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CAMEROON GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION BOARD

General Certificate of Education Examination 0530 ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1

JUNE 2017 ORDINARY LEVEL

Centre Number
Centre Name
Candidate Identification No.

Candidate Name

Mobile phones are NOT allowed in the examination room.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION PAPER

One and a half hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Read the following instructions carefully before you start answering the questions in this paper. Make sure you have a
soft HB pencil and an eraser for this examination.
1. USE A SOFT HB PENCIL THROUGHOUT THE EXAMINATION.
2. DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.
Before the examination begins:
3. Check that this question booklet is headed “0530 English Language 1 - Ordinary Level”
4. Fill in the information required in the spaces above.
5. Fill in the information required in the spaces provided on the answer sheet using your HB pencil:
Candidate Name, Exam Session, Subject Code and Candidate Identification Number.
Take care that you do not crease or fold the answer sheet or make any marks on it other than those asked for in
these instructions.

How to answer the questions in this examination

6. Answer ALL the 50 questions in this Examination. All questions carry equal marks.
7. Each question has FOUR suggested answers: A, B, C and D. Decide on which answer is appropriate. Find the
number of the question on the Answer Sheet and draw a horizontal line across the letter to join the square
brackets for the answer you have chosen.
For example, if C is your correct answer, mark C as shown below:
[A] [B] [C] [D]
8. Mark only one answer for each question. If you mark more than one answer, you will score a zero for that
question. If you change your mind about an answer, erase the first mark carefully, and then mark your new
answer.
9. Avoid spending too much time on any one question. If you find a question difficult, move on to the next question.
You can come back to this question later.
10. Do all rough work in this booklet using the blank spaces in the question booklet.
11. At the end of the examination, the invigilator shall collect the answer sheet and then the question booklet. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO LEAVE THE EXAMINATION HALL WITH ANY.
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SECTION A
LISTENING COMPREHENSION (5 marks)

QUESTIONS
Using only the material read to you from the Listening Comprehension passage, answer each of the
following questions as directed.
Choose the best answer from the alternatives (A, B, C and D) for each of the questions below.

6. When did the hen promise to start laying the golden

SECTION ONE eggs?
A Immediately.
B The next day.
1.
C The day before.
Which of the following statements is true of Haria?
A Haria’s earnings were sufficient for his needs. D After the dialogue with Hairia.

7. In the statement, “The next morning Haria found a

B golden egg lying outside his hut...”
Haria’s earnings could hardly make ends meet. the underlined word is a/an
C Haria’s earnings could barely suffice for his daily A verb
needs. B noun
D Haria’s earnings were abundant for his needs. c adjective
D preposition
Haria thought the hen would make a great feast for him
2. SECTION THREE
because
A the hen would serve as a good meal
B the hen tastes good 8. You heard the word “lay” read to you in the passage.
C the hen and her eggs would satisfy him Which word below does not have the
D it looked big and fleshy same vowel sound on the first syllable as that
3. in “lay”?
A layette
Haria was able to catch the hen because
B labour
A she gave herself up
C latex
B he was very near her D latter
C she was used to him
D she was heavy with eggs 9 Why does Haria kill the hen in the interior of his house
4. instead of outside?
A He needed light since there was darkness
The word “squeaked” as used in the passage is best
outside.
explained by one of the expressions below.
B He did not want the hen to escape.
A cried and flapped her wings C He wanted to secure all the golden eggs for
B flapped her wings widely
C made a short loud sound himself.
D He did not want his neighbours to see him.
D crew and jumped wildly

SECTION TWO 10. Haria’s countenance at the end of the story

can best be described as one of ____________ .
5. The hen sat beside the egg to A regret and sadness.
A protect it B disappointment and sympathy.
B prove her faithfulness C anger and disappointment.
C surprise Haria D scorn and disappointment.
D see Haria’s reaction

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SECTION B
READING COMPREHENSION ( 7 1/2marks)
Read the following passage and answer the questions which follow.

The door closed behind her. She heard the great key turn. She was locked in the prison with a horde of raving criminals who by
their din sounded as if they had gone completely insane. A dark tunnel, twenty yards long, stretched before her. At the far end it
appeared to open out into a courtyard. She could see figures racing across the entrance. With faltering footsteps, she walked
through it and came to an abrupt standstill, rooted in horror. 5

The courtyard was about sixty feet square, with cage-like structures round all four sides. Within its confines a writhing, fiendish
battle was going on. Several bodies were stretched out on the flagstones.
Inside the cage-like structures small private battles were being fought. The main group of men, however, was watching one
convict who brandished a large, blood-stained chopper. As she stared, he suddenly rushed at them and they scattered wildly to
every part of the square. He singled one man out and chased 10 him. The man ran towards Gladys and then ducked away. The
madman with the axe halted only a few feet from her. Without any instinctive plan, hardly realizing what she was doing, she took
two angry steps towards him.

