Question

Read the following passage and choose the correct option. [04)

1

Usually, when the school began, there was a great bustle, which could be heard out in the

streets, the opening and closing of desks, lessons repeated in unison, very loud, with our hands

over our ears to understand better, and the teacher's great ruler rapping on the table. But now

it was all so still! I had counted on the commotion to get to my desk without being seen; but, of

course, that day everything had to be as quiet as Sunday morning.

Questions:

1. Why did the students cover their ears?

a. To avoid the noise coming from outside

b. To avoid the teacher's attention

c. In ord.er to understand the lesson better

d. In order to speak correctly

2. When the narrator entered the school, he was surprised at the in ------

school.

a. rapping of the ruler

b. opening of desks

c. bustle

d. silence​

Answer 1

Answer:

1-c option is correct

2-d option is correct

Explanation:

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Answer 2

1. The students covered their ears in order to understand the lesson better.

2. When the narrator entered the school, he was surprised at the silence in the school.

Explanation:

• In the first question, as mentioned in the passage, the students cover their ears to understand the lesson better due to the bustle of noise both inside the class and outside on the streets.
• In the second question, the narrator states in the beginning of the passage that there is always some commotion going on which is why he is surprised to find silence in the school, which is always noisy.