Question

Quest. 1 Read the following passage and answer the question that follow - (10)

The swan arched his supple neck towards the water and gazed at his reason for alone time. He understood the reason for his

weariness and for the cold that quipped his body, moving him tremble as though it were winter. With absolute certainly, he knew that

his hour had come and that he must prepare for the death. His feathers were still as white as they had on his snowy flymage. He could

go now and his life would end in beauty. Straightening, his beautiful neck, he swan slowly and majestically beneath a willow, where

he had been accustomed to rest in the hot weather. It was already evening and the sunset was touching the water of the lake with

crimson and violet. And in the great silence that was falling all round, the swan began to sing. Never before had he found notes so

full of low for all of nature, for the beauty of the heavens, the neater and the earth. This sweet song sang though the air, scarcely

hanged with melancholy, until, softly. If faded with the traces of light ion the horizon. It is the swan”. Said the fish, the birds and

all of the beasts of the woodland and meadow. Touched to the heart, they said, “The Swan is dying”.

(a) How did other creatures feel on hearing the song.

(b) What message does the passage convey ?

(c) What did the Swan do to welcome his death ?

(d) What effects did the impending death have on the Swan’s body ?
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Answer 1

Answer:

hello mate how are you.