Question

Q1. Read the following passage carefully: (
Alexander Fleming was born on Loch field Farm in south-western Scotland on August 6, 1881, the youngest of the eight children of High Fleming His father died when he was only seven, but his mother, a cheerful woman of great character, supervised the running of the farm. She maintained the affection of her large family, her four step children were devoted to her, as were her own four children. Until he was ten, Alexander attended the nearby London Moor School He was then transferred to Darvel School which he attended with his brothers Alexander learned a good deal about nature during that four-mile downhill hike to school and the four-mile uphill return trip. He was quick student, and at twelve, the age limit prescribed for Darvel School, he was sent to Kilmarnock Academy. Two years later he joined brother John and Robert at the home of his elder brother Thomas, who was to become a successful oculist in London John and Robert become opticians, and ultimately started a business of their own which they built into a leading optical laboratory. The business is still in the control of the Fleming family. However, the economic success of the family was yet to be obtained and Alexander was forced to leave school for economic reasons.
(1) How much away was Alexander's Darvel school?
(i) Why Alexander was sent to Kilmarnock Academy?
(ii) Where Alexander was born?
(iv) What reasons Alexander had to leave the school?
(v) Find the word from the passage which has the same meaning as 'dedicate"​

Answer 1

Answer:

1 10 years

2He was quick student, and at twelve, the age limit prescribed for Darvel School, he was sent to Kilmarnock Academy

3Alexander Fleming was born on Loch field Farm in south-western Scotland on August 6, 1881

4 he was then transferred to Darvel School because he attended with his brothers Alexander learned a good deal about nature during that four-mile downhill hike to school and the four-mile uphill return trip.

5 dedicated means quick