“Give me that chopper”, she said furiously. “Give it to me at once.”

The man turned to look at her. For three long seconds, the wild dark pupils staring from blood-shot eyes, glared at her. He took
two paces forward. Suddenly, meekly, he held out the axe. Gladys snatched the weapon from his hand and held it rigidly down by
her side; The other convicts— there must have been fifty or sixty men cowering there—stared from every corner of the courtyard.
All action was frozen in that one moment of intense drama. Gladys knew she must clinch her psychological advantage. :

“All of you”, she shouted, “come on, form into a line.” She knew vaguely that the voice .belonged to her, 20 but she had never
heard it so shrill. “Get into line at once!”

Obediently the convicts shambled across, forming into a ragged group before her. She regarded them stormily. There was silence.
Then suddenly her fear had gone.

“You should be ashamed of yourselves,” she said, berating them like an irate mother scolding a crowd of naughty children. “The
Governor sent me in here to find out what it was all about. Now, if you clean up 25 this courtyard and promise to behave in
future, I’ll ask him to deal leniently with you this time.” She tried to keep her eyes away from the still figures of the dead.
“Now what is your grievance?” she snapped.
“Why did you start fighting like this?”

There was no answer. Several hung their heads in shame.

“I want you to appoint a spokesman,” she went on. “He can tell me what the trouble is. And then you can 30 start cleaning up
this courtyard at once. Now go over in that corner and appoint your spokesman. I’ll wait here.”

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The convicts trooped over to the corner she indicated and talked among themselves. A few moments later,
one of the taller men of slightly better physique approached. Like the others, he was in rags.
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“My name is Feng,” he said. “I am their spokesman.”

He explained that no one really knew why, or how, the riot had started. They were allowed the chopper—
he indicated the axe which Gladys still carried — for an hour every day to cut up their food. Someone had
quarrelled over his portion, someone else had joined in, and suddenly, without anyone knowing exactly
why, the volcano of passion had erupted and a lava of blood flowed everywhere. He could not explain this
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strange occurrence. Perhaps it was that many of the men had been there for many years, he said. As she
knew, unless their friends or relatives sent in food, they starved. It was hard to sit up against a wall and
starve to death while other men ate. Sometimes they took one of their numbers out into the square and
executed him. That terror hung over many heads. He could not explain the outbreak, but the walls were
high and the doors were strong; they never saw the outside world, women or mountains, a tree in blossom 45
or a friendly face; sometimes the spirit grew so oppressed that it burst out of a man in a wild tumult of
violence.

“What do you do all day in here?” asked Gladys seriously.

“Do? There is nothing to do.”

“No occupation of any sort ?"

“None”

“But a man must have work, something to do. I shall see the Governor about it.”
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It was at that moment she became conscious that the Governor and his retinue were behind her. She did not
find until later that there was a small opening, towards the end of the tunnel through which they had heard
everything. The noise of the riot had died, and they now thought it safe to enter and take an official part in
the peace treaty. 55

The Governor bowed to Gladys.

“You have done well,” he said gratefully. “We must thank you.”

‘It’s disgraceful,’ she said bitterly. ‘These men are locked up here week after week, year after year, with
nothing to do. Nothing to do at all.”

“I do not understand.” His bewilderment was rather ludicrous.

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Gladys could, however, sense his gratitude and decided to press her point. “Of course you have riots if
they have nothing to occupy their time year after year. You must find them occupations.”

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QUESTIONS C it was not certain what the madman would

do
11 The word “din” as used in the passage (line 2) D the writer wants to exaggerate
means ______________ .
A beating of the gate striking of the door loud 18. The action in the courtyard is said to be “frozen”
(line 18) because.............................
B unpleasant noise noise made by a mad man
C loud unpleasant noise A it was cold and quite
D noise made by a mad man B all action ceased
C she came to a standstill
12. The phrase “rooted in horror” as used in the D the prisoners could talk no more
passage (line 5) is a/an............................ . 19.
A aphorism Two things that finally help in overcoming Gladys’
B idiom fear are
A the seizure of the chopper and the
C slang
appointment of a spokesman
D metaphor B the obedience of the prisoners and the
13. According to the passage life in prison can be
appointment of a spokesman
C the presence of the governor and his retinue
A vexing
B horrific D the prisoners obedience to her and their
C disturbing formation of a queue
D hazardous
20. Two nouns used figuratively in paragraph 12
14. The expression “fiendish battle” (line 7) are
means A riot and chopper
A a cruel fight B axe and chopper
C passion and blood
B a wicked fight
D volcano and lava
C fighting viciously
D dangerous struggle 21 In the passage all the prisoners have no
15. at all.
Gladys’ confrontation with the mad man can
be termed A clothes
A bold B work
C food
B risky D feeling
C foolhardy
D genial 22 The Governor’s bewilderment is as a result of seeing
16. Gladys’ reaction as she entered the courtyard A Gladys seize the axe
was one of..........................
A revulsion B Gladys order the convicts
C the mad man calm
B dismay
C fright
D that the convicts had nothing to occupy them
D shock
17. 23. We can deduce that the Governor is grateful to Gladys
In the passage, the time taken by the mad man to
obey Gladys’ command is regarded as “three long because she
A is brave
seconds” (line 15) because
B is able to order the prisoners
A she had been standing there for long C quelled the riot.
B she had been seeing what had been going on
D received a bow from him
for long

