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Paper Number: EEAdvanced123

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 Section W1 (25 marks) Marks
Write a composition of 200–250 words on ONE of the following topics: Awarded

1. What would you like to achieve in your life and why?

2. Describe what your country will be like 50 years from now.
3. Give an account of a time someone helped you.
4. ‘E-scooters should be banned.’ Discuss.

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You must do both Task 1 and Task 2
They both relate to the situation below:

You are organising a surprise family party. You want to hire a room in a restaurant.

Task 1- Write a formal letter of 80–100 words to the restaurant.

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In your letter, you should:
• ask about hiring the restaurant
• explain what you need for your party

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(You do not need to include the addresses in the letter.)

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You are organising a surprise family party. You want to hire a room in a restaurant.

Task 2- Write an informal email of about 50 words to your cousin.

In your email, you should:

• invite your cousin to the surprise party

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• ask your cousin if he/she will help you organise it

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 Section R1 (13 marks) Marks
Read the following passage and answer all the questions. Awarded

The Jackfruit in Tijuca National Park

Tijuca National Park is an ‘urban rainforest’, so-called because it grows within the city
of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Locals and tourists enjoy visiting the park, which is the largest
of its kind in the world, but recently there have been concerns about travelling through

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it. Locals are used to wildlife roaming through the forest, and these species are usually

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not dangerous. However, it is a large fruit known as jackfruit that poses a threat. When
people head into the park, they need to be aware of the danger of falling fruit.

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The jackfruit is the world’s largest tree-borne fruit. The biggest ones measure 60 cm
long, and simply holding one is challenging, as the weight can exceed 18 kg. Despite
thriving in Brazil, it is not native to the country. Seedlings of jackfruit, brought in by
Portuguese traders returning from their travels in India several centuries ago, took root

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Tijuca National Park is extremely popular, as the wide paths provide space for walkers
and cyclists to exercise. Recently, however, a cyclist was nearly killed after being

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knocked off his bike by a falling fruit. News of the incident spread through the cycling
community and resulted in demands to have the jack trees removed from the park. With

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over 2,000 among the neighbouring 10,000 trees, this is proving to be a challenging task,
although the Rio Cycling Commission are keen to succeed. One resident, Marisa Furtado,
has suggested an alternative. She has set out to make the unpopular fruit more accepted.
Furtado gathers and sells jackfruits within the local community, donating unsold ones to
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charities, along with recipes to support cooking them properly. Rather than kill the trees,
she wants to harvest the fruit to feed the population.
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In Europe, where vegetarianism is on the rise, jackfruit is popular because of its texture
and the fact it can be used as a meat substitute. It is plentiful in Tijuca National Park,
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making it an economical food source. For this reason, consumption is increasing in Rio.
However, meat is still very popular here, and jackfruit is dismissed by many as being a
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food consumed by the poor. Marisa Furtado is having to work hard to try and make more
people aware of its potential as a ‘superfood’ with very nutritious qualities.
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1. What record does Tijuca National Park hold?

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2. Where does jackfruit originate?

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3. What is the aim of the Rio Cycling Commission?

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4. Despite being large, the jackfruit is relatively light.

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5. The majority of trees in Tijuca National Park are jack trees.

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6. What are the locals worried about in Tijuca National Park?

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A jack trees falling on the roads posing a danger to drivers
B wild animals being attracted to fallen jackfruit in the forest
C injuries caused by the jackfruit dropping on visitors

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7. How does Marisa Furtado help her community?

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A She sells jackfruit to international suppliers.
B She campaigns to change people’s opinions of jackfruit.
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A The number of vegetarians is increasing.

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Write the words in the box. (½ a mark each)

9. Find the word or phrase in the passage which means the SAME as:
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wandering (paragraph 1)
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replacement (paragraph 4)
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10. Find the word or phrase in the passage which means the OPPOSITE of:
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doing badly (paragraph 2)

distant (paragraph 3)
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 Section R2 (7 marks) Marks
Read the six short news stories below. Choose from the articles (A to F) and Awarded
complete the answer grid. The articles may be chosen more than once. One article
should not be chosen at all. One question has been done for you as an example.

