Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to the question out of the four alternative.
I was beginning to tire a little now. I had been cutting steps continuously for two hours, and Tenzing, too, was moving very slowly. As I chipped steps around still another corner, I wondered rather dully just how long we could keep it up. Our original zest had now quite gone and it was turning more into a grim struggle. I then realised that the ridge ahead, instead ofstill monotonously rising, now dropped sharply away, and far below I could see the North Col and Rongbuk glacier. I looked upwards to see a narrow ridge running up to a snowy summit. A few more whacks of the ice-axe in the firm snow and we stood on top.
Which of the following is the most appropriate description of the area in which the narrator had been moving?
A steep rocky slope
A peak with a flight of steps
A high peak covered with snow
A long ridge
C.
A high peak covered with snow
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My most interesting visitor comes at night, when the lights are still burning- a tiny bat who prefers to fly in through the open door, and will use the window only if there is no alternative. His object in entering the house is to snap up the moths that cluster around the lamps. All the bats I have seen fly fairly high, keeping near the ceiling; but this particular bat flies in low, like a dive bomber, zooming in and out of chair legs and under tables. Once, he passed straight between my legs. Has his radar gone wrong, I wondered, or is he just plain crazy?
The bat entered the room:
because there was no alternative
to eat the moths round the lamps
as it had gone mad
as it preferred to fly in through the open door
Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to the question out of the four alternative.
We had just passed Tenali, where I roused myself in order to hear the name of the station. As I was falling asleep again, a violent jolt shot me into the arms of somebody in the seat opposite. The engine with one wheel broken was lying across the trak and beside it was the luggage van, likewise, derailed. Groaning, wheezing, gasping, sputtering in its death agony, the engine was like a fallen horse which, snorting, trembling in every limb, its flanks heaving, its chest labouring, seems incapable of making the smallest effort to struggle on to its legs again.
The engine stopped because
the driver had stopped it
one of the wheels was broken
there was a halting place
there was no fuel
Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to the question out of the four alternatives.
My most interesting visitor comes at night, when the lights are still burning- a tiny bat who prefers to fly in through the open door, and will use the window only if there is no alternative. His object in entering the house is to snap up the moths that cluster around the lamps. All the bats I have seen fly fairly high, keeping near the ceiling; but this particular bat flies in low, like a dive bomber, zooming in and out of chair legs and under tables. Once, he passed straight between my legs. Has his radar gone wrong, I wondered, or is he just plain crazy?
The author calls the tiny bat an "interesting visitor". This means
the bat visits him at night
the bat is interested in the moths
this bat has peculiar qualities
this bat surprises him by zooming in and out like a dive-bomber
Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to the question out of the four alternative.
I was beginning to tire a little now. I had been cutting steps continuously for two hours, and Tenzing, too, was moving very slowly. As I chipped steps around still another corner, I wondered rather dully just how long we could keep it up. Our original zest had now quite gone and it was turning more into a grim struggle. I then realised that the ridge ahead, instead ofstill monotonously rising, now dropped sharply away, and far below I could see the North Col and Rongbuk glacier. I looked upwards to see a narrow ridge running up to a snowy summit. A few more whacks of the ice-axe in the firm snow and we stood on top.
'I had been cutting steps continuously for two hours' suggests that
the climber was unskilled in the art of making steps
he had to cut the steps out of snow before climbing up which was necessarily a slow process
the slowness was caused by the fact that as soon as he cut the steps they were again covered with snow
he had to work suspended from a ledge
Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to the question out of the four alternative.
We had just passed Tenali, where I roused myself in order to hear the name of the station. As I was falling asleep again, a violent jolt shot me into the arms of somebody in the seat opposite. The engine with one wheel broken was lying across the trak and beside it was the luggage van, likewise, derailed. Groaning, wheezing, gasping, sputtering in its death agony, the engine was like a fallen horse which, snorting, trembling in every limb, its flanks heaving, its chest labouring, seems incapable of making the smallest effort to struggle on to its legs again.
The author had roused himself as he wanted to
get off
meet someone
know the name of the station
keep himself awake
Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to the question out of the four alternatives.
My most interesting visitor comes at night, when the lights are still burning- a tiny bat who prefers to fly in through the open door, and will use the window only if there is no alternative. His object in entering the house is to snap up the moths that cluster around the lamps. All the bats I have seen fly fairly high, keeping near the ceiling; but this particular bat flies in low, like a dive bomber, zooming in and out of chair legs and under tables. Once, he passed straight between my legs. Has his radar gone wrong, I wondered, or is he just plain crazy?
What, according to you, can be the most suitable title for the passage?
Someone visits me
Night of Mysteries
My Nocturnal Visitor
A Funny Visitor
Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to the question out of the four alternative.
We had just passed Tenali, where I roused myself in order to hear the name of the station. As I was falling asleep again, a violent jolt shot me into the arms of somebody in the seat opposite. The engine with one wheel broken was lying across the trak and beside it was the luggage van, likewise, derailed. Groaning, wheezing, gasping, sputtering in its death agony, the engine was like a fallen horse which, snorting, trembling in every limb, its flanks heaving, its chest labouring, seems incapable of making the smallest effort to struggle on to its legs again.
The engine is compared to a fallen horse because
it was groaning like a horse
it was lying across the track
it could make no effort to stand upright
it had a broken wheel
Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to the question out of the four alternatives.
My most interesting visitor comes at night, when the lights are still burning- a tiny bat who prefers to fly in through the open door, and will use the window only if there is no alternative. His object in entering the house is to snap up the moths that cluster around the lamps. All the bats I have seen fly fairly high, keeping near the ceiling; but this particular bat flies in low, like a dive bomber, zooming in and out of chair legs and under tables. Once, he passed straight between my legs. Has his radar gone wrong, I wondered, or is he just plain crazy?
After comparing the habits of the tiny bat with those of other bats, the author was:
sure that this bat had lost its direction
not sure of its preferences
surprised to find that it was an expertflier
unable to give the correct explanation for its behaviour
Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to the question out of the four alternatives.
My most interesting visitor comes at night, when the lights are still burning- a tiny bat who prefers to fly in through the open door, and will use the window only if there is no alternative. His object in entering the house is to snap up the moths that cluster around the lamps. All the bats I have seen fly fairly high, keeping near the ceiling; but this particular bat flies in low, like a dive bomber, zooming in and out of chair legs and under tables. Once, he passed straight between my legs. Has his radar gone wrong, I wondered, or is he just plain crazy?
Consider the following statements:
1. The tiny bat flew in low like a dive-bomber.
2. The tiny bat like all bats keeps near the ceiling.
3. It has lost direction because its radar has gone wrong.
4. It wants to entertain the author with its skill in flying.
Which of the above statements may be assumed to be true from the information given in the passage?
1 only
1 and 3
2 and 4
3 and 4