Q: Sometimes we walked through the pine forest as __________________________.

Option D: As mentioned in the passage, "...we did not mind the hardness of the road because we had nails in the soles and heels of our boots... with nailed boots it was good walking on the road and invigorating. It was lovely walking in the woods." Option D mentions the same, that there was joy walking in the forest. The word 'lovely' express the joy behind the walking.Hence option D is correct.Option A: This line 'path was unaffected by frost' is one of the aspects of the frost, but not the reason.Option B: This option is not a suitable reason for walking in the pine forest, as mentioned by the line 'we did not mind the hardness of the road because of the nails in the boots'.Option C: 'The walk was invigorating' on the road, as mentioned here "it was good walking on the road and invigorating. It was lovely walking in the woods."Hence options A, B and C are wrong.

Q: Which of the following may be assumed to be acceptable to the writer?

Option C: As mentioned in the passage, "His technical perfection was astonishing, but the soul of the game was wanting in him... And without these things, without gaiety, daring and the spirit of sacrifice, cricket is a dead thing.", the soul or spirit of cricket is adventure 'daring spirit of sacrifice' and not the perfectionism 'technical perfection'. 'But' expresses contrast. Even though the 'technical perfection' is astonishing, the soul of the game lies in adventure.Hence option C is correct.Option A: This line is mentioned in the passage, but is not acceptable to the writer: "There is no colour, no enthusiasm, no character in their play. Cricket is not an adventure to them, it is a business... And without these things, without gaiety, daring and the spirit of sacrifice, cricket is a dead thing."Option B: The writer feels the opposite of this option: technical perfection is astonishing, but the soul of the game lies in adventure. Hence, it's not the most important quality of a cricketer.Option D: This line is neither mentioned nor implied in the passage.Hence options A, B and D are wrong.

Q: The phrase "judgment and execution" (line 69978) most likely means ____________.

"My agent's letter this morning announces that Walter and Brass have got judgement and execution on their amount for repairing your townhouse last season" - this statement (and its following) made by Coyle implies that the financial condition of Sir Edward is in tatters and this statement specifically implies that Walter and Brass have not been paid for some work that they did for Sir Edward last year and have now resorted to the law as the use of the phrase "judgement and execution" suggests. "Judgement and execution" cannot possibly mean A because a failure of payment certainly doesn't translate into a death sentence. The rest of the options (apart from D), too, do not fit the context. So, D is our answer.

Q: Fill in the blank with an appropriate option:To make this paragraph [9] most logical, sentence (e) should be placed ____________.

Choice C is the best answer because it appropriately places sentence (e) as the transition between the description of the first Repair Café and Martine Postma’s philosophy, marked by verbs in the simple past tense, and the description of what occurs at all Repair Cafés, marked by verbs in the simple present tense. A, B, and D are incorrect because each creates a paragraph with an inappropriate shift in verb tense and, therefore, an illogical sequence of information

Question 1

Referring closely to the short story, 'The Stolen Bacillus', discuss how the story, though entertaining, explores the dangers of science in the modern world.

Accepted Answer

H.G. Wells wrote &#8220;The Stolen Bacillus&#8221;. This curious tale, therefore, is placed among some of Wells&#8217;s most celebrated scientific romances. Indeed, &#8220;The Stolen Bacillus&#8221; is itself a tale about a scientist that begins in somber tones and has a quickly developed plot suggesting the possibility of a terrifying threat to humankind. The bizarre twist with which the tale ends, however, makes it less interesting as a work of thriller fiction than as an almost perfect example of the use of bathos in literature.The Bacteriologist has a visitor to his laboratory, a pale stranger who arrives with a letter of introduction from a good friend of the scientist. The scientist shows his visitor the cholera bacillus under a microscope and they talk about the disease. The visitor is particularly interested in a vial containing living bacteria, and the scientist describes the power of cholera, saying what a terrible epidemic could be caused if a tube such as the one he holds were to be opened into the water supply.The scientist&#8217;s wife calls him away for a moment; when the scientist returns, the visitor is ready to leave. As soon as the visitor has gone, however, the scientist realizes the vial of bacteria is missing, that the visitor must have stolen it. He runs out in a panic, sees the visitor&#8217;s cab leaving, and hails another cab to give chase. The scientist&#8217;s wife, horrified by his inappropriate dress and hurry, follows in a third cab, with her husband&#8217;s shoes and coat and hat.We shift to the point of view of the visitor in his cab. He has indeed stolen the vial. He is an Anarchist who plans to release the bacteria into London&#8217;s water supply. His motivation is fame: he feels he has been neglected by the world, and now he will reveal his power and importance. In the speeding cab, however, he accidentally breaks the glass vial.He decides to become a human vector. He swallows what is left in the vial, and stops the cab, realizing that he no longer needs to flee. When the scientist catches up and confronts him, the Anarchist gleefully announces what he has done. The scientist allows him to walk away, and tells his wife that the man has ingested the stolen bacteria.There is a twist: the vial, it turns out, did not contain cholera, but a strange new microbe the Bacteriologist had been studying, the only known effect of which is to make the skin of the animals exposed to it turn bright blue. The Bacteriologist reluctantly puts on his coat and returns home with his wife, complaining that he will now have to culture the bacillus all over again.

