Question

Q1.Read the following passage carefully and answer the given questions: (5 Marks) About the year 1900, a small, dark-haired boy named Charles Chaplin was often seen waiting outside the back entrances of London theatres. He looked thin and hungry but his blue eyes were determined. He was hoping to get work in show business. He could sing and dance. His parents were music-hall performers and he had been born into the life of the theatre. And, although his own boyhood was painfully hard, he knew how to make people laugh. His own father had died from drinking too much. And his mother was not really able to look after Charles and his older half-brother, Sid. She was often sick in mind and had to be sent into hospital.

1.1) The boy Charles Chaplin was __________. a) brown-haired b) dark-haired c) red-haired d) light-haired

1.2) Chaplin thought to get a job in __________. a) soap business b) hotel business c) show business d) hospital business

1.3) His parents were __________. a) music-hall performers b) actors c) singers d) directors

1.4) His father had died due to __________. a) an illness b) accident c) drinking d) suicide

1.5) The meaning of ‘determined’ is ___________. a) mind made up b) mind turn up c) mind fade up d) mind turn down​

Answer 1

Answer:

1.1) dark haired

1.2) show business

1.3) music-hall performers

1.4) drinking

1.5) mind made up

Answer 2

Answer:

1.1) dark-haired

1.2)show-business

1.3)music-hall performers

1.4)drinking

1.5)mind turn up