of some students.
of her strong academic achievements.
she was studying sociology.
Princeton was a long way from home.
16 Michelle was married for how many years before having the couple’s first child?
three
four
five
six
17 The young man who completed work experience at Michelle’s corporate law firm was
Craig Robinson.
George W. Bush.
Barack Obama.
Frasier Robinson.
18 From the text, we learn that Michelle and her husband

both studied law at Harvard.
are African-Americans.
live at the White House.
share all of the above in common.
Read Shampooing skills on page 46 and answer Questions 19 to 22.
19 Which sentence shows the correct order of activities described in the text?
Shampoo the hair, adjust the basin, then blow-dry.
Shampoo the hair, massage the scalp, then add conditioner.
Put the client at ease, shampoo the hair, then massage the scalp.
Put a towel around the client’s neck, cut the hair, then comb out the hair.
20 In the second paragraph, the phrase if the client is happy is specifically referring to
the client’s good mood.
the client’s satisfaction with the water temperature.
the client’s enjoyment of getting their hair washed.
things to do if the client is sad.
21 A synonym for vigorous is

rough.
thoughtless.
careless.
delicate.
22 Why is it recommended to comb out the client’s hair after the shampoo?
it is always knotty after a shampoo
it helps the client feel more presentable and saves the stylist some time
it gets rid of excess shampoo
it feels nice on the client’s scalp
Read Basket makers on page 47 and answer Questions 23 to 29.
23 Which of the following groups of words gives the most information about the
basket weaver?
rolls of wicker, a pretty thing, time today
hands gnarled, nails chipped and torn, old brown back bent and sore,
work-worn knee
weaving in and out, a basket for flowers, sundrenched morn, just one more, far across the sea
a token of love, the hands that wove, forming the shape, on that island
24 What punctuation marks appear at the end of the first line in each stanza?
full stops question marks commas dashes
25 The main idea in the poem is that

weaving baskets is easy and good fun.
baskets can be used to hold all sorts of things.
the people who buy and use the baskets don’t think about the worker who made them.
the baskets are quickly forgotten by the people who make them.
26 According to the text, the capital of the Cook Islands is

Cook. Kuki Airani. Raratonga. not mentioned.
27 What two main materials are used for basket weaving?

Kuki Airani and ta’a
coconut palm fronds and ta’a
green ferns and plastic
grass and wicker
28 Why is the skill of basket weaving not being passed down to new generations in the Cook Islands?
the Islanders are struggling to find new markets for their products
frequent natural disasters
cheap plastic substitutes are being made
parents are sending their children to schools in other countries
29 Which of the following best describes these two texts?

The poem provides more factual information than the article.
The article provides more detailed information than the poem.
Both texts provide fictional information.
Both texts provide exactly the same information.
Read Missing on page 48 and answer Questions 30 to 35.
30 Which words indicate that Della’s mother was crying?

tears and shatter
feared and sobbed
could hardly breathe
tears and sobbed
31 According to the text, Della’s father was missing for

seventeen full days.
eighteen full days.
three weeks.
hours.
32 In the hospital, who says I’ve had to tell them all the same thing?
the nurse
Della
Della’s father
Laura
33 According to the text, what thought did Della especially dread?

that her father was dead
that her father had gone missing
that each day would end with no news
that they would receive bad news
34 Who is described as a familiar figure in the third paragraph?

Della’s mother
Marco
Laura
Della
35 What is the most important thing according to Laura?

that Marco is no longer missing
that Marco gets some rest
that Marco is healthy
that Della is happy again
Read Soccer grand final on page 49 and answer Questions 36 to 41.
36 The two teams mentioned in the report are

the Hobart Falcons and the Adelaide Hawks.
the Adelaide Falcons and the Hobart Hawks.
the Hawthorn Hawks and the Hobart Falcons.
the Falcon Hawks and the Adelaide Hawks.
37 According to the text, the Hawks players are

better players.
more experienced.
faster.
fierce.
38 The goalie for the Hawks is

Angela Waite.
Parvati Sharma.
Charlotte Mitchell.
Jo Durrheim.
39 In the sixth paragraph what incident required the intervention of an official?

the Hawks’ coach ran onto the field
the Falcons’ coach ran onto the field
Angela Waite went into space
Parvati Sharma beat two defenders
40 In the last paragraph, the phrase After being wooden spooners this time last season means
the Hawks were given a wooden spoon last year.
the Hawks earned a wooden spoon this year.
the Hawks finished last in this year’s competition.
the Hawks finished last in the previous year’s competition.
41 The language of this text is best described as

formal.
full of soccer jargon.
inappropriate.
poetic.
Read Van Diemen’s Land on page 50 and answer Questions 42 to 50.
42 By what name do we know Van Diemen’s Land today?

