Notes of FA / FSC Part 1st

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IMPORTANT SENTENCES FROM THE BOOK


HIS FIRST FLIGHT

The young seagull was alone on his ledge.

سے آگے کی طرف نکلے ہوئے حصے پر اکیلا تھا۔ بگلا چٹان ننھا

He felt certain that his wings would never support him.

ا سے یقین تھا کہ اس کے پر بھی بھی اسے سہارا نہیں دے دیں گے۔

He failed to muster up courage to take that plunge.

وہ یہ غوطہ لگانے کی جرات کرنے میں ناکام رہا۔

 But for the life of him he could not move.

لیکن اپنی جان کی خاطر وہ نہ اڑ سکا۔

That was twenty four hours ago.

یه چوبیس گھنٹے پہلے کی بات تھی۔

The sun was now ascending the sky.

اب سورج آسمان پر بلند ہورہا تھا۔

He even gnawed at the dried pieces of spotted eggshell.

حتی کہ وہ نشان زدہ انڈے کے خول کے خشک ٹکڑوں کو دانتوں سے کترنے لگا۔

It was like eating part of himself.

یہ اپنے جسم کے حصے کو کھانے کی مانند تھا۔

Still they took no notice of him.

پھر بھی انہوں نے اس کی طرف کوئی توجہ نہ دی۔

His father was preening the feathers on his white back.

اس کا باپ اپنی سفید کمر پر پروں کو چونچ سے صاف کررہا تھا۔

The sight of the food maddened him.

خوراک کے منظر نے اسے پاگل بنادیا۔

Then a monstrous terror seized him.

پھر ایک عظیم خوف اس کے اوپر مسلط ہوا۔

He was not falling headlong now.

وہ سر کے بل نہیں کر رہا تھا۔

He felt just a bit dizzy.

>اس کا سر تھوڑا سا چکرانے لگا۔

 His mother swooped past him.

اس کی ماں جھپٹا مار کر اس کے پاس سے گزری

 

FIRST YEAR AT HARROW

 These examinations were a great trial to me.

>یہ امتحانات میرے لئے ایک عظیم آزمائش تھے۔

They always tried to ask what I did not know.

وہ ہمیشہ وہی پوچھنے کی کوشش کرتے جو میں نہیں جانتا تھا۔

The Headmaster, Mr. Welldon, however, took a broadminded view of my Latin prose.

تا ہم ہیڈ ماسٹر مسٹر ویلڈن نے میری لاطینی نثر کے بارے میں کھلے ذہن کا مظاہرہ کیا۔

He showed discernment in judging my general ability

اس نے میری عام قابلیت جانچنے کے وقت دوران پیش دکھائی۔

I gazed for two whole hours at this sad spectacle.

میں پورے دو گھنٹے اس اداس منظر کوئی باندھ کر دیکھتا رہا۔

It is very much to his credit.

اس کا سہرا اس کے سر جاتا ہے۔

I have always had the greatest regard for him.

میرے دل میں ہمیشہ اس کے لئے عظیم و تکریم ہے۔

I continued in this unpretentious situation for nearly a year.

اس گمنامی کی حالت میں تقریب میں ایک سال تک رہا۔

 We were considered such dunces that we could learn only English

ہمیں ایسا غبی تصور کیا جاتا تھا جو صرف انگریزی سیکھ سکتے تھے۔

He was charged with the duty of teaching the stupidest boys.

اسے نہایت تی کند زہنلڑکوں کو پڑھانے کی زمہ داری سونپی گئی تھی۔

I did not feel myself at any disadvantage.

میرے لئے گھا ٹے کا سودا نہیں تھا۔

I would whip them hard for that.

میں اس سلسے میں ان کو سخت سزا دوں گا۔

 

 

OUR ENVIRONMENT

In the 1950s, only a few alert scientists were predicting our present despair ۔

۱۹۵۰ء کی دھائی میں صرف چند ایک باخبر سائنسدان ہماری موجودہ مایوسی کی پیشن گوئی کر رہے تھے

our environment is now a social problem.

ہمارا ماحول اب ایک معاشرتی مسئلہ ہے۔

It has been shown that each living thing plays a part in this ecosystem.

یہ بات واضح ہوگئی ہے کہ ہر جانداراس ماحولی نظام میں حصہ لیتا ہے۔

The hippo population was successfully reduced.

دریائی گھوڑے کی آبادی کو کامیابی کے ساتھ کم کیا گیا۔

It turned out that the movement of the hippe rivers kept the channels open.

یہ بات ثابت ہوگئی کی دریاؤں میں سمندری گھوڑوں کی حرکت نے سمندری راستوں کو

کھلا چھوڑ دیا۔

Will we pay for the clean-up of rivers, oceans, the landscape and the air?

