MODEL 1

I. a. For 1 to 11, fill in the text below with ONE appropriate word for each gap.
The Freedom to Wander
The natural environment is something that is important for many people. There are, after
all, a far (1) _____ number of arguments about the right to roam through the countryside
than through industrial areas. What reason can be put (2) _____ to explain this
!any people feel a need to (") _____ into close contact #ith the natural environment but
this feeling can turn ($) _____ one of unease in some natural environments, such as
deserts, perhaps because #e believe #e are (%) _____ to function #ell there. These
feelings probably have both a learned and a genetic component, but, either (&) _____ ,
they relate to the extent that #e feel the environment provides all of (') _____ #ith #hat
#e need in (() _____ to survive. )avoured environments offer unlimited vie#s of safe
places to hide, an example of (*) _____ is sho#n by the #ay diners in restaurants more
often than not choose tables alongside #alls of #indo#s.
+esearch into preferences has shed light on the importance to many people of outdoor
settings #ith rugged scenery. )orests are popular, (1,) _____ that they are not too dense.
)or the most (11) _____ landscapes altered by human intervention are not so appealing.
-iven these facts, it comes as no surprise that people #ant to roam, as #ell as live, in the
countryside.
I. b. For 12 to 18, !ppl" the correct anwer.
(12) .n /entence 1, 0that is important to many people1 is a2an
a. 3ominal 4lause, /ub5ect 4omplement6
b. 3ominal 4lause, 7irect 8b5ect6
c. 3on97efining +elative 4lause6
d. 7efining +elative 4lause6
e. :dverbial 4lause, :dverbial !odifier of +esult.
(1") .n the last sentence, 0that people #ant to roam, as ; as live, in the countryside1 is
a2an
a. 3ominal 4lause, 7irect 8b5ect6
b. 3on97efining +elative 4lause6 <ostmodifier of the head9noun 0surprise1
c. 3ominal 4lause, 7elayed /ub5ect6
d. 7efining +elative 4lause6 <ostmodifier of the head9noun 0surprise1
e. :dverbial 4lause, :dverbial !odifier of +esult6
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(1$) .n the sentence 0What reason can be put;1, the #ord 0#hat1 is
a. a relative pronoun
b. an indefinite pronoun
c. an adverb
d. a pronominal ad5ective
e. an interrogative pronoun
(1%) .n the se=uence 0but this feeling can turn ;1, the #ord 0feeling1 is
a. an uncountable noun
b. a present participle
c. a gerund
d. a countable noun
e. a main verb
(1&) .n the phrase 0outdoor settings #ith rugged scenery1, 0outdoor1 is
a. a compound noun
b. a derivative noun
c. a compound ad5ective
d. a derivative ad5ective
e. none of the above
(1') That in line 1, is
a. a #h9#ord
b. a demonstrative pronoun
c. a complementi>er
(1() The morpheme s in provides in line 1, is the head of
a. an inflection phrase
b. a noun phrase
c. a verb phrase
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II. Analyse the poem:
Thou art as tyrannous, so as thou art,
As those whose beauties proudly make them cruel;
For well thou knowst to my dear doting heart
Thou art the fairest and most precious jewel.
Yet, in good faith, some say that thee behold,
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Thy face hath not the power to make love groan;
To say they err I dare not be so bold,
Although I swear it to myself alone.
And to be sure that is not false I swear,
A thousand groans, but thinking on thy face,
One on anothers neck, do witness bear
Thy black is fairest in my judgments place.
In nothing art thou black save in thy deeds,
And thence this slander, as I think, proceeds.
William Shakespeare, sonnet 131
a. Discuss the poem within the literary context of its age (2 pt)s;
b. Discuss the poem in the context of the authors works (2 pts);
c. Refer to the European tradition of this poetic form (2 pt);
d. Show in what way the present poem is innovative within its tradition (3 pts).
