rest cope 01218010 FORM TP 2019007 JANUARY 2019, CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE® EXAMINATION, ENGLISH A, ‘Paper 01 ~ General Proficiency Thou 30 minutes (03 JANUARY 2019 (pm, READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. 1, This test consists of 60 items. You will have 1 hour and 30 minutes to answer them, 2. Inaddition to this test booklet, you should have an answer shes Do not be concemed thatthe answer sheet provides spaces for more answers than thers are items in this tex, ‘4 Gach item in tis test has four sugested anewers lettored (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item you sce about to answer inl Uevide whl ohuive & best 5. Onyouranswer sheet, find the number which corresponds fo your item and shade the space having the same leter asthe answer you have chosen. Look atthe sampls item below. Sample tem (Choose the word or set of words that BEST completes exch sentence, ated asthe disease is ‘Sumple Answer ®Oeo ‘Someone who is suffering from chicken pox needs to be (A) lasting @) serious (©) contagious (D) destructive “The best answer fo this tem is “contagious”, to (C) has been shaded, 6. [you want to change your answer, erase it completly before you fil n your new choice. 7. When you are told to begin, ten the page and work as quickly and as eerefully as you ean. Ifyou ceammot answer an item, go on tothe next one. You may return to tha iter later. DO KOT TURN THIS"PAGE UNTH. YOU ARE TOLD TO DO So. ‘Copyright © 2018 Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved, O1218010UANUARY 2019 baat ome 1-5 Instructions: Each sentence in this section has ONE. snclerlined word or phrase, Choose the ‘vord or phrase that s closest to OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word. 1, The dlstinguished‘actor avoided the press ‘whenever he was on helidays. Being fiend and helpful scharacteristicof ‘most persons from that rea ofthe country. (A) prise (a) unworthy of (B) ~ attacked (8) uncommon in (©) contacted (©) unnecessary for (©) inarviewes (©) unreazonaéle oF 2. There was a decline in airplane travel afer Many teenagers and even some parents do that incident, ot agree with the amount of retitivensss intoday’s soci. (a) increase upheaval (A) goodness (decrease (8) selfishness (BD) Hactuntion (©) permissiveness (©) compatiiveness 3. Paulsattude to visiting the cave wasone of ingitrenc. (A) hostility (B) boredom : © enthusiasm ©) anusemen: GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 012180102 ANUARY 201910. sto 01Z18D10ANUARY 2019 tems 6-10 Instructions: Tn the following sentences one of the underlined words may be misspelt. Choose from the three options, A,B, Cy the word thats misspelt. Ifo word is misspelt, chose Option D, ‘After embarrassing bis colleagut his cancience bothered him and he eventually apologized. No ero “ ® © © Its my privilege to give you some information concerning proper autstion, Noor. w ® oO © ‘Whenever there is food srses the people always experience shortages of basic necessitcs. Nosarat @) ® oO oO “The nurses were alloted sepeate quarters because the man building didnot have enous rooms for “ oO them. Nostra, @ ‘is intelligence rather than his heght was he deciding ftctor when considering hm forthe job ®) ©, Nestor © (GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 3 ML 2 B rm 15, ‘121801 JANUARY 2018 Instructions Select tho option, A, B, C oF D, that BEST describes EACH of the sentences and ‘ark your cholee on the answer est. The options may be used once, more than once or nota al (A) Thosentenoe is acceptable as it stands {B) —Thesentence contains aclihé or misused metaphor. (©) The sentence i incorrect grammatially o faulty in diction (D) _Thesentanes is too wordy, is repetitive or contains redundancies, “The new disciplinary methods had a positive affecton the students” behaviour. Seldom do people declare that they are no the prodiets of ther environment ‘The major ran up the set like a house on fire and, shouting with ll the strength he cou muster, sounded the alarm, 1¢ 1 were the captain ofthe West Indies cricket team, 1 will attack the betsmen with my fast bowlers ‘immediately ater the luncheon interval He advanced a step or two to meet his etacker who suddenly became alarmed and retested back four cor five paces. GOON TO THE NEXT PAGEtems 16-20, “Instructionse Some ofthe fl {idiom oF vocabulary. Sor ‘Than one inappropriate clement. Select the ONE underlined part that 16 The exhibition is expected to bea majorattraction, ast only. for adults, but particular to school @ ®) oO children fnthat area.