 کیا ہم دریاؤں ، ،روں خشکی اور ہوا کی صفائی کی قیمت ادا کرنے کے لئے تیار ہیں؟

The scope of the environment problems has been well-established.

ماحولیاتی مسائل کی وسعتیں ہر کسی پر ثابت ہوگئی ہیں۔

The question is what can the citizens do about helping to ease the burden?

سوال ہی پیدا ہوتا ہے کہ شہری اس بوجھ کو کم کرنے میں کیامد د ے سکتے ہیں؟

The minority cannot achieve a clean, healthy world.

اقلیت ایک صاف اور صحت مند دنیاں حاصل نہیں کر سکتی

It will take a vast majority of the population to make that world a reality,

آبادی کی ایک وسیع اکثریت اس دنیاں کو حقیقت بنا سکتی ہے

 

THE BLANKET

It was a fine September night.

یہ ستمبر کی ایک خوبصورت رات تھی۔

Peter, eleven years old, did not see the moon

گیارہ سالہ پیٹر نے چاندنہیں دیکھا

He would not be back for some time.

وہ کچھ وقت تک واپس نہیں آئے گا۔

But instead of harmonica, he brought out the blanket

لیکن ہارمونیم کی بجائے وہ کمبل لے آیا۔

It was like Granddad to be saying that.

یہ دادا ہی تھا جو اس طرح کی باتیں کر رہےتھے

It's a poor tune, except to be dancing to.

اسی ایک معمولی سی دھن ہے جو صرف ڈانس کے لئے ہے۔

He will feel young again with a pretty wife like that.

وہ اس قسم کی خوبصورت بیوی کے ساتھ اپنے آپ کو ایک بار پھر جوان محسوس کرے گا۔

No, it's best that I leave.

نہیں بہتر یہ ہے کہ میں چلا جاؤں۔

I wanted him to have the best.

میں اسے بہترین دینا چاہتا تھا۔ او

He heard his Dad get angry in his slow way.

اس نے سنا کی ڈیڈ آہستہ آہستہ غصہ ہورہا تھا۔

Dad looked at her with a funny look in his eye.

ڈیڈ نے اس پر مزاحیہ نگاہ ڈالی

It will come in useful later.

یہ بعد میں کارآمد ثابت ہوگا۔

 

 

THE WAY IT WAS AND IS

I saw him leaning back in his armchair and smiled blissfully.

میں نے اسے اپنی بازوؤں والی کری میں ٹیک لگائے اور خوشی سے مسکراتے ہوئے دیکھا۔

 My mission was to sneak past that living room before he caught me.

یرا مقصد یہ تھا کہ اس کے دیکھنے سے پہلے میں رہنے سہنے کے کمرے سے بھیکے سے کھسک جاوں۔

For a while, I considered putting a ladder against my window.

کچھ عرصے سے میں نے کھڑکی کے ساتھ سیڑھی لگانے کا سوچا۔

The greatest advantage of top volume was that I couldn't hear the grownups.

بلند آواز کا سب سے بڑا فائدہ ہی تھا کہ میں بڑوں کو نہیں سن سکتا تھا۔

From time to time my father would come by.

وقتاً فوقتاً میرا والد آجاتا تھا۔

He had the look of a sailor standing on deck in a typhoon.

اس کی نظر ایک ایسے ملاح کی تھی جوطوفانی آندھی میں عرشے پر کھڑا ہو۔

And then his lips would start to move.

اور پھر اس کے ہونٹ حرکت میں آجاتے۔

Then I went downstairs.

پھر میں سیڑھیاں اتر کرنے گیا۔

A few minutes later, the doorbell rang.

چند منٹ بعد دروازے کی گھنٹی بجی۔

Some of my daughter's friends came in.

میری بیٹی کی کچھ سہیلیاں اندرآ ئیں۔

I love you profoundly.

میں تم سے والہانہ محبت کرتا ہوں۔

Turn that noise down.

یہ آوازکم کرلو۔

THE SCHOLARSHIP JACKET

I fully expected to win also.

مجھے بھی جیتنے کو توقع تھی

My father was a farm laborer who couldn't earn enough money to feed eight children.

میراوالد کھیتوں میں کام کرنے والا مزدور تھا جو کہ آٹھ بچوں کو پالنے کے لئے کافی رقم نہیں کیا سکتا تھا۔

We couldn't participate in sports at school.

اسکول میں ہم کھیلوں میں حصہ نہیں لے سکتے تھے ۔

They seemed to be arguing about me.

وہ میرے متعلق بحث کرتے ہوئے دکھائی دیئے۔

I don't care who her father is.

میں یہ پروا نہیں کرتی کہ اس کا والد کون ہے۔

I won't lie or falsify records.

میں جھوٹ بولوگی اور دستاویزات کو جھٹلا وں گی۔

We could say it was a close tie.

>ہم یہ کہہ سکتے تھے کہ یہ برابر کا مقابلہ تھا۔

It was a cruel coincidence that I had overheard that conversation.

