Q. 7. Read the following passage carefully: (8
marks)
One day, hopped in a taxi and we took off for the
airport we were driving in the night lane when
Suddenly a car jumped out of a parking space right in
front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes,
skydded and missed the other car by just inches The
driver of the other car whipped his head around and
started yelling at us My tax driver just smled and
waved at the guy And I mean he was really friendly,
Solasked, "Why did you just do that? This guy
Answers
Answe:
- The narrator boarded a taxi for the airport when all of a sudden a car jumped out of a parking space in front of his car.
- The taxi driver slammed on his breaks, skidded and missed the other car by just inches.
- The narrator compared the yelling driver the 'Garbage Truck'
- The term 'garbage' in the context of the passage means full of anger and full of disappointment.
The correct answers to the questions given are as follows:-
(i) The narrator boarded a taxi (a) to the airport when all of a sudden a car jumped (b) out of a parking space right in front of the narrator's taxi.
(ii) How did the taxi driver avert an accident?
: As soon as the car suddenly jumped in front of the taxi, the taxi driver slammed on the brakes, skidded and barely missed crashing into the other car by inches.
(iii) To what did he compare the yelling driver?
The taxi driver compared the yelling driver to a garbage truck. He said that the man was carrying garbage, anger and disappointment around with him just like a garbage truck carries garbage around.
(iv) The term 'garbage' in the context of the passage means trash or useless emotions just like garbage or waste.