Vocabulary Building & Comprehension Pasage - SS1 English Past Questions and Answers - page 1
A person who diagnoses and treats diseases is a…….?
Doctor
Nurse
Teacher
Lawyer
A person who writes and prepares financial statements is an……?
Accountant
Lawyer
Nurse
A person who designs and builds structures is an……….?
Architect
Engineer
Doctor
A person who makes decisions for a company is an……..?
Manager
Salesperson
Executive
A person who represents clients in court is a……..?
Politician
Lawyer
Military
a) Give one reason why change in remote areas is slow.
b) What factor accounts for the rapid change in urban areas?
c) What role has foreign religion played in the changes?
d) How has money influenced the lives of people?
e) How does the media contribute to the changes?
f) News travels at the speed of light nowadays.
What figure of speech is contained in the expression above?
g) … who speak the same language…
i. What is the grammatical name of the expression above?
ii. What is its function?
h) For each of the following words underlined in the passage, give another word or phrase which means the same and can replace it in the passage:
i. remote,
ii. cling,
iii. Immense,
iv. gadgets,
v. consequently,
vi. trendy
a) Because people there still hold on to old ways of doing things./ People in remote areas are very conservative.
b) Globalization.
c) Foreign religion has eroded the importance of traditional beliefs and practices.
d) Money has made people become more independent of their kinsmen.
e) The media has bridged the information gap between peoples of the world./the media has turned the world into a global village.
f) hyperbole
g) i) adjectival clause ii) It qualifies the noun, “ people”
h) i) remote – rural
ii) cling – stick/hold on
iii) Immense – great/considerable/profound
iv) gadgets – appliances
v) consequently – as a result
vi) trendy – fashionable