39m rb niet test cope 01218010 FORM TP 2022007 |__ : ‘ JANUARY 2022 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE® EXAMINATION ENGLISH A Paper 01 - General Proficiency 1 howe 30 minis 03 JANUARY 2023 (p a READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. 1. Thine consis of items. You wll hve | hour ad 30 minutesto answer hem, 2. Imaddion oth test bookle, ou shoul bare an answer sheet 3. Donotbe concen tht the snower sheet povies paces fr moran un he seems huniee 4 Each em inthis est es four supgsted anes letred (A) (2) (C(O). Rend ech item you Svan tsauveranddeate wich coir ba S.Onyouranwer shot tithe mer wbkcicorepon tye te ands he pes ving tte lame ete tobe trweryou hve cost, Late etl tlw Sumatelion Choose the word or eof wet tt BEST complies etch sect. 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Ready-to-wonr garments Jn great numbers off the races in stores @)soned (®) situated © oviginal ©) wvailable 3. Myouprepare.-........ you neve a good chance of {he intorviewer that you are the right person for the job. (A) carefully... prompting (B)urviodty 2.0.20." impressing (©) thoroughly 20.. convincing (D) inadequately... persuading 4. The water in dhe reservoir was in danger of being nd ts was a major eoncomn for the authorties, (A) infected (@) polluted (©) diverted (D) exhausted 5. There are many who would iy to + your efforts because of ther jelousy, A) asia @) ales (©) thwart (D) encourage GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE o1zigoiouicsEc 2022B 10. Ties 6-10 Instructions: Some of the following sentences are unacceptable because they contain errors: [No sentence contains more than one error. Some ofthe sentences are aceeptable as they stand. ‘On the answer sheet, choose the ONE option that best deseribes each sentence, as follows: Ww ‘The sentence is too wordy, tat is, repetitive or contains redundancies. (@) The sentence eontnins eliehés or misused metaphors. © "The sentence is incorrect grammatically or faulty in diction (D) The sentence is acceptable asi stands. Its not absolutely necessary for to be done toy. ‘A focus on physical, mental and emotional well-being is the moder approach to fies. ‘Disgustod with the situation, Seco ta jump into the tao and put down his fot ‘The now dseiplinary methods bs 2 pos «fet on the stdents behavieu, ie advanced sep orto to meet his attacker who suddenly became alarmed and rereated boek four or five poses. orzisoioniesee 2022 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGESS n, 8. 4 15, ems 11-15 ‘ lebecaus ofinappropriat grammar, ; , Someofthefllovingsentencs re unacrptnbleeanse af nappropriatsr=mmat iliom or vocabulary. Some sentences are acceptable as they stand. No sente a than one inappropriate element. propriate and choose the corresponding letter Ay By Select the ONE uriderined! part that is CC. Iethe sentence is acceptable ast stands, choose D. Overcome with happiness, In pst my home without recognizing | had done 39 until my S1ier @ @) © calledme. Nonar © Anois anita changes the wil avast mprcwsment in his perfomance NoEaor a ® © o (ne ofthe admirable shurasristcs ofthe young is that theyre not esiy seared, Mo Emr “ ® © ) Since too mush pessengers sere in the tax, Une poliseman issued a tcket tothe driver. No Etror w @) © o ‘As John listen to the lesson being aught he began to Jose interest. No Ema «a @) © © GO ON To THE NEXT PAGE orzisorouresec 2022| | | ies 130 + Bach seatencein this section has ONE word closest to OPPOSITE suggested ansrers the word whi 16, She paid msticulus stration ther work as She atached the beads tothe costume. (A) scant (©) careful © detailed (©) cautious ‘The eootestants and audience fet that the judges were impmial in thes selection of the winter bie B) biased [O)_cbjecive (D) conservative 18, Theyivedina lage, spraviing cilpidat=t same, remote (a) moder (©) histrie ©) wellkept oizisotomicsec 2022 20. underlined. Choose from the foar in meaning tothe underlined word. ‘The views expressed by Mr Jones wert inconsistent with those ofthe commie. (A) compatible (B) challenging © (D) irreconcilable ‘Ati sound ofthe bell, the stodents went ‘ellng to thee respective classrooms (a) slowly ) ewitedly (© punctally (OD) relactanty GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE,Msms21-25 Instructions: Revise each oft following sentences according tthe directions thnt follow it. Do not change the meaning ofthe erigisal sentence. Laok at the options, oD, forthe word or \ ‘phrase that BEST sults the revised sentence and mark your