The Dying Sun-Ch#1- Modern Prose-Idioms(1-40) English Part II

- January 14, 2022

1| THE DYING SUN

Ch No 1 & Idioms (1-40)

Q#1 Choose the right synonyms of the following underlined words. (10)

1. We find an immense star large enough to contain millions of millions of Earth

A) hot

B) gigantic

C) dark

D) narrow

2. For the most part, each star makes its voyage in complete loneliness.

A) calculation

B) revolve

C) shine

D) travel

3. Its tidal pull became so powerful that this mountain was torn to pieces.

A) greatest

B) wave

C) power

D) resistance

4. It started in a simple organism.

A) living body

B) flow

C) moving

D) generation

5. The sun and other stars are extremely hot.

A) quite

B) tremendously

C) averagely

D) modestly

6. Although we cannot speak with certainty that how life came into existence on earth.

A) estimation

B) clearly

C) surety

D) doubtfully

7. The temperature is at most some four degrees above absolute zero.

A) -283.160 C

B) -293.160 C

C) -263.160 C

D) -273.160 C

8. The most important of which is the temperature at which substances can exist.

A) liquids

B) gases

C) matters

D) strengths

9. One of these cooling pieces gave birth to life.

A) travelled

B) produced

C) moved

D) displayed

10. Warmth coming almost entirely from the radiation which the sun pours down.

A) falls

B) gathers

C) retires

D) stretches

Q#2 Answer any 5 questions of the following: (10)

i) Why is the universe, of which our earth is a part, so frightening? Give reasons

ii) What happened when a wandering star came near the sun?

iii) What are planets and how did they come into existence?

iv) Why is there no life on the stars?

v) Write a note on the beginning of life on the earth.

vi) How big are the stars according to Sir James Jeans

Q#3 Make 5 sentences of the following idioms. (10)

all and all, above all, at the eleventh hour, all of a sudden, at daggers drawn, animal spirit, apple-pie order, a bed of roses, bad blood

Q#4 Translate into English. (15)

انسان اپنی تقدیر کا خود معمار ہے۔ وہ یا تو بنا سکتا ہے یا مار سکتا ہے۔ انسان محنت سے زندگی میں بڑائی حاصل کر سکتا ہے۔ کبھی کبھی، وہ اپنی کوشش میں ناکام ہو جاتا ہے، لیکن کامیابی اور ناکامی اس زندگی میں ساتھ ساتھ چلتی ہے۔ جس طرح کامیابی ہمیں خوشی دیتی ہے، اسی طرح ناکامی ہمیں سبق سکھاتی ہے۔ ہمیں محنت کرنی چاہیے۔ اللہ محنت کا بدلہ مثبت دیتا ہے۔