ENGLISH EXAMINATION OF NORMAL LEVEL

ENGLISH EXAMINATION OF NORMAL LEVEL
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NORMAL LEVEL ENGLISH LOCAL EXAMINATIONS
General Test of Education Normal Level

ENGLISH LANGUAGE E0898/01

Paper 1 – GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY For Examination from 2008

EXAMINATION PAPER 1 hour

No Additional Materials are required.




READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your Centre number, index number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use a soft pencil for any rough working.
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.

Answers all questions.
You may not use dictionaries nor English books.
Each part will include its instruction.

The number of marks is given in the brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.


































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This document consists of 4 printed pages.

All the work must be handed out at the end of the test.
Turn over

 Part 1.

This part is compulsory. You must answer all questions printed below.
In each question, there is one space provided. Choose the word or phrase which best completes the space.
Write the number of your chosen answers in the spaces (………) provided.

1. One of the ______ of a good teacher is patience with her students. [ 1 ]
(1) factors (2) characteristics (3) characters (4) attitudes ………

2. The doctor’s hard work ______ in the discovery of a cure for the fatal illness. [ 1 ]
(1) concluded (2) heightened (3) climaxed (4) culminated ………

3. Kitty is very ______ with the Japanese language. [ 1 ]
(1) knowledgeable (2) accustomed (3) intimate (4) familiar ………

4. I was ______ at the sight of the huge amount of gold and jewellery I discovered in the cave. [ 1 ]
(1) shocked (2) stupefied (3) surprised (4) petrified ………

5. Many teenagers nowadays are rather obsessed with keeping up with ______ in fashion. [ 1 ]
(1) vogue (2) crazes (3) styles (4) trends ………

6. You are ______ to send a passport-sized photograph along with this form. [ 1 ]
(1) forced (2) allowed (3) required (4) ordered ………

7. My grandmother has a large collection of ______ porcelain dolls. [ 1 ]
(1) midget (2) minute (3) miniature (4) tiny ………

8. He searched everywhere for his missing daughters but his efforts were ______. [ 1 ]
(1) fruitful (2) futile (3) fertile (4) fickle ………

9. The policemen had a hard time trying to ______ order during the riot. [ 1 ]
(1) detain (2) sustain (3) maintain (4) support ………

10. The near-empty lecture theatre seemed to ______ the student’s voice. [ 1 ]
(1) amplify (2) magnify (3) enlarge (4) resound ………

11. It is against my ______ to cheat other people’s money for self gain. [ 1 ]
(1) principals (2) principles (3) habits (4) beliefs ………

12. The list of books for the students this year has just been ______. [ 1 ]
(1) reviewed (2) renewed (3) revised (4) changed ………

13. Despite his ______, he still managed to be a medallist swimmer. [ 1 ]
(1) nobleness (2) disability (3) ablation (4) inception ………

14. The storm finally ______ after a few days. [ 1 ]
(1) finished (2) abated (3) exhausted (4) delayed ………

15. The police caught the thief and his