Register Number. Max. Marks 100 & Title 18ENT11 COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH-I

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1 QP Code Register Number VELALAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (An Autonomous Institution, Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai) First Semester Examinations Nov / Dec 2018 Regulations-2018 Programme B.E/B.Tech. Semester I Course Code Max. Marks 100 & Title 18ENT11 COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH-I Duration 3 Hrs Knowledge Levels () K1 - Remembering K2 - Understanding K3 - Applying K4 Analysing K5 Evaluating K Creating Part A, Answer ALL Questions. 10 x 2 = 20 Marks No. Question 1. Match the words in column A with their meanings in column B A B (a) Migrate - continue to have or hold (b) Venture - intended to provide or cure (c) Retain - move from one place to another (d) Remedial - undertaking in which there is risk 2. Fill in the blanks with suitable form of the words. Verb Noun Adjective (a) Reflect (b) communication Convert the following sentences into Impersonal Passive Voice: (a) The engine driver averted the accident in time. (b)they have announced the results. 4. Complete the following conditional sentences meaningfully: (a) , the aeroplane cannot take off. (b)if the train is late, Add suitable prefixes to the following words to produce antonyms: (a) ordinary: (more, outside) (b) cast:(front, before) (c) sensitive: (over, too much) (d) chrome: (one). Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verb: (a) One of the machines (malfunction/malfunctions). (b) The police (have/has)arrested five culprits. (c) A three day workshop (was/were) conducted for the management trainees. (d) Linguistics (is/are) an interesting subject

2 7. Edit the following passage by correcting the mistakes in spelling and grammar: during the First World War, Sir Alexander Fleming work as an army medical doktor.he is the inventor of penicillin that prevent a lot of soldiers from being infection.the discovery of penicillin managed to significant boosted the evolusion of medicine. 8. Use TWO of the following phrases in separate sentences of your own: (a) Generated by (b) derived from (c) get rid of 9. Give the equivalent American vocabulary for the following British words: (a) Aerial - (b) Holiday (c) Ground floor - (d) Dust bin Rewrite the following short conversation in the form of a reported speech: Joseph : Good Morning sir. I need a loan from your bank. Manager: May I know why you need loan? Joseph: I have a plan to open a medical shop in my home town. Also,I am quite familiar with this business. Manager: Ok.Take this form and apply for loan. You will get a reply after a week. Part B, Answer ALL Questions. 5 x 1 = 80 Marks 11. i. India is a country of villages. Rural population still dominates the urban population as far as the number is considered. This is despite the fact that there is rampant migration of rural families to urban centres. Generally, the gains of being a unit of the urban population are less than the disadvantages and risks that are in-built in the urban life. Crime, riots, etc are some of the examples of such risks of urban life. The forces that generate conditions conducive to crime and riots are stronger in urban communities than in rural areas. Urban living is more anonymous living. It often releases the individual from community restraints more common in tradition-oriented societies. But more freedom from constraints and controls also provides greater freedom to deviate. And living in the more impersonalized, formally controlled urban society means that regulatory orders of conduct are often directed by distant bureaucrats. The police are strangers executing these prescriptions on an anonymous set of subjects. Minor offences in small town or village are often handled without resort to official police action. As disputable as such action may seem to be, it results in fewer recorded violations of the law compared to those in the big cities. Although perhaps causing some decision difficulties for the police in small town, formal and objective law enforcement is not always acceptable to the villagers. Urban area with mass population, greater wealth, more commercial establishments and more products of our technology also provide more frequent opportunities for theft. Victims are impersonalized, property is insured, consumer goods in more abundance are vividly displayed and are more portable. The crime rate increases despite formal moral education given in schools. Marks Which of the following would be the best title for the above passage?

