Reading Comprehension Test 54

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[passage-header]Read the passage and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header] 44492Keenly alive to the prejudice of hers, Mr. Keeble stopped after making her announcements and 55490had to rattle the keys in his pocket in order to acquire the necessary courage to continue.
He 16278was not looking at his wife, but knew, just how forbidding her expressions must be. This task of his was no easy, congenial task for a pleasant summer morning.
"She says in her letter," proceeded Mr. Keeble, 27022his eyes on the carpet and his cheeks a deeper pink, "that young Jackson has got the chance of buying a big farm ... 64291in Lincolnshire, I think she said ... if he can raise three thousand pounds."
He paused and stole a glance at his wife. It was as he had feared. 20865She had congealed. 44505Like some spell, the name had apparently 16607turned her to marble. It was like 72432the Pygmalion and Galatea business working the wrong way around. She was 19364presumably breathing, but there was 27294no sign of it.
"So, I was just thinking," said Mr. Keeble 92768producing another obbligato on the keys, "it just crossed my mind ... it isn't as if the thing were speculation ... 43810the place is apparently coining money ... present owner only selling because he wants to go abroad ... it occurred to me ... and they would pay good 89676interest on the loan ..."
"What loan?" 61871enquired the statute icily, 70025coming to life.
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All of the following are physical manifestations of Mr. Keeble's anticipation of his wife's response EXCEPT ____________.

A
Keenly alive (line 44492)

B
had to rattle the keys (line 55490)

C
was not looking at his wife (line 16278)

D
his eyes on the carpet (line 27022)

E
producing another obbligato (line 92768)

Solution

All the given options, apart from A, find mentions in the passage within the context of physical manifestations of Mr. Keeble's anticipation of his wife's response. "Keenly alive" (A) at the beginning of the passage refers to Mr. Keeble's awareness of his wife's prejudices. So, option A is the answer.
Question 2
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[passage-header]Read the passage and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header] 44492Keenly alive to the prejudice of hers, Mr. Keeble stopped after making her announcements and 55490had to rattle the keys in his pocket in order to acquire the necessary courage to continue.
He 16278was not looking at his wife, but knew, just how forbidding her expressions must be. This task of his was no easy, congenial task for a pleasant summer morning.
"She says in her letter," proceeded Mr. Keeble, 27022his eyes on the carpet and his cheeks a deeper pink, "that young Jackson has got the chance of buying a big farm ... 64291in Lincolnshire, I think she said ... if he can raise three thousand pounds."
He paused and stole a glance at his wife. It was as he had feared. 20865She had congealed. 44505Like some spell, the name had apparently 16607turned her to marble. It was like 72432the Pygmalion and Galatea business working the wrong way around. She was 19364presumably breathing, but there was 27294no sign of it.
"So, I was just thinking," said Mr. Keeble 92768producing another obbligato on the keys, "it just crossed my mind ... it isn't as if the thing were speculation ... 43810the place is apparently coining money ... present owner only selling because he wants to go abroad ... it occurred to me ... and they would pay good 89676interest on the loan ..."
"What loan?" 61871enquired the statute icily, 70025coming to life.
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The phrase "in Lincolnshire, I think she said" (line 64291) implies that which of the following is true of Keeble?

A
Keeble is unaware of the location of the farm.

B
Keeble thinks the location is unimportant.

C
Keeble's memory is failing.

D
Keeble is attempting to appear casual.

E
Keeble wants to conceal the location from his wife.

Solution

Option D is the correct answer. Mr. Keeble had been preparing what he had wanted to say to his, and was fully aware of the sensitivity of the subject, and the impact it would have on the latter. His speech was rehearsed and his attempt to be forcefully casual is apparent by the way he directly approaches his wife on the matter. Options A,B,C and E are incorrect in context of the text because he does indeed know and discloses the location to his wife. There is no mention of him failing his memory. Thus, The other options are incorrect.
Question 3
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[passage-header]Read the poem and answer the question that follows:
[/passage-header]13443Better to see your cheek grown hollow,
42254Better to see your temple worn,
Than to forget to follow, follow,
After the sound of a silver 78540horn.

