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Extract from ‘Alice in Wonderland’ by Lewis Carroll Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
Alice opened the door and found that it led into a small passage, not much larger than a rat-hole: she knelt down and looked along the passage into the loveliest garden you ever saw. How she longed to get out of that dark hall, and wander about among those beds of bright flowers and those cool fountains, but she could not even get her head through the doorway; "and even if my head would go through," thought poor Alice, "it would be of very little use without my shoulders. Oh, how 5 I wish I could shut up like a telescope! I think I could, if I only knew how to begin." For, you see, so many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.
There seemed to be no use in waiting by the little door, so she went back to the table, half hoping 10 she might find another key on it, or at any rate a book of rules for shutting people up like telescopes: this time she found a little bottle on it, ("which certainly was not here before," said Alice), and tied round the neck of the bottle was a paper label, with the words "DRINK ME" beautifully printed on it in large letters. It was all very well to say "Drink me," but the wise little Alice was not going to do that in a hurry. "No, I'll look first," she said, "and see whether it's marked 'poison' or not"; for she 15 had read several nice little stories about children who had got burnt, and eaten up by wild beasts, and other unpleasant things, all because they would not remember the simple rules their friends had taught them: such as, that a red-hot poker will burn you if you hold it too long; and that, if you cut your finger very deeply with a knife, it usually bleeds; and she had never forgotten that, if you drink much from a bottle marked "poison," it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later. 20 However, this bottle was not marked "poison," so Alice ventured to taste it, and, finding it very nice (it had, in fact, a sort of mixed flavour of cherry-tart, custard, pine-apple, roast turkey, toffee, and hot buttered toast), she very soon finished it off.
"What a curious feeling!" said Alice. "I must be shutting up like a telescope!" 25 And so it was indeed: she was now only ten inches high, and her face brightened up at the thought that she was now the right size for going through the little door into that lovely garden. First, however, she waited for a few minutes to see if she was going to shrink any further: she felt a little nervous about this; "for it might end, you know," said Alice to herself; "in my going out altogether, like a candle. I wonder what I should be like then?" And she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle 30 looks like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing.
After a while, finding that nothing more happened, she decided on going into the garden at once; but, alas for poor Alice! When she got to the door, she found she had forgotten the little golden key, and when she went back to the table for it, she found she could not possibly reach it: she could see it 35 quite plainly through the glass, and she tried her best to climb up one of the legs of the table, but it was too slippery; and when she had tired herself out with trying, the poor little thing sat down and cried.
"Come, there's no use in crying like that!" said Alice to herself rather sharply. "I advise you to leave 40 off this minute!" She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into her eyes; and once she remembered trying to box her own ears for having cheated herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself, for this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people. "But it's no use now," thought poor Alice, "to pretend to be two people! Why, there's hardly enough of me 45 left to make one respectable person!"
1. What was the small passage not much larger than?A. A rat-holeB. A badger denC. A small doorwayD. A small crevice
2. What could Alice not get her head through?A. The loungeB. The doorwayC. The passageD. The wardrobe
3. What type of book is ‘Alice in Wonderland’?A. FictionB. Non-FictionC. PoetryD. A collection
4. ‘Shutting people up like telescopes’ is the use of? (line 11)A. An onomatopoeiaB. A simileC. An expressionD. A metaphor
5. How were the words ‘Drink Me’ printed?A. In Small LettersB. Beautifully in Large lettersC. In Cursive FontD. Along the Front
6. Which of the following best defines the word ‘ventured’ (line 21)?A. To do something which is risky or dangerousB. To leave something aloneC. To drink something quicklyD. To have a quick taste of something
7. Which of the following did Alice not taste when she drank the liquid in the bottle?A. ToffeeB. Hot buttered toastC. Lemon-tartD. Custard
8. What happened when Alice drank from the bottle?A. She grew to be 9 feet tallB. Her face dulledC. She shrunk to be ten inches highD. Her nose grew
9. Why does it say “alas poor Alice!” on line 34?A. She did not have much moneyB. Because she decided to go straight to the garden.C. The golden key was still on the tableD. She could not remember what a candle flame looked like
10. What was Alice very fond of pretending to be?A. A princessB. An adultC. Two peopleD. A pony
11. Which word is the most similar in meaning to “seldom” (line 41)A. OftenB. NeverC. AlwaysD. Rarely
12. What is the meaning of the word “scolded” as used on line 42?A. BurntB. CastigateC. PraiseD. Erode
13. Alice needed to get through a small doorway. Which of the words below is NOT a synonym of the word “small”?A. MinuteB. TinyC. GargantuanD. Diminutive
14. The words “After a while” begin line 33. Grammatically is it?A. An expanded noun phraseB. A fronted adverbialC. A prepositionD. A relative clause
INSTRUCTIONS: On the left are two shapes with an arrow between them. The shape on the right has been formed by following a set of rules. You need to decide the correct outcome for the third shape if it follows the same rules.
STRATEGY: The strategy with this type of NVR puzzle (and with may of the other types as well!) is the look at each rule individually and ELIMINATE the possible answers the do not follow that rule. Repeat and eventually you will end up with only one possible answer. Some of the patterns are very similar, so you have to look very carefully!!!
To be able to place numbers in order of value correctly you must understand how the place value grid works. Using the decimal point as guide, write out each number, then compare starting from the left-hand column. Tip: Use place holder zeros if that helps.
Example: Order these numbers from smallest to largest.
To be able to place numbers in order of value correctly you must understand how the place value grid works. Using the decimal point as guide, write out each number, then compare starting from the left-hand column. Tip: Use place holder zeros if that helps.
Example: Order these numbers from smallest to largest.
In these questions you are looking for three words that belong together and two that do not fit. Find the two words that do not fit. The link below will demonstrate this type of question.
https://youtu.be/MwEOrhODCjY
1. Sapphire, ruby, blue, diamond, rose
2. Jupiter, Earth, sun, moon, Mars
3. Christianity, Jesus, Judaism, prayer, Hinduism
4. Tuesday, Wednesday, March, month, Friday
5. Eagle, sparrow, fly, spider, hawk
6. Yacht, schooner, dinghy, train, car
7. London, Madrid, Sydney, Athens, Seville
8. Florida, Michigan, Canada, New York, New Zealand