CSS English Topic 4 Comprehension Passage With Answers

CSS English Topic 4 Comprehension Passage

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Q-7.Observe the dialemma of the fungus: it is a plant,but it possesses no chlorophyll.While all other plants put the sun's energy to work for them combining he nutrients of ground and air into the body structure,the chlorophyllous fungus must look elsewhere for an energy supply.It finds it in those other plants which,having received their energy free from the sun,relinquish it at some point in their cycle either to animals (like us humans) or to fungi.
In this search for energy the fungus has become the earth's major source of not and decay.Wherever you see mold forming on a piece of bread,or a pile of leaves turning to compost,or a blown-down tree becoming pulp on the ground,you are watching a fungus eating.Without fungus action the earth would be piled high with the dead plant life of past centuries.In fact,certain plants which contain resins that are toxic to fungi will last indefinitely;specimens of the redwood,for instance,can still be found resting on the forest floor centuries after having been blown down.

iv.The author is primarily concerned with?
 Warning people of the dangers of fungi Writing a humorous essay on fungi Relating how most plants use solar energy Describing the actions of fungi Explaining the long life of some redwoods
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Q-7.Observe the dialemma of the fungus: it is a plant,but it possesses no chlorophyll.While all other plants put the sun's energy to work for them combining he nutrients of ground and air into the body structure,the chlorophyllous fungus must look elsewhere for an energy supply.It finds it in those other plants which,having received their energy free from the sun,relinquish it at some point in their cycle either to animals (like us humans) or to fungi.
In this search for energy the fungus has become the earth's major source of not and decay.Wherever you see mold forming on a piece of bread,or a pile of leaves turning to compost,or a blown-down tree becoming pulp on the ground,you are watching a fungus eating.Without fungus action the earth would be piled high with the dead plant life of past centuries.In fact,certain plants which contain resins that are toxic to fungi will last indefinitely;specimens of the redwood,for instance,can still be found resting on the forest floor centuries after having been blown down.

iii.The authors statements that"you are watching a fungus eating" is best described as?
 Figurative Ironical Parenthetical Erroneous Contradictory
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Q-7.Observe the dialemma of the fungus: it is a plant,but it possesses no chlorophyll.While all other plants put the sun's energy to work for them combining he nutrients of ground and air into the body structure,the chlorophyllous fungus must look elsewhere for an energy supply.It finds it in those other plants which,having received their energy free from the sun,relinquish it at some point in their cycle either to animals (like us humans) or to fungi.
In this search for energy the fungus has become the earth's major source of not and decay.Wherever you see mold forming on a piece of bread,or a pile of leaves turning to compost,or a blown-down tree becoming pulp on the ground,you are watching a fungus eating.Without fungus action the earth would be piled high with the dead plant life of past centuries.In fact,certain plants which contain resins that are toxic to fungi will last indefinitely;specimens of the redwood,for instance,can still be found resting on the forest floor centuries after having been blown down.

ii.The passage states all the following about fungi EXCEPT?
 They are responsible for the decomposition of much plant life. They cannot live completely apart from other plants. They are poisonous to resin-producing plants. They are vastly different from other plants. They cannot produce their own store of energy
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Q-7.Observe the dialemma of the fungus: it is a plant,but it possesses no chlorophyll.While all other plants put the sun's energy to work for them combining he nutrients of ground and air into the body structure,the chlorophyllous fungus must look elsewhere for an energy supply.It finds it in those other plants which,having received their energy free from the sun,relinquish it at some point in their cycle either to animals (like us humans) or to fungi.
In this search for energy the fungus has become the earth's major source of not and decay.Wherever you see mold forming on a piece of bread,or a pile of leaves turning to compost,or a blown-down tree becoming pulp on the ground,you are watching a fungus eating.Without fungus action the earth would be piled high with the dead plant life of past centuries.In fact,certain plants which contain resins that are toxic to fungi will last indefinitely;specimens of the redwood,for instance,can still be found resting on the forest floor centuries after having been blown down.

