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Questions
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There are two tests in this booklet. Each test is 45 minutes long, with a short break taken between tests. This is the fi rst of the two test papers.
Paper 1a
Read the following:
Do not begin the test or open this booklet until told to do so. Work as quickly and as carefully as you can.
For each question, either write an answer or select the correct answer or letter from the options given.
You may do rough working on a separate sheet of paper.
If you make a mistake, cross out the mistake and write the new answer clearly. Some of the questions give a choice of answers – if you are not sure
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Verbal Reasoning
58 Questions: 20 Minutes
YOU HAVE 20 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THIS SECTION
Instructions:
Complete each sentence by selecting the best word from the options a, b, c, d or e.
Example: People travelling to certain countries need
d
a b c d e
immunity certainty vacation vaccination respiration 1 Every year we have our school fair.
a b c d e monthly seasonal annual biennial periodic 2 The car raced along, clipping the corner.
a b c d e awkward effortless leisurely trundling speeding 3 The meticulous archivist kept records.
a b c d e thorough messy incomplete reasonable complexity 4 My heart sank when I realised how long the was.
a b c d e quay queue quiver quest quilt 5 As the ceiling fell away, water from the burst pipe.
a b c d e dripped froze gushed came slipped 6 The applauded at the end of the theatre production.
a b c d e clients customers congregation audience passengers 7 An autumn walk is an excellent way of nature’s bounty.
a b c d e ignoring appreciating depreciating decapitating apportioning
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total 7 CONTINUE TO THE NEXT PAGE
Instructions:
Underline the one word on the right that has the most similar meaning to the word on the left.
Example: vision plotting / smell / sight / style / map
8 obstruct obese / block / aid / save / patterned
9 yearn short / long / yearly / yoke / churn
10 enemy envy / friend / estimate / foe / ally
11 feral wild / weave / federal / fighting / defend
12 abundant plentiful / musical / pity / kindness / notion
13 bewildered natural / witchy / wicked / confused / clever
14 subterranean sublet / underground / undersea / understand / undergo
15 unorthodox unusual / medical / dentist / plain / conformity
16 hamper hinder / assist / eat / gnaw / gerbil
Instructions:
Find the three letters that complete each of these words.
Example: fr
esh
splas
h17 b c blo ming
18 crun d colo ng
19 spir ed b ges
20 spa us spa er
21 a aling aspi ion
22 hospit e h hten 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Instructions:
Read the following sentences and answer the questions with the most sensible word.
Example: The plane’s departure time was 13:45.
What does the word ‘departure’ mean? Answer:
b
a b c d
arriving leaving resting mending
23 The snowflakes blanketed the ground, obscuring the garden and erasing all traces of human, and animal, footprint.
What does the word ‘obscuring’ mean? Answer:
a b c d decorating highlighting concealing observing
What does the word ‘erasing’ mean? Answer:
a b c d removing rubbing emphasising stressing
24 The car was totally submerged in the inky black water; what an auspicious escape for the driver, who had nothing more than bruises and shock.
What does the word ‘submerged’ mean? Answer:
a b c d floating driving sunken wet
What does the word ‘auspicious’ mean? Answer:
a b c d unlucky quick lucky brave
25 The firefighter fought the blaze heroically, which resulted in everyone escaping from the building without detriment.
What does the word ‘heroically’ mean? Answer:
a b c d valiantly hopelessly determined alone
What does the word ‘detriment’ mean? Answer:
a b c d cost deaths harm possessions
26 Even though the woman had been injured, she was still lucid in describing how the accident had occurred.
What does the word ‘lucid’ mean? Answer:
a b c d clear confused perplexed ornate
What does the word ‘occurred’ mean? Answer:
a b c d been affected happened been caused been avoided
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27 The tide washed over the rock pools depositing an ever-changing debris of shells, crabs, pebbles and seaweed.
What does the word ‘depositing’ mean? Answer:
a b c d collecting cleaning dumping taking
What does the word ‘debris’ mean? Answer:
a b c d net crop bundle remains
28 CCTV cameras are a form of deterrent against crime and a way of keeping surveillance. What does the word ‘deterrent’ mean? Answer:
a b c d prevention determination punishment error
What does the word ‘surveillance’ mean? Answer:
a b c d observation order maintenance records
Instructions:
Underline the one word on the right that has the most opposite meaning to the word on the left.
Example: rose thorn / flower / fell / down / up
29 apprehensive anxious / confident / beautiful / mature / comprehensive
30 benefit advantage / helpful / money / detriment / poverty
31 conclusion introduction / end / summary / report / reclusion
32 rigid taut / slack / inflexible / rough / smooth
33 superfluous essential / extra / decorative / dreadful / gigantic
34 nourish feed / water / starve / sustain / unhealthy
35 transparent clear / obvious / apparent / opine / opaque
36 casual spontaneous / unplanned / stylish / relaxed / precise
37 reward present / prize / punish / provoke / points
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Instructions:
Rearrange these words to make the longest sentence you can. Underline the word that is superfluous.
Example: so cream eat the were cakes delicious
The cream cakes were so delicious.
38 scent beautiful flowers wonderful the bunch had a
39 attends lots functions of mayor the spends town
40 goldfish in indoor pond cold aquarium water a live
41 celebrate candle are cards birthday a traditionally to given
42 lives firefighter vital a in alarm saving fire is
43 end to hedgehogs winter spring spend prepare hibernation at the in the autumn of
Instructions:
Look at the following words and then use them to answer the questions that follow.
adventure benign cheeky delve eager forge gregarious harvest insolent just keen light motion nauseous outgoing poverty quest revolve spin tenuous unbiased vanish wither yield zone
44 Find two words that are synonyms for the word ‘rotate’.
45 Find two words that are antonyms for the word ‘respectful’.
46 Find two words that are synonyms for the word ‘enthusiastic’.
47 Find two words that are antonyms for the word ‘unfair’.
48 Find two words that are synonyms for the word ‘crop’.
49 Find one word that is a synonym for the word ‘weak’.
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50 Find one word that is an antonym for the word ‘dark’.
