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II. Read the postcard and write the missing words, Use one word only in each space.
We're having a great time here. It's beautiful, and the sun (l) ...................... ............. shining:
Yesterday I went water-skiing! What (2) ...................................you think of that?
I'm (3) ................................... at a table in our hotel room and writing a few postcards. The
room is fine, but we (4) ................................... like the food very much. But it (5)
................................... matter because we (6) ................ .................. out to a restaurant every
evening.
We're both (7) ................................... very lazy at the moment. I (8) .................. ................ up
quite late in the morning, and Tom (9) ................................... up even later. You know of
course how much Tom's work (10) ................................... to him and how he's talking about
it. Well, the holiday is so good that he's forgotten all about work. So it's the perfect holiday.
The only problem is that it (11) ................................... us a lot of money. But we'll worry
about that later.
III. Complete the following questions so as to get the answers given below each of them.
(l) Where..............................................................................................................................
I go to school in Kandy
(2) How many .....................................................................................................................
We have two cars.
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GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION (ADVANCED LEVEL) EXAMINATION,
General English - I - Three Hours
Model Paper Prepared by Supun Jayasinghe
IV. Complete the following sentences with suitable words given below.
(lending, burned, hearing, running, disturbing, leaving,
burning, threatened, laden, thinking,)
1. I saw a house ............... to ashes.
2. All the trees are............... with fruit.
3. I saw him ...............the money.
4 ...............the loud cries, we woke up.
5. We saw the thief ...............
6. The principal caught many students ...............
7. I smell something ...............
8. He kept me ...............
9. We noticed some one ...............
10 ...............by the forces, the guard surrendered
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GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION (ADVANCED LEVEL) EXAMINATION,
General English - I - Three Hours
Model Paper Prepared by Supun Jayasinghe
PART B - COMPREHENSION l
I. Of the options given below each sentence in bold print, underline the one that best
expresses its meaning.
(1) Ravi isn't here today Saman isn't here either.
a) Ravi isn't here today but Saman is here.
b) Both Ravi and Saman are here today.
c) Neither Saman nor Ravi is here today.
d) Saman isn't here today but Ravi is here.
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GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION (ADVANCED LEVEL) EXAMINATION,
General English - I - Three Hours
Model Paper Prepared by Supun Jayasinghe
II. Read the following passage taken from a book and do the activities that follow.
MONDAY.--This new creature with the long hair is a good deal in the way. It is always
hanging around and following me about. I don't like this; I am not used to company. I wish it
would stay with the other animals.... Cloudy today, wind in the east; think we shall have
rain.... WE? Where did I get that word-- the new creature uses it.
TUESDAY.--Been examining the great waterfall. It is the finest thing on the estate, I think.
The new creature calls it Niagara Falls-- why, I am sure I do not know. Says it LOOKS like
Niagara Falls. That is not a reason, it is mere waywardness and imbecility. I get no chance to
name anything myself. The new creature names everything that comes along, before I can get
in a protest. And always that same pretext is offered--it LOOKS like the thing. There is a
dodo, for instance. Says the moment one looks at it one sees at a glance that it "looks like a
dodo." It will have to keep that name, no doubt. It wearies me to fret about it, and it does no
good, anyway. Dodo! It looks no more like a dodo than I do.
WEDNESDAY.--Built me a shelter against the rain, but could not have it to myself in peace.
The new creature intruded. When I tried to put it out it shed water out of the holes it looks
with, and wiped it away with the back of its paws, and made a noise such as some of the other
animals make when they are in distress. I wish it would not talk; it is always talking. That
sounds like a cheap fling at the poor creature, a slur; but I do not mean it so. I have never
heard the human voice before, and any new and strange sound intruding itself here upon the
solemn hush of these dreaming solitudes offends my ear and seems a false note. And this new
sound is so close to me; it is right at my shoulder, right at my ear, first on one side and then
on the other, and I am used only to sounds that are more or less distant from me.
FRIDAY. The naming goes recklessly on, in spite of anything I can do. I had a very good
name for the estate, and it was musical and pretty-- GARDEN OF EDEN. Privately, I
continue to call it that, but not any longer publicly. The new creature says it is all woods and
rocks and scenery, and therefore has no resemblance to a garden. Says it LOOKS like a park,
and does not look like anything BUT a park. Consequently, without consulting me, it has
been new-named NIAGARA FALLS PARK. This is sufficiently high-handed, it seems to
me. And already there is a sign up:
Extract from Adms Diary, by Mark Twain, A.K.A. Samuel Clements
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GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION (ADVANCED LEVEL) EXAMINATION,
General English - I - Three Hours
Model Paper Prepared by Supun Jayasinghe
III. Read the following poem and do the activities that follow.
The only joy
of his old age
he often said
was his grand son
their friendship
straddled
eight decades
three generations
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GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION (ADVANCED LEVEL) EXAMINATION,
General English - I - Three Hours
Model Paper Prepared by Supun Jayasinghe
3. Mention few things done by the old man and the child?
..........................................................................................................................................
4. When did they take the old man away? ...........................................................................
5. Why was the little fellow sad? ........................................................................................
6. While they were taking the dead body away, what did the child do?
..........................................................................................................................................
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GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION (ADVANCED LEVEL) EXAMINATION,
General English - I - Three Hours
Model Paper Prepared by Supun Jayasinghe
PART D - WRITING
I. Imagine that you are invited to deliver a speech about the founder principal in your
school. On the 75th anniversary of your school. You may use following guidelines.
1. appearance of the principal
2. qualities of the founder principal
3. the service he had done to the school
II. Read the following letter in which Richard Anderson had asked the finance
manager opportunities. Imagine your are Mr. John Smith and write suitable reply.
and answer the question given below.
Richard Anderson,
1234, West 67 Street,
Carlisle, MA 01741,
(123)-456 7890.
Date: 13th Aug, 2008.
Mr. John Smith,
ABC Entertainment,
257, Park Avenue South,
New York, NY 12345-6789.
As per your advertisement in the American Express Newspaper, you are seeking a finance
manager. According to your need for a finance manager position, enclosed is a copy of my
resume.