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EDUCATIONAL EXAMINATION
EXAMINATION OF PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH
CONSOLIDATION PAPER II
Concerned Subject: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Approximate Time: 250 minutes
Examination Date: …… / …… / ……
Student Name: Class: School:
• No further explanation may be asked or given.
• Examinees are strictly forbidden to use other materials,
including dictionaries Violation of this rule may result in
instantaneous disqualification.
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SECTION ONE PHONETICS
Part 1 Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others of the same line Write your answers in the numbered box.
Part 2 Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the others of the same line Write your answers in the numbered box.
Your answers
SECTION TWO LEXICO–GRAMMAR
Part 3 Choose the word that best substitutes for the underlined word or phrase in each sentence Write your answers in the numbered box.
11 The ……… old man stood by the seashore, gazing into the horizon
12 Lisa is in her mourning ……… as her grandmother has just passed away
13 Mrs Smith is a ……… woman who makes all the decisions for her family
14 The immature girl takes a very ……… view of things, which makes us wonder whether ‘moderation’ is even in her dictionary
15 The railway track has been constructed in such a way as to allow space for ……… on a hot day
16 We have yet to find an ……… means to divide the profits we made from the bazaar
17 My brother has a ……… for pink items, so he loves strawberry ice-cream
18 My brother, who is in the army, has to suffer the ……… of army life
19 The thief made a ……… of the keys he had stolen
20 Worried about the declining population, the government ……… the citizens to have three or more children per family
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22 Two days ……… without any trace of water—we were beginning to lose hope
23 Could you help me to ……… his handwriting?
24 The employees are ……… against the new manager of the company
25 Have you ……… the baby’s milk bottles yet? I need them now
26 The union leader will ……… with the employer regarding the bonus of the workers
27 The story was blown out of ……… by the media
28 Do not ……… against the wall as the paint has not dried yet
29 Ralph ……… his fists tightly and tried to control himself
30 We have to do something to save our children from violence because the number of cases of child ……… has increased tremendously
Your answers
Part 4 Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition or particle from the following box Each word can only be used once Write your answers in the numbered box.
31 She left the coffee to boil ……… in the kitchen and had to clean it up afterwards
32 I can hardly believe that she actually won in the face of competition ……… such a fiery writer
33 The worsening condition of the president is giving cause ……… concern
34 Local people had to take matters ……… their own hands because the governors failed to deliver their promise
35 Some communities, unfortunately, still remains divided ……… religious lines
36 Their garden is over ten thousand square metres ……… extent
37 Only when they have discussed the matter ……… great length will they draw any conclusion
38 Without any prior preparation, Peter sailed ……… his final exams
39 I am afraid to say that the notes do not seem to hang ………
40 For sufficient records are kept, Helen can trace her ancestry ……… to the 1700s
Your answers
Part 5 Match the verbs in column A with the appropriate prepositions in column B to fill in the blanks Make sure that the verbs are in the correct form Each word may be used only once Write your answers in the numbered box.
41 Camera surveillance, as we all know, can ……… the privacy of shoppers in the mall, but it helps when it comes to their security
42 Bill was asked ……… the technical team of the company
43 The previous gas leak seems to necessitate ……… with the gas cooker
44 I only need thirty dollars ……… me ……… till the end of next month
45 She has to ……… all her previous experience to answer that one tricky question of her students
46 At some point of life, we ……… from our parents and live independently
47 She found herself ……… her love of singing and her fear of performing in public
48 The police must ……… beforehand, otherwise they would not have been able to capture the criminals
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50 They ……… a baby but fortune has not smiled on them yet
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Part 6 Supply the correct form of the verbs in parentheses Write your answers in the column on the right.
Industrial relations in football in Britain, it seems, (51 TIE) to a form of language that makes (52 MEASURE) assessment difficult and causes ill feeling by its very nature Just as player—manager relations (53 CONDUCT) in the (54 OUTDATE) language of the traditional factory floor, so the terminology (55 USE) (56 DESCRIBE) changing jobs, ‘buying’ and ‘selling’ players, (57 DISTORT) the reality Both sides suffer from this: the management accuses some players of greed or disloyalty, while the players feel the club (58 TREAT) them
cynically, as if they were disposable objects
In the real world, though, people move from one job to another all the time They (59 NOT BUY) or (60 SELL), they resign, sign a new
country with another business, have a change Sometimes, if they have signed a long-term contract, their old employers refuse to let them
go, or demand (61 COMPENSATE) In fact, life in the corporate world is generally less well paid, less secure and more demanding than it
is in the world of professional football The resentment that players feel about (62 SELL), (63 PROBABLY CREATE) more by the language used to describe the process than by the process itself This all has a tendency (64 DESCEND) into stereotypes: the gentleman chairman who considers himself a good model of good business behaviour, and the hypersensitive player who thinks he (65 TREAT) as a
disposable commodity
Your answers
Part 7 Fill in each blank with the most suitable form of the word in brackets Write your answers in the column on the right.