51 Find two words that are synonyms for the word ‘mission’.
niece cousin comrade comfortable ferocious strange cultivated precious duck enemy
brutal private essential cygnet expansive goose capacious calf domestic empty unfamiliar friend kind foal vital
52 Find two words that are synonyms for the word ‘ally’.
53 Find one word that is an antonym for the word ‘nephew’.
54 Find two words that are synonyms for the word ‘tame’.
55 Find one word that is an antonym for the word ‘gander’.
56 Find two words that are synonyms for the word ‘fierce’.
57 Find two words that are synonyms for the word ‘spacious’.
58 Find one word that is an antonym for the word ‘drake’.
1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1
Short Maths
25 Questions: 10 Minutes
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Instructions:
Fill in the missing numbers.
1 34 + 21 + = 76 2 7 × = 147 3 103 – 64 = 4 22 + 32 = 5 3, 8, 7, 12, 11, 16, , ,19 6 54 ÷ 9 = 18 ÷ 7 2 × a ___ = e ___ × – + b ___ × 1 = 10 = = = c ___ + d ___ = 28 a b c d e 8 2(3 + 11) + 24 = 9 1001 – 41 = 50 + 10 3 + 38 + 17 = 100 – 11 62 + 23 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total 11 CONTINUE TO THE NEXT PAGE
12 17 – 20 = –10 +
13 304 – 179 = 100 +
14 What is the temperature difference between –9 °C and 19 °C? ____
15 How many cm in 10.3 m?
If a = 5, b = 6 and c = 3, answer the following questions.
16 a + b + c = 17 2b – a =
18 b x c =
19 In a quadrilateral, three of the four angles are 70 °, 80 ° and 110 °. How many degrees are in the fourth angle?
20 If 3x = 24, what is the value of x?
21 What specific 2-D shape has 4 sides of equal length, opposite sides that are parallel and no right angles?
22 A train due at 11:57 is 14 minutes late. When does it arrive?
23 A shopping bill comes to £17.36. What is the change from a £20 note?
Complete these equations by adding the correct function.
24 7 4 = 22 2 25 909 99 = 800 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Comprehension
7 Questions: 15 Minutes
YOU HAVE 15 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THIS SECTION
Instructions:
Read the following text and then answer the questions that follow it.
What was that? It surely couldn’t be footsteps already? Jeremiah Eastham felt sick in the bottom of his stomach. He had not expected to be followed for hours yet. This put even more pressure on Jeremiah. He plunged his hands deep into his coat pockets, his right-hand fingers wrapping around the small vial. Jeremiah was pleased that there was only a new moon tonight so that it was easy to keep in the shadows with such limited light. The fog was patchy and although it offered him some further protection, it could not be relied upon; even more worryingly, if the fog protected him from being seen, it would also protect his pursuers.
The houses thinned out as Jeremiah strode up the hill towards the meeting place. He hoped that he would make it in time. He knew that the lack of houses offered more security from being spotted, but the lack of light to see by would slow him down. It was an inevitable problem. Jeremiah stepped to the side to catch his breath. The air was cold and wet and the incline was getting steeper. Jeremiah listened carefully, but all was silent. He felt reassured, but just before he was about to set off again, he realised that he was most definitely not alone. He took a huge step backwards, just in time, as the sound of heavy breathing would have been inches away from the back of his neck.
The darkly dressed figure of the tall, bony man trod past Jeremiah. His long dark coat and his tall black top hat made him instantly recognisable; Enoch Longfellow, the most revered and knowledgeable owner of the Dark Knowledge Bookshop. He walked with a slight stoop, his long fingers strangling a walking stick that tapped on the stone cobbles as he strode onwards and up the hill. That must have been the sound that Jeremiah had heard, but why was Enoch Longfellow following him, or was he the messenger that Jeremiah was to meet? Enemy or friend? He didn’t know.
Jeremiah waited a few minutes before trying to decide whether to continue to his meeting point or to take another route up to higher ground so that he could look down upon the meeting place, when another sound, faint at first, could be heard. Jeremiah stood as still as possible, hoping that the fog and darkness would shield him. In the gloom, he could make out a person, but it was so frustrating not being able to get a clear look at this second person. Jeremiah strained his eyes, peering into the darkness when, with a start, a stark, white face could be seen. The figure was also dressed top to toe in black with what appeared to be a long cloak around his ample shoulders. The dark hair was greased to one side making the face even more moon-like. Jeremiah did not recognise this character, but the sickly pallor of his face made Jeremiah shiver. Was this gentleman a friend or foe? Until Jeremiah knew for certain, he was relieved that the gentleman had passed by without spotting him.
