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English II Reading Comprehension II 10.08.2019
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Question 1
Direction: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
He has never thought much about the origin of wealth nor about the inequity of human conditions. He firmly believed that if this world were evil, the next could not but be good and this faith upheld him. He was not like the clever fellows who sell their souls to the devil; he never took the name of God in vain; he lived the life of an honest man and though he had no wife of his own, he did not covet his neighbour’s for woman is the enemy of strong men, as he learnt by the story of Samson which is written in the scriptures.
He has never thought much about the origin of wealth nor about the inequity of human conditions. He firmly believed that if this world were evil, the next could not but be good and this faith upheld him. He was not like the clever fellows who sell their souls to the devil; he never took the name of God in vain; he lived the life of an honest man and though he had no wife of his own, he did not covet his neighbour’s for woman is the enemy of strong men, as he learnt by the story of Samson which is written in the scriptures.
The passage indicates that the person the writer is talking about was
Question 2
Direction: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
He has never thought much about the origin of wealth nor about the inequity of human conditions. He firmly believed that if this world were evil, the next could not but be good and this faith upheld him. He was not like the clever fellows who sell their souls to the devil; he never took the name of God in vain; he lived the life of an honest man and though he had no wife of his own, he did not covet his neighbour’s for woman is the enemy of strong men, as he learnt by the story of Samson which is written in the scriptures.
He has never thought much about the origin of wealth nor about the inequity of human conditions. He firmly believed that if this world were evil, the next could not but be good and this faith upheld him. He was not like the clever fellows who sell their souls to the devil; he never took the name of God in vain; he lived the life of an honest man and though he had no wife of his own, he did not covet his neighbour’s for woman is the enemy of strong men, as he learnt by the story of Samson which is written in the scriptures.
The person described in the passage believed that
Question 3
Direction: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
He has never thought much about the origin of wealth nor about the inequity of human conditions. He firmly believed that if this world were evil, the next could not but be good and this faith upheld him. He was not like the clever fellows who sell their souls to the devil; he never took the name of God in vain; he lived the life of an honest man and though he had no wife of his own, he did not covet his neighbour’s for woman is the enemy of strong men, as he learnt by the story of Samson which is written in the scriptures.
He has never thought much about the origin of wealth nor about the inequity of human conditions. He firmly believed that if this world were evil, the next could not but be good and this faith upheld him. He was not like the clever fellows who sell their souls to the devil; he never took the name of God in vain; he lived the life of an honest man and though he had no wife of his own, he did not covet his neighbour’s for woman is the enemy of strong men, as he learnt by the story of Samson which is written in the scriptures.
In this passage, the expression “he did not covet his neighbour’s" means ______
Question 4
Direction: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
He has never thought much about the origin of wealth nor about the inequity of human conditions. He firmly believed that if this world were evil, the next could not but be good and this faith upheld him. He was not like the clever fellows who sell their souls to the devil; he never took the name of God in vain; he lived the life of an honest man and though he had no wife of his own, he did not covet his neighbour’s for woman is the enemy of strong men, as he learnt by the story of Samson which is written in the scriptures.
He has never thought much about the origin of wealth nor about the inequity of human conditions. He firmly believed that if this world were evil, the next could not but be good and this faith upheld him. He was not like the clever fellows who sell their souls to the devil; he never took the name of God in vain; he lived the life of an honest man and though he had no wife of his own, he did not covet his neighbour’s for woman is the enemy of strong men, as he learnt by the story of Samson which is written in the scriptures.
The person mentioned in the passages presumed that woman was the enemy of a strong man because
Question 5
Direction: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
He has never thought much about the origin of wealth nor about the inequity of human conditions. He firmly believed that if this world were evil, the next could not but be good and this faith upheld him. He was not like the clever fellows who sell their souls to the devil; he never took the name of God in vain; he lived the life of an honest man and though he had no wife of his own, he did not covet his neighbour’s for woman is the enemy of strong men, as he learnt by the story of Samson which is written in the scriptures.
He has never thought much about the origin of wealth nor about the inequity of human conditions. He firmly believed that if this world were evil, the next could not but be good and this faith upheld him. He was not like the clever fellows who sell their souls to the devil; he never took the name of God in vain; he lived the life of an honest man and though he had no wife of his own, he did not covet his neighbour’s for woman is the enemy of strong men, as he learnt by the story of Samson which is written in the scriptures.
“To sell one’s soul to the devil” means to
Question 6
Direction: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
At this stage of the civilisation, when many nations are brought into close and vital contact for good and evil, it is essential, as never before, that their gross ignorance of one another should be diminished, that they should begin to understand a little of one another’s historical experience and resulting mentality. It is a fault of the English to expect the people of other countries to react as they do, to political and international situations. Our genuine goodwill and good intentions are often brought to nothing because we expect other people to be like us. This would be corrected if we knew the history, not necessarily in detail but in broad outlines, of the social and political conditions which have given to each nation its present character.
