Question

Read the following passage and answer the questions (1-5).

Once there was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him to hammer a nail into the back of the fence every time he would lose his temper. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned 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 didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and now the father suggested him to pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young 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’m sorry', the wound will still be there.

1. The little boy was *

a) lazy

b) careless

c) patient

d) short- tempered

2. The number of nails hammered into the fence daily decreased gradually because *

a) the boy was tired.

b) the hammer broke

c) the boy was fed up of this activity.

d) the boy learnt to control his anger.

3. Which of the following statements is NOT true? *

a) The boy had a bad temper.

b) The father asked him to drive a nail into the fence every time he lost his temper.

c) The father was very angry with the boy after the task was finished.

d) Soon the boy learned to control his temper.

4. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence because *

a) he wanted to get the nails back.

b) he wanted to praise his son for his good work.

c) he wanted to scold his son for his carelessness.

d) he wanted to show his son the after effects of anger.

5. The holes in the fence symbolize that anger *

a) leaves scars on other people's mind.

b) creates difference between the father and the son.

c) puts the knife in other person's heart.

d) breaks the fence between people.

6. He can sit and read for hours at a stretch.(Choose correct meaning of the idiom 'at a stretch'.) *

a) continuously

b) repeatedly

c) oftenly

d) sometimes

7. Choose the correct sentence. *

a) One of my friend is a teacher.

b) One of my friends is a teacher.

c) One of my friends are teacher.

d) One of my friends are teachers.

8. Do you want ________ my address?(Fill in the blank with suitable non-finite.) *

a) know

b) to know

c) knowing

d) known

9. He will explain it to you when he _______ back. *

a) come

b) comes

c) will come

d) has come

10. He was feeling weak __________ he went to his office. *

a) so

b) never

c) but

d) and

11. What did the Prince ask the swallow? (The Happy Prince) *

a) to take the ruby from his eyes

b) to take the ruby from his crown

c) to take the ruby from his sword hilt

d) to take the sapphires from his sword hilt

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Answer 1

Answer:

1. d

2.d

3.c

4.d

5.a

6.b

7.a

8.to know (b)

9.comes (b)

10.but (c)

11.a