The clock struck the hour of seven. Jeremiah felt irritated with his lack of progress and there was no point in setting off now as the seven o’clock coach would be due within minutes and he did not want to be spotted by the driver or any possible occupants of the coach. There again, it might be an idea to ride the coach along the high road so that some height could be gained and some time saved. Nobody would think it strange to see a messenger boy travelling along the high road until the Last Drop pub and would assume he was running an errand. The sound of horse hooves reached Jeremiah. That was his decision made. Jeremiah stepped onto the roadside and raised his hand up to hail the coach. In a split second, Jeremiah realised his dreadful mistake as this was not the ordinary stagecoach. Four frantic horses with steaming nostrils and wild, black eyes stopped short before Jeremiah and the demonic face of the driver leered down as his horsewhip caught Jeremiah on the side of his cheek. The sting of the lash was nothing compared to the horror of recognition. Jeremiah squeezed the tiny transparent vial in his pocket until it shattered and the thick, steaming liquid oozed out, emitting a nauseous vapour. The last thing that Jeremiah remembered was the petrified face of the coach driver …
1 Why was Jeremiah worried by the fog? Underline the two correct answers.
a It was cold and wet.
b It was intermittent and would not guarantee to hide him. c It would slow him down.
d The fog would disguise his pursuers. e The fog made it difficult to see his steps.
2 What was ‘an inevitable problem’? Underline the one correct answer.
a The hill was steep and would slow him down.
b He didn’t know whether to look down from higher ground. c The houses provided him with additional security.
d The houses meant that he could be seen by people. e The darkness would slow him down.
3 What was the vial? Underline the two correct answers.
a It was a wooden box. b It was a glass bottle. c It was a metal canister.
d It was filled with a notorious liquid. e It was filled with a noxious liquid.
f It was filled with a nourishing liquid.
2
4 Underline the word that is used in the text that means:
a followers messengers / pursuers / friend / foe
b gradient mountain / steeper / slope / incline
c respected revered / knowledgeable / inevitable / petrified
d sickly vapour / demonic / stark / nauseous
5 What do these words mean as used in the text?
a pallor rosiness / sickly / complexion / paleness
b occupants inhabitants / passengers / residents / guests
c leered leant / sneered / propped / glared
d petrified reassured / stabilised / terrified / mystified
6 Underline three reasons why it would be a good thing to catch the coach.
a Jeremiah was tired. b Jeremiah was late.
c It would take Jeremiah closer to the meeting point. d It would take Jeremiah to a good viewing point. e It would provide cover for a supposed errand boy.
f The coach would be a cheaper option. 7 Describe the horses in your own words.
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Paper Set 1
Questions
Designed to support CEM (University of Durham) tests
Paper 1b
Read the following:
Do not begin the test or turn the page until told to do so. Work as quickly and as carefully as you can.
For each question, either write an answer or select the correct answer or letter from the options given.
You may do rough working on a separate sheet of paper.
If you make a mistake, cross out the mistake and write the new answer clearly. Some of the questions give a choice of answers – if you are not sure
of the right answer, you may be able to work it out by eliminating the answers that are definitely wrong.
Long Maths
15 Questions: 15 Minutes
YOU HAVE 15 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THIS SECTION
1 A shop sale is offering 10% off all prices. Kit buys a dress that was £49, shoes that were £35 and a bag that was £18. When the total price of sale goods is more than £100, there is a further 5% discount. How much will Kit pay?
2 A car journey of 65 km takes 40 minutes. If it covered 20 km in the first 10 minutes, what was the average speed of the car for the rest of the journey?
3 A bottle of cordial needs to be diluted 1 part cordial to 4 parts of water. If the 300 ml bottle of cordial is half full, how much water is needed to make it all up ready to drink?
4 Sam’s birthday is 24 September. If 10 October is a Tuesday, on what day of the week was Sam’s birthday?
5 The school tennis court is 24 m long and 11 m wide. By how many metres is it further to run 6 lengths than to run round the edge twice?
6 A plane leaves Dubai at 11pm local time. It takes 9 hours to get to London. The time in London is 3 hours behind the time in Dubai. What is the time in London when the plane lands?
7 In a zoo it takes the 4 keepers 3 hours to feed all the animals each morning. If one keeper is away and the work is shared equally between the others, how long will it take to complete the morning feeding rounds?
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8 How much change is there from a £20 note after paying to send 3 parcels @ £2.55 each, 1 packet at £1.75 and a card for 60p?
9 Tom has a 10-minute walk to the train each morning and then a 23-minute journey into the city. If his office is a 7-minute walk from the city station, when will he arrive at the office if he leaves the house at 7:25 and has to wait for 3 minutes for the train?
10 Carpet is bought by metre lengths from a roll that is 3 m wide. If it costs £15.99 per square metre, how much will it cost to buy a 4-metre length from the roll?
11 A candle burns down at the rate of 2 cm per hour. The bottom 1 cm is in the candlestick and so cannot be burned. If a 15 cm candle is lit at 7pm and left undisturbed, when will it reach the base?
12 In a race, Carli is 2 seconds faster than Tilly but slower than Binna and Jackie. Binna is 7 seconds faster than Tilly and 2 seconds behind Jackie. If Jackie wins in a time of 47 seconds, what was Carli’s time?
13 Fuel costs £1.60 per litre. If a journey of 60 miles uses 7 1 2 litres what is the cost of fuel per mile for that journey?
14 Paving stones are 50 cm × 50 cm. How many will be required to cover a patio measuring 3.5 m by 5 m?
15 Pansies are £4.50 for 10 plants, and daffodil bulbs are 22p each. Ken wants to plant a border with 40 pansies and 50 daffodils. How much will it cost?
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Data
22 Questions: 10 Minutes
YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THIS SECTION
Mark and Sara record the temperature three times each day for a week. This is their record:
Temperatures in °C
Sunday Monday Tuesday
W
ednesday Thursday Friday Satur
day
In the morning 6 8 9 5 6 8 10
At lunchtime 10 15 17 16 17 12 14
In the evening 8 11 8 8 10 9 9
1 On which day was there the greatest drop in temperature between lunchtime and
evening?
2 On which days did the temperature rise exactly 11 °C between the morning and lunchtime
reading?
