Eng101-MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2009
ENG101- English Comprehension
Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Fill in the blank with correct option.
Esmerelda's dissertation was on such an ___________ subject that no one could understand it.
► austere
► auspicious
► esoteric
► equitable
Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Choose the best meaning for the word underlined.
What makes up a true work of art? Although no single criterion seems adequate, the novelist James Joyce suggested three standards: "wholeness, harmony and radiance."
► artist
► question
► standard
► novel
Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
► Analysis
► Proposal
► Fact
► Opinion
Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Read the statement carefully and choose ‘inference’ from the given options.
If you get fired from your job, you can infer that:
► You did something wrong.
► You will never get a job again
► You were the best worker.
► You might get a raise.
Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which one of these means 'polite in an extreme way’?
► Gentian
► Gentile
► Genial
► Genteel
Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which one of these means 'a useless person’?
► Dead loss
► Dead wood
► Dead weight
► Dead heat
Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Complete the sentence by choosing the correct option.
Rashid called _____ ;told me what happened.
► or
► nor
► and
► but
Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Indicate the correct form of verb in the sentence given below.
He was told not to laugh at policemen.
► -ing
► Infinitive
► Past
► -ed
Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Choose the best meaning or synonym for the highlighted word.
When your plan brings us great wealth, you will be rewarded for your sagacity.
► huge appetite for herbs
► good looks
► mistakes
► intelligence
Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Choose the best available substitute word for the following root/prefix:
Post-
► against
► before
► after
► around
Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Choose the best available substitute word for the following root/prefix:
Scrib-/Script-
► self
► life
► flow
► write
Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Pick the most suitable phrasal verb to complete the sentence given below.
If you're coming tonight, could you bring ......... some CDs
► on
► over
► up
► in
Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Model rhymes with:
► cuddle
► doodle
► hotel
► yodel
Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following statement is true?
► blind rhymes with hint, print, i.e. the final consonant is unvoiced.
► blind rhymes with sinned, grinned, wind
► blind rhymes with mind, kind, hind, lined
► blind rhymes with pint, i.e. the final consonant is unvoiced.
Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Choose antonym for the underlined word.
Sunglasses will only hinder your ability to see at night.
► accept
► describe
► equal
► help
Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Choose the phrasal verb most similar in meaning to: Resemble
► Get out of
► Keep up with
► Look like
► Take out
Short Question
Question No: 17 ( Marks: 2 )
What is the purpose of table in a text?
In a text ,table contain columns and rows, in which each columns and rows have the unique value and properties .through which data can be handled easily
- to manage and
- updated easily.
- sorting easily.
- to access readily.
Question No: 18 ( Marks: 2 )
Rewrite the sentence below, Keeping in mind that your new sentence should be well written and should have essentially the same meaning as the sentence given.
Having no air conditioning, her apartment is very hot.
Rewrite, beginning with: Her apartment is very hot) by it being no Air conditioning.
….
The next words will be
(a) on account of it has
(b) because it has
(c) by it being
(d) being as it is
Question No: 19 ( Marks: 3 )
Add the correct suffix to the highlighted word in each sentence.
1. You will not be permited to swim with the sharks! (ed, er)
2. The old road has to be repaved. (ed, ing)
3. Are you planing to visit me in Myrtle Beach
Question No: 20 ( Marks: 5 )
Write the correct prefix in the blanks to make negative forms of the adjectives.
1. The new house is not ___dis__similar to our old one except that it's a bit bigger.
2. The organization insists that it is ___im__political and does not identify with any one particular party.
3.The ownership of the painting remains __un___clear.
4.We're living in an ___im__perfect world.
5.Whether the book is well or badly written is __im___material to me - it has an important message.
Question No: 21 ( Marks: 10 )
Read the paragraph and answer the questions given below. (5+3+2)
At Dalton State College, the registrant of a motor vehicle is held responsible for the safe and prudent operating and proper parking of his or her vehicle regardless of who may be the operator. Curbs painted in yellow are no parking areas. Parking against the flow of traffic is prohibited at all times. Vehicles parked on campus after school hours may be towed away. All faculty and staff reserved parking areas will be painted in red. Fines will be paid at the Business Office in the Westcott Building College Drive
Q1. Choose the sentence that best states the implied main idea.
Parking against the flow of traffic is prohibited at all times at "Dalton State College" .
Q2. Why people have to pay fines at Business Office in the Westcott Building
People have to pay fines at Business Office in the Westcott Building
Q3. Suggest a suitable topic for the passage.
Suitable topic for the passage.
Parking rules during college hours.
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