PRE - INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH

MIDTERM EXAMINATION

COURSE : PRE- INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH

COURSE CODE : UEI1015
DATE :
TIME : 2.00 P.M. – 5.00 P.M.

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

1. This question paper consists of TWO (2) parts: Part A & Part B

2. Answer ALL questions from Part A & Part B

STUDENT’S NAME : MD ROSDI BIN IBRAHIM (B21040025)

LECTURER : NUR IZZATI IBAHARIM

Do not open the question paper until you are told to do so.
The question paper consists of 7 pages including the cover page
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PART A: GRAMMAR (40 marks)

Question 1-10: Parts of Speech

Choose the best words to describe the PARTS OF SPEECH in the sentences below.

1. I always go to the cinema on the weekends.

a. noun

b. verb

c. conjunction

2. On hot sunny days, I love to have an ice cream.

a. verb

b. adjective

c. noun

3. James can speak Japanese language very well because he lived in Japan for a year.

a. preposition

b. noun

c. verb

4. The exam was quite easy.

a. noun

b. adjective

c. verb

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5. I know the secret but I cannot tell you.

a. noun

b. conjunction

c. preposition

6. Those flowers are very beautiful.

a. adjective

b. noun

c. preposition

7. My cat likes to eat tuna.

a. conjunction

b. preposition

c. noun

8. How many chairs are there in the room?

a. conjunction

b. preposition

c. adjective

9. Her father is a pilot.

a. noun

b. conjunction

c. verb

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10. Sara does not like apples, nor does she likes oranges.

a. verb

b. conjunction

c. preposition

(20 marks)

Questions 11-20: Simple Tenses.

Write the correct answers in the space provided.

Last summer, I 11. _________________ (travel) to Australia with my family. We 12.

_________________ (stay) in our friend’s house, because we 13. ________________ (want) to
stay in a nice boutique hotel. I 14. _________________ (play) on the beach, 15.
_________________ (go) for sightseeing, 16. _________________ (swim) in the beautiful sea,
and 17. ________________ (write) many postcards. This 18. ________________ (be) a really
different holiday for me. During holidays, I usually 19. _________________ (stay) in bed more
and 20. _________________ (sleep) more.

(10 marks)

Questions 21-30: Simple Tenses

Write the correct answers in the space provided.

One day, we 21. ________________ (visit) an island called Perhentian Island. My father
22. __________________ (warn) me before the trip not to leave my family. He 23.
________________ (want) me to stay with them during the whole trip. I usually 24.
________________ (listen) to my father, but I 25. __________________ (do) not listen to him
in that trip. The island 26. ________________ (be) beautiful and I couldn’t wait to explore
everything but they 27. ________________ (be) really slow. During the trip, I eventually 28.
_______________ (lose) them but at the end of the trip I 29. ________________ (find) them.
They 30. ______________ (be) angry with me but at the same time they were thankful nothing
had happened to me.

(10 marks)

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PART B: READING (20 marks)

Questions 1-5: Answer the questions based on the passage.

Bacteria are extremely small living things. While we measure our own sizes in
inches or centimeters, bacterial size is measured in microns. One micron is a thousandth
of a millimeter a pinhead is about a millimeter across. Rod shaped bacteria are usually
from two to tour microns long, while rounded ones are generally one micron in diameter
Thus if you enlarged a founded bacterium a thousand times, it would be just about the
size of a pinhead. An adult human magnified by the same amount would be over a mile
(1.6 kilometers) tall.

Even with an ordinary microscope, you must look closely to see bacteria. Using a
magnification of 100 times, one finds that bacteria are barely visible as tiny rods or dots.
One cannot make out anything of their structure. Using special stains, one can see that
some bacteria have attached to them wavy - looking "hairs" called flagella. Others have
only one flagellum. The flagella rotate, pushing the bacteria though the water. Many
bacteria lack flagella and cannot move about by their own power while others can glide
along over surfaces by some little understood mechanism.

From the bacterial point of view, the world is a very different place from what it is
to humans to bacterium water is as thick as molasses is to us. Bacteria are so small that
they are influenced by the movements of the chemical molecules around them. Bacteria
under the microscope, even those with no flagella, often bounce about in the water. This
is because they collide with the water molecules and are pushed this way and that.
Molecules move so rapidly that within a tenth of a second the molecules around a
bacterium have all been replaced by new ones even bacteria without flagella are thus
constantly exposed to a changing environment.

Answer the following questions

1. What is the main idea of the passage?

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2. What is the smallest bacterium?

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3. Define the term Visible.

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4. According to the passage, what does someone who examines bacteria using only a
microscope that magnifies 100 times would see?

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5. What do bacteria under the microscope often bounce about in the water?

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(10 marks)

Questions 6-10: Answer the questions based on the article.

A Pioneer in Modern Dance

Many artists late in the last century were in search of a means to express their
individuality. Modern dance was one of the ways some of these people sought to free their
creative spirit. At the beginning there was no exacting technique, no foundation from
which to build. In later year’s trial, error, and genius founded the techniques and the
principles of the movement. Eventually, innovators even drew from what they considered
the dread ballet, but first they had to discard all that was academic so that the new could
be discovered. The beginnings of modern dance were happening before Isadora Duncan,
but she was the first person to bring the new dance to general audiences and see it
accepted and acclaimed.

Her search for a natural movement form sent her to nature. She believed movement
should be as natural as the swaying of the trees and the rolling waves of the sea, and
should be in harmony with the movements of the Earth. Her great contributions are in
three areas.

First, she began the expansion of the kinds of movements that could be used in
dance. Before Duncan danced, ballet was the only type of dance performed in concert. In
the ballet the feet and legs were emphasized, with virtuosity shown by complicated,
codified positions and movements. Duncan performed dance by using all her body in the
freest possible way. Her dance stemmed from her soul and spirit. She was one of the
pioneers who broke tradition so others might be able to develop the art.

Her second contribution lies in dance costume. She discarded corset, ballet shoes
and stiff costumes. These were replaced with flowing Grecian tunics, bare feet, and
unbound hair. She believed in the natural body being allowed to move freely, and her
dress displayed this ideal.

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Her third contribution was in the use of music. In her performances she used the
symphonies of great masters, including Beethoven and Wagner, which was not the usual
custom. She was as exciting and eccentric in her personal life as in her dance.

Answer the following questions.

6. What is the main idea of the passage?

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7. According to the passage, what did nature mean to Duncan?

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8. Define the term Virtuosity.

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9. What are the replacements for corset, ballet shoes and stiff costumes?

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10. What did Duncan use in her performances in her third contribution?

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(10 marks)

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