Break, Break, Break,
On thy cold gray stones, 0 Sea!
And I would that my tongue could utter
The thoughts that arise in me.
0, well for the fisherman's boy,
That he shouts with his sister at play!
O, well for the sailor lad,
That he sings in his boat on the bay!
And the stately ships go on
To their haven under the hill;
But O for the touch of a vanish's hand,
And the sound of a voice that is still!
Break, Break, Break,
At the foot of thy crags, 0 Sea!
But the tender grace of a day that is dead
Will never come back to me.

The speaker of 'Break, Break, Break' cannot

• see
  
  

• speak
  
  

• hear
  
  

• feel

Break, Break, Break,
On thy cold gray stones, 0 Sea!
And I would that my tongue could utter
The thoughts that arise in me.
0, well for the fisherman's boy,
That he shouts with his sister at play!
O, well for the sailor lad,
That he sings in his boat on the bay!
And the stately ships go on
To their haven under the hill;
But O for the touch of a vanish's hand,
And the sound of a voice that is still!
Break, Break, Break,
At the foot of thy crags, 0 Sea!
But the tender grace of a day that is dead
Will never come back to me.

In the first two lines of the poem, the poet uses

• apostrophe
  
  

• assonance
  
  

• metaphor
  
  

• simile

Break, Break, Break,
On thy cold gray stones, 0 Sea!
And I would that my tongue could utter
The thoughts that arise in me.
0, well for the fisherman's boy,
That he shouts with his sister at play!
O, well for the sailor lad,
That he sings in his boat on the bay!
And the stately ships go on
To their haven under the hill;
But O for the touch of a vanish's hand,
And the sound of a voice that is still!
Break, Break, Break,
At the foot of thy crags, 0 Sea!
But the tender grace of a day that is dead
Will never come back to me.

The phrase 'haven under the hill' is an example of

• metaphor
  
  

• personification
  
  

• alliteration
  
  

• simile

Among these adventures, in the year 1887, was a youth called Jacob who was then twenty-one years old. Although so young he had already lived a risky and dangerous life. He had been a seaman and crossed the Pacific, and been a pirate and a river patrol-man, a coal shoveller at a power plant, a landless man and a 'hobo'. He had tramped the United States and Canada, switch rides on freight trains, and dodging and fighting railwaymen and police and knew all about cold and hunger, and poverty and danger, and he had served a prison-sentence of thirty days.
Though he did little else, he had a great love for books and words, and though he had found no gold in the Klondike, these things were soon to earn him a fortune. He came back from Alaska after a year suffering from scurvy and without a penny in his pocket. He had, however, a great wealth of experience and he began to write stories about places he had seen and the people he had met. After months of hard work and hunger, he found success. Magazines began to accept his Alaskan stories. Soon, he was famous. In the next sixteen years, he published fifty books and made and spent a million dollars. He died in 1916.

In the given passage, what do you understand by the word 'hobo'?

• A hero
  
  

• Someone who does not have a job or a house and moves from one place to other
  
  

• Someone who is brave
  
  

• Someone who fights with everyone and does not sit quietly ever

Among these adventures, in the year 1887, was a youth called Jacob who was then twenty-one years old. Although so young he had already lived a risky and dangerous life. He had been a seaman and crossed the Pacific, and been a pirate and a river patrol-man, a coal shoveller at a power plant, a landless man and a 'hobo'. He had tramped the United States and Canada, switch rides on freight trains, and dodging and fighting railwaymen and police and knew all about cold and hunger, and poverty and danger, and he had served a prison-sentence of thirty days.
Though he did little else, he had a great love for books and words, and though he had found no gold in the Klondike, these things were soon to earn him a fortune. He came back from Alaska after a year suffering from scurvy and without a penny in his pocket. He had, however, a great wealth of experience and he began to write stories about places he had seen and the people he had met. After months of hard work and hunger, he found success. Magazines began to accept his Alaskan stories. Soon, he was famous. In the next sixteen years, he published fifty books and made and spent a million dollars. He died in 1916.

'Scurvy' means

• a disease resulting from a lack of vitamin C
  
  

• an injury caused to the body from freezing cold
  
  

• a sea-sickness
  
  

• a feeling of nausea

16.

Helicopters are very different from airplanes. They can do three things that airplanes cannot do. First, when airplanes move upward, they must also move forward, but helicopters can move straight up without moving ahead. Second,  helicopters can fly backward, which airplanes cannot do. Third, helicopters can use their rotors to hover in the air, which is impossible for airplanes. Helicopters can perform actions that airplanes cannot, they are used for different tasks. Since helicopters can take off without moving forward, they do not need a runway for take-off. They are used in congested areas where there is no room for airplanes or in isolated areas, which do not have airports. Because they can hover, they are used on firefighting missions to drop water on fires. They are used in logging operations to lift trees out of forests. Helicopters are used as air ambulances to airlift patients out of situations, which are difficult to reach by conventional ambulances. The police used helicopters to follows suspects on the ground or to search for cars on the ground. Of course, helicopters have military uses because of their design and capabilities.

