Model Paper of Compulsory English (202) B.A./B.S.W Second Year Tribhuvan University

1. TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY
DARCHULA MULTIPLE CAMPUS
ANNUAL INTERNAL EXAMINATION 2075
Bachelor Level / II Year / Humanities Full Marks: 100
Comp. English (202) Time: 3 hrs.
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far
as practicable. The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Group "A'
1. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:
(15)
Deaths from cardiovascular disease (CVD), which includes heart
disease, high blood pressure, and strokes, first began to decrease in the
1960s in Western countries and have continued to do so since then. In
the United States, the death rate from heart disease fell by over 35
percent between 1980 and 1997. Similar decreases have occurred in
other Western countries.
How can we explain this encouraging development? One factor is
that well-informed people are willing to change to a healthier lifestyle in
order to reduce their risk of CVD. Another important factor is that the
diagnosis and treatment of the disease have improved. Advances in
technology have made possible the early diagnosis of conditions that
may cause serious problems later. As a result, doctors can treat these
conditions either by prescribing drugs to lower blood pressure or
cholesterol or by performing surgery to repair damage to the heart. For
patients who have already suffered a heart attack, the news is also good.
Thanks to high-tech equipment, drugs, and experienced surgeons, many

2. people recover and lead active lives after operations that were
impossible four or five decades ago.
Questions:
a) What do you mean by CVD?
b) What are the good news about cardiovascular disease?
c) Describe the statistical data about the death rate from heart
disease of USA?
d) What is possible now which was impossible before forty or fifty
years and how?
e) What would be a suitable topic for the given passage?
2. Write an essay in about 250 words on "Aids – Not Someone Else's
Problem". (15)
Or
Write a newspaper article in five paragraphs on "Society's Function
to Reduce Prejudice".
3. What do you mean by "Genetic Research"? What are its promises
and problems? (10)
Or
Complete the following sentences with the words from the list
below:
combine vary relevant to gender equivalent
refers to component colleagues appropriate phrase
a. The teacher advised me that I could improve my paper by cutting
out three paragraphs that were not ……………….. the topic.
b. Knowing the grammar rules of our native language enables us to
………………… words to form phrases and phrases to form sentences.
c. In British English, lift is the ………………….. of the American English
elevator.

3. d. In the United States, it is illegal for an employer to use a person's
………………… as a reason for not promoting the worker to a position
of more responsibility.
e. When you write, it is good idea to …………………… the length of your
sentences. It makes your text less boring and easier to read.
f. A CD player is essential ………….............. of a sound system.
g. "Government of people, by the people, for the people" is a famous
……………………… from a speech by Abraham Lincoln.
h. John has just retired after thirty-five years at the university. His
………………………….in the Chemistry Department have named a new
lab for him.
i. The term between-group variation …………………...... linguistic
changes that distinguish members of one group from those of
another group.
j. Asking questions in class is considered …………………….. behavior for
students in some cultures. In other cultures, the same behavior is
not acceptable.
4. Match the following: (6)
A B
1. /b/ a) velar
2. /v/ b) bilabial
3. /g/ c) interdental
4. /ᶿ/ d) alveolar
5. /d/ e) labiodental
6. /ᶴ/ f) palatal
5. Define the following expressions. (4)
Cultural diversity, phonology, climate change, AIDS
Group "B"
6. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions given
below: (5 + 5 = 10)

4. Email. Can't live with it, can't live without it. Con artists and real
artists, advertisers and freedom fighters, lovers and sworn enemies –
they've all flocked to e-mail as they would to any medium of
expression. E-mail is convenient, saves time, brings us closer to one
another, and helps us manage our ever- more-complex lives. Books
are written, campaigns conducted, crimes committed – all via e-mail.
But it is also inconvenient, wastes our time, isolates us in front of our
computers and introduces more complexity into already too-harried
lives. To skeptics, e-mail is just the latest chapter in the evolving
history of human communication. A snooping husband now discovers
his wife's affair by reading her private e-mail – but he could've
uncovered the same sin by finding letters a generation ago.
Questions:
a. Summarize the passage in one long sentence.
b. Justify the first sentence of the passage.
7. Prepare works cited entry of the following information in APA
format. (5)
Title of the book – New Directions
Writer – Peter S. Gardner
Place of publication – Cambridge
Year – 2005
Publisher – Cambridge University Press
8. John Holt claims that school is bad for children in the article "School
is Bad for Children". Give your arguments either for or against it.
(10) Or
Explain the major values and assumptions of American cultures in
brief.
9. What are the major aspects of the new American dreamers that
Ruth Sidel discusses in the article "The New American Dreamers"?
(10)

5. Or
Do you think that biological, anthropological, or social factors are
most important in determining gender roles? Why? (Sex Roles by
Hamilton McCubbin and Barbara Blum Dahl)
10. Complete the following chart supplying the correct words in
vacant boxes: (5)
Male Female
Widow
Wizard
Bride
Bachelor
Tomboy
11. Write a short story/essay on "The Teacher Who Changed My
Life". You can base your answers on the text with the same title by
Nicholas Gage.
Or
Examine the degree to which traditional gender roles and
expectations have changed in your culture over last thirty years.