test cope 01218010 MAYAUNE 2019 CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE® EXAMINATION ENGLISH A 1 hour 30 minutes 14 MAY 2019 READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. | Paper 01 — General Proficiency 1. This test consists of 60 items, You will have 1 hour and 30 minutes to answer them, 2, In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet. 3 Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item you are about to answer and decide which choice is best. 4. On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade the space having the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample item below. ‘Sample Item Choose the word or set of words that BEST completes each sentence, ‘Someone who is suffering from influenza needs to be isolated as the disease is (A) lasting ‘Sample Answer ®) serious (©) contagious ®OeO ©) destructive The best answer to this item is “contagious”, so (C) has been shaded, 5. Ifyou want to change your answer, erase it completely before you fill in your new choice 6 When you are told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can, Ifyou cannot answer an item, go on to the next one. You may return to that item later. gy DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. Copyright © 2018 Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved. 01218010/MICSEC 2019Items 1-8 Instructions: Each sentence in this section has ONE underlined word or phrase. Choose from the four suggested answers, the word or phrase which is closest to OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word or phrase. 1. We found her appreciative of the help that 4, They always displayed a lackadaisical , we had given her on this matter. approach to their studies so no one was surprised at the results. (A) unhappy about (B) displeased at @ keen os ungrateful for ®) calm @) intolerant of (c) casual (D) careless 2. Their actions showed that they were firm in their rejection of the new law. s. As a result of the available evidence, the accused was apprehended and no further (A) ignorance action was taken. B) application a teecplanee A) evieted tndertanding é released ) cautioned (D) summoned 3. Constructive criticism is neither appreciated nor encouraged by some of our peers. (A) Sound Negative (©) Valuable D) Unsatisfactory GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, 01218010/MI/CSEC 2019 ihe ee eee ae ee TE TT em Ree ee eTltems 6-10 Instructions: Each sentence has either one or two words missing. Choose from the four: options the word or palr of words which BEST completes the meaning of the sentence, 6. After two years of probation he was...... 9. The journalists were impressed by the in the job because his employer found him -vse-s Of the statesman whose speeches had to bean........ worker, @ profound ........ on all who heard them. (A) resigned efficient (A) presence... result — (B) _retrenched.......... adept @ eloquence .. effect e confirmed... industrious (© emotion... sensation ©) employed... unskilled ©) appearance reaction 7. When parents displaya......forone child, 10. Are you trying to «..... that all along he the others are likely to fe€l waa. knew of the plot to oust the committee? (A) concem......... unsympathetic (A) clarify ®) dislike indifferent (B) accuse (C) fondness lonely (©) identify @ preference... jealous @® _ insinuate 8 so people are likely to be afraid to take risks in life ee setae B) Wealthy Cautious Knowledgeable GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01218010/MJ/CSEC 2019 eae ce i eT meeItems 11-15 Instructions: Each sentence in this section i followed by four sentences, A, B, C and D. Choose the Sentence NEAREST in meaning to the original sentence. Read all four sentences before you choose ‘your answer. 11. Much is being done to develop tourism in our country by Providing good hotel accommodation and facilities. (A) Its important to provide good hotel accommodation and facilities for tourists, (5) Good hotel accommodation and facilities are crucial if we wane to develop tourism, ©) _ Ifwe do not provide good hotel accommodation and facilities, tourists will not come to our country. 