اسی ایک ظالمانه اتفاق دکھائی دیا کہ میں ان کی گفتگون چکی تھی۔

I looked him straight in the eye.

میں نے اس کے آنکھوں میں آنکھیں ڈال کر دیکھا۔

There's been a change in the policy this year.

اس سال پالیسی میں تبدیلی ہوئی ہے۔

He still avoided looking in my eyes.

اس نے ابھی تک میری آنکھوں میں دیکھنے سے گریز کی۔

She was sewing on a quilt and didn't look up.

وہ ایک لحاف کی سلائی کررہی تھی اور اوپرنہیں دیکھا۔

There was a cool breeze blowing.

ٹھنڈی ہوا چل رہی تھی۔

He waited for me to speak.

اس نے میرے بولنے کا انتظار کیا۔

Too late I realized the significance of my words.

مجھے اپنے الفاظ کی اہمیت کا احساس بہت دیر سے ہوا۔

I could feel my heart pounding.

میں دل کی دھڑکن محسوس کرسکی تھی۔

We'll make an exception in your case.

ہم تمہارے کیس میں استشنٰی دیں گے

Without answering, I gave him a quick hug and ran to the bus.

جواب دیئے بغیر میں جلدی سے اس سے بغلگیر ہوئی اور بس کی طرف بھاگی۔

He just gave me a pat on the shoulder.

اس نے صرف میرے کندھے پر تھپکی دی

I gave him a big grin.

میں نے اسے ایک فراخ مسکراہٹ دی

 

A LONG WALK HOME

knew Dad would be angry if he found out I'd been watching movies.

مجھے معلوم تھا کہ اگر اب کو پتہ چلا کہ میں فلمیں دیکھتا رہا تو وہ غصے ہوں گے۔

He'd never let me drive again.

وہ مجھے آئندہ گاڑی چلانے نہیں دیں گے۔

I decided to tell him that the car needed some repairs.

میں نے اسے یہ بتانے کا فیصلہ کیا کہ کار کو چھ مرمت کی ضرورت تھی۔

I apologized for being late.

میں میں نے دیرکر نے پر معذرت کی۔

I,m angry, not with you but with myself.

میں تم سے نہیں بلکہ اپنے آپ سے ناراض ہوں۔

I have failed because I have brought up a son who cannot even tell the truth to his own father.

میں میں ناکام ہو چکا ہوں کیونکہ میں نے ایسے بیٹے کی پرورش کی ہے جو اپنے والد کے سامنے بھی سچ

نہیں بول سکتا۔

I was about to learn one of the most painful lessons of my life.

میں زندگی کا سب سے دردناک سبق سیکھنے والا تھا۔

Dad began walking along the dusty roads.

ابوگرد آلود سڑک پر چل پڑا۔

However, it was the most successful lesson.

تاہم یہ سب سے کامیاب سبق تھا۔

I have never lied to him since.

اس کے بعد میں نے اس سامنے کبھی جھوٹ نہیں بولا

 

FLY AWAY

The voice on the phone was silent a moment.

فون پر آواز ایک لمحے کے لئے خاموش تھی ۔

The director wants thousands of flies to be crawling on it without flying away.

ڈائر یکٹر ہزاروں مکھیوں کو آڑے بغیر اس پر رینگھتاوا دیکھنا چاہتا ہے۔

Did you hear what i said?

کیاتم نے میری بات سن لی؟

The next day I visited a good friend of mine.

اگلے دن میں ایک اچھے دوست سے ملنے گیا۔

Each contained a different species of insect.

ہرایک مختلف اقسام کے کیڑوں پرمشتمل تھا۔

The tranquilizer was, of course, harmless to people,

بلاشبہ یہ سکن دوا لوگوں کے لئے بے ضررتھی۔

When i arrived, I was greeted by a crew of disbelievers.

جب میں وہاں پہنچا تو یقین نہ کرنے والے ایک گروہ نے میرا استقبال کیا۔

Then when I tell you to let them go, they'll fly away immediately.

پھر جب میں آپ کو بتاؤں کہ ان کو جانے دیں تو وہ فوری طور پر اڑ جائیں گے۔

The loud buzzing of an enormous number of flies was obvious.

بیشمارمکھیوں کی زور دار بھنبھناہٹ عیاں تھی۔

I told everyone to hold still

میں نے ہر ایک کو خاموش رہنے کا کہا۔

Slowly the flies started to awaken.

آہستہ آ ہستر مکھیاں بیدار ہونا شروع ہوئیں۔

The entire crew was silent for a moment.

تمام عملہ ایک لمحہ کے لئے خاموش تھا۔

We all broke up laughing and headed home.

ہم تمام نے ہنسی ختم کی اور گھر کا رخ کیا۔

 

THE MAN WHO WAS A HOSPITAL

I knew it was my liver that was out of order.