There is little to disagree about in the notion that a good voice, whether in opera or rock music, is one
that moves its audience and brings a sense of release and fulfilment to the singer But contemporary pop
and rock music have come about due to (66 SUBSTANCE) advances in technology Here, the impact of
the microphone should not be (67 ESTIMATE), as it has (68 ABLE) the magnification of quiet,
intimate sounds This, in turn, allows, the singer to experiment with the (69 EMPHATIC) on mood
rather than on strict (70 ADHERE) to proper breathing and voice control.
Donna Soto–Morettin, a rock and jazz vocal trainer, feels that (71 ANATOMY) reasons may account
for the raspy sound produced by certain rock singers Her (72 SUSPECT) is that swollen vocal chords,
which do not close properly, may allow singers to produce deeper notes She does not, however, regard
this as detracting (73 NOTICE) from the value of the sound produced Singing, she maintains, has an
almost (74 SEDUCE) quality and so our response to it has more (75 SIGNIFY) than its technical
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Part 8 In most lines of the following text, there is one extra word Identify this word by underlining and writing it in the column on the right Some lines, however, are correct Put a tick ( ) in the right column to indicate them. Stainless steel was discovered by an accident in 1913 by the British metallurgist Harry Brearley He was experimenting with steeling alloys—combinations of metals—that they would be suitable for making gun barrels A few months later he had noticed that most of his rejected specimens had rusted although one was containing 14 percent chromium had not The discovery led to the development of stainless steel Ordinary steel goes rusts because it reacts easily with oxygen in the air to produce crumbly red oxides Other materials, such as aluminium, nickel and chromium, also react in a much the same way but their oxides form an impermeable surface layer, stopping oxygen to reacting with the metal underneath With Brearley’s steel, the chromium formed such as a film, protecting the metal from further attack, and the whole success of stainless steel is based well on the fact that it has this one unique advantage In fact, a variety of stainless steels are now made One of the commonest contains of 18 percent chromium and 8 percent nickel and is used for kitchen sinks Kitchen knives are made of steel containing about 13 percent chromium A more corrosion–resistant alloy is achieved by adding up an incredibly small amount of the metal molybdenum—these steels are used as cladding for buildings 76
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Part 9 There are ten errors in the following passage Underline them in the text and correct them in the numbered box Question (0) has been done as an example.
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Bank and house robberies were common occurrence As many were caught so those who
were not and over the year, many continued to turn to these get rich quick methods Despite
the nature of these ‘occupation’, media reports glorified the ingenious ways the robbers
managed to escape with loot Then, films, too, were made about famous robberies and
criminals were turned for celebrities
More and more people began robbing houses and banks and its techniques became more
sophisticating, making it close to impossible for them to get caught To compound this
problem, many robbers returned to their countries where they were no rules of extraditions
As a result, many of them simply returned to their home countries to prevent the foreign
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SECTION THREE READING
Part 10 Choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage Write your answers in the numbered box.
Roaring across the bay in a motorised rubber boat, we were told by the captain to (101) our eyes open With the engine turned off, it was not long before half a dozen dolphins (102) swimming around us Eventually, two came up (103) beside the boat and popped their heads out
of the water to give us a wide grin
Dolphin watching was just one of the many unexpected attractions of a holiday in South Carolina, in the USA The state has long been
popular with golfers and, with dozens of (104) in the area, it is (105) a golfer’s paradise But even the keenest golfer needs other diversions and we soon found the resorts had plenty to (106).
In fact, Charleston, which is midway along the (107), is one of the most interesting cities in the USA, and is where the first shots in the Civil War were (108) Taking a guided horse and carriage tour through the quiet back streets you get a real (109) of the city’s past Strict regulations (110) to buildings so that original (111) are preserved.