3 What was the average evening temperature for the week?
Class 4 carried out a survey of road traffic outside their school on two days. This is the record of their observations:
DAY 1 DAY 2
Going north Going south Going north Going south
Cars 37 40 57 52 Buses 3 1 2 2 Lorries 5 0 7 0 Vans 4 6 7 6 Motorbikes 3 2 2 4 Bicycles 5 1 6 3
4 How many cars were recorded all together?
5 How many more bicycles travelled north rather than south on day 2?
6 In which direction is there most traffic?
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The following tally chart records the colours of cars passing along a road outside the school: Silver Black White Red Blue Other
7 How many cars were recorded all together?
8 How many more were blue than black?
9 What percentage of the cars were red?
At the end of the day, an ice-cream van recorded the following sales: LOLLIES: Rockets: 36, Zooms: 41
ICE CREAMS: Vanilla: 14, Chocolate: 23, Stawberry: 26
10 How many more lollies than ice creams were sold that day?
11 If all the ice creams sold were bought by groups of three, how many groups bought
ice creams?
12 If the van started off with 3 packs of each item, and there are 20 items in each pack,
how many lollies remain in stock for the next day?
13 How many more of the most popular items were sold than the least popular?
The following table shows the results of the school football team’s matches at the end of the season.
Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Match 4 Match 5 Match 6 Win, draw
or loss
WIN WIN DRAW WIN LOSS DRAW
Goals scored 6 5 3 8 3 5 Goals conceded 5 2 3 3 6 5
14 What was the team’s average goal score?
15 If a WIN scores 2 points and a DRAW scores 1 point, what was the team’s final point score?
16 What was the average number of goals conceded per match?
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
A school has the following numbers of children in each class:
Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 Class 6 Class 7
22 24 25 26 22 24 25
17 How many children are there in total?
18 If 25% of the school attend drama club, how many children are in that club?
19 A game of ‘High Fives’ needs 7 people in a team. How many teams can the children in Class 6 and Class 7 make up if they work together?
Part of a bus timetable is given below:
BUS: 2A 2B 2A 2B
School 15:15 15:20 15:40 16:00
Shops 15:26 – 15:51 –
Park 15:39 15:41 16:04 16:21
20 How much time could you save by getting a 2B bus to the park from the school, rather than a 2A bus?
21 If Omar gets off the bus at the shops at 15:26, how long must he wait for the next bus to go to the park from the shops?
22 If the 15:20 2B bus is 7 minutes late leaving the school, but it manages to make up 2 minutes on the journey, when will it arrive at the park?
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Non-verbal Reasoning
25 Questions: 10 Minutes
YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THIS SECTION
Which pattern comes next in the sequence?
Example:
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a b c d e 1?
a b c d e 2?
a b c d e 1 1Which pattern on the right goes best with the two patterns on the left? Example: a b c d e 3 a b c d e 4 a b c d e 5 a b c d e
Which pattern on the right completes the second pair in the same way as the first pair?
Example: is to as is to a b c d e 6 is to as is to a b c d e 7 is to as is to a b c d e 1 1 1 1 1 Total 5 CONTINUE TO THE NEXT PAGE
Which of the patterns on the right is a reflection of the pattern on the left? Example: a b c d e 8 a b c d e 9 a b c d e 10 a b c d e 1 1 1
Which two patterns are the same? Example: a b c d e 11 a b c d e 12 a b c d e
Which pattern best completes the grid?
Example:
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a b c d e 14?
a b c d e 1 1 1 1 Total 4 CONTINUE TO THE NEXT PAGEWhich cube cannot be made from the given net? Example: a b c d e 15 a b c d e 16 a b c d e 17 a b c d e 1 1 1
Which code matches the pattern at the end? Example: BY BX CX AZ CY a b c d e AX BY AY CZ ? 18 AY AZ BX BZ CX a b c d e AX BY CZ CY ? 19 LR MR NP LQ NQ a b c d e LP MQ NR MP ? 20 DZ BY DX CX AX a b c d e AY CZ BX AZ ?
Which pattern is made by combining the two patterns on the left?
Example: and a b c d e 21 and a b c d e 22 and a b c d e 1 1 1 1 1 Total 5 CONTINUE TO THE NEXT PAGE
Work out the code for the pattern at the end of the line. Example: BGY AGX AHY BHX CGZ ? 23 PAY QBY RCZ PBZ ? 24 DAS EBS FBT ? 25 ELR FLS GMT GNS ? 1 1 1
Cloze
30 Questions: 10 Minutes
YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THIS SECTION
Instructions:
Underline the one word in the brackets that is the best fit in each of these sentences.
Example: Her voice was (horse, hoarse, haws) from shouting so loudly.
1 We bought a new (kennel, hutch, sty) for our rabbit.
2 The chef whisked two (apples, eggs, milk) to add to the cake mixture.
3 Using a walking stick can help with (mobility, ability, visibility).
4 The waves crashed on the rocks as the tide (swept, ebbed, waned) and flowed.
5 The (doctor, pharmacist, medic) supplied the tablets for the local surgery.
6 (Yesterday, Tomorrow, Today) is the day after the day after yesterday.
7 The spider monkey is a type of (reptile, primate, rodent).
8 She opened the door for him as she was (garish, obnoxious, courteous).
Instructions:
Find the missing four letters that need to be added to these words so that the sentence makes sense. The four letters do not have to make a word.
Example: We had fitted w
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10 The teacher had disp d the work in her cla om.
