0530 English Language paper 1

WOURI COMMON MOCK EXAMINATION

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March 2021
ORDINARY LEVEL

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0530 ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION PAPER

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5) Answer ALL the 50 questions in this examination. All questions carry equal marks.
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Find the number of the question on the answer sheet and draw a horizontal line across the letter to join
the square brackets for the answer you have chosen. For example, if C is the correct answer, mark C as
shown below.
[A] [B] [-C-] [D]
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WOURI/0530/P1/MOCK 2021

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 SECTION A: listening Comprehension
Questions
1) At what tie of the day was the address most
likely delivered ?
A. At break time
B. in the afternoon
C. at the end of the day
D. in the morning
2) Where is the address delivered ?
A. School hall
B. play ground
C. at the assembly groun
D. party hall
3) Which of the following is not a reason for
addressing the students ?
A. To deterine which students respect the rules
and regulaions
B. To welcome them to the school
C. To lay down the principles of the school
D. To guide students on the start off a new school
year
4) New students in the school are found in the
A. Form One classes exclusively
B. intermediary but not the Form One classes
C. For One with the intermediary classes
D. intermediary classes exclusively
5) In the address, the school has a history of
A. Weak performances at certificate examinations
B. Excellent performances at certificate
examinations
C. average performances at certificate
examination
D. poor performances at certificate examinations
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6) What does the Principal mean by: "improve on
the qualitative aspect of the results"?
A. Many more students need to pass
B. All the students need to pass
C. Many more students need to score higher
grades
D. All the students need to score the pass grade
7) You have heard the word "commend" read to
you in the passage. Which of the following
words means the same as commend ?
A. comment
B. appreciate
C. consent
D. accord
8) Which of the folllowing is not one of the school
facilities ?
A. Library
B. computer room
C. assigned classrooms
D. campus
9) Extra-curricular activities include the following
except one. Which is the one ?
A. Sports
B. singing
C. ancing
D. learning
10) The motto of the school is:
A. Merit, hand work and success
B. Success, merit and nard work
C. Success, hand work and merit
D. Hard work, merit and success
 SECTION B: Reading Comprehension
Instructions: Read the following passage and answer the following questions by marking an X on the letter with the
corresponding answer.
In the past, it was common to hear over the national radio, the names of certain individuals being read over the national
radio, especially n the 6 am and 5 pm news casts to come up to the Ministry of General Affairs to pick up either a
recruitment letter or some other administrative document without having to meet someone to intervene for them.
Things are very different these days. The transparency that characterized both private and public life has now given
way to gross malpractices; one of such malpractices is corruption. Simply put, corruption is the act of giving or
receiving something in exchange for a service that should otherwise be free of charge. This vice seems to have eaten
deep into the various fabrics of the society.
Traditionally, a school is a place of excellence and merit. In school, students who pay attention to their work are
rewarded accordingly; they don’t have to run after teachers for undeserved marks, fake illnesses during examinations
just to escape a difficult paper, or come with prepared material into the examination room just to score a pass mark.
Nowadays, students not only bribe their way into school, they do whatever it takes to acquire undeserved marks but
also go as far as practicing fraud during examinations. To make things worse, scholarships meant for deserving
students never come their way while mediocre glade in shoes they don't merit. Most school values are now being
seriously challenged by corruption. The spirit of competition is rapidly dying out. National grading or ranking seems to
matter no more.
No other area of life has been greatly infested by corruption like the public service. Workers influence fellow workers
with tips to be served when t is not yet their turn. With an "insider", referring to someone inside a service, some people
bypass the order on the queue and get attended to before those who have been standing hours unending. Most officials
have created middlemen commonly called "docky men" through whom people pay a certain amount to have their
documents signed. In the worst scenario, people even pay to collect their own personal documents. Some pay to be
appointed to posts of responsibilities or to be awarded medals.
If one area of life embodies fairness, it is the world of sports. Regrettably, corruption has managed to infiltrate its
functioning. It is strangely observed today that players get selected not on the basis of their sportsmanship but because
they have an "under-the-table" understanding with those in charge. Hardly is a major world sportive event organized
without corruption scandals ranging from drug use, falsified names/age to pre-arranged competition outcome.
Corruption has really eaten deep into the society. Come to think of the fact that people give tips to be received or given
proper medical care in hospitals where human life is concerned. There are sports on how patients wait for as long as six
hours before they can consult a doctor. In some situations, patients are made to queue up for hours before they are told
that the doctor is not available to receive them.
Whatever place in which the germ of corruption is being practised, its outcome is always devastating. It leads people not
to trust in established institutions or authorities. It has thwarted the dreams of many a deserving citizens, leaving the
frustrated and despaired. Corruption creates the spirit of distrust among communities. Corruption is widely condemned
and a number of measures are being put in place to combat it. What needs be stressed here is that, the fight can only be
successful if the individuals and the state all come together to combat the vice.
Questions
11) According to the passage, service was rendered to 12) The write thinks that there.................
people without having.... A. is more transparency in recent years than before
A. someone to intervene for them B. was more transparency in the past than in recent times
B. the due for intervening for them C. seem to be more transparency in recent year than before
C. the right person to intervene for them D. seemed to be more transparency in the past than in
D. many persons to intervene for them recent years

