INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY, BANGLADESHFINAL EXAMINATION AUTUMN 2014

ENG 101: ENGLISH SPEAKING & LISTENING SKILLS

MARKS: 40 DURATION: 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES

STUDENT NAME:

STUDENT ID:

I. LISTENING

1. Carol: I'm worried about him. We something. He's been depressed for months.

2. Jake: Oh you know George. He's changeable like the weather. He next week.

3. Carol: Jake, he's your brother and worried about him. Aren't you?

4. Jake: Yes, I am, but you know how independent he is. We can't help him if he doesn't want it,

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5. Carol: Well, I feel guilty. He is family after all. We problems in the family or they will just get bigger. I know that from my own family.

6. Carol: No, you don't have to do that, but he things with other people that he knows.

7. Carol: Of course. You know, if you take George out, he somebody.

8. Carol: Well, he new in his terrible apartment, can he? Watching baseball 24 hours a day.

9. Carol: George should his ex-wife and remember he's still a young man!

1. Jake doesn't believe his brother is really depressed.

    True

    False

2. Carol doesn't have experience of this type of issue.

    True

    False

3. Carol thinks therapy will help George.

    True

    False

4. Jake thinks his brother doesn't communicate very well.

    True

    False

5. Carol is optimistic about George starting a new relationship.

    True

    False

6. George spends a lot of his days just watching baseball on TV.

    True

    False

7. Carol expects her husband to do something to help his brother.

    True

    False

II. WRITING

1. Samira is Aurko’s younger sister. She is having an argument with him because she has lost her favorite ankle bracelet that he gave her on her last birthday. Aurko is also complaining about other aspects of Samira’s behavior that he finds unpleasant. Below is their conversation. Complete the dialogue using appropriate sentences, questions, words, and phrases. (0.5 x 10 = 05 marks)

Aurko: Again! Are you again making a mess in my room? What do you want now? And why do you think it’s here?

Samira: Bhaia, I can’t find my ankle bracelet!

Aurko: So, __________________________________________________________________________

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Samira: I am looking for it in your room because it may have fallen off last night when I was here.

Aurko: What?! What were you doing in my room again?_______________________________________

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Samira: Nothing’s wrong with my room. I just like your music system better. But, where is that bracelet?

Aurko: You have so many bracelets, it’s okay if you lost this one. _______________________________

__________________________________________________________________________another one.

Samira: But this is the one you bought me! This is the diamond one.

Aurko: What?! _______________________________________________________________________

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Samira: Don’t get angry, dear brother, but yes, really, that’s the one I can’t find right now.

Aurko: How could you have been so irresponsible? But you’re always like that!

Samira: How can you say that?

Aurko: You play loud music on my system and eat chips in my room. You make my room so

____________________ and the next day I have to __________________________________________.

Samira: No you’re wrong. Last time I cleaned up all my books from your floor and you didn’t even

_________________________.

Aurko: I didn’t help you because while you were doing group study with your friends in MY room, you re-arranged the things on my study table.

Samira: I said sorry to you last time and you accepted, Bhaia.

Aurko: But I’m sick and tired of you doing whatever you want. And now you have lost such an expensive

piece of jewelry. I will never ____________________________________________________________

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Samira: Ok, don’t, but for now please help me find the ankle bracelet.

Aurko: No I won’t. You are always________________________________________________________

and I always end up feeling bad for you and helping you. But you ________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________every time.

Samira: Please, Bhaia, for the last time. I promise.

Aurko: Sorry, but I’m very upset with you. I think I’ll go make myself a sandwich.

Samira: I’ll make you one if you help me find my jewelry.

Aurko: No chance, young lady. Find it yourself! Bye!

2. The story given below is incomplete. Write the rest of the story in 75 – 100 words (don’t count the words already written as the beginning of the story). Use the 10 words given in the box in your story. (05 marks)

Sometimes Never Generally Now Afterwards Finally

Unlike Should Would Have

Naina is the youngest and the most pampered daughter of her parents. She is a freshman at IUB who wants to major in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Her parents, however, are against her choice of major because they think girls should not study Engineering. They want her to study English Literature and become a teacher. They believe that it will be easier to find her a groom if she goes into the teaching profession. So Naina is very upset and is trying to find a way to convince her parents to agree with her. She

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III. SPEAKING (20 marks)

Living in a big household with many cousins and relatives is fun and convenient in many ways. However, many people living in joint families also face certain problems. In the same way, those in nuclear families have their good times and complaints too. You and your partner should have a short discussion of 3-5 minutes where you will compare the merits and demerits of living in a joint family.

Preparation time: 10 minutes (no pen, paper, mobile phone use allowed)

Listening Transcript

Carol: Jake, I want to talk to you about George.

Jake: What did he do now?

Carol: I'm worried about him. We must do something. He's been depressed for months.

Jake: Oh you know George. He's changeable like the weather. He could be laughing next week.

Carol: Jake, he's your brother and you should be worried about him. Aren't you?

Jake: Yes, I am, but you know how independent he is. We can't help him if he doesn't want it, can we?

Carol: Well, I feel guilty. He is family after all. We mustn't ignore problems in the family or they will just get bigger. I know that from my own family.

Jake: Do you want me to encourage him to see a therapist?

Carol: No, you don't have to do that, but he should talk about things with other people that he knows.

Jake: Yes, he should. He keeps things inside too much.

Carol: Exactly. Just talking will help him so much.

Jake: He's very unhappy about all the divorce stuff.

Carol: Of course. You know, if you take George out, he might meet somebody.

Jake: You think?

Carol: Well, he can't meet anybody new in his terrible apartment, can he? Watching baseball 24 hours a day.

Jake: Basketball.

Carol: Please Jake, I hate to see George like that. Do something next week -- you must get him out of that apartment, get him doing something new. George should try and forget his ex-wife and remember he's still a young man!

Jake: I'll do it. I hope my family helps me like this if I get depressed.

Carol: You're married to me -- you don't get depressed.