Directions for questions 1 to 5: In each question, there are five sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage. Then, choose the most appropriate option.a.  Even before the opening ceremony, a record had been broken at Sochi: 12 new eventsb.  the most for any Olympics, were scheduled to make their debut.c.  From the first winter Olympics in 1924, the total has swelled from 16 to 98.d.  Some of the latest batch, such as the women’s ski jump, are variations on existing events.e.  Others will be less familiar to the mainly middle-aged audience.c and db and eb and cb, d and e

Directions for questions 3 to 5: The sentences given in the following questions, when properly sequenced, from a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is indicated with a number. Choose the most logical order of sentences that constructs a coherent paragraph and indicate the correct sequence of numbers in the box provide below each question.More recently, the regulator has turned its attention to BskyB's stranglehold on televised sports: the new challenger which the regulator is helping break into that market is none other than BT.Orchestrating a similar battle of the titans in Mexico, while clearing a path for other contenders, is the best way to bring about the competitive revolution the country's communications industries need.Consumers now enjoy a broad choice of competitively priced telecom bundles.In 2006 Britain forced BT, the former state telecoms monopoly, to create an arms-length subsidiary to run its network infrastructure and sell access to new entrants at fair prices.One of the biggest new entrants to the market is BskyB, Rupert Murdoch's pay-TV giant.

Directions for question 15: The following question presents 5 statements of which 4 when placed in appropriate order would form a contextually complete paragraph. Pick the statement that is not part of that context and indicate the number corresponding with it in the box provided below the question.The biggest training centre, unsurprisingly, is reserved for the two sports most revered in China - and in which this school has had the most success – badminton and table tennis.The programme’s critics have said that the country would be better served in trying to focus on the grassroots rather than on manufacturing star athletes.Athletes too have slammed the rigid nature of the top-down state-administered sporting system.Project 119, referring to the number of golds on offer in track and field, may have brought China Olympic glory, but it has also triggered debate on whether the country’s sports system should be geared only towards winning medalsA professor at Beijing Sports University argues that China’s sports system needs to focus more on creating a public culture sport than on securing medals in obscure sports, which have little following but have become gold medal priorities for results – obsessed sports administrators.

Compose a paragraph in English of 8 to 10 sentences answering the following questions:Who is considered the father of the modern Olympic Games?What do the five rings represent?What are the six colors of the Olympic flag and what do they represent?What is the Olympic Games' motto in Latin and what does it mean in English? Also, what does it encourage athletes to do?How can you apply this motto to your life?

Direction for questions 6 to 9: In the following questions, there are five sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage. Then, choose the most appropriate option.The lobby of the hotel was a small white buildingset at the centre of two dozen beautiful bungalowsthat sprawled down a hill towards the clear blue sea.The Mellises had the Noel Bungalow, with its own swimming pooland a maid to prepare their breakfast, they ate in the open-air dining room.

Five sentences related to a topic are given below in a jumbled order. Four of them form a coherent and unified paragraph. Identify the odd sentence that does not go with the four. Key in the number of the option that you choose.1. When businesswoman and politician Diane Rwigara wanted to challenge Rwanda’s President Kagame in the presidential election, the electoral commission did not accept her candidacy.2. According to the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Index, Rwanda ranked 12th out of 146 countries.3. It has led to undeniable progress in terms of inclusion, with women at the top levels of government.4. Laws on issues like education, gender-based violence, and rural poverty - which matter to women in particular - have been passed.5. It pointed to better performances in the fields of political representation and health while noting that areas of employment and economic involvement needed improvement.