Sample exam for Year 1 Non-Natives (Armenians) Entrance Exam
Format:
Reading and Comprehension: 25 marks
Directed Writing: 15 marks
Vocabulary and Grammar Usage: 30 marks
Composition: 30 marks
Following is a sample of the exam. Candidates will have 1 hour and 15 minutes to complete the paper. It
is recommended that 30 minutes are spent on the composition task and 30 minutes on the
comprehension and directed writing.
Comprehension: 25 marks
Mowgli’s Brothers (From The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling)
“Something is coming uphill”, said Mother Wolf, twitching one ear. “Get ready”.
The bushes rustled a little in the thicket and Father Wolf dropped with his haunches under him, ready
for his leap. Then, if you had been watching, you would have seen the most wonderful thing in the
world- the wolf checked in mid-spring. He made his bound before he saw what it was he was jumping at,
and then he tried to stop himself. The result was that he shot up straight into the air for four or five feet,
landing almost where he left ground.
“Man!” he snapped. “A man’s cub. Look!”
Directly in front of him holding on by a low branch, stood a naked brown baby who could just walk, as
soft and as dimpled a little thing as ever came to a wolf’s cave at night. He looked up into Father Wolf’s
face and laughed.
“Is that a man’s cub?” said Mother Wolf. “I have never seen one. Bring it here.”
A wolf accustomed to moving his own cubs can, if necessary, mouth an egg without breaking it, and
though Father Wolf’s jaws closed right on the child’s back not a tooth even scratched the skin, as he laid
it down among the cubs.
“How little! How naked and-how bold!” said Mother Wolf, softly? The baby was pushing his way
between the cubs to get close to the warm hide. “ Ahai! He is taking his meal with the others. And so
this is a man’s cub. Now was there ever a wolf that could boast of a man’s cub among her children?”
“I have heard now and again of such a thing, but never in our pack or in my time,” said Father Wolf.
“He is altogether without hair, and I could kill him with a touch of my foot. But see, he looks up and is
not afraid”.
The moonlight was blocked out of the mouth of the cave, for Shere Khan’s great square head and
shoulders were thrust into the entrance. Tabaqui, behind him was squeaking: “My Lord, my Lord, it
went in here!”
“Shere Khan does us great honour”, said Father Wolf, but his eyes were very angry. “What does Shere
Khan need?”
“My quarry. A man’s cub went this way,” said Shere Khan. “Its parents have run off. Give it to me”.
Answer the following questions using your own words as far as possible.
1. What do you think Mother Wolf heard coming up the hill?
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2. Explain why Father Wolf started to leap, then tried to stop.
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3. How does Mother Wolf feel about finding the man cub?
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4. How do you know how she feels?
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5. What do you think the wolf family will do with the child?
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6. Why do you think Shere Khan wants the man cub?
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7. Why could Father Wolf carry an egg without breaking it?
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Directed Writing: 15 marks
Write the continuation of the story, explaining what you think will happen to the man cub after Shere
Khan has entered the Wolf family’s cave. You should write between 150-200 words.
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Sample exam for Year 1 non Native speakers (Armenians)
Vocabulary and Grammar Usage: 20 marks
A. Underline the correct preposition, the first one has been done for you.
Example: The boys are getting onto/into the car.
1. Jane is arriving at/on July 5th at/in two o’clock of/in the afternoon and she is returning at/to
Paris the following weekend.
2. My grandmother was born on/at Christmas Day in/at/on 1938 in a small town north of/in
London. She grew in/up there and when she was about 17, her family moved in/to London.
3. The hills here are covered with/of wild flowers of/in all colours you can imagine.
4. She is good in/at/on playing volley ball.
5. They often complain for/about bullying.
6. Why are you afraid of/in/at/from losing the game?
7. They had a discussion about/of his future plans.
8. The children are getting onto/into the bus to go to school. ( 8 marks)
B. Give the noun of the following words: Example: to excite Answer: excitement
1. Describe _______________________________
2. Employ ________________________________
3. Horrible _______________________________
4. Lose ___________________________________
5. Bury ____________________________________
6. Appoint ________________________________
7. Behave ________________________________
8. Try ______________________________________
9. Pollute _________________________________
10. Deep ____________________________________ ( 10 marks)
C. Complete the following sentences with the appropriate form of the word:
1. Last October Monica and Adam took the ____________________ (decide) to celebrate their
silver wedding anniversary in a hotel.
2. Your muscles are rather weak. You need to ___________________ (strong) them with some
good exercises.
( 2 marks)
Composition: 30 marks
Choose ONE of the following questions. Keep in mind the importance of vocabulary, expression,
accuracy, planning and content. You are advised to spend about 30 minutes on this section. You should
write between 150-200 words.
1. An unforgettable day at my grandfather’s village. Make sure you describe what happened on
that day and explain why it was an unforgettable day. Describe the place, the people you met,
your feelings and thoughts.
2. An accident. Describe the day you witnessed a road accident. Describe yours and other people’s
feelings and thoughts.
3. Write an imaginary story which begins like this: When I looked at myself in the mirror I thought I
was dreaming! I was looking at a small white rabbit….
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End of the Examination