English Test 01

Topi cs : Tens es + Verb + Arti cl es + Comprehens i on

Read the sentences carefully and spot the error in the given sentences.
1 As I cros s ed the roa d, I s tepped on a ba na na s ki n a nd fel l hea vi l y.
A B C D
2 He di dn't ta ke my rema rks s e ri ous l y. In fa ct, he wa s thi nki ng tha t I wa s joki ng.
A B C D
3 He wa s s l e epi ng s oundl y when he a wa kened by a noi s e. He went downs ta i rs to fi nd wha t ha d ha ppened.
A B C D
4 I l ooked over the wa l l a nd s a w Mr. Mohs i n. He wa s pl a nti ng ca bba ges a nd wa s too bus y to s pea k to me.
A B C D
5 The ma na ger ha s ha d ma ny probl ems to s ol ve for he took over s i x months a go.

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A B C D

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6 She i s one of the empl oyees who often works a t home.
A B C D

Read the sentences carefully and choose the correct options from the given choices.
7 They a l l new everythi ng. Al i them.
a ) ha s tol d b) ha d tol d c) wa s tol d d) ha ve been tel l i ng
8 There i s no wa ter l eft i n the jug. They all.
a ) ha ve drunk b) dra nk c) ca n dri nk d) none
9 Ei ther of two s ugges ted propos a l s worka bl e to me.
a ) s ound b) s ounds c) both a a nd b d) none
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Two wi ndows a nd a door
a ) needs b) need
to be repa i red.
c) both a a nd b d) none
11 Nei ther the ma na ger nor hi s s ubordi na tes pres ent a t the meeti ng.
a ) ha s been b) wa s c ) woul d d) were
12 The a udi ence returni ng to thei r s ea ts a fter the i nterva l .
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a) is b) wa s c) a re d) none
13 None of the tena nts pa i d thei r rent.
a ) ha ve b) ha s c) a re d) were
14 There i s ________ box of chocol a tes on ________ ta bl e for you.
a ) a , the b) the, a c) a , a d) the, the
15 Sha hi d’s fa ther i s empl oyed a s ________ el ectri cia n i n ________ texti l e mi l l .
a) a, an b) a n, the c) a n, a d) the, a
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 Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below.
Chri s topher Nol a n, now 22, i s not onl y a s pa s ti c who ca nnot wa l k, s ta nd, move hi s a rms or ta l k; he
a l s o s uffers from cerebra l pa l s y, a di s e a s e of the bra i n whi ch s ometi mes ca us e s hi s l i mbs to jerk
uncontrol l a bl y. Mos t peopl e who s uffer from s uch s e ri ous di s orders l i ve vegeta ti ve l i ves , a nd merel y
wa i t for the end – but not Chri s topher Nol a n, or Chri s ty, a s he i s a ffecti ona tel y known.
Nol a n owes hi s crea ti ve l i fe a s a n a uthor not onl y to hi s own coura ge a nd determi na ti on but a l s o
to the i ni ti a ti ve a nd ca re of hi s pa rents . Ins tea d of l ea vi ng hi m to vegeta te, they enrol l ed hi m i n a
s peci a l s chool i n Dubl i n. To do thi s they ha d to gi ve up thei r fa mi l y fa rm a nd move to the ci ty.
In the s chool Nol a n l ea rned to type. As he i s a bl e to move hi s hea d, he pecks a t the keys wi th a
s ti ck a tta ched to hi s hea d by a hea dba nd; a nd thereby converts hi s thoughts i nto wri tten l a ngua ge.
Doi ng thi s ha s not been ea s y, for often a n a tta ck of pa l s y s ends hi s fa ce cra s hi ng i nto the typewri ter.
However, thes e a tta cks were l a ter control l ed by a mus cl e-rel a xi ng drug. Even then i t s ometi mes
took ten mi nutes for hi m to type a s i ngl e word.
Hi s brea kthrough ca me a fter el even yea rs of “pl a yi ng a round wi th words ”. Hi s ea rl y poems ea rned

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hi m a wa rds from the Bri ti s h Spa s ti cs As s oci a ti on, but hi s fi rs t rea l tri umph ca me i n 1981, when

