1. Read the passage and answer the questions A and B:I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the 'color of their skin but by the content of their character.I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping ... with the words of 'interposition' and 'nullification', that one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together." With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of mdespair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day...... So, let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.......Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring. When we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" $\\$ $\boxed{\mathbf{~1.A~}}$ Choose the correct answer from the alternatives:(a) What does the phrase 'all of God's children' mean?(i) All the Christians (ii) All the Americans (iii) All human beings(iv) All the black people $\\$ (b) What is the synonym of 'sweltering'?(i) Soothing(ii) Tranquil (iii) Scorching(iv) Pleasing $\\$ (c) What does the phrase 'All flesh' mean in the passage?(i) White people(ii) Americans(iii) Black people(iv) Protestants $\\$ ( d) The word 'despair' refers to -.(i) rejection(ii) attraction (iii) frustration(iv) inspiration (e) What does the word 'Oasis' mean? $\\$ (i) A hottest place in desert(ii) A watery place in desert (iii) A cool place on the hilltop(iv) A hot place in the polar region $\\$ (f) The word 'vicious' mentioned in the passage means-. (i) hateful.(ii) generous(iii) ruthless(iv) auspicious $\\$ (g) "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together." -What does it imply?(i) equality of human being(ii) glory of nature(iii) difference between the black and the white(iv) all the above $\\$ ( h) The word 'prodigious' in the passage implies -.(i) talented(ii) gigantic(iii) impotent (iv) unproductive $\\$ (i) What does the phrase 'Let freedom ring' mean?(i) freedom should make sounds(ii) freedom should make people alert(iii) freedom should appear(iv) people may achieve freedom $\\$ (j)"Jangling discords of our nation will turn into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood'- What does it imply?(i) the existing harmony will turn into jangling(ii) the existing discord will turn into concord(iii) the existing agreement will turn into disagreement (iv) the existing concord will turn into discord $\\$ $\boxed{\mathbf{~1.B~}}$ Answer the following questions: (a) Why did the speaker have these dreams?(b) How were the Black treated before achieving their freedom?( c) What does the speaker dream for his four children? (d) What transformation will happen in the state of Mississippi?(e) When will all of God's children sing in the words of the old Negro Spiritual?

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