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A wolf, seeing a lamb drinking from a river, wanted to find a pretext for devouring him, He stood higher up the stream and accused the lamb of muddying the water so that he could not drink. The lamb said that he drank only the tip of his tongue and that in any case he was standing lower down the river, and could not possible disturb the water higher When this excuse failed him, the wolf said: 'Well, last year you insulted my father.' "I wasn't even born then replied the lamb. 'You are good at finding answer' said the wolf, 'but what do you mean by taking up so much of the path where I am walking?' The lamb, frightened at the wolf's angry tone and terrible aspect, told him, with all due submission, that he could not conceive how his walking on such a wide path could occasion him any inconvenience. 'What!' exclaimed the wolf, seemingly in great anger and indignation. 'You are as impudent as your father who seized me by the throat last year and caused me to be kept in a cage for three months'. 'If you will believe me,' said the lamb, 'my parents are poor simple creatures who live entirely by green stuff, we are none of us hunters of your species.' Ah! I see it's no use talking to you,' said the wolf, drawing up close to him. 'it runs in the blood of your family to hate us wolves, and therefore,as we have come so conveniently together, I'll just pay off a few of your forefathers scores before we part.' So saying, he leapt at the lamb from behind and garotted him. Adapted from Bennet. C.H(1978)

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From the way the story ended, it can be concluded that the

  • A. lamb did not survive the encounter
  • B. wolf and the lamb parted amicably
  • C. wolf had encountered the lamb's parents
  • D. lamb offended the wolf quite seriously
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The expression 'when this excuse failed him' suggests that the

  • A. wolf only made up the charges levelled against the lamb
  • B. lamb was more intelligent than the wolf
  • C. lamb was prepared for the charges levelled against him
  • D. wolf was uncertain of the charges levelled against the lamb
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The charges levelled against the lamb are

  • A. wandering, insolence and disrespect
  • B. exuberance, pollution, wickedness and stubbornness
  • C. garrulity, loquacity, pride and arrogance
  • D. pollution, insolence, obstruction and aggression
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The expression angry tone and terrible aspect refers to the wolf’s

  • A. sonorous voice and overbearing attitude
  • B. towering size and thunderous voice
  • C. loud voice and fretting movement
  • D. harsh voice and menacing posture
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Which of the following aptly describes the moral of the story?

  • A. the sins of the forefathers are visited upon the children no matter how long it takes
  • B. if you have made up your mind to hang your dog, any rope will do for the purpose
  • C. the law is weak in defence of the poor against the rich and mighty
  • D. no matter how highly placed he is in society, the unmindful lawbreaker will always meet his nemesis.
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