Sreedhar’s CCE ENGLISH HANDOUT

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PASSAGE 1
Directions (1-10): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has
been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each,
five words suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the
appropriate word in each case.
Mobile phones are changing the world we live in. Kenya was regarded as a

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poor (1) lacking hospitals, running water, electricity, education, (2), etc. Mobile
phone technology has (3) all this. Today, 92 per cent of Kenyans (4) the internet
using their mobile phones, Farmers can (5) only check the prices of crop but also
(6) with customers directly. Banking services are (7) available through mobile
phones. A (8) by the World Bank (9) countries where more people use mobile
phones (10) by 0.6 per cent to 1.2 per cent every year. This technology has also
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helped the world come closer together as it allows people from different countries
to interact with each other.
1. 1) neighbour 2) performance3) country 4) development 5) choice
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1) tend
1) changed
2) roads

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2) discovered 3) created
4) peoples
4) transform
5) leader
5) made
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4. 1) go 2) access 3) connect 4)used 5) online
5. 1) decide 2) allow 3) simply 4) not 5) still
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6. 1) handle 2) supply 3) deal 4) argument 5) sell

7. 1) cheap 2) easy 3) income 4) also 5) though
8. 1) report 2) fund 3) researcher 4) wish 5) solution
9. 1) shows 2) publicizes 3) displays 4) focuses 5) proposes
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10. 1) increase 2) work 3) value 4) raise 5) grow
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PASSAGE - 2
One day, while a poor farmer named Fleming was ploughing his field to earn
his (11), he (12) a cry for help coming from a nearby pond. He ran to the pond
where he saw a terrified boy (13) to free himself. The farmer saved the boy. The
next day, a fancy carriage (14) at the farmer’s house. An (15) dressed nobleman
stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy the farmer had saved.
He offered the farmer a (16) for saving his son’s lite. The farmer refused to accept
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payment. At that moment the farmer’s son returned home. Seeing him the
nobleman said, “I’ll make you a deal. Let me provide him with the (17) of education
my son would enjoy”. The farmer’s son (18) to the best schools and graduated
from St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School in London. He went on to become known
throughout the word as Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of penicillin. Years
later the nobleman’s son was (19) with pneumonia. His life was (20) by penicillin.
The nobleman’s son was Sir Winston Churchill - Prime Minister ot Britain.
11. 1) career 2) labour 3) livelihood 4) business 5) profession
12. 1) expressed 2) heard 3) discovered 4) uttered 5) listened
13. 1) struggling 2) attempted 3) seek 4) rushing 5) tried
14. 1) appeared 2) pulled 3) entered 4) arrived 5) approached
15. 1) expensively 2) ordinarily 3) well 4) elegantly 5) impressively
16. 1) reward 2) thanks 3) price 4) cost 5) compliment
17. 1) process 2) sorts 3) pursuit 4) merit 5) kind

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18. 1) passed 2) applied 3) eligible 4) went 5) attended

19. 1) injured 2) weaken 3) sick 4) hurt 5) infect
20. 1) protect 2) guarded 3) prevented 4) saved 5) rescued
PASSAGE - 3
A rich landowner was known for his kindness but he had a short temper
and a weak heart. His household and his servants were therefore very (21) about
what they said to him and (22) they said it. Once when he was (23) the city a
servant was dispatched to him with some (24) The master asked him “You come
from my home, how is (25) ?” “Very well sir.” replied the servant “Only the black

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dog is (36V “Poor thing, why is my dog no more ? It seemed quite (27) when I left
!” “It died of indigestion from eating horsemeat.” “(28) did it get horsemeat ?” “In
our stables sir ?” the servant replied pitifully “What ! (29) our horses die ?” “How
could they live with no grooms to feed them ?” “Why what (30) to the grooms ?”
“What happens to people sir when there is no one to feed them ?” “What about
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our cook ?” “How could he live sir when the kitchen caught fire and the fire
spread throughout the house and destroyed everything ?”
21. 1)concern 2) cautiously 3) thoughtfully 4) careful 5) cheerful
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1) because
1) travelled
2) how

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2) staying
3) yet
3) visiting
4) though
4) appointed
5) what
5) wandered
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24. 1) fact 2) scandal 3) rumour 4) ones 5) news
25. 1) everybody 2) possible 3) this 4) whole 5) yourself
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26. 1) born 2) remaining 3) abscond 4) afraid 5) dead

27. 1) sad 2) correct 3) well 4) fast 5) efficient
28. 1) Then 2) So 3) Somewhere 4) Where 5) Never
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29. 1) Can’t 2) Did 3) stop 4) Save 5) Quick
30. 1) accident 2) occurred 3) happened 4) passed 5) befall
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The king and his minister were fools who ordered that day would be night
and vice versa Everyone had to till their fields and (31) their businesses only
after dark and go to (32) as soon as the sun came up (33) who disobeyed was to
be punished with (34) One day a guru and his disciple arrived in the (35) where
they found everyone assembled in the square (36) the execution of a thief. As the
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thief was (37) to be executed, it occurred to the minister that the thief was too
(38) to be executed as the stake he was to be tied to was rather wide but the
newcomers fit the stake (39) and he said so to the king. Now the guru was wise
and thought of a plan He said to the king. “Punish me (40) Punish my disciple
later.” The disciple too made the same plea Puzzled by this behaviour the king
demanded an explanation “Whoever dies at this stake will be a ruler in the
future!” the guru explained. The king and the minister immediately ordered the
people to execute them so they could continue to rule in the next life.
31. 1) run 2) make 3) function 4) carry 5) supervises
32. 1) asleep 2) bed 3) work 4) travel 5) awaken
33. 1) People 2) Subjects 3) Nobody 4) Those 5) Anyone
34. 1) vicious 2) thanks 3) death 4) harsh 5) pity
35. 1) middle 2) suddenly 3) hope 4) horse 5) city

