I was refereing to this paragraph, with a character Captain brown. I solved it but lest someone mock my ignorance, it would be favour if you upload the answers to these questions. I will tele them with my answers.

Q # 2… Read the passage and answer the questions that follow: (20 Marks)

comprehension 2006

“Elegant economy!” How naturally one fold back into the phraseology of Cranford! There economy was always “elegant”, and money-spending always “Vulgar and Ostentatoin;” a sort of sour grapeism which made up very peaceful and satisfied I shall never forget the dismay felt when certain Captain Brown came to live at Cranford, and openly spoke of his being poor __ not in a whisper to an intimate friend, the doors and windows being previously closed, but in the public street! in a loud military voice! alleging his poverty as a reason for not taking a particular house. The ladies of Cranford were already moving over the invasion of their territories by a man and a gentleman. He was a half-pay captain, and had obtained some situation on a neighbouring rail-road, which had been vehemently petitioned against by the little town; and if in addition to his masculine gender, and his connection with the obnoxious railroad, he was so brazen as to talk of his being poor __ why, then indeed, he must be sent to Coventry. Death was as true and as common as poverty; yet people never spoke about that loud on the streets. It was a word not to be mentioned to ears polite. We had tacitly agreed to ignore that any with whom we associated on terms of visiting equality could ever be prevented by poverty from doing anything they wished. If we walked to or from a party, it was because the weather was so fine, or the air so refreshing, not because sedan chairs were expensive. If we wore prints instead of summer silks, it was because we preferred a washing material; and so on, till we blinded ourselves to the vulgar fact that we were, all of us, people of very moderate means.

(a) Give in thirty of your own words what we learn from this passage of Captain Brown. ( 4 marks )
(b) Why did the ladies of Cranford dislike the Captain. ( 2 marks )
(c) What reasons were given by the ladies of Cranford for “not doing anything that they wished”? ( 2 marks )
(d) “Ears Polite”. How do you justify this construction? ( 2 marks )
(e) What is the meaning and implication of the phrases? ( 2 marks each )
(1) Sour-grapeism
(2) The invasion of their territories
(3) Sent to Coventry
(4) Tacitly agreed
(5) Elegant economy




2. Here is an excerpt from the autobiography of a short story writer. Read it carefully and answer the questions that follow.

(A)He was half-pay captain , who illegally occupied land near the rail road. He was fed-up with his poverty and seems that he wanted to fight with poverty which was considered obscene at that time. His voiced in an open area of a town to show his personal grudge against poverty like a rebel leader;which was disliked so it was decided he must be punished by sending him to Coventry. The people of town were spendthrift and extravagant where money is employed for show-off and seems money circle is unequal . If some one like captain brown raised the flag of rebellion , bold enough to voice against poverty to whom he declared criminal , then he is likely to punish because he challenged the established norms of a society .

(b)The ladies of Cranford disliked him because of his masculinity , daring attitude , occupation of land that endanger their authority in the town . He was talking about the house of their town which he could not take that lead him towards poverty . Poverty is symmetrical to death but people never talked about death , so why people /captain is voicing against poverty

(3) It showed their materialistic approach or somehow accepted norms of a society where to talk of poverty is considered taboo . We generally ignore some facts which are real but have to conceal because we do not want humiliation.


(d) It is a proper adjective used in adjective phrase to compress the syntax. Polite is adjective and ear is noun . Instead of preceding , it is placed after noun .

(e)1.An assumed contempt or indifference to the unattainable
2.Shows some one want to alleging their reside sole cause of discomfort
3. deliberately ostracize someone
4. understood without being openly expressed.
5. simplicity can be traded for greater explanatory power

