Independent University, Bangladesh Admission Test Summer 2019 (Test 2) Subject: English Please read the following instructions carefully: ‘a) Carefully fill out the upper part of the answer script. b) Answer all the questions. ©) Select only one answer option. 4) Fill the appropriate circle on the answer sheet. e) There is no negative marking. 4) Switch off all mobile communication devices.SECTION ONE (GRAMMAR) Select the most appropriate answer from the options (A-D) of (1 -15). Write vour answers on the ANSWER SHEET only. 1. My roommate complained about all the bugs around since we moved in. Ato be flying B. have flown C.tobeing flown _D. having been flying 2. All of these houses, are falling apart already, will be put down. A. what B. that CC. for which D. which 3. My cousin shared his lunch with me; was very kind of him. A. where B. that C. what D. which 4, My English teacher, father is the principle of the school, is going to join us for lunch. A. which, B. that C. whose D. whom 5. He drove instead of flying he could stop by his uncle on the way there. A. so that B. in case C. hence D. however 6, We lost our final game and we didn't make it to the Inter University Qualifier. A. therefore B. notwithstanding C. however D. since 7. It doesn't mean she loves you just she accepted to go to the movies with you. A. due to B. despite C. yet D. because 8. Angelina has gone to her village, 2 ‘A. hasn't she B. isn't it C. doesn't she D. did she 9. When he from the company he for 20 years, he felt devastated. ‘A. has been fired / has worked B. fired / had worked C. fired / worked D. was fired / had been working 10, By the time 1 enough money, it 100 late to turn things around. ‘A. had saved / has been B. had saved / was C. would save / had been D. have saved / was11. Bob was tired! A very B. too C. much 12, He was successful passing the test. A. on B. for C.in 13. [hope anew car. A. willbuy B. buy Cato buy 14, After high school, Robert took an accounting course. A. has finished B. finishing C. finished 15. [don't know s A. whose he B. who he is CC. who is him Dito D. buying D. he finishes D. who is heSECTION TWO (VOCABULARY) Select the most appropriate answer from the options (A-D) of (16 - 25) Write vour answers on the ANSWER SHEET only. 16, Teachers are very important to the society because they help the new generation. A. look after B. take after C. watch out D. bring up 17. Lam afraid 1 will not able to so much work since there is only one day left. A. over B. cope with C. get along with. keep up 18. The fact that he likes expensive cars very much. with the fact that he is a poor man. A. goes with B. compares C. suits D. conflicts 19, He is so arrogant and vain that he looks down on everyone. Consequently, everyone _ him. A. isangry B. ignores C. surprises D. is interested 20. If money hadn't been maybe there wouldn't be so much chaos in the world, ‘A. conquered B. found C. invented D. discovered 21. Why do you ___ on his smoking all the time even though you know that he is not a smoker? A. persist B. convince C. insist D. persuade 22.The thief was of robbing the bank and killing two men, A. admired B. sentenced C. actualized D. accused 23.The baby his mother's green eyes and his father's strength. A. took after B looked after C. looked like D. inherited 24.We have ___ time so we must finish the exam. Put your peneils down and give your papers to the person in front of you. A. spent B. finished C. passed D. run out of 25. It is amazing that only a three- year- old child the plane crash in which hundreds of passengers died. A. lived B. escaped C. survived D. savedSECTION THREE (READING) Select the most appropriate answer from the options (A-D) of ( 26 - 33) Write vour answers on the ANSWER SHEET only. PASSAGE ONE Are Twitter and Facebook affecting how we think? A. The power of modem electronic media — the net, mobile telephones and video games — to capture the attention of the human mind, particularly the young mind, and then distract it, has lately become a subject of concern. We are losing the ability to apply ourselves properly to a single task, like reading a book entirely or mastering a piece of musie or an instrument, with the result that our thinking is becoming shallower. Sir Tom Stoppard, the noted British playwright, aired a version of this view recently when he ‘warned that the printed page was in danger of being "swept away” ona tide of technology, with the moving image assuming ever-greater precedence in the lives of young people. B. _It was not a question of new media bad, old media good, he added, but the trend was there, And he is in good company. Barack Obama remarked of his over-fondness for tinkering with his BlackBerry: "Information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment.” C. Nicholas Carr, the American science writer, has mined this theme for his new book, The Shallows, in which he argues that new media are not just changing our habits but our brains. It turns out that the mature human brain is not an immutable seat of personality and intellect but a changeable thing, subject to "neuroplasticity". When our activities alter, so does the architecture of our brain. "I'm not thinking the way [ used to think,” writes Carr. "I feel it most strongly when I'm reading." Years of internet use have, he suspects, dented his ability to read deeply, to absorb himself in books. Dead trees are no longer providing him with the "high" required by his electronically trained mind: "My brain wasn't just drifting. It was hungry. It was demanding to be fed the way the net fed it.” D. He describes getting fidgety when faced with a long text. "When we go online we enter an environment that promotes cursory reading, hurried and distracted thinking, and superficial learning. We are evolving from being cultivators of personal knowledge to being hunters and gatherers in the electronic data forest.” E. _ Carrcites research by Gary Small, a professor of psychiatry at UCLA, who concluded that constant exposure to modern media strengthens new neural pathways while weakening