University Admission Test English - Dhaka University - B Unit 2006- 2007 Session English Questions' Answers with Explanation

University Admission Test English

Dhaka University - B (Kha) Unit Admission Question

2006 - 2007 Session

English Questions' Answers with Explanation

DU B Unit (2006-2007) – English Questions

English

(Choose the best option to fill in the blank space/ spaces or complete the sentence where necessary). 

Read the passage and answer questions 1-4:

Throughout human history, nearly all people were close to the soil. Therefore their lives were 

profoundly affected by the alternation of winter and summer, by the coming and going’ of the full moon, and by the pattern of rain and drought and the annual harvest. Steadily the ever-expanding city replaced the countryside as the home of most of the world’s people, and the big cities now have dwarfed the biggest city of several hundred years earlier. In 1995 at least 25 cities each held more than seven million inhabitants.

01. In the passage the word ‘dwarfed’ means-

a. were smaller than   b. made look smaller

c. are comparable to d. are not are big as 

02. ‘Steadily the ever-expanding city replaced the countryside as the home of most of the world’s people’ means-

a. gradually the cities destroyed the village 

b. gradually the cities took up all the space occupied 

c. gradually more people started living in cities than in villages 

d. people loved city life  

03. The word ‘drought’ is closest in meaning to-

a. flood                    b. occasional rain

c. rainless period     d. storm  

04. According to the passage the lives of the people were-

a. greatly influenced by nature 

b. little influenced by nature 

c. somewhat influenced by nature 

d. were not influenced by nature 

05. He hates ___ the phone and very often lets it ___

a. attending, off b. answering, ring 

c. ring, off d. holding, ring

06. Too many cooks………  the broth.

a. spoiling     b. spoil 

c. made         d. brewed 

07. The closest meaning of the word ‘progressive’ in the sentence “prof. Chowdhury is a progressive man.” is-

a. prosperous       b. has progressed 

c. aggressive       d. open to changes 

08. I found it difficult to convince the ticket inspector that I __ my ticket.

a. had lost              b. will lose 

c. have been lost   d. have lost 

09. Ever since I ___ to move to Dhaka, I __ whether the decision  I took was the right one.

a. decided, had been worrying

b. have decided, shall worry 

c. decided, worried 

d. decided, have been worrying   

10. By this time next month,  the government resigned.

a. would have    b. will have

c. will                d. have 

11. They wouldn’t let my sister in the theatre because she was_____ age.

a. below     b. small

c. under     d. young 

12. I can’t quite ____ out what is written on the board.

a.  make      b. read 

c. under d. fulfill 

13. Which figure of speech do you find in the expression  I wandered lonely as a cloud?

a. metaphor       b. personification

c. simile            d. imagery 

14. These grapes _____ sour.

a.  tasting          b. are tasting

c. tastes             d. taste 

15. He learned to read and write quite _ in his life.

a. lately              b. late

c. latest              d. taste

16.A basket of apples __ been sold.

a. has          b. have 

c. having    d. haven’t 

17. Choose the correct spelling.

a. asurance            b. assurance 

c. assurence          d. asurrence 

18. What does the sentence,  It is too cold to go swimming mean?

a. One should go to swim when it is 

b. The weather is not to swim when it is too cold 

c. One should not go swimming in cold weather 

d. The weather is not suitable for swimming

19. Which word does not describe someone’s mood?

a. angry               b. upset

c. clever              d. happy

20. What is the best translation of the sentence: “সে তার ভাইয়ের মতো লম্বা নয়?”

a. He is not as tall like his brother 

b. He is not tall enough 

c. He is not taller than his brother 

d. He is not as tall as his brother 

21. Choose the antonym for the word “hostile”.

a.  indifferent        b. friendly 

c. rude                   d. inimical 

22. Had he __ anything he would have told me.

a. known              b. knowing 

c. knew                d. knowledge 

23. I took ___ walking, hoping __ lose some weight.

a. to, at        b. for, to 

c. in, to       d. to, to   

24. “sprightly dance” in Wordsworth’s poem on the “daffodils” refers to-

a. lively dance       b. new dance 

c. jocular dance d. shaky, dance

25. Which characteristic quality did M.K Rowlings find in jerry?

a.  honesty          b. bravery 

c. integrity          d. have lost 

que	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13
ans	b	c	c	a	b	b	d	a	a	b	c	a	c
que	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
ans	d	b	a	b	d	c	d	b	a	d	a	c

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