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QER + QE Qn Type RevisionName: _______________________ ( )Class: _______Date: _______Practice 1SMSS MYE 2022The cluster of paddy fields round his hut seemed to stretch forever. Old Uncle Chui himself had never been beyond to find out. At any rate, there were no houses within a two kilometre walk in any direction. The paddy was cool to the eye in the time of rain. At other times, the land was parched and the paddy appeared baked brown. The earth cracked while the hut that stood on it faced south towards the road. Occasionally, there were cars, but the cars played so small a part in his consciousness. If he needed anything, which was rarely, he went only as far as the house of the village headman, the Pu Yai Ban, at the eastern edge of the paddy on the canal. Just across the way was the market, but he never went to market. He needed nothing. He planted rice and at harvest time, could pick up as many fallen grains as he liked. When the rains came, he was ready for any pale movement in the water. He did not wonder where the fish came from. They were there, from early morning, big fresh fish, asking to be caught. Once he had stocked up his larder with fish, vegetables were a minor matter. Some grew all by themselves in the flooded paddy.(a)At the beginning of the text, the writer describes the effect of the heat on the land. Explain how the language used in Paragraph 1 emphasises the impact of the intense heat. Support your ideas with three details from Paragraph 1.– [Q] ‘the land was parched’ [E] shows that the land was very dry / arid / had been dried out [R] owing to the high heat. – [Q] ‘the paddy appeared baked brown’ [R] suggests that the heat was so severe that [E] the colour of the paddy had changed from green to brown / it had caused the colour of the paddy to change. – [Q] ‘The earth cracked’ [R] suggests that the heat was so oppressive [E] that it left crevices / fissures in the land. (b) In Paragraph 1, why did the cars play ‘so small a part in his consciousness’?Clue: At any rate, there were no houses within a two kilometre walk in any direction. Old Chui had no use for them.(X) everything we needed was within walking distance (and so?)

2Practice 2CGSS Prelims 2022Rafaela Cortes spent the morning barefoot, sweeping both dead and living things from over and under beds, from behind doors and shutters, through archways, along the veranda, sweeping them all across the deep shadows and luminous sunlight carpeting the cool tile floors. Her slender arms worked the broom industriously through the air which was already thick with suffocating heat. Along the floor, her feet followed, printing their moisture in dark footprints that the tiles ate up. Every morning, a small pile of assorted insects and tiny animals — moths and spiders, lizards and beetles — collected, their brittle bodies tossed in waves along the floor, a clou