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[FONT=&quot]MIDTERM EXAMINATION [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Spring 2010[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]ENG101- English Comprehension (Session - 3) [/FONT]

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Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
[FONT=&quot]Choose the phrasal verb most similar in meaning to: [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Refuse[/FONT]

Turn up
► [FONT=&quot]Turn down [/FONT]

► [FONT=&quot]Look out for[/FONT]

► [FONT=&quot]Put out [/FONT]

► [FONT=&quot]Turn up [/FONT]


Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
[FONT=&quot]Which suffix cannot be added to the root word 'employ' to make a new word? [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]less[/FONT]

► [FONT=&quot]ment[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot]ing[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot]less[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot]er[/FONT]

Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
[FONT=&quot]Complete the sentence by choosing the best option. /pair of connectives.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Each class is to present __either___ a drama ___or__ a song for the concert. [/FONT]






► [FONT=&quot]both…nor[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot]either…or[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot]either…and[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot]both…or[/FONT]

Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
[FONT=&quot]Read the sentence carefully and identify which of the given choices is closest in meaning to the word underlined. vuhelp[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]J.Paul Getty, the late billionaire, was so [/FONT][FONT=&quot]frugal[/FONT][FONT=&quot] that he had a pay telephone for the guests in his home.[/FONT]



[FONT=&quot]thrifty[/FONT]


► [FONT=&quot]Sensitive[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot]Generous[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot]Thrifty[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot]Honest[/FONT]

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
[FONT=&quot]Read the statement carefully and choose ‘inference’ from the given options.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]If you go to a birthday party, you can infer that: [/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]There will be a cake[/FONT]

► [FONT=&quot]There will be a cake.[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot]The person is turning 20.[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot]There will be a clown.[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot]You will have bad time.[/FONT]

Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
[FONT=&quot]Choose the best meaning for the highlighted word[/FONT][FONT=&quot].[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]1.[/FONT][FONT=&quot] A student of [/FONT][FONT=&quot]contemporary[/FONT][FONT=&quot] art must also study the classic works of artists from the past, recognizing that these masters produced the modern art of their own time. [/FONT]




[FONT=&quot]modern[/FONT]


► [FONT=&quot]religious[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot]not having to do with religion[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot]modern[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot]former[/FONT]

Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
[FONT=&quot]Choose the best meaning for the word underlined.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]There is an[/FONT][FONT=&quot] optimum[/FONT][FONT=&quot] way to approach each kind of exam question. For a multiple-choice item, for example, first eliminate any clearly wrong answers. For an essay question, jot down an outline first. vuhelp[/FONT]

best
► [FONT=&quot]time-consuming[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot]annoying[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot]best[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot]inconvenient[/FONT]

Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
[FONT=&quot]Choose the correctly spelled word from the options provided.[/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]calendar[/FONT]



► [FONT=&quot]callender[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot]calendar[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot]calendre[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot]calander[/FONT]

Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
[FONT=&quot]Click on the option that you think is correct.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Hemp cannot be used to produce marijuana, _because of__ its low THC content.[/FONT]




► [FONT=&quot]as[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot]because[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot]because of[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot]and[/FONT]

Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
[FONT=&quot]Choose a suitable option to fill in the blank.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Coach Calhoun tried to ___________ his team to try harder in the face of overwhelming odds. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] exhort[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot]exhort[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot] instigate[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot]emulate[/FONT]
► [FONT=&quot] flout[/FONT]

Question No: 11 ( Marks: 2 )
[FONT=&quot]Define ‘Time Relaters’. [/FONT]

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Time relaters means is how a person can manage his time with his other activities.