South of Charleston lies Hilton Head, an island resort about 18kkm long and (112) like a foot It has a fantastic sandy beach (113) the length of the island and this is perfect for all (114) of water sports Alternatively, if you feel like doing nothing, (115) a chair and umbrella,
head for an open space and just sit back and watch the pelicans diving for fish
Part 11 Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
Everybody looks forward to progress, whether in one’s personal life or in the general society Progress signifies a person’s ability to reshape the way he is living at the moment The collective elucidation given to change from the lower and upper echelons of society is something that is positive and can only have rewarding outcomes Progress must lead to a better life and a better way of doing things All these, however, remain true only in so far as people want to embrace technology and move forward by finding new and more efficient ways
of doing things
However, at the back of the minds of many people, especially those who miss the good old days, efficiency comes with a price When communication becomes more productive, people are able to contact one another no matter where they are and at whatever time they wish
to The click of a button allows people miles apart to talk or see each other without even leaving their homes With these new communication gadgets, people often do not take the effort to visit one another personally A personal visit carries with it the additional trait
of having to be in the person’s presence for as long as the visit lasts We cannot unnecessarily excuse ourselves or turn the other person off With efficiency also comes mass production Such is the nature of factories and the success of industrialisation today Factories have improved efficiency Menial tasks are left to machines and products are better made and produced with greater accuracy than any human hand could ever have done However, with the improvements in efficiency also comes the loss of the personal touch when making these
products For example, many handicrafts are now produced in a factory Although this means that the supply is better able to increase
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it is difficult to seek peerless designs on each item Many tourists opt to visit the indigenous people in their natural habitats and purchase souvenirs from them than from the shops amidst the cities Perhaps, blood, sweat and tears do make a difference to what is being produced Nonetheless, we must not commit the mistake of analysing progress only from one point of view Ironically, it is progress that has
allowed tradition to persevere It is only with progress and the invention of new technology that many old products can be refurnished to
their old state New technology is required for old products to stay old Vinyl records are a classic example Many might have been destroyed if not for the ability to store them properly Additionally, players for these records have also been restored They look and work exactly like their original state but it is technology that has given them this new lease of life
It is people’s attitude towards progress that causes the type of impact that technology has on society Technology is versatile There is no
fixed way of making use of it Everything depends on people’s mindset The worst effects of progress will fall on those who are unable to
rethink their attitudes and views of society We can reminisce about the past but lamenting the effects of progress will cause the past to
stagnate in our minds When we embrace progress and adapt it to suit out needs, a new ‘past’ is created
Answer the questions 116–123 by choosing A, B, C or D Write your answers in the numbered box.
116.It can be inferred from the passage that ………
A production of handicraft in profusion escalates the price of items B progress allows decrepit ways to plough on
C it is impartial to say that progress comes with solely impediments D progress is the only thing with which tradition can flourish
117.The word “this” in the third paragraph refers to ………
A the production of handicraft in a factory B the improvements in efficiency
C the loss of the personal touch when producing handicraft D the success of industrialisation
118.Which of the following points is made in the second paragraph?
A All progress is harmful in some way B Inferior tasks are usually done by machine
C Efficiency, to many people, is not without its downsides D New communication gadgets encourage personal visits
119.What is not referred to when the author uses the phrase ‘the good old days’ in the beginning paragraph?
A The times before the excessive use of technology B The positive impacts of old times
C The times when manufactured production was unavailable D The time of increased productivity
120.Which of the following is stated as a negative impact of manufactured production?
A The quantity of products has drastically improved B The luxuriance of goods remains unchanged
C Streamlined productions allow greater accuracy D The authenticity of goods is shrunken
121.The term “refurnished” in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to ………
122.The word “lamenting” in the last paragraph can be best substituted by ………
123.The word “versatile” in the last paragraph can be replaced by ………
For each of the following sentences 124–128, decide whether they are true (T), false (F), or not given in the passage (NG).