“ Noertor © 19. In House for Mr Biswas, Naipal shows that how a man may struggle nghinst great odds to @) achieve those things that he most desires. Naetror © © 118. heljgve that his attuds improves his general performance wil also improve, Noerar « ® © @) 49, Peter have dengue and fels peak 20 he i unable patlpat inthe Inter school games, Nore ow oy © ©) 20, Too much students entered the competition; enly one of them was good enough to reach the finals. w @) © o a GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 0121801 0/TANUARY 2019 Es 4 lowing sentences are unacceptable bsaute of inappropriate grammar, rnteuers are acceptable as they stand. No sentence contains more ‘you feel i inappropriate nd choose the correspondingletter,A,Bor C. If esentence is acceptable sit stands, choose. v9 24 2. 23, 1 221-3 Insiristions: Bach sentence has ether one or two words missing. Choose from the four options the wo si or pai of words which BEST completes the meaning of the sentence Some persons, although health-conscious, are unusally we icases. (8) nolined cece fat (@) immune (©) > suscepibie (D) indifferent Most parents donot “ 8) © © “This period requires us to adcally restructure the economy, 10 ‘colon economy, to a moder, balanced and “ ®) © @) tolerate balance frown on supervise Feleate woven changing Ataf asses diversi’ modify “echnologial transfor | mechanized “The lanyer gave his client some good (a) advice () methods (© solutions (©) Guarantees 25, The elpered worked all day, so she was relieved of (B) deprived of, (©) bared from (D) hindered from O1218010JANUARY 2019 Ba _ indiasipline from tae children. it from what was basically ‘economy. sbouttaxes, the task of preparing supp. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGEts 0 Instructions: Read the following poom carefully and then answer Tems 26-20 on the basis of ‘hat I stated or implied. Accounting ‘Nights too warm for TV ‘we're fang outdoors tothe pore, Citronalla candles seentng the space beteen us, our faces aglow in god light. She crowds the card table ‘with coin banks, an abacus, five and ten dolar rolling pape, ‘our tidy ledge. 1 count line the coins in neat rows, the abacus clicking out our worth, ‘how much ean we save stack up against the seasons ~ winter coming. Her tightly braided hair turning white; her ands quick ling the paper casings like home-made sausage. ut this well keep at home 0121801 0JANUARY 2019 aA 7 buted in jars beneath the house, the eralepace filling up, pusked solid : ssany foundation, Natasha Tete, Reivieved from Ipsnase jh edul5308. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 126, The etvity deseribed in the poem is ». (a) playing cards (B) counting money (©) making sausages (D)_viewingtelevision 27. Which of the following words BEST desribes‘she" in the poem? 30 (A) Thrifty (B) Moody (©) Mercenary (©) Extravagant 28, Line 3 of the poem is an example of (a) repetition (8) assonance (©) alteration (©) euphemism (0121801 0/SANUARY 2019 wa : “The comparison between the pape easngs and home-made sausage (lines 1-15) is reference 10 (A) shape (B) colour (© weight ©) quantity ‘The “erawispace™ ({ine 19) MOST likely refeesto (A) allarge container {B)_very slow movement (© an erea under the house (D) the foundation ofthe howse GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE25 eae ems 41-06 Instrustions: Read the folowing extract carefully and th ‘what Is stated or implied. mnswer tems 41-46 on the basta of ‘Who Does What? Iris quite outmoded today to labo certain work as being suitable foronly men oF women, For example, ‘we see men and women working in dressmaking, cooking, hairdressing, the law and a variety of othor Jobs. Men work in heavy industries which call for physical strength, but, apart rom thor, bath men ‘and womerihaveshown equal aptitudes ina wide renge of occupatins. Many men Tike poteriag about the home, and indeed would do more inthe home and enjoy iti public opinion had not ordined tat ‘most