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MODEL 2
I. a. For 1 to 11, fill in the text below with ONE appropriate word for each gap.
-lobal Englih
-lobal Anglish exists as a political and cultural reality. !any misguided theories attempt
to explain wh" the Englih lang!age ho!ld ha.e !cceeded internationall", whilt
(1) ........ ha.e not. .s it because there is (2) ........ inherently logical or beautiful about the
structure of Anglish 7oes its simple grammar (") ........ it ea" to learn /uch ideas are
misconceived. Batin #as once a ma5or international language, despite having a
complicated grammatical structure, and Anglish also presents learners ($) ........ all
manner of real difficulties, not least its spelling system. Aase (%) ........ learning, therefore,
has little to (&) ;; #ith it. (') ;; all, children learn to pea/ their mother tong!e
in approximately the same period of time, (() ;; of their language.
Englih ha spread not so (*) ;;. for linguistic reasons, but rather because it has often
found (1,) ......... in the right place, at the right time. (11) ;.; the 1*&,s, t#o ma5or
de.elopment ha.e contrib!ted to trengthening this global status. )irstly, in a number
of countries, Anglish is no# used in addition to national or regional languages. :s #ell as
this, an electronic revolution has taCen place. .t is estimated that in the region of 801 of
worldwide electronic comm!nication i now in Englih.
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I.b. For 12 to 18, !ppl" the correct anwer.
(12) .n lines 29", why the English language should have succeeded internationally is a2an ;
a. 7efining +elative 4lause6
b. 3on97efining +elative 4lause6
c. 3ominal 4lause, 7irect 8b5ect6
d. 3ominal 4lause, .ndirect 8b5ect6
e. :dverbial 4lause, :dverbial !odifier of +eason.
(1") .n line %, easy to learn is a2an ;
a. 7irect 8b5ect6
b. .ndirect 8b5ect6
c. /ub5ect 4omplement6
d. 8b5ect 4omplement6
e. :dverbial !odifier of !anner6
(1$) .n the se=uence whilst have not in line ", the verb have is
a. a modal
b. a lexical verb
c. a perfect auxiliary
d. a generic noun
e. a passive auxiliary
(1%) The se=uence children learn to speak their mother tongue, in lines *91,, contains
a. a possessive pronoun
b. an indefinite pronoun
c. an intensifier
d. a possessive ad5ective
e. a relative pronoun
(1&) .n developments have contributed to strengthening in line 1$ , the #ord strengthening is
a. a verbal noun
b. a gerund
c. a present participle
d. an ad5ective
e. a main verb
(1') Has in line 12 pro5ects
a) a verb phrase6
b) a clause6
c) a participial phrase.
(1() English in line 12 is an eligible antecedent for it in line 12 because
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a) it is free in its minimal governing category6
b) it is bound in its minimal governing category6
c) it is free every#here.
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II. Read the following fragment:
Elinor, this eldest daughter, whose advice was so effectual. possessed a strength of
understanding, and coolness of judgment, which qualified her, though only nineteen, to
be the counsellor of her mother, and enabled her frequently to counteract, to the
advantage of them all, that eagerness of mind in Mrs. Dashwood which must generally
have led to imprudence. She had an excellent heart;- her disposition was affectionate,
and her feelings were strong; but she knew how to govern them: it was a knowledge
which her mother had yet to learn; and which one of her sisters had resolved never to be
taught.
Mariannes abilities were, in many respects, quite equal to Elinors. She was sensible
and clever; but eager in everything: her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.
She was generous, amiable, interesting: she was everything but prudent. The
resemblance between her and her mother was strikingly great.
(Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility)
Starting from the fragment above:
a. Define Jane Austens Sense and Sensibility as a novel of sentiment (2pts.);
b. Discuss the insights into both the subjective and the objective world of its
characters (3 pts);
c. Comment on how Austens analysis of the characters consciousness is reflected
in the excerpt from Sense and Sensibility (4 pts).
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MODEL 3
I.a. For 1 to 11, fill in the text below with ONE appropriate word for each gap.
2.2.1. 3erb
8ver the lat hundred years, much of the art using herbs in cooCing and medicine has
been lost, especially in industriali>ed societies. Dntil recently, fe# people in the cro#ded
cities had the space to grow plants and vegetables, and so (1)__ in the country did
/nowledge of herb linger on. (2)__ the advent of refrigeration, ho#ever, (")__ meant
that the strong smell of old meat no ($)__ had to be disguised, and the appearance of
pacCaged food and easily9 available medicines, the gro#ing of herbs declined rapidly.

