Tick (✔) the correct alternative: Multiple Choice Questions:
Tick (✔) the correct alternative:
The Cat by Andrew Barton Paterson
1. According to most people, the cat is a -
(a) timid
(b) ignorant (√)
(c) angry
(d) fierce
2. The cat is generally thought to be fond of -
(a) food and drink
(b) hard work
(c) exercise
(d) ease (√)
(3) Generally people think that cats care little for anything but -
(a) bread and butter
(b) milk and fish
(c) milk and mice (√)
(d) meat and fish
4. In comparison to most human beings, the cat has -
(a) more honesty
(c) more character
(c) more satisfaction
(d) more food consumption
5. A cat gets from life a great deal of -
(a) mice and milk
(b) case
(c) comfort
(d) satisfaction (√)
6. According to the author, a cat is not a/an -
(a) athlete
(b) acrobat
(c) grim fighter
(d) unintelligent animal (√)
7. The cat allows himself to be pestered by -
(a) everyone he meets
(b) local people
(c) guests
(d) family members (√)
8. All day long, the cat loafs about -
(a) a mouse hole
(b) the street
(c) the house (√)
(d) the suburban backyards
9. To keep himself from dying of boredom, sometimes the cat watches- -
(a) the mice
(b) television
(c) his body
(d) a mouse-hole (√)
10. To pass his time, the cat sometimes watches the mouse hole for one or two -
(a) seconds
(b) hours (√)
(c) minutes
(d) weeks
11. The real character of a cat can be watched -
(a) at dawn
(b) in the afternoon
(c) at night
(d) as the shades of evening fall (√)
12. The cat appears when the family members sit down to --
(a) discuss issues
(b) enjoy movies
(c) have tea (√)
(d) have dinner
13. The cat appears when the family members are having their- -
(a) dinner
(b) evening tea (√)
(c) breakfast
(d) lunch
14. The cat appears before the family members to -
(a) play with them
(b) be pestered by them
(c) watch mouse hole
(d) get his share
15. The cat rubs himself against the legs of the -
(a) gues
(b) chair
(c) family members (√)
(d) table
16. The cat is particularly civil to -
(a) everyone
(b) the guest (√)
(c) the children
(d) the mistress
17. The guest is supposed to get the best- -
(a) food (√)
(b) dress
(c) seat
(d) saucer
18. The cat expects bit of food from- -
(a) the guest (√)
(b) the children
(c) the family members
(d) all
19. The guest stoops to -
(a) kick the cat
(b) stroke the cat (√)
(c) give the cat food
(d) scratch the cat
20. Instead of giving the cat something to eat the guest sometimes- -
(a) plays with him
(b) kicks him
(c) ignores him
(d) strokes him
21. With the strokes of the guest, the cat gets -
(a) pampered
(b) tired (√)
(c) elated
(d) sleepy
22. Having been tired of the strokes of the guest the cat- -
(a) purrs noisily
(b) rubs himself
(c) runs away
(d) rakes the guest (√)
23. The cat firmly rakes the guest at his -
(a) face
(b) head
(c) leg (√)
(d) knee
24. When the car rakes the guest the family members- -
(a) get delighted (√)
(b) feel sorry
(c) get sympathetic
(d) get angry
25. When the cat rakes the guest the family members consider the cat to be- -
(a) uncivilized
(b) merciless
(c) discourteous
(d) intelligent (√)
26. On being raked in the leg, the guest actually wants to -
(a) give him food
(b) praise him
(c) kick him (√)
(d) go away
27. The guest, on being raked by the cat, has to pretend to be -
(a) amused (√)
(b) angry
(c) pestered
(d) frightened
28. The guest offers the cat a bit of -
(a) meat
(b) cake
(c) fish (√)
(d) egg
29. The cat receives the bit of food- -
(a) enthusiastically
(b) carelessly
(c) carefully (√)
(d) indifferently
30. With his looks, the cat warns the guest not to be so - -
(a) slow in giving him food
(b) enthusiastic to stroke
(c) miserly
(d) hesitant
31. After receiving the bit of food, the cat retires to- -
(a) a mouse hole
(b) a safe distance
(c) the garden
(d) the roof
32. The cat, after receiving a bit of food retires to a safe distance from- -
(a) electric devices
(b) the guest's boot (√)
(c) the family members
(d) the dogs
33. Having finished their tea, the family members gather round- -
(a) the television
(b) the fire (√)
(c) the carrom board
(d) the dining table
34. When the family members gather round the fire, the cat- -
(a) also joins them
(b) plays with the guest
(c) plays with the children
(d) goes out (√)
35. Coming out of the room, the cat saunters down the -
(a) road
(b) suburban backyards (√)
(c) mouse hole
(d) street
36. The cat springs to the top of the -
(a) tree
(b) roof
(c) fence (√)
(d) tea table
37. The cat trots across to skip to the roof of an empty- -
(a) house
(b) shed (√)
(c) shade
(d) hut
38. In the evening the cat's movement becomes -
(a) cautious
(b) glorious
(c) irritating
(d) graceful
39. The cat's movement is compared to that of a -
(a) leopard
(b) lion
(c) tiger
(d) panther (√)
40. The cat moves noiselessly to avoid -
(a) the family members
(b) the gues
(c) his enemies (√)
(d) his friends
41. Other than the dogs, the cat's enemies are- -
(a) small boys (√)
(b) panthers
(c) the guests
(d) stone men
42. On the top of the shed, the cat with his claws rakes -
(a) the soft bark (√)
(b) the hard bark
(c) the guest again
(d) small boys
43. The cat stretches himself to check- -
(a) his muscles (√)
(b) the boy with stone
(c) the dog
(d) his kindred
44. From the top of the shed, the cat sends across a call to- -
(a) the dogs
(b) his kindred (√)
(c) the guest
(d) the boys with stones
45. Before giving a call, the cat droops his head nearly to his-
(b) waist
(c) tail
(d) paws
46. The cats are changed from meek creatures into -
(a) timid ones
(b) grim fighters (√)
(c) dumb animals
(d) fierce ones
46. The cats go for sports to the --
(a) top of the fence
(b) top of a shed
(c) drawing room
(d) suburban backyards (√)
48. There is a common reproach that the cats are more fond of -
(a) inmates
(b) their home (√)
(c) their guests
(d) their mice
49. If exiled in a new land, the cat would have to learn --
(a) the new culture
(b) the new weather
(c) the new history
(d) the new geography
50. The cat gives the new tenants the privilege of -
(a) boarding him (√)
(b)playing with him
(c) guarding him
(d) raking him
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