3 (a) Crime and Punishment (b) Hazards of Urban Life (c) Lure of Village Life (d) Rural-Urban Life (e) Urban Crimes and their Reasons 2. The passage mainly emphasizes the (a) comparative account of wealth in rural and urban areas (b) increasing crime rate in rural areas (c) need for formal moral education to be given in schools (d) reasons for growing crime rate in urban centres as compared to that in rural areas 3. The author thinks that risks and disadvantages are (a) more than the gains in urban life (b) almost negligible in rural life (c) outweigh the gains of rural life (d) surpassed by the gains of urban life 4. Which of the following is a characteristic of an urban setting? (a) Unreported minor crimes (b) Deviation from freedom (c) Less forceful social control (d) Minimal opportunities of crime due to better law enforcement (e) Fewer recorded violations of the law 5. Which of the following statements are TRUE in the context of the passage? (a) The display of consumer goods in the main case of crime. (b) Lack of personal contacts increases crimes in urban areas (c) Small communities have more minor crimes than in urban centres. (d) Urban crimes cannot be prevented. (e) Police in urban areas settle minor disputes without official action.. Which of the following inference(s) can be drawn from the contents of the passage? (A) Migration of people from rural areas to urban centres is almost negligible. (B) Strangers can enforce laws in more impartial manner than known people can. (C) Wealth has concentrated more in urban centres than in the rural areas. (a) A and B only (b) B and C only (c) A and C only (d) All the three

4 7. The behavior of people is generally moulded because of social control in (a) formally controlled urban societies (b) the presence of the police authorities (c) an anonymous form of living (d) non-traditional societies 8. It can be inferred from the passage that urban crime can be controlled by (a) greater emphasis on moral education (b) enforcement of law by distant bureaucrats (c) vivid display of expensive consumer goods (d) making expensive consumer goods less portable II. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE in the context of the passage? (a) Moral education imparted in schools is ineffective in checking crime rate. (b) There is less freedom in the current society than in a traditional society. (c) Urban areas are thickly populated and commercialized. (d) Anonymous living in urban areas may lead a freedom to deviate from rules. 4 III.Choose the word which is most SAME in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage. (a). SUBJECTS (a) topics (b) people (c) crimes (d) rules (e) provinces judged (b). HANDLED (a) reported (b) settled (c) dispensed (d) punished (e) (c). DISPLAYED (a) exhibited (b) kept (c) rested (d) removed (e) sold (d). CONDUCIVE (a) prohibitive against (b) helping to reduce (c) prone to minimize (d) tending to promote (e) helping to deteriorate

5 12. (a) Imagine that your friend likes to spend the weekend by watching a film or reading a book. He needs your suggestions related to the choice of book or film. Write a letter to your friend about a book/film that you enjoyed much. In your letter, explain the reasons for your choice and discuss both the strengths and weaknesses of that book/film. (b) Imagine that your friend does not like reading newspaper, magazine and short stories. He is not aware of the importance of reading habit. Write a letter to him about the usefulness of reading habit and its positive effects on language proficiency of the individual. 13. (a) Write a dialogue between a father and a son about the experience the son gained during his visit to the USA. (b) Complete the following dialogue by framing suitable questions: Shopkeeper : Customer : I want to buy a good perfume. Shopkeeper : Customer :I want a perfume in the price range of Rs.800 to Rs.1,000. Shopkeeper ; Customer : I prefer imported ones. Shopkeeper : Customer : I like much fragrance. Shopkeeper : Customer : No, I don t want a body spray. Shopkeeper :But sir, there is an offer. When you buy one perfume, you get a body spray free. Customer : Shopkeeper : It costs Rs.800 Customer : (a) Internet is extensively used in various fields. But the recent cybercrimes make the people rethink about the security measures. Write an essay not exceeding 300 words discussing the types of cybercrime and relevant security measures. (b) Electronic waste is a major problem in most of the countries since it has become major cause for different diseases. Write an essay not exceeding 300 words on health effects of electronic wastes (a) Write a review on a movie that you have recently watched. (b) Write a review on a book that you have recently read.