4. The procedure will be as follows:—
{a) The passage will be read twice, with an interval of three minutes between the
readings.
(b) After the first reading you will be allowed to turn over the printed question paper
and you will have three minutes in which to study the questions.
(c) After the second reading you will write your answers on the sheet provided for
this purpose.
5. All writing during the first and second readings is strictly forbidden. Notes may
be made during the interval between the readings, but only on the sheet provided for
the answers.
6. You may not ask for the repetition of any word or phrase.
Passage to be read to the candidates :—(Maximum
time of reading—four minutes).
Tha eilean beag aig ceann a deas Eirisgeidh ris an abrar an Staca, agus tha caisteal
air an eilean so air a bheil an t-ainm Caisteal an Reubadair. A reir eachdraidh nam
bodach’s e fear a bha anns an reubadair so a bhiodh a’ dol seachad air an Staca. Air
oidhcheannan geamhraidh lasadh e solus ri taobh a’ chladaich, is long sam bith a bhiodh
an deuchainn sa’ Chuan Sgith, dheanadh i air an t-solus is bhristeadh ’na biorain i air
cladach garbh an eilein.
Tha an caisteal air a thogail air barr creige airde agus rathad caol cunnartach a dol
suas aodann na creige g’ a ionnsaigh. Tha torr chlachan aig bonn an rathaid so agus
their na bodaich ris Sac na Laire Baine. Is ann le lair bhain a bhiodh an reubadair a
tarraing suas aghaidh na creige na clachan leis an do thog e an caisteal. Ach an la bha so
chuir e sac cho mor air an lair’s gun do thuit i marbh fodha, ’s tha na clachan an sud
fhathast, torr air gach taobh de ’n rathad mar chuimhneachan air Sac na Laire Bame.
Nuair a thog an reubadair an caisteal bha bean a dhith air, agus on bha nighean
bhriagha aig Fear Bhaghasdail smaoinich e gun goideadh e i. Tharraing e air a mhuin
i a Baghasdal gu Taobh a’ Chaolais. Shnamh e caolas Eirisgeidh leatha; tharraing e
tarsaing Eirisgeidh i; shnamh e Caolas an Staca leatha agus tharraing e as a sin i t*11111 J
chaisteil, agus mar a thuirt am bodach a bha ’ga innseadh dhomh, gu dearbh cha ro
cus an asgaidh aige dhith.
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