3o#adays there is (%)__ anyone who doe not ha.e a mall patch of garden, or a
#indo# sill or balcony large (&)__ for a pot or t#o of herbs. These facts, coupled #ith the
beginnings of a revolt (')__ standardi>ed foods and perhaps also a mistrust of the side
(()__ of some of todayEs medicines, mean that herb have taCen (*)__ a ne# popularity.
The culinary uses of herbs are endless and they can be used (1,)__ good effect all year
round, (11)__ dried form or cut fresh. :s aids to beauty and for medicinal purposes there
is no# a vast range available. Ferbs are for all occasions and all seasons.
I.b. For 12 to 18, !ppl" the correct anwer.
(12) .n line $, the phrase knowledge of herbs is a2an ;
a. prepositional phrase, direct ob5ect6
b. prepositional phrase, prepositional ob5ect6
c. ad5ective phrase, sub5ect complement6
d. noun phrase, direct ob5ect6
e. noun phrase, sub5ect6
(1") .n lines 1,911, who does not have a small patch of garden is a ;
a. 3ominal 4lause, 7irect 8b5ect6
b. 3oun <hrase6 /ub5ect6
c. 3ominal 4lause, /ub5ect6
d. 7efining +elative 4lause6
e. 3oun <hrase, 7irect 8b5ect6
(1$) .n line $, the #ord did is
&
a. a modal verb
b. an auxiliary verb
c. a main verb
d. a marginal modal
e. none of these
(1%) The phrase the growing of herbs declined rapidly contains
a. a past participle
b. an ad5ective
c. a present participle
d. a verbal noun
e. a gerund
(1&) .n the phrase a small patch of garden, the #ord small is
a. an indefinite pronoun
b. an attributive ad5ective
c. an intensifying ad5ective
d. an adverb
e. a =uantifying ad5ective
(1') Which is the sub5ect argument of the verb grow in line "
a. crowded cities6
b. an empty category co9indexed #ith few people in the crowded cities6
c. there is no sub5ect argument.
(1() Herbs in line 1$ has its 3ominative case checCed2 assigned by
a. finite inflection have
b. past participle taken
c. complementi>er that
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II. 4ead the fragment below and dic!G
I warn my kind friends, then, that I am going to tell a story of harrowing villainy and
complicated but, as I trust, intensely interesting crime! "y rascals are no milk#and#
water rascals, I promise you! $hen we come to the proper places we wont spare fine
language %o, no& 'ut when we are going over the (uiet country we must perforce be
calm! ) tempest in a slop#basin is absurd! $e will reserve that sort of thing for the mighty
ocean and the lonely midnight! The present *hapter is very mild! +thers 'ut we will
not anticipate those!
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)nd, as we bring our characters forward, I will ask leave, as a man and a brother,
not only to introduce them, but occasionally to step down from the platform, and talk
about them, if they are good and kindly, to love them and shake them by the hand, if they
are silly, to laugh at them confidentially in the readers sleeve, if they are wicked and
heartless, to abuse them in the strongest terms which politeness admits of!
(W. !. ThacCeray, -anity .air)
1. Fo# the fragment relates to the #hole of the novel, and ho# the novel relates to its
Hictorian context (" pts)6
2. The status of the characters as announced herein ( " pts)6
". Fo# the fragment shapes the figure of the author standing behind the narrative (" pts)
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I.a. For 1 to 11, fill in the text below with ONE appropriate word for each gap.
Ice7fihing
Avery #eeCend, hundreds of +ussians trudge for miles across sno# and ice to
indulge in the one thing #hich gives meaning to their often harh li.eG ice9fishing.
