Use the text to answer the question that follows.The Raceby A. Gautam     Suri was nowhere close to finishing the race. First, her shoelace came off. Then, her calves started feeling stiff. The farther she tried to get, the slower she moved. Suri looked up at the sky. When she saw the dark clouds, she felt even worried. But, I want to win, she thought. Today just isn't my lucky day.     As her heart began to give up hope, Suri saw lightning in the sky. The white flash reminded her of her grandmother."You must act without thinking about the result," her grandmother had once said.     "I must run because I want to," Suri told herself. "I shouldn't run because I have to win." Just like the flash of lightning, Suri felt a sudden rush of strength. She smiled and decided to run.What characteristic from the piece proves it is a work of fiction?*It is made up entirely of dialogue.It has a plot and a definite setting.The passage has many line breaks.Each sentence is written in meter.

Read the text below.The car journey was long and tiring, as Suzy was squeezed into the back seat surrounded by all of the luggage and boxes. They were on a long straight road that ran for miles and miles. They had been on it forever, with flat farmland stretching in every direction as far as she could see. Suzy began to nod off, her head lolling, until it finally settled against the window as she fell asleep.A small bump in the road woke her. She opened her eyes to a wall of giants staring down at her - huge mountains that stretched into the sky. They were passing through a deep valley, in the middle of which, a raging torrent of icy water flowed. Suzy had never seen anything like it before.Select the group of words which show that Suzy has moved to a different place.Suzy began to nod off, her head lolling, until it finally settled against the window…She opened her eyes to a wall of giants staring down at herThe car journey was long and tiring, as Suzy was squeezed into the back seatThey had been on it forever, with flat farmland stretching in every direction as far as she could see…

1“I bet I can beat you in a race,” Tortoise told Hare. Hare laughed. “You cannot beat me,” she said.2“Yes, I can. I dare you to race me.” Hare agreed and then laughed some more. They chose a date and time for the race. They planned to race along a path in the forest.The day of the race arrived and several animals came to watch. The race began and Hare whizzed by, eager to win and end the race. Tortoise had many cousins who looked just like him. One was at the starting line. The others were waiting at different places along the path. Tortoise was hiding in a bush near the finish line.3As Hare turned a corner, she saw one of Tortoise’s cousins ahead of her. She thought that this was Tortoise. “How did you get ahead of me?” Hare asked.4“I walk slowly, but I run very fast—so fast that you did not see me pass by,” replied Tortoise’s cousin.5Hare ran even faster. As she turned another corner, she once again saw one of Tortoise’s cousins ahead of her. Once again, she thought this was Tortoise. “How did you get ahead of me this time?” Hare asked.6“I ran so fast that you did not see me pass by,” replied the cousin.This kept on happening until Hare reached the finish line. Tortoise had already crossed it. Tortoise had won the race. QuestionWhat similar theme is present in both stories?ResponsesA There are many clever ways to win a race.There are many clever ways to win a race.B Rabbits always lose the races they choose to enter.Rabbits always lose the races they choose to enter.C Using duplicates is one way that you can win a race.Using duplicates is one way that you can win a race.D Turtles are tricky animals that will take advantage of you.

He felt a sense of __________ when he completed the marathon.Question 1Answera.exhaustionb.accomplishmentc.failured.defeat

The following passage is adapted from Ernest Hemingway's short story "A Pursuit Race."William Campbell had been in a pursuit race with a carnival show ever since Pittsburgh. In a pursuit race in bicycle racing, riders start at equal intervals to ride after one another. They ride very fast because the race is usually limited to a short distance and if they slow their riding another rider who maintains his pace will make up the space that separated them equally at the start. As soon as a rider is caught and passed he is out of the race and must get down from his bicycle and leave the track. If none of the riders are caught the winner of the race is the one who has gained the most distance. In most pursuit races, if there are only two riders, one of the riders is caught within six miles. The carnival show caught William Campbell at Kansas City.William Campbell had hoped to hold a slight lead over the carnival show until they reached the Pacific coast. As long as he preceded the carnival show as an advance man he was being paid.According to the text, what is true about William Campbell?Elimination ToolSelect one answerAHe is in a bicycle race that runs from Pittsburg to Kansas City.BHe works for the carnival as an advance man.CHe manages a cross-country bicycle race as one of the carnival attractions.DHe is running away from the carnival because he owes them money.

Select the correct answer.What theme is common to the two excerpts below? . . . His theory of running until he reached camp and the boys had one flaw in it: he lacked the endurance. Several times he stumbled, and finally he tottered, crumpled up, and fell. When he tried to rise, he failed. He must sit and rest, he decided, and next time he would merely walk and keep on going. As he sat and regained his breath, he noted that he was feeling quite warm and comfortable. He was not shivering, and it even seemed that a warm glow had come to his chest and trunk. And yet, when he touched his nose or cheeks, there was no sensation. Running would not thaw them out. Nor would it thaw out his hands and feet. Then the thought came to him that the frozen portions of his body must be extending. He tried to keep this thought down, to forget it, to think of something else; he was aware of the panicky feeling that it caused, and he was afraid of the panic. But the thought asserted itself, and persisted, until it produced a vision of his body totally frozen.(Jack London, To Build a Fire)Presently the boat also passed to the left of the correspondent with the captain clinging with one hand to the keel. He would have appeared like a man raising himself to look over a board fence, if it were not for the extraordinary gymnastics of the boat. The correspondent marvelled that the captain could still hold to it.They passed on, nearer to shore—the oiler, the cook, the captain—and following them went the water-jar, bouncing gayly over the seas.The correspondent remained in the grip of this strange new enemy—a current. The shore, with its white slope of sand and its green bluff, topped with little silent cottages, was spread like a picture before him. It was very near to him then, but he was impressed as one who in a gallery looks at a scene from Brittany or Algiers.He thought: "I am going to drown? Can it be possible? Can it be possible? Can it be possible?" Perhaps an individual must consider his own death to be the final phenomenon of nature."(Stephen Crane, The Open Boat) A. mysteries of life and death B. finding hope after tragedy C. humanity's helplessness against nature D. finding inner strength E. choosing between security and individualism