test cone 01218010 FORM TP 2023007 JANUARY 2023 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE® EXAMINATION ENGLISH A Paper 01 ~ General Proficiency 1 hour 30 minutes ‘ 26 JANUARY 2023 (am) READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. 1, Thistest consists of 60 items. You ve 1 hour and 30 minutes to answer them. 2. Inaddition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet. 3, Esch ter in his test has four suggested answors lettered (A), (B), (C),(D). Read each item you ‘are about to answer and decide which choice i bes. 4 Onyour answer sheet, find the number which coresponds to your item and shade the space having ‘the same leter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample item below, Sample item Choose the word or set of words BEST completes esch sentence, Someone wha is sufering from influenza needs to : be sblated asthe disease is 08 | ®0@0 ‘The best answer to this item is “contagious, so (C) has been shaded, 5. Ifyou want to change your answer, eras it completely before you fill n your new chofce © When you are told to begin, tur the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can, 'you ‘cannot answer an item, go on to the next ane. You may return fo tht item later, DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. —$amamn nic ak TOLD TO DO SO. Copyright © 2021 Caribbean Examinations Council ights reserved.Moms 1-5 Instructions: ‘Each sentence has elther one oF 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 fon the answer sheet, 1. Despite his short tm willingnessto 4. Aer reviewing the med fileand having give ofhis wealth to help others to succeed many consultations with the Ted people to eal his it surgeons decided on the best a for the surgery. hasty foolish tration benevolent rocedure ( (©) old fashioned ‘opposition (©) permission 2 The journalists were impressed by the —__ ofthe statesman whose 5, Most persons are u speeches had a profound — those who say one on ll who heard him. nother (A) eloquene. B) presence appearance. 3. Are you trying to _ a all along he knew of the plot to ut the (A) clarity (B) accuse © GOON TOTHE NEXT pacetoms 6-10 Instructions: Choose the word or phrase that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning word or words. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. 6 ‘The guest speaker's address was devoidaf 9. ‘humour and this made persons uneasy (@) indicative of (©) controlled by (D) presented with ‘Their actions showed that they were firm 10, in their election ofthe new law. A) acceptance (D) understanding He was eager to share the news with his fiends. “The president ofthe students’ association never mentioned the treasurers integrity @) dishonesty eseomsimomable tat the county wil the curfew for another week. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE11, People from exowded nations cannot get 14, lover the accessibility of Canada’s natural magnificence 12, The cricket match ended abruptly when many ofthe spectators stormed the fl. ogin the sentence with Many of the spectators stoned but () I would have been petting preventing ‘experienced in one day ofthe life Begin the sentence with ‘Alesmed man (C) experienced more in one day (D) has more experience in one day GO ONTO THE NEXT PAGE‘from the three option 16. sentences, one of the the word that is misspelt. lined words may be misspelt. Choose no word is misspelt, choose Option D. Can you assure me thatthe prapsition willbe excepted by the committee? No-erar ) @) © o He played within the perimeter ofthe picknic area and approached te fence sautiously. No-eror (a) @) oO © ‘When the museum purchased his paintings, the patrons posted many complements. Noexor “a ® © Oo ‘ser ebaasingicolins, his consi here him adhe renal apoogod @ oO Noserar o “He thought it best to sacrifice the match and submit othe ridicule of the team forhis friend's sake, " a ®) © o GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGEsms 21-25. Instructions: Each sentence in this section is followed by four sentences, A,B, Cand D. Choose the ‘one NEAREST in meaning tothe original sentence, 21. Soengrossed washeinhistaskthathedid 24, Ret not hear his sister enter the roam ng that her suitcase was lft on the 1 woman desperately tried to atirect the conductor's atetion, (Haman ame atbeds ‘When te desperate woman noticed ® (©) He was so preoccupied with what he was doing that he was strat the conductor's attention 22, Leannot understand