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Comprehension 2012

The civilization of China - as every one knows, is based upon the teaching of Confucius who flourished five
hundred years before Christ. Like the Greeks and Romans, he did not think of human society as naturally progressive;
on the contrary, he believed that in remote antiquity rulers had been wise and the people had been happy to a degree
which the degenerate present could admire but hardly achieve. This, of course, was a delusion. But the practical result
was the Confucius, like other teachers of antiquity, aimed at creating a stable society, maintaining a certain level of
excellence, but not always striving after new successes. In this he was more successful than any other man who ever
lived. His personality has been stamped on Chinese Civilization from his day to our own. During his life time, the
Chinese occupied only a small part of present day China, and were divided into a number of warring states. During the
next three hundred years they established themselves throughout what is now China proper, and founded an empire
exceeding in territory and population any other that existed until the last fifty years. In spite of barbarian invasions, and
occasional longer or shorter periods of Chaos and Civil War, the Confucian system survived bringing with it art and
literature and a civilised way of life. A system which has had this extra ordinary power of survival must have great
merits, and certainly deserves our respect and consideration. It is not a religion, as we understand the word, because it
is not associated with the super natural or with mystical beliefs. It is purely ethical system, but its ethics, unlike those of
Christianity, are not too exalted for ordinary men to practise. In essence what Confucius teaches is something is very
like the old-fashioned ideal of a ‘gentleman’ as it existed in the eighteenth century. One of his sayings will illustrate
this: ‘The true gentleman is never contentious………he courteously salutes his opponents before taking up his
position,……..so that even when competing he remains a true gentleman’.

Questions:

(1) Why do you think the author calls Confucius’ belief about the progress of human society as a delusion? (04)
The confucius’ believed that human society built in a naturally progressive manner & regarded the elite ruler as a supreme. That’s why the author calls confucius’ clinche as delusion.

(2) How did Confucius’ thought affect China to develop into a stable and ‘Proper’ China? (04)
Confucius’ thought to establish stable society and maintaining the standard of upgrading as he was staunch supporter of primitive ideology of a gentlemen so that’s how truly confucius’ thought to develop a stable & proper China.


(3) Why does the author think that Confucian system deserves respect and admiration? (04)
The author truly thinks that confucian system deserves respect & admiration on the basis of exhibiting extra-ordinary power of survival with its art & literature & pertaining a civilized way of life

(4) Why does the author call Confucian system a purely ethical system and not a religion? (04)
The author correctly thinks Confucian system as an purely ethical system & not a religion because they don’t have any super natural or mystical beliefs.

(5) Briefly argue whether you agree or disagree to Confucius’ ideal of a gentleman.
I agree to confucius’ ideal of gentlemen as he was a strong proponent to grant respect to his opposition

you have attempted well other question , just focus on green highlighted area which is not answered well
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Madam Sadia Shafique please please check the expansion and all seniors who give their precious time to us:
Expansion: A bird in hand is worth two in the bush
In our lives we may come across the situations where we have to choose one among many possible options. These offers are often deceptive and glittering like a false gold. Under pursuance of our ever abiding insatiability we go for the offer and get stuck or bear the brunt of sever loss. We invest our opportunity or privilege to get a prolific and grand one and return empty handed.
Lets take an example from our routine events that are published in the news papers. People invest their hard earned money in the quick benefit fake organizations. These organizations allure the people through exciting offers that directly go to their guts. Without confirming the terms, insurance, certificates or any necessary data people just go for it. They are actually releasing the bird in hand which is their hard earned money. They want to catch two in the bush which is the money doubled without any work. But they forget the word bush. Bush is the gray area of the offer. Bush offers all the risk in less terrifying words.
Thus its an historical lesson to keep the bird in hand rather than to release it. Just because it is a bird and has its value, be it the half. Secondly loosing the opportunity in hand is no surety to get the more and grand offer of two birds.

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Dear Lord thanks for your help.

1- human fear of death because they observe the painful scenes of the dying people while children fear of darkness due to hearing horrible stories.
2- The author explain,religious and sacred view in which a religious man perceives death as penalties of his committed sins and gateway to another world.
3-According to the author the Monks tortures their bodies in order to feel the fear of death, and for their self-purification.
4- Seneca, the Roman Philosopher describes a dying man suffers pale, his body undergoes convulsions, his relatives weep and wear mourning clothes ,and perform religious rituals.
5- According to the writer the painful death scenes , Monks self-purification acts, and death's ceremonies appears more horrible than than it is.

