ENG101 Midterm Past Paper 6

ENG101 English Comprehension · Mid Term Examination - April 2003 · Session -1 · TIME ALLOWED: 120 Minutes · INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions given at the end.
2. Answer all questions.
3. P1 is MCQ’s. You can tick the correct answer. You can view its parts as P1.1, P1.2, P1.3, P1.4, P1.5 and P1.6.
4. Your paper is in two parts. The time allowed for the first part is 75 minutes . Make sure that you finish the first part within the given time. After that you should start Part II for which you have 45 minutes . Thus the total time for your paper is two hours.
5. Part 1 has five questions which you can see as P1, P2, P3, P4, and P5. Part II has 6 exercises to fill in the blanks. You might see the questions of Part I in a random form. You can guess them by recognizing P1, P2, P3, P4, and P5.

Total Questions 11 PART - I

Note: You will be given a printed paper which will have the passage about which these questions are asked.

P1.1

What time of year was it in this story?

ospring ofall osummer owinter

P1.2

At what time of day did Robin cross the river?

omorning olate afternoon omidday onight

P1.3

The stockings that Robin wore were obviously: owell worn ohandsome overy expensive omuch too big

P1.4

From the way he looked, it was evident that Robin was oa wealthy merchant's son oa soldier oa country boy oa foreigner

P1.5

Robin was apparently going to the town: oto buy new clothes ofor the first time in several years ofor the first time oon one of his regular trips there

P1.6

How far had Robin travelled?

ofrom a nearby town oover thirty miles ofrom Madrid ofrom London

P.2

Look at the text again and find out what the words in bold typeface refer to.

Marks [10]

An example is given below: Hewas wearing

Answer: The boy /Robin

a. at that unusual hour b. he took a very accurate survey c . but which had seen many winters before this one d. which in its better days had perhaps sheltered

e. were

nature's gift

P.3. Give brief answers to the following questions. (Your answer to each question should not be more than two lines)

a. How did Robin appear as he walked into town?

[3]

b. What sort of person do you think Robin was?

[4]

c. Who had come with Robin, apart from the ferryman?

[3]

P. 4 Give a suitable title to the passage.

[3]

P.5

Choose the appropriate form of the words to complete the sentences.

[6]

Reliably, rely on, reliable, reliability

a. Computers are ………… machines.

b. If you don't know the meaning of a computer term, you cannot always………… an all-purpose dictionary for the answer.

c. Computers can do mathematical operations quickly and…………

PART - II

TIME ALLOWED 45 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS 40

Read the passages a couple of times before you attempt to fill the gaps with appropriate words.

This is a text about computers from an old book on computers. Trust your knowledge of the history of Computers and fill in the blanks. The blanks have been numbered. When you type your answer mention the exercise number first and then the number of the blank you are writing your answer of. The first letter of the word with which you have to fill the blanks is given in every blank for your convenience.

What is a computer?

EXERCISE 1

A computer is a m___1_____with an intricate network o___2___ electronic circuits t__3__-operate switches or magnetize tiny metal cores. The switches, l__4___the cores, are capable _ o_5__being in one of two possible states, that is, o__6___or of, magnetized or demagnetized. The machine is c ___7____ of storing and manipulating numbers, letters, and characters. The basic i____8__ of a computer is that we can make the machine do w__9__we want by inputting signals that turn certain s___10_____on and turn others off, or that m___11_____or do not magnetize the ___12___.

EXERCISE 2

The basic job of computers is the processing of information. For this reason, c_____1___can be defined as devices which accept i ____2____in the form of instructions c____3___ a program and characters called data, p____4__ mathematical and / or logical operations o___5__the information, and then supply results o____6_ these o______7_. The program, or part of i___8__,which tells the c____9___what to do and the data, which provide the information n___10__ to solve _ t___11__ problem, are kept _ i____12_ the computer in a place called memory.

EXERCISE 3

Computers are thought t___1 have many remarkable powers. However, most c________2, whether large _ o____3_ small have three basic capabilities. First, computers _ h___4_ circuits of performing arithmetic operations, such as: addition,