Advanced level 2024 CASPA mock English Language 1

Advanced level 2024 CASPA mock English Language 1

Advanced level 2024 CASPA mock English Language 1The passage opens with the notion that the
Whittemores are:
A) Street beggars
B) Determined to work hard
C) Money mongers
D) B and C are correct
2) Which of these is not true of what pushes the
Whittemores to search for money
A) The shimmer and smell of money
B) The force of money
C) The promise of money
D) The strength needed in working for the money
3) The expression ‘they always had something on the
fire’ is
A) A paradox
B) A contra statement
C) An idiom
D) A proverb
4) What aspect in Ralph’s character makes him
always on the go:
A) Ralph is a fair young man
B) Ralph had an obscure job with a clothing
manufacturer
C) It never seemed to him anything more than a
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D) Ralph had a tireless commercial imagination
and an evangelical credence in the romance and
sorcery of business
5) After Laura’s wedding, she works as a
A) Factory attendant
B) Secretariat
C) Secretary
D) Cleaner
6) The Whittemores live a
A) Carefree and luxurious life despite their
income
B) Luxurious and careful life due to their income
C) Carefree and luxurious life due to their income
D) Responsible life due to their income
7) Laura had dropped nothing can be understood
contextually to mean
A) She had not saved anything in her account
B) She had never been delivered of a baby
C) She had never given Ralph any information
about herself
D) Ralph had never seen her before
8) Ralph accepts to make a move to the new firm
because
A) He had a very low salary
B) The work in his company is tedious
C) His wife did not like it
D) His previous job promised only meagre
security and slow promotions
9) The expression “they never seemed touched by
the monotony of a saving and gainless life”
suggests that Ralph and Laura
A) Met too often but seldom touched each other
B) Were not bothered by the boredom of their
stagnant situation
C) Never touched the money they worked for
because it was not gainful
D) Go through a tedious experience of saving and
borrowing without gain
10) What advantage is Ralph going to have when
he moves job
A) he would be put in charge of a department
B) he would be paid twice what he is getting
C) The new owner’s enthusiasm for him seems
intense
D) He would be put in charge of a department
and paid twice what he is getting
11) A possible antonym for meagre as used in the
passage is
A) Little
B) colossal
C) Minute
D) Small
12) The predominant narrative technique used in
paragraph 7 is known as
A) Flashback
B) Flash forward
C) Symbolism
D) Satire
13) The word ‘terribly’ in the expression ‘we are
terribly pleased’ is functioning as
A) An adverb
B) An intensifier
C) An adjective
D) A verb
14) Ralph is … after he gets the news from his
prospective employers.
A) Demoralized
B) Despondent
C) Devastated
D) Dignified
15) When Ralph calls his prospective employers
at the new firm, the respondent told him
A) Never to call them no more
B) Never to call always
C) Never to call them any longer
D) Never to call them any time