Better to bind your brow with willow
And follow, follow until you die,
Than to sleep with your head on a golden pillow,
Nor lift it up when the 70065hunt goes by.

Better to see your cheek grown sallow
And your hair grown gray, so soon, so soon.
Than to forget to 69833hallo, hallo,
After the milk-white hounds of the moon.
[passage-footer]''Madman's Song'' was written by William Rose Benet in 1921.[/passage-footer]

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Given in context, the word "hallo" (line 69833) is probably meant to convey which of the following?

A
A form of greeting

B
Another form of the word "hollow"

C
An echo

D
A sound that hounds might make such as baying at the moon

E
A variation on the word "halo"

Solution

The word "hallo" is used here as a verb which most probably refers to the call of the hounds at the moon. Thus, there is high possibility of option D being the correct answer. The other options do not necessarily convey the same sentiments as it does in the poem. hence, options A,B<C and ED are incorrect.
Question 4
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[passage-header]Read the poem and answer the question that follows:

"The Errand"
[/passage-header]"On you go now! Run, son, like the devil
And tell your mother to try
To find me a bubble for the spirit level
And a new knot for this tie."

But 76245still he was glad, I know, when I stood my ground,
18228Putting it up to him
With a smile that 26092trumped his smile and his fool's errand,
Waiting for the next move in the game."
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Which of the following is implied by the poet's use of the word "still" (line 76245) ?

A
The father's jovial spirits were not ultimately dampened when his son did not assume the errand.

B
The father's pleased response to his son's refusal will continue indefinitely.

C
The game between the father and son will continue indefinitely.

D
The father did not express his gladness to his son.

E
The boy's father was disappointed when his son did not assume the errand.

Solution

Option A is the correct answer. The poem hints at a playful relationship between a father and a son,who enjoy defying and one-upping each other. The word "still" here indicates the continual state of amusement the father had over his son's defiance. It is almost like he was expecting his son not to obey him, and he was not unhappy with the result. The statements of options D and E suggest that the father was displeased with the boy's reaction, which in contrast to the statement in the poem. Options B and C suggest this relationship to be the same indefinitely. This relationship, masking a game, we have to assume that someone is going to lose. Options B,C,D and E are incorrect in this context.
Question 5
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[passage-header]Read the poem and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]Promise me no promises,
So I will not promise you:
Keep we both our liberties,
Never false and never true:
Let us hold the die uncast,
Free to come as free to go:
For I cannot know your past,
And of mine what can you know?

74109You, so warm, may once have been
Warmer towards another one:
I, so cold, may once have seen
77539Sunlight, once have felt the sun:89888
Who shall show us if it was
Thus indeed in time of old?
Fades the image from the glass,
And the fortune is not told.

If you promised, you might grieve
For lost liberty again:
If I promised, I believe
I should 92637fret to break the chain.
Let us be the friends we were,
Nothing more but nothing less:
Many thrive on frugal fare
Who would perish of excess?
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Which of the following is NOT implied in the poem as a reason to avoid entering into promises?

A
One person can never fully know another.

B
A promise can be broken without the person to whom the promise was made ever knowing.

C
To make a promise denies one of a degree of personal liberty.

D
One cannot be judged faithful or unfaithful to a commitment that has not been promised.

E
One can never fully know the situations or feelings of those who made successful and binding promises in the past.

Solution

The poet expresses the transparency and reciprocal nature of keeping promises. Therefore, option B, stating the person who is promised not knowing when the promise is broken, is the correct answer. The statements of options A,C,D and E are all implied in the poem, hence, they are all incorrect.
Question 6
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[passage-header]Read the poem and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]Promise me no promises,
So I will not promise you:
Keep we both our liberties,
Never false and never true:
Let us hold the die uncast,
Free to come as free to go:
For I cannot know your past,
And of mine what can you know?

