LEVELS 4–6 Reading test answer booklet - SATs papers

1 Year 7 English testEnKEY STAGE3 LEVELS4 6 Reading test answer bookletFirst name Last name Class Date Remember The test is 1 hourlong, plus 15 minutesof Reading time. You have 15 minutesto read the booklet before answering the questions. The booklet contains different types of questions. The spaces for answers andthe number of marks indicate how much you need to write. Ask your teacher if you are not sure what to marking use onlyMaxMarkPage 33 Pages 4 & 56 Pages 6 & 78 Pages 8 & 97 Pages 10 & 1111 Pages 12 & 136 Page 144 Total for reading45 Year 7 6/12/06 16:40 Page 7 6/12/06 16:40 Page at SeaQuestions 1 7 are about Rescue at Sea(pages 4 5).

2 Lines to match the following people with what they does the writer describe a rescue operation as a chain? a calming voiceWhy is it important that a Coastguard Watch Officer usesa calming voice? (1 mark)Q1 Coastguard Watch OfficerCoastguard volunteerLifeboat crew memberattends the sceneperforms the rescue co-ordinates the rescue(1 mark)Q2(1 mark)Q3max 3 Year 7 6/12/06 16:40 Page Davies and Simon Dennison play different roles in a rescue which of the following statements apply to Gemma srole, to Simon sroleor to the appropriate at the that starts as a minor incident can become a disasterExplain what this tells you about a rescue at SeaGemmaSimonBothresponds to a phone callcontacts rescue teams advises victims over thetelephonemeets victims(2 marks)(2 marks)Q5Q4 Year 7 6/12/06 16:40 Page does the diagram on pages 4 and 5 help you to understand the information?

3 The marine equivalent of a flat tyreWhat type of situation is Gemma Davies referring to?Rescue at Sea(1 mark)Q6(1 mark)Q7max 6 Year 7 6/12/06 16:40 Page 8 13 are about Exciting? Or Just Plain Irresponsible?(page 6). is the purpose of this text?Tick describe the role of the coastguardto complain about the cost of running a lifeboatto persuade people to be more responsible at seato entertain people with an exciting at this phrasewhich best shows that the rescue operation was carried outwithout any at the third paragraph, beginning:Four people set out in their new motor shouldyou prepare to go out in a boat?

4 Give twoways. Exciting? Or Just Plain Irresponsible?The emergency phonerings in the coastguard rescuecentre. The Watch Officerresponds coolly and efficiently. What is your position? Howmany people are on board? Isanybody injured? A smallmotor boat with four passen-gers is stranded in a stormy of them has been the Watch Officer has thefacts at his command, he setsoff a chain of events that runssmoothly because of theexpertise and bravery of all theteam involved.(1 mark)Q8(1 mark)Q9(1 mark)Q10 Year 7 6/12/06 16:40 Page out in a boat without preparation is at the fourth paragraph, beginning:Every year.

5 What other types of irresponsible behaviour can cause rescue teams to risk their lives?Name two. teamwork, an exciting adventure story and a happy ending?Does Steve Bennett believe this to be true?Use evidence from the text to support your Or Just Plain Irresponsible?(2 marks)Q11(3 marks)Q12max 8 Year 7 6/12/06 16:40 Page Or Just Plain Irresponsible? are the similarities and differences between the first and the third paragraph?You should write about: the content the style (sentence structures and vocabulary).(3 marks)Q13 Year 7 6/12/06 16:40 Page 14 26 are about Danger at Sea(pages 7 10). at the first two copy:a)Two verbsthat show the movement of the waves.

6 B)Two verbsthat show the movement of the boat. water landed with an icy smack on my kneesWhy is smacka good way of describing the sensation of the wave? at the second do you know that Katie was not used to boats?Danger at Sea(1 mark)Q14b(1 mark)Q15(1 mark)Q16(1 mark)Q14amax 7 Year 7 6/12/06 16:40 Page was angry. Angry with Zillah, and the games she was playing.(page 8)Why was Katie angry?Use evidence from the text to support your lived here. She was supposed to know all about boats ..(page 8)What is this section of the text?Tick s thoughtsKatie speakingZillah s thoughtsZillah at page do Katie s feelings change when she starts to bail?

7 (2 marks)Q17(1 mark)Q18(2 marks)Q19 Danger at SeaYear 7 6/12/06 16:40 Page at Zillah must have done it loads of times before, I told couldn t be as dangerous as it looked. Could it?(page 8)Explain what this tells you about Katie s muscle of the current (page 9)Explain why this is an effective at the paragraph beginning:It did get rough. (page 10)In what ways does the author make the sea seem human?Give twoways. (2 marks)Q20(2 marks)Q21(2 marks)Q22max 11 Year 7 6/12/06 16:40 Page t think you re going to win, because you re not.(page 10)Why is this sentence in italics in the text? d done her best for us.

8 (page 10)Who does the she refer to in this sentence?Tick currentZillahthe boatDanger at Sea(1 mark)Q23(1 mark)Q24 Year 7 6/12/06 16:40 Page at about the whole the relationship between Zillah and should write about: how they behave towards one another their feelings what they say to each other how events in the story affect their relationship.(4 marks)Q25max 6 Year 7 6/12/06 16:40 Page Danger at Seathe writer uses italics to emphasise certain parts of the lines to match each word or phrase with the reason italics is at SeaQuestion 27 is about the whole about Zillah s you think Zillah would make a good lifeboat crew member, when she is older?

9 Explain your answer , giving evidence from the We ll take the boat out for a bit Bailto indicate shoutingto indicate a nameto indicate what someone has saidZillah must know where it isto indicate inner thoughts(1 mark)Q26(3 marks)Q27max 4 Year 7 6/12/06 16:40 Page PAGEYear 7 6/12/06 16:40 Page Qualifications and Curriculum Authority 2007 QCA/07/2754 (Pupil pack)077201 QCA/07/2750 (Teacher pack)Year 7 6/12/06 16:40 Page