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ANSWER KEY
TOTAL MARKS: 51
READING COMPREHENSION
PASS MARK: 30
2 MARKS EACH – TOTAL MARKS: 16 MARKS
1) A 5) A
2) B 6) D
3) D 7) B
4) B 8) D
Question 1: That, though, has been the experience of Michael Ridapth, who before tapping out Free to
Trade, a fast‐moving thriller about international financial crime, had never written anything more
imaginative than a financial report.
Questions 2 and 3: According to one estimate, 20,000‐30,000 manuscripts of proposed books are lying in
British publishers’ in trays at any one time / receives 20 to 30 manuscripts a day sent in by hopeful writers
/ The sad truth is that for 99.9 per cent of authors, all their masterworks will ever earn is a string of
rejection letters
Question 4: David O’Leary, a literary agent who is currently wading through a huge pile of manuscripts from
hopefuls, says: “The Mr Ridpaths of this world are a bad example. People read about them and think they
can do it
Question 5 and 6: “What impresses me is the huge amount of work and effort going into the manuscripts. It
feels sad always trying to send them back.” Sometimes a letter will accompany a no‐hope manuscript,
announcing that the author has given up a perfectly respectable job to spend their whole time writing.
Question 7: Darley Anderson, a London agent who receives 100 manuscripts a week (he might get up to
four writers a year published) insists the talent is out there.
Question 8: The odds against success, then, are enormous
USE OF ENGLISH
OPEN CLOZE
1 MARK EACH –TOTAL MARKS: 15 MARKS.
NOTE: DEDUCT ½ FOR ANY SPELLING MISTAKE
1) IS 6) AS 11) TO
2) TO/TOWARDS 7) THERE 12) IN
3) THIS / THAT 8) NOT 13) BY
4) IT 9) WHICH 14) HAVE
5) OF 10) AND/BESIDES 15) BOTH
WORD FORMATION
1 MARK EACH –TOTAL MARKS: 10 MARKS.
NOTE: DEDUCT ½ FOR ANY SPELLING MISTAKE
1) PROFESSIONAL 6) EMPLOYED
2) INACCURATE 7) INDUSTRIAL
3) SCIENTIFIC 8) SUCCESSFUL
4) UNDERSTANDING 9) WILL
5) SPECIALISED / SPECIALIZED 10) DESIRABLE
KEY WORD TRANSFORMATIONS
1 MARK EACH HALF – TOTAL MARKS: 10 MARKS
NOTE: DEDUCT ½ FOR ANY SPELLING MISTAKE
1) HAD / GOT OUR CAR REPAIRED
2) I’D / I WOULD RATHER NOT SIT
3) NO POINT (IN) WORRYING
4) MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD
5) STILL HASN’T SENT (ME)