0530 ENGLISH LANGUAGE 2018 P1
O/LEVEL ENGLISH LANGUAGE - JUNE 2018 Paper 1.
SECTION A (Skipped)
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
(5 marks)
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SECTION B
READING COMPREHENSION
(7½ Marks)
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions which follow.
[1]Fred and I met at a friend's birthday party one Valentine's Day and just like a joke we were attracted to each other. It was love at first sight. The tall, slim young man with dark wavy hair was exceedingly good-looking and irresistible.
[2]We started dating. We knew it was just for fun, but soon discovered that we were getting very serious. I had found my dream man; a very successful one indeed.
[3]Many times, Fred visited me, spent time in my house and vice-versa, so when he proposed to me, I did not hesitate to accept his hand in marriage. I thought he understood me and I also understood him. Not long after this, we met both families and wedding preparations were under way. Both families were very excited about the relationship.. Wedding bells did not take long to start ringing and on the 22nd of December 2009, the Kumbo Cathedral celebrated our nuptial mass.
[4]After the wedding, we moved into our three-room apartment in Douala. I was hit hard by the realization that after every wedding comes a marriage. Very few brides understand that the wedding is not necessarily the beginning of a great life, but the possible end of one. Our honeymoon had been a disappointment, but my hopes for the future were brighter. Unfortunately, when we returned from Kribi, I became stupid overnight.
[5]From being the urbane queen of Bui, I quickly became Fred's own private 'Eliza Doo-little'. What had looked so smooth and sophisticated in Bui suddenly turned shady in Douala. While Fred had appeared to accept me just as I was before we were married, he found numerous faults in me as I took on the role of his wife. When our marriage was one week old, he announced, "I'm going to put you on a training programme. It will help you become a perfect wife. The first thing we have to do is get rid of your Kumbo accent."
"I don't have an accent," I snapped. "Everybody in Kumbo talks like me."
"Well, it may sound all right in Kumbo," said Fred, "but your accent will never be accepted in Douala society."
[6]I was crushed. I had thought my diction and intonation faultless. It distressed me that I had to learn to talk all over again. Every time I put a 'y' where it should not be as in 'yourney' for 'journey' and 'u' for 'o' as in 'phoone', Fred made me repeat the words three times correctly. For a person who talked much and as fast as I did, this constant correction was unbearable. I soon stopped talking and communicated with Fred only in simple, one-syllable words that contained no "j"s and "o"s.
[7]The second lesson was teaching me how to walk. Since I had taken modelling and drama, I thought I knew how to walk quite nicely. When I defended myself, Fred pointed out that my feet turned out at the toes and his mother had always told him one should walk with one's toes straight ahead. Every night he made me practice by walking on the tiles on our foyer floor until I could go ten lengths without my toes lapping over the lines. What an exciting way to spend an evening!
[8]My third lesson was how to answer the telephone. In Kumbo we just said, "Hello", but Fred said this was uncouth. I had to pick up the phone and say, "Good evening, this is Florence Tata. With whom did you wish to speak?" I thought this wordy and ridiculous, but Fred insisted and called several times a day to spot-check my responses.
[9]My fourth and most difficult lesson was cooking. He analysed every dish and then gave me an instant critique. Fred was in the restaurant business and knew far more about cooking than I did. He explained that one should never put two vegetables of the same colour on the same plate. Also, one should never put two vegetables of the same consistency together. In other words, I should never serve carrots and yams on the same plate. The other rule I found difficult to follow was that I must always pre-heat the dinner plates and pre-chill the salad plates. Fred made me recite to him, "Hot food on hot plates, cold food on cold plates".
[10]The fifth lesson in my exciting bridal instruction course was on housekeeping. When he came home at night, he could, with one sweep of his eye, see everything I had not done properly. He would point out my sins of commission or omission, and with a condescending smile show me how to do everything better.
[11]One night after watching me wash the dishes, Fred heaved a big sigh and told me I had made forty-two unnecessary moves. I had never heard of anyone counting the moves one made washing dishes, so I threw a big wet sponge at him. He was upset with my unladylike bahaviour and could not understand what had disturbed my.
[12]"I'm sick of your constant instruction," I said.
He replied, "It's only natural for one who is more gifted to share his knowledge with one who is less fortunate."
So there it was - Fred's whole attitude towards marriage: a brilliant man trying to put up with a stupid woman.
QUESTIONS
11. When the narrator says "after every wedding comes a marriage" (4th paragraph) she means that ____.
A A marriage is only recognized after a wedding
B A wedding is a prerequisite to marriage
C spouses reveal their true colours to each other only after a wedding ceremony
D A wedding comes before marriage
12. The statement "love at first sight" (1st paragraph) suggest that the couple fell in love ______.
A For love sake
B Without second thought
C Just for love
D Unconditionally
13. The couple spent their honeymoon in _______.
A Bui
B Kumbo
C Kribi
D Douala
14. Fred appeals to the speaker because he _______.
A is rich
B is graceful
C lives in Douala
D is vibrant
15. The speaker can be considered a _______ person at the beginning of the passage.
A hopeful
B disappointed
C kind
D hopeless
16. The word "training" in the expression "I'm going to put you on a training programme" (5th paragraph) is _______.
A an adverb
B a gerund
C a verb
D an adjective
17. Fred's intention of schooling his wife is because _____.
A He loves her very much
B He does not want her to be a disgrace to him
C He wants her to be an ideal wife
D He wants to ridicule her
18. Fred's decision to teach his spouse how to walk is provoked by ________.
A Florence's feet turning out at the toes during walking
B The slippery tiles on their foyer floor.
