Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follows: 

Robin Everdeen was a manager on Molloy Island, a tiny haven at the convergence of the Black wood and Scott rivers in Western Australia. Quite often, he would leave his maintenance duties and ferry cars across the river to and from the mainland, the only means of public access to the island.

One morning, a car driven by an elderly islander approached the ferry. Rob waved him on. The stillness of the area was broken by the sudden roar of the car’s engine. The car accelerated fast, sped across the entire length of the ferry and snapped the chains on the other side of the ramp before taking out the gate and shooting 15 meters into the Blackwood River.

Rob watched in shock as the car spun 180 degrees on impact with the water, its bonnets   now facing him as he stood on the ferry.  The car remained upright, but it was rapidly taking on water and sinking fast.

The driver, who was in his late 70s, could not swim and appeared terrified. Rob thought quickly. The car was sinking fast, and he knew he would have no chance of opening the doors once the car was underwater.  The only option would be to pull the driver out of the window before the car’s electronics stopped working. “Leave the windows open, I’m going to get you out,” he shouted. However, the frantic driver had already closed the windows by then to stop the water from flowing into the car any further.     

Rob rushed to the ferry controls, pressed the button and the ferry jerked off the jetty, in the direction of the car which was almost entirely submerged, nose down in the water. The rear passenger window was visible. Rob searched for signs of the driver. There was none. He grabbed a hammer and lay down on the ramp alongside the car. Next, he smashed the rear passenger window and showed his arm through. “Grab me! “he shouted, unsure if the driver could hear him through the swirling water. A hand grabbed his arm. The driver had managed to scramble over the seat into the back of the car. Rob wrenched him up. “Take a big breath,” he told him. “Don’t panic, I’ve got you. When I start to pull, give the car a push with your legs.” The driver did exactly as he was told. He shot out of the window, like a cork out of a bottle and Rob pulled him up onto the ferry. 

He was shivering with cold, and not able to speak at first. But he cried, ' My puppy is still in the car!”

By now, the car had been underwater for 10 minutes. All that was visible was the rear window. Surely there could be no hope.

Rob rushed backdown the ramp and smashed the rear window with the hammer, feeling through the glass for any sign of life. His heart leaped when his fingers came in contact with fur. Somehow, the pup had found an air pocket up against the window and was alive. Rob pulled the puppy out. 

                   Adapted from Reader’s Digest( October 2017 Edition)

(I) Given below are 5 words from the passage along with four options for each word. 

Choose the option which has a similar meaning in the passage:

1.Convergence

2. Submerged

3. Frantic

4. Scramble

5. Smashed

(ii) With each of the five words given below, choose the correct sentence that uses the word in a different meaning from that which it carries in the passage. [5]

1. Fast

2. Water

3. Rear

4. Arm

5. Signs

(b) Choose the correct option for the questions given below: [10 ]

1. What were the duties performed by Robin at Molloy Island?

2. What prompted Robin to act quickly?

3. The old septuagenarian man

4. The driver met with an accident because

5. Who accompanied the old man?

6. How did Robin save the pet?

7. Why did the driver close the window of the car?

8. The old man ___ the instructions of Robin.

9. Robin pulled the  driver up onto

10. Arrange the sequence of events as they occur in the passage: 

1.  Robin immediately leaped to rescue the sinking driver.

2.  A sudden accident threw a speeding car over a ferry runaway.

3.  He asked the man to hold his arm.

4.  He detected the man trapped In the sinking car.

Choose the appropriate option:

1. He is busy preparing ________ his project.

2. We need one more speaker to _____ a team.

3. The musician is blind _______ one eye.

4. The father is blind _________ his son’s shortcomings.

5. The Amazon fires burned ____ the natural habitats of many rare animals.

(c ) Choose the correct option to fill in the blank in each sentence: [15]

1. We usually _____ our evenings on the beach.

2. She ____  a treat tomorrow evening. 

3. I expect that she ______ her mind by this evening.

4. At this time next year I _____ in a college.

5. He _____ here twice every month.

6. The great and the small ______ of one another.

7. We _______ last night so we could not come.

8. The government _______ to pass the bill.

9. When did you ______ the car?

10. When I last met her she ______ as a programmer.

11. If you _____ your tea, we will resume our discussion.

12. If she _____ earlier, she would have got the job.

13. I _____ in Tokyo next Sunday.

14. You ____live within your means.

15. When I was young I _____ swim across the Ganga.