12, So engrossed was he in his task that he did not hear his sister enter the room, (A) His task was so difficult that he did not observe his sister's entry, (B) He did not hear his sister enter the room because of the job he as doing. ) His sister's entry did not attract his attention because he was enjoying what he was doing. é He was so preoccupied with what he was doing that he was unaware of his sister’s entry, 13. John told his parents in no uncertain terms that he was ‘going to university as soon as he left school, (A) John boasted to his parents that he was going to university as soon as he left school. (©) John told his parents that they should permit him to go to university after he left school. (D) John’s parenis were told that it was obviously his desire to attend university immediately after leaving school. 14. The bright colours of the bird distinguished it from the others flying across the pale sky. (2) The bright colours ofthe bird contrasted with the pale sky while it was flying. () The pale sky made the birds noticeable while flying as they had bright colours. (©) The pale sky made the birds distinguished, particulary the one witk ihe bright colours. @ The bright cotours against the pale sky made the bird stand ont ‘among those flying by. 15. Teannot understand why you have done this since you tell me that Mark means a lot to you. @ Since Mark means a lot to You, the reason for your action is puzzling to me, (©) Since you tell me that Mark means a lot to you, he cannot undersea why you have done this. (C) You tell me that although Mark means @ lotto you, you did this, (©) Mark cannot mean a lotto you or else I know you would not have done this. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01218010/MI/CSEC 2019 eae er ee eee‘Items 16-20 Instructions: Some of the following sentences are unacceptable because of inappropriate grammar, \dlom or vocabulary. Some sentences are acceptable as they stand. No sentence contains cave than ‘one inappropriate element. Select the ONE underlined part that you feel is inappropriate and choose the corresponding letter, A,B,C. Ifthe sentence is acceptable as it stands, choose D. 16. We could reach the survivors neither by boat or by plane, and so we abandoned our search ag (A) é © futile. No exror @) 17. Theliewe that if his attitude improves his general performance wil also improve Noerror () ®) © e 18. She was not feeling well atthe beginning of the joumey, and siting at the front ofthe car made “A @® her feel worse. No error oOo © 19. Overcome by fear, I ran passed my home without realizing that I had done so. No error s ® © ©) 20. The better of the two athletes claim never to have used the dangerous drugs found in his Possession. @ s © Noerror ©) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE see iieaieliebiastaie iam seen et eee eerie ee teeter getter attjes 21~7 Anstructions: Each of the sentences in this section has one underlined word, ‘Choose from the four options the word which is NEAREST IN MEANING to the underlined word, 21. It was impossible to rectify the error 24. A citizen is expected to show complete made by the computer since inaccurate allegiance to his native land, information had been fed into it. @ dosatty (A) ater (B) respect (B) erase (© homage e correct (©) _ obedience (©) determine 25. For the first time in a decade the company 22. The bank teller indicated that our account disclosed a deficit in its account. was dormant, (A) error inactive (B) defect B) inadequate (C) balance (C) transferred @ shortan (D) overdrawn 23. The news story revealed the squalor of the old prison cells. (A) security (B) strength (©) ambiance filthiness GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGEItems 26-33, Instructions: Read the followin; stated or implied. 26. 21. 28. 10 Taste of Endless Fruit When a single kite is left in evening sky and I stand black against its saffron pulling in the night-covers with a single thread 1 think of you. When chickens search the warmth ofa hen’s wings; When bats break a calm lake like scissors on a warm fabric where a lone fisherman waits alone, on the hill, Lihink of you. Source unknown ee ‘There is a “single kite” (line 1) left in the sky MOST likely because itis tate (B) the lone fisherman waits (C) night covers have descended (D) the other kite Ayers are asleep What aspect of the sky does the poet focus on? (A) Size (®) Shape (Colour (D) Distance Oftwhom is the poct MOST likely thinking in the poem? (A) Anartist at work (B) An enemy in hiding © — Alonely old man @} Someone he/she loves AD IMIDARCREE ano 29, 30. 31. 32. 