2017

English

Subject Code: 221105

(Advance Reading and Writing)

Time: 4 hours                                                                                                        Full marks: 80

Part–A

Reading-I

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:                                  1x5=5

An intellectual is one who is enlightened; and being an enlightened person, he has to give light to others who are in need of it. In every society we find intellectuals who have a great responsibility towards the society. They have been guiding humanity on the path of felicity and amity. The intellectuals should come out of his ivory tower and try to elevate others to his level. This is the theme of Tennyson's famous poem, "The Place of Art". The intellectual has the duty of seeing the truth and teaching it to others. The contemplation of the eternal laws of the universe brings about a tranquil exaltation of the mind. The perception of the truth is almost the same as perception of beauty and the duty of an intellectual is to see this truth or beauty and to reveal it to others.

1. (a) Who are the intellectuals according to the writer?

(b) What are the responsibilities of the intellectuals?

(c) What is the key word in the last sentence of the passage?

(d) What is meant by the phrase a blessed time?

(e) Why is our life better than that of our primitive ancestors?

Writing- I

(Answer any five questions)

Marks -- 5×1= 5

Answer any five questions:

(f) What is cohesion?

(g) What is listing paragraph?

(h) What is a descriptive essay?

(i) What does the subscription convey?

(j) What should be the language of a press release?

(k) What is the purpose of report writing?

(l) What is a thesis statement?

Part–B

Marks- 20

Reading- II

3×4= 12

Read the text answer any three of the following questions (2-6):

Go into a coffee bar, sit down, relax and try to talk to someone. It may look to others as though you are wasting your time. It may even feel that way to you. But so long as you are doing this in a foreign country where you speak the language or not at all, you are probably acquiring a new language better than your ever could by formal study with a teacher and a textbook.

The social situation, properly used, beats the classroom hollow. It is full of native speakers asking you questions, telling you to do things, urging you to take an active part in conversation, and using gestures freely to make their intentions clear-just like your parents did when you were an infant. So plunge in. All you have to do is talk back. There may be biological reasons why the capacity to learn languages falls away with age, even more than the capacity to learn other things. The brain must be designed to do its best language learning in infancy, and then to redeploy its resources at puberty. But psychological factors play a big part too. As we get older, we get more self conscious, more inhibited, more dependent on other people’s judgements. This process may undermine our capacity to acquire a new language because language underpius a sense of personality and identity. We fear to make mistakes in it.

When we want to learn a new language in mid life for reasons of career on curiosity, we commonly but wrongly tackle it with the sense of doing something difficult and unnatural. We turn to grammar books and compact discs expecting a fight. We are going to ‘struggle’ with the language. We will ‘master’ it unless it defeats us. And with that sort of attitude, it probably will.

All other things being equal, the best learner will be the person who is the most relaxed in conversation and the most self-confident.

2. What will make the native speakers’ intentions clear?

3. How can you learn a new language?

4. Which factors play a big part in learning language?

5. How can a person be a good learner?

6. Why do people turn to grammar books and compact disc expecting a fight?

Writing- II

Marks 2×4= 8

Answer any two of the following questions (7-10) within a few sentences:

7. What would be the form voice and style of writing on the topic-English Romantic Poetry?

8. Write a topic sentence for a paragraph on the topic--‘Book fair”.

9. What language would be applicable in writing when its purpose is to give directions?

10. Write the definition of Rubric.

Part–C

Marks- 50

Reading- III

Marks 2×10= 20

Read the following poem and answer any two of the questions given below (11-14):

My heart leaps up when I behold

A rainbow in the sky:

So was it when my life began;

So is it now I am a man;

So be it when I shall grow old,

Or let me die!

The Child is father of the Man;

And I could wish my days to be

Bound each to each by natural piety.

11.  Write a short critical appreciation of the poem.

12. Narrate the relationship between nature and human beings as reflected in the poem.

13. What are the images used to develop the poem?

14. Explain the last stanza of the poem.

Writing- III

Marks 3×10= 30

Attempt any three of the following (15-19);

15. Write an application to the Principal of your college for increasing library facilities.

16. Write a paragraph on Tree Plantation.

17. Amplify the idea contained in the following proverb: Courtesy costs nothing”.

18. Suppose, you are the Principal of a college. Classes will remain suspended for 2nd year honours test examinations. Now, write a notice about it.

19. Write a report for a newspaper on the flood affected people of your area.