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[B][SIZE="3"]ENG101 English Comprehension Assignment No.1 Solution Spring Semester 2013[/SIZE]
Objectives:
To enhance and test students’ reading comprehension skills and conceptual knowledge
To assess students’ knowledge of writing skills
To gauge students’ ability to distinguish between main idea and supporting ideas.
Instructions:
No assignment will be accepted via e-mail after the due date.
Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Plagiarism occurs when a student uses work done by someone else without acknowledging the actual author. It also means copying and pasting the material from handouts and internet source without rephrasing it in his/her own words.
Students must submit their assignments in Microsoft Word file.
Q.1 Read the following passage and answer the questions below: (10)
Education of man does not begin at school, it begins at birth. It ends, not when he graduate from the university, but at this death. Hence education is a life-long process. "Any modification brought about in the behavior of an individual as a result of his interaction with the environment constituted learning.” The child learns through his experience. It goes on forever without any break or barrier. Thus education becomes an active and dynamic process. It is much more than schooling, memorizing or learning a prescribed syllabus. Therefore, J.S. Mackenzie rightly says, "education is a process that goes on through out life, and is promoted by almost every experience in life.” When the learner comes in contact with real situation, he utilized all his past experiences that are relevant to it and gains new experiences. Thus the child goes on reconstructing experiences throughout the whole life. Therefore, education is considered by the educationists as an active and dynamic process.
Questions
After carefully reading the above text, choose the correct option from the following:
1) In this passage, the tone of the author can best be described as
A. pleading
B. argumentative
C. compassionate
D. emphatic
2) What is the running idea of the paragraph?
A. Education is necessary for the society
B. Learning comes through education only
C. Age is an important factor in education
D. Education is a life long process; from both formal and informal ways of life
3) The key word education is used as …..
A cycle
B. process
D. experience
E. interaction
4) How does a child get education in his life?
A. Through interaction with the environment
B. Through memorizing or learning a prescribed syllabus
C. Through experience
D. Through schooling and utilizing each experience in life.
5) What is the similar word of dynamic from the paragraph?
A. Active
B. Full of life
C. Vibrant
D. Continuous
Q.2 Write the most relevant topic, main idea and supporting ideas from the
following passage. (5)
Discontent is an ugly thing. It brings nothing but unhappiness. A discontented man is unhappy himself, and his constant grumbling and bad temper make all round him unhappy too. He is always comparing his lot with the lot of those better off than himself. His envy of them makes him bitter. He hates others for their greater success and prosperity. He is a miserable wretch.[/B]
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Idea Solution :
Every one knows discontent is not good for anyone. There are many problems related to our life by which we become unhappy. Do you know what it means to be discontented? It is very difficult to understand discontent, because most of us canalize discontent in a certain direction and thereby smother it. That is, our only concern is to establish ourselves in a secure position with well-established interests and prestige, so as not to be disturbed. It happens in homes and in schools too. The teachers don't want to be disturbed, and that is why they follow the old routine; because the moment one is really discontented and begins to inquire, to question, there is bound to be disturbance. But it is only through real discontent that one has initiative.
Q:
After carefully reading the above text, choose the correct option from the following:
1) A
2) D
3) B
4) C
5) A
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English Comprehension: Eng101
Fall 2014
Assignment No. 01
Total Marks: 15
Lesson No. 1-9
Objective:
To assess the students’ understanding of word forms and passage comprehension
Instructions
The assignments sent after the Due Datewill not be accepted.
The corrupt files will be marked zero.
The assignments should be zoomed in at 100%.
Plagiarism will NOT be tolerated. Plagiarism means taking credit for someone else’s work by presenting it as your own.
No marks will be awarded for copied assignments and the case may be referred to the discipline committee for a suitable action.
No assignment will be accepted through e-mail.
The font color should be preferably black and font size should be 12 Times New Roman.
Q1. Answer the questions based on the information in the paragraphs below. (10)
1. Arrowheads are tiny stones or pieces of wood, bone, or metal which have been sharpened in order to create a tipped weapon used in hunting. The material is honed to an edge, usually in a triangular fashion, and is brought to a deadly tip. On the edge opposite to the tip is a flared tail.
Which of the following is not a material from which arrowheads were made?
A. Wood
B. Glass
C. Bone
D. Stone
2. When we are young, we learn that tigers and sharks are dangerous animals. We might be scared of them because they are big and powerful. As we get older, however, we learn that sometimes the most dangerous animals are also the smallest animals. In fact, the animal that kills the most people every year is one that you have probably killed yourself many times: the mosquito.
According to the author, some people are more afraid of tigers and sharks than mosquitoes because tigers and sharks:
A. kill more people than mosquitoes
B. are big and powerful
C. are found all over the world
D. have no natural enemies
3. Volvo is building a car that will use gasoline without burning it. CNet Car Tech reports that Volvo will use a fuel cell that converts the hydrogen in gasoline into electricity to run the vehicle’s electric motor when the battery is low. The plug-in hybrid will go farther on the same amount of fuel because regular gasoline engines waste much of the fuel’s energy as heat.
To fill this car with fuel, _______.
A. you’ll have to find a station that sells hydrogen
B. you’ll be able to go to any regular gas station
C. you must plug it in overnight
D. you only need to add water
4. Have you ever wondered what keeps a hot air balloon flying? The same principle that keeps food frozen in the open chest freezers at the grocery store allows hot air balloons to fly. It's a very basic principle: hot air rises and cold air falls. So while the super-cooled air in the grocery store freezer settles down around the food, the hot air in a hot air balloon pushes up, keeping the balloon floating above the ground.
According to the information provided which of the following is TRUE?
Hot air falls and cold air falls too.
Hot air rises and cold air falls.
Hot air falls and cold air rises.
Hot air rises and cold air rises too.
5. We associate certain names with certain shapes of the moon. For example, when we can see a small part of the moon, it is called a crescent moon. When we cannot see the moon at all, it is called a new moon. When we can see the entire moon, it is called a full moon. Usually, there is only one full moon every month. Sometimes, however, there will be two full moons in one month. When this happens, the second full moon is called a “blue moon.”
When does a blue moon happen in nature?
A. When there are two full moons in one month
B. When the moon has a blue color
C. When we cannot see the moon at all
D. When we can only see a small part of the moon
Q2. Categorize the given words according to the type of suffixes attached to them.(5)
Dirty, Urgent, Tighten, Constancy, Modification
Verb forming suffix
Noun forming suffix
Adjective forming suffix
Tighten
Urgent
Modification
Constancy
Dirty
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Solutions of Q 1 :
1.1 ans :
B. Glass
1.2 ans :
B. are big and powerful
1.3 ans:A. you’ll have to find a station that sells hydrogen
4 ans: Hot air rises and cold air falls.
5 ans :
A. When there are two full moons in one month
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