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36. 1) celebrate 2) face 3) awaiting 4) appearing 5) because

37. 1) definite 2) about 3) plead 4) begged 5) nearly
38. 1) thin 2) much 3) early 4) quickly 5) considerately
39. 1) perfect 2) definite 3) surely 4) exactly 5) equal
40. 1) never 2) first 3) beginning 4) original 5) main
PASSAGE - 5
A long time ago there was a small village inhabited by weavers The rulers
spoke one language while the weavers spoke (41) So when the officials collected
revenue the villagers couldn’t (42) their accounts or present their complaints

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They had to take (43) lying down and pay up So the weavers called a (44) Some of
them suggested they could learn the language (45) others disagreed. It was
finally decided that they would all (46) ten rupees each for a common fund to
(47) two weavers to bring back a supply of the language. At every (38) they stopped
and asked “Have you any of this language for (49) ?” They were either ignored or
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laughed at They finally (50) at a town where some cruel men put some honey in
two jars, filled these with wasps tied the mouths of the jars with cloth and sold
these to the weavers. When they reached their home village the jars were opened

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in the presence of all the villagers and everyone was badly stung The villagers
resolved never to learn another language
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41. 1) different 2) second 3) another 4) clearly 5) some
42. 1) tallied 2) understood 3) teach 4) made 5) explain
43. 1) many 2) effect 3) home 4) interest 5) everything
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44. 1) specialist 2) teacher 3) priority 4) meeting 5) king

45. 1) not 2) even 3) simply 4) but 5) just
46. 1) contribute 2) begging 3) donating 4) benefit 5) participate
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47. 1) go 2) send 3) purchase 4) forward 5) study
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48. 1) village 2) places 3) crowd 4) way 5) courts

49. 1) me 2) buy 3) sale 4) available 5) bargain
50. 1) reach 2) enter 3) approaching 4) arrived 5) appear
Direction (51-) : This is an important part of the question set in the objective test
in English. In this test a candidate is required to rearrange the parts of a sentence
into a meaningful paragraph. In this test sound knowledge of English language
and constant practice enable a student to grasp the meaning of the rearranged
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sentence or paragraph.
51. When I entered her drawin room
P : showed me
Q : the old lady
R : with gold plated legs
S : her beautiful marble table
1) QPRS 2) SQPR 3) SRQP 4) QPSR 5) RPQS
52. The film ends
P : carrying the heroine
Q : about half way through the tunnel
R : with the train
S : suddenly coming to a halt
1) RPSQ 2) PQSR 3) SRQP 4) QPRS 5) RPQS

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53. In many countries,

P : it is necessary to boil water
Q : in order to kill any infectious bacteria
R : it may contain
S : especially those in tropical and sub-tropical regions
1) SRQP 2) JSPQR 3) PSRQ 4) PQSR 5) RPQS
54. Psychologists say
P : an innate drive

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Q : to finish
R : that humans have
S : what they start
1) RPQS 2) PQSR 3) RPSQ 4) PSQR 5) QSRP
55. The use of language
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P : primarily and predominantly involves
Q : and receiving other people’s speech noises
R : making noises without speech organs
S : through our ears

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1) QSPR 2) PRQS 3) PSQR 4) QSRP 5) RPQS
56. Nations of the world
P : as they are fully aware
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Q : are making efforts in developing

R : of the danger of their not coming together
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S : peaceful international relations
1) PRSQ 2) PSRQ 3) QSPR 4) QPRS 5) RPQS
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57. George Bernard Shaw considered

P : a considerable portion of his wealth
Q : and in his will left behind
R : current English spelling
S : for reforms in spelling
1) RSPQ 2) RQPS 3) QRPS 4) QRSP 5) RPQS
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58. In favour of English,
P : has chances of securing employment
Q : we may say that
R : in all parts of India and in foreign countries
S : an English knowing Indian
1) QSPR 2) SPQR 3) SRQP 4) QRPS 5) RPQS
59. The hungry man
P : and said
Q : replied in the negative
R : that he only wanted a meal
S : to his question
l) ISQPR 2) QSPR 3) SPRQ 4) QPRS 5) RPQ

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60. It is
P : that people read fewer books today
Q : than they did
R : even about a decade ago
S : a matter of grave concern
1) PSRQ 2) SPRQ 3) PSQR 4) SPQR 5) RPQS
61. The lecturer began quite methodically

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P : and how well they could be exploited
Q; by telling a class of eager students
R : what were its natural resources
S : where the island was situated.
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1) SRPQ 2) QRSP 3) QSRP 4) SPQR 5) RPQS
62. At the end of the first act
P : owned by a rich man

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Q: they had a cold drink in the theatre bar
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R : by opening liquor shops in the city
S : who had made a lot of money
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1) RPSQ 2) QPSR 3) RSQP 4) QRPS 5) RPQS

63. The natives of the Caribbean
P : regarded the papaya
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Q : because of its ability
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R : as a magic tree
S : to keep them healthy
1) PRQS 2) RPQS 3) PRSQ 4) RPSQ 5) PQRS
64. The India woman wants
P : in a male dominated society
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Q : as an equal partner
R : and it is not too much to demand
S : her rightful place.
1) SRPQ 2) RSQP 3) SQPR 4) QPSR 5) RPQS
65. This is a letter
P : from a young lady
Q : who was lately wounded in a duel
R : written in the most passionate terms
S : wherein she laments the misfortune of a gentleman
1) RPSQ 2) PRSQ 3) RPQS 4) PRQS 5) QSRP

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