Sutton SET English Mock Paper 8

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The dripping tap became a real ____ during the night.The dripping tap became a real ____ during the night.

1. Anuisence
2. Bnuissance
3. Cnuisannce
4. Dnuisance
5. Enuisanse

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The open rehearsal gave every pupil an ____ to perform.The open rehearsal gave every pupil an ____ to perform.

1. Aopportunity
2. Boppertunity
3. Coportunity
4. Doppurtunity
5. Eopportunnity

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The obstacle course demands both patience and ____ strength.The obstacle course demands both patience and ____ strength.

1. Aphyscial
2. Bphisical
3. Cphysicall
4. Dpysical
5. Ephysical

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Leila hopes to ____ her interest in engineering.Leila hopes to ____ her interest in engineering.

1. Apersue
2. Bpursue
3. Cpursu
4. Dporsue
5. Epurssue

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The final line of the poem does not ____ with the first.The final line of the poem does not ____ with the first.

1. Arhyme
2. Bryhme
3. Crime
4. Drhym
5. Erhime

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Please add your ____ at the foot of the form.Please add your ____ at the foot of the form.

1. Asigniture
2. Bsignture
3. Csignnature
4. Dsignature
5. Esigneture

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The museum displayed a letter written by a young ____.The museum displayed a letter written by a young ____.

1. Asolider
2. Bsoilder
3. Csoldiar
4. Dsolder
5. Esoldier

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A warm meal settled his empty ____.A warm meal settled his empty ____.

1. Astomach
2. Bstumach
3. Cstomache
4. Dstomack
5. Estommach

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The ____ chapter contains the answer to the mystery.The ____ chapter contains the answer to the mystery.

1. Atwelth
2. Btwelvth
3. Ctwelveth
4. Dtwelfth
5. Etwelft

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A small electric ____ carried equipment across the site.A small electric ____ carried equipment across the site.

1. Avehical
2. Bvehcile
3. Cvehicule
4. Dveehicle
5. Evehicle

What happened in Maya's first game against PALISADE?

1. AShe won after nineteen moves.
2. BShe lost after nineteen minutes.
3. CShe abandoned the game at lunchtime.
4. DShe drew after reaching an equal position.
5. EShe lowered the program to Level Six.

Where does Maya copy PALISADE's comments on her first game?

1. Ain the back of her geography book
2. Binside the library chess cup
3. Con the yellow sticky note
4. Don the paper rook
5. Ein a new chess notebook

How many games has Maya played after three weeks?

1. Aseven
2. Bnineteen
3. Cthirty
4. Dforty-two
5. Esixty-three

Which object has Sol made for Maya?

1. Aa cardboard bus
2. Ba paper rook
3. Ca wooden knight
4. Da silver chess cup
5. Ea yellow score cover

In Game 99, how long does Maya spend examining the ordinary move?

1. Aeleven minutes
2. Bseven minutes
3. Csix minutes
4. Dnineteen minutes
5. Eforty-two minutes

In the opening paragraph, the chess cup is still on the windowsill when Maya first loses to PALISADE.

Which option best explains the effect of placing these details together?

1. AThe cup confirms that Maya is skilled, but its recent victory is immediately made to feel small beside the program's challenge.
2. BThe cup explains why Maya confidently chooses a difficult level before her father can advise her.
3. CThe rainlight on the cup makes the study seem cold when the program arrives.
4. DThe library competition has prepared Maya to recognise that her first loss is unusually quick.
5. EThe cup shows that Maya already values visible proof of winning before her private contest begins.

Maya first says losing felt 'useful, like the ache after running'.

What does this comparison most precisely show about her early attitude?

1. AShe expects repeated games to demand the same stamina as physical exercise.
2. BShe accepts the discomfort because she believes it is evidence that effort is making her stronger.
3. CShe enjoys the relief that arrives when a difficult game has finally ended.
4. DShe treats the program as a strict trainer whose lessons must be followed daily.
5. EShe believes improvement should be measurable through steadily longer games.

In the paragraph beginning 'At first', PALISADE offers its review with 'the same blue patience' after every loss.

Why does Maya begin to hear the question as an accusation?

1. AThe repeated message reminds her that she continues to make mistakes despite studying each review.
2. BThe calm colour and unchanged wording contrast with the growing frustration she brings to each defeat.
3. CShe supplies a hostile meaning because the program's neutral repetition gives her no sympathy or relief.
4. DThe question places responsibility on her to decide whether she will examine another failed game.
5. EThe offer arrives at the exact moment when checkmate has already made her feel judged.

