Select the correct text in the passage.Which phrase best shows how the author introduces the idea that the old man has a hard life?(2) It is well known that the barrel-organ, like the violin, gets a fuller and more sympathetic tone the older it is. The old artist had an excellent instrument, not of the modern noisy type which imitates a whole orchestra with flutes and bells and beats of drums, but a melancholy old-fashioned barrel-organ which knew how to lend a dreamy mystery to the gayest allegretto, and in whose proudest tempo di Marcia there sounded an unmistakable undertone of resignation. And in the tenderer pieces of the repertoire, where the melody, muffled and staggering like a cracked old human voice, groped its way amongst the rusty pipes of the treble, then there was a trembling in the bass like suppressed sobs. Now and then the voice of the tired organ failed it completely, and then the old man would [regretfully] turn the handle during some bars of rest more touching in their eloquent silence than any music.

Select the correct answer.Read the sentence from paragraph 2.It is well known that the barrel-organ, like the violin, gets a fuller and more sympathetic tone the older it is.What feeling does sympathetic connote in this sentence? A. pitying B. old C. comforting D. strong

Select the correct text in the passage.Which excerpt best shows the author regretted that he forgot about the organ player in the cold months?(10) My first impulse was to go up to him, but an uneasy feeling of I do not know what held me back; I felt that I blushed and I did not move from my place. Every now and then a passer-by stopped for a moment and made as if to search his pockets, but I did not see a single copper fall into the old man's hat. The place became gradually deserted, and one beggar after another trotted off with his little earnings. At last a child came out of the church, led by a gentleman in mourning; the child pointed towards the old man, and then ran up to him and laid a silver coin in his hat. The old man humbly bowed his head in thanks, and even I, with my unfortunate absent-mindedness, was very nearly thanking the little donor also, so pleased was I. My friend carefully wrapped up the precious gift in an old pocket-handkerchief, and stooping forward, as if still carrying the barrel-organ on his back, he walked off.

What shall a man remember    In days when he is old,    And Life is a dying ember,    And Fame a story told?    Power, that came to leave him?    Wealth, to the wild waves blown?    Fame, that came to deceive him?    Ah, no! Sweet Love alone!    Honour, and Wealth, and Power    May all like dreams depart,    But Love is a fadeless flower    Whose roots are in the heart.8 Mark For Review8Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?A) Most of the first two stanzas ask related questions that are answered in part of the second and the third.B) The first stanza poses a question that is given several answers in the other stanzas.C) The first two stanzas pose questions that the final stanza answers while posing another question.D) The first and third stanzas make a claim that is supported by the second stanza.

Read the following passage from a drama:CURTIS Whooee! Those kids look like they can just run all day! As long as they can keep playin' with that hose, that's how long I can sit here on the porch and watch 'em.RALPH Yeah, but when we was playing with the hose on a hot day, we use to wonder at those old men rockin' away on the porch. Now we those old men! Ha ha!Which statement most accurately analyzes the aesthetic impact of the excerpt?A.It conveys a sense of lighthearted nostalgia at the simple pleasures in life.B.It uses the porch to symbolize separation between the generations.C.It supports the backstory of Curtis and Ralph growing up together.D.It leaves readers with feelings of sadness at the inevitable passage of time.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

The passage given below is followed by four summaries. Choose the option that best captures the author' s position.To me, a "classic" means precisely the opposite of what my predecessors understood: a work is classical by reason of its resistance to contemporaneity and supposed universality, by reason of its capacity to indicate human particularity and difference in that past epoch. The classic is not what tells me about shared humanity — or, more truthfully put, what lets me recognize myself as already present in the past, what nourishes in me the illusion that everything has been like me and has existed only to prepare the way for me. Instead, the classic is what gives access to radically different forms of human consciousness for any given generation of readers, and thereby expands for them the range of possibilities of what it means to be a human being.A classic is able to focus on the contemporary human condition and a unified experience of human consciousness.A classical work seeks to resist particularity and temporal difference even as it focuses on a common humanity.A classic is a work exploring the new, going beyond the universal, the contemporary, and the notion of a unified human consciousness.A classic is a work that provides access to a universal experience of the human race as opposed to radically different forms of human consciousness.