مجھے معلوم تھا کہ میرا جگر خراب تھا

In the listlessness of despair, 1 again turned over the pages.

اس مایوسی اور بے کیفی کے عالم میں میں دو بار صفحات الٹانے لگا۔

i felt rather hurt about this at first.

>پہلے مجھے تھوڑاسا صدمہ پہنچا۔

I sat and pondered.

میں بیٹھ کر غوروخوض کرنے لگا۔

 I felt my pulse.

میں نے اپنی نبض دیکھی

It had stopped beating.

اس نے نے دھڑکنا بند کر دیا تھا۔

But I could not feel or hear anything.

لیکن میں کچھ محسوس یا سن نہ سکا۔

He is an old chum of mine.

وہ میر پرانا یار ہے

 And I told him how I came to discover it all.

اور میں نے اسے بتایا کہ یہ سب کچھ مجھے کیسے معلوم ہوا۔

 After that, he sat down and wrote out a prescription.

اس کے بعد وہ بیٹھا اور ایک نسخا لکھا۔

 Don't stuff your head with things you don't understand.

ان چیزوں میں نہ پڑوجن کی نہیں کچھ نہ ہو۔

I followed the directions.

میں نے ہدایات پرعمل کیا۔

 Speaking for myself --- that my life was preserved and is still | going on,

یا یوں کہے کہ میری زندگی بچ گئی اور ابھی تک رواں دواں ہے۔

 

FINDING A JOB

I'm sorry to hear that.

یہ سن کر مجھے افسوس ہوا۔

Why did you leave your last job?

تم نے گزشتہ نوکری کیوں چھوڑی؟

That makes sense.

یہ بات قابل فہم ہے۔

I decided to quit and find a new job.

میں نے اسے چھوڑنے اور نیا کام ڈھونڈنے کا فیصلہ کیا۔

 They help each other discover new opportunities.

وہ نئے مواقع تلاش کرنے میں ایک دوسرے کی مدد کرتے ہیں۔

 Was he fired or did he quit his last job?

کیا اس کو برطرف کیا گیا اس نے گز شی نوکری چھوڑ دی؟

 But he's been working hard at finding a new job.

لیکن وہ ناکام ڈھونڈنے کی سرتوڑ کوشش کررہا ہے۔

What did you suggest?

تم نے کیا تجویز دی؟

A STRESSFUL JOB

I have been working for the last three months.

میں پچھلے تین مہینوں سے کام کررہا ہوں۔

My previous job wasn't that stressful.

میرا پچھلا کا م تھکانے والا تھا۔

You're making a good salary now.

اب تم اچھی تنخواہ لے رہے ہو۔

But I don't have any time to enjoy it all.

لیکن اس سے لطف اندوز ہونے کے لئے میرے پاس وقت نہیں ۔

I think you are too serious about everything.

میرے خیال میں تم ہر چیز کے بارے میں بہت سنجیدہ ہو۔

That's easy for you to say, you are still at university.

یہ کہنا تمہارے لئے آسان ہے، تم ابھی تک یونیورسٹی میں ہو۔

 Give him my regards.

اس نے میری طرف سے آداب کہ دیں۔

I have to rush now.

اب مجھے جلدی کرنی ہوگی۔

His new job must be driving him crazy.

اس کا نیا کام اسے ضرور دیوانہ بنا دے گا۔

I think I should see him before he quits his new job.

میراخیال ہے مجھے اس اس سے پہلے کہ وہ نیا کام چھوڑ جاۓ ، ملنا چاہیئے۔

 

VISITING THE DENTIST

How may I help you today?

آج میں تمہاری کیامدد کرسکتی ہوں؟

I'd be happy to do that for you.

مجھے تمہارے لئے یہ کر کے خوش ہوں گی۔

Can I get your name, please?

براہ مہربانی، کیا میں تمہارا نام پوچھ سکتی ہوں؟

I have an appointment with Dr Qureshi at 2:30.

نے میں نے ڈاکٹر قریشی سے ڈھائی بجے ملاقات کرنی ہے۔

Is this the first time you've seen Dr Qureshi?

کیا تم پہلی بار ڈاکر قریش سے ملوگے ؟

Here's my new insurance card.

یہ میرے بیمے کا نیا کارڈ ہے۔

I've been having some gum pain recently.

حال ہی میں میرے مسوڑھے میں کچھ تکلیف ہورہی

Please have a seat.

براہ بیٹھ جاؤ۔

Please recline and open your mouth.

براہ مہربانی ٹیک لگالو اور منہ کھولو۔

Which flavor would you like?

تم کونسا ذائقہ پسند کرو گے؟

The Correct Answer

(BOOK ONE)

HIS FIRST FLIGHT

"His First Flight” has been written by --------

(A) Floyd Dell (B) James Thurber (C) Liam O'Flaherty (D) Katherine Mansfield

Answer is: (C) Liam O'Flaherty

The young seagull was ------------- on his ledge.

