Question

Once there was a little boy who had a bad temper.

His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper ,he must

hammer a nail into the back of the fence.

The first day, the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks as he learnt

to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He

discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

Finally the day came when the boy did not lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and

the father suggested the boy now to pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his

temper. The days passed and the boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were

gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said ,You have done

well my son ,but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same .

When you say things in anger ,they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man

and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I am sorry, the wound is still there .A

verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.

Choose the most appropriate option:

1.The fault of the boy with the father wanted to improve was

a) his casual attitude.

b) his knowledge of using a hammer.

c) bad temper.

d) all of the above.

2, The task that the father gave to the little boy was

a) to control his nature.

b) to control his temper.

c) to hammer a nail into the back of the fence.

d) to repair the fence.

3. The father wanted the boy to pull out the nails as he wanted

a) him to work hard.

b) control his anger.

c) him to make holes in the fence.

d) to show him the scars on the fence.

4. The lesson which the father taught to his son was that

a. Nails make holes in the fence.

b. One should not use bad words for anyone.c. One should not put nails in the fence.

d. One should not pull the nails back out of the fence.

5. Find a word from the passage which means the same as declined/grew less.

a. Dwindled

b. Suggested.

c. Discovered

d. Hammered​

Answer 1

Answer:

1.c

2.c

3.b

4.b

5.d

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