Directions(1-5)Read the following passage carefully and answers the questions
On the day of the Christmas concert the entire orchestra entered the gymnasium where a large throng of pupils and parents were gathered. The school choir had gathered on the balcony with candles and the orchestra began “Silent Night”. Slowly the lights dimmed, leaving us in darkness except for the hundred glimmering candles held by the choir as they softly sang the carol. Slowly, and just as dramatically, the orchestra began to falter - in direct proportion to the dimming of the lights, when the lights faded out completely, so did the orchestra, because no one could read his music. Except for me, for my music was in my head. From a corner of the stage, the sound of my violin filled the gymnasium. The choir and I went through verse after verse. When it was all over, the ovation was positively thunderous.
1.The narrator is
(a) A priest
(b) the leader of pupils
(c) An instrumentalist
(d) a singer
2.Why did the orchestra begin to falter?
(a) The orchestra was not led properly.
(b) The dimming of lights caused it.
(c) The violin dominated the other instruments.
(d) There was no coordination in the chorus.
3.How could the choir sing when the lights dimmed?
(a) They had memorized the songs.
(b) They could sing in candle lights.
(c)There was some natural light at the choir side
(d)The narrator helped them sing.
4.The statements that ‘the ovation was positively thunderous' means that
(a)There was a joyful expression of appreciation by people.
(b) The audience joined the singers and sang aloud.
(c) The audience made circles and danced in ecstasy.
(d) The audience made a noise resembling thunder.
5.How was it possible for the narrator to continue with his music?
(a) He was at the corner of the stage where he could get light.
(b) His instrument did not need electric power.
(c) He played in candle light.
(d)He did not need to read his music.
Directions(6-10)Read the following passage carefully and answers the questions
Patriotism is easy enough during war. For one thing, people become actively conscious of their country when it is threatened. For another, since everyone or nearly everyone feels it, there is a strong collective emotion flowing through the country. But when the war is over, the country recedes from the consciousness, and it is rarely even at the back of the mind. The question, “Am I doing any good to the country?” doesn’t occur to the mind; and even the question, “Is what I am doing good or bad for the country?” occurs only rarely. A limited patriotism is better than none, but it is not enough.
6.The author says that one reason why patriotism is easy during wartime is that
(a) War is the only factor responsible for arousing patriotism.
(b) When the country is in danger, we become conscious of it.
(c)We become patriotic when we are it fighting mood.
(d)Patriotism is always in the consciousness
7.Another reason suggested by the author for the emergence of patriotic feeling during wartime is that
(a)Patriotism is specially required during wartime.
(b)We become deeply conscious of danger to ourselves during wartime.
(c) Patriotism becomes contagious because one finds a lot of other people feeling patriotism.
(d) Everyone feels that he/she should strive to protect the others.
8.When the threat of war is over,
(a)There is no need for people to be interested in others’ welfare.
(b)People do not consider it necessary to serve the country.
(c) People tend to become totally unmindful of national interests.
(d) People are generally anxious to serve the country.
9.When the author says that the country “recedes from the consciousness”, he means to say that
(a) People no longer feel that they belong to the country.
(b) People do not have the country clearly in the forefront of their mind.
(c) People are not capable of understanding what is good and desirable for them.
(d) The moral values which they have so far upheld would disappear from their minds.
10.By a “limited patriotism”, the author refers to
(a) The people's attitude of indifference to the welfare of their country.
(b) The attitude of people who love other countries as much as they love their own country.
(c) Those that are self-centered and mainly concerned about their own welfare.
(d) The attitude of people who are indifferent to the welfare of their country except during wartime.
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