Question 2

Sometimes we walked through the pine forest as __________________________.

Accepted Answer

Option D: As mentioned in the passage, &#34;...we did not mind the hardness of the road because we had nails in the soles and heels of our boots... with nailed boots it was good walking on the road and invigorating. It was lovely walking in the woods.&#34; Option D mentions the same, that there was joy walking in the forest. The word 'lovely' express the joy behind the walking.Hence option D is correct.Option A: This line 'path was unaffected by frost' is one of the aspects of the frost, but not the reason.Option B: This option is not a suitable reason for walking in the pine forest, as mentioned by the line 'we did not mind the hardness of the road because of the nails in the boots'.Option C: 'The walk was invigorating' on the road, as mentioned here &#34;it was good walking on the road and invigorating. It was lovely walking in the woods.&#34;Hence options A, B and C are wrong.

Question 3

Which of the following may be assumed to be acceptable to the writer?

Accepted Answer

Option C: As mentioned in the passage, &#34;His technical perfection was astonishing, but the soul of the game was wanting in him... And without these things, without gaiety, daring and the spirit of sacrifice, cricket is a dead thing.&#34;, the soul or spirit of cricket is adventure 'daring spirit of sacrifice' and not the perfectionism 'technical perfection'. 'But' expresses contrast. Even though the 'technical perfection' is astonishing, the soul of the game lies in adventure.Hence option C is correct.Option A: This line is mentioned in the passage, but is not acceptable to the writer: &#34;There is no colour, no enthusiasm, no character in their play. Cricket is not an adventure to them, it is a business... And without these things, without gaiety, daring and the spirit of sacrifice, cricket is a dead thing.&#34;Option B: The writer feels the opposite of this option: technical perfection is astonishing, but the soul of the game lies in adventure. Hence, it's not the most important quality of a cricketer.Option D: This line is neither mentioned nor implied in the passage.Hence options A, B and D are wrong.

Question 4

Complete the sentence with a suitable option:&#34;It was so with Shrewsbury&#34;.In this sentence Shrewsbury refers to _________________.

Accepted Answer

The passage is about cricket. It describes the play of a cricketer by the name Arthur Shrewsbury. Thus, D is the correct answer.Shrewsbury was a batsman, so C is wrong.The passage refers to Shrewsbury as &#34;him&#34; and goes on to describe how he played cricket. So, it cannot be a city. Hence, A is incorrect.B is wrong.

Question 5

The phrase &#34;judgment and execution&#34; (line 69978) most likely means ____________.

Accepted Answer

&#34;My agent's letter this morning announces that Walter and Brass have got judgement and execution on their amount for repairing your townhouse last season&#34; - this statement (and its following) made by Coyle implies that the financial condition of Sir Edward is in tatters and this statement specifically implies that Walter and Brass have not been paid for some work that they did for Sir Edward last year and have now resorted to the law  as the use of the phrase &#34;judgement and execution&#34; suggests. &#34;Judgement and execution&#34; cannot possibly mean A because a failure of payment certainly doesn't translate into a death sentence. The rest of the options (apart from D), too, do not fit the context. So, D is our answer.

Question 6

Fill in the blank with an appropriate option:To make this paragraph [9] most logical, sentence (e) should be placed ____________.

Accepted Answer

Choice&#10;C is the best answer because it appropriately places sentence (e) as the&#10;transition between the description of the first Repair Caf&#233; and Martine Postma&#8217;s&#10;philosophy, marked by verbs in the simple past tense, and the description of&#10;what occurs at all Repair Caf&#233;s, marked by verbs in the simple present&#10;tense.  A, B, and D are incorrect because each&#10;creates a paragraph with an inappropriate shift in verb tense and, therefore,&#10;an illogical sequence of information

Question 7

Give a vivid account of the events that occur in church on Hero's wedding day. What role does the Friar play in resolving the crisis that develops in the scene?

