Rahula College Final Test

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1 Rahula College Final Test hours General English 2012 A/L Name:. Class :. Time - 2 hours, Grammar :- 01). Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition from the list given below (10 mark) How Early History was Written In my letter to you yesterday, I pointed out that we have to study the early story of the earth from the book of nature. This book consists 1. everything that you see 2... you, the rocks and mountains and valleys and rivers and seas and volcanoes. This book is always open 3 as but how few 4...us pay and attention 5.. it, or try to read it. If we learnt how to read it and understand it, how many interesting stories it could tell us! And so 6. this book of nature we would learn something of those far off days when no man or animal lived 7... this earth With the growth of cities, gradually countries and nations were formed. People who lived 8... each other in one country naturally get to know each other better. Fighting and killing are 9. the most stupid things that people can do, we are not free even 10. our own country.

2 [on, of, around, in, near, of, before, from, about, to, ] 02). Form question to get the underlined words/ word as the answer (10 marks) 1. Nimal has gone to the library? Where Technicians have more job opportunities, Who.. 3. We should always keep promises, What The guard shot the prisoner to prevent his escape, Why.. 5. He buys groceries and vegetables on a daily basis How.. Vocabulary 03). Underline the correct word (05 mark) 1. She is.. (morning, mourning) the death of her relative, 2. Please (draft, draught) me that letter, 3. He is the. owner of the factory (sole, soul) (Peal, Peel ) that orange for me, 5. Buy me some (stationery, stationary)

3 04). Underline the correct word ending (05 mark) 1. The teaching panel comprises high.. (est, ly, er,) qualified lawyers. 2. Who is this shame.. (ful, less, fully,) fellow? 3. Mr. Perera is doubt (er, ful, fully,) about religions. 4. Shah Jahan is famous all over the world for his interest in architect. (ural, ure, urally,) 5. My teacher has given me the enough inform.. (er, ation, ative) 05). Reading comprehension, NOTICE OF THE ST. ALOYSIUS O.B.A. COLOMBO BRANCH AGM 2011 The Annual General Meeting of St. Aloysius College Galle, O,B,A. Colombo Branch will be held on Sunday the 9 th December 2012 at the Hotel Sapphire, No.371, Galle Road, Wellawatte. Sumith Hewavitharana Hony Secretary Read the notice and write the given sentences right or wrong (05 mark) i). O.B.A. St Aloysius College, Colombo has published this notice. (..)

4 ii). The Annual General Meeting will be held in december ( ) iii). Sumith Hewavitharana is the Hony secretary of O.B.A, (.) iv). The meeting will be held at the Hotel Galadari (.) v). Hotel Sapphire is situated in Wellawatte. (.) 06) answer the questions given below (05 mark) Car fumes raise heart attack risk. Breathing in heavy trattic fumes can trigger a heart attack, say UK experts. Heart attack risk is raised for about six hours post exposure and goes down again after that, researchers found. Repeated exposure is still bad for bealth and shortening life expectancy It you have been, diagnosed with heart attack, try to avoid spending long periods outside in areas where there are likely to be high traffic pollution levels, such as on or near busy roads. (1). When can trigger a heart attack?... (2). What is raised as a result of for six hours exposure to car fames (3). Write 2 results of repeated exposure to vehicle fumes? i). ii).... (4). What type of people should get more attention?... 07) Read the text and find the meanings of the under lined words. Match the given answer by writing the correct number infrount (10 mark)

5 Probably the 1. commonest fault among students is failure to 2. realize that learning is 3. essentially an active4. process. Too many students sit for hours 5. passively reading and reading notes is and textbooks, without ever 6. attempting actively to recall what they have read. The 7. fallacy, of this method has been 8. amply shown by experiments. The same 10. principles apply to more advanced forms of learning? For 10. effective memory. some form of active expression is essential. a). more than enough b). False c)... Producing desired result. d)...basic rules or truths. e)....occurring often f)...most important, g) not paying enough attention h).. making an effort i)... understand. j)... series of actions, 08). Find the correct word from the given list and fill the blank (10 mark) The impact of the industrial revolution As a result of industrial revolution the life style of the people which had been confined to the village opened to the other parts of the world. It has brought the 01...of different countries together and these trend present even to this day.

6 However, the 2.. Revolution brought about the economic development through out 3. world. Machinery Took the place of manual lab our 4...man a chance to enjoy much leisure. With the industrial revolution 5. villagers migrated to urban 6. in search of jobs 7... factories As a result, the self sufficiency in the rural 8.. disappeared. Towns 9. congested and industrial 10.. began to pollute the environment. [ in, giving, people, rural, became, areas, the, economy, industrial, waste,] 09). Select 5 words from the given words and make 5 meaning ful sentences using each word, (10 mark) Announcement, income, invalid, event, government, organize, education, active, political, win

7 10). write a notice using 30 words to be put up on the notice board in the library to find your missing wrist watch (10 mark) i). made of ii). made in iii). special remarks iv). how to handover 11). Write an essay about one of your favorite teachers. Use the guidelines given below (20 mark) i). appearance of the teacher. ii). qualities of him / her, iii). Why do you select him/ her, (use, about, 125, words)

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