Question 1-8 Questions 1-8 Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer In Reading Passage? In boxes 1-8 on your answer sheet, write YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this 1.There are understandable reasons why arguments occur about language. 2.People feel more strongly about language education than about small differences in language usage. 3.Our assessment of a person's intelligence is affected by the way he or she uses language. 4.Prescriptive grammar books cost a lot of money to buy in the 18th century. 5.Prescriptivism still exists today. 6.According to descriptivists it is pointless to try to stop language change. 7.Descriptivism only appeared after the 18th century. 8.Both descriptivists and prescriptivists have been misrepresented. Question 9-12 Complete the summary using the list ofwords, A-I, below. Drag the correct letter,A-l, into boxes9-12 on your answer sheet. According to 9 ., there is only one correctform of language. Linguists who take this approach to language place greatimportance on grammatical 10 . Conversely, the view of 11 . such as JosephPriestley, is that grammar should be based on 12 . A. descriptivists B. language experts C. popular speech D. formal language E. evaluation F. rules G. modem linguists H. prescriptivists I. change Question 13 Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D. Write the correct letter in box 13 on youranswer sheet. 13. What is the writers purpose in ReadingPassage 1? A. to argue in favour of a particularapproach to writing dictionaries and grammar books B.to present a historical account of differing views of language C.to describe the differences between spoken and written language D.to show how a certain view of language has been discredited