74109You, so warm, may once have been
Warmer towards another one:
I, so cold, may once have seen
77539Sunlight, once have felt the sun:89888
Who shall show us if it was
Thus indeed in time of old?
Fades the image from the glass,
And the fortune is not told.

If you promised, you might grieve
For lost liberty again:
If I promised, I believe
I should 92637fret to break the chain.
Let us be the friends we were,
Nothing more but nothing less:
Many thrive on frugal fare
Who would perish of excess?
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"Sunlight" (line 77539) is used as a symbol for __________.

A
innocence

B
genuine mutual love

C
purity

D
absolute confidence in the rightness of a decision

E
perfect understanding

Solution

Option B, sunlight, does refer to the genuine mutual love between two people. The poet illustrates sunlight being the warmth of love and companionship that he may have felt for someone in the past. The statements of options A,C,D and E do not convey the same sentiments as the given option. Thus, they are incorrect in this context.
Question 7
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[passage-header]Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header] Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgement and disposition of business. For 81128expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels and the plots and marshaling of affairs come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament is an affectation; to make judgement wholly by their rules is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural 81477abilities are like natural 69817plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth direction too much at large, except they are bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men 76215admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider.
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Which of the following cautions is NOT conveyed in the passage?

A
The organization of large undertakings is best left to persons who have read widely and deeply.

B
It is possible to be overzealous in the pursuit of knowledge.

C
One should not flaunt one's learning ostentatiously.

D
Scholars should live in strict accordance with precepts gained through their study.

E
The knowledge gained from books must be tested against one's firsthand experience in the world.

Solution

"marshaling of affairs come best from those that are learned"- this sentence is proof that option A finds mention in the passage. Option C too finds a mention in the passage and this is supported by the following sentence "to use them too much for ornament is an affectation", here, 'them' refers to one's learning. The sentence " to make judgement wholly by their rules is the humor of a scholar." supports option D and we find that the sentence "They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth direction too much at large, except they are bounded in by experience." translates into option E. As we can note, it is only option A that is not conveyed in the passage. A is the answer.
Question 8
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[passage-header]Read the poem and answer the question that follows:

"The Errand"
[/passage-header]"On you go now! Run, son, like the devil
And tell your mother to try
To find me a bubble for the spirit level
And a new knot for this tie."

But 76245still he was glad, I know, when I stood my ground,
18228Putting it up to him
With a smile that 26092trumped his smile and his fool's errand,
Waiting for the next move in the game."
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Which of the following is nearest in meaning to "Putting it up to him" (line 18228) ?

A
demonstrating to him the poet's awareness of his joke

B
challenging him to find a bubble for himself

C
refusing defiantly to honor his request

D
handing up to him the items he had asked for

E
turning the joke back around on him

Solution

The correct answer for this would be option E, i.e., the boy turning the joke around on his father. The father-son pair and the poet, all of them are aware of the running joke where they are testing each other. Here, "putting it up to him" refers to the son standing his ground refusing to give in to his father, and the cycle of jokes that goes around between them. The statements of options A,B,C and D do not convey the same sentiments as the latter option, neither do they imply what the poem is trying to say. Thus, they are incorrect in this context.
Question 9
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[passage-header]Read the poem and answer the question that follows:
[/passage-header]13443Better to see your cheek grown hollow,
42254Better to see your temple worn,
Than to forget to follow, follow,
After the sound of a silver 78540horn.

Better to bind your brow with willow
And follow, follow until you die,
Than to sleep with your head on a golden pillow,
Nor lift it up when the 70065hunt goes by.