Hobart
Britain
Norfolk Island
Tasmania
43 Many of the Indigenous people of Van Diemen’s Land were

grossly mistreated.
mercilessly slaughtered.
the victims of genocide.
all of the above.
44 In the second paragraph, felons refers to the

convicts. farmers. Englishmen. labourers.
45 What food was available in greater quantities in the early 1800s due to developments in agriculture?
kangaroo meat fish wheat rice
46 The author says that the soil in Van Diemen’s Land was
uncivilised. infertile. dry. fertile.
47 What was the biggest threat to law and order in Van Diemen’s Land?
the convicts’ lack of education
the region’s isolation
too many newcomers
uncivilised behaviour
48 Why would free settlers bring a more balanced influence to the society?
because they were farmers
because they knew more about agriculture
because there would be more males
because they weren’t convicted criminals
49 According to the text, Macquarie Harbour was
a place of secondary punishment.
in New South Wales.
made into a penal station in 1811.
in the desert.
50 Which statement would the writer of this text agree with?

Serious problems threatened the survival of the people living in Van Diemen’s Land
in the early 1900s.
There were minor problems obtaining food and other supplies for the people living
in Van Diemen’s Land.
There were major problems encountered in establishing new settlements in Van Diemen’s Land.
Food was in plentiful supply in Van Diemen’s Land in the early 1800s.
ANSWeRS TO SeCTION 1
The invisible circus 6 a volunteer fire fighter.

1 a stage show. 7 entire.
2 how actors can become invisible to an audience. 8 everything was burned and escaped untouched.
3 anything coloured white or fluorescent. 9 put the pedal to the metal.
4 description and questions. 10 if I had delayed turning around.
5 variety. 11 people should be forced to evacuate by authorities if their
6 In the Invisible Circus, the audience can’t see the actors. homes are threatened by fire.
7 covered in black or kept in darkness
8 ultraviolet Power plant protest
9 actors who can’t be seen. 1 letter to a politician.
10 commas and question marks. 2 to create emphasis and add impact to his message
11 supposedly performed by tiny fleas 3 solar rays, wind and waves
4 its structure
Leftovers 5 metaphor.
1 during and after school 6 resources that are able to be replenished.
2 winter 7 the effectiveness of Germany’s energy creation system.
3 onions, garlic, butter, pumpkin, potatoes, milk, 8 vote against the development of the power plant
Chicken Supreme, cream, herbs and salt 9 Australian government leaders
4 because they are the brand name of a product 10 presents a strong argument supported by objective evidence
5 leftover vegetables and statistics.
6 question
7 It is refreshing and makes a good tonic. Salvador Dali
8 scoop off 1 predicted his success before it happened.
9 butter, milk and cream 2 a heart attack.
10 They are quick and easy, and require fewer ingredients than 3 according to different stages in Dali’s life.
the soup. 4 Europe.
11 carrot juice 5 designing, building and painting theatre sets.
6 dream-like.
How to make a periscope 7 that Dali was a famous artist.
1 square in shape. 8 provide information about the life and work of Salvador Dali.
2 four. 9 psychologist.
3 glue. 10 inspiration to paint images from his dreams and fears.
4 Materials and tools
5 submarine. Surfing competition
6 Join the sides of the box, add the end pieces and position 1 to advertise an amateur surfing competition
the mirrors. 2 two
7 duct tape. 3 nothing
8 function as a guide. 4 There’s a trick surfing exhibition that people can watch.
9 periscope, mirror, look 5 surf comp, longboard demo, grommet events and surf lifesaving demos.
10 three 6 Hope to see you there.
7 a beach in Queensland
Black Saturday 8 longboard, grommet, surf ’s up
1 descriptive. 9 three
2 speed, random path and heat.
3 because it was a clearing that might escape being set alight.
4 Both sides of the road ahead were alight.
5 February 7, 2009.
ANSWERS TO SECTION 1, CONT.
Rocksalt Sitting in the rain