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24. The point that Gladys “had to press” 30. You ____________ bother yourself about
(line 61) is ___ _________ .
the problem. I’ll work it out myself.
A that the prisoners had no work. A can’t
B that the prisoners hadn’t adequate food. B needn’t
C that prisoners should not be locked up for tooling. C may not
D that the prisoners be found some work to occupy D might not
them. 31. Boys generally perform in
25. From the passage one can conclude that English language than girls.
Gladys has a ……………… _ personality. A worse
A forceful B worser
B manly C more worse
C pathetic worst.
D charming. 32. If it had rained heavily on Sunday, I
__ _____ stayed away from church.
A may have
should have
C could have
SECTION C D Would have
GRAMMAR (71/2 marks) 33
Sandy prefers whisky
Read carefully the instructions for each question and wine.
or set of questions before answering. A from
B instead of
For numbers 26-40 choose the best answer from
C than
the alternatives (A, B, C and D) that completes D to
the sentences.
34. There are shoes in his bag
26. The tortoise moved ________ ; but it still A not so
beat the hare in the race. B aren’t there
A slowly aren’t they
B slower D are they
C slowest 35. Sheena anxiously looked forward to
D slow _ her Principal at her Birthday
Party.
27. I don’t think there........................... A see
enough ________________ for the party, B welcome
A is/ cutlery C receiving
B are/cutleries D receive
C were/cutleries 36. Children at seven should be encouraged to
D are/cutlery wash their clothes _______
28. The bee farmer died because he was A of themselves
_ by bees. B their selves
A sting C by themselves
B stinged D themselves
C stung
D stunk Choose the best answer from the
alternatives (A, B, C, and D) to show the
It is high time we sentence that is correctly reported.
30 food.
A eat 37. “Who will be coming for the party today?” my
B ate mother asked. My mother asked _____________
C had eaten
D have eaten A who will be coming for the party today
B who will come for the party today
C who was coming for the party that day
D who will be coming to the party that day

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For numbers 38-40, choose the best answer from the
alternative (A, B, C and D) to show - the sentence that For question 44 - 50, choose the alternative that best fills the gap in
is correctly punctuated the sentence.

38. 44. The grass was singing when the farmer

A We learn History every monday. burned the farm is an example of a _____________
B We learn history every Monday. A metaphor
C We learn History every Monday. B personification
D We learn History, every Monday. C simile
38. The award is called ____________________ D hyperbole
A Pastor’s Children Scholarship
B Pastors’ Children’s Scholarship 45. The ________ lady looked very attractive.
C Pastors Children’s Scholarship A tiny
B small
D Pastors Childrens’ Scholarship
C thin
40 D slim
A Oh my God! I am finished.
B Oh! my God! I am finished!! 46. The Prime Minister’s Lodge is among the
C Oh my God. I am finished! ______ of the colonial rule in Cameroon.
D Oh! my God. I am finished. A remnant B
evidence C
SECTION D legacies
VOCABULARY (5 marks) inheritance

Read carefully the instructions for each question or set of

questions before answering. 47. The government seized all the _____________band in
the local market.
For numbers 47-49 choose the answer from the alternatives (A, B, A dis
C and D) that best explains the meaning of the underlined word(s) B counter
or phrase(s). C contra
D anti
41. Tamoh, the great hunter, had no rival in the
village. 48. The coward ________ soldiers ran away.
A opponent A ed
B ish
B enemy C ie
D ly
C competitor

D counterpart 49. Most students think that farming is a job.

A strenous
42. We were lucky to have a trouble shooter in our B strenuous
group. C strainous
A trouble maker B straineous
B peace maker
C trouble monger
D trouble giver 50. A person who finds difficulties in sleeping
suffers from _______ .
Choose the alternative (A, B, C, and D) that best gives the A nigtmares
opposite of the underlined word. B overthinking
43. There was ample evidence against him. C insomnia
A enough D amnesia
B excess
C sufficient
D insufficient
___________ STOP __________________
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