11 In the d t, the sand was burning hot from the sco ng sun.
12 The little girl climbed out of her pu air with some diff ty.
13 She sc the w ng goal in the football match.
14 A seam is where two e meet toge .
15 The rest nt was very busy on Th ay evening.
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Instructions:
Find the one word that will fit into the space so that the sentence makes sense.
Example: My brother has a job delivering newspapers for the local
newsagent
.16 The astronomer looked at Mars through her .
17 He put two rounds of under the grill to make toast.
18 are medical specialists who perform operations.
19 The swan swam up the river, her six baby following close behind.
20 London, Paris, Cairo and Canberra are all cities.
21 To design houses and shopping centres, she needed to train as an .
22 The was flying at half mast from the castle turret.
23 They went to the opticians for their annual test.
Instructions:
Find the three-letter word that is needed to complete each word so that each sentence makes sense. The missing three letters must make a word.
Example: My
you
ngest sister has won her first swimming medal.24 The little tortoise clim into her lter.
25 He loved to p on his games sole.
26 Wrapping awk d shaped cels can be difficult.
27 F works illumin d the November night sky.
28 The top com er was extremely useful for mobile working.
29 Windm s can use wind p r to grind grain into flour.
30 She ret ed the bor ed books to the librarian.
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Questions
Designed to support CEM (University of Durham) tests
There are two tests in this booklet. Each test is 45 minutes long, with a short break taken between tests. This is the first of the two test papers.
Paper 2a
Read the following:
Do not begin the test or open this booklet until told to do so. Work as quickly and as carefully as you can.
For each question, either write an answer or select the correct answer or letter from the options given.
You may do rough working on a separate sheet of paper.
If you make a mistake, cross out the mistake and write the new answer clearly. Some of the questions give a choice of answers – if you are not sure
of the right answer, you may be able to work it out by eliminating the answers that are definitely wrong.
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Verbal Reasoning
35 Questions: 10 Minutes
YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THIS SECTION
Instructions:
Underline the one word on the right that has the most opposite meaning to the word on the left.
Example: rose thorn / flower / fell / down / up
1 uniform constant / kilt / uneven / school / joined
2 shrink shriek / enshrouded / shackled / expose / expand
3 inaugurate save / awkward / dismiss / inspired / auxiliary
4 flamboyant flexible / blooming / flaming / plain / surprised
5 scant smelly / passing / plentiful / careful / scarce
Instructions:
Find the three letters that complete each of these words.
Example: fr
esh
splas
h6 flan g exce ve
7 c erned respon e
8 r lry dete ned
9 w pering gu ble
10 bew ered s tching
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Instructions:
Underline the one word on the right that has the most similar meaning to the word on the left.
Example: vision plotting / smell / sight / style / map
11 rubble dismay / uneven / trouble / massage / debris
12 grave dead / serious / etching / punctual / party
13 contemplate ponder / worry / satisfied / terrified / pattern
14 languid stressed / hasty / lengthy / leisurely / seafood
15 frantic friendly / dense / agitated / topical / impoverished
Instructions:
Rearrange these words to make the longest sentence you can. Underline the word that is superfluous.
Example: so cream eat the were cakes delicious
The cream cakes were so delicious.
16 success a picnic great was the tasty eat
17 enclosure plodded shell tortoise into the her slowly
18 pink are violet orange colours the yellow indigo red of blue green rainbow the and
19 Africa Islands the coast Canary west are the off the of
20 constructed clever buildings times many in the in Tudor were England
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Instructions:
Read the following sentences and answer the questions with the most sensible word.
Example: The plane’s departure time was 13:45.
What does the word ‘departure’ mean? Answer:
b
a b c d
arriving leaving resting mending 21 The government policy on transport is woefully inadequate.
What does the word ‘woefully’ mean? Answer:
a b c d carefully happily miserably knowingly
What is a policy? Answer:
a b c d a plan a plot a particular a presence 22 If we create a specific compound of hydrogen and oxygen we make water,
which is why water is called H2O.
What does the word ‘specific’ mean? Answer:
a b c d unknown magical scientific exact
What is a compound? Answer:
a b c d a describing word a recipe a mixture a quantity
23 To successfully cleanse a kitchen worktop, we need to scour it with boiling water and a mild solution of bleach.
What does the word ‘scour’ mean? Answer:
a b c d search cover scrub soak
What does the word ‘solution’ mean? Answer:
a b c d ending to solve portion combination 24 The little boy bawled as he fell off his bicycle and grazed his knee quite badly.
What does the word ‘grazed’ mean? Answer:
a b c d ate grass scrapped chomped scraped
What does the word ‘bawled’ mean? Answer:
a b c d gasped wailed froze hairless
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25 The prototype boat could propel itself across the water using the outboard motor.
What does the word ‘prototype’ mean? Answer:
a b c d example new old ingenious
What does the word ‘propel’ mean? Answer:
a b c d float row thrust cease
Instructions:
Look at the following words and then use them to answer the questions that follow.
allure belittle charm drain external fantasy grain harsh insolvent jetty
kit lintel morbid nimble outer pinnacle quay restore severe tether utter verify welt yearn zest
26 Find two words that are synonyms for the word ‘pier’.
27 Find two words that are antonyms for the word ‘lenient’.
28 Find one word that is a synonym for the word ‘long’.
29 Find one word that is an antonym for the word ‘untie’.
30 Find two words that are synonyms for the word ‘exterior’.
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successive specify slack entrance plume unethical region partial thrive notion ghastly frank consecutive feather dive central succeed area leap corrupt
taut mesmerise thought candid gander
31 Find two words that are synonyms for the word ‘enthral’.
32 Find one word that is an antonym for the word ‘pleasant’.
33 Find two words that are synonyms for the word ‘immoral’.
34 Find one word that is a synonym for the word ‘fragment’.
35 Find two words that are antonyms for the word ‘devious’.
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Short Maths
40 Questions: 15 Minutes
YOU HAVE 15 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THIS SECTION
Instructions:
Fill in the missing numbers.
