QP Y6 June2014
QP Y6 June2014
QP Y6 June2014
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Pearson Edexcel
Primary Curriculum
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Candidate Number
English
Year 6
Paper Reference
JEH01
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Instructions
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SECTION A
These questions are about Text A
Answer ALL questions.
Some questions need to be answered with a cross in a box . If you change your mind, put a
line through the box and then put a cross in another box.
1 Write the name of each animal which is used to define:
(a) the Arctic ............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............................................. ............................................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) the Antarctic... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................................................... ...................................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Total for Question 1 = 1 mark)
2 In paragraph 1 what do people think about polar bears?
Put a cross
in one box.
A lonely
B unnatural
C angry
D magical
(Total for Question 2 = 1 mark)
3 Write out the phrase from paragraph 2 which shows that some Arctic mammals do
very little on the frozen sea surface.
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in one box.
(1)
True
False
(b) Give a reason for your answer to 4(a)
(1)
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all
indeed
for
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14 They have been good to me (so far) and have provided a window on the Arctic like
no other.
Why has the writer used brackets in this sentence?
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in one box.
A to show surprise
B to build tension
C to create humour
D to explain events
(Total for Question 20 = 1 mark)
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21 I climbed up (with some difficulty) and sat atop it, peering around.
Why has the writer used brackets in this sentence?
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high wall
rough meadow
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25 Give two reasons why the writer did not tell her family about the bear.
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2 . . . . . . . . ................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............. .............................................................................................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Total for Question 25 = 2 marks)
26 Why did Rose have no memory of the bear?
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in one box.
A science fiction
B biography
C horror
D adventure
(Total for Question 28 = 1 mark)
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29 How does the writer build up tension and interest for the reader?
Refer to the whole text.
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SECTION B
Grammar and punctuation
Answer ALL questions
30 Join the underlined word to the correct part of speech. The first one has been
completed for you.
The writer did not have an
answer to the friends question.
article
adjective
verb
preposition
adverb
(Total for Question 30 = 4 marks)
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33 Write out the sentence below to include the subordinate clause although she was
only two years old. Remember to use the correct punctuation.
Rose managed to climb the old stone wall.
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SECTION C
Writing
36 You have lost something which is very important to you. Your task is to write about
this experience.
Remember to:
x
explain why it is important to you and how you felt about losing it
say whether or not you found it and how you felt then.
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Pearson Edexcel
Primary Curriculum
English
Year 6
Paper Reference
JEH01
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Text A
Andrew Derocher has studied polar bears for over 20 years. Here he tells us about
their habitat and his interest in them.
The area of our world known as the Arctic is defined by sea ice, snow, reindeer,
whales and polar bears. For many people it is polar bears alone that define this
northernmost area of our planet. Antarctica has penguins. The Arctic has polar
bears. Many people find something mystical about a huge, dangerous, pure
white predator that stays awake all winter, walking on a frozen ocean under the
Northern lights.
Although polar bears can swim they are more often found on the ice than in the
water. Some Arctic mammals use the seas frozen surface merely as a handy place
to snooze or give birth, but polar bears use this sea ice as a platform for travelling,
feeding and breeding.
The Arctic landscape is not unspoiled but, until recently, has been mostly
unaffected by humans (Arctic whaling had been a booming business until most
of the whales were killed). The Arctic has long been viewed as a frozen wasteland
with little to offer but freezing cold winters and summers filled with biting insects,
but a serious new danger is coming: climate change. This is raising interest in the
Arctic and poses a daunting threat to the polar bears habitat. Perhaps peoples
fascination with polar bears will be strong enough to save them.
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Given my long acquaintance with polar bears I am clearly biased towards these
fascinating animals. That some people are captivated by the polar bear is shown
by the bears presence in historical and popular culture. Paintings, carvings,
Tshirts, jewellery, bearaphenalia, magazines, advertisements and television
shows are all filled with polar bear images.
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A friend once asked how I would make a living as a polar bearologist and what
sort of future did such a career hold (fearing perhaps that I would live in poverty).
I do not think I had an answer all those years ago but I have, indeed, made a
career studying big, white bears. For three decades I have been conducting
research on polar bears and my fascination with them has not waned.
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There are few polar bear biologists in the world. The incredible perseverance of
these scientists is notable and their combined efforts to conserve polar bears
outstanding. Perhaps the bears inspired them as they did me. Serendipity set me
on the path to studying bears I hope to follow that path for many years to come.
I have been privileged to study polar bears and in a sense I owe them. They have
been good to me (so far) and have provided a window on the Arctic like no other.
I hope that by writing about their natural history I can provide people with better
insight into how they live in one of the harshest habitats in the world.
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Polar Bears A Complete Guide To their Biology and Behaviour. Andrew Derocher.
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Or so we thought.
There was some snow on the ground, though the day was not bitterly cold.
When I reached the stone wall, I climbed up (with some difficulty) and sat atop
it, peering around. Despite my parents certainty that she would never have
gone this way I wasnt so sure. I knew my baby sister well enough to know that
she always did what my parents least expected. The stone wall bordered a small
meadow that gradually turned into a hill. Just beyond the hill lay a much bigger,
rockier crag and on the other side of that was a steep drop into a gorge with a
pool of water at the bottom.
I saw no sign of Rose in the small meadow, nor on the hill. But suddenly uneasy, I
ran across both and then climbed the rocky crag. When I got to the top, I looked
down. Standing beside the pool was a large, white bear. Rose dangled limp from
its mouth, and they were both dripping with water.
The creature swung its head to face me, then began moving up the rocks towards
me. I stood still, frozen by fear. I could see that the white bear was carrying
Rose by her clothing a bunched up wad at the back of her neck like a mother
carrying a kitten. The animal stopped a stones throw from me and gently laid
Rose down. Just before it turned to move away, I caught a glimpse of the bears
eyes. The expression there was like none Id ever encountered in an animal
before. It was a look of immense sadness.
I picked Rose up and carried her home. I told my parents where I had found her
but not about the bear. I dont know why not. Perhaps I thought that none of
my family would believe me, that theyd think it was a story Id made up. But
that wasnt the reason. There was something about the bear that frightened me,
something beyond its bigness and fierceness and I didnt want to think about it,
let alone talk about it.
Somehow Rose had climbed over the stone wall, made her way across the
meadow, climbed up both the gentle hill and the rocky crag, then slipped and slid
down the other side into the icy water of the gorge. Father thought Rose must
have crawled out of the water herself.
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Rose had no memory of the bear. Im quite sure she never actually saw it.
And I never told anyone.
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