Accepted Answer

With the wedding scene&#8212;the climax of the play&#8212;the tone takes an abrupt turn, plunging from high comedy into tragedy. Claudio&#8217;s rejection of Hero is designed to inflict as much pain as possible, and Hero&#8217;s and Leonato&#8217;s reactions to it seem to make things even worse. Few accusations could cause a woman more harm in the Renaissance than that of being unchaste, and Claudio uses deliberately theatrical language to hurt Hero publicly, in front of friends and family. The rejection scene also throws other relationships in the play into question: Claudio and Don Pedro both suggest that it reflects badly on Leonato&#8217;s social manners to have tried to foist off a woman like Hero on Claudio, and Don Pedro implies that his own reputation has suffered by way of the apparent discovery that he and Claudio have made regarding Hero&#8217;s virginity. Claudio assaults Leonato by denigrating Hero: &#8220;Give not this rotten orange to your friend. / She&#8217;s but the sign and semblance of her honour&#8221;.Everyone gathers inside the church to celebrate the wedding of Claudio and Hero. But when Friar Francis asks Claudio whether he wishes to marry Hero, Claudio breaks into an outraged speech. He tells Leonato that he sends Hero back to Leonato again, for though she seems outwardly pure and blushes with innocence, her outward features belie her inward corruption and that she is, in fact, an unchaste, unfaithful whore. The happy wedding transforms itself into a chaotic uproar. Leonato and the shaken Hero ask what Claudio means. Claudio tells Leonato, in front of everyone in the church, that the night before Claudio, Don Pedro, and Don John watched Hero &#8220;tal[k]&#8221; with a vile man at her window (IV.i.82). This man has also &#8220;[c]onfessed&#8221; to having had sexual encounters with Hero many times before (IV.i.92). Don Pedro supports Claudio&#8217;s accusations, and they, together with Don John, accuse Hero of sexual looseness. Leonato cries out in despair, asking for a dagger with which to commit suicide. The overwhelmed Hero sinks to the ground, unconscious. Benedick and Beatrice rush to offer her their assistance, while Claudio, Don Pedro, and Don John leave the church without looking back. Leonato, weeping, tells Benedick and Beatrice to let Hero die, since that would be better than for her to live in shame. Beatrice, however, remains absolutely convinced that her cousin has been slandered.Suddenly and unexpectedly, the friar steps in. A quiet observer to the whole proceeding, he has wisely determined from the expressions of shock he has seen on Hero&#8217;s face that she is not guilty of unfaithfulness. Hero regains consciousness and insists that she is a virgin, that she has been entirely faithful to Claudio, and that she has no idea what her accusers are talking about. The intelligent Benedick realizes that if the accusation is a lie, it must originate with the troublemaking Don John, who would happily trick these two to spoil their happiness.The friar comes up with an unexpected plan: he suggests that Hero&#8217;s existence be concealed, and that Leonato tell everyone she has died of shock and grief. When her accusers hear that an innocent woman has died, their anger will turn into regret, and they will start to remember what a virtuous lady Hero was. If the accusation really is a trick, then perhaps the treachery will expose itself, and Hero can return to the world. In the worst-case scenario, Hero can later be taken off quietly and placed in a convent to become a nun. The grieving, confused Leonato agrees to go along with the plan.The others depart with Hero, leaving Benedick and Beatrice alone together. Benedick, trying to comfort Beatrice, asks if there is any way he can show his friendship to her. He suddenly confesses that he is in love with her, acknowledging how strange it is for his affections to reverse so suddenly, and she, equally startled and confused, replies in similar terms. But when Benedick says that he will do anything for Beatrice, she asks him to kill his friend Claudio. The shocked Benedick refuses. Angry, Beatrice denounces Claudio&#8217;s savagery, saying that if she were a man she would kill him herself for his slander of her cousin and the cruelty of his trick. After listening to her, Benedick changes his mind and soberly agrees to challenge Claudio&#8212;for the wrong that he has done to Hero and for Beatrice&#8217;s sake.

Question 8

What was the exact number of participants involved in the study?

Accepted Answer

The correct answer is Option D.The question is about the total number of participants involved in the study mentioned in the given passage.The study involved both men and women. So when asked about the total number of participants we need to add the number of men and women.The number of participants is given in the sentence &#34;Some 41,934 men... 84,276 women...&#34;. On addition of 41,934 and 84,276 we get 126,210.Thus Option D is correct.