i.Which of the following words best describes the fungus as depicted in the passage?
 Unevolved Sporadic Enigmatic Parasitic Toxic
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Q-6.Ocean water plays an indispensable role in supporting life.The great ocean basins hold about 300 million cubic miles of water.From this vast amount,about 80,000 cubic miles of water are sucked into the atmosphere each year by evaporation and returned by precipitation and drainage to the ocean.More than 24,000 cubic miles of rain descend annually upon the continents.This vast amount is required to replenish the lakes and streams,springs and water tables on which all flora and fauna are dependent.Thus the hydrosphere permits organic existence.
The hydrosphere has strange characteristics because water has properties unlike those of any other liquid.One anomaly is that water upon freezing expands by about 9 per cent,whereas most liquids contract on cooling.for this reason,ice floats on water bodies instead of sinking to the bottom.If the ice sank,the hydrosphere would soon be frozen solidly except for a thin layer of surface melt water during the summer season,Thus,all aquatic life would be destroyed and the interchange of warm cold currents,which moderates climate,would be notably absent.
Another outstanding characteristic of water is that water has a heat capacity which is the highest of all liquids and solids except ammonia.This characteristic enables the oceans to absorb and store vast quantities of heat,thereby often preventing climatic extremes in addition water dissolve more substances than any other liquid.It is this characteristic which helps make oceans a great storehouse for minerals which have been washed down from the continents.In several areas of the world these minerals are being commercially exploited.Solar evaporation of salt is widely practised,potash is extracted from the Dead Sea,and magnesium is produced from sea water along the American Gulf Coast.

vii.Which of the following statements would be most likely to begin the paragraph immediately following the passage?
 Water has the ability to erode the land. Magnesium is widely used in metallurgical processes Now let us consider the great land masses. Another remarkable property of ice is its strength Droughts and flooding are two types of disasters associated with water.
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Q-6.Ocean water plays an indispensable role in supporting life.The great ocean basins hold about 300 million cubic miles of water.From this vast amount,about 80,000 cubic miles of water are sucked into the atmosphere each year by evaporation and returned by precipitation and drainage to the ocean.More than 24,000 cubic miles of rain descend annually upon the continents.This vast amount is required to replenish the lakes and streams,springs and water tables on which all flora and fauna are dependent.Thus the hydrosphere permits organic existence.
The hydrosphere has strange characteristics because water has properties unlike those of any other liquid.One anomaly is that water upon freezing expands by about 9 per cent,whereas most liquids contract on cooling.for this reason,ice floats on water bodies instead of sinking to the bottom.If the ice sank,the hydrosphere would soon be frozen solidly except for a thin layer of surface melt water during the summer season,Thus,all aquatic life would be destroyed and the interchange of warm cold currents,which moderates climate,would be notably absent.
Another outstanding characteristic of water is that water has a heat capacity which is the highest of all liquids and solids except ammonia.This characteristic enables the oceans to absorb and store vast quantities of heat,thereby often preventing climatic extremes in addition water dissolve more substances than any other liquid.It is this characteristic which helps make oceans a great storehouse for minerals which have been washed down from the continents.In several areas of the world these minerals are being commercially exploited.Solar evaporation of salt is widely practised,potash is extracted from the Dead Sea,and magnesium is produced from sea water along the American Gulf Coast.

vi.The author organises the passage by?
 Comparison and contrast Juxtaposition of true and untrue ideas General statements followed by examples Hypothesis and proof Definition of key terms
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Q-6.Ocean water plays an indispensable role in supporting life.The great ocean basins hold about 300 million cubic miles of water.From this vast amount,about 80,000 cubic miles of water are sucked into the atmosphere each year by evaporation and returned by precipitation and drainage to the ocean.More than 24,000 cubic miles of rain descend annually upon the continents.This vast amount is required to replenish the lakes and streams,springs and water tables on which all flora and fauna are dependent.Thus the hydrosphere permits organic existence.
The hydrosphere has strange characteristics because water has properties unlike those of any other liquid.One anomaly is that water upon freezing expands by about 9 per cent,whereas most liquids contract on cooling.for this reason,ice floats on water bodies instead of sinking to the bottom.If the ice sank,the hydrosphere would soon be frozen solidly except for a thin layer of surface melt water during the summer season,Thus,all aquatic life would be destroyed and the interchange of warm cold currents,which moderates climate,would be notably absent.
Another outstanding characteristic of water is that water has a heat capacity which is the highest of all liquids and solids except ammonia.This characteristic enables the oceans to absorb and store vast quantities of heat,thereby often preventing climatic extremes in addition water dissolve more substances than any other liquid.It is this characteristic which helps make oceans a great storehouse for minerals which have been washed down from the continents.In several areas of the world these minerals are being commercially exploited.Solar evaporation of salt is widely practised,potash is extracted from the Dead Sea,and magnesium is produced from sea water along the American Gulf Coast.