 (A) sick (B) happy (C) alone (D) sad

Answer is: (C) alone

The young seagull had –

(A) two brothers and one sister (B) two sisters and one brother (C) two brothers and two sisters (D) three sisters

Answer is: (A) two brothers and one sister

 He felt certain that his wings would never -------- him.

 (A) support (B) assist (C) convey (D) carry

Answer is: (A) support

 He failed to ------------- courage to take that plunge.

(A) take (B) muster up (C) create (D) have

Answer is: (B) muster up

But for the life of him he could not ---

(A) run (B) move (C) search (D) hesitate

Answer is: (B) Move

 His parents were ------------ his sister and brothers in the art of flight

 (A) teaching (B) guiding (C) perfecting (D) revealing

Answer is: (C) perfecting

 He felt the heat because he had not eaten since the previous

(A) nightfall (B) day (C) noon (D) week

Answer is: (A) nightfall

He even --------- at the dried pieces of mackerel's tail.

 (A) chew (B) gnawed (C) cut (D) bite

Answer is: (B) gnawed

 Now there was not a single -------------- of food left.

 (A) scrap (B) scrape (C) piece (D) loaf

Answer is: (A) scrap

 But on each side of him the edge ended in a sheer fall of ---

(A) rock (B) sea (C) peak (D) precipice

Answer is: (D) precipice

And between him and his parents there was a deep, wide

 (A) valley (B) sea (C) chasm (D) lake

Answer is: (C) chasm

He stepped slowly out to the -----of the ledge.

 (A) brink (B) middle (C) end (D) start

Answer is: (A) brink

His parents took no -------------- of him.

(A) look (B) notice (C) attention (D) care

Answer is: (B) notice

 His father was ------------ his feathers on his back.

(A) preening (B) scratching (C) rubbing (D) touching

Answer is: (A) preening

The mother of the young seagull was standing on a little hump on the --------

(A) ledge (B) rock (C) plateau (D) mountain 17

Answer is: (C) plateau

 The sight of the food ------------- him.

(A) flared (B) pleased (C) frightened (D) maddened

Answer is: (D) maddened

He leaned out eagerly, ----------- the rock with his feet.

(A) tapping (B) bumping (C) striking (D) hitting

Answer is: (A) tapping

 And then maddened by hunger, he --------- at the fish.

(A) jumped (B) pounced (C) leapt (D) dived

Answer is: (D) dived

 His ------------ swooped past him.

(A) father (B) brother (C) sister (D) mother

Answer is: (D) mother

 Then a ------------- terror seized him.

(A) frightening (B) monstrous (C) big (D) stately

Answer is: (B) monstrous

 He could feel the ------ ofi his wings cutting through the air.

(A) ends (B) tips (C) peak (D) sound 23

Answer is: (B) tips

 The young seagull felt a bit --

(A) dizzy (B) dozing (C) headache (D) angry

Answer is: (A) dizzy

He raised his breast and ----- ---- against the wind.

 (A) flew (B) struggled (C) flapped (D) banked

Answer is: (D) banked

He saw a vast green sea beneath, with little ----- ---- moving over it.

(A) ridges (B) waves (C) torrents (D) fish

Answer is: (A) ridges

The young seagull turned his beak sideways and ----- ---- amusedly.

(A) tittered (B) cackle (C) roared (D) crowed

Answer is: (D) crowed

FIRST YEAR AT HARROW

First Year at Harrow has been written by --------

 (A) Philip K. Hitti (B) John Holt (C) Sir Winston Churchill (D) C. S.

Answer is: (C) Sir Winston Churchill

 Lewis I had scarcely passed my twelfth birthday when I entered the -------- regions of examinations.

(A) unfriendly (B) inhospitable (C) bitter (D) hostile

Answer is: (B) inhospitable

The examinations were a great------- to me.

(A) test (B) shock (C) punishment (D) trial

Answer is: (D) trial

which were dearest to the examiners were almost invariably those I ----

(A) studied (B) taught (C) found (D) fancied

Answer is: (D) fancied

I should have liked to be asked to say what

 (A) learnt (B) practised (C) knew (D) wrote :

Answer is: (C) knew

September The first Day of School

The Correct Answer 6 And yet greater ------------ came of it in the end.

(A) joy (B) hatred (C) kindness (D) sorrow

Answer is: (C) kindness

 My child has disappeared behind the schoolroom -----

(A) desk (B) board (C) door (D) wall

Answer is: (C) door

I know my hope, but do not know its

 (A) form (B) meaning (C) reality (D) result

Answer is: (A) form

Even our tears belong to ----

(A) rite (B) ritual (C) hypocrisy (D) ceremony

Answer is: (B) ritual

The word “peremptory” means -

(A) humiliating (B) preparing (C) commanding (D) deceiving

Answer is: (C) commanding

The word "sheaves" means –

 (A) bundles of corn (B) bundles of sticks (C) bundles of flowers (D) bundles of books

Answer is: (A) bundles of corn

IT'S COUNTRY FOR ME

It was --- --- at night when Joel heard his call up.