Question 9

With close reference to the story 'The Bet' by Anton Checkov, mention the clauses of the bet as laid down between the young lawyer and the old banker. Give an account of the events that follows the bet.

Accepted Answer

The Bet is a short story written by Anton Chekhov, who writes based on realistic characters and&#10;situations. I have analyze this story to prove to the reader who is the winner of The Bet.&#10;This short story portrays a situation in which the banker and lawyer wages a bet based on the idea of&#10;the death penalty and life imprisonment. The banker puts on the line two million dollars compared to&#10;the lawyer's life worth of fifteen years. For the next fifteen years the lawyer was placed in the&#10;banker's backyard without the knowledge of the outside world. It was clear that any attempt on the&#10;lawyer's part to break the conditions will result in the lawyer's loss of the bet. Fifteen years later, the&#10;banker is near bankruptcy from gambling on the stock market. If he pays the lawyer for winning the&#10;bet, he will be ruined. His only escape from his tragedy would be to kill the lawyer. When the banker&#10;opens the door into the cell, he discovers the lawyer now looking like a skeleton. He discovers a&#10;letter and reads it, but soon realizes the lawyer plans to lose. Five hours before the lawyer's time is&#10;complete, he runs away and terminates his eligibility to win the bet. From these events in the story, I&#10;have concluded that it was the banker who won the bet and the argument of whether life&#10;imprisonment is better than death.&#10;The bet has been argued to be many different aspects. It was stated in the story, &#8220;I'll bet you two&#10;millions you wouldn't stay in solitary confinement for five years&#8221; (1). Taking this idea as the bet, it&#10;was shown at the end of the story that the lawyer lost the bet. The rule was clearly stated, &#8220;The&#10;slightest attempt on his part to break the conditions, if only two minuets before the end, released the&#10;banker from the obligation to pay him two millions&#8221; (2). It was apparent that the rules were&#10;established, but violated. The lawyer stated, &#8220;I shall go out from here fire minutes before the time&#10;fixed, and so break the compact&#8230;Next morning&#8230;they had seen the man who lived in the lodge&#10;climb out of the window into the garden, go to the gate, and disappear&#8221; (5). It is clear that the&#10;lawyer's action was to forfeit the bet by leaving and therefore the banker winning the bet.

Question 10

The main theme of the passage is _______.

Accepted Answer

The passage mainly talks about how the insects use camouflage to protect themselves from frogs, birds, and spiders.

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Referring closely to the short story, 'The Stolen Bacillus', discuss how the story, though entertaining, explores the dangers of science in the modern world.

Sometimes we walked through the pine forest as __________________________.

Which of the following may be assumed to be acceptable to the writer?

Complete the sentence with a suitable option:
"It was so with Shrewsbury".
In this sentence Shrewsbury refers to _________________.

The phrase "judgment and execution" (line 69978) most likely means ____________.

Fill in the blank with an appropriate option:
To make this paragraph [9] most logical, sentence (e) should be placed ____________.

Give a vivid account of the events that occur in church on Hero's wedding day. What role does the Friar play in resolving the crisis that develops in the scene?

What was the exact number of participants involved in the study?

With close reference to the story 'The Bet' by Anton Checkov, mention the clauses of the bet as laid down between the young lawyer and the old banker. Give an account of the events that follows the bet.

The main theme of the passage is _______.

Reading Comprehension

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Referring closely to the short story, 'The Stolen Bacillus', discuss how the story, though entertaining, explores the dangers of science in the modern world.

Sometimes we walked through the pine forest as __________________________.

Which of the following may be assumed to be acceptable to the writer?

Complete the sentence with a suitable option: "It was so with Shrewsbury". In this sentence Shrewsbury refers to _________________.

The phrase "judgment and execution" (line 69978) most likely means ____________.

Fill in the blank with an appropriate option: To make this paragraph [9] most logical, sentence (e) should be placed ____________.

Give a vivid account of the events that occur in church on Hero's wedding day. What role does the Friar play in resolving the crisis that develops in the scene?

What was the exact number of participants involved in the study?

With close reference to the story 'The Bet' by Anton Checkov, mention the clauses of the bet as laid down between the young lawyer and the old banker. Give an account of the events that follows the bet.

The main theme of the passage is _______.

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Complete the sentence with a suitable option:
"It was so with Shrewsbury".
In this sentence Shrewsbury refers to _________________.

Fill in the blank with an appropriate option:
To make this paragraph [9] most logical, sentence (e) should be placed ____________.