work in the home is woman's work, There has been established «curious code of behaviour regarding men's and women's jobs. ‘A man can work ina café, wash up, and clean the floor, but he would be doing a woman's job if he id the same work in his own heme. He can lay the table in arestauren, but apparently hs whole personality changes when he pastes through his own front aor, for then he and his sons reconsidered incepeble of laying ¢ table, fling a sal-cllar oF washing a tea cup. He can make beds, clean, and provide morning tea in a sleeping-ear on a trai, but has no appetite For those simple jabs in his oxen home. Inthe army, within & wesk he has accustomed himaslf to making a bed, lighting a fre, anc pressings clothes, but after discharge hei treated as incepable of uning a matress or giving a hand ‘vith the washing or ironing Sine, women allover the country decorate thelr own homes, datempering, and panting ina highly oficiant manner. Yor, wielding the peintbrush in the decorating business fs considered «man's obs Te {sa myscery to me how painting became the completo monopoly af men. The éefiness and kil which ‘women now have shown in ceher trades seem particularly suites to painting, Now, [ean imagine how, ifthe painting trade had been monopolized by women workers, the same quie eatfonal aitede would have been adopted and, foro cher reeson than custom, men would nat have sought work in that eid, ‘Toulty, with so much mechanization and automation round the corner, we shall have to rerientate ‘The Woman in the home does 2 manual job which saps her physical energy; we may soon find that © ‘man’s job outside the home cals fr les physical eneray than the one dene by his wife inthe home. ‘What is woman's work and what is man's work should be determined solely ty the aptitude of the individual, and iis inthe interest ofthe farily and the county that his new approach be adopted. ‘Source: Unkrown GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE (1218010ANUARY 2019 bie 41 2, “3. Which ofthe following is suggested inthe fist paragraph ofthe exrect? @ ® © © ‘Men behave curiously when doing sobs inthe home, ‘en and women are equally abl to do many jobs. Public opinion determines the jobs ‘women do, ‘Men prefer jobs which demand phyaical strength ‘The MAIN intention of paragraph 2 (lines 8-15) ite show that w ® © © ‘aman should not do the same job at home ashe does at work a man has contasting attitudes 0 similar jobs done at home and at work ‘man can derive employment fiom doing similar jobs at home and at ‘work ‘man’s attitude should change when performing stilae tasks home and at work 2 ‘The MAIN intention of paragraph 3 (lines 16-21) isto (A) sess that women possess skis and sptitudes which men eo not, (B) show that a women's nature is pecticularly suited to decorating (©) demonstrate the irrationality of ecisions regarding a man’s and ‘woman's work (D) indicat that men experience similer problems with regard to work as ‘women do o12180107ANUARY 2019 44 4s, According to paragraph 4 (linas 22-24), “ @ oO © manization and automation might lead © fan easier life for both men and ‘housohold jobs being mere time- ‘consuming than those performed atthe office an adjustment of our thinking with regard to employment housewives’ work being more physically strenuous than men's Jobs outside the home Which of the following devices does the writer MAINLY use inthe passage to present her argument? (A) Sarees @) Contrast (© Repetition (©) Exaggeration According to the writer, which of the following should determine what i man's work and what is @ womaa’s wrk? “ @ © o Custom Aptitude Pubs opinion Individual atieudes GO ON T0 THE NEXT PAGEoe ome 47-84 Instructions: Read the following speech carefully and thea answor Items 47-54 on the bass of, what is stated orimpiled. H's tht Mian Lats end gentlemen, I present to you the eanidete for Dimsville. He isthe man who will make all ‘Your dreams come trac He ia the man who wal fal all your wishes. He isthe man who wil stand by Sou through thick and thin. Our opponent say thathe comes from a foreign country and he is nt one ‘fyou. | must thank them for thei kind comments because that is just What you neod — his exposure 5 toa deysloped werld. He is eqtipped withthe bast deas that will