33. #€ poem carefully and then answer Items 26-33 on the basis of what is “When bats break a calm lake/like scissors on a warm fabric” (lines 10-11) is an example of +4) simile (B) —assonance (©) onomatopoeia (D) personification ‘The poet speaks of each of the following EXCEPT (A) asingle kite that is fying (B) lone fisherman waiting TE _ bats breaking warm fabric (D) the hen’s wings that are warm Which of the following literary devices is used in line 4? (A) Contrast TBM Metaphor (©) Hyperbole ®) —Assonance The poet’s intention is to (A) describe nature (B) describe the sunset (C) tellus of the lone fisherman tell someone he/she is missing him’ her Which word BEST describes the poet's tone? (A) Bitter (B) Serious (©) Regretful DH Nostalgic GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGEItems 34-41 Instructions: ‘ead the following extract carefully and then answer Items 34~41 on the basis of what is stated or implied. 10 15 20 34. She had always been a small woman ~ short, light-boned, delicately structured — but now, under the white hospital sheet, she was becoming tiny. I thought of a doll with huge, fierce eyes. There had always been a fierceness in her. It showed in that angry, challenging thrust of the chin when she issued an opinion, and a great one she had always been for issuing opinions. “I tell people exactly what’s on my mind,” she had been fond of boasting. “I tell them ‘what I think, whether they like it or not.” Often they had not liked it. She could be sarcastic to people in whom she detected evidence of the ignoramus or the fool, “It's not always a good policy to tell people exactly what's on your mind,” I used to caution her. “If they don’t like it, that’s too bad,” was her customary reply, “because that’s the way Tam,” And so she was. A formidable woman, Determined to speak her mind, determined to bend those who opposed her. In that time when I had known her best, my mother had hurled herself at life with chin thrust forward, eyes blazing, and an energy that made her seem always on the run She ran after squawking chickens, a knife in her hand, determined on the beheading that would put dinner in the pot. She ran when she made the beds, ran when she set the table, One Thanksgiving she burned herself badly when, running up from the cellar oven with the ceremonial turkey, she tripped on the stairs and tumbled back down ending on the bottom in the debris of giblets, hot gravy, and battered turkey. Life was combat, and victory was not for the lazy, the timid, the slugabed, the drugstore cowboy, the mushmouth afraid to tell people exactly what was on their mind whether people liked it or not, She ran, But now her running was over. Adapted from Russell Baker, In My Day. Retrieved 23 February 2015 from hitp://WWW. douban.com/note/] 73685719. The mother’s “thrust of the chin” (line 4) 35. The son cautioned his mother about telling is done in people exactly what she thought because he (A) fear (A) was affronted by her arrogance (B) hatred thought others would be offended > defiance (C) found her behaviour aguressive (D) contemplation @) was upset that she would not change GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE eee as ober crete tS sm36. 31. 38, Why does the writer choose the expression “A formidable woman" (line 13) to describe the mother? (A) He is intimidated by her. (B) Her words often provoked anger. (C) The difference in style shows the constancy of her character. 4D} He emphasizes her strength which he finds admirable, ‘What does “In that time when I had knowa her best” (line 14) say about the mother son relationship? TA) They had grown apart. (B) They admired each other. (C) They had always had a close relationship, (D) The son had forgotten things about his mother. What literary device is used in lines 14-15, “my mother had hurled herself at life” (A)_ Tony (By— Imagery (C) Repetition (D) — Onomatopoeia 01218010/MJ/CSEC 2019 39, 40. 41. The behaviours the mother finds contemptible include L timidity Tl laziness IIL cowardice (A) Tand I only (B) Land I only (©) Mand Itt only @} LMand i The incident at Thanksgiving shows the mother’s own attitude to be one of - hastiness (B) aggression (©) impudence (D) determination The final sentence of the extract implies that the mother has (A) become lazy and sleepy —tBr lost her physical strength (C) hurt her leg in the hospital (D) died leaving the son to reminisce GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE Sach aa taghah cede he ae ea neem Ser te alee-10- Items 42-47 Anstructions: Read the following passage carefully and then answer Items 42-47 on the basis of what is stated or implied. 