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CSEC English A 1d
CSEC English A 1d
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Instructions: Each sentence 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.
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people are likely to be afraid to take 9. While the Committee members ..........
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risks in life. insults across the floor, the Chairman tried
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in vain to .......... order.
(A) Wealthy
(B) Selfish (A) hurled restore
(c) Cautious (B) spoke impose
(D) Knowledgeable (C) gave............maintain
(D) exchanged.......conserye
7. When parents display a .......... for one child,
the others are likely to feel
10. Are you hying to ............... that all along he
knew of the plot to oust the committee?
(A) concern ... unsympathetic
(B) dislike... indifferent (A) clarifu
(c) preference ... jealous (B) accuse
(D) fondness ... lonely (c) persist
(D) insinuate
An attack on someone when that person
is most vulnerable may be .......... but is
always
11) rewarding
inappropriate.......... thoughttul
Il) destructive satisfying
(C) disnessin!
(D) effecrive unkind
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Items ll-15
Insfructions: Each sentence in this section is followed by four sentences A, B, C and D. Choose the
one NEAREST IN MEANING to the original sentence.
lr. Recent floods have made the route 13. The accident may have been due to the
impassable. wetness of the road and not necessarilv to
careless driving.
(A) People are unable to havel because
ofthe floods. (A) The wetneBs,of the road and
(B) Theroad cannotbe usedas aresult the careless driving caused the
of the floods. accident.
(C) Because of heavy showers, (B) The accident was caused more by
commuters were forced to detour. the wet road than by the driver's
(D) Travelling has been brought to a unn€qg$giagr f ar, elessness.
standstill because of floods. (C) Carelessdriviag hafl,nothing to do
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plans for the purpose of national
cold.
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development. (B) Very few of us will ever catch the
The nation will advance through
cold.
plans proposed by its young (c)
people.
All of us eventually will contraot
the cold.
(D) All of us will be able to resist the
cold eventually.
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(D) Since you have not done much
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if you want to succeed.
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Items 1(-20
Instmctions: In the following sentences one of the underlined words may be misspelt. Choose from
the three options A, B, C, the word that is misspelt. If no word is misspelt, choose option D.
16. The secretary had made up a qalendgr of 19. His rntelligqnsg rather than his lliqght was
AB AB
events but there was not enough statiorlery the dpci4,i,ng factor when considering him
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to give each member a copy. Np e{ror for the job. No error I
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17. After em_b?rrass,ing his co-lleag,ue his 20. The repeiB! ofhis letter assured me that such
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concience bothered him and he eventuallv an o.ccurenpe would not be experie,rlcgd.
C BC
apologised. No efror Ng efror
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Instructions: Read the following extract carefully and then answer items 2l-28 on the basis of what
is stated or implied.
The Oceans
To the prejudiced eyes of land-bound humans the oceans seem like one continuous mass as
homogeneous as outer space. To some extent they are, and some marine creatures treat the
whole maritime world as their oyster. Some of the great whales, for instance, lunge from the
surface to the depths as a matter of course, and divide their feeding and breeding between the
5 poles and the tropics.
Equally striking to the marine scientist, however, is the variousness of the oceans. Each sea
embraces several or indeed many distinct environments, each of which occupies a discrete
zone. Some of these zones also vary markedly with time - through the day; with the tides, and
therefore with the phases of the moon; by season; ancl sometimes in cycles of several years.
10 And superimposed on all these variations in space and time are the more erratic influences of
currents and of the influx of rivers.
In short, patchiness, in space and time, is as much a feature of the oceans as it is of land; indeed,
'patchiness' is a great principle in ecology - though it is rarely singled out as such. Each
oceanic zone has its characteristic creatures - sometimes a huge variety of different types, and
15 sometimes only a few; but many creatures, of all kinds, spend part of their lives in one kind
of environment, and part in another. And because there iue so many different ways of making
a living in the oceans - so many permutations of habitats there is a correspondingly hugi
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variety of creatures; and many creatures take quite different forms, and live in quite different
ways, at different stages of their lives. There are far fewer species in the oceans than on land,
however, because there are no marine equivalents of the forest trees; and it is the trees that
provide such a myriad of habitats for land-based creatures.
21. The writer's MAINpurpose in this passage 22. The word "prejudiced" (line l ) is NEAREST
is to in meaning to
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23. The writer says that prejudiced eyes see 26. Which of the following BEST describes
the oceans as being "as homogeneous as the type of writing in this passage?
outer space" (lines 1-2). This description
suggests that the oceans seem to be (A) Critical
Instructions: Read the following passage carefully and then answer the items on the basis of what
is stated or implied.
(Source unknown).
i! I came to feel very warmly about the
I apes; they would sit for hours on the ffoor beside
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j If I turned a page or crossed my legs they would
stir quietly, nudging each other. To change my zv. Which of the following phrases is used in
trousers in these circumstances became also an (lines 1-15) to compare the chimpanzees
)1 embarrassment, so intensely was the process with professional acrobats?
observed.
(A) Young and nimble (lines 2-3)
There was one lenuinely startling (B) Over-anxious ... expression (lines
moment; I was working beside the window, 34)
grinding out from the typewriter whatever (c) Exaggerated and over-emphatic
30 contemporary nonsbnse was required (in fact tumbling (line 7)
a fragment of this book) when I glanced round (D) Wrapped... in intricate patterns
and there were the riionkeys'in a row, by the (lines 13-14)
doorway, beating ouidiragged tattoo with their
fingers on the floor; a very ieasonable imitation.