124.Shaping progress to serve our needs produces more supreme way of life
125.It is a recurrent mistake of people to regard progress only from the negative viewpoint
126.The very worst effects of progress befall those incapable of adapting to changes
127.Change is regarded with solely positivity
Your answers
Part 12 Read the following extract from a novel Seven paragraphs have been removed from the excerpt
If Heather should return now, of course, or even five minutes from
now, it would still be all right Harry’s thought that he might never
see her again could then be dismissed as a delusion, an absurd
over-reaction to an excess of solitude and silence And from the notion
that, at any second, Heather would return, calling to him as she
came down the track, part of his mind could not be dislodged: the
orderly, the housetrained, rational part
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To spend half an hour sitting on a fallen tree trunk halfway up a
pine-forested mountainside, whilst the warm glow of the afternoon
sun faded towards a dusty chill and silence—absolute, windless,
pitiless silence—quarried at the nerves, was enough to test anyone’s
self–control He wished now that he had gone with her to the
summit, or stayed in the car and listened to the radio Either way he
should really have known better than to wait where he was He took
a deep breath
fitis Ilias made itself known Silence, he rather thought, was at the bedrock of its mood Silence the empty hotel and the ruined villas in the woods around seemed merely to magnify, as if abandoned habitations were worse than no habitations at all
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For he could not help remembering that, when they had first left the car and strolled down to admire the view the hotel commanded, he had glanced up at the wooden balconies and red-painted shutters that gave the building its stolid, alpine quality—and seen a figure withdraw abruptly from one of the unshuttered first floor window 132
It had been a stiff climb from the hotel up the uneven, overgrown path towards the summit, and Heather had set a sharp pace Out of breath and far from his normal stamping grounds, Harry had been willing enough, in the circumstances, to stop at a point where a fallen tree blocked their route while she went on to the top
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he and Heather had been basking in the sun just down the coast
Now even visualising the scene was difficult, for Profitis Ilias
possessed the power to consign every memory and perception
beyond its own domain to half-forgotten remoteness And Profitis
Ilias had been Heather’s choice “We could drive up there in half an
hour from here,” she had said “It is a fantastic place Deserted old
Italian villas And stupendous views You must see it.”
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At first Harry had detected nothing amiss in the growing isolation It
was not until they had reached the hotel that the road served and
found it, as expected, closed for the winter, that the character of
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Peace of mind, he reckoned now, had lasted no longer than a minute
or two Since then, his thoughts had ranged over many subjects, but always they had returned to what in his surroundings adamantly refused to be ignored: silence so total that the ears invited a half-heard chorus of whispering voices in the trees around, silence so complete that his straining senses insisted that somewhere, above or around him, something must be watching him
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Or he could follow the path to the top, in case she was in some difficulty or had simply lost track of time That, he concluded, was really the only choice open to him He started along it, feeling at once the relief that action brings after the suspense of indecision
Choose from the paragraphs A–H the one which best fits each gap (128–134) There is one extra paragraph that you do not need to use.
A Harry had felt no such obligation, preferring the décor of a
dozen cafés he could think of to any vista of nature, however
supposedly breathtaking Nevertheless, he had raised no
objection And so they had come, driving up the winding road
through the village of Salakos, till all the other traffic was left
behind and only the limitless ranks of pine and fir stood witness
to their progress
E It was only in the chaotic realm of instinct and sensation that a contrary suspicion had taken root, only, as it were, in the part of himself that he did not care to acknowledge Besides, Harry had every justification for blaming his anxious state on the position in which he found himself
B Two months ago, the hotel would still have been open for the
season, the children of its guests playing in the grounds,
perhaps even climbing on the very tree trunk where Harry sat It
was surprising to discover how uncomfortable he found it to be
alone If, that is, he was alone
F At the time, he had dismissed it as a trick of the light, but now the memory added its weight to all the other anxieties by which
he was beset Why had she not returned? She had seemed so confident, so reassuringly certain that she would be back before
he had had a chance to miss her
C “Take the keys,” she had said, “in case you want to go back to
the car.” Then she had added, noticing his frown: “Don’t worry
I will not be long I cannot turn back now, can I?” And so
saying, she had scrambled up round the tree, smiled back at him
once, and then gone on Nearly an hour ago, and seemingly a
world away, that last smile beckoned to Haran from up the
wooded slope
G But first he had to find Heather Dismayed by how reluctant he felt to shout her name aloud, he began to follow the path, still faithfully bordered with flints, as it twisted along the ridge between outcrops of rock and gnarled, wind-carved cedars If she had kept to the path, he could not fail to find her But if she had not—
D Harry looked at his watch It was nearly four o’clock, which
meant that there was little more than an hour of daylight left
He could return to the car, in case Heather had done so herself
by a different route He could stay where he was, on the
grounds that that was where she would expect to find him But
one glance around reminded him that he could bear to remain
there no longer
H It was growing cold now in the shadow of the mountain, yet the costal plain below was still bathed in warm, golden sunlight Only here, on the thickly conifered slope, could the waning of the day no longer be ignored Why had she not returned? She
could scarcely be lost, not with the guidebook and a compass
After all, she had been to Profitis Ilias before, which Harry never had
Part 13 Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one suitable word Write your answers in the numbered box.