42, et} At one time, if you wanted a picture, you had to paint or draw it, Tourists took sketch pads, not cameras, on vacations. Cameras are a lot quicker and easier to use. Have you ever wondered how they came to be? ‘The first camera was used in the sixteenth century and was so large that the artist sat right inside it, The buge ‘camera obscura’, as it was called, was a clumsy instrument. It worked on the same principles as our cameras today. A tiny hole in one wall admitted light. On the opposite wall, an image was projected upside down. The artist would sit inside the camera and trace the image until the picture was done, In the 1800s, a demand for quick and inexpensive portraits led to the improvement of this camera. Many inventors contributed to the improvement of the image and the camera itself. In the 1700s, the German physicist Johann Schulze discovered that an image can be made by exposing silver salts to light. The problem was that the image did not last. ‘The first permanent image was obtained by Joseph Nicéphore Nigpce, a French physicist. He exposed a metal plate to light, then engraved the image onto the plate. ‘The earliest actual photograph still in existence was made in this way in 1826. It is a view from Niépce’s room, and it took eight hours to expose! A partner of Niépce, Louis J. M. Daguerre, invented the first practical photographic process. Exposing a silver plate to light, he made an image that did not have to be engraved. Instead, he created the image by using chemicals. After his invention was announced in 1839, modem photography took off. ‘The camera has come a long way from its beginnings. It is now possible for anyone to use a camera and get good, clear photographs. The inventions that made this possible are the result of many different minds working on the problem: first to get the image, then to mace the image permanent, and finally to make the process practical. Next time you see a snapshot, remember the achievement of those early artists and inventors. Source unknown This passage is primarily based on 43. The word “principles” (line 6) means the same as G)~ facts (B) opinions (A) leaders (C)__statisties (B) instruments (D) inferences (C) moral standards BF laws or precepts GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE45. Si ‘The writer uses an exclamation markatthe 46, end of paragraph 3 (line 15) in order to (A) scare the reader ~By— create an effect of shock (C) command the reader's attention (D) dispel any doubt in the reader’s ‘mind The events of the passage are recorded in TY a logical order 47 (B) the future tense (©) anillogical order (D) the present tense 0121801 0/MUCSFC 2019 According to the writer, “modern photography took off” (lines 18-19) when (A) Daguerre was introduced to Nigpce (B) —_Niépce’s photograph was made public 7 Daguerre made his discovery by using chemicals @) Schulze made his discovery by using silver salts Which of the following is the MOST Suitable title for this passage? (A) Artists and Their Inventions (B) The Invention of The Camera (C) The Importance of Photographs ~B}- The Camera and Its Development GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE ee eee Pee-12- Items 48-55 Instructions: Read the following letter earefully and then answer ems 48-S5 on the basis of what is stated or implied. pris. §s an open request to try o find who is the ‘brain’ behind traffie management in Paolo, Does anybody know? T have tried Traffic Branch, not them: Highway’, not thems Planning & Development, not them; in fact nobody wants to take responsibilty for certain decisions ane ine mess that results, § For example. Mission Road was made one-way, north to south. Great idea! Tt worked, no trafic Jams. In fact, many people were charged for going the wrong way up a one-way street, ‘Then ‘tiddenly it's back to two-way and traffic for so! Same is rue of Stoke Street, Somebody changed the “Stop” sign atthe comer for a few weeks, then they changed it back nobody knows why. But the best is Celestial Road in St John which is “Wrecker Heaven". Somebody made this rocd 10 which, apart from Broadway, is the widest street in Paolo, a ‘no parking” street, either side time, and the ‘Wrecker’ is profiting from this, Sere are Four major office buildings on this road, all of which provide underground parki Saf. so some (usually the lower paid) have to park elsewhere and these are the persons = cars the wrecker is taking away all day, everyday. Again the small man suffers! 