1st Year English (Preparatory Test B)

 

Class 1^st year                              Subject English                       total marks 50

Q. 1 Choose the correct option.  10

 1. The sun________ in the East every morning.

 A) rise       b) rises          c) rose          d) is rising

2.  He_________ here last night.

 A) come     b) comes      c) came        d) is coming

3.  I__________ in this college since 2007.

  a) work      b) am working     c) worked   d) have been working

4. The Mayor, a stout serious man was waiting for Hubert.

  A) fat          b) slim                 c) naughty    d) talkative

5. He hit on most extraordinary ambition to be appointed_______

  a) a magistrate    b) an inspector   c) a court acrobat    d) a clerk

6. Who is I in the story “ The Use of Force?”

 a) the father          b) the doctor      c) the mother    d) the sick child

7. He speaks to all nations and is perpetually modern.

 A) eternally          b) temporarily      c) aptly    d) none of these

8. which fruit has not been mentioned in the poem?

 a) melon              b) mango             c) guava      d) mandarin

9. I with my stoop________

  a. walk                b) run                 c) think         d) reflect

10. There is a time to refrain from embracing.

  a) participate      b) join              c) wade in     d) abstain

Q2. Answer any four of the following questions.   (8)

1.       What made Hubert shameful? 2. What was the viewpoint of the parents of Gorgios?

3         What was the condition of the parents on the arrival of the doctor?

4         What was the advice given by Nushirvan to his people?

5         Write down the main idea of the poem “Ozmandias”.

6          What kind of a picture of the Karachi slum do we get after reading the poem?

 Q3. Translate the following passage into Urdu.    (7)

The child was fairly eating me up with her cold steady eyes, and no expression to her face whatever. She did not move and seemed, inwardly, quiet; an unusually attractive little thing, and as strong as a heifer in appearance. But her face was flushed, she was breathing rapidly and I realized that she had a high fever.

Q4. Write an application to the principal for re-admission. (10)

Q5. Write a story on the moral “Honesty is the best policy” (10)

Q6. 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