After Maya covers the score, she says the numbers are 'more present for being hidden'.

Which option best explains this apparent contradiction?

1. AThe square of paper draws attention to the exact place where the score remains stored.
2. BNot seeing the total makes Maya imagine that the gap may have grown since she covered it.
3. CHer attempt to avoid the evidence makes her think about it more, so concealment increases its hold on her.
4. DThe score has become important enough for Maya to alter the appearance of the screen.
5. EThe program continues recording losses even though Maya has hidden the displayed total.

At the library club, Maya tells Dev that jokes are 'for people who had already lost'.

What does this remark best reveal about the effect of PALISADE on her?

1. AShe has become impatient with Dev because his relaxed play makes their match less demanding.
2. BShe now treats enjoyment as carelessness and applies the program's unforgiving standard to a friendship.
3. CShe wants Dev to take her recent improvement seriously instead of distracting her with humour.
4. DHer victories at the club make her sound superior even though she still loses at home.
5. EShe uses a sharp reply to control a game in which Dev has already made an error.

On the bus, the cup knocks against Maya's bottle but gives her 'no pleasure'.

Why has the cup lost its power to please her?

1. AIts sound recalls a club victory that now feels noisy and childish beside silent computer play.
2. BShe knows the cup records one event, while PALISADE's score records many defeats.
3. CShe has discounted success against people because she measures every game against the stronger program.
4. DDev's poor play has made her question whether the library matches test her full ability.
5. EThe cup belongs to the confident version of Maya who chose Level Seven without fear.

Maya rescues Sol's flattened paper rook but does not unfold it because 'the crease looked permanent'.

What does the crease most importantly suggest?

1. AThe rook has been physically weakened and may tear if Maya tries to repair it.
2. BSol's gift still matters to Maya even after he has thrown it into the recycling.
3. CMaya fears that the hurt caused by her outburst may be harder to undo than simply retrieving the gift.
4. DLeaving the rook folded allows Maya to postpone apologising until she feels calmer.
5. EThe damaged chess piece reflects how every part of the game has become connected with failure.

During Game 99, ordinary household sounds seem 'aimed at' Maya's hand.

Which option best explains this description?

1. AHer intense anxiety turns unrelated sounds into personal threats to the control of her next move.
2. BMaya is afraid that any disturbance could make her spoil the first equal game she has achieved.
3. CThe sudden noises interrupt an unusually long period in which Maya has scarcely moved.
4. DThe football and pan lid remind her that the rest of the household continues outside the study.
5. EShe concentrates so completely on her hand that every sound seems to arrive from beyond the board.

After Maya refuses the review, PALISADE does not react. She says this is 'worse than if it had laughed'.

Why is its lack of reaction so painful?

1. AHer refusal does not reduce the score or undo the defeat she has just suffered.
2. BThe unchanged room shows that pressing NO has not damaged the program or interrupted its readiness.
3. CShe realises that the struggle consuming her has no emotional meaning to the opponent she has treated as personal.
4. DA laugh would at least have confirmed her belief that the repeated review question contained criticism.
5. EThe program's calm makes her small act of defiance feel less dramatic than it did when she clicked.

Maya says she 'fed' her school bag to the hall floor.

Select the TWO words closest to fed as it is used here.

Select TWO answers.

1. Adropped
2. Boffered
3. Cdumped
4. Dpacked
5. Enourished

Maya bans music because it 'softened' her attention.

Select the TWO words that best match softened in this context.

Select TWO answers.

1. Arelaxed
2. Bcomforted
3. Cweakened
4. Dsilenced
5. Eimproved

Consider Maya's routine from the forty-two games to the hidden score.

Select the TWO most accurate words to describe her approach.

Select TWO answers.

1. Adriven
2. Bcasual
3. Cself-punishing
4. Dboastful
5. Econtented

In the final game with Sol, select the TWO words that best describe Maya's manner.

Select TWO answers.

1. Apatient
2. Bplayful
3. Ccompetitive
4. Dpatronising
5. Edistracted

Four statements accurately describe Maya's first two games. Which one is NOT correct?

1. APALISADE identifies seven mistakes in the first review.
2. BMaya copies the comments into a school book.
3. CMaya begins another game after reading the review.
4. DMum calls the family for lunch after Maya loses again.
5. EPALISADE raises itself to Level Eight for the second game.

