underlined word.
11. Tyler and Joshua can easily predict what is going to happen during the elections.
(A) say (B) warn
(C) foresee (D) exclaim
12. Sally has always been enthusiastic about her work and as a result she will
progress well.
(A) stern (B) eager
(C) positive (D) passionate
13. It is obvious that your mother deserted you when you needed her.
(A) clear (B) pitiable
(C) regrettable (D) embarrassing
14. Since we had enough time to spare we wandered aimlessly on our way home.
(A) strode (B) roamed
(C) trudged (D) moored
15. All our attempts to encourage Shawn to make the trip were futile.
(A) useless (B) difficult
(C) unnecessary (D) reasonable
Section B
Read the following dialogue and answer the questions which follow.
The Scholarship
Marcia is preparing breakfast,
Her son Ramesh is glancing through the daily newspapers.
Marcia- But Ramesh, you ent smell the bake burnin! The only thing you could do is
read papers. Hurry up boy and turn down the stove for me.
Ramesh- Mommy, give me a chance. You always tense and uptight about everything.
(Ramesh goes to the stove and lowers the temperature)
Marcia- Thank you Ramesh that‟s the way you must respond. By the way what‟s
interesting in the papers today?
Ramesh- (turns over the front page)
Oh my Lord, mommy come quickly, see this headline- „Scholarship Awards‟
Look mommy, Blake Johnson gets award in the field of medicine. I am so
happy for Blake.
Thank you Lord for my friend.
Marcia- What, that little Blake. Rita didn‟t even have food to feed that boy and today
look whe he reach. Now Rita go bus style on we.
31. In which part of the house is the scene taking place?
(A) Patio (B) Bedroom
(C) Verandah (D) Kitchen
32. What is Marcia‟s relation to Ramesh?
(A) They are friends
(B) Mother and son
(C) Aunt and nephew
(D) Brother and sister
33. Why does Ramesh tell Marcia that she is always „tense and uptight‟?
(A) She is controlling.
(B) She does not relax.
(C) She needs a vacation.
(D) She is always reprimanding him.
34. What do you think Marcia means when she says „Now Rita go bus style on we.‟?
(A) Rita will behave weird.
(B) She will take a bus ride.
(C) Rita will begin to show off.
(D) She will start to dress better.
35. What causes Ramesh to be happy for Blake Johnson?
(A) Blake is his friend.
(B) Ramesh is jealous.
(C) He looks up to Blake.
(D) Ramesh is sorry for Blake‟s struggle
Read the following extract carefully and then answer items on the basis of what is stated or implied.
She had always been a small woman – short, light–bones, delicately structured – but now, under
the white hospital sheet, she was becoming tiny. I thought of a doll with huge, fierce eyes.
There had always been a fierceness in her. It showed in that angry, challenging thrust of the chin
when she issued an opinion, and a great one she had always been for issuing opinions.
“I tell people exactly what’s on my mind,” she had been fond of boasting. “I tell them what I
think, whether they like it or not.” Often they had not liked it. She could be sarcastic to people
in whom she detected evidence of the ignoramus or the fool.
It’s not always a good policy to tell people exactly what’s on your mind,” I used to caution
her.
“If they don’t like it, that’s too bad,” was her customary reply, “because that’s the way I am.”
And so, she was. A formidable woman. Determined to speak her mind, determined to bend
those who opposed her. In that time when I had known her best, my mother had hurled herself at
life with her chin thrust forward, eyes blazing, and an energy that made her seem always on the
run.
She ran after squawking chickens, a knife in her hand, determined on the beheading that would
put dinner in the pot. She ran when she made the beds, ran when she set the table. One
Thanksgiving she burned herself badly when, running up from the cellar oven with the
ceremonial turkey, she tripped on the stairs and tumbled back down ending on the bottom in
the debris of giblets, hot gravy, and battered turkey. Life was combat, and victory was not for
the lazy, the timid, the slugabed, the drugstore cowboy, the mush mouth afraid to tell people
exactly what was on their mind whether people liked it or not. She ran.
But now her running was over.
Adapted from Russell Baker. In My Day. Retrieved23 February 2015
From http://WWW.Douban.com/note/173685719
1. The mother’s “thrust of the chin” (line 4) is done in
(A)fear (B) hatred (C) defiance (D) contemplation
2. The son cautioned his mother about telling people exactly what she thought because he
(A) was affronted about his arrogance
(B) thought others would be offended
(C) found her behavior aggressive
3. Why does the writer choose the expression “A formidable woman” (line 13) to describe
the mother?
(A)He is intimidated by her.
(B) (B) Her words often provoked anger.
(C) The difference in style shows the constancy of her character.
(D) He emphasizes her strength which he finds admirable.
4. The behaviours the mother finds contemptible include
I. Timidity II. Laziness III. cowardice
(A)I and II only (B) I and III only (C) II and III only (D) I, II and III
5. What does “In that time when I had known her best” (lines 14-15) say about the mother-son relationship?
(A)They had grown apart
(B) They admired each other
(C) They had always had a close relationship
(D)The son had forgotten things about his mother
6. The incident at Thanksgiving shows the mother’s own attitude to be of
(A)hastiness (B) aggressiveness (C) impudence (D) determination
7. What literacy device is used in line 15, “my mother had hurled herself at life”?
(A) Irony (B) Imagery (C) Repetition (D) Onomatopoeia
8. The final sentence of the extract implies that the mother has
(A)become lazy and sleepy
(B) lost her physical strength
(C) hurt her leg in the hospital
(D)died leaving the son to reminisce
Writing a Summary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR7bXsoNwwE
Who. What. Why. When. Where. How
Instructions:
Find the main idea
Break it down into sections.
Identify the key points in each section.
Write the summary.
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