The word 'congested' in the passage means

• the place is roomy
  
  

• the place has no place
  
  

• the place can be accessed by police vans
  
  

• the place has so much of smoke due to fire

Helicopters are very different from airplanes. They can do three things that airplanes cannot do. First, when airplanes move upward, they must also move forward, but helicopters can move straight up without moving ahead. Second , helicopters can fly backward, which airplanes cannot do. Third, helicopters can use their rotors to hover in the air, which is impossible for airplanes. Helicopters can perform actions that airplanes cannot, they are used for different tasks. Since helicopters can take off without moving forward, they do not need a runway for take-off. They are used in congested areas where there is no room for airplanes or in isolated areas, which do not have airports. Because they can hover, they are used on firefighting missions to drop water on fires. They are used in logging operations to lift trees out of forests. Helicopters are used as air ambulances to airlift patients out of situations, which are difficult to reach by conventional ambulances. The police used helicopters to follows suspects on the ground or to search for cars on the ground. Of course, helicopters have military uses because of their design and capabilities.

A helicopter can hover while an airplane cannot, according to the passage.' Hover' in the passage means

• stay at one place in the air
  
  

• move straight up in the air
  
  

• go backward in the air
  
  

• fly sideways

Helicopters are very different from airplanes. They can do three things that airplanes cannot do. First, when airplanes move upward, they must also move forward, but helicopters can move straight up without moving ahead. Second , helicopters can fly backward, which airplanes cannot do. Third, helicopters can use their rotors to hover in the air, which is impossible for airplanes. Helicopters can perform actions that airplanes cannot, they are used for different tasks. Since helicopters can take off without moving forward, they do not need a runway for take-off. They are used in congested areas where there is no room for airplanes or in isolated areas, which do not have airports. Because they can hover, they are used on firefighting missions to drop water on fires. They are used in logging operations to lift trees out of forests. Helicopters are used as air ambulances to airlift patients out of situations, which are difficult to reach by conventional ambulances. The police used helicopters to follows suspects on the ground or to search for cars on the ground. Of course, helicopters have military uses because of their design and capabilities.

Point out the grammatical category of the word 'perform' in the passage.

• Noun
  
  

• Verb
  
  

• Adverb
  
  

• Helping verb

Helicopters are very different from airplanes. They can do three things that airplanes cannot do. First, when airplanes move upward, they must also move forward, but helicopters can move straight up without moving ahead. Second , helicopters can fly backward, which airplanes cannot do. Third, helicopters can use their rotors to hover in the air, which is impossible for airplanes. Helicopters can perform actions that airplanes cannot, they are used for different tasks. Since helicopters can take off without moving forward, they do not need a runway for take-off. They are used in congested areas where there is no room for airplanes or in isolated areas, which do not have airports. Because they can hover, they are used on firefighting missions to drop water on fires. They are used in logging operations to lift trees out of forests. Helicopters are used as air ambulances to airlift patients out of situations, which are difficult to reach by conventional ambulances. The police used helicopters to follows suspects on the ground or to search for cars on the ground. Of course, helicopters have military uses because of their design and capabilities.

Why is a helicopter used as an ambulance?

• Its movement can be maneuvered easily
  
  

• It crosses all difficulties of traffic
  
  

• It reaches the inaccessible places easily
  
  

• It can fire-fight

Helicopters are very different from airplanes. They can do three things that airplanes cannot do. First, when airplanes move upward, they must also move forward, but helicopters can move straight up without moving ahead. Second , helicopters can fly backward, which airplanes cannot do. Third, helicopters can use their rotors to hover in the air, which is impossible for airplanes. Helicopters can perform actions that airplanes cannot, they are used for different tasks. Since helicopters can take off without moving forward, they do not need a runway for take-off. They are used in congested areas where there is no room for airplanes or in isolated areas, which do not have airports. Because they can hover, they are used on firefighting missions to drop water on fires. They are used in logging operations to lift trees out of forests. Helicopters are used as air ambulances to airlift patients out of situations, which are difficult to reach by conventional ambulances. The police used helicopters to follows suspects on the ground or to search for cars on the ground. Of course, helicopters have military uses because of their design and capabilities.

Point out the grammatical category of the word 'very' in the passage.

• Adverb
  
  

• Adjective
  
  

• Noun
  
  

• Verb