why you have donk since you tell me that Mack means you. (A) Since Mark means lotto you, the reason for your actions puzzling tome, 2s, (B) Since you ell me that Mark means ‘lott you, he eannot understand (A) People throw their garbagein water ‘ourses making this an unusual problem, (B) If people did not dump thei People are unable to travel because © ofthe floods. Because of heavy showers, ‘gabage in water courses, hes been brought to @ standstill bocause ofthe foods. GO ONTO THE NEXTPAGE,NOTHING HAS BEEN OMITTED. GO ONTO THE NEXT PAGE,Instructions Is stated or implied. i the following poem carefully and then answer Items 26-30 on the basis of what Nature ‘We have neither Summer nor Winter ‘Neither Autumn nor Spring. ‘We have instead the days ‘When the gold sun shines on te lush green eanefelds — Magnificenty ‘And tees strugling in the high Caribbean winds. ‘Also there are the days winen the leaves fade from of guango tees ‘And th reaped cance ae ad allow in he all gras sways and shivers to the slightest breath ‘When the butercups have paved the earth with yellow stars ‘And beauty comes suddenly and the rns have gone. ‘HD. Carberry, “Nature”. In Talisafthe Tamarind: An Aniholos? of Poste lor Secondar Schaals, edited by 4.N. Forde, Hodder Education, 1971, GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE,26, ‘What feeling does this poem evoke in the 29, speaker? A) taste disikes the four seasons 'snow learning about this place has participated in the harvesting the mango season a the best Which of the following lines suggests & change of focus inthe poem’? “w ® (©) “Bur best of all there are the days ‘when the mango ..” (ine 12) (©) “And beauty comes suddenly and ‘the rains have gone” (line 20) Lines 18-1 the earth example of buttercups have paved th yellow / stars, are en (D) personification GO ONTO THE NEXT PAGE6 Read the following passage carefully and then answer Items 31-38 on the basis of ‘oF implied, Kino and Juana came tothe place were the brush houses stopped and the city of stone ‘The procession crossed the blinding pla and passed infront of and inthe outskirts the hurrying neweomers wore being sofly informed how the baby had been ‘stung by a scorpion, how the father and mother were taking i to the doctor. ‘And the newcomers, particularly the beggars from the front ofthe church who were ‘They had seen his corpses go into the church, And, since erly Mass was over ad business ‘was slo, they followed the procession, these endless searchers after perfect knowledge oftheir fellowmen, to see what the ft, azy doctor would do about an indigent baby with a scorpion bit. The scurrying procession came at last othe big gate in the wall ofthe doctor's house. ‘They could hes the splashing ofthe water and the singing of caged birds and the sweep of the long brooms on the fagstones. And they eould smell the frying of good bacon ftom the doctor's house ‘moaned a litle in Juana arms, and she spoke sofly to him. The procession crowded close the Detter to See and hear. Jolm Steinbeck, The Pearl Penguin Books, 1973, pp. 9-16. GO ONTO THE NEXT PAGE,32, “The writer uses “secret (line 4) to deseribe the gardens because ‘The word “process they were hidden ftom view many treasures were concealed ‘here line 5) indicates that the erowd was dng statements is NOT ‘rue about the beggars? ‘They knew about human nature. ‘They were inquisitive about people, ‘They had a good relationship with the doctor. They knew everything that went on ‘around them. ‘were able toad their alms quickly hhad many years of experience in begging ‘could analyse the financial state of try mediately determine the sm the poor 38. 3. 38 “The description in paragraph 2 (lines 18) conveys tothe reader the impression of (A) fear and batted (B) happiness and fove harshness and poverty ‘comfort and prosperity ‘According tothe passage, “Kino hesitated ‘a moment” line 26) beesuse he (A) had to calm his anger and hatred (B) was afinid to approsch the doctor (©) wondered whether e had enough ‘money (©) wanted to kill the doctor with his bare hands In the passage, the ‘was not of his people” thatthe doctor ce “This doctor ine 26) suggests (A) did not respect Kino’s people (B) did not understand Kino’s people (©) was not bor in the city as Kino (D) came from a background different from Kino's Which ofthe following is NOT illustrated in the passage? (D) The contrast between the rich and the poor GOON TO THE NEXT PAGEtems 39-46 20 