Sadia Shafiq and other please comment and evaluate it

Answer:
1: According to the writer the versatility of Helicopter is in its structure. It has ability to fly straight up and straight down, forward and backward ,and sidewise and to remain in air unlike the conventional aircraft.
2- writer describes dream of flying was the earliest ambitions of flying. it was to fly unlike the other creature fly in the air. It was to fly in all dimension.
3- The wing of the conventional aircraft changes the direction of the air.It catches the air and pushes it downward.
4- The curved upper wing sucks the air and creates the vacuum of air at its upper side.
5- The suction of air again and again by the curved upper wing and pushing down of this air by the wing creates twice lift.

Please all assess my answers.

My dear , it is not written up to expansion format . The proverb meant one should be contented having something in hand is better to have nothing . Theme revolves around greed and lust

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Human beings are afraid of death just as children feel afraid of darkness. The fear of darkness of kids increased by the stories of the heard ghosts and thieves. In the same way, the fear of human being is increased by the stories which they heard about the agony of dying man. If a human being regards death as a kind of punishment for his sins he has committed and if he looks upon death as a means of making an entry into another world, he is certainly taking a religious and sacred view of death. But if a human being looks upon death as a law of nature and then feels afraid of it, his attitude is of cowardice. However, even in religious meditations about death there is sometimes a mixture of folly and superstition. Monks have written books in which they have described the painful experiences which they underwent by inflicting physical tortures upon themselves as a form of self purification. Thus, one may think that the pains of death must be indescribably agonizing. Such books and such thoughts increase a man's fear of death.

Seneca, the Roman Philosopher is of the view that the circumstances and ceremonies of death frighten people more than death itself would do. A dyeing man is heard uttering groans; his body is seen undergoing convulsions; his face appears to be absolutely bloodless and pale; at his death his friends begin to weep and his relations put on mourning clothes; various rituals are performed. All such facts make death appear more horrible than it would be otherwise.



1-What is the difference between human beings' fear of death and children's fear of darkness?
2-What is a religious and sacred view of death?
3-What are the painful experiences described by the Monks in their books?
4-What are the views of Seneca about death?
5-What are the facts that make death appear more horrible than it would be otherwise?





1- human fear of death because they observe the painful scenes of the dying people while children fear of darkness due to hearing horrible stories.

(Similar to children`fear of darkness )[/B]

2- The author explain,religious and sacred view in which a religious man perceives death as penalties of his committed sins and gateway to another world.

(it is true but to add ;self infliction meant for purification from committed sins )


3-According to the author the Monks tortures their bodies in order to feel the fear of death, and for their self-purification.

(it is answered totally wrong , you have to point out experiences without telling reason . it is demand of question )


4- Seneca, the Roman Philosopher describes a dying man suffers pale, his body undergoes convulsions, his relatives weep and wear mourning clothes ,and perform religious rituals.

5- According to the writer the painful death scenes , Monks self-purification acts, and death's ceremonies (describe it in detail which is in para )appears more horrible than than it is.
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[B]Sadia Shafiq and other please comment and evaluate it

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Seniors please check my composition. Comments would be highly appreciated. Thanks.

Composition-2013


Ans 1 " Confucius clearly defies the ability of humans to attain true level of happiness under just rulers as enjoyed by its predecessors. That's why the author thinks Confucius beliefs are delusional "

Ans 2 "Confucius teachings were conservative in essence. His preference for stability over expansion convinced Chinese people to settle their disputes and amalgamate into a unified Proper China.

Ans 3 "Confucius system survived despite external aggressions and internal disturbances. In the process, it patronized art, literature and improved standard of living. A system which has proven itself against the tide of history deserves respect.

Ans 4 " Confucian is purely an ethical system as it lacks a developed theological doctrine and concept of a divine entity which is at the core of all traditional religions.

Ans 5 "I agree with Confucian ideal of a gentleman because a dignified man would never lose his temper and character in the worst of times"

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