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This isn't the actual exam, but the final exam was based on this. Please
ignore sections that you have not studied or are not included in your
final. You may do them out of interest's sake, ....
SECTION
I: VOCABULARY
(15 marks) 1.
Give the meaning or a suitable synonym for any 5 of the words below.
(5) a.
affliction ………………………………… b.
prow
………………………………… c.
obsessed ………………………………… d.
knell
………………………………… e.
spawned ………………………………… f.
attire
………………………………… 2.
Choose the correct word in brackets to complete the following
sentences.
(5) a.
The film was censored because of (explicit / esoteric / abstract)
violence in some scenes. b.
Shakespeare was a (prolific / terse / brief) writer, producing 37 plays
and over 150 sonnets in his short lifespan. c.
The articles in Travel magazine are (redundant / divergent /
eclectic): written by different authors about many different travel
destinations. d.
The starving child’s stomach was (distended / banal / indelible) from
hunger. e.
Hair-colour, eye-colour and height are (homogenous / florid / inherent)
traits. 3.
Use 5 of the following words in a sentence of your own.
(5) a.
labyrinth
_________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ b.
sahib
_________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ c.
aspire
_________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ d.
allotment
_________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ e.
buoyancy
_________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ f.
in terrorum
_________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTION
II: LITERATURE
(25 marks) A. The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare Read the
following extract as a guide to answering the questions which follow: Macbeth:
I have done the deed. (Looks
at his hands.)
This is a sorry sight. Lady
Macbeth:
These deeds must not be thought
After these ways; so, it will make us mad. Macbeth:
Methought I heard a voice cry, sleep no more.
Macbeth does murder sleep, the innocent sleep,
Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleave of care,
The death of each day’s life, sore labour’s bath, Balm
of hurt minds, great nature’s second course, Chief
nourisher of life’s feast. Lady
Macbeth:
What do you mean? Macbeth:
Still it cried, sleep no more, to all the house.
Glamis has murdered sleep, and therefore Cawdor Shall
sleep no more. Macbeth shall
sleep no more. 2.
What horrific “deeds” do Macbeth (and his wife) refer to here? (1) ________________________________________________________________________________ 3.
Who are Glamis and Cawdor?
(1) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4.
Describe Macbeth’s possible tone of voice in speaking these lines. (2) ________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Since both Macbeth and his wife suffered sleepless nights later, these lines can be seen as yet another prophecy or prediction in a play full of them. Name two other prophecies and explain how they came true in the play. (4) _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 6.
In this scene an imaginary voice plagues Macbeth.
What other unnatural events does he encounter?
(2) ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ B.
Grendel from Beowulf (translated
by Burton Raffel) Read the
following extract from Beowulf as a guide to answering the questions which
follow:
At daybreak, with the sun’s first light, they saw How
well he had worked, and in that gray morning
Broke
their long feast with tears and laments For
the dead. Hrothgar, their lord,
sat joyless In
Herot, a mighty prince mourning The
fate of his lost friends and companions, Knowing
by its tracks that some demon had torn His
followers apart. He wept, fearing
The
beginning might not be the end. And
that night Grendel
came again, so set On
murder that no crime could ever be enough, No
savage assault quenched his lust For
evil. 1.
Grendel, referred to as “he,” is given human qualities, and the
only way to distinguish him and his attack from a human one is by his
“tracks”. What message does
the Beowulf poet have for us about violence and destruction.
(2) ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ C. “A Mild Attack of Locusts” by Doris Lessing Read
the passage as a guide to answering the questions which follow. In
the night it was quiet; no sign of the settled armies outside, except
sometimes a branch snapped, or a tree could be heard crashing down. Margaret
slept badly in the bed beside Richard, who was sleeping like the dead,
exhausted with the afternoon’s fight. In
the morning she woke to yellow sunshine lying across the bed – clear
sunshine, with an occasional blotch of shadow moving across it.
She went to the window. Old
Stephen was ahead of her.
There he stood outside, gazing down over the bush.
And she gazed, astounded – and entranced, much against her will. For
it looked as if every tree, every bush, all the earth, were lit with pale
flames. The locusts were fanning
their wings to free them of the night dews.
There was a shimmer of red-tinged gold light everywhere.
She went out to join the old man, stepping carefully over the insects.
They stood and watched. The
sky overhead was blue, and clear.
“Pretty,” said Old Stephen, with satisfaction. Well, thought Margaret, we may be ruined we may be bankrupt, but not everyone has seen an army of locusts fanning their wings at dawn. 7.
The conflict between the beauty of Africa and the problems encountered
there is a central theme in writing from this part of the world. How is this theme evident in the above passage.
(4) ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 8.
Explain briefly what internal conflict/s Margaret attempts to deal
with?
(4) ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ D. “Ozymandias” by Percy Byshe-Shelley
Read
the passages as a guide to answering the questions which follow. I
met a traveller from an antique land Who
said: two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand
in the desert. Near them on the
sand, Half-sunk,
a shattered visage lies, whose frown And
sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which
yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The
hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; And
on the pedestal these words appear: “My
name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look
on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” Nothing
beside remains. Round the decay Of
that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The
lone and level sands stretch far away. 9.
Describe Ozymandias’ character from what you learn about him in the
poem. What does the speaker feel
towards Ozymandias? Give reasons
for your answer.
(3) _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 10.
What is ironic about Ozymandias’ claims and the present condition of
his statue?