15 Oht there is an exception: if you have a Canadian High Commissi 1 sticker you can park and wrecker will not touch your ‘Diplomatic’ cat, Maybe we could all become Diplomate! Then again, the two narrowest streets in Paolo allow parking: try Delino Street off Abby L. ‘you can hardly pass! Who is the ‘brain’ behind this mess? It seems the more cars we put om the road, the less pe: 20 Somebody wants to allow. Who is this brain? No doubt a small men with a BIG, BIG Gs aia has no name! Source unknovr 48 The writer's use of the word “brain” 49, When the writer repeats “not them” in Gine 1) is meant to paragraph 1, he implies that CT make fisn of the decisions A ‘hosing someone to complain (B) exaggerate the traffic problems 0 (©) create a comparison of streets (D) compliment those responsible situation arching diligently for the person in charge of traffic GO ON TO THE NEXT 01218010/MJ/CSEC 2019 eee meee ere Sei esa50, 51. 52. Sa gre a4 _ctoke Street” (line 7), “Celestial Road” 53, Gine 9) and “Delino Street” (line 17) can BEST be considered as (A) assigned parking places for diplomats WY examples to support the writer's case (C Prohibited streets for all drivers 54. (D) streets that attract a lot of attention ‘The writer’s tone can be described as (A) puzzted (B) resigned 6 sarcastic ©) complimentary 55. The last sentence of the letter is similar to Paragraph 5 because both of them (A) ___ mention cars express disgust (©) are complimentary (P) contain rhetorical questions The letter was MOST likely published in a TA newspaper (B) press release (©) tourist brochure () schoo! magazine The author of this passage is MOST likely a (A) motorist ®) pedestrian (©) traffic warden (D) government official ; Again the small man suffers!” (line 14) ‘implies that the small man is often (A) ignored {Bi disadvantaged (©) the one who is Wrong ©) discriminated against Boe ot renee Lee ere TeeItems 56-60 -14- Instructions: Read the following advertisement carefully and then answer Items 56-60 on the basis of what is stated or implied. NATIONAL YOUTH SYMPOSIUM 2019 TOPIC: ADOLESCENT HEALTH - THE CHALLENGES OBANA CONFERENCE CENTRE SUNDAY, 19 AUGUST 2019 pe Who should attend: “How to attend: * Ministry of Youth = Imerested members of the = Contact Yvonne Dalton “Ministry of Education public atthe Ministry of Youth * National Comnedl om = “Members of youth groups Tels 11.2615 Drug Abuse = Health care professsionals Sor registration forms * Conference of Churches ~ Students in medical ‘and other information * The University Christian Council sciences * The Muslin Youth = Media personnel Complete the registration “Association Ferm and rer tthe + Hindu Youth Counc ‘Ministry of Yout Srna ee SESSIONS led by experts ea in ther fields “HIVIADDS Teen Pregnancy Dr. Bissanda_| | Prof. Nancy Sewell Testimonials : po Other Sexually ‘Alcohol and Other sweeties Transmitted Legal Drugs by = Young entrepreneur of the eae meee ee om in . Dr C. Smith-Browne Akansa Band of the Year = “Arrecovering cocaine user eee = Acontestant in the ‘Human Sexuality Healthy Food Miss World competition Ren. Sementhia Been| | Dr Prakash Ramdat “Athiees and Performance-enhancing Drugs Feature Address by Treas Dect “Most Conscious Youth ; Deadline for of the Year” eae submission of forms: Bukawela Tudor 14 July 2019 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01218010/MI/CSEC 2019 SL ee eee ee eensis 56. According othe information provided, the $9. How can those who want to participate MAIN theme of the symposium is register for the event? (A) youth TAY~ Call the Ministry of Youth and (B)_— drugabuse speak to Yvonne Dalton, Ty adolescent health (B) Contact Yvonne Dalton and call the (D) sexually transmitted diseases Ministry of Education. (©) Telephone the Ministry of Youth and the Ministry of Education, 57. Which of the following groups is NOT a (D) Complete a registration form and sponsor of the symposium? Tetum itto the Ministry of Health, (A) _ Ministry of Youth Ministry of Health 60. Allofthe following groups are specifically (©) Conference of Churches invited to attend EXCEPT (©) National Council on Drug Abuse (A) youth groups (B)__ members of the public 58. Which of the following words can BEST TT parents of young people replace ‘symposium’ in the advertisement? (D) doctors, nurses, and other health cate workers (A) Exhibition +87— Conference (©) Discussion (D) Conversation END OF TEST TF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON THIS TEST,