Advanced English Exam

Write antonyms for the underlined words in the following sentences. a. The police officers tried to pacify the mob. b. We should discard some of the superstitions.

Write two words using the root word, 'anthro'.

Read the following paragraph and answer the question.

Necessity forces us to try all our sources. Our social setup is such that our demands give birth to our necessities and our inventions satisfy our necessities. Inventions make life real. Our scientific and technological inventions clearly reveal that each invention is the product of the necessities of man. Man invented cloth to satisfy his necessity to clothe himself. He constructed houses in order to live in them. The invention of electricity satisfied his need for light. Thus, it can be found that there can be no inventions without unavoidable necessity.

a. Why did humans invent things?

Read the following paragraph and answer the question. Hobbies are often thought of as activities for people who lead quiet relaxed lives. However, people with full, busy and stressful lives may need hobbies more than the average person, and benefit greatly from having hobbies in their lives. Hobbies bring many benefits that usually make them more than worth the time they require.

a. Who needs to have hobbies?

Use the appropriate form of the words given in the brackets and fill in the blanks.

a. The college aims to be a world center of _____________ in the field of computer science. (excel) b. Please __________ your PIN immediately. (memory) c. I wish to learn the art of ______________ in the summer holidays. (photo)

Write the one-word substitutes for the following ones.

a. Person who looks at the negative side of everything.

b. Medical study of skin and its diseases.

c. One who does not believe in the existence of God.

Read the following paragraph and answer the questions.

Silent valley is a tropical rain forest area at the southern end of the Western Ghats in the Malabar region of Kerala. It is one of the richest biological and genetic heritages in the world. The government of Kerala proposed a hydro-electric project which had a potential for employment. But there was an instant campaign against the project as it posed a threat of extinction to the large variety of biological species which have evolved over hundreds of years. Many individuals and organizations opposed the project. The success of the campaign in saving the silent valley indicates the stand that development should not be at the cost of environment.

a. What is the Silent Valley?

b. Why were individuals and organizations opposed to the project?

. What is the antonym of ‘success’ ?

Read the following paragraph and answer the questions.

If nobody else is going to invent a dish washing machine, I will do it myself!” proclaimed Josephine Cochran, the American inventor of the dish washing machine. She was born on 8th March,1839. She designed the first model in the shed behind her house with the assistance of the mechanic, George Butters, who later on became her first employee. Her dishwasher was the first to use water pressure instead of scrubbers to clean the dishes. It was a hand operated mechanical dishwasher and mainly bought by hotels and large restaurants . It was only in the 1950’s that the general public started buying it.

a. Who invented the first successful dishwashing machine?

b.Why do you think she made George Butters her first employee?

c.What was the principle used in the dishwashing machine?

Write one inflection to each of the following words.

a. open

b write

c. know

d. tell

e. come

Use the following words and write two words each, one using a prefix and another one using a suffix.

a) qualify

b) happy

c) judge

d) pure

e) comfort