ENG101 Final Term past Paper3

FINALTERM  EXAMINATION

ENG101- English Comprehension (Session - 2)

Ref No: 1381206

Time: 90 min

Marks: 55

Student Info
StudentID:	BC090403558
Center:	OPKST
ExamDate:	08 Aug 2010

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Question No: 1    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 "CRT Terminals are very useful interactive devices for use in offices because of their speed and quietness."

In which of the following categories the word ‘useful’ falls?

       ► Noun –forming suffix

       ► Verb –forming suffix

       ► Preposition –forming suffix

       ► Adjective –forming suffix

   

Question No: 2    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Complete the sentence by choosing the best option.

 Mr. Ito cannot speak English _____ he can speak Mandarin very well.

► that

►but

► because

►while

    

Question No: 3    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Click on the option that you think is correct.

__________ logging provides jobs and profits, the government is reluctant to control it.

►Due to

►Consequently

►Since

►So

   

Question No: 4    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Complete the sentence by choosing the correct option.  http://vustudents.ning.com

“Lower your voice _____ the others will know of our plan,” Raiz told me.

► if

► or

►but

►and

    

Question No: 5    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Which one of the following statements expresses fact?

►Professor Ahmad khan argues that the effect of carbon emissions on the surrounding environment will only get worse.

► This product might cause stomach upset for some people in years to come.

►In 2005, Brazil and FC Barcelona star Ronaldinho was named FIFA World Footballer of The Year.

►Local councilors should spend more time listening to residents and less time listening to each other.

   

Question No: 6    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

  What is true of the following example?  http://vustudents.ning.com

You might hurt yourself if you don't watch out.

►It contains an appositive phrase.

►It contains an adjectival clause.

►It contains an adverbial clause.

► It contains a noun clause.

   

Question No: 7    ( Marks: 1 )   http://vustudents.ning.com - Please choose one

 Complete the sentence by choosing the best pair of connectives.

You can colour the design with _____ crayons _____ paints.

► both…nor

►neither…and

►either…nor

► either…or

    

Question No: 8    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Choose the best answer from the given options

The invitation is for two persons, so _____ Jack _____ his wife can attend the function.

►neither…nor

►either…or

►both…or

►both…and

    

Question No: 9    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Choose the best answer from the given options.

 “Why is the baby crying?” “_____ she is hungry _____ her nappy needs changing.”

►Neither…nor

►Either…or

►Neither…and

► Either…nor

    

Question No: 10    ( Marks: 1 ) http://vustudents.ning.com    - Please choose one

 Identify the correct sentence with properly placed commas.

► If we don't cut up our credit cards right now, she asserted, we will only descend further into debt.

► If we don't cut up, our credit cards right now she asserted, we will only descend further into debt.

► If we don't, cut up our credit cards right now she asserted, we will only descend further into debt.

►If we don't cut up our credit cards right now she asserted we will only descend further into debt.

   

Question No: 11    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Identify the correct sentence with properly placed commas.

► Alcoholism, as stated earlier is a chemical disease, that can be altered by behavior.

► Alcoholism as stated earlier is a chemical disease, that can be altered, by behavior.

► Alcoholism, as stated earlier, is a chemical disease that can be altered by behavior.

►Alcoholism as stated earlier is a chemical disease that can be altered by behavior.

   

Question No: 12    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 What is true of the following sentence? http://vustudents.ning.com

"When , crows flew."

 

►It is a compound-complex sentence.

►It is a compound sentence.

►It is a sentence fragment.

► It is a comma splice.

   

Question No: 13    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Fill in the blank with appropriate verb given below.

I assumed you ......... paying for the repairs until the end of last year.

►are being

►was been

►had been

►have been

   

Question No: 14    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Read the sentence and choose the appropriate option.

Bryan's friends dared him to jump off of the cliff into the awaiting lake below. But the intuitive boy ......... the danger because the lake looked shallower than usual.

►foresaw

►forced

►forsake

►forewent

   

Question No: 15    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Read the sentence and choose the appropriate option.

http://vustudents.ning.com

During the war, many families tried to ......... as much food and supplies as they could.

►hail

►hoard

►hone

►horde

   

Question No: 16    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Fill the gap by choosing the best answer. http://vustudents.ning.com

Many people drink wine, but many wine consumers know little about wine ......... or wine and food pairing because they are intimidated or put off by the pretensions often associated with wine.

►apprehension

►apportion

►appreciation

►appropriation

   

Question No: 17    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Which one of the following words cannot be used for the suffix -ful?