(2) _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTION
III: READING
(15 marks) A.
Complete the comparison-contrast outline below for the following passage.
(5) Few
people realise the similarities that exist between the political systems of the
United Kingdom and the United States. As
the names suggest, both countries are composed of separate units:
the United States consists of 51 states with some dependent islands each
forming its own federal laws, but with national concerns, like defence and
foreign policy controlled by a central government.
The US is governed by a Congress, Senate and president, all of which are
elected. Laws in the US are debated
by Congress and Senate before they are confirmed by the president, while the
day-to-day running of both countries is left to officials within departments
responsible for all aspects of civic life.
Nevertheless, policy is decided by central government: the Federal US
government or “Westminster” in the UK. The
United Kingdom, on the other hand, consists of numerous dependent islands as
well as 4 separate countries controlled by a much stronger central government.
However, it has already allowed Scotland and Ireland to control some of
their own local issues. The House
of Lords, House of Commons and Monarch (Queen Elizabeth II) govern the UK - the
“Lords” and Monarchy are hereditary positions, but the Commons is elected. UK laws are debated by both houses before being signed by HM
the Queen. Recently, however, UK
laws have also had to conform to the European Charter.
Unlike the US president, Elizabeth II rarely interferes in the day to day
running of the state, leaving that to her popularly elected Prime Minister and
House of Lords. US
and UK Political Systems I. Similarities
A.
__________________________________________________________________________
B.
__________________________________________________________________________
C.
__________________________________________________________________________ D.
__________________________________________________________________________ II.
Differences
US.
UK I. ____________________________ I. ____________________________
____________________________
____________________________ II. ____________________________ II. ____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
III.
____________________________
III.
____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ B. Identify the propaganda technique(s) and fallacies of logic in the sentences below. Choose from the table. There may be more than one type in use and one type may be used repeatedly. (5)
1.
“Enjoy a sumptuous meal in the candlelit ambience of Venezia, the Ritz
of Dubai.” _______________
2.
“We either attack them now while they’re weak or we will lose the
war.”
_____________ 3.
“General Pinto was divorced last year.
I don’t think he’s a good choice as presidential candidate.” _____________
4.
“Sophia Loren uses Lux: beauty soap of international models and film
stars.
_____________ 5.
“I saw Richard’s car involved in an accident, he must be a careless
driver.
____________ C.
Write P for positive connotation or N for negative connotation next to
each of
the words in the list below.
(5)
SECTION
IV: GRAMMAR
(15 marks) 1.
Which form of dare is being used? Simply
write the letter of your choice.
(2)
A
– courage
B
– lack of courage
C
– challenge
D
– outrage 1.
You dare to open my letters!
_________________ 2.
I dare you to dye your hair pink for the carnival. _________________ 3.
I don’t dare make a sound if I come in after 2 a.m. _________________ 4.
I daren’t ask for another day off.
_________________ 2.
Supply “Use to” or “Used to” in the following sentences.
(2) 1.
Did you _________________ enjoy school? 2.
I never _________________ complete assignments
on time. 3.
I _________________ get regular exercise, but I
don’t find the time now. 4.
I didn’t _________________ enjoy writing, but
now I do. 3.
Insert one of the forms from the table into the sentences below.
(3.5)
1.
Co-worker: You _________________
eat fried foods every day - they aren’t good for you health. 2.
Doctor: You _________________ eat wheat
products. They aren’t good for your health. 3.
You _________________ forget to pay your
electricity bill, it’s due tomorrow. 4.
You _________________ enter China without first
obtaining a visa, they aren’t available at the entry points. 5.
You _________________ listen to this CD, it’s
completely different to all his previous ones. 6.
ALL NON-RESIDENTS _________________
COMPLETE THE EMBARKATION
FORM. 7.
You _________________ keep quiet while your
father’s asleep, or he’ll ground you tonight. 4. Correct the dangling and misplaced modifier errors. You may add words and change the sentence structure if you have to. (5) 1.
Lawrence
reached the head of Wadi Rumm exhausted from riding non-stop for two weeks. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 2.
Expecting his
arrival, he met with Feisal. ________________________________________________________________________________ 3.
Feisal welcomed him
into his meeting tent, ordering coffee and the sweetest tasting dates. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 4.
Feisal had been
camped in Rumm without gold or supplies from his father in Mecca, who had by now
collected an army of 2000 volunteers. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 5.
The supplies and
volunteers would allow Lawrence and Feisal to attack the Hejaz railway and
perhaps even take Akaba that were sent by Feisal’s father. ________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Insert whose, who, whom, whoever, whomever into the following paragraph. (2.5) Racing
down the slight slope with Auda and his camel-mounted Bedouin warriors, Lawrence
shot at _________________
he saw.
Shooting from the back of a racing camel was not easy, but Ghazalla’s
stride was smoother and faster than most camels, so he easily outpaced Auda and
could pick off his targets _________________
now seemed terrified at the sight of a charging Bedouin camel-corps.
After a few more rounds they broke cover and began to run helplessly in
all directions - easy targets for _________________
had a clear shot. Lawrence alternated firing left and right, then felt Ghazalla
drop stone dead from under him, while he flew through the air, landing
half-conscious, sure to be killed by _________________
came charging down the slope behind him. Later
he found the poor beast, _________________
Feisal had given him, with his own bullet lodged in the back of her head. |
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