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30. When the author says that he "came to feel g4. As used in line 39, "questing" means the
very warmly about the apes" (lines 18-19) silne as
he means that he
(A) clever
(A) developed a genuine liking for the (B) trusttul
chimpanzees (C) inquisitive
(B) became enthusiastic about the (D) mischievous
chimpanzees' interest in writing
(C) grew embarrassed by the
chimpanzees' close observation 35. The writer surrendered the crayons to the
of him chimpanzee because he
(D) became unhappy because the I
chimpanzees constantly watched (A) had completed his own drawing I
him with sorrowful eves (B) felt that the chimpanzee could do
no worse than himself
(C) knew tlrat the effect would be
31. The " genuinely startling rRoment" referred exciting
to in (lines 27-28) was caused by the (D) sensed that the,chiurpan'ee might
be able to draw quite well
(A) monkeys'tunefuldrummingonthe
floor
(B) imitation of the writer's typing by 36. We can infer from, "The effect was
the monkeys glpping" (line 44) that the author was
(C) intemrption of the writer's typing
by the monkeys (A) .arwzpdatlhq dfawines created by
(D) writer's discoVery of the monkeys thp chimpanzee .
sitting in a row in the doorway (B) inferested in,findng out what the
chimpanzee would do next
(C) afraid that the chimpanzee might
32. "Aragged tattoo" (line 33) means the same become engaged in a futile
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exercise
(D) impressed by the chimpanzee's
(A) a tuneful rhythm uncontrollable darting and
(B) an irritating noise slashing at the paper
(C) arhythmical tapping
(D) an irregular drumming
37. The passage can best be described as
33. When the author says that the monkeys (A) narrative
showed interest in the "mechanics of (B) scientific
writing" (line 36) he means that they (C) explanatory
(D) imaginative , '
Instructions: Read the fillowing extract carefuliy and then answer the items on the basis of what is
stated or implied.
Accounting
Nights too warm for TV
we're flung outdoors to the Porch,
citronella candles scenting the space
between us, our faces aglow
5 in gold light. She crowds the card table
I with coin banks, an *abacus,
I five and ten dollar rolling PaPer,
I our tidy ledger.
38. The activity described in the poem is 40. Line 3 of the poem is an example of
42. The comparison between the paper casings 44. The money is being saved to
and homemade sausages (lines 14-15) is a
to
reference
(A) keeP it safe
(B) package in paper casing
(A) weight (C) place in the bank downtown
(B) colour (D) safeguard against need in winter
(C) shape l
(D)quantity,ill'
45. Tll.n,tJ"le."solid
as any fdundation"
0ioes 19-20) suggests
43. The ..crawrspace" (line lg) Mosr likely (A)
refers to how fragile the jars were
(B) what a huge fortune was buried
(A) a large container (C) how secure it made the owners feel
(B) area
a low, cramped (D) that the foundations needed rein-
(C) very slow movement forcement
(D) the foundation of the house
Instnfcfipns: Read the following passage carefully and then answer items 46-54 onthe basis of
whrt is stated or implied.
lfe noi;e
t am seeking 9o$ng from this place is a serious obstacle that I am unable to overcome and
help in dealing with it.
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can you imagine rny motier anrt her l6-year-old
20 daughter going to this place in the midst
ofriotous drinking to ask them to turn down the
music becauJe I want to study orjust to get
sleep? I understand that residents have some
been calling ;ilil; but the response has been ineffec_
this retter lsunoay-rs, ut s::b a-; th"y;";l;;,-c
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under the guise of camivar they wilr continue
t{ their mercrress onslaught. From camivar
Friday night right up until Ash wednesday
total madness.
morni.g toJi;il
continue non-stop. There will be
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48. Which of the following devices does the 52. What effect does the writer achieve when
writer use in paragraph 2 to explain her she says "Qan you imagine my mother and
plight? her l6-year-old daughter going to this place
in the midst of riottius drinking..." (lines
(A) Pun r9-20)?
(B) Litotes
(C) Contrast (A) Admiration from the reader for the
(D) The rhetorical question women's courage
(B) Shock from the reade.r that the
women should cgnsider going
49. Which of the following words BEST there
conveys the ernotion that the writer is (c) Criticism for their acti,ons in going
seeking to arouse in the reader? to abar
(D) Scsrn for the women's behaviour
(A) Pity in going into a bar
(B) Love
(C) Horor
(D) Empathy 53. The last line of the passage expresses the
view that
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(D) is about to fail her exams 54. This kiqd of wri,ting is BEST classified as
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51. "..jumping up and down as if the place is (B) descriptive
haunted"(line 12) is an example of which (c) informative
of the following devices? (D) persuasive
(A) Simile
(B) Paradox
(C) Irony
(D) Personification
Instructions: Read the.following information carefully end then answer items 5ff0 on the bssis
of what is stated or implied.
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What is the birth name of the author? s8. In what year did the author return to
Antigua?
(A) Annie John
(B) Allen Shawn /a\
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(C) Elaine Richardson (B) re74
(D) Jarnaica K-incaid (c) 1e8s
(D) 1986
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