SHIP FROM THAMES EXERCISE 2 READING TEST 7
Stay, ship from Thames, with fettered sails in Sydney Cove this ebb of tide; your gear untangled from the gales, imprisoned at your anchor ride. The portly gentlemen ,who are the pillars of the land, come down and greet the Newcomes voyaged far to make a name in Sydney Town.
8 Another word for 'fettered' could be A loose. B untied. C furled. D tattered.
9 The gentlemen who met the ship were A newcomers. B energetic. C stout. D lazy
10 The redcoats also
A had come a long way. B left their arms on board. C were pale and ill. D were suffering from seasickness. The redcoats, too, with shouldered arms, marshal pale wretches from the hold, who, cramped in tempests and in calms. have learned to do as they are told. Rex Ingamells 11 The 'wretches' A were hard to manage B had learnt to be obedient. C were loud and boisterous at reaching shore. D spent most of their time on deck.​

Malcolm x's attitude towards the dictionary could best be described as a) apathetic b) dumbfounded c) awestruck d) disinterested

Read the excerpts from "the royal house of thebes" and "the story of a warrior queen." "we are women," she told her sister. "we must obey. we have no strength to defy the state." "choose your own part," antigone said. "i go to bury the brother i love." "you are not strong enough," ismene cried. "why, then when my strength fails," antigone answered, "i will give up." she left her sister; ismene dared not follow her. —"the royal house of thebes" again and again the romans were defeated, till it almost seemed as if the britons really would succeed in driving them out of the country. boadicea herself led the soldiers, encouraging them with her brave words. "it is better to die with honor than to live in slavery," she said. "i am a woman, but i would rather die than yield. will you follow me, men? " and of course the men followed her gladly. —"the story of a warrior queen" how are the archetypes presented in these two passages different? the first passage shows antigone as a warrior, and the second passage shows boadicea as a tragic heroine. the first passage shows antigone as a tragic heroine, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage. the first passage shows antigone as a rebel, and the second passage shows boadicea as a warrior. the first passage shows antigone as a villain, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage.

Aprimary source: a- may be biased b- is never biased c- cannot possibly have bias d- none of the above