1 link the restaurant with its setting. 1 He was hot from his long walk.
2 seafood 2 settled himself.
3 call to book a table. 3 He hadn’t moved.
4 the word advertisement appears in the text. 4 the rain
5 Newcastle. 5 The use of the word swung implies that he did.
6 reputation. 6 They were waxy and kept Sanjeev well hidden.
7 the sea air is refreshing. 7 a drizzle.
8 hold a special event at the restaurant. 8 He could hear it.
9 the wines on offer at the restaurant. 9 a comparison.
10 the indoor tables have weather protection and the views 10 distinguished, refined and nobility.
are unobstructed. 11 sky.
12 to express disbelief
Fancy dress 13 vigorously
1 Abby and her mother 14 iron
2 Mr McDonald is pretending that he’s forgotten to 15 stood, leapt, shaking
go to work.
16 third-person narrative and past tense
3 two.
4 she is eager to make arrangements for the party.
Diamonds
5 coming.
1 how resilient diamonds are.
6 eleven
2 The Great Star of Africa and the Mountain of Light are
7 mother among the British Crown Jewels.
8 get an outfit from the costume shop 3 The Excelsior
9 direct speech. 4 The Regent
10 ancient 5 shape, sparkle, weight and colour.
6 an adjective.
Next-door neighbours 7 cut into a variety of shapes.
1 she is fickle and competitive. 8 one-fifth of a gram.
2 she quickly lost interest in the cat. 9 try to sell you a fake diamond.
3 To imitate the way Shelley says the word. 10 cubic zirconias and quartz crystals.
4 because neither of the girls has siblings 11 put it in water.
5 jealous. 12 famous diamonds, qualities of diamonds and how to
6 a lot of money. recognise fake diamonds.
7 horse, kitten, rabbit, chickens 13 inform.
8 Shelley’s father. 14 informal.
9 Anna.
10 in a wooden crate. Double trouble
11 of her past history with pets. 1 sewing scissors
12 italics. 2 the cat is kept in for his own safety, then put outside for his
13 The weekend is going to be difficult for Anna. own safety.
14 their different personalities. 3 Mrs Chester’s patterns of behaviour
15 that Shelley and Anna have very different lifestyles 4 to get away from the twins
and attitudes. 5 cutting up body parts and putting them back together.
6 gradually.
7 show that Mrs Chester frequently says the same thing aloud.
8 that it is being shouted.
9 a place in Tristan’s brain.
ANSWERS TO SECTION 1, CONT.
10 critical of Mrs Chester’s inability to control her sons. Beached

11 is routinely defied by her children. 1 first stanza
12 instructions. 2 questions
13 remain inconspicuous to the twins. 3 small
4 grey
The Pirate Queen 5 the whale’s skin
1 is the author of a new book. 6 the Earth
2 seafaring. 7 hurting, helping hands
3 positive and enthusiastic. 8 four
4 held in a trance. 9 colon
5 has done thorough research. 10 the whale must have died.
6 a common idiom related to fishing. 11 hurting, helping hands
7 months.
8 200
9 wore men’s trousers
10 it’s a whale of a tale
11 truth and legend.
12 monarch
13 a book review.
14 price of the book.
15 historical.
16 rhyme.
17 readers will enjoy the book.
18 O’Malley, Sjoholm and Queen Elizabeth I.
The crash of Flight 123

1 113 kilometres northwest of Tokyo.
2 engine
3 repair workers and safety inspectors
4 people disagree about what happened in the minutes
immediately before the crash.
5 briefly summarising the text.
6 Osaka.
7 Flight 123 was making a trip within Japan.
8 the period of time in which the pilot tried to stabilize the plane.
9 at least 39 minutes.
10 because it was a miracle that anyone survived the crash
11 because of a poor repair job that led to structural failure.
12 seven years earlier.
13 three
14 Captain Takahama fought to regain control of the plane
15 flames
16 structural
17 because it resulted in the deaths of their loved ones
ANSWeRS TO SeCTION 2
Aladdin and the wonderful lamp Missing

