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1 Curriculum Corporation, on behalf of the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs, 2B or HB pencil only5year20080:50 Time available for students to complete test: 50 minutesreaDINGNat IoNal assessmeNt proGram lIteracy aND Numeracy MCEETYA 2008 Shade one Why elephants and emus cannot fly on page 2 of the magazine and answer questions 1 to did Kookaburra really set up a competition with Emu? to teach Emu a lessonto show off in front of Emuto see whose wings were the bestto teach Emu to f ly betterWhich word best describes Emu in the Australian story?hero cowardshow-offcheat3 The man used his powers of thought topunish the the the the branch fell on the man s head because the man was elephants tried to climb the man took away the elephants elephants landed in the 5 reading2 MCEETYA 20087 Shade one text mainly describes Dale sschool surfing as a for the has been surfing finished moved to was the end of the Australian story, what happened to Emu s wings?

2 They grew became more is the same about the Indian folktale and the Australian story?Both make fun of silly tell how simple life used to explain why something is the way it show that animals are clever. 6 Shade one Dale Richards on page 3 of the magazine and answer questions 7 to 13. YEAR 5 reading3 MCEETYA 2008As a student at school, Dale surfedas much as he 4 am every eight hours each the weekends to the text, one thing that has contributed to Dale s surfing success is thathe has been given has had to fight for his has surfed in different has a background in is the main purpose of this text?to warnto informto criticiseto argueWhich quote from the text helps to show that Dale is determined to succeed?decided to start surfingpicked up surfing right awaycan focus completely on surfingalways got plenty of help12 Shade one surfers said that Dale was a natural. This means that Dalegot plenty of learned to to surf all over the near the 5 reading4 MCEETYA 20081514 According to the text, the world s largest amphibian is text describes amphibians as animals thatdo not have live on land and in water.

3 Use their gills to eat and swim very well. Read Amphibians on page 4 of the magazine and answer questions 14 to frogs start to breathe with their heads above water when theydevelop internal out of their eating of the differences between frogs and toads is thatfrogs have drier develop tails as can stay underwater lay eggs in one 5 reading5 MCEETYA 200820 1819 Number the boxes 1, 2, 3 and 4 to show the correct order of stages in a frog s growtail disappearsspawn hatcheshind legs growWrite one number in each part of a tadpole is described as feathery?tailskinlungsgillsThe main purpose of the diagram at the end of the text is todescribe the life cycle of the differences between frogs and the many types of amphibians that live in the eating habits of one 5 reading6 MCEETYA 200823 The narrator chases after Lacy goanna when she heads for the chookhouse. This is because the narrator thinksthe goanna might be in goanna might escape from her tree might break under the goanna s chickens might be in the answer on the to the text, why did the narrator think that the goanna was a dinosaur?

4 Shade one narrator suggests that Lacy goanna climbs the wattle tree toget away from ready for a fight with a better view of the in the heat of the Read Lacy on page 5 of the magazine and answer questions 21 to Shade one 5 reading7the shed was used as a narrator lived high up in the drought had changed the look of roof of the shed was very the air was baked thin above the shed. This suggests that 21 MCEETYA 200827 Dogs deserve good owners need a sense of owners spend too much on their should be properly do the two writers agree about?According to Sarah, bounders are dogs that chase at at the end of the story, why is the narrator eye-to-eye with Lacy goanna?The narrator is on the chookhouse branch holding Lacy goanna is bent goanna has climbed halfway down the narrator has also climbed up the Pet dogs what do you think? on page 6 of the magazine and answer questions 27 to one 5 reading826 No, you can t see me really.

5 (second last paragraph)Who is you in this sentence?the readerthe goannathe narratorthe chooks MCEETYA 2008 John suggests that having a pet dog in the classroom isa good way of training a dog to be for the teacher and the way of making classrooms happier for the dog but useful for the teacher. 31 Which sentence best describes John s attitude to dog training?It is hard work for the dog. It is a good thing for both the dog and the owner. It is unnecessary because dogs easily understand is not hard for the owner to writes, we do give dogs a good paragraph of Sarah s letter is he responding to most directly?paragraph 1paragraph 3paragraph 4paragraph 23029 Shade one 5 reading9 MCEETYA 2008 Read Attack and Defence on page 7 of the magazine and answer questions 32 to two dinosaurs Europlocephalus and Pachycephalosaurus have cephal in their names. Using information in the text, what is the cephal part of their names most likely to mean?

6 Write the answer on the main purpose of the illustrations in this text is to show dinosaur skin enormous size of way dinosaurs changed over range of dinosaur tail Stabbing tail A spiky shield Built like a tankThese sub-headings were most likely chosen to33 Which dinosaur used its tail like a whip?DiplodocusTuojiangosaurusPachycepha losaurusTriceratopscatch the reader s the most important the difference between attack and the most difficult one 5 reading10 MCEETYA 2008 ApatosaurusGallimimusPachycephalosaurusT yrannosaurusDiplodocusTuojiangosaurusEur oplocephalusTriceratopsAccording to the text, which two species of dinosaurs had to defend themselves against attacks by members of their own species?end OF TesTShade two 5 reading11shirtsocksschoolshoesWhich two words begin and end with the letter s?YEAR 5 reaDING pRActicE story takes place onNumber the boxes 1, 2, 3 and 4 to show the order in which Tim the answer on the Tim on the back cover of the magazine and answer questions P1 to was Tim going?

7 Shade one Curriculum Corporation, on behalf of the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs, one number in each two bubbles.