11TH C Name:

TERM TEST PAPER

I. You are going to read three extracts which are all concerned in some way with gardens. For questions
1-6, choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.
(6 x 2 = 12 p)
Heroes and Villains – William Carlos Williams by David Widgery

The first thing any practicing doctor who also writes gets asked is, ‘How do you find the time?’ A
combined career ought, in theory, to be perfectly possible: writers and doctors are both only trained
observers. And there is a distinguished list of literary medics. But almost all end up doing one or the
other. And if they are any good as writers, the stethoscope takes second place. There never seems to be
time to do both properly.
But William Carlos Williams, the great Modernist poet, succeeded. Williams, who was born in 1883
and died in 1963 after a series of strokes, was not only a prolific poet, critic, novelist and dramatist,
but also a lifelong, full-time general practitioner in Rutherford, New Jersey. Although he could have
easily set up in private practice in Manhattan, he chose instead to work in a working class industrial
township with many recent immigrants from Italy and Eastern Europe, who spoke little English.
His ‘Doctor Stories’ deal with crises understood by any contemporary inner-city GP: still birth,
autopsy, Patients who refuse examination or cannot understand reassurance, never-ending evening
surgeries, externded family consultartions in broken Englisuh, the particular test of night-visiting. My
visits are made to the concrete tower-blocks of Tower Hamlets in London’s East End, and the new
immigrants are from Vietnam and Bangladesh. There is no other writer who deals so well with how to
listen, how to care, how to be there at the moment of physical need. He must have jotted these feelings
down on prescription pad or notebook, then transcribed them o his laboratory typewriter, when
hammering often awoke his children. ‘By the time we assembled for breakfast, he had probably
already done an hour’s stint,’ recalls his physician son William.
As much as his industry, I like his laconic tone. His tenderness is hard-edged, his humanism slightly
cynical; best of all, he is never sentimental about the oppressed. And there is the sheer quality of his
literary work.
Williams, whose mother was Puerto Rican, was only a second-generation English speaker, so he
struggled to develop a truly American voice. His innovations were a simile-free- metaphor-stripped
diction arranged with a syntax and prosody based on lug breaths. It produced a wonderful, still
woefully underrated body of work, ranging from the long love-poem ‘Asphodel’, to the haiku-like lilts
in ‘Pictures form Breugel’.
Williams is heroic because he was a prophet in his own land, because he reclaimed poetry from
European-imitating academics and because he stayed a working doctor – and enjoyed it. ‘I never felt’,
he wrote, ‘that medicine interfered with me but rather that it was my food and drink, the very thing
that made it possible to write.’ So whenever I become disgruntled about the workload, I mutter a
phrase of Williams’ about one of his patients, which sums up my own mixed feelings about practicing
in the East End: ‘her smile, with a shrug, always won me.’
(David Widgery, The Independent)

1. How is William Carlos Williams unlike other literary doctores, according to David Widgery?
a. He enjoyed working as a doctor.
b. His work as a doctor was a source of ideas for his writing.
c. He managed to continue both careers for all his life.
d. His powers of observation developed with his writing.

2. The problems that Williams encountered among his patients

a. were typical of the time.
b. exist in similar settings today.
c. have disappeared with advances in medicine.
d. were specific to the region where he worked.
3. In which area is there a similarity between William Carlos Williams and David Widgery?
a. literary tastes
b. temperament
c. family origins
d. working environment

4. When did William Carlos Williams do his literary work?

a. at night
b. after evening surgery
c. during the afternoon
d. in the early morning.

5. According to David Widgery, the reputation of William Carlos Williams

a. is now higher than it has ever been.
b. is not as high as it deserves to be.
c. has declined since his death.
d. has been overshadowed by that of his contemporaries.

6. Regarding his own medical work, David Widgery

a. fails to find it challenging.

b. sometimes wishes he had less to do.
c. continues practising for the sake of his patients.
d. finds it interferes with his aims as a writer.

II. 1. Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate verb form. (10 x 1 = 10 p)
a. Now we are lost! If you …………………………..(write down) Mary’s directions, this …………………
(not / happen).
b. Why don’t we emigrate? If we ……………………….… (live) in Australia, at least the weather
………………………..…(be)better!
c. I’m afraid that Smith is a hardened criminal. If we ………………………..… (not/punish) him this time, he
………………………….…(only / commit) more crimes.
d. Thanks to Dr. Jones, I’m still alive! If it ……………….……… (not/ be) for her, I ……..………………. (be)
dead for certain.
e. I’m sorry I can’t lend you any money. You know that if I …………..….. (have) it, I …………….(lend) it to
you.

2. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word
given. Do not change the word given. (5 x 2 = 10 p)

a. I’d rather you didn’t sit at the back of the room please. It
I’d prefer………………………………………………at the front of the room.
b. I should really be starting my homework. Time
It’s……………………………………………………starting my homework.
c. Parking is not permitted here. Park
You are………………………………………………………………..here.
d. I think that this is the right street. Appears
This……………………………………………………………the right street.
e. Jean succeeded in finishing all her work on time. Managed
Jean ……………………………………………………….all her work on time.

