Read the extract and answer the following questions.

I love the Brooks which down their channels fret,

Even more than when I tripped lightly as they;

The innocent brightness of a new-born Day Is lovely yet;

The Clouds that gather round the setting Sun

Do take a sober colouring from an eye

That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality;

Another race hath been and other palms are won.

Thanks to the human heart by which we live,

Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears,

To me, the meanest flower that blows can give

Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.

The figure of speech used in line 1 is

• a simile

• irony

• a metaphor

• personification

Read the extract and answer the following questions.

I love the Brooks which down their channels fret,

Even more than when I tripped lightly as they;

The innocent brightness of a new-born Day Is lovely yet;

The Clouds that gather round the setting Sun

Do take a sober colouring from an eye

That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality;

Another race hath been and other palms are won.

Thanks to the human heart by which we live,

Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears,

To me, the meanest flower that blows can give

Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.

"The innocent brightness..." is an example of

• metonymy

• irony

• synecdoche

• transferred epithet

Read the extract and answer the following questions.

I love the Brooks which down their channels fret,

Even more than when I tripped lightly as they;

The innocent brightness of a new-born Day Is lovely yet;

The Clouds that gather round the setting Sun

Do take a sober colouring from an eye

That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality;

Another race hath been and other palms are won.

Thanks to the human heart by which we live,

Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears,

To me, the meanest flower that blows can give

Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.

The poet loves the brooks

• because they flow between their banks

• because he too can run briskly like them

• now more than when he was young

• as they are overflowing their banks

Read the extract and answer the following questions.

I love the Brooks which down their channels fret,

Even more than when I tripped lightly as they;

The innocent brightness of a new-born Day Is lovely yet;

The Clouds that gather round the setting Sun

Do take a sober colouring from an eye

That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality;

Another race hath been and other palms are won.

Thanks to the human heart by which we live,

Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears,

To me, the meanest flower that blows can give

Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.

The clouds around the setting Sun make the poet

• thoughtful

• sad

• happy

• curious

Read the extract and answer the following questions.

I love the Brooks which down their channels fret,

Even more than when I tripped lightly as they;

The innocent brightness of a new-born Day Is lovely yet;

The Clouds that gather round the setting Sun

Do take a sober colouring from an eye

That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality;

Another race hath been and other palms are won.

Thanks to the human heart by which we live,

Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears,

To me, the meanest flower that blows can give

Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.

During his lifetime, the poet has thought about

• the rat race of man

• love in the human heart

• the dawn of the new day

• mortal nature of man

Read the passage and answer the following questions.

What we call Old Delhi is actually only about 350 years old, which is not terribly ancient, considering that the city was inhabited around 1000-800 BC. But it is a good place to look because Old Delhi has retained its character from the Mughal days. Most of what we call Old Delhi was built by the emperor Shahjahan who, with characteristic modesty, called it Shahjahanabad. The city was built around 1640-1650AD (so, by Delhi standards, it is actually young!) and remained the capital of the Mughal empire ever since. India was one of the world's richest countries at that age, so the capital's commercial quarter was one of the most important trading and business centers in the East. The original Chandni Chowk was built around a canal of the Yamuna, which passed down the street, forming a pool that reflected the moonlight and gave the area its name. The business of Chandni Chowk was business only. Some people say that it was the ruthless reprisals from the British after the 1857 Mutiny/War of Independence that destroyed the peaceful character of Chandni Chowk as did the looting that was the hallmark of the East India Company's soldiers. Others say that the rot set in after New Delhi was created in the 20th century. Either way, Chandni Chowk is a mess now. It is overcrowded, parts of it are dirty and its wonderful historical mansions are now in disrepair. In an era when the world's great squares have become landmarks, why should Chandni Chowk become a slum?

East India Company's soldiers were

• noble and brave

• greedy but not cruel

• cruel and greedy

• cruel but not greedy

Read the passage and answer the following questions.

What we call Old Delhi is actually only about 350 years old, which is not terribly ancient, considering that the city was inhabited around 1000-800 BC. But it is a good place to look because Old Delhi has retained its character from the Mughal days. Most of what we call Old Delhi was built by the emperor Shahjahan who, with characteristic modesty, called it Shahjahanabad. The city was built around 1640-1650AD (so, by Delhi standards, it is actually young!) and remained the capital of the Mughal empire ever since. India was one of the world's richest countries at that age, so the capital's commercial quarter was one of the most important trading and business centres in the East. The original Chandni Chowk was built around a canal of the Yamuna, which passed down the street, forming a pool that reflected the moonlight and gave the area its name. The business of Chandni Chowk was business only. Some people say that it was the ruthless reprisals from the British after the 1857 Mutiny/War of Independence that destroyed the peaceful character of Chandni Chowk as did the looting that was the hallmark of the East India Company's soldiers. Others say that the rot set in after New Delhi was created in the 20th century. Either way, Chandni Chowk is a mess now. It is overcrowded, parts of it are dirty and its wonderful historical mansions are now in disrepair. In an era when the world's great squares have become landmarks, why should Chandni Chowk become a slum?