choice onthe answer sheet, a ofthe spectators stormed the eld. Din the sentence with ‘Many of the spectators stormed wo ®) but © seving (©) preventing 22. “1s going to be aight” Mun assured me Begin the sentence with 25, ‘Mom assuted me that (A) there @) twas (© sienly (©) onlyjust 23. using my time at shoo! T was veld in cats srr atv, ‘Begin the sentence with [Lvs involved in (a) onstying () while was (©) formy say (©) when saying o12igo1axvcseC 2022 Si ‘Theericketmatcended abruptly when many 24. ee See wea rg ae vvecandah gin the sentence with Having made (A) she found that (B) and finding that (©) shehad found that (D) She was nding that ‘Mote is experienced in ane day ofthe life fof 4 loumed man than es ignorant man ‘egin the sentence with ‘learned man (A) experienses more in ome day (B)__tore experienced in one day (©) experienced more ia one day {D) has more experience in one day GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGEisms 26-35 Instructions: Read the following poem carefully and then answer lt ‘what is stated oF implied. tems 26-35 on the basis of Forgive My Guilt [Not always sure what things called sins may be am sure of ore sin have dane. evar years ago, and T was 3 boy. layin the fost lowers with 0 gun, ‘5 Thosirran ble asthe lowers [eld my breath “Two birds on golden logs slim as dream things Ran lke quiesilveron the golden sand, [My gun wen off, ey ran with broken wines Into hes, Lan 1 fetch hem in, 10 —Butthey swam with thei heads high out eo. “They ere ko two serowfl high tes, With jgged ivory bones where Wings shouldbe For days! heard thers when T walked that headland” CCying ut ther kin? inthe ve, 15 The ether plovers were poing over south Onsitver ings leaving these ecken tw “The eies went out ont yb sill hear them. (Overall the sounds of sora an var or peace Tever have bear, time conn Srowe them, ‘Those slender utes of srr never cease ‘Two airy things free denied the a never kere Roo ii ven at lest mere split, [Rut Thave hop for years all thats wil, ‘Ais and bea wil fxgive my gilt + beaaand —a narrow pose of lind juting out nto the vex “The ttle ofthe poem, “Forgive My Guilt”, ssiggets thatthe post is (A) denying his guit ) proving his guilt (©) sdmiting his guilt (D) suppressing bis gut o121g010s/CSEC 2022 Bae n. “The phrase “aie ran blue example of line 5) is en (a) pun @) metaphor (©) hyperbole (©) alteration GO ONTO THENEXT PAGE28, ‘The tone of the poem changes from one @ of factual recollection to one of emotional response. At which of the following lines does tho change oveur? (A) Lines @) Line 10 (© Line it D) Line 14 29, What effect does the change of tone from factual recollection to emotional response produce? (A) Adeamati result (B) contrast in mood. (©) Abeightening of action ©) Sympathy torn 30, Thefollowingwords "broken". Which of th=#'I> {in the poem has a sii these Words? (A) “their neads high 8) “aged ivory bones 1) (©) “walked tha headland” Gis 13) (D) “Two ary things” (ine 21) ‘S1.All of the following phrases in the poem ‘eseribe physical chamctersis of he two birds EXCEPT (A) “slim as dream things" dine 6) (B) “Ran like quicksilver” Gine 7) (©) “slender ues of sorrow" line 20) (D) “wild / Airy, and beautiil” (ines B28) orzisoLaiesec 2022 32 Eo 38. “The writer uses the phrase “denied the sit” (line 21) to suggest that the birds (A) didnot caret fy (B) could not breathe (©) were unable to fly (D) were being monitored Which ofthe following moods is suggested inlines 11-24 ® Catical (B) Indifferent (©) Sympathetic (D) _Lighthearted ‘To which of the following senses does the pace MOST appeal? (A) Sightand touch ()—Smelland sight (©) Touch and hearing D) Sightand hearing “The MAIN theme ofthe poem is a ®) © © sin commited the death of two binds forgiveness fora sin remorse of conscience G0 ON TO THE NEXT PAGEBa 10 15 36. -10- Hem 6-14 “nstrustions: Read the following extract carefully and then answer Items 36-44 on the basis of ‘hat is stated or implied. The moment Alikick stepped outside, Carival hit him, And his heat grew big, and he felt a sofines low over hi, and onthe set, the scelband and masqueraders were assembling: The ‘months of practising and sewing and paiating and building were flowing together inthe stillness ‘of the moming under the eyes of women and children who had awakened from sleep and dressed ‘hurriedly to come out and watch their band, to se thei people, to admire them and cheer them nd to accompany them, to tramp the pavement, while the masqueraders occupied the street, 5 sort of guard, right