Better to see your cheek grown sallow
And your hair grown gray, so soon, so soon.
Than to forget to 69833hallo, hallo,
After the milk-white hounds of the moon.
[passage-footer]''Madman's Song'' was written by William Rose Benet in 1921.[/passage-footer]

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In this poem, the images are meant to convey which of the following?
I. Someone who has been committed to an insane asylum
II. Someone who has lost passion for life
III. Someone who has been filled with passion

A
I only

B
II only

C
II and III only

D
III only

E
I, II, and III

Solution

Option B is the correct answer. The poem conveys an imagery of someone yearning for something they have lost, something they need to live for, but are unable to get it. There is no indication of anyone being committed, neither is there any hope of passion in the poem. Hence, options A,C,D and E are incorrect.
Question 10
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[passage-header]Read the poem and answer the question that follows:

"The Errand"
[/passage-header]"On you go now! Run, son, like the devil
And tell your mother to try
To find me a bubble for the spirit level
And a new knot for this tie."

But 76245still he was glad, I know, when I stood my ground,
18228Putting it up to him
With a smile that 26092trumped his smile and his fool's errand,
Waiting for the next move in the game."
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In the last line the poet suggests that ___________.

A
the father will send his son on another, more serious errand

B
the father's goal is to make his son appear ridiculous

C
the father's response to his son's recognition will be significantly delayed

D
the father will continue to good-humoredly tease and test his son

E
the father and son will always engage in prankish contests

Solution

Option D is the correct answer. The fact that the poet equates their relationship to a game suggests that they are both part of it, are equal participants of testing each other. The statements of options A,B and C defy the tone of the poem, relating the exact opposite of the relationship they have. Option E doesn't fully capture the serious, yet playful exchange between the two. Their relationship is more than pranks. They engage in gauged hostility and defiance, testing and humouring each other. Therefore, options A,B,C and E are incorrect in context to this poem.

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Question 1

Keenly alive (line 44492)

had to rattle the keys (line 55490)

was not looking at his wife (line 16278)

his eyes on the carpet (line 27022)

producing another obbligato (line 92768)

Solution

Question 2

Keeble is unaware of the location of the farm.

Keeble thinks the location is unimportant.

Keeble's memory is failing.

Keeble is attempting to appear casual.

Keeble wants to conceal the location from his wife.

Solution

Question 3

A form of greeting

Another form of the word "hollow"

An echo

A sound that hounds might make such as baying at the moon

A variation on the word "halo"

Solution

Question 4

The father's jovial spirits were not ultimately dampened when his son did not assume the errand.

The father's pleased response to his son's refusal will continue indefinitely.

The game between the father and son will continue indefinitely.

The father did not express his gladness to his son.

The boy's father was disappointed when his son did not assume the errand.

Solution

Question 5

One person can never fully know another.

A promise can be broken without the person to whom the promise was made ever knowing.

To make a promise denies one of a degree of personal liberty.

One cannot be judged faithful or unfaithful to a commitment that has not been promised.

One can never fully know the situations or feelings of those who made successful and binding promises in the past.

Solution

Question 6

innocence

genuine mutual love

purity

absolute confidence in the rightness of a decision

perfect understanding

Solution

Question 7

The organization of large undertakings is best left to persons who have read widely and deeply.

It is possible to be overzealous in the pursuit of knowledge.

One should not flaunt one's learning ostentatiously.

Scholars should live in strict accordance with precepts gained through their study.

The knowledge gained from books must be tested against one's firsthand experience in the world.

Solution

Question 8

demonstrating to him the poet's awareness of his joke

challenging him to find a bubble for himself

refusing defiantly to honor his request

handing up to him the items he had asked for

turning the joke back around on him

Solution

Question 9

I only

II only

II and III only

III only

I, II, and III

Solution

Question 10

the father will send his son on another, more serious errand

the father's goal is to make his son appear ridiculous

the father's response to his son's recognition will be significantly delayed

the father will continue to good-humoredly tease and test his son

the father and son will always engage in prankish contests

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