Sample test paper - FIK 3042: English for Communication 2 Section 1 Reading comprehension Read the passage below

w and answer the questions that follow. The world we live in is full of colour. Colour affects our everyday life although we may ...not realize it. e feel happy when we see pleasant colours around us and we are more li!ely to buy something if it is of a colour that pleases our eyes. Colours can be used to describe our moods. e go red with anger or embarrassment" green with envy and white with fright. The colours that a person li!es give us a fair idea of his personality. Thus psychologists can test personality by as!ing people to tal! about their favourite colours. #ere is how psychologists thin! the eight basic colours of red" blue and green tie up with personality. R$% means fire or blood. &ou are a strong" active personality. &ou are lively. &ou are an e'trovert. ()*$ is the colour of calm seas. &ou are quite calm and have well+controlled emotions. &ou are normally cool and ,udge well. &ou are an introvert. -R$$. is the colour of living nature. &ou are restful" in control and not easily upset. &ou have few worries and you are hopeful as you always want to succeed. &ou are an introvert. hy is colour important to us/0t gives us life. 0t affects our life. 0t ma!es us happy. 0t ma!es us buy things. The following reflect the personality of a person who loves green colour e'ceptcool in all situations can control emotions always strong and active always calm when facing problems 1n e'trovert is a person who ishappy reliable energetic successful The opposite of the word 2anger3 4line 56 issad calm cheerful satisfied The word 2lively3 4line 76 can be replaced by the wordclever reliable cheerful understanding The word 2in control3 4line 186 meansreliable emotional cool and calm strong and active Section 9 -rammar :art 1 Choose the correct answer. 1. %anny ;;;;;;;;;; football right now. 1. plays (. played C. is playing %. has played 9. The accident ;;;;;;;;;; in 1777. 1. happens (. happened C. is happening %. has happened 8. She usually ;;;;;;;;;; at home after wor!. 1. stays (. stayed C. is staying %. has stayed

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:art 9 0n =alaysia" the number of road accidents increases particularly during festive seasons. =any people 416 ;;;;; to their hometowns during the holidays. $very year" the government 496 ;;;;; campaigns to 486 ;;;;; awareness among road users on the danger of rec!less driving. #owever" the number of road accidents 456 ;;;;; increasing from year to year. 1. travel (. travels C. travelled %. have travelled 1. launch (. launches C. launched %. are launching 1. create (. creates C. created %. creating

1. !ept (. !eep C. !eeps %. will !eep :art 8 )ast night" some of the villagers in >ampung :asir were surprised when they heard a loud bang. 0t 416;;;;; the sound from an accident. 1 car 496 ;;;;; and hit a school bus. hen 1hmad" one of the villagers" 486 ;;;;; the place where the accident happened" he saw people screaming for help. 1hmad 456 ;;;;; to help the victims. #e pulled out the passengers from the bus. 1ccording to 1hmad" this is the third road accident this month happening at the same location. 1. is (. are C. was

%. were 1. overturns (. is overturning C. will overturn %. has overturned 1. reach (. reaches C. reached %. will reach 1. rushes (. rushed C. is rushing %. will rush :art 5 %alia 416 ;;;;; two paintings since last wee!. She 496 ;;;;; another painting at the moment. She 486 ;;;;; to Sabah ne't month to sell some of her paintings. She actually owns an art gallery in >ota >inabalu. #owever" the art gallery is managed by her husband as she has to wor! in >uala )umpur. She told reporters in an interview last wee! that she will open another art gallery in >uala )umpur. 1. paints (. painted C. has painted %. will paint

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1. paints (. is painting C. will paint %. has painted

1. flies (. will fly C. has flown %. is flying 1.S $R >$& Section 1 Reading comprehension (+ it affects our life C always strong and active C energetic ( calm C cheerful C cool and calm Section 9 -rammar :art 1 C is playing ( happened 1 stays C has ta!en C will go :art 9 1 travel ( launches 1 create C !eeps :art 8 C was % has overturned C reached ( rushed :art 5 C has painted ( is painting ( will fly