Question : 1 of 25

Study the graph and text and answer the questions.
Which percentage of people like sausage as a topping?

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a) 50%
b) 25%
c) 15%
d) 10%

Question : 2 of 25

Study the graph and text and answer the questions.
Which colour indicates the number of people that like cheese toppings?

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a) brown
b) yellow
c) purple
d) green

Question : 3 of 25

Study the graph and text and answer the questions.
Which pizza topping do people like the MOST?

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a) pepperoni
b) cheese
c) sausage
d) supreme

Question : 4 of 25

Study the graph and text and answer the questions.
What is this graph about?

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a) colours
b) pizza toppings
c) mathematics
d) none of the above

Question : 5 of 25

What do we call the time when an article needs to be completed to be included in a newspaper?

a) deadline
b) timeline
c) crimeline
d) lifeline

Question : 6 of 25

Which of the following people is not involved with the newspaper industry?

a) editor
b) writer
c) mechanic
d) printer

Question : 7 of 25

What do we call the person who does research and reports news from different locations?

a) reporter
b) anchorman
c) traveller
d) cameraman

Question : 8 of 25

Study the picture and text and answer the questions.
What is the name of the article?

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a) Special Beatles Issue

b) National Record News

c) Beatlemania sweeps U.S.

d) How it all started

Question : 9 of 25

Study the picture and text and answer the questions.
What is the name of the publication in the picture?

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a) Special Beatles Issue
b) National Record News
c) Beatlemania sweeps U.S.
d) How it all started

Question : 10 of 25

What do we call the name of a newspaper article?

a) title
b) headline
c) byline
d) conclusion

Question : 11 of 25

Read the article and answer the questions.
 
Vivian and books
 
I was going to tell you about Vivian. He's about three or four years older than I am. When I was in primary school, he was in high school. But by the time I got to high school, he had long since dropped out and gone to work in a factory somewhere. Today he's a taxi driver taking Riverlea commuters to town and back about ten times a day in his minibus.

Extract from "Shirley, Goodness and Mercy by Chris van Wyk"
 
The article you read is written in...

c) second person narrative
b) first person narrative
a) third person narrative
d) fourth person narrative

Question : 12 of 25

Which is the correct option for 250 000 written in words?

a) two hundred and fifty thousand
b) two hundred and fifty million
c) twenty-five thousand
d) two hundred and fifty

Question : 13 of 25

Which one of the options does not mean the same as the phrase "had the nerve"?

a) had the  guts
b) had the courage to
c) was brave enough to
d) was injured

Question : 14 of 25

The writer makes a play on the word \'rejects\' in \'Guinness Book of World Rejects\'.
What is the actual name of the well-known book?

a) Guinness Book of World Revamps
b) Guinness Book of World Records
c) Guinness Book of World Readings
d) Guinness Book of World Roads

Question : 15 of 25

Read the extract and answer the questions.
Don\'t be dejected when you\'re rejected (continued)
As my friend knows, rejection may sting a little, but it\'s better than not trying. That\'s why I\'ve always tried hard to get rejected. I\'ve been rejected so many times I should be in the Guinness Book of World Rejects.

Which figure of speech does the writer use in "sting a little"?

a) animation
b) simile
c) metaphor
d) alliteration

Question : 16 of 25

“Hey Chris, have you finished with school?”
I put my book down on my lap. “Aw, Vivian. I\'m 38 years old. Of course I\'m finished.”
“Are you at varsity or something?”
“No, I\'m not... ."
“You not studying?” He makes sure.
“No.”
“Then why the *@#!$* are you still reading books?”
 
Extract from "Shirley, Goodness and Mercy by Chris van Wyk"

What does “*@#!$*” mean in the last line?

a) he cannot find a word to say what he means
b) he made a typing error
c) he used those symbols instead of writing a swear word (profanity)
d) he is speaking a different language

Question : 17 of 25

How long is a 'decade'?

a) 1000 years
b) 10  years
c) 10 months
d) 100 years

Question : 18 of 25

The word "persuit" is spelled incorrectly.
Choose the option with the correct spelling.

a) persoot
b) pursoet
c) pursuit
d) pursute

Question : 19 of 25

What is the meaning of the phrase "turned down"?

a) to turn someone's book to someone else's attention
b) to turn away from a person negatively
c) to be rejected by someone
d) it is a dance step

Question : 20 of 25

Read the extracts from the article Don’t be dejected when you’re rejected by Desmond Tladinyane and answer the questions.
Don\'t be dejected when you\'re rejected
 
Many people are being turned down in the persuit of bettering their lives. Some are rejected more than 50 times leaving them to think that they should have stuck to solving complex equations, leaving the business of “making it” to potential candidates.
 
Why do you think the writer chose to use \'dejected\' and \'rejected\' in his title.

a) It's good to use superior words in a title so readers are drawn into the article
b) These words rhyme and at the same time highlight the main point of the article
c) The writer wanted to seem like a poet by making his words rhyme
d) He ran out of time

Question : 21 of 25

“You not studying?” contains a grammatical error.
Which option is the correct way to write this?

a) “Are you not studying?”
b) You are not studying, you are?
c)  Why are you studying?
d) You study, no?

Question : 22 of 25

What does the phrase "dropped out" mean?

a) to fall down
b) to fail a year in school
c) to quit or leave school before completion
d) to fall out of a car

Question : 23 of 25

What does Riverlea refer to?

a) name of girl
b) name of a place
c) name of a bus
d) name of the person’s wife

Question : 24 of 25

Which words does the contraction " he’s " consist of?

a) his
b) hes
c) he is
d) he said

Question : 25 of 25

Firstly, listen to the audio by clicking on the audio icon.
Then answer the question.
 
What type of work does Vivian do today?

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a)  he works in a factory
b) he is a taxi driver
c) he is a doctor
d) he does not work