1 65 + 196 = 2 402 − = 175 3 3 × = 5 × 21 4 1 2 × = 71 − 7 5 49 ÷ 7 = 2 ×
If x = 4, what is the value of y in the following equations:
6 2y = 3x + 6 y = 7 x2 + y = 22 y = 8 5x + 3 = 1 4 × y y = 9 5x = 7x – 3 y = 10 83 + 7x = 10x + 120 y = Instructions:
Underline the equivalent fractions in the following questions.
11 2 3 7 11 6 83 8 12 4 5 12 5 8 3 10 4 10 6 20 10 14 13 5 15 4 14 8 20 3 10 6 21 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Instructions:
Fill in the spaces in the following sequences.
14 21, 26, , 29, 27, 32, 30
15 77, 76, 74, , 67, 62, 56
16 4, 9, , 25, 36, 49
17 11, 100, 101, , 111, 1000, 1001
18 360, , 270, 225, 180
19 Which number has the highest value: 0.03 10030 13 3.5%
20 Which numbers have the same value? 0.075 10070 34 7.5%
21 Which term has the lowest value? 23 67 149 198
22 If 21 sweets are shared in the ratio 1 : 2 : 4, how many sweets are there in the largest share?
23 How many kilometres will a car cover in 1 hour 40 min if it is travelling at an average speed of 60 km per hour?
24 How many millimetres are there in 1 m 37 cm?
25 How many 350 ml bottles can be filled from a 4-litre container?
26 A purse has £3.32 in it. What is the smallest number of coins that it can have and what are they?
27 38 ÷ 2 = 42 +
28 1000 − 673 = + 2
29 What is the perimeter of a rectangle 30 cm long and 7.5 cm wide?
30 How many cm cubes will fit into a box that is 10 cm wide, 5 cm long and 5 cm high?
31 A woman facing south turns clockwise through 270°. Which direction does she now face?
Instructions:
If a = 7, b = 2 and c = 4, work out the value of the following equations.
32 2a + c − b = 33 a2 + b2 + c2 = 34 2a − (b + c) = 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total 21 CONTINUE TO THE NEXT PAGE
Instructions:
Fill in the missing numbers.
35 45.93 + 10.2 =
36 700.9 − 355.44 =
37 How many 10 cm × 10 cm tiles are needed to tile an area 2 m long and 1.2 m wide?
38 If one pack of lawn feed treats 12 square metres, how many packs are needed for a lawn 15 m long and 4 m wide?
39 If £480 is shared in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3, what is the value of each share?
40 Sam has saved twice as much as Mick, but only one-fifth as much as Benji. If Mick has saved £23, how much has Benji saved?
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Comprehension
12 Questions: 20 Minutes
YOU HAVE 20 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THIS SECTION
Instructions:
Read the following texts and then answer the questions that follow them.
Making Magnificent Mosaics Masterclass
In last week’s issue we looked at stained glass making and we are keeping with the theme of decorative arts by making a crockery mosaic table.
Mosaics have a long history in many civilisations. They are the use of small pieces of stone, glass or ceramic ‘tiles’ placed in patterns. There are some fantastic examples that can be seen in Roman and Greek ruins, but there are few places within Morocco where mosaic work can’t be seen. So many mosques, palaces, mausoleums, restaurants and homes have beautiful examples of mosaic tile work that decorate floors and walls. In other areas, smaller fragments of tiles are placed to decorate a mirror, window or recess. For more modern day examples of mosaic work, have a look at Gaudi’s work in Barcelona.
To begin with today, you will need the following items:
• A selection of broken crockery – this is the chance to reuse any old broken plates and saucers or to purchase brightly decorated plates from charity shops that you can break up and use. They don’t have to match. • A pair of tile cutters is very useful for
shaping your broken crockery, but you can just break the item and use the pieces as they are.
• A small table or chest of drawers to transform.
• Some tiling grout. This is a bit like a thick glue paste bought from any DIY shop.
Here is our step-by-step guide: 1 Place your pieces of mosaic (we will
call these pieces ‘tiles’) in various patterns on your table or drawer top, until you find a pleasing design. Ideally you want to leave no more than 2 or 3 millimetres between the tiles.
2 Carefully apply some grout to your table and then push your tiles into the grout until you have covered your table.
3 Now let this dry for 30 minutes. 4 Next, cover the whole of your mosaic
with more grout, making sure that there is plenty pushed down between each tile.
5 Once you have covered the area, use a soft cloth or kitchen roll to clean away the excess grout from your tiles. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55
6 Your tiles should now be clean, with neat lines of grout between each piece, but use another soft cloth to buff the tile surfaces so that they are spotless and shiny.
7 Allow this to dry fully and your table is now ready to use.
Next week we will be looking at decoupage so make sure you pick up your copy from any good newsagent or why not subscribe and have your weekly copy delivered straight to your home? Turn to page 52 for information about our sensational subscription offers.
1 What type of text is this taken from? Find FIVE pieces of evidence to support your answer.
2 What do these words mean, as used in the text?
a Recess (line 18)
b Transform (line 34)
c Buff (line 60)
3 Which FOUR countries are referred to in the text?
4 The word ‘cannot’ has become ‘can’t’. What grammar rule has been applied?
5 Find another word in the text that has the same grammar rule.
6 Find an example of a four-word alliterative phrase.
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ten-hour day for six days a week, but that is the only way that we are coping. Poor Sophia next door has four babes under the age of six, which is six mouths to feed but only two workers, and she can’t work properly when she has the little ones to look after. I wish I could help more, but we’re only just about keeping our own heads above water. Many of our friends have starved to death.