(1);; finding a suitably desolate spot of (2) ;; o#n, they drill a hole in the
ice, dip in their line and #ait for the fish to bite. With no company (") ;;., save that of
the relentless ho#ling of the #ind, they sit for hours huddled over the fro>en !osco#
river, never exchanging more than the ($) ;;.. of grunts or nods #ith a fello#
fisherman, should one pass by. (%) ;; the practitioners of this bi>arre sport might say,
the re#ards of ice9fishing do not include the fish they hope to catch. To say the (&) ;...
these are inedible. 4ould it be, then, that they do it purely and simply for the challenge
Iet another case of man battling against the elements
.n fact, the ma5ority of +ussians do not understand #hy so large (') ;;..
number of their countrymen can #aste the precious hours of #inter daylight on #hat
appears to be such a pointless activity. (();;;. all, #hy should anybody risC life and
limb to catch fish #hich are usually thro#n bacC into the river )or (*) ;;.. ice9fishing
may appear to be safe, it can be (1,) ;;.. dangerous indeed. .n fact, (11) ;;;
unpredictable can be the movement of an ice9flo#, that every year lives are put in danger
or lost altogether. )ishermen can find themselves s#ept a#ay and stranded on sheets of
ice, and, unless rescued by helicopter #ithin a fe# hours, #ill perish in the sub9>ero
temperatures.
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For 12 to 18, !ppl" the correct anwer.
(12) /entence ", 0should one pass by1 is an;
a. :dverbial 4lause, :dverbial !odifier of Time6
b. :dverbial 4lause, :dverbial !odifier of +eason6
c. :dverbial 4lause, :dverbial !odifier of 4ondition6
d. :dverbial 4lause, :dverbial !odifier of +esult6
e. :dverbial 4lause, :dverbial !odifier of 4oncession6
(1") .n /entence *, 0#hich are usually thro#n bacC into the river1 is a2an ;
a. 3ominal 4lause, 7irect 8b5ect6
b. 3on97efining +elative 4lause6
c. 3ominal 4lause, 3oun 4omplement6
d. 7efining +elative 4lause6
e. :dverbial 4lause, :dverbial !odifier of +esult6
(1$) .n the sentence beginning 0With no company...1, the #ord 0ho#ling1 is
a. a gerund
b. a present participle
c. a verbal noun
d. an ad5ective
e. none of the above
(1%) .n 04ould it be, then, ...1, the #ord 0could1 is
a. an auxiliary
b. a modal
c. a causative verb
d. a main verb
e. none of these
(1&) The pronoun in 0)ishermen can find themselves1 is
a. an indefinite one
b. an emphatic one
c. a reciprocal one
d. a reflexive one
e. a possessive one
(1') The governor of the nominal their often harsh lives in lines 29" is
a) verb give6
b) preposition to6
c) noun meaning.
(1() /o in line 11 pro5ects
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a) a clause6
b) a sub9clause6
c) a verb phrase.
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II. Read the following fragment:

One wanted fifty pairs of eyes to see with, she reflected. Fifty pairs of eyes were not
enough to get round that one woman with, she thought. Among them, must be one that
was stone blind to her beauty. One wanted most some secret sense, fine as air, with
which to steal through keyholes and surround her where she sat knitting, talking, sitting
silent in the window alone; which took to itself and treasured up like the air which held
the smoke of the steamer, her thoughts, her imaginations, her desires. What did the hedge
mean to her, what did the garden mean to her, what did it mean to her when a wave
broke? (Lily looked up, as she had seen Mrs Ramsay look up; she too heard a wave
falling on the beach.) And then what stirred and trembled in her mind when the children
cried, Hows that? Hows that? cricketing?
(Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse)
Starting from Virginia Woolfs definition of an ordinary mind on an ordinary day in
Modern Fiction
[The mind receives a myriad impressions trivial, fantastic, evanescent, or engraved
with the sharpness of steel. From all sides they come, an incessant shower of
innumerable atoms...]:
a) Contextualize the fragment from To the Lighthouse in the novel (3 pts);
b) Comment on what is a Modernist perspective in Virginia Woolfs statement in the
fragment above (3 pts);
a) Extend your comment to how this is reflected in the fragment from To the
Lighthouse (3 pts):
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MODEL 5
I.a. For 1 to 11, fill in the text below with ONE appropriate word for each gap.