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13) Which of the options below is nearest in meaning the SECTION C: Grammar
underlined word in the sentence: "one of such malpractices Instructions: Mark an X on the letter with correct answer.
in corruption". 21) If I.....what actually happened, I would have punished
A. Vices him.
B. Ways A) Have heard
C. Values B) Had heard
D. Justices C) Was hearing
14) The sentence: 'Most school values are now being D) Heard
challenged in corruption' means............. 22) No one seemed to understand to...... the phone belonged.
A. corruption has taken are schools A. Whose
B. all schools our corrupt B. Which
C. corruption has made people doubt the value school C. Whom
D. schools value corruption more D. Who
15) The word 'regrettably' assured in paragraph 4, is a/an...... 23) Will you, please, give me back the money.......
A. noun A. I borrowed from you
B. adjective B. I lent from you
C. pronoun C. You lent from me
D. adverbs D. You borrowed me
16) The expression 'under the table' as used in paragraph 4 24) She walked out of the shop without..............anything
means the players... A. Bought
A. are under the table B. Buying
B. have given to be selected C. To buy
C. understand under the table D. Buys
D. understand better under the table 25) She is too............. to be a thief
17) What is the writer’s position about corruption? A. Honest
A. Corruption helps the smart to get what they want B. Honesty
B. Corruption is dismantling the moral fabric of society C. Honourable
C. Corruption makes people work harder D. Honorary
D. Corruption is not as bad as people think 26) The workers of the company are crying out...............
18) Which of the areas of life below is not mentioned in the exploitation
passage? A) For
A. Sports B) Against
B. Public Service C) On
C. Church D) To
D. Hospital Provide synonyms for the words written in bold in the
19) Why is corruption so devastating to the society. questions 27 & 28
A. People don't hold institutions and their values in high 27) My mother is Courageous
esteem A) Powerful
B. Some people get served while others don't B) Strong
C. The powerful get stronger and the weak weaker C) Brave
D. Everyone gets their fair share D) Resilient
20) What does the writer propose as effective method to 28) He is the most Powerful in his class
fight corruption? A) Strong
A. The need to begin in schools B) Courageous
B. The involvement of all stakeholders C) Brave
C. The use of numerous measures D) Mighty
D. The initiative of the individual
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29) There is no tea. You.............. drunk some coffee SECTION D: Vocabulary
A) Had drunk Choose any of the options A B C or D opposite in meaning
B) Had better to the word or phrase in bold.
C) Have rather 37) In some villages in the East Region, people who commit
D) Has better acts of sacrilege are ostracized
30) The teacher explained the lesson............... the students A) Abandoned
understood B) Accomodated
A) Unless C) Hated
B) If D) Chased out
C) Until 38) The Angry waves swallowed the boat
D) Till A) Gentle
31) Some students eat in class............... ? B) Slows
A) Do they C) Fast
B) Isn't they D) Rough
C) Doesn't they 39) Your husband is very.................. to all
D) Don't they A) Hospiteable
32) The cheetah is the............... animal in the world B) Hospitable
A) Most fast C) Hospitality
B) Fastest D) Hospitility
C) Faster 40) You can never tell someone's.................... just by
D) Most fastest looking at them
33) We talked quietly.............. wake the body A) Strong
A) So as not to B) Power
B) In order to C) Strength
C) So as to D) Powerful
D) So that not 41) We can greatly.................. by his very absurd behaviour
34) The weather this dry season is even................ than last A) Embarassed
dry season B) Embarrassed
A) Bad C) Embarrased
B) Worse D) Embraced
C) Worst 42) He had an infection in his stomach which caused him
D) Worste severe...................
35) The girl............ we chose is Musa's friend A) Diarrhia
A) Whom B) Diarrhoea
B) That C) Diarhia
C) Which D) Diahia
D) Who 43) An................ over the payment of dues divided the
36) We were happy.............. we received the first prize meeting
A) Since A) Argument
B) After B) Arrangement
C) Because C) Argue
D) Soon D) Argueing
44) The................. rate of Covid 19 patients is rising rapidly
A) Die
B) Dead
C) Death
D) Dying

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45) He is very Gentle and respects his position as the king. 48) Arrey travelled to a new environment because he got
In the sentence you just read, Gentle is................. tired of leading a dogs life. Leading a dog’s life means to be
A) Noun A) Careless
B) Verb B) In disgrace
C) Adverb C) In solitude
D) Adjective D) In misery
46) The butcher cut a.................. from the slaughtered cow 49) My.................... is failing. I need to consult an
A) Vain ophthalmologist
B) Vein A) Sight
C) Vine B) Cite
D) Vane C) Side
47) Dusk was approaching when the event started. A D) Site
synonym for dusk 50) All of these correspond to barrier measures in the fight
A) Evening against Covid 19 except one
B) Morning A) Washing of hands regularly
C) Midday B) Shaking of hands regularly
D) Midnight C) Putting on a face mask
D) Social distancing