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.
For Examiner’s Use
1 / 15
2 / 30
3 / 10
Total / 55
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) 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) reviewed (2) renewed (3) revised (4) changed
………
13. Despite his ______, he still managed to be a medallist swimmer.
(1) nobleness (2) disability (3) ablation (4) inception
………
14. The storm finally ______ after a few days.
(1) finished (2) abated (3) exhausted (4) delayed
15. The police caught the thief and his ______.
(1) comrades (2) contacts (3) associates (4) consorts
………
Part 2.
- This part is compulsory. You must answer all questions printed below.
- In each question there is a mistake of grammar, spelling, etc.
- Find the mistakes by underlining them.
- Correct the mistake in the space provided.
1. For my opinion, I will take these three ideas. So far there are no better ideas.
[ 2 ]
……………………….
2. I am looking forward to go to Australia this Christmas.
……………………….
3. The cave, obviously, enlarged the sound of the teacher.
……………………….
4. Cotton is one of the most common fibre to be used to make clothes.

[ 2 ]
……………………….
5. Nitrogen and oxygen are too important that most living organisms cannot survive
without these elements. [ 2 ]
……………………….
6. Jim Thorpe, a football, track, and baseball stars from Pennsylvania, is considered
by many to be the greatest all-around athlete of modern times.
[ 2 ]
……………………….
7. For centuries waterwheels were the only sources of power aside from human and
animal strong. [ 2 ]
……………………….
8. Proteins form the most of the structure of the body and also act as enzymes.
[ 2 ]
……………………….