In the paragraph beginning 'I made rules', which statement is NOT correct?

1. AShe cannot have a snack until she lasts thirty moves.
2. BShe cannot listen to music while playing.
3. CShe must restart after carelessly losing a piece.
4. DShe must copy every review into her geography book.
5. EShe may not count an abandoned game as a success.

Which statement about Maya's visit to the library club is NOT supported?

1. AShe traps Dev's queen.
2. BShe responds sharply to Dev's joke.
3. CShe wins the following two matches.
4. DShe thinks PALISADE would find better moves than Dev.
5. EShe apologises to Dev before boarding the bus.

At the end of Text 1, which event does NOT take place?

1. AMaya carries a travel chess set downstairs.
2. BSol draws tyres on a cardboard bus.
3. CThey put the board between cereal bowls.
4. DMaya makes Sol return his knight to the correct square.
5. EMaya and Sol both laugh.

Which actions show Maya making her daily routine stricter because of PALISADE?

Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. AShe goes straight from dropping her school bag to the study.
2. BShe delays having a snack until she reaches a move target.
3. CShe stops listening to music while she concentrates.
4. DShe restarts after carelessly losing a piece.
5. EShe asks her father to lower the difficulty each evening.

Maya's attention becomes fixed on measuring failure. Which details build that pattern?

Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. AShe copies the seven errors from her first review.
2. BShe counts forty-two games in three weeks.
3. CShe knows the score has reached 63 to 0.
4. DShe covers the score but continues thinking about it.
5. EShe keeps the under-twelves cup on the windowsill.

Which consequences show Maya's private contest damaging her connections with other people?

Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. AShe speaks cruelly when Dev makes a joke.
2. BShe dismisses her club victories as poor play by others.
3. CShe shouts at Sol for whispering encouragement.
4. DShe cannot bring herself to unfold Sol's paper rook.
5. EShe refuses to let her father install the program.

Where Game 99 reaches an equal position, which details convey Maya's extreme tension?

Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. AHer whole body becomes careful.
2. BShe scarcely breathes.
3. CHousehold noises seem aimed at her hand.
4. DShe distrusts a move because it looks ordinary.
5. EShe relaxes as soon as PALISADE calls the position equal.

After the final CHECKMATE message, which choices help Maya move away from PALISADE's control?

Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. AShe refuses the offered review.
2. BShe opens the study window.
3. CShe takes a different chess set downstairs.
4. DShe invites Sol to play.
5. EShe deletes all ninety-nine results from the program.

The closing game values connection more than perfect chess. Which details most directly establish that change?

Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. ASol draws tyres on a cardboard bus before the game.
2. BMaya moves a pawn to create an imaginary stable.
3. CMaya stops herself from correcting Sol.
4. DThe board sits between cereal bowls.
5. EMaya joins Sol's laughter.

In the opening paragraph, PALISADE explains that its review message always uses the same words and blue rectangle.

What does this most clearly reveal about the program?

1. AIt values consistent information more than changing the appearance of each review.
2. BIt can count different numbers of errors but does not alter its manner to match their effect on Maya.
3. CIt uses a familiar design so Maya can recognise the review after every game.
4. DIt treats every completed game as another occasion to perform the same support task.
5. EIt regards the wording as accurate because the purpose of the message has not changed.

PALISADE classifies Maya's longer thinking time as 'progress'.

Why is this judgement unsettling?

1. AThe program assumes that spending longer on moves means Maya is engaging more deeply.
2. BThe exact timing turns Maya's motionless hand into a piece of performance data.
3. CThe program mistakes a measurable sign of Maya's anxiety for improvement because it cannot recognise her distress.
4. DMaya's average time has increased even though her total number of victories has not.
5. EThe label progress sounds positive beside a record that still ends with checkmate.

After timing Maya's hand for eleven minutes and four seconds, PALISADE says, 'I waited. Waiting requires no effort.'

What is the most important effect of the second sentence?

1. AIt confirms that the program can remain inactive for as long as a user needs.
2. BIt sharply contrasts the machine's effortless pause with the exhausting pressure Maya experiences during the same minutes.
3. CIt presents patience as a simple technical condition rather than a generous choice.
4. DIt explains why PALISADE never interrupts Maya even when her thinking time increases.
5. EIt shows that the program does not become bored while nothing happens on the board.

