CONFIDENTIAL

MALAYSIA UNIVERSITY of
SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY
INTENSIVE ENGLISH PROGRAMME
MID-TERM
COURSE

READING

DATE

12TH AUGUST 2013

TIME

9.00 A.M. 011.00 P.M.

DURATION

2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
1. This question paper consists of 3 sections.
SECTION A: Answer ALL the questions.
SECTION B: Answer ALL the questions.
SECTION C: Answer ALL the questions.
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3.

Answer the questions in the answer booklet(s) provided.

Do not bring any material into the examination hall unless permission is given by the
invigilator.

4. Please write your answer using a ball-point pen. (This instruction is compulsory)
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LECTURER

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Ms. VIJAYA

Do not open the question paper until you are told to do so.
The question paper consists of 6 pages including the cover page

SECTION A: (Total: 10 marks)

Part 1: Read the passages and choose the correct options according to the readings.

Princess Diana
1961-1997
Princess Diana was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.
She was born in Sandringham, England. Her father was John, Earl Spencer, and her mother
was Frances, Viscountess Althorp.They were both friends of the Royal Family. Her parent
divorced in 1969.She wasnt a happy child.
Diana was at a lot of schools, but she wasnt a good student. In London she was a dance
teacher and a teacher in a childrens school. She met Prince Charles in 1980 at a party.
She was 20 years old when she married Prince Charles. She had two sons, William and
Harry, but her marriage wasnt happy. She and Charles divorced in 1996.After her divorce,
Diana was very busy with charity work, visiting hospitals and poor countries in Africa.
She died in a car accident in Paris in August 1997.She was with Dodi Al-Fayed
1. Where was she born?

2. Who were her Parents?

3. Who were her parents friends?

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4. Was she a happy child?

5. What was her job in London?

6. How old was she when she married Charles?

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7. When was she divorced?
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8. When was she died?

9. Where was she when she died?

Part 2: Read the passages and choose the correct options according to the readings.
(10 marks)

Barack Obama, Americas first black President

BARACK OBAMA is the forty-fourth President of the United States, but the first African
American President in the history of the country. He was born in Hawaii 1961.his father was
a black Kenyan, and his mother a white American from Kansas.
He is married to Michelle, and they have two daughters, Malia Anne and Natasha, known as
Sasha. The children go to a private school in Washington. The girls have a dog called Bo.
Michelle is an attorney (an American lawyer).She doesnt work now her husband is
president. She says her most important job is as mother to their children.
Barack Obama loves basketball. He has his own indoor basketball court in the White House,
and he often invites professional basketball players to come and play with him. He also goes
to the gym. In the evening he sometimes plays billiards. He and Michelle like going to
restaurants in the cinema, and visiting friends for dinner. The family goes to church every
Sunday.
The President and his family live in the White House. It has 132 rooms. One hundred people
work for him. His Chefs make his favourite food-chili and pasta.
Mr Obama works in the Oval Office in the White House. He often works more than sixteen
hours a day.
1. How many children does he have?

2. Where do Barack Obamas children go to school?

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3. What does Michelle do?
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4. What sports does he like?
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5. Where does he work?
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6. How many hours does he work?

7. Do the children have a dog?

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8. Does Michelle work as a lawyer now?
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Section B (10 marks)

( Part 1)
Complete the sentences with and, but, so, or because
1. I like coffee ___ I don't like tea.
2. I cannot swim ___ I can ski.
3. I want a new TV ___ the one I have now is broken.
4. I had to work on Saturday ___ I couldn't go to John's party.
5. My name is Jim ___ I'm your new teacher.
6. I was cold ___ I turned on the heater.
7. We'll have to go shopping ___ we have nothing for dinner.
8. The history test was difficult ___ the English one was easy.
9. We didn't go to the beach yesterday ___ it was raining.
10. We have a test on Monday ___ I'll have to study this weekend.
Part 2
Complete the sentences with was and were

1. She is thirty now, so last year she ____________ twenty-nine.

2. __________________ it a good film?
3. I got married when I ___________________ twenty-seven.
4. It was a great day, but we ___________________ so tired.
5. I didn't buy those jeans because they ________________ too expensive.
6. When I ________________________ a child we lived in Rome.
7. Where _______________________ you yesterday afternoon?
8. _____________________ the weather good while we were away?
9. They ___________________ so naughty as kids.
10. Why ___________________________ he so angry?

Section C

(10 marks)

Part 1
Complete the sentences with some, any a and an
1. Is there____________tea in this kitchen?
2. Are there any girls in your class? No, there arent _____________
3. I havent got________________books to read.
4. This is_______________interesting newspaper.
5. Have the Collins got___________________children?
6. There are __________________cups of tea on the table.
7. Is there any beer in the glass No, there isnt________________
8. Mrs Green is having ______________________coffee with milk.
9. In the park there are ___________________very nice trees.
10. Have you got any glasses? No, I havent got _______________
(Part 2)
Complete the sentences with do, does, dont doesnt
1) My mother likes chocolate, but she _______________ like biscuits.
2) What ______________the children wear at your school?
3) Lynn's father watches badminton on TV, but he _______________ watch judo.
4) Where ______________________the Masons buy their fruit?
5) _____________________the cat like to sleep on the sofa?
6) Dogs love bones, but they ___________________love cheese.
7) Where _________________Sam and Ben hide their CDs?
8) We eat pizza, but we _______________ eat hamburgers.
9) ______________________ Mrs Miller read magazines?
10) _____________________________the boys play cricket outside?