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Gandhi was not born great. He was a blundering boy, a mediocre student, a poor lawyer, an ordinary individual until he remade himself. He was a self-remade man. He had faith in himself. But above all, he had a deep, touching faith in the peasants, miners, laborers, and young unformed men and women whom he drew into his work. He fed them all an elixir of growth which often transformed nameless, uneducated people into leonine heroes. The elixir was fearlessness.

The word 'leonine' in the passage means

• lean

• courageous

• timid

• learning

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The dog fence in Australia has been erected to keep out hostile invaders, in this case, hordes of yellow dogs called dingoes. The empire it preserves is that of wool growers. Yet the fence casts a much broader ecological shadow. For the early explorers, a kangaroo or a wallaby sighting marked a noteworthy event. Now try not to see one. Without a native predator, there is no check on the marsupial population. The kangaroos are now cursed more than the dingoes. They have become rivals of sheep, competing for water and grass. The State Governments now cull more than three million kangaroos a year to keep Australia's natural symbol from overrunning the pastoral lands.

The Fence is meant to keep the:

• kangaroo in and the dingo out.

• kangaroo in and the sheep out

• sheep in and the kangaroo out

• sheep in and the dingo out.

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The dog fence in Australia has been erected to keep out hostile invaders, in this case, hordes of yellow dogs called dingoes. The empire it preserves is that of wool growers. Yet the fence casts a much broader ecological shadow. For the early explorers, a kangaroo or a wallaby sighting marked a noteworthy event. Now try not to see one. Without a native predator, there is no check on the marsupial population. The kangaroos are now cursed more than the dingoes. They have become rivals of sheep, competing for water and grass. The State Governments now cull more than three million kangaroos a year to keep Australia's natural symbol from overrunning the pastoral lands.

Australia's national symbol is:

• Kangaroo

• Wallaby

• Sheep

• Dingo

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The dog fence in Australia has been erected to keep out hostile invaders, in this case, hordes of yellow dogs called dingoes. The empire it preserves is that of wool growers. Yet the fence casts a much broader ecological shadow. For the early explorers, a kangaroo or a wallaby sighting marked a noteworthy event. Now try not to see one. Without a native predator, there is no check on the marsupial population. The kangaroos are now cursed more than the dingoes. They have become rivals of sheep, competing for water and grass. The State Governments now cull more than three million kangaroos a year to keep Australia's natural symbol from overrunning the pastoral lands.

What has led to the unchecked growth of the marsupial population?

• The building of fences

• kangaroo in and the sheep out

• The culling of kangaroos

• The availability of water and grass

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The dog fence in Australia has been erected to keep out hostile invaders, in this case, hordes of yellow dogs called dingoes. The empire it preserves is that of wool growers. Yet the fence casts a much broader ecological shadow. For the early explorers, a kangaroo or a wallaby sighting marked a noteworthy event. Now try not to see one. Without a native predator, there is no check on the marsupial population. The kangaroos are now cursed more than the dingoes. They have become rivals of sheep, competing for water and grass. The State Governments now cull more than three million kangaroos a year to keep Australia's natural symbol from overrunning the pastoral lands.

The marsupial population is up in Australia because:

• both wallaby and kangaroo count as marsupials.

• the kangaroo consumes the water and grass of the sheep.

• the dingo cannot get at the kangaroo

• the kangaroos are fenced out.

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Not all nocturnal animals have good eyesight. Many of them concentrate on the other senses for finding their way about and for finding food. The sense of touch is very well developed in many nocturnal animals, whether they have good eyes or not. The large hairs or whiskers on the faces of cats and mice are sense organs and the animals react rapidly if these whiskers are touched. The sense of smell is also very important for nocturnal animals such as hedgehogs and field mice. The moist night air holds scent much better than dry air does.

Which one of the following statements is correct?

• All nocturnal animals are blind

• Many nocturnal animals do not have good eyesight

• Most nocturnal animals can not see anything in the dark

• No nocturnal animal has good eyesight

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Not all nocturnal animals have good eyesight. Many of them concentrate on the other senses for finding their way about and for finding food. The sense of touch is very well developed in many nocturnal animals, whether they have good eyes or not. The large hairs or whiskers on the faces of cats and mice are sense organs and the animals react rapidly if these whiskers are touched. The sense of smell is also very important for nocturnal animals such as hedgehogs and field mice. The moist night air holds scent much better than dry air does.

The cat's whiskers are organs associated with the sense of

• taste

• touch

• hearing

• smell

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An old man with steel-rimmed spectacles and very dusty clothes sat by the side of the road. There was a pontoon bridge across the river and carts, trucks, and men, women, and children were crossing it. The mule-drawn carts staggered up the steep bank from the bridge with solids helping to push against the spokes of the wheels. The trucks wound up and away heading out of it all. The peasants plodded along in the ankle-deep dust. But the old man sat there without moving.

The term "pontoon bridge" means:

• a temporary bridge constructed with the help of ropes

• a bridge made by soldiers during a war

• a bridge supported by floating flat-bottomed boats

• a bridge made with wooden planks

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An old man with steel-rimmed spectacles and very dusty clothes sat by the side of the road. There was a pontoon bridge across the river and carts, trucks, and men, women, and children were crossing it. The mule-drawn carts staggered up the steep bank from the bridge with solids helping to push against the spokes of the wheels. The trucks wound up and away heading out of it all. The peasants plodded along in the ankle-deep dust. But the old man sat there without moving.

The soldiers were "helping to push against the spokes of the wheels" because:

• they wanted to stop the carts

• the spokes of the wheels were broken

• the mules refused to draw the carts

• there was a steep elevation

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An old man with steel-rimmed spectacles and very dusty clothes sat by the side of the road. There was a pontoon bridge across the river and carts, trucks, and men, women, and children were crossing it. The mule-drawn carts staggered up the steep bank from the bridge with solids helping to push against the spokes of the wheels. The trucks wound up and away heading out of it all. The peasants plodded along in the ankle-deep dust. But the old man sat there without moving.

The mule-drawn carts staggered up because:

• there were too many mule-carts

• the mules were indisciplined

• it was a steep uphill journey

• the carts were blocked by the peasants