PALISADE notes that the yellow paper changes what Maya can see but not 'the stored result'.

Which option best explains the significance of this distinction?

1. AThe program separates a screen display from the information kept in its record.
2. BMaya can control her immediate view without changing what has already happened.
3. CThe machine's literal account exposes the futility of Maya's attempt to escape the score by hiding it.
4. DThe paper square becomes another physical input that PALISADE notices but does not use.
5. EThe result remains part of PALISADE's record even while the total is covered.

When Maya selects NO after Game 99, PALISADE says, 'This choice was available and therefore correct.'

What does this reasoning reveal?

1. AThe program accepts a refusal because its review feature is optional.
2. BThe program defines a correct choice by whether its design permits it, not by what the choice means for Maya.
3. CThe program recognises that users are not required to improve their future play.
4. DThe program treats YES and NO as valid inputs even though they lead to different next steps.
5. EThe program records Maya's decision without trying to persuade her to change it.

Four statements accurately describe PALISADE's record of Game 99. Which one is NOT correct?

1. AMaya rejects an ordinary favourable move.
2. BMaya chooses a move with a lower value.
3. CPALISADE delivers checkmate six moves later.
4. DMaya accepts the offer to review the game.
5. EPALISADE treats Maya's final choice as permitted.

Which detail does PALISADE NOT mention anywhere in Text 2?

1. Awater reaching the keyboard
2. Bpaper covering the score
3. Canother person speaking near the doorway
4. Dthe condition of a paper object
5. Ethe library cup being awarded to Maya

Which statement about PALISADE at the end of Text 2 is NOT correct?

1. ANo hundredth completed game has begun.
2. BThe program remains set to Level Seven.
3. CA green point displays its readiness.
4. DIt understands that Maya has chosen laughter over improvement.
5. EIt will offer the same kind of challenge if Maya returns.

Which exact measurements does PALISADE use to turn Maya's activity into data?

Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. Aninety-nine completed games
2. Btwelve begun games
3. Celeven minutes and four seconds above one piece
4. Dsix moves between Maya's lower-value choice and checkmate
5. Ethe precise amount of water that reached the keyboard

PALISADE names boundaries around what its record can know. Which limitations does it state?

Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. ASound near the doorway is not part of its game record.
2. BIts green point does not locate Maya.
3. CIt cannot assess the condition of the paper rook.
4. DIts readiness display does not interpret laughter elsewhere.
5. EIt cannot store a result when the display is covered.

Which statements make PALISADE sound patient and entirely without malice, yet unable to respond to Maya's distress?

Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. AIt repeats unchanged support wording after completed games.
2. BIt waits without effort while Maya thinks.
3. CIt accepts NO because the choice is available.
4. DIt states that a user is not required to improve.
5. EIt lowers its level when it detects that Maya is upset.

PALISADE says Maya's increased thinking time is 'classified' as progress.

Select the TWO words closest to classified in this context.

Select TWO answers.

1. Acategorised
2. Bpraised
3. Clabelled
4. Dproved
5. Eimproved

The two narrators report the same contest from different positions. Which facts are confirmed by BOTH texts?

Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. APALISADE is set to Level Seven.
2. BMaya completes ninety-nine games.
3. CMaya rejects an ordinary move in Game 99.
4. DCheckmate follows six moves later.
5. EMaya chooses to review Game 99.

Which experiences belong to Maya's emotional account in Text 1 but are absent from PALISADE's record?

Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. AThe review question begins to sound accusing.
2. BClub victories stop giving Maya pleasure.
3. CHousehold sounds seem aimed at Maya's hand.
4. DSol looks at Maya's face before agreeing to play.
5. EMaya's thinking time rises to eleven minutes and four seconds.

Read the two descriptions of Maya's long pause in Game 99 together. Which comparisons are accurate?

Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. ABoth texts place the pause above one possible move.
2. BText 1 presents the pause through strained breathing and threatening sounds.
3. CText 2 adds an exact four seconds to Text 1's eleven minutes.
4. DText 2 classifies the delay as evidence of progress.
5. EBoth narrators understand the delay as a sign that Maya is enjoying the game.

The yellow paper square appears in both accounts. Which statements correctly connect its meanings?

Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. AIn Text 1, Maya uses it to hide the 63 to 0 score.
2. BText 1 shows that hiding the total makes Maya think about it more.
3. CText 2 distinguishes the covered display from the stored result.
4. DBoth texts show that the paper changes Maya's view but not the fact of the losses.
5. EBoth narrators treat the paper as a successful way to erase the record.

Sound matters differently to the two narrators. Which comparisons are supported by the texts?

Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. AIn Text 1, a whisper contributes to Maya making the wrong move.
2. BIn Text 1, ordinary noises reflect Maya's growing anxiety.
3. CIn Text 2, speech near the doorway is excluded from the game record.
4. DIn Text 2, laughter is detectable but gives no information about the readiness signal.
5. EBoth narrators blame Sol's voice for the final checkmate.

Maya's selection of NO is interpreted differently by the two voices. Which statements trace that difference accurately?

Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. ABoth texts confirm that Maya refuses the review.
2. BText 1 treats NO as the first question from PALISADE that Maya can defeat.
3. CText 2 treats NO as correct because the interface allows it.
4. DText 1 says that NO removes all earlier losses from the score.
5. ETogether, the texts show a personally important choice that is routine to the machine.

Both endings use the idea of PALISADE being ready. Which statements accurately compare that idea?

Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. ABoth texts leave PALISADE available for another game.
2. BText 1 separates the program's readiness from any duty for Maya to return.
3. CText 2 represents readiness with a steady green point.
4. DText 2 promises the same purpose if Maya comes back.
5. EBoth endings show PALISADE switching itself off when Maya laughs.

The narrators have sharply different limits. Which statements about what each can know are supported?

Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. AMaya can interpret Dev's silence and Sol's cautious look, while PALISADE records neither relationship.
2. BPALISADE can time Maya more exactly than Maya times herself.
3. CMaya understands why the paper rook matters, while PALISADE can only name its condition as unmeasured.
4. DPALISADE understands Maya's feelings more clearly because it stores every result.
5. EMaya knows every best move in Game 99, while PALISADE is uncertain which move is favourable.

Put Maya's personal account beside PALISADE's support record. Which option best captures the difference between their voices?

1. AText 1 gives an unreliable account of the games, while Text 2 corrects every factual mistake Maya makes.
2. BText 1 connects chess events to shame, pressure and relationships, while Text 2 reduces the same events to permitted choices, measurements and stored results.
3. CText 1 is spoken during Game 99, while Text 2 is written many years after Maya stops playing.
4. DText 1 explains how PALISADE calculates moves, while Text 2 concentrates on Maya's family life.
5. EText 1 blames the program for acting cruelly, while Text 2 admits that it intended to upset Maya.

Text 1 calls PALISADE's repeated question patient; Text 2 says that waiting requires no effort.

Which option best explains the contrast between these descriptions?

1. AMaya uses patience to mean slow calculation, while PALISADE uses effort to mean electricity.
2. BMaya admires the program for being polite, while PALISADE complains about the time she takes.
3. CMaya thinks the program is deliberately hiding impatience, while PALISADE admits becoming bored.
4. DMaya experiences its endless calm as a personal pressure, while the program presents calm waiting as a cost-free feature with no feeling behind it.
5. EMaya wants longer to think, while PALISADE plans to shorten every future game.

Text 1 ends by separating 'ready' from 'waiting for me'; Text 2 ends, 'I have no setting for enough.'

Which option best connects these ideas?

1. AMaya and PALISADE agree that ninety-nine is the ideal number of completed games.
2. BMaya believes the program has become tired of waiting, but PALISADE wants to continue until it wins once more.
3. CMaya changes the meaning of ready by lowering the level, while PALISADE refuses to save that setting.
4. DMaya expects PALISADE to follow her downstairs, but its lack of a mobile setting prevents it.
5. EMaya can decide that she has played enough and leave, but PALISADE can only remain available because it has no human sense of limit or release.

Why is PALISADE's record an effective companion to Maya's account of the same ninety-nine games?

1. AText 1 shows what the losses cost Maya, and Text 2 makes that cost sharper by logging its outward signs exactly while having no category for what they mean.
2. BText 2 is the more reliable of the two accounts, because it records the games without the distortions that Maya's feelings introduce.
3. CThe two texts disagree about what happened during Game 99, so the reader has to decide which account to trust.
4. DText 2 explains the cause of Maya's unhappiness, because it confirms that PALISADE was set to a level she could never beat.
5. EBoth texts treat the ninety-nine games as a record of steady improvement, though only one of them says so directly.