Unit-3, Lesson-3
1. Read the passage and answer question A.
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of ‘interposition’ and ‘nullification’, that one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives.
(a) The phrase ‘at the table of brotherhood’ refers to ---.
i. division ii. unity
iii. coherence iv. breach
Ans: unity.
(b) The phrase ‘sweltering with the heat of injustice’ indicates an atmosphere of ---.
i. pain ii. joy
iii. anarchy iv. unfairness
Ans: unfairness.
(c) The antonym of ‘oppression’ is ---.
i. kindness ii. torture
iii. bereavement iv. brutality
Ans: kindness.
(d) The phrase ‘an oasis of freedom and justice’ presents a --- picture.
i. biased ii. neutral
iii. negative iv. positive
Ans: positive.
(e) In the passage the ‘four little children’ represent --- colored children.
i. some ii. several iii. all iv. a few
Ans: all.
(f) The content of their character refers to their ---.
i. hatred ii. honesty iii. vice iv. virtue
Ans: virtue.
(g) The word ‘vicious’ may be replaced best by ---.
i. ferocious ii. atrocious
iii. cautious iv. vile
Ans: ferocious.
(h) The governor of Alabama as mentioned here is ---.
i. kind ii. cruel
iii. prudent iv. impatient
Ans: cruel.
(i) The words ‘join hands’ mean --.
i. get united
ii. join a meeting
iii. join a congregation
iv. have company
Ans: get united.
(j) The sisters and brothers in the passage are expected to be---.
i. paralleled ii. separated
ii. unequal iv. equal
Ans: equal.
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