Question

I. Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow by choosing the right option: 1x10=10 MARKS
LIFE ON A PILLAR
1.Well, this is the beginning of another semester. Time for work again. You may be wondering what I am. Well, I am just a simple wall-fan situated on one of the pillars in the dining hall of one of the residential colleges in University Malaya. I have seen a lot in my days due to my high and mighty position. So much that I can safely say - nothing can escape my vision or hearing.

2.I know every face in this college. I meet new faces every year, but I long for familiar faces too. I am not the only kind of my species around. I do not know for sure how many there are because I never really bother to keep count of them. I do not have a chance to speak to my pals due to the fact that we are placed far apart. To humans, I am just one of the many objects that give them satisfaction and comfort, nothing more than that. They make me work, from morning till night. Only around midnight am I given some rest, when some kind gentleman switches off my mechanism.

3.I love to observe everything around me. Life for humans depends on food -- breakfast, lunch and dinner. During these times, I can really study the ways of mankind. Some rush into the dining hall, and rush off with a file in one hand and a piece of bread in the other. On the other hand, some of them take their time, combining their food with the latest gossip and chit-chat. I have heard a wide range of gossip since my days in the dining hall. Why is the human species so full of gossip?

4.After the last meal of the day is over, the humans gather in the hall with their books. There are those who study, but there are those who come with other intentions in mind. Some come with the intention of dating, while others with the intention of watching television -- the inconsiderate ones who turn on the volume full blast. My sympathy goes to those who want to study.

5.As midnight approaches, more and more of them leave the dining hall. Finally, all the lights will be switched off and I will be left in solitary darkness. Well, that is the end of another day. Sleep and face another morrow!
1.What does the phrase "nothing can escape my vision or hearing " mean? *
1 point
I can see and hear very well.
I cannot escape from being seen and heard.
I can see and hear everything.
I cannot see or hear anything
2. How do human beings treat the fan? *
1 point
as one of their kind.
as an object to be disliked.
as a utility item.
as something to be discarded.
3. Where is the fan situated? *
1 point
on one of the pillars in University Malaya.
in one of the dining halls in University Malaya.
on a pillar in the dining hall of one of the residential colleges.
on one of the walls in the dining hall of one of the residential colleges
4. How does the fan know every face in the college? *
1 point
All of them make use of it.
All of them have seen the fan.
All of them go to the dining hall for their meals.
All of them study in the dining hall.
5. In the eyes of the fan, how do the human beings appear? *
1 point
Some are always in a hurry, while there are others who are very relaxed.
All of them are always in a hurry and as a result look hassled
All of them are very relaxed.
All of them are heartless.
6. The phrase "not the only kind of my species around" means *
1 point
there are others like me around.
there are none like me around.
I am not the kind one around.
I am the only kind one around.
7. The humans who spend a lot of time in the dining hall during meals *
1 point
Usually sit and gossip
Usually bring books and study
Wait for everyone to leave and switch off the lights
Come to disturb others
8. Why does the fan sympathise with those who want to study? *
1 point
Humans in the dining hall gossip
Humans come with the intention of dating
Humans turn the volume of the T.V. full blast
Humans turn off the light
9. The word in the passage which means ‘lonely’ is: *
1 point
Solitary
Inconsiderate
Residential
intention
10. The fan's philosophy in life is *
1 point
to live from day to day.
to be tired of living.
to face another tomorrow.
to wait for the end of one day.

Answer 1

Answer:

2. As one of there kind

3.option 1

4.

Answer 2

The answers are as follows:

1. I can see and hear everything.

2. as a utility item.

3. on a pillar in the dining hall of one of the residential colleges.

4. all of them go to the dining hall for their meals.

5. Some are always in a hurry, while there are others who are very relaxed.

6. there are others like me around.

7. usually sit and gossip

8. Humans turn the volume of the T.V. full blast

9. Solitary

10. to face another tomorrow

Comprehension

• Unseen comprehensions refer to the exercises where a passage is given, and questions are to be answered from there. The challenge is to comprehend the passage on your own without anybody's help.

• The given passage is an autobiography of a wall fan.

• Comprehensions help children improve their comprehending and understanding power of a foreign tongue.