English Reading Comprehension

Which of the following is true about Abraham Lincoln?

Abrham Lincoln’s growing desire to attend school conflicted with his father’s demands on him, which often made him appear lazy to his neighbors. His father often rented him out to perform manual labor tasks such as shucking corn, hoeing, gathering, and plowing. During the early 1800’s, Abe’s father was entitled to all of the money earned as a result of his son’s labor. Abe\'s considerable strength was evident with his unusual skill and power with an axe. Abe was said to be able to chop more wood and split more rails than anyone around. Far larger and stronger than the other boys in the region, Abe could outrun and outwrestle all of them. Unlike most boys of his time, however, Abe avoided hunting because he took no pleasure in killing animals.

Although Abe gained a reputation as a prankster, and for his storytelling abilities, he also gained a reputation for honesty. When he was nineteen years old, he was hired to co-steer a flatboat down the Mississippi River to unload produce to be sold at the plantations in the South and to return with the money earned. For these services, Abe was paid eight dollars a month. More importantly, these forays into the South opened Abe’s eyes to the world beyond the Indiana frontier and likely begun to shape his views toward the horrors of slavery as he witnessed the auctions and treatment of slaves firsthand.

Why did the Lincolns had to join a new church?

 Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky, to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln in their one room log cabin on their farm known as Sinking Spring (near modern-day Hodgenville, Kentucky). Although Thomas lacked formal education, he was an excellent farmer and carpenter, and often times served a member of the jury. Thomas and Nancy joined a small Baptist church in the area that had broken away from the larger church over the issue of slavery.

When Abe was two, the family moved to nearby Knob Creek Farm, where Abe\'s first memories of his childhood were formed. Because of difficulties his father had with the title to the farm, Thomas Lincoln moved his family to Pigeon Creek, Indiana in 1816 where the seven year-old Abraham helped him build a log cabin in the woods. Two years later, Nancy died of “milk sickness.” Milk sickness is a rare disease caused by drinking the milk or consuming the meat of a cow that had fed on poisonous roots. In 1819, however, Thomas married Sarah Bush Johnston, whom Abraham would call “mother.” Sarah was a kind and warm women who brought her three children, Matilda, Elizabeth, and John to the Lincoln homestead to live with Abraham and his sister.

Which of these words best describes the character of the boys in both the scenarios?

Directions: Read the following scenarios and answer the question that follows:

Scenario 1
A boy named Jack was weeping at a well. By chance, a man happened to pass by. He asked the boy why he was weeping. The boy answered that he had come to the well to fetch water, but his golden cap fell into the well. Being greedy, the man took off his clothes and climbed down the well. He searched thoroughly, for the golden cap, but failed to find it. Finally, he came out of the well. The man was surprised to find that the boy had made off with his clothes.
Scenario 2
The story relates to a boy named Ruckman. It is said that, once he went to see a railway bridge. On reaching there, he found that the bridge was on fire and the train was coming. He stretched both his arms and began to run in the direction from which the train was coming. The engine driver saw the boy from a distance and gave a loud whistle, so that the boy might save himself. But the boy kept on running. In the end the boy collided with the engine but the train stopped. When the people came down the train, they found that the bridge was on fire. Then, they understood how the brave boy had saved their lives.

What could have happened if the boy in the second scenario had not run towards the train?

Directions: Read the following scenarios and answer the question that follows:

Scenario 1
A boy named Jack was weeping at a well. By chance, a man happened to pass by. He asked the boy why he was weeping. The boy answered that he had come to the well to fetch water, but his golden cap fell into the well. Being greedy, the man took off his clothes and climbed down the well. He searched thoroughly, for the golden cap, but failed to find it. Finally, he came out of the well. The man was surprised to find that the boy had made off with his clothes.
Scenario 2
The story relates to a boy named Ruckman. It is said that, once he went to see a railway bridge. On reaching there, he found that the bridge was on fire and the train was coming. He stretched both his arms and began to run in the direction from which the train was coming. The engine driver saw the boy from a distance and gave a loud whistle, so that the boy might save himself. But the boy kept on running. In the end the boy collided with the engine but the train stopped. When the people came down the train, they found that the bridge was on fire. Then, they understood how the brave boy had saved their lives.

What conclusion can be drawn from scenario 1?

Directions: Read the following scenarios and answer the question that follows:

Scenario 1
A boy named Jack was weeping at a well. By chance, a man happened to pass by. He asked the boy why he was weeping. The boy answered that he had come to the well to fetch water, but his golden cap fell into the well. Being greedy, the man took off his clothes and climbed down the well. He searched thoroughly, for the golden cap, but failed to find it. Finally, he came out of the well. The man was surprised to find that the boy had made off with his clothes.
Scenario 2
The story relates to a boy named Ruckman. It is said that, once he went to see a railway bridge. On reaching there, he found that the bridge was on fire and the train was coming. He stretched both his arms and began to run in the direction from which the train was coming. The engine driver saw the boy from a distance and gave a loud whistle, so that the boy might save himself. But the boy kept on running. In the end the boy collided with the engine but the train stopped. When the people came down the train, they found that the bridge was on fire. Then, they understood how the brave boy had saved their lives.

