PART Ⅳ GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
Mark your answers on your answer sheet. SECTION A COMPOSITION Write on ANSWER SHEET TWO a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:1. Bacon says" Money is like muck, not good except it be spread." Some people claims that money is a good servant and a bad master. What's your view on it? Write an essay expressing the relationship between money and happiness.
Money and Happiness You are to write in three parts: In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement. In the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.
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Money and Happiness
Happiness is the perfume whose fragrance depends exclusively on the attitude of the individual. Money is the necessary evil of which happiness is not a necessary company but the disaster will be an inevitable one if it is not curbed. Hence we come to the conclusion that money is not the premise of happiness.
According to a poll in the America, the people who feel happy come mainly form the lower part of the society. The poll reveals that as the middle and upper classes have acquired a lot of benefits and money from the society, they are more likely to worry about the loss of them everyday, As a result, they seldom enjoy the feel of happiness. Instead of worrying about the loss, the grass roots of a society are apt to enjoy happiness every time their lives become better. And at the same time, these people live a simple life and harbor only simple wishes which are easier to get realized and whose realization will bring them great happiness. The simplicity itself is a great treasure those rich people will never possess.
A lot of people consider money as a necessary evil which harbors catastrophe with its own power yet without which none can sustain his existence. Money is not the premise of happiness, but if it is used for the happiness of others, its light will definitely spill onto those kind hearts.
SECTION B NOTE-WRITING Write in your ANSWER SHEET ONE a note of about 50-60 words to a friend of yours based on the following given situation:1. You are Bill Halliday. You are looking for a summer job. Write a letter to the manager, applying for the job.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.
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March 6,...
Dear Sir or Madam.
I would like to apply for the job of summer salesperson, which you advertised in today's Daily Mail. I have just graduated from Catskill High School with good grades in English and History. I was editor of the school newspaper. I read a lot in my spare time and last summer I even worked in the Main Street bookstore in my grandparents' home town of Putney. Vermont. If you require a letter of reference about my work and ability, please write to Ms. Naceadams. the manager of the Main Street bookstore in Putney.
Yours truly.
Bill Halliday