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Right click on the button below to access the reading texts.  Read all three texts carefully and answer Question 1.1 to 1.8.

1.4 What does the word “trotting” in Text C tell you about how Daniel feels? (1)

1.5 Explain what effect the short sentences at the end of Text A have? (2)

1.6 Considering your answer in Question 1.5, explain the effect of the short sentences in Text A. (1)

1.2 In Text A, is Rachel in a hurry to open the envelope? Use evidence from the extract to support your answer. (2)

READ THIS BEFORE STARTING Building mood in a text Writers, especially fiction writers, build up a mood of a scene through the language, punctuation and structure they use. Mood is about how the text makes you feel – whether it’s happy, sad, frightened, anxious, excited. As we explored in class, the writer’s use of language, punctuation and structure creates a subtext, and it is in exploring the subtext that we can see the mood and feeling that the writer is trying to create.

INSTRUCTIONS 1. Read each question carefully before you start to answer it. 2. Answer all questions in the spaces provided. 3. You should pay attention to punctuation and spelling. 4. The number of marks is given in brackets at the end of each question. 5. Check your answers if you have time at the end.

______ is a government’s seizure of a domestic or foreign company’s assets.

NAFTA is a trading bloc consisting of the United States, Canada, Panama, and Mexico.

Organizations can gain a competitive advantage simply by matching their competition in terms of cutting costs and responsiveness to employees.