Directions:
Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
Passage (Five Questions)
The question of race has caused bloodbaths throughout history. Take the case of the Negro, a negro is someone with black skin who comes from Africa. It is an old fashioned word and is offensive. Some people used to write that way deliberately. The word “nigger” is also very offensive. The word was later replaced by “coloured” which gave way to “black”. Black is a colour with negative suggestions. So we have expressions like “black deed”, “black day” and “blackmail”. So no wonder the word “black” too assumed unfavourable meanings. (Although in the 1960’s the famous slogan ‘Black is beautiful’ was coined, and it did not help.) The blacks of the United States therefore came to be called Afro-Americans. Now, the politically correct phrase is African American.
Match the following identifying the phrase to complete the sentence and mark the correct code :
| Column A | Column B |
| a. The cream Cake is | 1. harder and harder |
| b. The new sweets are | 2. more expensive |
| c. The new waiters are | 3. so costly |
| d. It is getting | 4. better |
Match the following phrase with their meaning and select and the answer from the codes given below:
| Phrases | Meaning |
| a. Give in | 1. Return or relinguish |
| b. Give up | 2. Move back |
| c. Get on | 3. yield |
| d. Get back | 4. Cope with |