Section A ( LanguageConventions
Note: This section of the question paper contains 24 questions in the English Language. Astudent is
required to attempt all the 24 questions.
(Questions 1-8): Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option from each
list according to the corresponding number in the passage.
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When another old cave is discovered in the south of France, it is not usually news. Rather, it
is an ordinary event.
Such discoveries are so frequent these days that hardly anybody pays heed to them.
However, when the Lascaux cave complex was discovered in 1940, the world was amazed.
Painted directly on its walls were
hundreds of scenes showing how people lived thousands of years ago. The scenes show people
hunting animals,
such as bison or wild cats. Other images depict birds and, most noticeably, horses, which appear
in more than
300 wall images, by far outnumbering all other animals. Early artists drawing these animals
accomplished a monumental and difficult task.
They did not limit themselves to the easily accessible walls but carried
their painting materials to spaces that required climbing steep walls or crawling into narrow
passages in the Lascaux complex.
Unfortunately, the paintings have been expoesedto the destructive action of water and
temperature changes, which
easily wear the images away. Because the Lascaux caves have many entrances,
air movement has also damaged the images inside.
In line 2, the words ‘pays heed to’could best be replaced with ______.
(1)
discovers
(2)
watches
(3)
notices
(4)
buys
In line 5, the word ‘depict’could best be replaced with _______.
(1) Show
(2)
hunt
(2) Count
(4)
draw
In line 7, the word ‘They’ refers to _______.
(1)
walls
(2)
artists
(3)
animals
(4)
materials
In line 8, the word ‘crawling’ could best be replaced with _______.
(1)
crowded
(2)
scuttling
(3)
creeping
(4)
packed
Which of the following words show the correct spelling of the underlined, misspelt word in
line 9
(1) Expoesoed
(2)expesoed
(2) Exposed
(4)exprosed
In line 7, the word ‘accessible’ could best be replaced with _______.
(1)
give away
(2)
reach out
7.
8.
(3)
within
(4)
available
Which of the following is opposite in meaning to the word ‘monumental’ as it is used in line 6
(1)
small
(2)
minor
(3)
minute
(4)
miniscule
In line 3, the word ‘amazed’ could best be replaced with ______.
(1)
flabbergasted
(2)
surprised
(3)
noticed
(4)
expressed
(Questions 9-12) Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable word/phrase from each list to
fill the corresponding gap
English has without a _____9_________ become the second language of Europe and the world.
European countries which have most _______10_______ assimilated English into daily life are England's
neighbours in Northern Europe: Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, and the ______11______ of
Scandinavia. The situation is so ______12________ that any visitor to the Netherlands will soon be
oblivious of the pressure of English on daily life.
1. Which of these fits gap 12
a) plain b) open c) blatant d) marked
2. Which of these fits gap 10
a) successfully b) victorious c) successful d) lucrative
11. Which of these fits gap 9
a) question b) doubt c) problem d) thought
12. Which of these fits gap 11
a) rest b) additional c) remaining d) extra
( Questions 13-16) Read the passage and select the correct form of the missing word/phrase to
complete it.
Mr. Alex Fraser lived his entire life in a small town in the north of England. He never left the house
where____13_____ born, never married, never went on holiday and had no friends.
He worked in a local factory for ___14_______ forty years but even the people working with him for
years ____15______ very little about him.
He wore the same clothes year in and year out, and though he shopped regularly at the local store
____16____the most basic foodstuffs, never changing his purchases from one week to the next.
13.
Which of these fits gap 15
(a) held
(b) reminded
(c) knew
(d) had
14.
Which of these fits gap 13
(a) he was
(b) he is
(c) he had been
(d) he has been
15.
Which of these fits gap 16
(a) he bought only
(b) he only
(c)he sold only
(d) bought
16.
Which of these fits gap 14
(a) until
(b) above
(c) over
(d) across
(Questions 17-20) Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable word/phrase from each list to
fill the corresponding gap
When I was a boy, children always objected to ____17______ school uniform but teachers were
____18______ it because they said all of us looked _____19_______. Otherwise, they said, children
would complete with ____20______ and the poorer children would be unhappy because people would
see straight away how poor they were
17.
Which of these fits gap 18?
(a) keen on
(b) keen in
(c) eager in
(d) eager on
18.
Which of these fits gap 19?
(a) to be like
(c) alike
(b) like
(d) to be alike
Which of these fits gap 17?
(a) dressing
(c) wear
(b) wearing
(d) dress
Which of these fits gap 20?
(a) themselves
(c) their selves
(b) another
(d) each other
19.
20.
(Questions 21-24) Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable word/phrase from each list to
fill the corresponding gap.
Shopping in Mappstone is a must if you are visiting the area. There ____21_____ many shops and
services all within walking distance ____22_____ the central square. The city is particularly busy during
____23_______ summer months of June, July and August when tourists visit Mappstone from all over
the _____24______
21.
22.
Which of these fits gap 21?
(a)
be
(c)
are
(b)
(d)
is
have
Which of these fits gap 22?
(a)
to
(c)
in
(b)
(d)
of
by
23.
Which of these is the most suitable option for gap 23?
(a)
the
(b)
some
(c)
one
(d)
a
24.
Which of these fits gap 24?
(a)
world
(c)
ground
(b)
(d)
space
earth
ANSWERS
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(2)
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(3)
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(1)
9
(c)
11
(b)
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(c)
15
(a)
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(a)
19
(b)
21
(c)
23
(a)
notices
artists
exposed
small
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24
(1)
(3)
(4)
(2)
(a)
(c)
(c)
(c)
(c)
(d)
(b)
(a)
show
creeping
available
surprised