Well anyway, we knew some of the men and women were getting more and more restless. The foggers keep applying the pressure so we’re getting less money, but of course they keep taking their wages and what do they do other than collect the nails and pay our wages? They don’t throw any hammers or put in the blood, sweat and tears that we do. Yesterday they said that our wages were being cut again as the Belgiums have been producing nails and it’s driving our prices down.
Something just snapped. People were shouting and yelling, but then they began pushing and shoving. A mob of nailers began storming the factories and taking the managers hostage. They began causing havoc breaking machinery, smashing windows and taking any money or food that they could find. Where will it all end Esther? I don’t mind telling you that I am proper scared. Pray for us and let’s hope this is the end of it.
Lots of love to you, Ernest and the children. Your loving sister Roshannah
xxx
7 What type of text is this? Find FIVE pieces of evidence to support your answer.
8 What do these phrases mean, as used in the text?
a ‘make ends meet’
b ‘began causing havoc’
c ‘something just snapped’
9 Give THREE reasons why some of the friends might have starved to death?
10 What is a fogger?
11 Explain how the ‘Belgiums’ are creating a problem.
12 What FIVE things have the rioters done?
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Designed to support CEM (University of Durham) tests
Paper 2b
Read the following:
Do not begin the test or turn the page until told to do so. Work as quickly and as carefully as you can.
For each question, either write an answer or select the correct answer or letter from the options given.
You may do rough working on a separate sheet of paper.
If you make a mistake, cross out the mistake and write the new answer clearly.
Some of the questions give a choice of answers – if you are not sure of the right answer, you may be able to work it out by eliminating the answers that are definitely wrong.
Long Maths
12 Questions: 10 Minutes
YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THIS SECTION
1 In a class of 30 hockey is for girls and football is for boys, half of the boys play football and half of the girls play hockey. If the football players make up a team of 11 players, how many girls play hockey?
2 If mugs are £2 each, plates are £2.50 and bowls are £2.75, how much will a set of four of each cost?
3 On holiday, Fatima needs $54. If the exchange rate gives her $1.5 for £1 and it costs £5 to change any amount of money, how much will it cost her to get $54 exactly?
4 If 100 raffle tickets are sold at £2 each, and the prizes are £25, £15 and £5, what is the net profit made by the raffle?
5 Photocopying costs 0.2p per copy, and paper is £4 for 500 sheets. How much will it cost to make 200 copies of a notice?
6 Ferry tickets cost £5.50 for adults, children are half price and a car costs £20. How much will it cost a family of two adults and three children to use the ferry with their car?
7 A savings bank offers 1.5% interest on money left in for a year. If Malik puts in £5000 for a year, what will his savings be worth at the end of the year?
8 Pancake mixture made up of 150 g of flour, 200 ml of milk and 1 egg makes six pancakes. How much milk will be needed to make 15 pancakes?
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9 The train from Barchester to Milton is due to arrive at Barchester at 10:39. If it is 28 minutes late and the journey time is 25 minutes, when will the train arrive at Milton?
10 William receives a £25 token for his birthday. He wants to buy three books at £4.99 each and two DVDs for £10.50 each. How much money will he need to add to the token?
11 Greetings cards in a shop range in price from £0.99 to £3.50. How much can Charlie save by getting three of the cheapest rather than three of the most expensive cards?
12 How many 50 cm × 50 cm paving stones does Mr Davies need to surround a pond 3 m × 4 m in size?
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Data
20 Questions: 10 Minutes
YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THIS SECTION
6:00 9:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 2 0 4 6 8 10 12 Temperature in °C
The graph shows the outside temperature measured every 3 hours from 6 am to 6 pm one day.
1 During which period of time did the temperature remain constant?
2 How much colder was it at 18:00 compared to 06:00?
3 During which 3-hour period was there the greatest change in temperature?
The chart shows the number of newspapers that a shop sold each day.
Number of newspapers sold each day 0 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 20 40 60 80 100 120
4 How many newspapers were sold altogether on the two days with the lowest sales?
5 On which day or days were fewer than 70 newspapers sold?
6 A special offer in the Monday newspaper doubled its sales one week. How many more did the shop sell on that Monday compared to Tuesday?
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Three teams took part in a competition. The table below shows their point scores in each round.
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8
Team A 4 6 3 8 2 1 3 5
Team B 0 3 5 2 2 3 5 6
Team C 5 3 6 2 4 5 3 4
7 Which team won the greatest number of rounds?
8 In which round was the highest number of points gained?
9 Which team scored the lowest number of points in total?
This table shows the distances in km between five small towns.
Benton Coalport Dunstone Edgemore Frampton
Benton
Coalport 12
Dunstone 24 15
Edgemore 35 11 27
Frampton 16 21 15 32
10 How long is the journey from Coalport to Frampton via Benton?
11 If a car can travel at an average speed of 56 km per hour, which
towns are more than half an hour apart by car?
Jan 0 5 10 15 20 25 Temperature in °C
Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Average Max Temperature Average Min Temperature
This graph records the average maximum and average minimum temperatures through a year.
12 For how many month(s) in the year was the average maximum temperature above 15 °C?
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Newcastle–Amsterdam Amsterdam–Newcastle Check-in opens 14:30 14:30 Boarding starts 15:00 15:30 Check-in closes 16:30 16:45 Boarding ends 16:30 17:00 Ship departs 17:00 17:30
15 How much earlier does boarding start going to Amsterdam compared to returning
from Amsterdam?