workload must be shared, Another profound change in family relationships les inthe relatively high incidence of, Adapted from Living in Families. Jn Royal Bank Letter, Vol. 75 No.5, September/October, 1994. Retrieved from htps:/;mwmrbe.com/aboutus/etter/pdfSept_Oct 994 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE2 ‘According to parageaph 1 (lines 1-5), ‘which ofthe f wing results from confit between family members? ® © OO} the high divorce rate in Western confiets between employers and problems family members ‘experience in geting along ‘the inerease in the number of smothers of school-age children ‘working ouside ofthe home ‘The word the is CLOSEST in meaning to today to show that “ ® people today work longer hours for the same pay 2 i the 19505 feamed more in the 19505 today people today do not work as hard as people in the 1950s single income cannot adequately support an average family 43. 46, The writer suggests in lines 13-16 thet tensions in mother-child relationships can ‘cour because mothers MAIN purpose isto ‘ocus on the problems experienced bby men revel the problems experienced by ‘men, women and cil “go thei separate 23) because of high divorce rates an inability to live harmoniously Alificulty with Weston societies changes in elations in good times ‘The tone of the passage may be BEST eseribed as 60.ON TO THE NEXT PAGE:usm 47-84 Instructions Read the following passage earefully and then answer Items 47-54 on the basis of ‘what is stated or implied. ‘Music t00 Loud, I Can't Study Dear Editor 1 just can't take it anymore. {just can’ take the nose Foreed on me by a is unbearable and [cannot concentrate on “May/Tune this year and T most pass ll my subjects want 19 make good grades t get into the CAPE icetes that | am an above-average stent, teacher that you didn't do your homework or tat you sleepin class because ofthe noise coming from the restaurant and bar? ‘The noise coming from this place is serious obstacle that lam unable to overcome and Tam seeking help in dealing with Can you imagine my mother and her 16-year-old daugh after going Ite into last night, Under the guise of Camival they Friday night right up until Ash Wednesd total madness, “Music too loud, I Can Study”, Newsday 23 February 2008.a, 48, 50. crying srguing shouting frustrated ‘The sentence "I workchard and every report sofa isos arguments impression smisunderstandings Which of the following language devices does the writer use MOST in paragraph 2 to explain her plight? ds BEST the writer is 52. Lines 11~12,"thunderousnse bombing your eardrums...”, ate an example of their actions in going the women should 0 0.8 bar (©) Admiration from the reader forthe ' courage the women’s behaviour in going into bar ‘The last sentence ofthe passage expresses the vow that with the restaurent owner GOON TO THE NEXT PAGE,‘NATIONAL YOUTH SYMPOSIUM 2028 TOPIC: ADOLESCENT HEALTH — THE CHALLENGES (OBANA CONFERENCE CENTRE SUNDAY, 20 AUGUST 2028 “Sponsrs Who soul tent + any of ou = ated member ofthe “Minty of Beaton pub Nata Connon Meners fou groups ‘Dag abuse = eater professionals * conerons of Chrches = Shien te mea! + th Unley Croan Connell ences | The Mast Yueh — Mat persone! 0 “iecaon Hind Youth Council SESSIONS led by experts nhl flats “aIVDs | | Then Pregnancy rt Bisande | | Pro Nay Sel ber aed ar senaty | [tant omer | [Paine ranomined Tegel Drugs, iy = Seren of te ine MdeeZeoara | | Festa Youn _ Dr Smith-Browne Akansa Band of the Year ~ Arecovrng cocaine ser ee > set nh ‘umen Seay | | — aly Food ‘Miss Word compeiion | | Rox Semone Been| |Dr Patch Remdet “Ales and Prormanceebansng re “Feanre Aires by Bragna Decthe at Conscious Youth = Destine or j irutera( Cantona Bennett ene Bokvts Tae tana 20 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE85, According to the information provided in $8. _Allofthe following groups are specifically the adve invited to attend the symposium EXCEPT symposi (A) youth groups ® (A) the youth Imembors ofthe public 2 young people Ith nurses and other health: senually transmitted diseases ‘are workers| 56. Which ofthe following groups is NOT 59. Haw can those who want to participate sponsor of the symposium? epstr forthe event? Contact Yvonne Dalton and al the © a o) 60. The MAIN addres isto be delivered by Conversation (A) Bukavela Tudor (B) Prof. Nancy Sewel (© DrC. Smith-Browne (D) Major Leonard Alcansa END OF TEST. IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON THIS TEST.