v.The author's tone in the passage can best be described as?
 Dogmatic Dispassionate Speculative Biased Hortatory
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Q-6.Ocean water plays an indispensable role in supporting life.The great ocean basins hold about 300 million cubic miles of water.From this vast amount,about 80,000 cubic miles of water are sucked into the atmosphere each year by evaporation and returned by precipitation and drainage to the ocean.More than 24,000 cubic miles of rain descend annually upon the continents.This vast amount is required to replenish the lakes and streams,springs and water tables on which all flora and fauna are dependent.Thus the hydrosphere permits organic existence.
The hydrosphere has strange characteristics because water has properties unlike those of any other liquid.One anomaly is that water upon freezing expands by about 9 per cent,whereas most liquids contract on cooling.for this reason,ice floats on water bodies instead of sinking to the bottom.If the ice sank,the hydrosphere would soon be frozen solidly except for a thin layer of surface melt water during the summer season,Thus,all aquatic life would be destroyed and the interchange of warm cold currents,which moderates climate,would be notably absent.
Another outstanding characteristic of water is that water has a heat capacity which is the highest of all liquids and solids except ammonia.This characteristic enables the oceans to absorb and store vast quantities of heat,thereby often preventing climatic extremes in addition water dissolve more substances than any other liquid.It is this characteristic which helps make oceans a great storehouse for minerals which have been washed down from the continents.In several areas of the world these minerals are being commercially exploited.Solar evaporation of salt is widely practised,potash is extracted from the Dead Sea,and magnesium is produced from sea water along the American Gulf Coast.

Iv.According to the passage the hydrosphere is NOT
 Responsible for all forms of life Able to modify weather A source of natural resources In danger of freezing over The part of the earth covered by water
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Q-6.Ocean water plays an indispensable role in supporting life.The great ocean basins hold about 300 million cubic miles of water.From this vast amount,about 80,000 cubic miles of water are sucked into the atmosphere each year by evaporation and returned by precipitation and drainage to the ocean.More than 24,000 cubic miles of rain descend annually upon the continents.This vast amount is required to replenish the lakes and streams,springs and water tables on which all flora and fauna are dependent.Thus the hydrosphere permits organic existence.
The hydrosphere has strange characteristics because water has properties unlike those of any other liquid.One anomaly is that water upon freezing expands by about 9 per cent,whereas most liquids contract on cooling.for this reason,ice floats on water bodies instead of sinking to the bottom.If the ice sank,the hydrosphere would soon be frozen solidly except for a thin layer of surface melt water during the summer season,Thus,all aquatic life would be destroyed and the interchange of warm cold currents,which moderates climate,would be notably absent.
Another outstanding characteristic of water is that water has a heat capacity which is the highest of all liquids and solids except ammonia.This characteristic enables the oceans to absorb and store vast quantities of heat,thereby often preventing climatic extremes in addition water dissolve more substances than any other liquid.It is this characteristic which helps make oceans a great storehouse for minerals which have been washed down from the continents.In several areas of the world these minerals are being commercially exploited.Solar evaporation of salt is widely practised,potash is extracted from the Dead Sea,and magnesium is produced from sea water along the American Gulf Coast.

iii.Which of the following characteristics of water does the author mention in the passage?
I.Water expands when it is frozen.
II.Water is a good solvent.
iii.Water can absorb heat.
 I only II only I and II only II and III only I,II,and III
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Q-6.Ocean water plays an indispensable role in supporting life.The great ocean basins hold about 300 million cubic miles of water.From this vast amount,about 80,000 cubic miles of water are sucked into the atmosphere each year by evaporation and returned by precipitation and drainage to the ocean.More than 24,000 cubic miles of rain descend annually upon the continents.This vast amount is required to replenish the lakes and streams,springs and water tables on which all flora and fauna are dependent.Thus the hydrosphere permits organic existence.
The hydrosphere has strange characteristics because water has properties unlike those of any other liquid.One anomaly is that water upon freezing expands by about 9 per cent,whereas most liquids contract on cooling.for this reason,ice floats on water bodies instead of sinking to the bottom.If the ice sank,the hydrosphere would soon be frozen solidly except for a thin layer of surface melt water during the summer season,Thus,all aquatic life would be destroyed and the interchange of warm cold currents,which moderates climate,would be notably absent.
Another outstanding characteristic of water is that water has a heat capacity which is the highest of all liquids and solids except ammonia.This characteristic enables the oceans to absorb and store vast quantities of heat,thereby often preventing climatic extremes in addition water dissolve more substances than any other liquid.It is this characteristic which helps make oceans a great storehouse for minerals which have been washed down from the continents.In several areas of the world these minerals are being commercially exploited.Solar evaporation of salt is widely practised,potash is extracted from the Dead Sea,and magnesium is produced from sea water along the American Gulf Coast.

ii.According to the passage,fish can survive in the oceans because
 They do not need ocxygen Ice floats Water absorbs heat There are currents in the oceans Evaporation and condensation create a water cycle
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