3. Choose the most suitable verb forms to complete the following dialogues. (10 x 1 = 10 p)
1. 'What are your plans for this evening?'
I'll stay / I'm going to stay / I stay at home and write my Christmas cards. I can't put it off any longer.'
2. 'Why do we have to be here so early tomorrow morning?'
'Because the photographer comes / is coming / will come at 9 o'clock.'
3. 'Could I pick up the portrait at 5.00 tomorrow?'
'No, sorry. I'll leave / I'll have left / I'm leaving the studio by then.
4. 'I'm just off to have a look at that new poster exhibition.'
'That's a good idea. I think I'll come / I'm coming / I'm going to come with you.'
5. 'Do you have any plans for July?'
'Yes, I've booked a holiday course in Florence. I'll study / I'll be studying / I study Renaissance art.'
6. 'Do you think I should hang the picture on that wall?'
'No, put it above the fireplace. It will be / will have been / is going to be more of a focal point there.'
7. 'Don't lean on that glass case like that! You'll break / You'll be breaking / You're going to break it!'
8. 'By the end of next week, he is going to finish / is finishing / will have finished the painting.'
9. 'What time does your plane arrive / will your plane arrive / is your plane going to arrive?'
10. 'This time tomorrow, we'll enjoy / we'll be enjoying / we're going to enjoy the sights of Rome.'

4. Put one suitable preposition in each space. (10 x 1 = 10 p)

a. Helen had great admiration ………… her history teacher.

b. I’m afraid I’m not very good …………animals.
c. The favourite dropped out of the race ………the early stages.
d. I was ……….……the impression that you liked Indian food.
e. The minister stated that no real alternative ………. the plan existed.
f. This town is famous ………..its hand-woven carpets.
g. Your performance this term contrasts very favourably ………last term’s.
h. Many young people become addicted ………….. drugs through ignorance.
i. Apparently a number of army officers were implicated ……….the plot.
j. Carol doesn’t have a very good relationship ……..…her mother.

5. In the following text complete each space with a word or compound word formed from the word in
capitals. (5 x 2 = 10 p)

(1)…………………….of your new energy – efficient domestic gas boiler is free of charge, INSTALL
and will be performed within 5 days of payment. Regular (2)…………………………. MAINTAIN
from a qualified engineer is advised. The system comes with an (3)……………………..cover, ADJUST
which can be kept fully extended or half down. The cover must be completely removed
for repairs to be carried out. As with all (4)…………………..equipment, please exercise ELECTRIC
great care if you are attempting to repair the (5)…………………..yourself. APPLY

6. Think of one word only which can be used appropriately in all three sentences. (5 x 2 = 10 p)

A. I ran into him by ……………………..

I had the ………………to apply for a promotion.
Sometimes you need to take a …………………if you want to succeed.

B. I lost my presentation notes and had to do it from ………………….!

I’ve got a very poor short-term……………………………
If my …………….serves me right, he said he would call us.

C. We have had overwhelming ……………..for the new MP3 player we launched last month.
The trade union’s sudden …………………for a pay increase needs to be dealt with immediately.
The goods were produced on …………..so we did not have to pay for warehouse space.

D. The …………………of the factory can be converted into a car park.

I objected on the …………………..that it would cost too much.
We need to look carefully at the ……………….for the suggested change.

E. I need more ………………….at using the computer software.

I worried about my interview as I ’m a bit out of …………………..
The ……………..of dumping waste directly into the sea needs to be stopped.

7. Choose the most suitable alternative to complete the sentences. (10 x 1 = 10 p)

a. The consultant suggested ........... our staff on a training course.

a) us to send b) us sending c) that we should send
b. The manager accused Karen ........... online shopping during work hours.
a) to do b) of doing c) on doing
c. He insisted …….. high targets for the next financial year.
a) to set b) of setting c) on setting
d. He complained ................ to work late every evening.
a) about having b) of having c) to have
e. I tried to persuade ........... a larger quantity of the product.
a) him to buy b) to him to buy c) him of buying
f. They urged ............ his lawyer immediately.
a) him to contact b) on him contacting c) that he should contact
g. He admitted ........... the truth on his application letter.
a) to stretch b) stretching c) of stretching
h. He threatened ........... if the new contract was not modified.
a) me to resign b) to resign c) of resigning
i. He congratulated her . . .... winning the award.
a) in b) on c) of
j. He pleaded ........... report it to the manager.
a) me not to b) to me not to c) with me not to

8. Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the word in bold. (5 x 2 = 10 p)

1. When I said I was starting up my own business, she looked at me in …...................... . BELIEF
2. You can't do the job if you can't work in a team, ……………....... of how many qualifications you
have. RESPECT
3. Applicants need excellent organizational skills and the ability to work ……………….... DEPEND
4. The lack of any reliable supply of electricity in that region came as a real ........................ to me.
REVEAL
5. I think the female members of staff feel a bit .................... when the men just talk about football.
ALIEN
8 points granted