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"When I leave," Sophie said, coming home from school, "I m going to have a boutique." Jansie, linking arms with her along the street; looked doubtful.

"Takes money, Soaf, something like that." "I'll find it," Sophie said, staring far down the street. "Take you a long time to save that much." "Well I'll be a manager then–yes, of course– to begin with. Till I've got enough. But anyway, I know just how it's all going to look."

"They wouldn't make you manager straight off, Soaf." "I'll be like Mary Quant," Sophie said. "I'll have the most amazing shop this city's ever seen." Jansie, knowing they were both earmarked for the biscuit factory, became melancholy. She wished Sophie wouldn't say these things

When they reached Sophie's street Jansie said, "It's only a few months away now, Soaf, you really should be sensible. They don't pay well for shop work, you know that, your dad would never allow it." "Or an actress. Now there's real money in that. Yes, and I could maybe have the boutique on the side. Actresses don't work full time, do they? Anyway, that or a fashion designer, you know – something a bit sophisticated."

And she turned in through the open street door leaving Jansie standing in the rain. "If ever I come into money I'll buy a boutique." "Huh - if you ever come into money..... if you ever come into money you'll buy us a blessed decent house to live in, thank you very much." Sophie's father was scooping shepherd's pie into his mouth as hard as he could go, his plump face still grimy and sweat-marked from the day.

"She thinks money grows on trees, don't she, Dad?' said little Derek, hanging on the back of his father's chair. Their mother sighed. Sophie watched her back stooped over the sink and wondered at the delicate bow which fastened her apron strings. The delicateseeming bow and the crooked back. The evening had already blacked in the windows and the small room was steamy from the stove and cluttered with the heavy-breathing man in his vest at the table and the dirty washing piled up in the corner. Sophie felt a tightening in her throat. She went to look for her brother Geoff.

He was kneeling on the floor in the next room tinkering with a part of his motorcycle over some newspaper spread on the carpet. He was three years out of school, an apprentice mechanic, travelling to his work each day to the far side of the city. He was almost grown up now, and she suspected areas of his life about which she knew nothing, about which he never spoke. He said little at all, ever, voluntarily. Words had to be prized out of him like stones out of the ground. And she was jealous of his silence. When he wasn't speaking it was as though he was away somewhere, out there in the world in those places she had never been.

CHOOSE THE OPTION IN WHICH THE VOICE IS USED CORRECTLY.
He has been fishing all day.

AFishing is done by him all day.
BFishing is being done by him all day.
CFishing has been done by him all day.
DNone of these

Fill in the blanks in the passage from the given options :
First trials on airplanes Another significant phase in airplane travel ______ a few years later. Extensive research and development went into designing wartime planes that were used ______ the First World War. These planes were much faster, reaching speeds of 125 mph and flew to heights of 15,000 feet.
______ airplanes owe their development to the First World War, they are significantly popular today as passenger carriers. A flight is ___?___ today than earlier, with greater facilities and air traffic control.
__________

A safer
B more safer
C safest
D safe

CHOOSE THE MOST SUITABLE OPTION TO COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE.
It's a simple mathematical word problem not _________. Come on, you can do it!

Aa Faraday equation
Brocket science
Cthe theory of relativity
Dbeating around the bushes

CHOOSE THE PART OF THE SENTENCE THAT HAS AN ERROR.
The classroom felt silent, as the teacher walked in.

A The classroom felt
B silent, as
C the teacher
D walked in.

Mark the antonym of the words given below :
Serious

A Thoughtful
B Insincere
C Sad
D Funny

Mark the option which makes correct use of adverb:

A You should be punctual always.
B You always should be punctual.
C You should always be punctual.
D You should be always punctual.

Choose the best reply to complete each conversation :
Saina : "Hey, Meenu! Why have you stopped talking to Ruby?"
Meenu : "Ruby was rude to me. I refuse to speak to her again ________."

A until she apologises
B until she apologised
C till she apologises
D yet she apologised

Tick the word which means differently from the following group of words :
Integrity, Harmony, Oneness, Union, Diversity, Entity

A Union
B Harmony
C Diversity
D Integrity

READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.
Plants and animals have the hard job of surviving in a very wild world. How do they do it? There are many ways plants and animals have adapted in order to survive. Camouflage is one way animals adapt to survive. For some animals, this means that their fur, scales, or skin are a similar colour to the land around them. Deer, for example, have brown fur that blends in with the trees, so it’s harder for predators to see them. This saves them from becoming prey to a larger animals. Some animals can change colour to match their environment. Many people think of chameleons when they think of this type of camouflage, but rabbits are a great example as well. Some rabbit’s fur will change colours depending on the season. Their fur might be brown in the spring, summer and fall to match the trees, but the brown fur will fall out and white fur will grow in the winter to blend in with the snow. This way the rabbit is safer from predators year-round.
Some insects, instead of blending in with their environment, look like something else that will deter animals from eating them. A walking stick looks just like a stick so that predators will pass it by without noticing it. Katydids mimic leaves. Some moths and butterflies have designs on their wings that make them look like snakes or owls, to scare away their predators.
For some plants, however, they don’t want to blend in; they want to stand out to survive! Many plants grow flowers with colourful petals to attract bees. The bees help pollinate the flowers so that they can produce new flowers. Instead of hiding, some plants and animals develop structures that aim to hurt anything that tries to hurt them. Some plants develop thorns so that animals will not eat them. Some animals have extremely sharp teeth, horns and claws so they can fight off other animals. Porcupines and hedgehogs have spikes, called quills or spines, covering their backs so animals won’t dare to mess with them, let alone eat them!
How do certain animals camouflage?

A Their fur, scales or skin are/become similar to their surroundings.
B They blend in with their surroundings to escape their predators.
C They change colours to become more attractive to their predators
D Only A and B