Question

4. Read the extract given below and attempt the questions that follow:
(1x5-5)
Ever since I moved here I have seen this little white house
With the old man and the old woman and an old pattern of life-
Refusing to be weeded out from this skyscraping street,
Where two people had grown roots, once, scattered seeds,
And now, with a hope stubborn as weeds,
Still peer through curtained windows when the gate creaks.
i. Why is the pattern of life old?
a because the couple had a fixed routine
c. because the couple was lazy
b. because the couple was boring
d because the couple didn't work​

Answer 1

Explanation:

4. Read the extract given below and attempt the questions that follow:

(1x5-5)

Ever since I moved here I have seen this little white house

With the old man and the old woman and an old pattern of life-

Refusing to be weeded out from this skyscraping street,

Where two people had grown roots, once, scattered seeds,

And now, with a hope stubborn as weeds,

Still peer through curtained windows when the gate creaks.

i. Why is the pattern of life old?

a because the couple had a fixed routine

c. because the couple was lazy

b. because the couple was boring

d because the couple didn't work