create opportunities for you, ‘Don’t you need steady jobs? And how about a school lke tht which the other areas have? Yes, my fiends, You need to Hive like valued citizens, not lke oppressed slaves in endless destitution, Your lives are not ajoumey into the Promised Land, You wander ina vast wilderness where hostile forces of humanity cund you with relentless erly, Your deily bee is sickness and worry, hinge 10 anddisesse. Your hvele are dens of misery Aled with empty hopes and despai. Have youeansidered the futre ofthe children? Look a this men; the man who will make your dreams come tug; the man who will give you your \ishes; the man who ares enough to come to yeur village. Source: Unleown 47. "The purpose ofthe speech isto 49, ‘The speaker addresses the’ audience as "you" inorder to (A) Introduce a new product (B) find outthe needs af the audience (A) present himselrto the audience (©) condom the effors of opponenss (B) distance bimsetf from the audience (D) persuade the audience to vote for (©) scease te audience of fling in their someone duty (©) maketheaudienceseethe caresabout them 48, This speech was MOST Iikaly given ata (A) board meeting 50. ‘The speaker suggests that because the (@) business mesting ‘candidate “comes from a foreign county” (©) politcal meeting (ine 3) he will (©) church meeting i (A) notappreciate them (G)_eavethem at anytime (©) beanadvantage to them (©) notrepresent them well GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE O121800NANUARY 2019 “15 "You need to live like valued citizens” (ine 7), he attempts wy ®) © o change the villagers’ way of tite make the villagers feel good about their lives make the villagers feel they are trestad wel by thir epresentatves change the villagers’ view of thcit lives so that they choose his candidate ‘The name Dimsville is sultable for the village because (A) itisan importa name (B) thers is no olecrcity inthe village (©) _itismamed after someone who used tolive there (D) the villagers feel hopeless because ‘they lak basie amenities 01218010ANUARY 2019 5 54 Tn paragraph 1, the speaker repeats the ‘Words He is the man” because he wens 0 (8) presontthe candidate as a superman (B) emphasize the power the candidate possesses (©) impress upon the audience thate is ‘offering them the best person fer the job (D) Inform the vilagers that they need a ‘man and rota woman to represent them Which of the following devices Is NOT used in the speech? Pon ®) Metaphor (© Repetition ©) Rhetorical question GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE,lems 55-60 Instructions: Read the following advertisement carefully and then answer Items 55-60 on the basis of what is stated or Discover ASIALAN ISLE ae 012180100 ANUARY 2019 “16 Discover Avalan lle is the complet» county guido, compact ad petble, with information and contacts for tverything fom ssootamodation fo restaurants to touring [New to oor where tench sti? Hear a seelbend? Go ‘uc-watciag or wind-eurGag? I's all in one convenisat ple Discover Aslan ne is elogant ins dsig,eolourfl and smelt ead. Open is pasts and be mesmerized. Fall nro fee wonderland. ‘Expentonoe travel like you never have batie, Discover Asian Ile ‘Alable foe a major hotels, at Lavisla Notional Aeport tod online fom our webste GO ONTO THE NEXT PAGE “7 85, This advertisement would MOST likely $8. The phrase “Available free” suggests that appeal to the guide is (A) tourists (A) costly (B)—sciantsts (B) notforsate (©) educator (©) informative ’ ©) environmentalists (©) easy toread 56. ‘The equal sign heoween the stick ofbooks 59, Which word in thesecond paragraph ofthe tnd the book-"Discover Asialan Isle” advertisement is used figuratively? suggest thet the guide is, ca) rat" (a) fice B) “Open” (B) heavy © “Discover” (© compact (©) “Bxperience” (©) convenient 60. Persons ean MOST likely obiin copy of 57. The author repeats the words “Discover “Discover Asialan Isle” fom Aslan Isie"to @) allhotels (A) persuade visitors to read the book. (B) most gift shops (B) encourage persons to visit the (©) major supermarkets sountey ©) wonwediscoverasialancom (©) emphasize ne expertence onature {(D) __ilusate the various events ofthe country END OF TEST IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON THIS TEST. Bae 01218010 ANUARY 2019