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Wei denfel d a nd Ni chol s on publ i s hed hi s col l ecti on ‘Dam-Burs t of Drea ms ”, whi ch wa s hi ghl y
a ccl a i med by Bri ti s h cri ti cs .
Nol a n then went on to publ i s h hi s a utobi ogra phy ‘under the Eye of the Cl ock’.
The publ i ca ti on of a bi ogra phy of a pers on i n hi s ea rl y twenti es mus t be a ra re occurrence, a s few
a t tha t a ge woul d ha ve much ma teri a l to go i nto a bi ogra phy. But thi s i s not true of Chri s topher
Nol a n. Bes i des a ccounts of the coura geous events of hi s boyhood, one rea ds des cri pti ons of the
i dyl l i c Iri s h country-s i de, a nd, i n contra s t, s tori es of pra nks s uch a s cutti ng cl a s s es i n s chool . Thes e
l a s t epi s odes gi ve the l i e to the noti on tha t s pa s ti cs neces s a ri l y l i ve s a d a nd a ri d l i ves .
Cl os e members of hi s fa mi l y, hi s pa rents a nd hi s 24-yea r ol d s i s ter Yvonne, ha ve l ea rned to rea d
hi s body s i gns s uch a s nods , wi nks a nd ra i s ed s houl ders , a nd a ct a s hi s i nterpreters whenever he
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i s a mong compa ny, a s duri ng hi s recent tra vel s through the Uni ted Sta tes promoti ng hi s
a utobi ogra phy. As Nol a n tra vel s i n a wheel -cha i r, hi s tour mus t ha ve been a tes t of endura nce, i f
not a n ordea l .
In hi s wri ti ngs Nol a n does not a ttempt to pl a y down hi s condi ti on, nor does he us e mi l d or va gue
expres s i ons for words l i ke ‘bra i n da ma ge’, ‘cri ppl e’ a nd ‘s pa s ti c’. Convers el y, he i s tota l l y cons ci ous
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of hi s own gi fts a s a wri ter, a nd hi s grea t good fortune i n ha vi ng a fa mi l y whi ch i s s upporti ve of hi s
des i re to wri te. He a cknowl edges the exi s tence of ma ny other vi cti ms of pa l s y, even s ome who l i ke
hi m ma y ha ve i ntel l ectua l gi fts , but a re s hunned a nd unwa nted, ma ny merel y beca us e of thei r
phys i ca l a ppea ra nce.
But Nol a n i s not merel y a ma n wi th a mi s s i on; he i s fra nkl y a mbi ti ous , a nd ha s expres s e d the des i re
to ma ke hi s ma rk a s a wri ter of thi s deca de. Hi s s ucces s , however, i s dependent on the conti nued
s upport of hi s fa mi l y.
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16 What is cerebral palsy?

a ) It i s a profound or deep s ta te of uncons ci ous nes s .
b) Such pa ti ents ha ve di ffi cul ti es wi th s oci a l i ntera cti on,
di s pl a y probl ems wi th verba l a nd nonverba l
communi ca ti on, a nd exhi bi t repeti ti ve beha vi ors or
na rrow, obs es s i ve i nteres ts .
c) It i s a n i nva ri a bl y fa ta l neurol ogi ca l di s ea s e tha t a tta cks
the nerve cel l s (neurons ) res pons i bl e for control l i ng
vol unta ry mus cl es .
d) It i s a di s ea s e of the bra i n tha t ca n ca us e l i mbs to jerk
uncontrol l a bl y.
17 Do all spastics suffer from cerebral palsy?
a ) Yes , we get to know from the pa s s a ge tha t Ni chol a s wa s
a s pa s ti c a nd wa s a l s o s ufferi ng from cerebra l pa l s y.
b) Not a l l s pa s ti cs s uffer from thi s .
c) Both of thes e terms repres ent the s a me di s ea s e.
 d) Al l s ufferi ng from cerebra l pa l s y a re s pa s ti cs too but a l l
s pa s ti cs need not s uffer from cerebra l pa l s y.
18 What made Nolan famous national-wide?
a ) Nol a n beca me fa mous due to the publ i ca ti on of a
col l ecti on of hi s poems .
b) His bi ogra phy ea rned hi m the bes t s el l er a wa rd for hi s
pers i s tent a nd i ntel l i gent ha rd work.
c) He beca me fa mous for overcomi ng hi s i l l nes s .
d) He beca me fa mous for hi s degree i n the l i tera ture.
19 What two factors contributed most to Nolan making a success of his life?
a ) Government’s concern a nd hi s fa mi l y’s s upport.
b) Publ i c’s encoura gement a nd hi s wri ti ng s ki l l s .
c) Hi s gi fts a s a wri ter a nd the s upport of hi s fa mi l y.
d) Hi s wri ti ng s ki l l s a nd the l ove for na ture.

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20 “…….. few at that age have much material to go into a biography”. What does this statement tell us of Nolan’s life?

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a ) Nol a n ha d experi enced enough a t a young a ge to jus ti fy
the publ i ca ti on of a n a utobi ogra phy.
b) He ha d rea d a l ot of books .
c) He ha d a mentor to gui de hi m how to go a bout i t.
d) His fa mi l y’s s upport ena bl ed hi m to ta ke up thi s mi s s i on.

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