Reading Comprehension Test 19

[passage-header]Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]Getting a good night's sleep can help you cope with stress more effectively. Insomniacs have higher concentration of stress hormones than others. Experts believe that sleep, especially deep sleep, enables our nervous system to function well. Without it we lose our ability to concentrate, remember or analyse. Some experts speculate that during deep sleep, cells manufacture more proteins, which are essential for cell growth and repair of damage from things like stress and ultraviolet rays.
Scientists believe that activity in the area of the brain that controls emotions and social interactions lessens during sleep and that sleep may help people be emotionally and socially adept when awake. Sleep may also help our brain to store a newly learned activity in its memory bank. In a study in Canada, students deprived of sleep after learning a complex logic game showed a 30 percent learning deficit when tested a week later compared to students not deprived of sleep.
So whatever works to help you sleep well, whether it's regular exercise earlier in the day, weekly massages, yoga, meditation or a lavender-scented bath, make time for it today.

[passage-header]Read the following passage carefully and choose the most suitable option for the given question.[/passage-header]Every living thing needs energy. It is needed for moving, for breathing, and for every part of the body to be able to work. All of the tiny cells in your body or in huge tree need energy to keep alive and to do their job. Where does all this energy come from? Energy comes from the sun. Sun's energy comes to earth as light, which is one kind of energy. Green plants are able to trap and hold on to this energy. They store this energy in the form of food that they make in their leaves by a process called photosynthesis. Thus, plants can get the sun's energy. Animals have to eat plants to get energy. The meat-eating animals get their energy by eating the plant eaters. Human beings get their energy from food they eat. They convert this energy into action and work. Hence, human beings have a lot of potential to do such work which can make a difference to their lives.

[passage-header]Read the following passage and answer the question by selecting the most appropriate option. [/passage-header]Mr. Jones was very fond of climbing mountains, so one year he wanted to go to Switzerland for his holidays. He was climbing a peak with his guide. "Be careful here," the guide said. "This is a dangerous place. You can easily fall, and if you do, you will fall straight down a long way." But he continued calmly. "If you do fall here, don't forget to look to the right while you are going down. There is a quite extraordinary beautiful view there, much more beautiful than the one you can see from here."

[passage-header]Read the following passage and answer the question by selecting the most appropriate option.[/passage-header]In the middle of the last century, areas on the boundary of Maharashtra were full of thieves and dacoits. They used to raid the villages, terrify people and take away valuables. The police could not protect the people. The villagers had to do something to save themselves.
One such dacoit was Makhkhan Singh. He was dangerous and had a strong gang. He had now become very bold. He sent warnings in advance to the people about his raid. If anyone tried to play a trick, they were severely punished by him. The villagers tried to resist the dacoits but they failed.

[passage-header]Read the following passage and answer the question by selecting the most appropriate option.[/passage-header]Antarctica is the coldest, windiest and highest continent in the world. It lies at the bottom of the world, surrounding the South Pole. The name Antarctica means opposite to the Arctic referring to the Arctic circle on the other side of the world. The coldest temperature recorded in Antarctica is -89.2 degrees celsius. A sheet of ice covers the entire continent. At its thickest point, the ice is almost 5 kilometres deep. The continent contains most of the world's ice and much of the world's fresh water.

[passage-header]Read the following passage carefully and choose the most suitable option for the given question.[/passage-header]Every living thing needs energy. It is needed for moving, for breathing, and for every part of the body to be able to work. All of the tiny cells in your body or in huge tree need energy to keep alive and to do their job. Where does all this energy come from? Energy comes from the sun. Sun's energy comes to earth as light, which is one kind of energy. Green plants are able to trap and hold on to this energy. They store this energy in the form of food that they make in their leaves by a process called photosynthesis. Thus, plants can get the sun's energy. Animals have to eat plants to get energy. The meat-eating animals get their energy by eating the plant eaters. Human beings get their energy from food they eat. They convert this energy into action and work. Hence, human beings have a lot of potential to do such work which can make a difference to their lives.

[passage-header]Read the following stanza and answer the question that follows.[/passage-header]We can't all be captains; we've got to be crew,
There's something for all of us here.
There's big work to do and there's lesser to do,
And the task we must do is near.

[passage-header]Read the following passage and answer the questions selecting the most appropriate options.[/passage-header]Once a mountain and a squirrel had a quarrel. The mountain hated the squirrel. He called it "Little prig." The squirrel spoke very wisely. It said to the mountain, "You are no doubt, very big. But all sort of things, big and small size are needed to make-up this world. I am not ashamed of my size. If I am not as large as you. Your are not so small as I. You are not half so active as I am. Different things have different qualities. God has made every thing well and wisely. If I cannot carry forests on my back you cant crack even a nut."

[passage-header]Read the following passage and answer the questions selecting the most appropriate options.[/passage-header]Once a mountain and a squirrel had a quarrel. The mountain hated the squirrel. He called it "Little prig." The squirrel spoke very wisely. It said to the mountain, "You are no doubt, very big. But all sort of things, big and small size are needed to make-up this world. I am not ashamed of my size. If I am not as large as you. Your are not so small as I. You are not half so active as I am. Different things have different qualities. God has made every thing well and wisely. If I cannot carry forests on my back you cant crack even a nut."

All the world's a stage.
And all the men and women merely players,
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his plays many parts
His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.