"...a pool that reflected the moonlight..."

Which part of speech is the underlined word?

• A pronoun

• An interjection

• An adjective

• A determiner

Read the passage and answer the following questions.

What we call Old Delhi is actually only about 350 years old, which is not terribly ancient, considering that the city was inhabited around 1000-800 BC. But it is a good place to look because Old Delhi has retained its character from the Mughal days. Most of what we call Old Delhi was built by the emperor ShahJahan who, with characteristic modesty, called it Shahjahanabad. The city was built around 1640-1650AD (so, by Delhi standards, it is actually young!) and remained the capital of the Mughal empire ever since. India was one of the world's richest countries in that age, so the capital's commercial quarter was one of the most important trading and business centres in the East. The original Chandni Chowk was built around a canal of the Yamuna, which passed down the street, forming a pool that reflected the moonlight and gave the area its name. The business of Chandni Chowk was business only. Some people say that it was the ruthless reprisals from the British after the 1857 Mutiny/War of Independence that destroyed the peaceful character of Chandni Chowk as did the looting that was the hallmark of the East India Company's soldiers. Others say that the rot set in after New Delhi was created in the 20th century. Either way, Chandni Chowk is a mess now. It is overcrowded, parts of it are dirty and its wonderful historical mansions are now in disrepair. In an era when the world's great squares have become landmarks, why should Chandni Chowk become a slum?

"...terribly ancient, considering that..."

The underlined word is a/ an

• noun

• adverb

• participle

• verb

Read the passage and answer the following questions.

What we call Old Delhi is actually only about 350 years old, which is not terribly ancient, considering that the city was inhabited around 1000-800 BC. But it is a good place to look because Old Delhi has retained its character from the Mughal days. Most of what we call Old Delhi was built by the emperor ShahJahan who, with characteristic modesty, called it Shahjahanabad. The city was built around 1640-1650AD (so, by Delhi standards, it is actually young!) and remained the capital of the Mughal empire ever since. India was one of the world's richest countries in that age, so the capital's commercial quarter was one of the most important trading and business centres in the East. The original Chandni Chowk was built around a canal of the Yamuna, which passed down the street, forming a pool that reflected the moonlight and gave the area its name. The business of Chandni Chowk was business only. Some people say that it was the ruthless reprisals from the British after the 1857 Mutiny/War of Independence that destroyed the peaceful character of Chandni Chowk as did the looting that was the hallmark of the East India Company's soldiers. Others say that the rot set in after New Delhi was created in the 20th century. Either way, Chandni Chowk is a mess now. It is overcrowded, parts of it are dirty and its wonderful historical mansions are now in disrepair. In an era when the world's great squares have become landmarks, why should Chandni Chowk become a slum?

"Either way, Chandni Chowk is a mess now."

The word 'mess' means the same as

• canteen

• upset

• snare

• confusion

Read the passage and answer the following questions.

What we call Old Delhi is actually only about 350 years old, which is not terribly ancient, considering that the city was inhabited around 1000-800 BC. But it is a good place to look because Old Delhi has retained its character from the Mughal days. Most of what we call Old Delhi was built by the emperor ShahJahan who, with characteristic modesty, called it Shahjahanabad. The city was built around 1640-1650AD (so, by Delhi standards, it is actually young!) and remained the capital of the Mughal empire ever since. India was one of the world's richest countries in that age, so the capital's commercial quarter was one of the most important trading and business centres in the East. The original Chandni Chowk was built around a canal of the Yamuna, which passed down the street, forming a pool that reflected the moonlight and gave the area its name. The business of Chandni Chowk was business only. Some people say that it was the ruthless reprisals from the British after the 1857 Mutiny/War of Independence that destroyed the peaceful character of Chandni Chowk as did the looting that was the hallmark of the East India Company's soldiers. Others say that the rot set in after New Delhi was created in the 20th century. Either way, Chandni Chowk is a mess now. It is overcrowded, parts of it are dirty and its wonderful historical mansions are now in disrepair. In an era when the world's great squares have become landmarks, why should Chandni Chowk become a slum?

"...a pool that reflected the moonlight..."

The word opposite in meaning to 'reflected' is

• imitated

• discredited

• claimed

• absorbed