“Fluctuation” refers to an irregular rising and falling in number or amount; a continuous change or variation.
7. The narrator remembering an episode of his childhood is now:
(A) thirty-year-old
(B) forty-year-old
(C) sixty-year-old
(D) fifty-year-old
Answer:
(D) fifty-year-old
Explanation:
Based on the passage, the narrator says “I was seven-year-old” when the event happened, and later notes that “forty-three years later” he still remembers it. 7 + 43 = 50.
8. He asked his father as to:
(A) what would happen to his pets
(B) what would happen to his friends
(C) what would happen to his books
(D) what would happen to his games
Answer:
(A) what would happen to his pets
Explanation:
The passage states: “I asked my father what would happen to these pets. All that dad could tell me was that they had to remain there…”
9. Leaving the farm, the child was very disappointed because he could not understand:
(A) why his father could not stop him
(B) why his mother could not unpack the luggage
(C) why his father could not change the situation
(D) why his brother could not oppose his father
Answer:
(C) why his father could not change the situation
Explanation:
The passage ends with the child’s internal monologue: “Why could my father not change this? I could not understand then, but I do now.”
10. Find the synonym of the word BRIEF
(A) Limited
(B) Small
(C) Little
(D) Short
Answer:
(D) Short
Explanation:
“Brief” means lasting or taking a short time; containing few words.
