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Some of the items have not been included for copyright reasons. In the actual Selective High School Placement Test there are 45 questions in reading, 40 in mathematics and 60 in general ability.  \nThe Selective High School Placement Test measures ability and is set to discriminate at a very high level. Students who are accustomed to answering most questions in tests correctly should not be discouraged if they get a number of questions wrong. It is very rare for even the highest scoring candidates to score full marks on all components of the Selective High School Placement Test.  \nSelective high school entry does not depend entirely on a student's performance in the Selective High School Placement Test as school assessment scores in English and mathematics are provided by the primary schools.  \nIt is important to note that selection committees and appeals panels will not accept students'performance in this sample paper as evidence of academic merit for the purposes of entry into a selective high school in any future year.  \nAcknowledgments  \nMarjorie Barnard,‘The Lottery’, in Mary Lord (ed.) The Penguin Best Australian Short Stories, Penguin Books, Ringwood, 1991.  \nMadeline Kempster, Margaret Backhouse and Ella Turnbull (eds.), More Verse by Young Australians, Rigby, Adelaide, 1970.  \nAdapted from ABC Radio National website: transcript of 8/02/2002,‘The Sports Factor, Winter Olympics – Sports of Snow and Ice’.  \nBruce Carter, ‘The Children Who Stayed Behind’, Hamish Hamilton, included in A.R. Delves and W. G. Tickell, Themes and Responses Two, North Melbourne, Cassell Australia, 1972.  \nMichael McGirr, Tim Winton: the Writer and his Work, Macmillan Education Australia, South Yarra, 1999. Philip Hodgins, Things Happen, HarperCollinsPublishers, Sydney, 1996.  \nAdapted from Amoret and Christopher Scott,‘The Social History of the Quack’, The Saturday Book, 25, edited by John Hadfield, Hutchinson of London, 1965.  \nKatherine Mansfield, ‘Her First Ball’ and ‘At the Bay’, Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield, Constable and Company Limited, London, 1976.  \nReasonable efforts have been made to gain publication approval for the Internet. If an author or publisher believes copyright permission is required they should contact the NSW Department of Education and Training.  \nSELECTIVE HIGH SCHOOL PLACEMENT TEST  \nSAMPLE  \nTEST 1  \nREADING  \nDO NOT OPEN THIS SECTION UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD  \nINSTRUCTIONS  \n1 You have 40 minutes to complete the Reading test. It contains 45 questions.  \n2 This test contains several passages. In most passages every fifth line is numbered on the right-hand side to help you answer the questions.  \n3 Read each passage and then show your answer to each question by colouring A, B, C or D in pen in the answer booklet.  \n4 If you decide to change your answer, cross it out with X and mark your new answer clearly.  \n5 If you want to work anything out, you may write in this question booklet, but remember to show your answer in the answer booklet NOT in this question booklet.  \n6 In the tests you will find Answer Check boxes like this:  \nANSWER CHECK (Reading No. 1)  \nLook at your answer booklet—was the last bubble you filled in for Question 14? If it was, keep going. If it wasn’t, put your hand up now for help.  \nThis is to ensure you are answering the question in the right answer bubble.  \n7 Wait for instructions to begin the Reading test.  \nPublished by the Australian Council for Educational Research Prospect Hill Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124. 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