 (A) 8.15 (B) 9.15 (C) 10.15 (D) 11.15

Answer is: (D) 11.15

She usually --------- the orphaned lamb.

 (A) fed (B) cared (C) cured (D) reared

Answer is: (A) fed

She did not want to go to the -----------wearing clothes.

(A) godown (B) field (C) barn (D) farm

Answer is: (C) barn

The family dog, Jessica, jumped up from the------------

(A) cushion (B) doorstep (C) sofa (D) pillow

Answer is: (B) doorstep

A dim crescent moon hung low over the east ------

 (A) hayfield (B) grassfield (C) cornfield (D) wheatfield

Answer is: (A) hayfield

Her mother had died giving birth to her a ----------- before.

(A) day (B) week (C) month (D) year

Answer is: (B) week

 This may have been Joel's ------------ thousand trips.

(A) thirteen (B) twenty three (C) thirty three (D) forty three

Answer is: (C) thirty three

 He goes in and out of barns at least ------- times a day.

 (A) five (B) ten (C) fifteen (D) twenty

Answer is: (B) ten

 ----------- is Joel's world.

(A) Reading (B) Hunting (C) Swimming (D) Farming

Answer is: (D) Farming

 Joel Holland has lived on this --------- acre farm since he was born.

(A) 145 (B) 245 (C) 345 (D) 445

Answer is: (A) 145

 This year Joel will graduate from ------------- grade.

(A) 5th (B) 6th (C) 7th (D) 8th

Answer is: (D) 8th

 Joel has been with the same ----------- kids since first grade.

(A) thirteen (B) fifteen (C) seventeen (D) nineteen

Answer is: (D) nineteen

 Joel is a teenager, but he does the work of ---------

(A) a child (B) a boy (C) an adult (D) a man

Answer is: (C) an adult

He is extremely alert and watchful, like a ---------

 (A) cat (B) fox (C) leopard (D) bird

Answer is: (A) cat

 Joel is the youngest of Ed and Betty Holland's ------ children.

(A) two (B) four (C) six (D) eight

Answer is: (C) six

I had just one word to describe Joel, it would be

(A) devotion (B) laborious (C) punctual (D) enthusiasm

Answer is: (D) enthusiasm

 He hunts --------- and traps wildlife in the fall.

 (A) fish (B) deer (C) doves (D) birds

Answer is: (B) deer

TEARS OF NATURE

 The poem "Tears of Nature” is composed by ---------

 (A) Howard Nemerov (B) Douglas Malloch (C) Stephen Crane (D) Graeme King

Answer is: (D) Graeme King

 I think I just heard Mother Nature ----

(A) cry (B) shout (C) lament (D) weep

Answer is: (A) cry

You'd think we'd ------------ as time goes speeding by.

(A) teach (B) learn (C) buy (D) sell

Answer is: (B) learn

 They tell us there's a big ----------- in the sky.

 (A) aperture (B) gap (C) hole (D) pit

Answer is: (C) hole

We won't believe in something we can't -----

(A) see (B) hear (C) understand (D) feel 6

Answer is: (A) see

Even though the solar power's ------

 (A) dangerous (B) vast (C) free (D) divided

Answer is: (C) free

We develop rocket ships that ----

(A) swim (B) fly (C) run (D) fire

Answer is: (B) fly

But still can't stop ------------ of the sea.

(A) movement (B) flood (C) pollution (D) speed

Answer is: (C) pollution

 Headlines: One more species set to --

(A) die (B) born (C) extinguish (D) develop

Answer is: (A) die

 Worry on the ------------? Pass it by!

 (A) future (B) past (C) present (D) dead

Answer is: (A) future

THE BLANKET

The Blanket” is written by------

(A) Liam O'Flahert (B) Patricia Demuth (C) Floyd Dell (D) Marta Salinas

Answer is: (C) Floyd Dell

It was a fine ------night

(A) September (B) October (C) November (D) December

Answer is: (A) September

a thin white moon rose over the ----------

(A) mountain (B) hill (C) rock (D) valley

Answer is: (D) valley

Peter was -------------- years old.

(A) nine (B) ten (C) eleven (D) twelve

Answer is: (C) eleven

Peter, eleven years old, did not see the -----------

(A) sun (B) moon (C) harmonica (D) blanket

Answer is: (B) moon

Peter did not feel the cool ------------- breeze blow into the kitchen.

 (A) September (B) October (C) November (D) December

Answer is: (A) September

Peter's thoughts were fixed on a red and ---- blanket on the kitchen table.

