Question

Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

I wrote the three pages Mr. Keesing had assigned me and was satisfied. I argued that talking is a student's trait and that I would do my best to keep it under control, but that I would never be able to cure myself of the habit since my mother talked as much as I did, if not more, and that there's not much one can do about inherited traits.

(i) Who was Mr. Keesing?

1. English teacher
2. Social Science teacher
3. Warden
4. Principal

(ii) According to the extract, the incorrigible habit possessed by the speaker was ______

1. making noise in class
2. talking too much
3. procrastinating
4. Coming late to class
5. asking irritating question
   Select the correct option:
   
   1. I and III
   2. Only II
   3. I, IV and V
   4. Only III

(iii) Complete the analogy by selecting the suitable word from the extract.

routine : habit : : characteristie : ______.

(iv) Select the reason why the narrator is unable to control her trait.

1. She had deliberately practised it.
2. She wanted to be different from her brother.
3. Her teacher had encouraged her to continue as she was.
4. She had inherited it.

(v) Which of the following most nearly means the opposite of the phrase 'under control'?

1. to spend less
2. unable to take on the challenge
3. find it difficult to manage
4. being very stubborn

Answer 1

(i) English teacher

(ii) According to the extract, the incorrigible habit possessed by the speaker was talking too much.

(iii) Routine : habit : : characteristic : trait

(iv) She had inherited it.

(v) Find it difficult to manage.