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GENERAL ENGLISH (II).
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The blank space aiver a nuover snows where a preposition is omitted. Write the preposition against its number in the margin:
Firacy (1)... the high seas is exciting when the subject) (2)...
a story, and 'appeals strongly (3)....... teenagers.] Piracy (4)... the air, however, is lacking (5)... suspense
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and is not (6)... the same brand. The victims, helpless (7)... impossible odds, arouse our pity, while the gangsters only our contemp anu anger. another kind of piracy, (8)... ☺_
unscrupulous racketeers, deprives authors and publishers (9)...
•*• their rightful reward. A such people are worthy_(10) ...the heaviest punishment.
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(1) That woollen pullover feels (well, wool, good).
(2) My friend received (less, little, fewer) girts than I..
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(6) Your guess 1 not right; (neitner," so, either)"is ́mine.
He is clever; (because, neither, only) he can't be trusted)
6) In my class James is the (old, oldest, older) boy
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JI I have to choose. I always choose the least, less, lesser),
of two evils.
Ten thousand dollars (are, be, is) a lot of money.
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Questions (a), (b) and (c) below are based on the passage on Fage 3.
The words underlined below have ONE or NONE of the meanings A,B,C or D. Write X if it has Space provided write A,B,C or D to show the meaning. the meanings A,B,C or
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A. manner B. unpleasantress C. imprisonment D. grief 2. conducted
(1) usurped
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(4) unwholesome
A. general d. typical C. unusual
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(5) merit
A. led B. deceived C. followed D. dissuaded
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journey into the world of fiction, conducted thither by the authors to view fresh porizons and to make many new acquaintances. This desire for "escape" made popular the works or such men as Charles Dickens. and partly explains the very great popularity of me serial story. Wir such a story captured the public's fancy, then the author was obliged to spin it out as long as possible; nence the great length of many o The novels of thati period. To-day we find the counterparts to these seriasised novels in the plays, also broken up into instalments, produced on the radio or on television.
Many people to-day still reel the urge to "escape" for a time from their daily lives. uney can satisfy this urge by going to the cinema, watching television or listening to tne radio; or they can still do so by reading.. Indeed, there are some people who are not! convinced that reading is dying out as an important pastime. They argue that, on the contrary, more books are being published to-day than ever before and that, if we remember the large numbers of newspapers and magazines brought out every day, a much greater amount! of reading material is now being consumed by the public. Furthermore, they declare, the volume of business done at the many public libraries scattered throughout the country is increasing every month. Doubtlessly, what they say is true, but it can be further argued #
that though the amount may have grown, this is mainly due to the increase in the numbers of people who can read. Also, the quality of much of the material now read has grievously * 'deter.orated, and by far the greater part of the reading dore; nowadaya is of a very
SUDETT1012l nature, as much of the material tends to be escapism of an unwholesome kind, containing little literary merit.
Write a precis of the passage in not more than 160 wonds. (20 mankoj, In the margin and against the appropriate number, write the correct form, as needed, of the verb given in brackets:
I was in the exhibition grounds when the fire (1)(break out). (2)(hear) a murried boom, 1 (3) (turn) round and saw amake (4)(come) 'out from behind some neon signs on the top of a stall.
My first reaction (D)(ve) one of curiosity. I just 5 (6)(stare), I felt sure the accident (7)(bring) under control 6. rithout much fuss. Within seconus, nowever. the atall itself. (8) (envelope) in flames. Never had I seen a fire (9)(spread) ~
Bo quickly! At that moment, (10)(overcome) by a surging fear. 10 I dashed from the grounds.
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(7) keep it going
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(9) vanishing
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Write a sentence which answers the question**
(1) In what way
has science caused the decline or reading as a pastime?)
(2) Why was reading so popular a hundred years ago?,
[(3) Why were many of the novels of a hundred years ago so long?
(4) What reason_does_the_author_suggest_for_the_increase_in_the amount of reading
today?
(5) What oriticism does the author make or much of the present-day reading /
material?
It is widely believed that the reading of serious works of faction for entertainmen no longer so universally enjoyed as it was in the past. This decline-in the popular.
of reading has been attributed by many to the great pace at which we live to-day. there claim that this is not so. They blame the great advances made in scientific
owledge which have made possible such by-products as the radio, the cinematograph and; levision, the three great aural and visual entertainers of the modern world.
These
ree, it is asserted, have almost completely usurped the position of reading as the, blic's chief source of entertainment.
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A hundred years ago reading fictional works was certainly one of the principal'
the public who were literate, although we must bear in Find that this group was not nearly so large as it is to-day.
inter can ments of those members of
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(4) have it possibly nobody believed could,
(5 entered they robber guess how could the had house not the
We frequently, especially in conversation, add one phrase to a statement, thereby turning it into a question. e.g. It's a fine day, ISN'T IT? You didn't fati DID YOU?
Complete the following sentences with question phrases!!
(1) little children are easily pleased,
(2) We must all obey traffic regulations,
(3) You haven't a high temperature, "_
(4) James won the tennis championship last year,,
(5) They could easily, finish their homewoTK,
9. Complete the sentences to make statements from the questions:j
(1) When will you get back from, the party, John?/
She asked
(2) Don't they ever listen to good music?
We wanted to know
(3) Isn't that a rather heavy load to lift?}
I enquired whether
(4)Did she often shout_and_ecream like that?/
'We should like to know
(5) Which of the books have you found most interesting?
Tell t
9. Complete the following passages by filling the blank spaces with suitable comectiva
words from the following list. Use each word or phrase once only
which imaginative mums como escape from the tedious confinement of everyday life, and
Furthermorej nevertheless) only. but also; however.
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indeed; when; 191 ther.... nor; in spite of
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(a)(1)... hard he worked, he never did pass an examination
at sondo1), (2)....) ne alan'* 1086 neart. 15). he had ! left school he went to work in a garage. There, (4) ......... 5.
ala ne acmeve distinction in mis work, (?)... në De Came 4. a partner in the business..
b) He'll never be a good violinist; (1)..., the professor told 1.
him so. (2)....... he 18 wasting his time and money too, (3) 2..
his mother (4)... I can convince him of the fact. (5) 3.
everyone's opposition, he struggles on/
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