ANIMAL COMMUNICATION Most animals manage, (135) ……… some extent, to communicate with members of the same species Honeybees, for example, can convey to one (136) ……… the direction, distance and quality of a source of nectar Certain monkeys have several distinct vocalisations including different alarm calls when they catch (137) ……… of leopards, eagles and snakes.
Animal communication appears to be (138) ……… two basic kinds On the one hand, the calls of birds and non–human primates (139)
……… of a number of signals, (140) ……… of which has a purpose, (141) ……… it be a danger call, food call or distress call On the (142) ……… hand, bees have an unlimited number of signals which show they are clearly (143) ……… of conveying any combination of distance, direction and quality but which cannot communicate anything else In both cases, the signal manifests (144) ……… only when the appropriate stimulus is present Contrast (145) ……… with human speech: we do not necessarily begin talking about eagles the (146)
……… we see them; conversely, we can discuss eagles even when there are (147) ……… of them about.
In recent decades, attempts have been made to teach human language to apes These have met ( 148) ……… extremely limited success (149) ……… there may be some evidence that they can recognise large numbers of words, there is very little evidence to suggest that apes are able to learn much, if (150) ………, grammar.
Your answers
SECTION FOUR WRITING
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151.Without access to the statistics, I will not be able to complete the report HOLD
Unless completed
152.The head teacher is well known for his reliability and dedication REPUTED
The head teacher person
153.Managers intend to consult their staff about job descriptions ARE
Staff job descriptions by their managers
What she going for a swim every morning
155.Louise is an expert in all aspects of the business except marketing OF
With in all aspects of the business
156.When faced with a fierce opponent, even the most skilled swordsmen must be careful FROM
In has to be careful
157.We suppose the new models are about ten thousand dollars VICINITY
The new models ten thousand dollars
158.We are having problems because we did not take out medical insurance COST
We are taken out
159.The students in his class come from many different places, which makes the place very special WIDE
The students in his class , which makes the place very special
160.I do not expect another accident of the same type to happen here again STRIKE
It is not my twice
Part 15 For Questions 161 – 200, write a composition of between 400 and 700 words on the following topic.
“Yesterday is history Tomorrow is a mystery Today is a gift That is why it is called the present.” Explain the value of each day in a person’s life How have you lived for the present?
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EDUCATIONAL EXAMINATION
EXAMINATION OF PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH
CONSOLIDATION PAPER II
Concerned Subject: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
41 infringe upon 42 to head up 43 dispensing with 44 to tide / over 45 turn to
46 grow away 47 torn between 48 have been tipped off 49 looked on 50 have been trying for
61 to be compensated 62 being sold 63 is probably created 64 to descend 65 is (being) treated
66 substantial/substantive 67 underestimated 68 enabled 69 emphasis/emphases 70 adherence
71 anatomical 72 suspicion 73 noticeably 74 seductive 75 significance
91 kinds kind 92 a common 93 so as 94 over the years 95 this ‘occupation’
96 loot the loot 97 were turned into 98 its their 99 more sophisticated 100.where there were
146 moment/second/etc 147.none 148.with 149.while/although/etc 150.any
151.I get hold of the statistics, the report | will not/cannot be
152.is reputed to be a reliable and dedicated
153.are (going) to be consulted | on/for/over/about
154.is really keep on/really enjoys spending time on | is
155.the exception of marketing, Louise is an expert
156.the face of competition from a fierce opponent, everybody
157.are supposed to be/are supposedly | in the vicinity of
158.counting the cost because medical insurance was not
159.come from far and wide
160.expectation that lightning | should/will | strike
Part 14 For this part of the Paper, markers may refer to the following scheme of grading the composition:
Contents, Organisation and Cohesion (18 marks): The student possesses the ability to argue confidently and wholly Points are made
with both arguments and examples to support The composition has a positive effect on the reader
Command of Language (17 marks): The student employs a good range of vocabulary and a grammatical selection of appropriate
structures
Handwriting and Presentation (5 marks): The student’s handwriting is intelligible and space is cleverly used.