A. Researchers have discovered B. A research team looking in C. The Adriyaman Museum in

Sacoglossan sea slugs that can Brazil’s Atlantic Forest have Turkey received an
regrow their entire bodies after identified a brand-new type of unexpected call from a

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separating from their heads. frog. Whilst calculating numbers shepherd last month. On his

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Japanese biologists were looking of pumpkin toads, the team daily walk in the mountains,
into laboratory slugs when they noticed a bright orange toadlet. he came across a white
observed one slug cut into two The pumpkin toad has this name skeleton-like shape on a grey

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parts: its head and body. due to its skin, which is the same rock. On further
Amazingly, rather than dying, the orange as the large vegetable, but examination, the museum
slug started to grow another body this tiny frog also glows green in confirmed that it was a 70-
from its head within a few days. ultraviolet light. This means it is a million-year-old fossil. It was

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The scientists observed that the different species. Little did the classified as a marine
part with no head died but the team know at first that it is also gastropod snail and has

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slug which regrew survived and poisonous, unlike the others. become the most talked-
lived on. about news in town.

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E. An Ice Age woolly
F. International scientists
D. Reptile experts in New Jersey rhinoceros has been found in classifying different species have
were astonished after observing a
female rattlesnake giving birth to
her offspring in the local forest.
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the body of the extinct
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Siberia recently. As a result
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tiny lizard was spotted on a
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not quite right. It had two heads. years ago, the rhino still had
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tongues and four eyes. The organs. Scientists believe

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survive in the wild, are looking bring other such discoveries enough to sit on the end of your
after the two-headed creature. to light in the area soon. finger.
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a record-breaking find? e.g. F

the fully preserved remains of an animal? 1

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an unusual ability to survive? 2

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a potentially dangerous new breed? 3

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comparing sizes of similar species? 5

colour-changing creatures? 6

a strange experiment? 7
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 Section R3 (10 marks) Marks
Choose the correct answer in each sentence and tick the box. Awarded

Example:
I had no idea you knew how to play the saxophone.
A have B known C knew D will know
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1. Cars should not be _________________ along this road.
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2. He’d rather we _________________ earlier.
A arrived B arriving C have D will arrive
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A didn’t B won’t tell C hadn’t D doesn’t tell

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7. Ahmed came _________________ a word he’d never seen before.

A in B out C across D near
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8. I always _________________ goodnight to the children before bed.

A speak B tell C talk D say
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9. My neighbour, _________________ family comes from Florida, is 98 years old.

A where B whose C who D which
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10. Let’s wait here until the weather _________________.

A improves B improving C improved D will improve
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 Section W3 (10 marks) Marks
Rewrite the sentences to give the same meaning as the original. Rewrite all direct Awarded
speech as reported speech.

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I don’t think you read the invitation correctly.

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1. ‘Is Melissa going to the shopping centre?’ Mark asked.

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 Section R4 (10 marks) Marks
Read the following sentences. They make a story. Write ONE missing word in each Awarded
space.

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Two women have broken a world record.

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1. Cat Dixon and Raz Marsden achieved the new fastest time for cycling
________________ the whole world on a tandem bicycle.

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2. A tandem bicycle is a single, longer bicycle with two seats so that two people
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3. The ________________ record had been set by Edward Collier and Louis Paul
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heatwave in Australia, where temperatures rose to as high as 50 degrees
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________________ their eyes water and their breathing difficult.

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7. When they were in Asia, they faced torrential rain for a whole week, and
never had a ________________ to dry their clothes or possessions.
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8. On the last day, they had to race against the clock to make the final boat
home because, if they missed it, they wouldn’t be _______________ to get
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another one for days.

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9. They completed the journey in 263 days, eight hours and seven minutes,
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which meant they had ________________ Collier’s and Snellgrove’s record by

days.

10. In doing so, they managed to raise more than £40,000, all of which was
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 Section R5 (10 marks)
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.

Example:
The doctor wanted to examine his patient. (exam)

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1. The food was still _________________ so they couldn’t cook it. (freeze)

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2. The hotel was so _________________ that they stayed longer. (luxury)

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3. _________________ is the worst kind of characteristic. (honest)

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4. Martha thought the picture was painted _________________ and (beauty)
decided to buy it.
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5. Her operation was _________________, which was a relief for her. (pain)
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7. They had to cancel their _________________ at the last minute. (fly)

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