►value

►hope

►doubt

►color

   

Question No: 18    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Identify the grammatical error in the following sentence.

"There has been surprisingly little research on anorexia nervosa; only 15 comparative trials published in the last 20 years."

►Punctuation error

►Sentence fragment

►Pronoun reference error

►Dangling modifier

   

Question No: 19    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Fill in the blank with appropriate word given below.

"Sergeant Wilson challenged my ideas about how to train the company and I sure put him in his .......... I reminded him that I outrank him and that he knows about telephone systems and nothing about leading troops," First Sergeant Kent told Sergeant Major O'Brian.

           

           

             

► spot

► plot

►place

►field

   

Question No: 20    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Choose the correct option. http://vustudents.ning.com

►We've been here since two hours.

►Its two hours we are here.

►We've been here for two hours.

►We are here since two hours.

   

Question No: 21    ( Marks: 2 )

 The sentence below contains a comma splice. Select the answer that corrects the comma splice without creating any new errors.       

Hot summer weather is nice, it can be dangerous for various groups of people when certain temperatures get too high.

a.) Hot summer weather, which is can contain high temperatures that can be dangerous for various groups of people.

 b.) Hot summer weather is nice, but high temperatures can be dangerous for various groups of people.

   

Question No: 22    ( Marks: 2 )

 Describe the three main parts of the verb of the following words.

See, ask, leave, dig, draw, steal

    

Question No: 23    ( Marks: 2 )

 Write down the objectives of an introductory paragraph in essay writing.

    

Question No: 24    ( Marks: 3 )

 Turn each fragment into complete sentence by using the methods you have learned.

1. after the tornado struck the small town 

2. please read the chapter on sentence analysis

3.  whether we go to the zoo on Sunday or not

   

Question No: 25    ( Marks: 3 )

 Use semicolons or commas to revise each comma splice or fused sentence into a correct compound sentence.   http://vustudents.ning.com      

1.  The group released a new CD today however it will not be available for a month.

 2.  Two members of the Johnson family came to the picnic but neither of them stayed for the speeches.

 3.  Everyone has an accent but some accents are more recognizable than others.

  

   

Question No: 26    ( Marks: 3 )

 Select the correct verb in each sentence.  

1. Had you been (waiting) (wait) long before the taxi arrived?   

2. She (enjoys) (enjoying) playing the piano. 

3. The team (wore) (worn) their game jerseys on  Friday.

    

Question No: 27    ( Marks: 5 )

 Fill in the blanks with appropriate words. http://vustudents.ning.com

1. Someone donated more than a million dollars to the school library fund but the----------------- donor did not want his name announced to the general public or the newspapers.

(Anonymous, Anonymity)

2. Many students feel a lack of interest or concern about topics that should be important to them. These------------------ students do not realize that they should be more active in school activities so they can benefit more from their education.
(Apathetic, Apathy)

3. The final examination was very difficult for the students because all the questions were---------------.Each question had two possible answers, so the students did not know what to write down.

(Ambiguity, Ambiguous)

4. Robert had------------- feelings about his cousin Anne because he liked her good looks and personality, but he could not stand her bad cigarette smoking habit.
(Ambivalence, Ambivalent)

5. In 2068, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf will mark the one-hundred-year anniversary of its beginning with a--------------jubilee that will include the president of the university and the governor of the state.

 (Centennial, Century)

   

Question No: 28    ( Marks: 5 )

 Identify the sentences that are NOT sentence fragments. 

1. Although I will never forget how cold we were when we lost our heat last winter.

2.  When my cousin moved to Troy, New York, after he finished school.

3. My brother has been running a charter fishing boat for five years.
4. After he went to all the trouble of fixing up his apartment.
5. While living there, he made very few friends.

   

Question No: 29   http://vustudents.ning.com ( Marks: 5 )

 What is apostrophe?  Enlist its two main purposes.

   

Question No: 30    ( Marks: 5 )

 Trace the cause and effect relationship in the following sentences.  Underline the CAUSE and italicize the EFFECT.

a.       The weather was warm, so Fatimah turned on the air conditioner.

b.      Cities have grown very large because the places of leisure, entertainment, and culture have made city life appear more interesting.

c.       Due to the increasing industrialization of the nineteenth century, many people had migrated from rural areas to big cities.

4- A blizzard hit the town; as a result, the schools were closed.

5- Alice got home late; consequently, she missed her TV program.