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Year 8 English Final Examination SessionPractice TestTest set by: Miss CarolynModerator: Miss AbbieTotal: 55 marksTime:1 hour Name:PercentageSurname:Class:Read These Instructions First:Once seated, everyone is quiet.No borrowing materials from any other student.No extra time allocated for late students.Students may not leave until the end of the exam period.If you speak to another student, your exam paper will be taken from you.If you are found to be cheating, you will receive a zero.Proofread all work before you submit your paper.Good LuckSection 1: ReadingLook at the advert below and answer the questions that follow:What is the advert about (the content)?______________________________________________________________(1)What is the purpose of this advert?______________________________________________________________(1)Who do you think the advert is aimed at (the audience)? Give a reason to support your answer.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(2)What are two benefits associated with milk that are listed in the advert?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(1) a) Name two techniques that are used to persuade the reader. Provide evidence/quote from the text to support what you are saying._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(2)_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(2)b) Explain why these techniques are effective._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(2)_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(2)Read the newspaper article below and answer the questions that follow.Cook Your Vegetables to Increase Iron IntakeSAN FRANCISCO, Friday March 31 (Reuters Health) -- The next time you're whipping up dinner you may want to boil, steam or stir-fry your vegetables. Eating cooked vegetables -- and even a few fruits -- appears to increase your iron intake, according to research presented here at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society.Although the amount of iron in a vegetable remains unchanged, cooking makes more of that iron available for absorption by the body, explained Tung-Ching Lee, a food scientist at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Lee presented the findings at the American Chemical Society meeting here.For example, cooking increases the available iron in cabbage from about 5% to 15%, and in broccoli from 6% to more than 30%. In comparison, the amount of iron that can be absorbed from red meat is 25%.The fruit that benefitted most from cooking was peaches, although kiwi was found to have the most available iron in its fresh form, Lee said. In general, fruits are not a big source of iron.Lee tested 48 vegetables in all, purchased fresh from retail groceries in Taiwan, and found that 37 of the 48 benefitted from cooking for approximately 15 minutes.Some vegetables benefitted dramatically while others, such as spinach, are equally nutritious whether raw or cooked.Lee also discovered that storing cooked vegetables overnight, even under refrigeration, results in dramatic losses in the available iron content. So to get the most out of your veggie meal, “you need to consume it fresh cooked,'” he said.Cooking tomatoes with other vegetables also enhances the nutritional value of the other vegetables, such as broccoli and cauliflower, Lee added. Blending vegetables after they are cooked leaves the iron availability unchanged, but blending vegetables before cooking will lower their iron availability almost to that of the raw form.Cooking enhances the body's ability to absorb the iron because in plants, iron is stored as ferritin, a compound that releases its iron when it is heated. Blending before cooking disrupts the cell walls of the plant and interferes with this process.Iron deficiency anaemia is the most prevalent nutritional problem in the world today, Lee said in explaining his motivation for this research.Article ? 2000 Reuters Limited. Lesson ? 2000 english-to-Which vegetable helps improve the nutritional value of other vegetables when they're cooked together?______________________________________________________________(1)Which raw fruit has the most available iron?______________________________________________________________(1)Which vegetable is nutritious, raw or cooked?______________________________________________________________(1)Which fruit has more iron when it is cooked?______________________________________________________________(1)Which vegetable increases its available iron from 6% to 30% when it is cooked?______________________________________________________________(1)Give the meaning of each of these words as it is used in the passage. In each case, give one word or short phrase.findings____________________________________________________(1)increases___________________________________________________(1)dramatically_________________________________________________(1)prevalent___________________________________________________(1)Fill the gaps in the sentences with one of the words below. (Be careful as there is one extra word. You may use the same word more than once):so, however, while, because, butYou need to make sure that your child is getting iron in their diet. Iron forms part of the haemoglobin (in the red blood cells) which carries oxygen around the body ______________ it's important to make sure that the food you give your baby contains some iron. Iron is also important for your child's mental and physical development. ______________ vegetables do have some iron, meat contains more. It's a good idea to include some meat in your baby's diet ______________ iron is absorbed more readily from meat. If, ______________, your baby is on a vegetarian diet, you can make sure they get iron from feeding them dark green leafy vegetables, egg yolks and whole grain cereals.Be careful which vegetables you give them ______________ some iron-rich ones such as spinach and broccoli are not suitable for babies under six months. __________________ a child needs 10 mgs of iron a day, a baby should only have 6 mgs. (3)Section 3: WritingChoose ONE of the following questions to answer.1. Write a short story using one of the titles below:Health KickForever YoungYou should develop setting and character as well as plot.OR2. Write a letter to your school principal, persuading him to bring in healthier options to the school cafeteria.Make sure you include persuasive techniques in your letter.OR3. ‘Today’s teenagers are more unhealthy than teenagers of past generations.’Write a discursive essay, discussing your views on this statement.OR4. Write a persuasive article for your school paper about the benefits of regular exercise.OR5. ‘Fast food companies are to blame for the increase in childhood obesity rates.’Write a discursive essay, discussing your views on this statement.OR6. Write a short story using the following opening.His lungs were burning and his heart was pounding, but he knew he couldn’t give up. Not yet, at least.You should develop setting and character as well as plot.center0Space for your plan00Space for your plan________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ideas/5Conventions/5Organisation/5Voice/5Sent fluency/5Word choice/5Section 1/25Section 2/30TOTAL/55 ................
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