Seen Comprehension
PART-A : Reading Test
I've never thought that I'd do an MA, Let alone in fashion. But here I am in Nottingham, Six months into an MA course in Fashion and Textiles at Nottingham Trent University.
I am beginning to realize that doing a postgraduate degree in fashion is not really about being able to design wonderfully creative cloths, but about discovering my own potential. Every step I've been taking has brought me closer to understanding my philosophy towards what I design. The knowledge of why I do, what I do is actually the strength, which is helping me to create new boundaries for myself.
The course is structured in a way to ease everyone into the rigour that is required later in the MA phase. Short projects helped to 'get things going' initially, and then a group project put everyone on the spot because we had to be very interactive.
Having said that, I think one of the best things about being at Nottingham is the fact that there are so many different people from all over the world. Even in a small group of 17, there is an American, a Chinese, an Indian, a Japanese, a Norwegian, a Thai, two Taiwanese and another Bangladeshi apart from the British.
Our unique situation enables us not only to experience each other's culture vicariously but also be tolerant of our differences. It's interesting to see how, consciously or subconsciously, we are bringing parts of our culture and heritage and intermingling them to suit the need of the course.
1) Choose the best answer. 15=5
a) What's the writers duration of staying at Nottingham?
i) five months ii) six months
iii) seven months iv) eight months.
b) Doing a postgraduate degree in fashion is not only meant to design wonderful cloths but_
i) to discover hidden treasure
ii) to discover wealth
iii) to discover one's own potential
iv) to discover philosophy
c) Every step under taken by the writer brought him close to understand his_
i) philosophy ii) design
iii) creativity iv) potentiality
d) The different students from different countries are bringing and intermingling their culture and heritage-
i) consciously ii) subconsciously
iii) consciously and subconsciously
iv) unconsciously
e) In the passage knowledge is compared with_
i) power ii) happiness
iii) delight iv) strength
2) Write whether the following statements are true or false. If false, give the correct answer. 15=5
a) In Nottingham there is no American.
b) Postgraduate degree does not help one to discover one's own potential.
c) The course is helpful later in the MA phase.
d) Nottingham University is not rich in foreign students.
e) The international students are bringing and intermingling their culture and heritage consciously or subconsciously.
3) Fill in each gap in the following passage with a suitable word from the box. There are more words than necessary. 10=5
course, intermingling, experience, consciously, enables, culture, heritage, vicariously, differences
unable, interesting, bringing
Nottingham Trent University (a) the students not only to (b) each other's culture (c) but also be tolerant of the (d). It is interesting to see how (e) or subconsciously the students are (f) parts of their (g) and (h) and (i) them to suit the needs of the (j)
4) Read the passage in A. Now write a paragraph based on the information about getting an MA course in fashion and textile. Use the clues in the box below. Write the information in a logical sequence as it appears in the text. The paragraph should not exceed 70 words. 15=5
creative - aware - admitted - design - fashioncloth - culture - heritage - student - wonderful.
5) Read the passage in A again. Now answer the following questions in your own words : 15=5
a) What is the best thing being at Nottingham?
b) What is helping the writer to create new boundaries for himself?
c) What is the course taken by the writer.
d) What is the specialty of doing a postgraduate degree in fashion?
e) What's the interesting feature of the course?
I've never thought that I'd do an MA, Let alone in fashion. But here I am in Nottingham, Six months into an MA course in Fashion and Textiles at Nottingham Trent University.
I am beginning to realize that doing a postgraduate degree in fashion is not really about being able to design wonderfully creative cloths, but about discovering my own potential. Every step I've been taking has brought me closer to understanding my philosophy towards what I design. The knowledge of why I do, what I do is actually the strength, which is helping me to create new boundaries for myself.
The course is structured in a way to ease everyone into the rigour that is required later in the MA phase. Short projects helped to 'get things going' initially, and then a group project put everyone on the spot because we had to be very interactive.
Having said that, I think one of the best things about being at Nottingham is the fact that there are so many different people from all over the world. Even in a small group of 17, there is an American, a Chinese, an Indian, a Japanese, a Norwegian, a Thai, two Taiwanese and another Bangladeshi apart from the British.
Our unique situation enables us not only to experience each other's culture vicariously but also be tolerant of our differences. It's interesting to see how, consciously or subconsciously, we are bringing parts of our culture and heritage and intermingling them to suit the need of the course.
1) Choose the best answer. 15=5
a) What's the writers duration of staying at Nottingham?
i) five months ii) six months
iii) seven months iv) eight months.
b) Doing a postgraduate degree in fashion is not only meant to design wonderful cloths but_
i) to discover hidden treasure
ii) to discover wealth
iii) to discover one's own potential
iv) to discover philosophy
c) Every step under taken by the writer brought him close to understand his_
i) philosophy ii) design
iii) creativity iv) potentiality
d) The different students from different countries are bringing and intermingling their culture and heritage-
i) consciously ii) subconsciously
iii) consciously and subconsciously
iv) unconsciously
e) In the passage knowledge is compared with_
i) power ii) happiness
iii) delight iv) strength
2) Write whether the following statements are true or false. If false, give the correct answer. 15=5
a) In Nottingham there is no American.
b) Postgraduate degree does not help one to discover one's own potential.
c) The course is helpful later in the MA phase.
d) Nottingham University is not rich in foreign students.
e) The international students are bringing and intermingling their culture and heritage consciously or subconsciously.
3) Fill in each gap in the following passage with a suitable word from the box. There are more words than necessary. 10=5
course, intermingling, experience, consciously, enables, culture, heritage, vicariously, differences
unable, interesting, bringing
Nottingham Trent University (a) the students not only to (b) each other's culture (c) but also be tolerant of the (d). It is interesting to see how (e) or subconsciously the students are (f) parts of their (g) and (h) and (i) them to suit the needs of the (j)
4) Read the passage in A. Now write a paragraph based on the information about getting an MA course in fashion and textile. Use the clues in the box below. Write the information in a logical sequence as it appears in the text. The paragraph should not exceed 70 words. 15=5
creative - aware - admitted - design - fashioncloth - culture - heritage - student - wonderful.
5) Read the passage in A again. Now answer the following questions in your own words : 15=5
a) What is the best thing being at Nottingham?
b) What is helping the writer to create new boundaries for himself?
c) What is the course taken by the writer.
d) What is the specialty of doing a postgraduate degree in fashion?
e) What's the interesting feature of the course?
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