Question

4. Read the passage given below and answer the questions A B and C that follows

. I saw him first in Kensington Gardens, where he came in the afternoons, accompanied by a very small girl One would see them silent before a Shrub or flower or with their heads inclined to heaven before a tree, or leaning above water and the ducks, or a stretched on their stomachs watching a Beetle, or on their backs watching the sky

opping herself before she

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Often, they would stand holding crumbs out to the birds, who would perch about them noisily and even drop little

white marks or affection and esteem.

His dress did not indicate any share of prosperity, but his face attracted attention.It had a special brightness and his eyes seemed to shine. He roused a keen interest but it was long before I made his acquaintance. One day! saw him walking alone, looking sad, but still with that queer brightness about him. He sat down on my bench and began talking to himself Dead and only seven years old!

On an impulse I said. That little one, I used to watch you with not last do they?

Yes my landlady's little girl she was great companion We were great friends

I couldn't expect it. Things do

When I got up to go, he rose to take it as every kind of you! he said, 'to have spoken to me

Next time, I came across him with an injured cat in his arms He had rescued it from some cruel boys on the street, he said He was taking at home I walked along The room is called home, besides the new cat had three other feline members four birds and bulfinch, all apparently invalid. "How on earth," said, "do you manage to keep cats and birds in one room?" - There is danger" he answered "but no disaster yet As it is none of them stays here forever. Once they are wel they go After that I saw him often He always talked of his strays and the marvels of creation. His bumpy landlady seemed to have a terrible grudge against him for housing the beasts' But suppose, their hands

were joined by that dead child One afternoon, she was much upset He had been taken seriously ill three days before. There he is" she told

me, "double Pneumonia: caught it getting his feet wet, after some stray I have shooed all the creatures out

He was absolutely still when l saw him, not exactly delirious yet not fully master of his thoughts, I let the and birds in. The cats, sat against the walls, staring like sphinxes at their motionless protector

animals

and the bullfinch

perched at his pillow The next day he was gone As for his last wish wish his ex-employer Jackson had taken the custody of his pets and moved therm to his luxurious outhouse, only to find them perishing or missing one by one looking for their protector

(A 1) Find the words which have a similar meaning in the passage

Love

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(A2) For each of the words given below write a sentence of at least 10 words using the same word and change

form but with the different meaning from that which carries in the passage 1 inclined

2 invalid 3 hands

(B) Answer the following questions as briefly as possible in your own words

1 How did the man and the child spend their time together 2. Give a brief character sketch of the man 3 What was the attitude of the landlady towards the man?

() In not more than 100 words, summarize the mutual bond that existed between the man and his animals,​

Answer 1

Answer:

Often, they would stand holding crumbs out to the birds, who would perch about them noisily and even drop little

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