testcope01218010 FORM 01218010/SPEC 2002 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCI SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIO! ENGLISHA Paper01-SPECIMENPAPER (GENERAL) 90 minutes READ THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY. Inaddition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet. = _Eachitem in thistesthas four suggested answers, lettered (A), (B), (©), (D). Readeachitem youare about to answer and decide which answer is best. On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds o youritemand blacken the space having the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample item below. Sampleltem Choose the word, or set of words, that best completes each sentence. All the occupants were - from the buildingbefore the firemen arrived. ‘Sample Answer (A) extinguished (B) evacuated ©®e@00 (© released @) protected The best answer to this item is “evacuated”, so answer space (B) has been blackened. © If youwanttochange youranswer, be sure toerase your old answer completely, then i choice. yournew ‘When youaretold tobegin, turn the pageand workasquickly andascarefully as youcan. If youcannot answer an item, omititand goon to the nextone. Youmay come back to the harder item later. Your ‘score will be the total number of correct answers. * This test consists of 60 items. You will have 90 minutes to answer them. > Donotbe concerned that the answer sheet provides spaces formore answers than there areitems in thistest. DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. Copyright© 2003 Caribbean ExaminationsCouncil. Allrightsreserved. 218010/SPEC2002lenl-4 ‘Directions: In Items 1 - 4, one word is underlined. Select the option which is NEAREST ‘the underlined word and mark the corresponding space on your answer sheet. 4% Some people, because of alack of candour, 3. have difficulty making friends. (A) charm (B) frankness (©) ingenuity (D) courtesy = We greatly admired her for her valour. . (A) temerity (B) courage © spine (D) dexterity He did everything possible to thwart the ef- forts of the relatives to have the will probated. (A) B) © (Dp) weaken ridicule obstruct defy ‘The Finance Committee accepted the team's recommendations for the nutrition plan, be- cause they seemed feasible and could be im- plemented at an early date. a) B) © (@) Tenient logical practicable unique GOON TO THE NEXT PAGElems 5-8 Directions: Each sentence in Items 5 - 8 has either one or two words missing. Choose from the four options the word or pair of words which BEST completes the meaning of the sentence. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. 5. It was difficult for her to decide on anew 7. Michael was so his latest detec- . after she had rejected the two tive novel that he did not hear his mother call~ options. ing him at lunch time. (A) alternative (A) disappointed with (B) opposition (B) confused by (©) objective (© attracted by @) alteration ) —absorbedin 6. Nothing had been organised and confusion 8. _—_-Because she had worked all day, the house- seemed on keeper was. supper. (A) necessary ®B) obligatory (A) barred from (© compulsory (B) —deprivedof (D) inevitable (© hindered from () telievedof x 01218010/SPEC2004 GO ONTO THE NEXT PAGE,9-13 Directions: Each sentence in Items 9 - 13 is followed by four options. Choose the option NEAREST ee in meaning to the original sentence. Be sure to read all four choices before you select your answer. Mark your choice on your answer sheet. keepa a year, and two ast, nu door to leaway atmos- from a al-fired manu- froma an that -16- Which of the followingis NOT suggested by 58. the writer as a reason why a coal-fired plant is more dangerous than a nuclear plant? (A) Thesize of the coal-fired plant (B) —Thetype of coal that is burnt (©) The type of anti-pollution devices 59. used (D) The amount of carbon dioxide re- eased S& Which of the following statements does NOT. show how the danger from the two plants differs? (A) Annclear plant uses 200 tons of ura- nium each year, while a coal plant uses 2% million tons of coal. (B) There are no civilian deaths from nuclear power plant pollution but thousands from coal-fired plants. (© Am average of three workers per plant-year will die in the nuclear industry, while seven will 60. die in the coal industry. ) Less radiation escapes from a nu- clear power plant than from a coal-fired one. 5. The passage is primarily concemed with (A) contrasting the danger from coal-fired power plants with that from nuclear power plants (B) showing that coal-fired power plants use more fuel than nuclear power plants (©) comparing statistics about nuclear power plants and coal-fired power plants D) giving the opinions of wo scientists, aboutenvironmental pollution §213010/SPEC2004 According to the statistics given in the pas- sage, which of the following results in the largest number of deaths? (A) Radiation leaks (B) Mining and transporting coal (©) Fossil-fuel pollution (D) Carbon dioxide released into the air ‘The writer’s MAIN purpose in stating “Yet only five or six deaths have been reported due to radiation leaks, and the last one occured 15 years ago” (lines 25-27) is to (A) __ stress that nuclear reactor’ are com- paratively safe (B) provide figures for death rates (© __ giveinformation about accidents in- volving nuclear reactors (D) suggest that deaths from radiation leaks are not always reported Statistics are used in the passage to (A) confuse the average reader (B) compensate for the weakness of the writer's ideas (©) showoffthe writer's knowledge (D) _supportthe writer’s argument