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 2 )
[FONT=&quot]Choose appropriate options for the sentence given below: [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] He was a [/FONT][FONT=&quot]principle[/FONT][FONT=&quot] player [/FONT][FONT=&quot]who[/FONT][FONT=&quot] was more powerful[/FONT][FONT=&quot]than[/FONT][FONT=&quot] the staff member [/FONT][FONT=&quot]who[/FONT][FONT=&quot] engineered the race that [/FONT][FONT=&quot]effected[/FONT][FONT=&quot] the chairman's professional career. [/FONT]


Question No: 13 ( Marks: 3 )
[FONT=&quot]How many kinds of irony are usually known? Define. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]There are two kinds of irony are usually known:[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]1..[/FONT][FONT=&quot].Situational irony occurs when the discrepancy lies in the situation itself. You expect something but something [/FONT][FONT=&quot]else [/FONT][FONT=&quot]happens. Or a situation calls for an expected response but something unexpected happens instead e.g. there is a house on fire and you expect the fire fighter to aim a water hose / pipe at the fire, but instead he aims a petrol pipe / hose. That would be very[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Ironical.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]2..[/FONT][FONT=&quot].Verbal irony occurs when there is discrepancy between what is said and what is meant. e.g. Usually the exact opposite, or a near opposite, is what is meant: an eager cricket player looks out of the window and sees that it is raining.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Oh, great!” he says, meaning exactly the opposite. Another example to illustrate this: After seeing a terrible performance by an actor in a movie someone might say “Now that’s an actor who is sure to win the Best Actor Award for this year!” – Both e.gs. Illustrate verbal irony.[/FONT]

Question No: 14 ( Marks: 3 )
[FONT=&quot]Name at least two Reading Skills to locate information in the text.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]There are three ways to locate the information in the text. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]1. [/FONT][FONT=&quot]First of all you have to identify the [/FONT][FONT=&quot]topic [/FONT][FONT=&quot]of a paragraph.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]2. [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Then you have to pick the [/FONT][FONT=&quot]main idea[/FONT][FONT=&quot] of paragraph.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]3. [/FONT][FONT=&quot]And then you have to recognize [/FONT][FONT=&quot]details[/FONT][FONT=&quot] which support the main idea.[/FONT]

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 5 )
[FONT=&quot]Fill in the blanks with the following words:[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]although However whereas Yet despite[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]1. My friend Ammara has just bought herself some new shoes--- although------- she already has some 20 pairs[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]2. We decided to walk from coast to coast --yet----our lack of training.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]3. The hotel wasn't really idyllic. --although--, we had a great time there.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]4. I love cycling --whereas----my wife prefers walking.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]5. I don't really believe everything he says. --However---, I thoroughly enjoy being with him.[/FONT]


Question No: 16 ( Marks: 5 )
[FONT=&quot]Read the passage and answer the question. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]It is early summer. August’s long-awaited vacation time still seems ages away, but by the same toke, its torpor-producing heat and mildew-generating humidity have not yet arrived. Instead, these cool, end-of-June days practically insist on getting the picnic season under way immediately. But, alas, there is a difficulty: alfresco dining has a bad name among us. Tenth-rate hot dogs, carbonized chicken parts, and beef a-la-charcoal are principally what come to mind when we hear the words "outdoor food".

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[FONT=&quot]Q. What does the author want to convey through this passage.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]
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in this [/FONT][FONT=&quot]passage[/FONT][FONT=&quot] the aother telling about winter season. And it’s fact. The both good and bad facts.[/FONT]


Question No: 17 ( Marks: 5 )
[FONT=&quot]Locate ‘gerund’ in each sentence. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]1. Hours of editing the newspaper ruined her day.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]2. Hanging the pictures on the wall was more difficult than we had anticipated.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]3. Try to slip away without telling your friends about it.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]4. Each afternoon Miriam enjoyed swimming a few laps.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]5. Winning at poker makes Don feel important.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]6. I am[/FONT][FONT=&quot] demoting[/FONT][FONT=&quot] the officer for disobeying orders.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]7. One of my favorite events is canoeing down the Mississippi River.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]8. Sometimes wisdom simply means knowing about the importance of silence. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]9. Without studying for the test, you are taking a big chance. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]10. Abbey is enjoying listening to the Rolling Stones' music.[/FONT]


1. [FONT=&quot]Editing[/FONT]
2.[FONT=&quot] Hanging[/FONT]
3.[FONT=&quot]Telling[/FONT]
4.[FONT=&quot]Swimming[/FONT]
5.[FONT=&quot]Winning[/FONT]
6.[FONT=&quot]Disobeying[/FONT]
7.[FONT=&quot]Canoeing[/FONT]
8.[FONT=&quot]Knowing[/FONT]
9.[FONT=&quot]Studying, taking[/FONT]
10. [FONT=&quot]Enjoying, listening, Rolling[/FONT]