At this stage of the civilisation, when many nations are brought into close and vital contact for good and evil, it is essential, as never before, that their gross ignorance of one another should be diminished, that they should begin to understand a little of one another’s historical experience and resulting mentality. It is a fault of the English to expect the people of other countries to react as they do, to political and international situations. Our genuine goodwill and good intentions are often brought to nothing because we expect other people to be like us. This would be corrected if we knew the history, not necessarily in detail but in broad outlines, of the social and political conditions which have given to each nation its present character.
The need for a greater understanding between nations _________.
Question 7
Direction: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
At this stage of the civilisation, when many nations are brought into close and vital contact for good and evil, it is essential, as never before, that their gross ignorance of one another should be diminished, that they should begin to understand a little of one another’s historical experience and resulting mentality. It is a fault of the English to expect the people of other countries to react as they do, to political and international situations. Our genuine goodwill and good intentions are often brought to nothing because we expect other people to be like us. This would be corrected if we knew the history, not necessarily in detail but in broad outlines, of the social and political conditions which have given to each nation its present character.
At this stage of the civilisation, when many nations are brought into close and vital contact for good and evil, it is essential, as never before, that their gross ignorance of one another should be diminished, that they should begin to understand a little of one another’s historical experience and resulting mentality. It is a fault of the English to expect the people of other countries to react as they do, to political and international situations. Our genuine goodwill and good intentions are often brought to nothing because we expect other people to be like us. This would be corrected if we knew the history, not necessarily in detail but in broad outlines, of the social and political conditions which have given to each nation its present character.
According to the author the "mentality" of a nation is mainly a product of its ____________
Question 8
Direction: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
At this stage of the civilisation, when many nations are brought into close and vital contact for good and evil, it is essential, as never before, that their gross ignorance of one another should be diminished, that they should begin to understand a little of one another’s historical experience and resulting mentality. It is a fault of the English to expect the people of other countries to react as they do, to political and international situations. Our genuine goodwill and good intentions are often brought to nothing because we expect other people to be like us. This would be corrected if we knew the history, not necessarily in detail but in broad outlines, of the social and political conditions which have given to each nation its present character.
At this stage of the civilisation, when many nations are brought into close and vital contact for good and evil, it is essential, as never before, that their gross ignorance of one another should be diminished, that they should begin to understand a little of one another’s historical experience and resulting mentality. It is a fault of the English to expect the people of other countries to react as they do, to political and international situations. Our genuine goodwill and good intentions are often brought to nothing because we expect other people to be like us. This would be corrected if we knew the history, not necessarily in detail but in broad outlines, of the social and political conditions which have given to each nation its present character.
Englishmen like others to react to political situations like
Question 9
Direction: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
At this stage of the civilisation, when many nations are brought into close and vital contact for good and evil, it is essential, as never before, that their gross ignorance of one another should be diminished, that they should begin to understand a little of one another’s historical experience and resulting mentality. It is a fault of the English to expect the people of other countries to react as they do, to political and international situations. Our genuine goodwill and good intentions are often brought to nothing because we expect other people to be like us. This would be corrected if we knew the history, not necessarily in detail but in broad outlines, of the social and political conditions which have given to each nation its present character.
At this stage of the civilisation, when many nations are brought into close and vital contact for good and evil, it is essential, as never before, that their gross ignorance of one another should be diminished, that they should begin to understand a little of one another’s historical experience and resulting mentality. It is a fault of the English to expect the people of other countries to react as they do, to political and international situations. Our genuine goodwill and good intentions are often brought to nothing because we expect other people to be like us. This would be corrected if we knew the history, not necessarily in detail but in broad outlines, of the social and political conditions which have given to each nation its present character.
According to the author his countrymen should
Question 10
Direction: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
At this stage of the civilisation, when many nations are brought into close and vital contact for good and evil, it is essential, as never before, that their gross ignorance of one another should be diminished, that they should begin to understand a little of one another’s historical experience and resulting mentality. It is a fault of the English to expect the people of other countries to react as they do, to political and international situations. Our genuine goodwill and good intentions are often brought to nothing because we expect other people to be like us. This would be corrected if we knew the history, not necessarily in detail but in broad outlines, of the social and political conditions which have given to each nation its present character.
At this stage of the civilisation, when many nations are brought into close and vital contact for good and evil, it is essential, as never before, that their gross ignorance of one another should be diminished, that they should begin to understand a little of one another’s historical experience and resulting mentality. It is a fault of the English to expect the people of other countries to react as they do, to political and international situations. Our genuine goodwill and good intentions are often brought to nothing because we expect other people to be like us. This would be corrected if we knew the history, not necessarily in detail but in broad outlines, of the social and political conditions which have given to each nation its present character.
The character of a nation is the result of its ________.
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