The second scenario clearly states that

Directions: Read the following scenarios and answer the question that follows:

Scenario 1
A boy named Jack was weeping at a well. By chance, a man happened to pass by. He asked the boy why he was weeping. The boy answered that he had come to the well to fetch water, but his golden cap fell into the well. Being greedy, the man took off his clothes and climbed down the well. He searched thoroughly, for the golden cap, but failed to find it. Finally, he came out of the well. The man was surprised to find that the boy had made off with his clothes.
Scenario 2
The story relates to a boy named Ruckman. It is said that, once he went to see a railway bridge. On reaching there, he found that the bridge was on fire and the train was coming. He stretched both his arms and began to run in the direction from which the train was coming. The engine driver saw the boy from a distance and gave a loud whistle, so that the boy might save himself. But the boy kept on running. In the end the boy collided with the engine but the train stopped. When the people came down the train, they found that the bridge was on fire. Then, they understood how the brave boy had saved their lives.

The words “had made off with his clothes” is about which attribute of the boy?

Directions: Read the following scenarios and answer the question that follows:

Scenario 1
A boy named Jack was weeping at a well. By chance, a man happened to pass by. He asked the boy why he was weeping. The boy answered that he had come to the well to fetch water, but his golden cap fell into the well. Being greedy, the man took off his clothes and climbed down the well. He searched thoroughly, for the golden cap, but failed to find it. Finally, he came out of the well. The man was surprised to find that the boy had made off with his clothes.
Scenario 2
The story relates to a boy named Ruckman. It is said that, once he went to see a railway bridge. On reaching there, he found that the bridge was on fire and the train was coming. He stretched both his arms and began to run in the direction from which the train was coming. The engine driver saw the boy from a distance and gave a loud whistle, so that the boy might save himself. But the boy kept on running. In the end the boy collided with the engine but the train stopped. When the people came down the train, they found that the bridge was on fire. Then, they understood how the brave boy had saved their lives.

What conclusion can be drawn from scenario 2?

Directions: Read the following scenarios and answer the question that follows:

Scenario 1
A boy named Jack was weeping at a well. By chance, a man happened to pass by. He asked the boy why he was weeping. The boy answered that he had come to the well to fetch water, but his golden cap fell into the well. Being greedy, the man took off his clothes and climbed down the well. He searched thoroughly, for the golden cap, but failed to find it. Finally, he came out of the well. The man was surprised to find that the boy had made off with his clothes.
Scenario 2
The story relates to a boy named Ruckman. It is said that, once he went to see a railway bridge. On reaching there, he found that the bridge was on fire and the train was coming. He stretched both his arms and began to run in the direction from which the train was coming. The engine driver saw the boy from a distance and gave a loud whistle, so that the boy might save himself. But the boy kept on running. In the end the boy collided with the engine but the train stopped. When the people came down the train, they found that the bridge was on fire. Then, they understood how the brave boy had saved their lives.

Which of the following could replace “him” as used in the passage above?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option from the list according to the corresponding number in the passage.

The hen bird was about to lay, and she asked her mate whether he could find her some place convenient for laying eggs. He asked, whether that was not a very good place for the purpose. She answered that it was not, for it was continually overflowed by the tide. Then he asked emotionally, whether he had become so feeble that the eggs laid in his house could be carried away by the sea. The hen bird laughed and said that there were some considerable defferences between him and the sea.

Which of the following could replace “defferences” as used in the passage above?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option from the list according to the corresponding number in the passage.

The hen bird was about to lay, and she asked her mate whether he could find her some place convenient for laying eggs. He asked, whether that was not a very good place for the purpose. She answered that it was not, for it was continually overflowed by the tide. Then he asked emotionally, whether he had become so feeble that the eggs laid in his house could be carried away by the sea. The hen bird laughed and said that there were some considerable defferences between him and the sea.

Which of the following could replace “carried away” as used in the passage above?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option from the list according to the corresponding number in the passage.

The hen bird was about to lay, and she asked her mate whether he could find her some place convenient for laying eggs. He asked, whether that was not a very good place for the purpose. She answered that it was not, for it was continually overflowed by the tide. Then he asked emotionally, whether he had become so feeble that the eggs laid in his house could be carried away by the sea. The hen bird laughed and said that there were some considerable defferences between him and the sea.

Which of the following could replace “feeble” as used in the passage above?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option from the list according to the corresponding number in the passage.

The hen bird was about to lay, and she asked her mate whether he could find her some place convenient for laying eggs. He asked, whether that was not a very good place for the purpose. She answered that it was not, for it was continually overflowed by the tide. Then he asked emotionally, whether he had become so feeble that the eggs laid in his house could be carried away by the sea. The hen bird laughed and said that there were some considerable defferences between him and the sea.

Which of the following could replace “overflowed” as used in the passage above?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option from the list according to the corresponding number in the passage.

The hen bird was about to lay, and she asked her mate whether he could find her some place convenient for laying eggs. He asked, whether that was not a very good place for the purpose. She answered that it was not, for it was continually overflowed by the tide. Then he asked emotionally, whether he had become so feeble that the eggs laid in his house could be carried away by the sea. The hen bird laughed and said that there were some considerable defferences between him and the sea.

Which of the following could replace “considerable” as used in the passage above?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option from the list according to the corresponding number in the passage.

The hen bird was about to lay, and she asked her mate whether he could find her some place convenient for laying eggs. He asked, whether that was not a very good place for the purpose. She answered that it was not, for it was continually overflowed by the tide. Then he asked emotionally, whether he had become so feeble that the eggs laid in his house could be carried away by the sea. The hen bird laughed and said that there were some considerable defferences between him and the sea.