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IESL- Engineering Certificate Course – Stage One Language Skills Development – HM 1001 - Model Paper Answer all questions. Question 1 : Imagine that there is a large forest area close to your hometown. A company is making plans to build a tourist hotel on it. What is your reaction to this plan? Would you support this idea or dislike it? Write down 5 arguments either for or against this business venture. (25 marks) i) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………….… ii) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………….… iii) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………….… iv) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………….… v) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………….… Question 2: Imagine that you participated as a news reporter, at a discussion forum, conducted jointly by the UNESCO, Ministry of Education and some NGOs to launch an educational program for street children. Rewrite the different statements in Formal language style for your press report, Begin each with the sentence fragment given here. (15 marks) i) At the last meeting, we discussed several ideas about the high number of street children without any education. At the previous meeting of the forum, a number of factors prevailing …………………………..…… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………

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