1 went up. 30 tears and sobbed
2 Aladdin calls the Dervish Uncle. 31 seventeen full days.
3 the layout of the text. 32 Della’s father
4 the storyteller in the play. 33 that each day would end with no news
5 an earthquake 34 Marco
6 Aladdin 35 that Marco is no longer missing
The world’s coolest t-shirt? Grand final report

7 playing air guitar is an imaginary skill. 36 the Adelaide Falcons and the Hobart Hawks.
8 not mentioned by name. 37 more experienced.
9 an acronym. 38 Jo Durrheim.
10 society. 39 the Hawks’ coach ran onto the field
11 all of the above. 40 the Hawks finished last in the previous year’s competition.
12 a serious research scientist and the silliness of air 41 full of soccer jargon.
guitar playing.
Van Diemen’s Land
Meet Michelle Robinson 42 Tasmania
13 in chronological order. 43 all of the above.
14 Frasier and Marian. 44 convicts.
15 of the prejudices of some students. 45 wheat
16 six 46 fertile.
17 Barack Obama. 47 the region’s isolation
18 share all of the above in common. 48 because they weren’t convicted criminals
49 a place of secondary punishment.
Shampooing skills 50 There were major problems encountered in establishing
19 Put the client at ease, shampoo the hair, then massage new settlements in Van Diemen’s Land.
the scalp.
20 the client’s satisfaction with the water temperature.
21 rough.
22 it helps the client feel more presentable and saves the
stylist some time
Basket makers
23 hands gnarled, nails chipped and torn, old brown back
bent and sore, work-worn knee
24 commas
25 the people who buy and use the baskets don’t think about
the worker who made them.
26 Raratonga.
27 coconut palm fronds and ta’a
28 parents are sending their children to schools in other
countries
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2 One fact presented in the text is

4 Two techniques used by the writer of this text are

6 Which of these summary statements is accurate?

8 Which term from the text has been abbreviated?

9 The Invisible Circus will present feats performed by

10 Punctuation that is used in the text includes

3 In what order should the pumpkin soup ingredients be used? TRAP!

4 Why are the words Chicken Supreme shown in italics?

8 Which of these terms is not a colloquialism?

9 Which dairy foods are used in the soup recipe?

11 Which of the recipes requires the least ingredients?

how To Make a PerIsCoPe

3 A synonym for adhesive is

5 The word vessel refers to a

6 Which of the following summarises the instructions in the correct order?

8 The phrase to act as runners means to

9 Which of the following contains a verb and two nouns?

7 A word from the second paragraph that means whole is

10 The phrase Had I delayed turning around means

11 Casey believes that

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2 Why does the writer use questions throughout the text?

3 According to Nevio Georgadis, what are three natural resources

6 The term renewable resources means

7 Nevio Georgadis uses statistics to emphasise his points about

8 What does Nevio Georgadis want the minister to do next?

3 The subheadings in the text are organised

7 The writer assumes that readers know

8 The purpose of this text is to

9 Dr Sigmund Freud was a famous

10 Freud’s theories gave Dali

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3 How much does it cost students to watch the surfing competition?

6 In Poster 2, what do you think H2CU there means?

7 Where is the surfing exhibition to be held?

2 What is the main type of food served at Rocksalt?

3 One recommendation made in the text is to TRAP!

5 The restaurant is located in

9 The phrase complementing our fresh, local seafood refers to

10 In the fourth paragraph, clear glass implies that

2 The statement Thanks for reminding me! reveals that

3 The word couple means

5 In the second sentence, the word that is an antonym for going is

6 How many people will be at the party?

7 Which word is the odd one out?

8 Which of the following things does Abby want to do?

9 The use of quotation marks in the text is used to indicate

10 Which of these adjectives is used to describe the clown suit?

3 Why does the writer spell the word dahhhrling incorrectly?

5 The word in the first paragraph that means envious is

6 The phrase a scandalous amount means

7 Which is the order in which Shelley adopted her pets?