Lesson 2.
All about a Dog
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[1] Read the following passage and answer to the questions :
I was travelling in a bus. It was a bitterly cold night, and even at the far end of the bus the east wind cut like a knife. The bus stopped and two women and a man got in together and filled the vacant places. The younger woman carried a little Pekinese dog. The conductor came in and took their fares. Then his eye rested on the beady-eyed dog. I saw trouble coming up. This was the opportunity for which the conductor had been waiting, and he intented to make the most of it. I had marked him as the type who had a general vaugue grievance about everything. He seemed to have a particular grievance against passengers who came and sat in his bus while he shivered at the door.
"You must take that dog out." he said.
"I shall certainly do nothing of the kind. You can take my name and address," said the woman. She had evidently expected the challenge and knew the reply.
"You must take the dog out- that's my order."
"I won't go on the top of the bus in such weather. It would kill me." said the woman.
"Certainly not", said her lady companion. "You've got a cough as it is."
"It's nonsense," said her male companion.
a. Tick() the correct alternative from given below: 1×5=5
Qus. The conductor ordered the woman to go to
(a) top of the bus [✓]
(b) get down from bus [ ],
(c) change her seat [ ]
(d) give double fare [ ].
Qus. The conductor usually stands
(a) at the door [✓]
(b) on the roof [ ]
(c) beside the window [ ]
(d) behind the driver [ ]
Qus. The conductor was a -
(a) kind man []
(b) cruel man [✓]
(c) religious man [ ]
(d) educated man [ ].
Qus. The phrase "bitterly cold night" means
(a) bitter night ( )
(b) sweet night ( )
(c) Very cold night [✔]
(d) less cold night [].
Qus. The younger woman had -
(a) one companion ( )
(b) two companions [✓]
(c) three companions [ ]
(d) four companions [ ].
Answer the following questions within 15 words : 1×4=4
Qus. Who was carrying a dog?
Ans. A younger woman was carrying a little pekinese dog with her.
Qus. Why was the conductor so rude against the younger woman to carry a dog ?
Ans. Because it was the law of the country not to carry a dog inside the bus.
Qus. From which direction was the wind coming?
Ans. The wind was coming from the east in that cold night.
Qus. What did the conductor order the lady?
Ans. The conductor ordered the younger woman to go to the roofless top of the bus.
Qus. Why did the younger woman not agree to go to the top of the bus ?
Ans. Because it was very cold at night and she was suffering from cough.
[2] Read the following passage and answer to the questions :
The conductor pulled the bell, and the bus stopped. "This bus doesn't go on until that dog is brought out. He stepped on to the pavement and waited. It was his moment of triumph. He had the law on his side. Everybody in the bus was on the side of the lady and her dog. They talked in raised voices :
"Shameful."
"Call the police!"
"Let's all report him!"
"Let's make him give us our fares back."
"Yes, that's it; let's make him give us our fares back!"
The little animal sat blinking at the dim lights, unconscious of the trouble he had caused.
The conductor came to the door. Some passengers demanded, "Give us our fares back- you've engaged to carry us- you can't leave us here all night!" "No fares back," said the conductor.
Two or three passengers got out and disappeared into the night. The conductor turned on the pavement, went to the driver to have a talk with him. Another bus, the last on the road, went by. It seemed indifferent to the shouts of the passengers to stop. A policeman strolled up and looked in at the door. The passenger burst out with indignant protests and appeals. "Well, he's got his rules, you know," he said genially. Then he went away to stand a few yards down the street. There he was joined by two more constables.
Still the little dog blinked at the lights and the conductor walked to and fro like a captain in the hour of victory. A woman passenger's voice rose above the gale, threatening the bus conductor. But he was cold as the night and hard as the pavement. She expressed her anger to the three policemen who stood up the street watching the drama. Then she came back, callled her companion, and vanished. The bus was emptying. "I'll go to the top," said the young lady with the dog, at last. "You'll have pneumonia,' the man said.
a. Match the following: 1×5=5
Answer clues: (i) - e. (ii) - d. (iii) - b. (iv) - c. (v) - a.
EXERCISE - 1
Tick() the correct alternative from given below: 1x5=5
Qus. The problem the bus faced was with the -
(a) tyre [ ],
(b) engine [✔],
(c) brake [ ],
(d) horn [ ].
Qus. The younger woman was suffering from
(a) stomach pain [ ],
(b) back pain [ ],
(c) fever [ ].
(d) cough [✔].
Qus. The younger woman carried a little -
(a) spaniel [ ],
(b) ull dog [ ],
(c) Pekinese dog [✔],
(d) spitz [ ].
EXERCISE - 2
Answer the following questions within 15 words: 1×4=4
Qus. Why did the conductor stood triumphant ?
Ans. The conductor stood triumphant because he had the law to his side.
Qus. What is that rule which cannot be broken without danger to life and limb ?
Ans. The rule of the road cannot be broken without danger to life and limb.
Qus. How many people got into the bus with the younger woman?
Ans. A man and a woman got into the bus with the younger woman.
Qus. What was the conductor's order to the younger woman ?
Ans. The conductor ordered the younger woman to take the dog out.
EXERCISE - 3
Answer the following questions within 25 words: 2×3=6
Qus. When did the author feel that trouble was coming up ?
Ans. When the conductor looked at the dog, the author felt that trouble was coming up.
Qus. How are rules of guidance to be observed ?
Ans. Rules of guidance are to be observed in the spirit and not in the letter using common sense.
Qus. Mention two demands made by the passengers when the bus stopped.
Ans. When the bus stopped, the passengers demanded their fares back and they also demanded to call the police.
EXERCISE - 4
Change the voice of the following sentences: 1×4=4
Qus. Bhola had seen a tiger.
Ans. A tiger had been seen by Bhola.
Qus. They will have seen the cricket match.
Ans. The cricket match will have been seen by them.
Qus. The nurse will attend to the patient.
Ans. The patient will be attended to by the nurse.
Qus. Nila has bought a book.
Ans. A book has been bought by Nila.
EXERCISE - 5
Change the voice of the following sentences: 1×4=4
Qus. Open the door.
Ans. Let the door be opened.
Qus. The man is known to me.
Ans. I know the man.
Qus. Do the sum.
Ans. Let the sum be done.
Qus. The poem was written by her.
Ans. She wrote the poem.
EXERCISE - 6
Change the voice of the following sentences: 1x3=3
Qus. The man is writing a letter.
Ans. A letter is being written by the man.
Qus. Titli is looking for her watch.
Ans. Her watch is being looked for by Titli.
Qus. They agreed to my plan.
Ans. My plan was agreed to with them.
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