Compulsory
English (202)
Level: Bachelor / II Year / Humanities
New Course
Attempt ALL the questions.
Group "A"
1.
Read the following passage and answer the
questions given below: [15]
In
most discussions of environmental issues, it is generally assumed that
environmental problems have affected only contemporary societies. Consider, for
example, the damage to the ecology and to human health from the use of toxic
pesticides, which emerged as an issue during the later decades of the twentieth
century. Similarly, acid rain and air pollution are, to a great extent, the
result of the burning of fossil fuel, which has characterized economic
development since the early nineteenth century. However, an examination of
history reveals that the negative impact of human activities on the environment
goes back much further than the last two hundred years.
One
of the most environmentally significant events in history was the development
of agriculture approximately ten thousand years ago. Agriculture involved a
massive disruption of natural ecosystems. As humans cleared areas to provide
fields for crops and domesticated animals, they eliminated the native
vegetation, disturbing the process by which natural nutrients were recycled
back into the soil. As a result, humans had to intervene in order to sustain
the new system, usually by providing water and fertilizing material.
Questions:
a.
What the main idea of the first paragraph?
b.
What was the main cause of the interference of
natural ecosystem?
c.
What caused the burning of fossil fuel and the
use of toxic pesticides?
d.
What is the main theme of the last paragraph?
e.
How were native vegetation jettisoned?
2.
What are the causes of environmental crisis? How
can we climb out of the crisis? Write an essay in which you explain your ideas
on the topic.
OR
If
you are studying English in your native country: In addition to learning your
language, what are the most important social behaviors you would advise English
speakers to learn in order to get along well in your culture.
3.
In the following sentences, circle the View
Markers and highlight the opinions. 5
a.
Although the governments would like you to
believe that its programs are helping the economy to recover, unemployment continues
to rise and investment is falling.
b.
Most people who have not lived in cultures other
than their own assume that the rules for polite speech and behaviour are
universal.
c.
Relation between the company and its workers
worsened after the employees charged that the company wanted to destroy their
union.
d.
Among Americans, a common perception is that
most immigrants enter the United States illegally.
e.
People who watch a great deal of the television
tend to perceive the world as more violent than it really is.
4.
Complete the following sentences with the words
given below. 5
Fertile efficient climate
roots arid evaporate
a.
Irrigation can change________ land into
productive farmland.
b.
In an attempt to make their land more
_____________, Aral Sea farmers used chemicals that ultimately damaged the
soil.
c.
Our new air- conditioning system is much
more_________ than the one it replaced.
d.
The _________ in some areas of the United States
is quite extreme, with hot summers and very cold winters.
e.
The _____of this plant does not reach into the
soil. That's why it will not grow in regions with little rainfall.
5.
Write down the words for the following meanings:
5
a.
The condition that is caused by the bacteria or
a virus in the body.
b.
To give people something that is needed.
c.
Containing dangerous bacteria, viruses or
poisons.
d.
To calculate something without having exact
information.
e.
To think that something is smaller than it
really is.
Group "B"
6.
Read the following passage and write a long
paragraph response on it. [10]
When parents watch TV with their young children, explaining new words and
ideas to them, the children comprehend far more than they would if they were
watching alone. This is due partly to the fact that when kids expect that TV
will require thought, they spend more time thinking. What's ironic is that most
parents use an educational program as an opportunity to park their kids in
front of the set and do something in another room. "Even for parents who
are generally wary of television," Anderson says, "Sesame Street is considered a show where
it's perfectly okay to leave a child alone." The program was actually
intended to be viewed by parents and children together, he says.
Because our attitudes inform TV viewing, Anderson applauds the nascent
trend of offering high school courses that teach students how to
"decode" television. In these classes, students learn to analyze the
persuasion techniques of commercials, compare the reality of crime to its
dramatic portrayal inquire into the economics of broadcasting, and understand
the mechanics of TV production. Such courses, Anderson contends, teach the kind
of critical thinking central to the purpose of education. "Kids can be
taught as much about television as about text or computers," he says.
7.
Write any five essentials of writing
introductions of essays. [5]
8.
Focus on the ways in which you have been
influenced, positively and negatively, by traditional gender roles and
expectations.
OR
Discuss your personal definition of
success, material or otherwise, in your professional and/or private life. What
does success mean to you? How do you hope to achieve it? [10]
9.
Analyze the qualities of good teachers and/or
good students. Consider such things as goals, values, teaching and learning
styles, behaviors, and character traits.
OR
Do you think you are satisfied with where
you are, how you are and what you are with reference to the education system
that is prevailed in our culture? [10]
10. Complete
the following chart with the equivalent male or female term. [0.5x10]
Female
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Male
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Lady
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Widower
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Spinster
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Sissy
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Housewife
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Host
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Nurse
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Chairman
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Stewardess
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Wizard
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11. Examine
the ways in which a particular technology or form of mass media has been a
Faustian bargain – a situation in which something is gained and lost at the
same time.
OR
Write two or three paragraphs discussing
whether you think Gardner's and Goleman's concepts of intelligence are
reflected in the educational system of our country. Focus on curriculum,
assessment of students' knowledge and skills. [10]