(A) white (B) blue (C) black (D) green

Answer is: (C) black

"Going away Gift” means -------

(A) a memorable gift (B) an expensive gift (C) a gift for a going away person (D) a beautiful gift

Answer is: (C) a gift for a going away person

 Together the old man and the young boy washed the-----------

 (A) supper dishes (B) clothes (C) floor (D) room

Answer is: (A) supper dishes

The old man and the boy went outside and sat under the --------

 (A) Sun (B) tree (C) moon (D) shade

Answer is: (C) moon

it is a poor tune, except to be dancing to". These words are said by: -----

(A) Dad (B) the pretty girl (C) Granddad (D) Peter

Answer is: (C) Granddad

He will feel ---------- again with a pretty wife like that.

(A) mature (B) young (C) proud (D) happy

 Answer is: (B) young

this a - -- blanket my son has given me to Isn't this a -- -- go away with?

 (A) fine (B) worn out (C) costly (D) Double

Answer is: (A) fine

A fine blanket , must have cost a pretty --------

(A) Penny (B) Amount (C) money (D) price

Answer is: (A) Penny

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FLOWER

"The Most Beautiful Flower” has been written by-----------

(A) Loanne Bailey Baxter (B) Cheryl L. Costello-Forshey (C) Graeme King (D) Douglas Malloch

Answer is: (B) Cheryl L. Costello-Forshey
The park bench was ---------- when I sat down to read

(A) deserted (B) free (C) full (D) dirty

Answer is: (A) deserted
For the world was ----------- on dragging me down.

(A) desirous (B) interested (C) intend (D) stubborn

Answer is: (C) intend

In his hand was a -------------, and what a pitiful sight.

(A) bag (B) ring (C) flower (D) twig

Answer is: (C) flower

But instead of ------------ he sat next to my side.

(A) leaving (B) playing (C) running (D) retreating

Answer is: (D) retreating

The ----------- before me was dying or dead.

(A) wood (B) weed (C) lake (D) bird

Answer is: (B) weed

But I knew I must take it, or he might never ---

(A) smile (B) speak (C) live (D) leave

Answer is: (D) leave

Unaware of the ---------- he'd had on my day.

(A) impact (B) affect (C) stroke (D) surprise

Answer is: (A) impact

A self-pitying ------------- beneath an old willow tree.

(A) boy (B) girl (C) woman (D) man

Answer is: (C) woman

And then I held that ------------ flower up to my nose.

(A) wilted (B) dying (C) withered (D) fragrant

Answer is: (A) wilted

THE SCHOLARSHIP JACKET

My oldest sister ----------- had won the jacket a few years back.

(A) A Rosie (B) Jessie (C) Catherine (D) Rita

Answer is: (A) A Rosie

I was ------- and in the eighth grade.

(A) twelve (B) thirteen (C) fourteen (D) fifteen

Answer is: (C) fourteen

 My father was a farm labourer who couldn't earn enough money to feed ---------- children.

 (A) four (B) six (C) eight (D) ten

Answer is: (C) eight

 When I was ---------- I was given to grandparents to be raised.

(A) four (B) six (C) eight (D) ten

Answer is: (B) six

This one, the scholarship jacket, was our only -

(A) property (B) chance (C) aim (D) mission

Answer is: (B) chance

In May, close to graduation, ------------ fever struck.

(A) spring (B) autumn (C) summer (D) winter

Answer is: (A) spring

I absent-mindedly wandered from my history class to the -------

 (A) playground (B) main-gate (C) gym (D) principal's office

Answer is: (C) gym

Then I remembered my P.E. shorts were still in a bag under my ---

(A) desk (B) chair (C) table (D) books

Answer is: (A) desk

Coach Mrs. Thompson was a real---------if anyone wasn't dressed for P.E.

 (A) guide (B) bear (C) maid (D) teacher

Answer is: (B) bear

She had said I was a good ---------- and once she even med to talk Grandma into letting me join the team. (A) forward (B) full back (C) right out (D)

Answer is: (A) forward

I did not want to interrupt ------- between my teachers.

(A) quarrel (B) a debate (C) a discussion (D) an argument

Answer is: (D) an argument

I seemed med a cruel ____ that I had overheard that conversation.

(A) Incidence (B) incident (C) coincidence (D) coincident

Answer is: (C) coincidence

Helooked away and ------------ and with the papers on his desk.

(A) fidgeted (B) motioned (C) struck (D) bumped

Answer is: (A) fidgeted 

A LONG WALK HOME

 I grew up in the south of Spain in a little -- called Estepona.

 (A) house (B) community (C) village (D) town

Answer is: (B) community

 My father told me I could drive him into a remote village called Mijas, about ------------ miles away.

