10th English Unit-1
His First Flight
Q.No.1-3 Synonyms
1. He stepped slowly out to the brink of the ledge.
a) middle b) brim
c) start d) inside
Ans: b) brim
2. The young seagull was alone on his ledge.
a) deny b) ask
c) sill d) way
Ans: c) sill
3. When the seagull had attempted to flap his wings, he became afraid.
a) calm b) fold
c) wimpy d) main
Ans: b) fold
4. The seagull failed to muster up courage.
a) dismiss b) separate
c) gather d) divide
Ans: c) gather
5. The seagull failed to muster up courage to take that plunge which appeared to him so desperate.
a) emerge b) soar
c) rise d) drop
Ans: d) drop
6. The seagull’s parents were beckoning to him, calling shrilly.
a) high-pitch b) low
c) hard d) risk
Ans: a) high-pitch
7. The seagull had, in fact, seen his older brother catch his first herring and devour it.
a) eat b) smell
c) destroy d) bury
Ans: a) eat
8. The precipice was sheer farther away than the sea beneath him.
a) moderate b) thick
c) slow d) total
Ans: d) total
9. The seagull then trotted back and forth from one end of the ledge to the other.
a) crawl b) walk slowly
c) rapid pace d) jogged
Ans: d) jogged
10. How he loved to tear food that way, scraping his beak now and again to whet it!
a) dull b) blunt
c) sharpen d) break
Ans: c) sharpen
11. The seagull’s mother had swooped upwards.
a) ascended
b) reach a peak
c) moved quickly
d) difficulty
Ans: c) moved quickly
12. Now, there was not a single scrap of food left.
a) agree b) keep
c) load d) piece
Ans: d) piece
13. The sun was now ascending the sky, blazing warmly on his ledge that faced the south.
a) icy b) cool
c) shining d) cold
Ans: c) shining
14. The seagull even gnawed at the dried pieces of eggshell.
a) chew b) starve
c) gulp d) kick
Ans: a) chew
15. Then a monstrous terror seized the seagull and his heart stood still.
a) calm b) joy
c) abnormal d) happiness
Ans: c) abnormal
16. The seagull kept calling plaintively.
a) cheerfully b) easily
c) happily d) sadly
Ans: d) sadly
17. The mother seagull screamed back mockingly.
a) cheerfully b) sarcastically
c) happily d) sadly
Ans: b) sarcastically
18. He soared higher.
a) dived b) jumped
c) flew d) sadly
Ans: c) flew
19. The great expanse of sea stretched down beneath.
a) depth b) height
c) number d) vastness
Ans: d) vastness
20. The seagull’s parents threatened to let him starve on his ledge.
a) deprive of food
b) utilize usefully
c) need of water
d) want of power
Ans: a) deprive of food
21. The seagull’s long gray legs were stepping daintily.
a) brisk b) dutiful
c) silently d) talent
Ans: a) brisk
22. The seagull’s brothers and sister were dozing.
a) loving b) jumping
c) sleeping d) shouting
Ans: c) sleeping
23. The seagull’s father was preening the feathers on his white back.
a) licking b) throwing
c) sliding d) cleaning
Ans: d) cleaning
24. The seagull’s parents were perfecting their offsprings in the art of flight.
a) watching b) improving
c) introducing d) collecting
Ans: b) improving
25. The seagull’s parents were laughing at his cowardice.
a) timidity b) cleverness
c) courageously d) daringly
Ans: a) timidity
