Intermediate-2013 ENGLISH 2 ND YEAR Guess Paper by

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1 Intermediate-2013 ENGLISH 2 ND YEAR Guess Paper by Section A I. Annotate ANY TWO of the following in lines each M 1. You must open the windows of your mind, but you must not be swept off your feet by the breeze. 2. I can t see any point in learning dates. One can always look them up in a book. 3. Our journey-man fiction is evidently a means of getting away from real life, a mild anodyne, or a stimulus to day-dreaming. 4. We change places. Or really bodies. You look like me. I look like you.

2 II. Annotate ANY TWO of the following in lines each M 1. And they would play hide-and-go-seek. 2. I note the obvious differences in the human family. Some of us are serious. Some thrive on comedy. 3. Not heeding time, The very owner of the street Laughing at the pace of progress, Stood like a king. 4. We give no compensation, The earth is ours today, And if we lose on arable, The bungalows will pay III. Answer ANY TWO of the following in about lines each M 1. Discuss briefly the lessons that Azim Premji recounts in the essay Respond Instead of Reacting. 2. What would be a sensible approach to health according to Leacock? 3. What social message is conveyed through the play Mother s Day? Is drama an effective medium for conveying social message? 4. Why is cooperative working necessary? IV Answer ANY TWO of the following in about lines each M 1. Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness. ( Kahlil Gibran ) Describe the relationship between man and nature as described in the poem The Giving Tree 2. Illustrate man s callous attitude to nature as given in the poem Harvest Hymn. 3. We all belong to one race in the world, namely, the human race. How does the poet Maya Angelou justify this statement in the poem Human Family? 4. It is better to save two brother or eight cousins rather than one brother. Illustrate. V. Answer ANY ONE of the following questions in about 25 lines M 1. Sketch the character of Boxer. 2. Give character analysis of Napoleon the pig. 3. Describe in detail all the incidents related to the building and destruction of the windmill.

3 Section B VI. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow M New tests have suggested that cash machines are as dirty as public toilets because they carry bacteria that can cause sickness and diarrhea. In England, experts from BioCote took swabs from the numeric keypads on a couple of ATMs and also took similar swabs from the seats of nearby public lavatories and compared the bacteria under microscopes in a lab. It was found that the swabs from both the locations contained pseudomonades and bacillus, bacteria responsible for sickness and diarrhea. Previously, BioCote conducted a survey that revealed that Britishers consider public lavatories to be the biggest health risk. The study of 3,000 adults also revealed public telephones are considered one of the biggest health risks. Moreover, nearly 42% of Brits of think the ATMs are dirty, with a quarter admitting they try not to use them to avoid having to touch the buttons, getting cash back from shops instead. Hastings said, Public telephones can be a real hot sport for germs and grime. Not only are they handled by different people each, day but the handsets are then held close to people s nose and mouth. But it is ironic that while people perceive chip and pin pads to be the least dirtiest, our swabbing experiments have actually shown them to be dirtier than public lavatories, he added.

4 1. Cash machines and chip and pin pads are other terms for 2. What do public lavatories and ATMs have in common 3. Why are public telephones not hygienic? 4. Which organization conducted the survey? 5. What precautions would you like to suggest to people who use ATMs regularly? VII. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow M In April, Animal Farm became a Republic, and it became necessary to elect a President. There was only one candidate, Napoleon, who was elected unanimously. After his hoof had healed up. Boxer worked harder than ever. Indeed, all the animals worked like slaves that year. Apart from the regular work of the farm, there was the rebuilding of the windmill. Sometimes the long hours on insufficient food were hard to bear, but Boxer never faltered. But his appearance had altered; his hide was less shiny than it had used to be, and his great haunches seemed to have shrunk. The others said. Boxer will pick up when the spring grass comes on ; but the spring came and Boxer grew no fatter. Once again Clover and Benjamin warned him to take care of his health, but Boxer paid no attention. His twelfth birthday was approaching. He did not care what happened so long as a good store of stone was accumulated before he want on pension. Late one evening in the summer, a sudden rumour ran round the farm that something had happened to Boxer. He had gone out alone to drag a load of stone down to the windmill. And sure enough, the rumour was true. A few minutes late two pigeons came racing in with the news; Boxer has fallen! He is lying on his side and can t get up! 1. Who was elected president and why? 2. Why did the animals work like slaves that year? 3. Describe the changes that had happened to Boxer. 4. Who advised Boxer to take care of his health? 5. What happened to Boxer one evening in summer?

5 VIII. Study the advertisement carefully and answer the questions that follow : M 1. What is the programme being inaugurated here? 2. Which departments have organized the programme? 3. Where does the chief-guest work? 4. Who will deliver the keynote address? 5. Mention the time and venue of the conference.

6 IX Study the Flow chart showing water cycle and answer the questions that follow M Solar heat evaporates water in oceans, rivers etc Water vapour forms clouds. Winds spread clouds. Cool breezes precipitate vapour in clouds as rain. Rain water flows into rivers Rivers carry water into oceans. 1. What is the flow chart about? 2. How many steps are shown? 3. What makes vapour precipitate as rain? 4. How does water evaporate? 5. How do clouds spread all around? Section C X XI Write a letter to your mother describing how you feel at your new college in a far away town. (OR ) Write a letter to the Editor of a newspaper complaining about the bad roads in your locality. Write a short paragraph of about 8 lines how to Book a train ticket in advance (or) Write a short paragraph of about 8 lines how to Sending a register letter XII. Prepare a Curriculum Vitae in response to the following advertisement : M Jacob Rajkumar, 20 years, Diploma in Electronics -75% marks-govt. Junior, College, Vijayawada, SSC-Govt. Boys School, Vijayawada-85%, applying for computer operator s post-shankar Technologies, Kukatpally, Hyderabad. XIII Fill in the Bank Draft form based on the following information : ( It is not necessary to draw the form. Write the numbers 1 to 10 and the corresponding answers ).

7 Mrs. Vimala Reddy applied today at SBI, Repally, For a draft for Rs. 500/- to be paid in favour of the Secretary, Board of Intermediate, A.P., Hyderabad. The draft is payable at Nampally Branch. The exchange amount is Rs. 30/-. XIV Construct a dialogue between two teachers, Swatantra and Nivedita on whether to spoon-feed students or not M (OR) Construct a dialogue between Rashida, and her brother. Rashida advising her younger brother Rahim on ways to succeed. XV Read the following passage make notes M 1. Man cannot manufacture blood as efficiently as women can. Men need more oxygen because they do not breathe as often as women do. But men breathe more deeply and this exposes them to the risk of drawing in more polluted air. Men s bones are larger than women s. Men have broader shoulders, a narrow pelvis. A woman has a wider pelvis that results in bit of a sway as the walks. Man has a thicker skin than that of a woman. Women have a thin layer of fat just under the skin. This helps women keep warm in winter and cool in summer. Men s fat is distributed differently and they don t have a layer under their skin. XVI Match the words with their meanings / definitions M A B i. avaricious a. agreement of opinion among different groups and parties ii. consensus b. anything that leads to death iii. epitaph c. one who is new to a trade or profession iv. fatal d. a pardonable offence

8 v. novice e. somebody who is considerably experienced in something f. extremely desirous of money g. inscription on a tombstone XVII. Mark the stress for any five of the following words M 1. Mother 2. orange 3. Begin 4. reduce 5. aggressive 6. industrial 7. psychology 8. belong 9. patriotic 10. accommodation **** ALL THE BEST ****