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• Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:I was just thirty-seven when my Uncle Philip died. A week before that event he sent for me; and here let me say that I had never set eyes on him. He hated my mother, but I do not know why. She told me long before his last illness that I need expect nothing from my father’s brother. He was an inventor, an able and ingenious mechanical engineer, and had much money by his improvement in turbine-wheels. He was a bachelor; lived alone, cooked his own meals, and collected precious stones, especially rubies and pearls.From the time he made his first money he had this mania. As he grewricher, the desire to possess rare and costly gems became stronger. When he bought a new stone, he carried it in his pocket for a month and now and then took it out and looked at it. Then it was added to the collection in his safe at the trust company.(a) How old was Uncle Philip’s nephew when he died?(b) How was the narrator related to Philip?(c) What was Philip doing and how did his earnings improve?(d) What did Philip do when he bought a new stone?(e) What was Philip’s mania?
• Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:At the time he sent for me I was a clerk, and poor enough. Remembering my mother’s words, his message gave me, his sole relative, no new hopes; but I thought it best to go. When I sat down by his bedside, he began, with a malicious grin: “I suppose you think me queer. I will explain.” What he said was certainly queer enough. “I have been living on an annuity into which I put my fortune. In other words, I have been, as to money, concentric half of my life to enable me to be as eccentric as I pleased the rest of it.Now I repent of my wickedness to you all, and desire to live in the memory of at least one of my family. You think I am poor and have only my annuity. You will be profitably surprised. I have never parted with my precious stones; they will be yours. You are my sole heir. I shall carry with me to the other world the satisfaction of making one man happy. “No doubt you have always had expectations, and I . desire that you should continue to expect. My jewels are in my safe. There is nothing else left”. When I thanked him he grinned all over his lean face, and said: “You will have to pay for my funeral.”(a) What did Tom recall when Uncle Philip had sent for him?(b) What was Tom working as when Uncle Philip called for him?(c) What was the repentance that Uncle Philip said he had in his heart?(d) How was Uncle Philip‘s desire?(e) flow did Uncle Philip want to compensate for his wickedness?
• Rearrange the following sentences in coherent order.a. Finally, when I thanked him he grinned and wanted me to pay for his funeral. b. Later, it was added to the collection in his safe at the trust company.c. Now and then, he took it out and looked at it. d. When Uncle Philip bought a new stone, he carried it in his pocket for a month. e. When Uncle Philip sent for Tom, he was a clerk, and poor enough.
• Fill in the blanks with the right option and write down the summary of the story ‘A dilemma’.1. The narrator was sent for, by his uncle when he was _____ . (on his deathbed / on his travels/ in his workplace)2. The uncle had collected precious _____. (jewels / stones /articles)3. His uncle announced Tom as his heir and wanted* him to pay for his ______. (rented house / marriage / funeral)4. Leaving an iron box for Tom, his uncle instructed him ______ not to the box. (throw / carry / shake)5. The letter read that the box contained ______ . (a sensitive dynamite / jewels / money)6. He started thinking of all possible ways to open the box without being ______ . (wounded / killed / maimed)7. He planned to explode the box at ________ but dropped the plan ______in fear of losing the rubies. (home / a safe distance / a waste land)8. His consultation with did ______ not yield him any fruitful solution. (Uncle Philip / Professor Clinch / Susan)9. He failed in his attempts to open the box. His efforts to read about explosives led to_____(hopes / confusions / suspicions) and he had to change his ______ . (name and occupation /lodgings / appearance)10. At last, he bequeathed the box to______ . (his offspring / his friends / the Society)
• Fill in the blanks with the appropriate phrases given below to form a complete meaningful paragraph.(in the house with that box / to withdraw it/ In my despair / in a safe / by the dozen)(i) ……I advertised in the Journal of Science, and have had absurd schemes sent me (ii) ………At last, as I talked too much about it, the thing became so well known that when I put the horror (iii) ………, in a bank, I was promptly desired (iv) ……… I was in constant fear of burglars, and my landlady gave me notice to leave, because no one would stay (v) ……
• According to the list kept in the Bible, what can you infer of Uncle Jim’s collection of stones?
• What did Uncle Jim tell his nephew a week before his death?
• Uncle Jim had much money by his improvement in …… . (a) turbine-wheels (b) cargo-wheels(c) construction sites
• From the time Jim made his first money he had this ……… . (a) desire (b) sickness (c) mania
• When Jim bought a new stone, he carried it in his …… for a month. (a) pocket (b) wallet (c) suitcase