English II Ordering Of Sentences II 22.11.2019
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Question 1
S1: Naval architects never claim that a ship is unsinkable, but the sinking of the passenger-and-car ferry Estonia in the Baltic surely should have never have happened.
S6: The rest died of hypothermia before the rescuers could pluck them from the cold sea.
P: It was well designed and carefully maintained.
Q: It went down so quickly that most of those on board, caught in their dark, flooding cabins, had no chance to save themselves: Of those who managed to scramble overboard, only 139 survived.
R: Yet hours later, the Estonia rolled over and sank in a cold, stormy night.
S: It had been thoroughly inspected the day of its fatal voyage.
Question 2
S1: People do not always do the things we want them to do.
S6: Actually, the real problem lies in our style of confrontation, not in the issue. Typically, we use character-based confrontations.
P: We dread confrontations because they are unpleasant and can damage relationships.
Q: No matter how reasonable or minimal our expectations may be, there are times when we are let down.
R: Yet not confronting a person does not solve the problem because unresolved issues also affect relationships in an adverse way.
S: Naturally, we feel upset and hurt when our expectations are not met.
Question 3
S6: Last of all, the lubricating oil of various grades are produced.
P: It is used as a fuel in heaters and lamps.
Q: It is treated in refineries; the most common form of treatment is heating.
R: Gas that comes off the oil later is condensed into paraffin.
S: When crude oil is heated, the first vapours to rise are cooled and become the finest petrol.
Question 4
S6: He himself founded some technical and industrial schools.
P: But he also knew that without technical education India could not become a great nation.
Q: His father Babu Bhagwandas was a remarkable man.
R: He had a high regard for India’s ancient culture.
S: Though he was an important government official, yet he did not give up his independence of thought.
Question 5
S6: And we should remember that they are very stern masters.
P: For example, we do not know how to manage our machines.
Q: Yet we use them like small children.
R: But in practice, they have become man’s masters.
S: Machines were made to be man’s servants.
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Question 6
S6 : He turned out to be a German named Luz Long.
P : Everyone expected me to win that Olympic event hands down.
Q : I was in for a surprise.
R : When the time came for the long jump trials, I was startled to see a tall boy hitting the pit at almost 26 feet on his practice leaps.
S : A year before I had set the world record of 26 feet 3 inches.
Question 7
S6: Litigation against China at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), investment restrictions and tariffs are all on the cards.
P: And so, after laying out his concerns, he announced plans for some tough love.
Q: America’s trade deficit with China, “the largest deficit in the history of our world”, is “out of control”, Donald Trump groused on March 22nd.
R: But the friendship is going through a rocky patch, to say the least.
S: “A tremendous intellectual-property theft situation” also irks him.
Question 8
S6 : The jet engine is relatively more recent.
P : With petrol engines people were able to build motor cars and aeroplanes.
Q : Then many years later, the petrol engine was invented.
R : These provided quicker means of traveling.
S : His invention was used later by other clever men to give us the railway engine.
Question 9
S6 : Triumphantly he put the trousers and the receipts on the counter and said, “I’ like to have these altered, please.”
P : He said that free alteration is not possible without a receipt.
Q : The man said, “Like, I’d like to return the trouser.” The clerk took them back and returned the money.
R : The man pushed the money and said, “Now I want to buy them. “ The clerk put the trouser in a bag, issued a receipt and handed him both.
S : The clerk asked for the sales receipt but after searching his pockets the man replied that he had lost it.
Question 10
S6 : All the other tribes were afraid of them because of their skill in war.
P : The Masais were famous fighters.
Q : They used to raid the neighbouring tribes and carry away their cattle.
R : They lived on the side plains in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania.
S : But the most famous among them is the Masai tribe.
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