C Fred's mother's insistence that one should walk with one's toes straight ahead
D Florence's study of modeling and drama
19. The word "uncouth" used in the expression "Fred said this was uncouth" (8th paragraph) means _______.
A rude
B unruly
C unbelievable
D unreasonable
20. Fred reacts to the wrong deeds of his spouse concerning housekeeping by ________.
A pointing out the wrong things she does and what she fails to do
B pointing out what she does wrong
C Indicating all her errors and then showing her how to do things better
D Smiling condescendingly at her wrong deeds
21. The underlined phrase in the expression "...he could WITH ONE SWEEP OF HIS EYE, see everything I hadn't done properly" (10th paragraph) means ______.
A a glare
B an unsteady look
C a stare
D a glance
22. The expression "A BRILLIANT MAN TRYING TO PUT UP WITH A STUPID WOMAN" (last paragraph) is the writer's use of ________.
A paradox
B personification
C oxymoron
D contrast
23. From the passage Fred can best be described as ______ husband.
A an insulting
B a meticulous
C a domineering
D an outspoken
24. The narrator's tone in the passage is _______.
A humorous
B stern
C bitter
D friendly
25. The lesson learnt about marriage from this passage is _______.
A marriage is a bed of roses
B marriage is a school
C marriage is a partnership of equals
D marriage is a union to cherish
SECTION C
GRAMMAR (7½ Marks)
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.
26. After the examination, we shall go on a _______ holiday in the village.
A four weeks'
B four weeks
C four week's
D Four-week
27. The sick student has ______ in bed for a long time
A lay
B lain
C lied
D laid
28. Nigeria is the _______ country in the south of the Sahara.
A stronger
B strong
C strongest
D most strong
29. The topic ______ discussion at the meeting was elections.
A on
B in
C under
D of
30. He is one of the specialists _______ by the government to find the cause of the strike.
A whom was asked
B who were asked
C who was asked
D who had asked
31. ______ Omer is rich, he could not pay the bride-price.
A Since
B When
C And
D Although
32. Some people think that ______ are a nuisance.
A parents -in laws
B parents-in-law
C parents-in-laws
D parents in-law
33. "Where have you been?", his father asked. His father asked him ______.
A where he had been
B where he has been
C where you have been
D where have you been
34. The government has introduced _______.
A a children's clothes tax
B a tax on children's clothes
C a children clothes tax
D a tax on children clothes
35. I am hungry, ________?
A isn't it
B ain't I
C am I
D aren't I
36. The teacher would punish John if he ______ the pen.
A had stolen
B stole
C has stolen
D is stealing
37. The word "shall" underlined in the question "Where SHALL we put the table?" is ______ verb.*
A an intransitive
B a modal
C a transitive
D an auxiliary
38. That isn't his ruler; it must be ______.
A someone else
B someone else's
C nobody else
D somebody's else
39. The rich can afford to improve on _______.
A themself
B herself
C themselves
D himself
40. _______ teeth came loose, so I had to have them taken out.
A Every
B These
C This
D That
SECTION D
VOCABULARY (5 Marks)
Read carefully the instructions before answering the questions.
For questions 41 and 42, choose the word or phrase that is opposite in meaning to the word in uppercase to complete each sentence.
41. The incident lifted the man from the ABYSS of disgrace to the _____ of glory.
A valley
B distance
C height
D summit
42. She is highly ______ to abuses though IMMUNE to physical pain.
A sensational
B sensuous
C sensible
D sensitive
Choose the word closest in meaning to the upper-cased word in the sentence.
43. His suggestion on how to deal with the problem was found INVALUABLE.
A necessary
B useful
C unrealistic
D useless
Choose the most appropriate interpretation of this sentence.
44. "Though Ara can be stubborn occasionally, I have a soft spot for her", the teacher said. This means that the teacher ______.
A wants Ara to be more careful to win his love.
B admires and likes Ara
C likes Ara because she is bold and courageous
D dislikes Ara for her rudeness
For questions 45-50, choose the best word or phrase that completes each sentence.
45. The principal said that we should _______ this job as early as possible.
A get over with
Bbget around
C get through to
D get over to
46. The Cameroon Cup Final match is usually shown ______ on television.
A directly
B direct
C life
D live
47. Though apparently healthy themselves, some people can be ________ of disease to others.
A transmitters
B carries
C porters
D givers
48. The noun formed from CONTEMPLATE is _______.
A contemplation
B contemplateful
C contemplating
D contemplative
49. Although Mr Namme is eighty-five years old, he still has all his _______.
A fallacies
B faculties
C facilities
D ferocities
50. ______ can be added to honour to form an adjective.
A -able
B -ary
C -al
D -y
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