No. of Page(s): 4 Exam. No.

U20EN21

THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), MADURAI – 9

B.A./B.Com./B.Com.(BPS)/B.Sc. Degree Examination, APRIL 2021
II SEMESTER SUMMATIVE EXAMINATIONS
PART - II - ENGLISH
ENGLISH FOR COMMUNICATION - II
(2020)
Time: 3 Hours Maximum: 75 Marks
SECTION – A
Answer ALL questions: (5 x 5 = 25 Marks

1. (a) Fill in the blanks with appropriate Prepositions.

i. The driver dived____the sea.
ii. The train is running____ full speed.
iii. Suman is ____her room.
iv. What is the time____your watch?
v. I will wait for you ____ the school gate.
(OR)
(b) Complete the sentences by writing the correct prefix in the blank space.
(dis- -in mis- re- un- under-)
i. Just can't believe it! The story is _____believable!
ii. No, that answer is _____correct. It is wrong.
iii. Let's look at this information again. We should _____view it before the test.
iv. The subway does not go over the land like a normal train. It moves _____ground.
v. Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't hear you correctly. I _____understood you.

2. (a) Read the poem carefully and answer the following questions in your own
words.
I have walked and prayed for this young child an hour
And heard the sea-wind scream upon the tower,
And under the arches of the bridge, and scream
In the elms above the flooded stream;

May she be granted beauty and yet not

Beauty to make a stranger's eye distraught,
Or hers before a looking-glass, for such,
Being made beautiful overmuch,
Consider beauty a sufficient end,

Helen being chosen found life flat and dull

And later had much trouble from a fool,
While that great Queen, that rose out of the spray,
Being fatherless could have her way
Yet chose a bandy-leggèd smith for man.
Question:
i. Who is “The Great Queen‟ in the Poem?
ii. Why is the poet so much worried about the future of his new-born daughter?
iii. What message does the poet want to convey through the poem?
iv. What does poet wish for his daughter?
v. What sort of beauty does the poet solicit for his daughter?
(OR)
(b) Read the poem carefully and answer the following questions in your own
words.

Something there is that doesn't love a wall,

That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,
And spills the upper boulders in the sun;
And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.
The work of hunters is another thing:
I have come after them and made repair
Where they have left not one stone on a stone,
But they would have the rabbit out of hiding,

...2...
 // 2 //

U20EN21
To please the yelping dogs. The gaps I mean,
No one has seen them made or heard them made,

But at spring mending-time we find them there.

I let my neighbor know beyond the hill;”
Question:

i. How does nature disturb the stones on the wall?

ii. How does the speaker feel about the gaps in the wall?
iii. Who are the two characters in the poem?
iv. When does the mending of the wall take place?
v. Who does “they” in line 7 refer to?
3. (a) List out benefits of note making. (OR)
(b) What is the difference between Summarising and paraphrasing?
4. (a) Define Listening and its types. (OR)
(b) Explain the barriers of Listening.
5.(a) What are speaking skills? (OR)
(b) How to improve your English fluency?

SECTION – B (5×10=50
marks)
Answer ALL questions, choosing either (a) or (b)
6. (a) Add the correct prefix or suffix to the word in parenthesis to complete the
Sentence. (ill, ir, cy,re, ,less,dis,-dom,-ship un,in,ful)

i) You can't ________ (do) what's already been done.

ii) If the children ____ (behave), they must go to bed early.
iii) His support gives the case _____ (legitimate).
iv) The lesson is full of mistakes, we will have to _____ (write) it.
v) Jane is the most _____ (grace) dancer in the group.
vi) The situation is not as _____ (help) as you think. There are some options.
vii) My son is much more _____ (responsible) than my daughter. He never does his
homework.
viii) I might not like it, but I don't _____ (approve).
ix) To me, there is nothing worse than _____ (bore).
x) Dogs are great for those looking for _____ (companion).
(OR)
(b) Fill in the blanks with appropriate modal verb.
i) It‟s a hospital. You_______smoke.
ii) _____you stands on your head for more than a minute? No, I ______.
iii) If you want to learn to speak English fluently, you_____to work hard.
iv) Take an umbrella. It____rain later.
v) Drivers____stop when the traffic lights are red.
vi) _______I ask a question? Yes, of course.
vii) You____take your umbrella. It is not raining.
viii) ____you speaks Italian? No, I _____.
7.(a) From your understanding of the poem, answer the following questions briefly
in a
sentence or two.
All the world‟s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse‟s arms;
And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress‟ eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon‟s mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lin‟d,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,

...3...
 // 3 //

U20EN21
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slipper‟d pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
His youthful hose, well sav‟d, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion;
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Question:

i. What do the words „exits‟ and „entrances‟ mean?

ii. Describe the second stage of life as depicted by Shakespeare.
iii. How does a man play a lover‟s role?
iv. Bring out the features of the fourth stage of a man as described by the poet.
v. When does a man become a judge? How?
vi. Which stage of man‟s life is associated with the „shrunk shank‟?
vii. Why the last stage is called second childhood?
viii. What is the world compared to?
ix. Who is compared to the snail‟s pace?
x. Who is jealous in honour and quick in a quarrel?
(OR)
(b) Read the poem carefully and Answer the following questions in your own
words.

“Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection……..”
“Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.”
Question:

i. What does the expression „mind is without free‟ and „head is held high‟ mean?
ii. When knowledge is not free, what will be the impact?
iii. What breaks the world into fragments?
iv. What kind of freedom does the poet desire for his country?
v. To whom is the poet speaking to? What is he saying?
vi. What does „dead habit‟ refer to?
vii. Why are habits compared to desert sand?
viii. Do you agree with the poet that our minds should be fearless and free?
ix. Why does the poet want freedom for his country?
x. Describe the poet‟s version of „heaven of freedom‟?
8. (a) On the basis of your reading of the below passage make notes on it using
headings and sub-headings. Give an appropriate title to it.

The dictionary meaning of a robot is that it is an automatic apparatus or device that

performs functions ordinarily ascribed to human beings or operates with what appears to be
almost-human intelligence. It is interesting to observe that this meaning does not give a
human shape to the robot. In order to dramatise the fact that the robot does the work of a
human being, a human shape is given to the robot in science-fiction stories and movies. The
human shape is irrelevant as far as the functions of the robot are concerned.
The Robot Institute of America, which is an association of several robot
manufacturers gives the following definition of an industrial robot.
“An industrial robot is a reprogrammable, multifunctional manipulator designed to
move material, parts, tools or specialised devices through variable programmed motions for
the performance of a variety oftasks.”

. . .4 . . .
 // 4 //
U20EN21

The key word in this definition is „reprogrammable‟. This means that a robot is
capable of being reprogrammed. This feature is the one that distinguishes it from a fixed
automation. A fixed automation is designed to do one, and only one, specific task. If the
specifications of the tasks change even slightly, the fixed automation becomes incapable of
performing the task it was designed to perform according to one fixed specification.
However, a robot can be reprogrammed to perform even when the specifications are
changed drastically. The original program is simply erased and the new program takes care
of the changed tasks.
The characteristic that a robot can be reprogrammed to handle a variety of tasks
makes the robot a flexible device. Because of the flexibility offered by robots, manufacturing
systems which use robots are called Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS).
Karel Capek was responsible for introducing the word robot. Sir Isaac Asimov is the
one who coined the word robotics. According to Asimov, robotics is the science of dealing
with robots. Hence robotics involves a scientific study of robots. The study includes design,
selection of materials of proper quality for the components, fabrication, study of various
motors required for moving the components, design of electronic circuits, computers and
computer programming, and control of robots. Since robots and robotics are still in the
developing stages, a considerable amount of research is required and is being pursued.
Robotics involves various disciplines-mechanical engineering, material science, electronics,
computer science, computer engineering, and control systems, to name just a few.
Depending on the area in which robots are to be used, robotics includes disciplines such as
biology, medical science, psychology, agriculture, mining, outer space engineering etc.
Basically, there are two types of robots: fixed and mobile. A fixed robot is attached
to a stationary platform. A fixed robot is analogous to a human standing or sitting in one
fixed location while doing his work with his hands. A mobile robot moves from place to
place. Mobility is given to robots by providing wheels or legs or other crawling mechanisms.
A mobile robot can be given a human shape, but the actual shape has nothing to do with
the functions of the robot. Wheeled locomotion is good for smooth terrains. For rugged
terrain, legged locomotion is preferable. A mobile robot should have at least three wheels or
legs for stability.
(OR)
(b) Read the following passage carefully and write a summary for them.

1. “Business is the most popular subject for international students in the United States.
At last count, 21% of foreign students at American colleges and universities were
studying business and management.” (Business English Speakers Can Still be
Divided by a Common Language, Voice of America, learningenglish.voanews.com)
2. “There were more victories for supporters of the Tea Party movement. This
movement centers on cutting taxes and government spending. It brings together
conservatives and libertarians -- strong believers in individual liberty.” (More Wins
for TEA Party Activists, but Will They Win in November?, Voice of America,
learningenglish.voanews.com)
3. “In the years after World War I, new technologies changed America. Technology
made it possible for millions of people to improve their lives. It also brought great
changes in American society.”
9. (a) How to improve listening skills? (OR)
(b) Explain the effectives of listening and its strategies.

10. (a) How to improve speaking skills? (OR)

(b) Explain the importance of body language in speaking skills.

* * * * *