(A) 12 (B) 14 (C) 16 (D) 18

Answer is: (D) 18

 I drove Dad into Mijas and promised to pick him up at -------

 (A) 2 p.m. (B)4 p.m. (C) 6 p.m. (D) 8 p.m.

Answer is: (B)4 p.m.

Because I had a few hours to ------------, I decided to catch a couple of movies.

 (A) spare (B) spear (C) free (D) pass

Answer is: (A) spare

I became so immersed in the films that I completely lost ------------ of time.

 (A) track (B) path (C) way (D) passage

Answer is: (A) track

I knew Dad would be ------------ if he found out I'd been watching movies.

(A) heart-broken (B) sad (C) dejected (D) angry

Answer is: (D) angry

 I drove up to the place where we had ---------- to meet.

 (A) promised (B) planned (C) decided (D) resolved

Answer is: (B) planned

A rush of -------- ran through me as I feebly confessed to my trip to the movie theatre.

 (A) repentance (B) guilt (C) evil (D) crime

Answer is: (B) guilt

Dad listend------------ as a sadness passed through him.

(A) Warmly (B) quietly (C) intently (D) interestingly

Answer is: (C) intently

I'm going to walk home now and have gone wrong all these years.

(A) contemplate (B) realize (C) predicative (C) predict (D) rethink

Answer is: (A) contemplate

BE THE BEST OF WHATEVER YOU ARE

The poem "Be the Best of Whatever You Are is written by –

(A) Douglas Malloch (B) Howard Nemerov (C) Robert Frost (D) Joanne Bailey Baxter

Answer is: (A) Douglas Malloch

The best little scrub at the side of the –

 (A) hill (B) pond (C) rill (D) lake

Answer is: (C) rill

Be a --- --- if you can't be a tree.

(A) scrub (B) undergrowth (C) blade (D) bush

Answer is: (D) bush

If you can't be a muskie, then just be a –

 (A) bass (B) trout (C) whale (D) cod

Answer is: (A) bass

But the liveliest bass in the - -

(A) lake (B) river (C) reservoir (D) pond

Answer is: (A) lake

We can't all be - ---, we've got to have

(A) captains (B) leaders (C) politicians (D) pioneers

Answer is: (A) captains

And the task we must do is ----------

(A) complete (B) accomplished (C) near (D) Away

Answer is: (C) near

If you can't be a highway, then just be a -----

(A) road (B) trail (C) street (D) alley.

Answer is: (B) trail

If you can't be the sun, be a --

(A) moon (B) star (C) planet (D) lamp

Answer is: (B) star

It isn't by ------------ that you win or you fail.

(A) intelligence (B) size (C) wealth (D) laziness

Answer is: (B) size

FLY AWAY

 The voice at the other side of the phone was ----

(A) consistent (B) insistent (C) persistent (D) resistant

Answer is: (B) insistent (

The director wants thousands of -------- to be crawling on it without flying away.

(A) flies (B) bees (C) mosquitoes (D) cockroaches

Answer is: (A) flies

Sometimes ----------- training was not the only answer.

(A) affection (B) loyal (C) sincere (D) right

Answer is: (A) affection

I knew I would have to ---- ----- to the laws of nature for the answer to this one.

 (A) accept (B) challenge (C) define (D) resort

Answer is: (D) resort

Over a cup of coffee, I told him of my----------

(A) desires (B) wants (C) needs (D) necessaries

Answer is: (C) needs

We walked over to a cage that was being heated by a special -------- lamp.

 (A) illumined (B) infrared (C) lit (D) modern

Answer is: (B) infrared

Inside I could see massive ---- of maggots.

 (A) groups (B) fleet (C) covey (D) swarms

Answer is: (D) swarms

The professor gave me a ------------ of fly larvae.

 (A) set (B) batch (C) group (D) bunch

Answer is: (B) batch

With the ------------ set inside the fly box, all the flies could be put to sleep within seconds.

 (A) cylindrical (B) vial (C) triangular (D) square

Answer is: (B) vial

Once the gas had ------------ in a matter of moments, the flies would awaken.

(A) spread (B) released (C) dissipated (D) ousted

Answer is: (C) dissipated

On the morning of the shoot, all the flies hatched right on ----

 (A) agenda (B) programmed (C) timetable (D) schedule

Answer is: (D) schedule

The -------- assistant director yelled for the "fly man".

 (A) whimsical (B) jolly (C) sceptical (D) humorous

Answer is: (C) sceptical

Sheets of ------------ paper prevented anyone from seeing into the box.

(A) heavy (B) costly. (C) transparent (D) light

Answer is: (A) heavy

 I've only got ------------ flies just enough for two shots.

(A) 5,042 (B) 10,042 (C) 15,042 (D) 20,042 15

Answer is: (B) 10,042

Next, I opened the door and ---------- out three or four handfuls of flies.

(A) scooped (B) brought (C) threw (D) took

Answer is: (A) scooped