+ight !p "o!r face with gladne
1,
:re you fro#ning as you read this Fabitual fro#ners may not even be a#are that
their foreheads are creased, and #ill need to touch their bro#s to (1).......... out. :
permanent fro#n is forbidding and unattractive, yet it is very easy to get into the
(2) .......... of fro#ning. Iou can stop yourself by placing your hand on your forehead to
checC #hether your bro# is smooth (") ...... you happen to be reading or #atching
television. .n this #ay, you can begin to unlearn a negative piece of body language J and
if you suffer from headaches, you should find yourself suffering from them ($)..........
/miling at yourself may maCe you feel a (%)....... self9conscious 9 but it #orCsK
3ext time you are (&) .......... the #eather, physically or emotionally, you can test for
yourself the therapeutic po#ers of smiling. Aach (') .......... the expression fades from
your face, try again and again (() ......... you begin to notice an improvement in yourself.
.n a large number of cases, this simple techni=ue #ill produce noticeable benefits
(*) ......... a short space of time J and itEs free.
:s #ell as cheering yourself up, smiling at someone else can help (1,) .......... of
you to feel better, for a smile tends to call forth an ans#ering smile. 8ne of the reasons
#hy #e are attracted to smiling faces is because they can affect our autonomic nervous
system. )acial expressions and moods are catching, (11) .......... #e are not simply
registering that someone is cheerful or cross 9 #e are experiencing the same emotion. If
you are al#ays !rro!nded by miserable people #ith long faces, you are more than
liCely to suffer depressive feelings yourself eventually.
I.b. For 12 to 18, !ppl" the correct anwer.
(12) .n /entence 11, 0#hy #e are attracted to smiling faces1 is a2an ;
a. 3ominal 4lause, /ub5ect6
b. 3on97efining +elative 4lause6
c. 3ominal 4lause, 3oun 4omplement6
d. 7efining +elative 4lause6
e. :dverbial 4lause, :dverbial !odifier of +eason6
(1") .n /entence 11, 0because they can affect our autonomic nervous system1 is a2an ;
a. 3ominal 4lause, /ub5ect6
b. 3ominal 4lause, /ub5ect 4omplement6
c. 3ominal 4lause, 7irect 8b5ect6
d. :dverbial 4lause, :dverbial !odifier of +eason6
e. :dverbial 4lause, :dverbial !odifier of +esult6
(1$) The phrase 0cheering yourself up1 contains
a. a con5unction
b. an adverbial particle
c. a reciprocal pronoun
d. a preposition
e. a participle
(1%) .n the last sentence, the #ord 0eventually1 is
a. an adverb of manner
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b. an adverb of fre=uency
c. an adverb of time
d. an adverb of concession
e. none of the above
(1&) .n the phrase a small patch of garden, the #ord small is
a. an indefinite pronoun
b. an attributive ad5ective
c. an intensifying ad5ective
d. an adverb
e. a =uantifying ad5ective
(1') The sub5ect argument of past participle surrounded in line 2"
a) is the prepositional phrase by miserable people with long faces6
b) is blocCed by its o#n passive feature6
c) is nominal you.
(1() If in line 2" pro5ects
a) a complementi>er phrase
b) an inflection phrase
c) a prepositional phrase
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II. Read the following fragment:
The silhouette of a moving cat wavered across the moonlight and turning my head to
watch it I saw that I was not alone fifty feet away a figure had emerged from the
shadow of my neighbours mansion and was standing with his hands in his pockets
regarding the silver pepper of the stars. Something in his leisurely movements and the
secure position of his feet upon the lawn suggested that it was Mr. Gatsby himself, come
out to determine what share was his of our local heavens.
I decided to call to him. Miss Baker had mentioned him at dinner, and that would
do for an introduction. But I didnt call to him for he gave a sudden intimation that he
was contempt to be alone he stretched out his arms towards the dark water in a curious
way, and far as I was from him I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I
glanced seaward and distinguished nothing, except a single green light, minute and far
away, that might have been the end of a dock. When I looked once more for Gatsby he
had vanished, and I was alone again in the unquiet darkness.
F. S. Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
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Starting from the fragment above,
1. discuss the role of the narrator in the novel
2. comment on the ways in which the persona of the protagonist is developed
3. explain the social topography of the novel
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