16 How many minutes before departure does check-in close on the ferry from Amsterdam?
17 How long is the check-in open for the journey to Newcastle? Here is a conversion graph. Use it to answer the questions below, reading off as accurately as you can. 0 20 40 60 Temp in °C Temp in °F 80 100 120 0 50 100 150 200 250 32 212
18 Water freezes at 0 °C, what is that in °F?
19 From the graph, estimate the temperature in °F equivalent to:
a 20 °C
b 60 °C
20 From the graph, estimate the temperature in °C equivalent to:
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Non-verbal Reasoning
25 Questions: 10 Minutes
YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THIS SECTION
Which pattern on the right goes best with the two patterns on the left?
Example: a b c d e 1 a b c d e 2 a b c d e 3 a b c d e 4 1 1 1
Which cube can be made from the given net? Example: a b c d e 5 a b c d e 6 a b c d e 7 a b c d e 8 a b c d e 1 1 1 1 Total 4 CONTINUE TO THE NEXT PAGE
Which code matches the pattern at the end? Example: BY BX CX AZ CY a b c d e AX BY AY CZ
?
9 AZ CX BY CY BX a b c d e AY BZ AX CZ?
10 CY BZ AX AZ BY a b c d e AY BX CZ CX?
11 BL CL CN AM AN a b c d e CM AL BM BN?
12 DX EY FY EX FZ a b c d e FX DY DZ EZ?
1 1 1 1Which pattern comes next in the sequence? Example
?
a b c d e 13?
a b c d e 14?
a b c d e 15?
a b c d e 16?
a b c d e 1 1 1 1 Total 4 CONTINUE TO THE NEXT PAGEWhich pattern on the right is a reflection of the pattern on the left? Example: a b c d e 17 a b c d e 18 a b c d e 19 a b c d e 20 a b c d e 1 1 1 1
Which pattern on the right completes the second pair in the same way as the first pair? Example: is to as is to a b c d e 21 is to as is to a b c d e 22 is to as is to a b c d e 23 is to as is to a b c d e 24 is to as is to a b c d e 25 is to as is to a b c d e 1 1 1 1 1 Total 25 WAIT UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO GO ON
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Cloze
35 Questions: 15 Minutes
YOU HAVE 15 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THIS SECTION
Instructions:
Read through this passage and then write the complete word that is partly missing into the table on the right. The first one has been done as an example.
The Journey
It was a rid ously early time to get up but as the taxi was soon due, we had little choice. Travelling down to
Southampton was a long dist from Northumbria and we had to reach the docks by mid-afternoon. There is always the
nervousness of whether the taxi will remember to turn up and whether we will catch the coach in time, but we were tunate and the taxi did turn up as re sted. At the coach station we bun out of the taxi with heavy suitcases, far more bags than seemed sensible, and our coats, scarves and gloves as we could be q ing outside for ages. We stood there like Wee Willy Winkie, still half asleep, with a dozen or so other travellers. Judging by the stickers on cases, we were all catching the same ship and, by pure coincidence, the person queuing
before us happened to be staying in the cabin that was next to us. We were r _l _ e _ e _ to see that they didn’t seem the noisy, _ ro _ le _ at _ c or early riser types!
The coach driver had felt it prudent to stick the heat on full blast as we climbed abroad. It took a split second to feel roasted and we were soon de te to take off all of our winter wear. Someone complained that it was far too hot so the driver i hed on the air con and we began to freeze. We didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at the extremity of the temperature. Once this was sorted out, I settled down in my seat and
pr ly fell asleep. For the next five hours I apparently snored my way down to the service station stop, much to the chagr of my poor parents, who could not believe that someone so small, could snore so loudly!
WORD
ridiculously
Eg. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1Instructions:
Find the missing four letters that need to be added to these words so that the sentence makes sense. The four letters do not have to make a proper word.
Example: We had fitted w
ardr
obes in the bedroom.13 We b t some lovely in tions for me to send to my friends.
14 I inv ten friends and four co s to my birthday party.
15 We had infla es in the pool, then had pizza and then played cri .
16 My best f d bought me some pens that smell like d rent fruits.
17 I tho I would make k you notes and use the new pens.
18 After we had some c late cake, there was still a qua left over.
Instructions:
Underline one word in the brackets that is the best fit in these sentences.
Example: We bought a new (kennel, hutch, sty) for our rabbit.
19 There are twelve (signs, moons, words) of the zodiac.
20 Cheesecake is a popular (desert, dessert, detest).
21 Stonehenge is a circle of (antique, ancient, periodic) stones.
22 We need to (condense, evaporate, dilute) cordial with water before we can drink it.
23 Electronic readers mean we can (downfall, download, downgrade) thousands of books.
24 Sage, mint and olive are shades of (red, blue, green).
Instructions:
Find one word from the list that can be put into the space so that the sentence makes sense. diffuse palate hoard lessen compliment
lesson complement defuse horde palette
25 A of people crowded around the bargain table.
26 The artist used a restful of colours.
27 When I collected the milk jug, I had the full of china.
28 I didn’t mean to pencils but I still kept buying them.
29 He told a joke to the situation.
30 I had a spice-loving .
31 I had to use cinnamon incense to the fish smell.
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Instructions:
Find the missing three-letter word that is needed to complete each word so that the sentence makes sense. The missing three letters must make a proper word.
Example: My
you
ngest sister has won her first swimming medal.32 Weasels, ferrets and st s are more common in rural areas.
33 Foxes are becoming more common in ur areas.
34 Wedding rings are a tradition of many marriage c monies.
35 Although reptiles are cold blo d animals, many can make affectionate pets.
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