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    Section A: Reading

    Here is part of the story of The Little Pet Dragon by Phillippa Gregory. Read it and then
    answer the questions on the question paper.

    One day, James found a small dragon. He called him Lassie and kept him as a
    pet. When Lassie disappeared a few months later, James was very upset.
    Then, one evening, James saw a large crowd in the street outside his house.
    He looked up. He saw Lassie flying towards his house and trying to land on the
    roof. 5

    People screamed and ran for their front doors.


    Lassie looked down on them like a great green
    airship. James could see the pale green of his big belly,
    his claws outstretched as if he were trying to grab on
    to the air to slow himself up. James could see his 10
    wide frightened eyes as he scorched overhead. A few
    panicky puffs of orange smoke came from his mouth.
    He seemed to see James and draw courage from him. He headed straight for
    the roof of Jamess house. One desperate forepaw grabbed the television
    aerial, the other snatched at the chimney-pot. With a terrible tearing sound, the 15
    TV aerial was ripped loose and the chimney-pot wobbled. Lassie balanced for
    a brief second on the very top of the roof. They heard the eerie unknown call of
    a dragon wailing in distress as he slid down the roof on the far side. Then they
    heard an awful crash as he smashed into the next-door-neighbours garden 20
    shed.
    James and his dad tore round into the back garden. It looked as if a hurricane
    had come through it.
    The fence between them and next door was squashed flat. The little shed
    where Mr Perkins kept his lawnmower was smashed to pieces. Slates were
    trickling off the roof and dropping into the garden like falling rain. Amid all the 25
    chaos and confusion was Lassie, looking half-ashamed and half-proud. After
    all, it was his first ever landing. And he was only a very young dragon.
    Lassie! James shrieked and rushed at him.
    Lassies huge snouty head turned towards James and the dragon rubbed his
    head hard against the boys skinny chest. 30

    Copyright Acknowledgements:

    Section A The Little Pet Dragon Phillipa Gregory Young Hippo 1994

    Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every
    reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the
    publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity.

    University of Cambridge International Examinations is part of the Cambridge Assessment Group. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of University of
    Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is itself a department of the University of Cambridge.

    UCLES 2011 E4P840/02/INS/M/J/11

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