older ones. Just five hours of internet use is enough to awaken previously dormant parts of the brain's pre-frontal cortex, concluded ‘Small. For Carr this is proof that the net can rewire the mind. F. Carr sees dangers. Deep thought, the ability to immerse oneself in an area of study, to follow a narrative, to understand an argument and develop a critique, is giving way to skimming. Young users of the internet are good at drawing together information for a schoo! project, for example, but that does not mean they have digested it. G. Hyperlinks are, he says, a particular problem. They are the "road bumps" in text that tempt you to click on to something else rather than finishing a passage. But is a changing mind a more stupid one? JakeVigdor and Helen Ladd are researchers at Duke University, North Carolina. In a study spanning five years and involving more than 100,000 children they discovered a correlation between declining test scores in both mathematics and reading and the spread of home computers and broadband. "The decline in scores was in the order of 1 or 2 per cent but it was statistically significant," says Vigdor. "The drop may not be that great but one can say that the increase in computer use was certainly not positive.” H. This tendency to skim is compounded by the temptation of new media users to "multi-task". Watch ‘a youngster on a computer and he could be Facebook-ing while burning a CD and Tweeting on his mobile phone. Modern management tends to laud multi-tasking as an expression of increased efficiency. Science, on the other hand, does not. The human brain is, it seems, not at all good at multi-tasking — unless it involves a highly developed skill like driving. I. David Meyer, a neuroscientist at the University of Michigan, says: "The bottom line is that you can't simultaneously be thinking about your tax return and reading an essay, just as you can't talk to yourself about two things at once. People may think otherwise but it's a myth. With complicated tasks you will never, ever be able to overcome the inherent limitations in the brain.” J. Paying attention is the prerequisite of memory: the sharper the attention, the sharper the memory. Cursory study born of the knowledge that the information is easily available online results, say the worriers, in a failure to digest it. Perfect for our soundbite culture, but not so good for producing an informed, subtle-minded electorate. In addition, the brain needs rest and recovery time to consolidate thoughts. Teenagers who fill every moment with a text or Tweet are not allowing their minds necessary down-time. All rather worrying, but is it that bad? K. We have been here before, of course. The Ancient Greeks lamented the replacement of the oral tradition with written text; and the explosion in book ownership resulting from the printing press was, to some, the work of Satan. In the 18th century, the French statesman Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes railed against a new device that turned people into "dispersed!" individuals, isolated in "sullen silence". He was talking about the newspaper. Champions of modern media point to the increased ability of young people to find and manipulate information — to marry video, stills and text for educational purposes. 26. Which word in paragraph A means “expressed”? A. aired B. warned C. printed D. capture 27. “shallower” in Paragraph A means A. deeper B. longer C. heavier D. lighter 28. In paragraph B, “tinkering” means A. dealing casually B. working . thinking D. playing 29. “dented” in paragraph C means A. not at all effected B. effected negatively _C. effected positively D. hurt badly30. “Dead trees” in paragraph C refers to A. books B. paper C. leaves D. wood 31, “Cursory reading” in paragraph D involves A. deep reading B. detailed reading. quick reading D. academic reading 32, “dormant” in paragraph E means A playful B. dead C. alert D. inactive 33. “laud” in paragraph H means A. support B. loud C. praise D. criticize PASSAGE TWO (CLOZE PASSAGE) Read the passage carefully and choose words (34 - 40) from the given answers to complete it. ™ ur yn Ni Shopping is an important part of today's 34. society. Shoppers are important for a country's economy because they consume many of the goods that industries produce. 35. , in early civilizations, people exchanged the goods that they produced. Centuries ago, the introduction of bank notes and coins made it possible to 36, money and buy other goods. The first shops sold food and home-made goods. In the Middle Ages, traditional 37 emerged in small towns. Bakers, butchers, goldsmiths and others produced goods in their own workshops, which were often close to the market place. Today, goods are mass-produced in 38. then sold to wholesalers, who then sell them either directly to consumers or to retailers. These from small one-man stores to large chain stores or supermarkets. In large cities department stores offer everything from household articles to special food. Each floor has a section, where you can buy a wide range of 39. articles. In the last decades big shopping ‘malls have been built on the outskirts of cities. They are popular 40, that have turned into huge entertainment centres with all kinds of opportunities to spend your free time. On the other side, traditional stores in city centres are losing more and more customers because they are hard to reach and there are is little parking space. In the last decade shopping on the Internet has increased steadily. Online stores have replaced mail-order catalogues for people who do not want to get into their car and drive to the nearest shopping mall. In addition, the goods are delivered to your doorstep and you pay via credit card.34, A. buyer 35. A. Despite 36. A. earn 37. A. trades 38. A. workshops 39. A. connected 40.A. destinations B. economic B. Furthermore B. own B. exchanges B. Companies B. allied B. points C. consumer C. Nevertheless C. print Cjobs C. farms C. related C. targets D. producer D. However D. spend D. products D. factories D. linked D. goals