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Past Paper English First Year

Year 2012 Group 1

Objective

Choose the correct option in meaning to the underlined words:

1. Daddy will be deliriously happy.

(a) wildly excited     (b) positively

(c) wildly curiously  (d) polietly

2. Some of you come here out of great trials and tribulations.

(a) prisons        (b) hardships

(c) battles         (d) conflicts

3. The poor old creature instantly expired.

(a) slowly     (b) perfectly

(c) simply     (d) immediately

4. Your diligent looking discover the lacking.

(a) lazy                (b) intelligent

(c) hardworking   (d) quick

5. Arthur stared at her appalled.

(a) gazed      (b) raised

(c) terrified   (d) excited

6. Now truly she was furious.

(a) angry    (b) shocked

(c) afraid    (d) humble

7. Trusting his images, he assumes their relevance.

(a) undertakes   (b) prefers

(c) shows           (d) thinks

8.Clark Larrabee has scarcely noticed her.

(a) happily       (b) quickly

(c) suddenly     (d) hardly

9. It was too steep for my feet to hold unless. I braced myself.

(a) supported    (b) wounded

(c) hurt              (d) controlled

10. Her hair is disheveled.

(a) disordered   (b) arranged

(c) managed     (d) stopped

Each question has four option. Choose the correct one:

11. What does kreton twirl?

(a) a top       (b) the globe

(c) his arms  (d) a stick

12. What is the name of the population of O.K-by-the-Sea?

(a) 606   (b) 707

(c) 808   (d) 909

13. On what subject did Gorgios make speeches?

(a) examination    (b) water

(c) war                 (d) many subjects

14. What did the father want to show Jess?

(a) a treasure     (b) a plough

(c) the clearing in the sky

(d) the pearls

15. What are Alleghenies?

(a) Oil wells of Taxes   

(b) Rivers of America

(c) Ports of San Francisco

(d) Mountains of Pennsylvania

Each  statement is followed by four possible options. Only one option is correct. Choose the correct one:

16. Would that, he------------the match.

(a) had won    (b) may win

(c) will win    (d) has won

17. He----------out five minutes ago.

(a) goes    (b) is going

(c) went    (d) has gone

18. The Hindus-----------the dead bodies.

(a) is burn  (b) was burn

(c) burn     (d) were burn

19. If you had helped him, he----------.

(a) passed         (b) had passed

(c) would pass  (d) would have passed

20. When he-----------all his newspaper, he will go home.

(a) had sold    (b) sold

(c) has sold     (d) will sell

Subjective

SECTION-II

2. Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) any SIX of the following questions from Book-I (short stories) (12)

(i) Why did Arthur disagree with his wife?

(ii) Why did Jess's father fence around his field?

(iii) What made Hubert shameful?

(iv) Did Gorgios use any short cut to achieve his ambition?

(v) What does the sick girl doing when the doctor arrived?

(vi) What does Emerson say about " The Gulistan of Sadi"?

(vii) Did Margaret lose heart on the loss of crops?

(viii) What does Martin Luther King Jr. emphasise in his speech?

(ix) Who took the young man after the accident to the hospital?

3. Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) any FIVE of the following questions from Book-III (One Act Plays)(10)

(i) Why did the girl not accompany the Second Man?

(ii) Why could, the girl not describe the killer?

(iii) What is the purpose of the visit of Kreton?

(iv) Can the people of the Earth compete with the people of Kreton?

(v) What type of play " A Visit to a Small Planet" is?

(vi) Why does Clay want money?

(vii) What is Harry philosophy of life?

(viii) How does Miss McCutcheon feel about her job?

4. Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) any FOUR of the following questions from Book-III (poems)(8)

(i) Why do the sheepdogs continue to sleep when the Night Mail passes?

(ii) Describe in a few lines the street pf fruit stalls?

(iii) Highlight the confusion of the mother sparrow and the ten young ones.

(iv) What beauties of nature do we miss in hurried life?

(v) What makes one scared of sinning? 

(vi) What is the result ofBroken Images?

SECTION-II

5. Write a letter to your friend condoling the death of his mother.(10)

OR

Write an application to the principle of your college for issuance of Character Certificate.

6. Write a story on moral lesson: (10)

"No Pains, No Gains."

OR

" A Bride in hand is Worth Two in the Bush."

7. (a) Explain the following lines with reference to the context;(5)

I, with my stoop, reflect

They stand most straight

Who learn to walk beneath a weight.

(b) Punctuate the following extract from Book-I.(5)

she shuddered all right take it easy she said why are you getting so upset its only talk after dinner arthur went into the living room

(c) Use any FIVE of the following pairs of words in your sentences. (5)

(i) Angel; angle    (ii) Cue; queue  

(iii) Lesson; lessen  (iv) Minor; miner

(v) Sole; soul        (vi) Hoard; horde

(vii) Oral; aural

8. Translate the Following passage in to Urdu. (short stories from Book-I) (15)

There were chickens, pigeons and legs of mutton in the roast and an appetizing odour of roast beaf. Leaf and gravy dripping over the broened skin, which increased the appetite and made everybody's mouth water. Everyone told his affairs, his purchases and sales. The diners discussed the crops and the weather which was favourable for the green things but not for wheat.

Candidate whose medium od the Examination is English will write an essay on " Games and Sports."(15)

(ii)