bi final exam paper
UNIVERSITI
TEKNOLOGI
P ETRONAS
FINAL EXAM¡NAT¡ON
SEPTEMBER 2013 SEMESTER
COURSE
FALOO24
DATE
r gth
TIME
2.30 PM
- ENGLISH
II
DEcEMBER 201 3 (THURSDAv)
- 5.30 PM (3 hours)
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1.
Answer ALL questions in the Answer Booklet.
2.
Begin EACH answer on a new page
3.
where applicable, show clearly steps taken in arriving at the solutions and indicate ALL assumptions.
4.
lndicate clearly answers that are cancelled, if any.
5.
Do not open this Question Booklet until instructed.
Note
:
There are TWENTY ONE (211 pages in this euestion Booklet including the cover page.
Unj-versiti Teknologi
PETRONAS
FAL OO24
SECTION A
[20 MARKS]
Read the following passages and answer ALL the questions.
Passage
I
I
ln the 1940s and 50s, many artists had visions of a future where technology and
the evolution of civilisation created a kind of utopian society, There were flying cars and
underwater cities, and human civilisation had expanded outwards into space. There were, of course, predictions of a completely opposite kind of world, but this bright and optimistic retro-futurism was everywhere, not least in mainstream advertising.
ll
Nowadays, pop culture predictions of the future are of
a more subdued and dystopian nature. Civilisation is being destroyed by all kínds of viruses and zombie apocalypses, the planet is ruined by ecological disaster, usually man-made, and people
are scuffling to flnd food, water and shelter. Art and life reflect each other. lt is no wonder really that modern pop culture tends towards pessimism and disillusionment:
the world's clímate is changing, we seem to be slowly and surely destroying our environment and as technology advances, it seems more and more possible that we, humans, are capable of destroying ourselves.
lll
Scientific studies of climate patterns and nature have shown that the Earth's
climate
TEKNOLOGI
P ETRONAS
FINAL EXAM¡NAT¡ON
SEPTEMBER 2013 SEMESTER
COURSE
FALOO24
DATE
r gth
TIME
2.30 PM
- ENGLISH
II
DEcEMBER 201 3 (THURSDAv)
- 5.30 PM (3 hours)
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1.
Answer ALL questions in the Answer Booklet.
2.
Begin EACH answer on a new page
3.
where applicable, show clearly steps taken in arriving at the solutions and indicate ALL assumptions.
4.
lndicate clearly answers that are cancelled, if any.
5.
Do not open this Question Booklet until instructed.
Note
:
There are TWENTY ONE (211 pages in this euestion Booklet including the cover page.
Unj-versiti Teknologi
PETRONAS
FAL OO24
SECTION A
[20 MARKS]
Read the following passages and answer ALL the questions.
Passage
I
I
ln the 1940s and 50s, many artists had visions of a future where technology and
the evolution of civilisation created a kind of utopian society, There were flying cars and
underwater cities, and human civilisation had expanded outwards into space. There were, of course, predictions of a completely opposite kind of world, but this bright and optimistic retro-futurism was everywhere, not least in mainstream advertising.
ll
Nowadays, pop culture predictions of the future are of
a more subdued and dystopian nature. Civilisation is being destroyed by all kínds of viruses and zombie apocalypses, the planet is ruined by ecological disaster, usually man-made, and people
are scuffling to flnd food, water and shelter. Art and life reflect each other. lt is no wonder really that modern pop culture tends towards pessimism and disillusionment:
the world's clímate is changing, we seem to be slowly and surely destroying our environment and as technology advances, it seems more and more possible that we, humans, are capable of destroying ourselves.
lll
Scientific studies of climate patterns and nature have shown that the Earth's
climate