into Por-of Spun, thithim, the red and black and gold and green, the colours and the feathers and the satin, ‘andthe people's faces with that look in thir eyes, and the smell of cologne and face powder, and the smell of grease and the look of wonder on the children’s faces, and te litle fllars with sailor aps on; and what reverence and what awe as they alone in the whole world had the real eves to ‘s0e the eal thing, to see heroes, to se giants, to see gods. ‘And watching, fascinated by ital, as ithe were seeing with he boys" eyes, Aldrek felt a lallness anda pride, felt his hairrise:on his bead. And fll ef brimming with furious tears, Aldricke felt again the fiers love and hope that he had doubted in himself, felt again a sense of mission: felt thet yes, there was place bere for him, that urs wos something to say yes to, and people ‘fore whom and oa whake behalThe could de ic cron. With a srong. piercing seam, he stepped int the treet, his chains rattling, his sams ova, hs head flling, ina slow threatening dance ofthe Beast, s0 that the people of the Mil vss i him, recognizing him, said “est Yes! “That is Dragou!™ Aspe from Fart Lovelace, The Dragon Can > Dance, Longman Group, 1979, pp. 135-137, “And his heat grew big" (line 1) means 37. Lines 2 and 3, (“The months of .. in the ‘that Aldriek stillness"), suggest that preparations for ‘amival entail a great deal of (A) wanted io ery (B) fale great pride (A) waste (©) fettquitetnary @) tension (©) ranted to join band (©) hard wore ©) excitomene GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE o12iso1us/esee 202238. The repetition of “and” in line 3 of the 42, The last sentence of the extraet (lines ‘extract is intended to show 17-20) gives the impession that Aldick’s dance is intended to be (A) the specie activi 2 involved in costume making (A) cheerful (B) _howimpoctanteach ofthe activities ®B) amusing isto the band (© suprising (© the continuous natuce of the ©) frightening ‘ctivit involved in preparing (D) the boring nature of the many activites before camivalitself 43, _In describing carnival, the writer makes use ofthe senses. Which ofthe following senses is NOT used in the extract? 39. Lines 4 and 5 (‘women and children . ‘dressed hurriedly"), suggest that (A) Teste (B) Sight (A) time was passing quickly ©) Smell (B) noone wantedto miss the spectacle (©) Hearing (©) the people had overslept that morning (©) people didnochavermchclothing 44, The MOST suitable title forthe extract to puton (A) The Weak Dragon (B) Caribbean Camival 40, “What reverence and what 2” (tine 11) (©) The Dragon's Heart reveals that the spectators (D) TheDecline of Camival (A) captivated (©) sstonished (©) bewildered (D) apprehensive 41, The reaction of the people to Aldrick’s dance was one of (A) loughterand fear (B) arrogance and surprise (©) ecognition ané approval (D) uncertainty and suspicion GO ONTO THE NEXTPAGE O121B010N/CSEC 20222. ‘Moms 48.49 Instructions: Read the following passage carefully and then answer Items 45-49 onthe b what is stated or implied, is of is toni ulated about thas come to the attention ofthe ministry that certain misinformation is being circulated the ABC Land Programe. We therefore think it necessary to publish the following information ‘The first phase ofthe ABC Land Programmes in progress. Before being given aeard, persons will bbe subjected to means testing. which willbe administered by the Ministry of Social Development 5 over the next three months, to confirm ther eligibility forthe programme. Aer this process is ‘completed, low orno-insome persons who are interested in partpating inthe programme will be notified, via the media, to contact the ABC Secretariat at 800 ~ ABCD (2223) ora its sub-offices. ‘The relevant addresses and numbers wil be published subsequently, Contrary to information appearing inthe media, the ministry states categorically that ALL citizens 410 who are considered vulnerable and wit sre experiencing grave dificulty beeause of low or no income to obtain tasic food to feed themselves and thelr failies wil be eligible to apply foe Dortcipation in the programme, subject to « means test and/or home visit. Vulnerable persons ‘ay also be referred tothe ABC Programme by government social workers ‘The ABC Secretariat can be contacted a this time foe further information about the progcamsey> 18 orto report queries which may arive withthe uso of the card, The ministry thats ise persons Who have expressed an interest n participating in the programme and asks for your undersereina