Comprehension
Direction: In the following passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE
If a country should have a message for its people, it should be a message of human dignity. The ideals of a nation should be of the freedom of ideas, speech, press, the right to assemble and the right to worship. A country should boldly proclaim to a world dominated by tyrants that “all men are created equal and they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights” and “among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”. This should be the source of the strength and power of a nation. If people have the freedom to live their lives in dignity, they can work with a sound mind and physical health. The moral, political, and economic stature of a country lies in the strength of its people. A nation should strive to be a more perfect, not the perfect country where the people is given a promise and a hope in their minds to work and cherish liberty, justice, and opportunity. We do not always get what we want when we want it but it is always better to believe that someday, somehow, someway, we will get what we want.
SOME IMPORTANT WORDS
(1) dignity (N.) : respect
(2) proclaim (V.) : declare
(3) endowed with (Phr.V.) : to naturally have a particular feature, quality, etc.
(4) unalienable (Adj.) : that cannot be taken away from you ; in alienable
(5) stature (N.) : status
(6) strive (V.) : to try very hard to achieve something
- The source of the strength and power of a nation depends on
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rights of the people
Correct Option: C
rights of the people
- Citizens of a country should work and cherish
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liberty, justice and opportunity
Correct Option: A
liberty, justice and opportunity
Direction: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE
One November afternoon, a child came to Rhayader’s light house studio. She was about twelve, slender, dirty, nervous and timid. In her arms she carried something. She was desperately afraid of the ugly man she had come to see, but she had heard somewhere that this man would heal injured things. The man’s voice was deep and kind when he spoke to her. What is it, child ? She stepped forward timidly, and in her arms was a large white bird which was quite still. There were stains of blood on its whiteness. The girl placed it in his arms. ‘I found it, Sir. It’s hurt. Is it still alive?’ ‘Yes. Yes, I think so?’ Rhayader went inside with the bird in his arms. He placed it upon a table. The girl followed. The bird fluttered. Rhayader spread one of its large white wings. ‘Child where did you find it?’ ‘In the marsh, Sir. Hunters had been there? ‘Is a snow goose from Canada. But how did it get here ?’ The girl’s eyes were fixed on the injured bird. She said ‘Can you heal it, Sir?’ “Yes” said Rhayader. “We will try. You can help me. She has been shot, poor thing, her leg is broken and the wing too.”
SOME IMPORTANT WORDS
(1) desperately (Adv.) : very much
(2) heal (V.) : to cure
- How had the bird been injured?
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She had been shot by hunters
Correct Option: D
She had been shot by hunters
- Why did the girl take the bird to Rhayader?
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So that he would heal it
Correct Option: D
So that he would heal it
- Which of the phrases best describe the girl?
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Slender and dirty
Correct Option: D
Slender and dirty