snd support as we eomplete the st stage of distribution 45. Before being gvenan ABC card, persons 46, People who are eligible to apply for the have to card are (A) undergo a means test (A) allcitzens (B) wait for three months B) social workers (©) beworkingat the Ministry of Social (©) arents of families Development (©) low orno-income persons (©) Visit te office ot the Ministry of ‘Social Development coo o12tgor0mesee 2022 INTO THE NEXT PAGE be iat“it~ 47. Mankeroftpcwhonstisimaisn $9, Ris MOST pobbe tha he Rs MOST posh tt eer ‘about the programme may contact = “s sage is (A) the media (A) press, t {B) theABC Securit ered io (© ngprermen socal worker (©) themereay oft ABC Secret (©) then of Socil Development (©) smotiaofthe Minis of Soil Development ‘The pssge fe MOST ely )sepot Sensory © ren lene ©) Tetertotie edior GO ONTO THENEXTRAGE raitororesec 2nz2 &ue Items 50-54 Insirustions: Read the following extract earefally and then answer lems S0-S4 on the basis of ‘ha is stated or implied Celestial isnot just for tourists: many from neighbouring islands find themselves hopping over to Celestial during along weekend for a quick and enjoyable escape. ‘That is because people know that on this tiny ie there is wo muh ose, so mh odo and so much on oft All the leisuretime you have during your stay can be spent in so many different ways. Maybe 5 youwould preferta spend your holiday sleeping-in late ito the afternoons, awaking to be served | scrumptious breakfast in bed, lounging around the pools or beaches, basking in the warm sun, souvenir shopping or mingling with the locals and acquainting yourself with anew and fascinating culture, With so many diferent things to do on the island, your choices are endless. ‘There are so many engaging ways to experience the pleasing sights, sounds and scenery ofthis sland paradise. Sightsesing though, is by far one of the most fun and dynumic ways of fearing about al that Celestia hast fer. 1 nice altemative tothe typical travel inerary, with scheduled times for spoof ativtos 10 do what comes naturally here and take itslow/ sop a yao, pull overt ivokcut points and rest stops for en eat and a drink, while chatting and admiring swe esiracinary places of interest 15 __Themost developed area of Celestial re relatively meen, with minerone ney hotels. A fey resoris and scattered, modest guest houses an be Found in ation to the interntionalaitpor- ‘Along the Caribbean coast here is a seemingly inne stretch of white sandy beaches, which ‘area favourite with tourists. Bliss Town is the vibrant and scenic eepital and porta isthe hub ‘of all he island's actives, Adapted from Top Tourist Tons ‘The Guardian, 22 Angst 2006, 6. 0, Whats tho writer's MAIN purpose? 51, According to the extsact, Celestial is focated (A) To state the locaton of Celestial (B) To encourage tourists to visit (A) inthe capiat Celestial (@) in Bliss Town (©) Tocompare te various attractions (© inthe Caribbean in Celestia () near the coastine (D)Todeseribe te important features of Celestiat G0 ONTO THE NEXT PAGE o121sol0«yestee 2022 biaise 52. Therepatition ofthe words“somuch”and $4, According to the extract, visitors to so many” serves to Celestial may stay a all of the following EXCEPT, (A) minimize the variety of attractions in Celestial (A) bowls (B) highlight the writer's lack of words B) resorts to describe Celestial (©) reststops (©) summarize the list of activities (D) guesthouses from which vistors ean select (D) convey the writer's excitement about the variety of things to do 3. Which of the following phrases suguests the variety of experiences Celestial offers, a presented by the writer? (A) *yourchoices ae endless” (line 8) (B) “engaging ways” (line 9) (©) “nige aemative” [ine 12) () “What comes naturally” (line 13) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE oizisooMicsee 2022“16 ems-88-60 ‘Instractions: Read the following advertisement carefully and then answer Items $5-60 on ‘the basis of what is stated or implied, 1. Kup fate and bales Dirtean sve ae mucha 50% ‘tnitane ten 2. Me mt sear it ovate ene 4 ttn ab Newaygo nc 55. 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(A) Low wattage babs es ener (©) Lnpaslaceden heer artes ore sino otal ight bulbs ar ener efficient. " ©) Compact tuorescent lights are cooyeficien ‘Thoinformation nthe advertisement would be MOST useful 10 (A) electricians @) householder: (©) tho light company (©) building contractors IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON-THIS TEST: o1zisorotvesee 2022