| S1: | In 1934, William Golding published a small volume of poems. | | P : | During the World War II(1939-45) he joined the Royal Navy and was present at the sinking of the Bismarck. | | Q : | He returned to teaching in 1945 and gave it up in 1962, and is now a full time writer. | | R : | In 1939, he married and started teaching at Vishop Wordsworth school in Salisbury. | | S : | At first his novels were not accepted. | | S6: | But the Lord of the files which came out in 1954 was welcomed as "a most absorbing and instructive tale". |
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| S1: | A man can be physically confined within stone walls. | | P : | But his mind and spirit will still be free. | | Q : | Thus his freedom of action may be restricted. | | R : | His hopes and aspiration still remain with him. | | S : | Hence, he will be free spiritually if not physically. | | S6: | No tyranny can intimidate a lover of liberty. |
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| S1: | The future beckons to us. | | P : | In fact we have hard work ahead. | | Q : | Where do we go and what shall be our endeavour? | | R : | We shall also have to fight and end poverty, ignorance and disease. | | S : | It will be to bring freedom and oppurtunity to the common man. | | S6: | There is no resting for any one of us till we redeem our pledge in full. |
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| S1: | Most of the universities in the country are now facing financial crisis. | | P : | Cost benefit yardstick thus should not be applied in the case of universities. | | Q : | The current state of affairs cannot be allowed to continue for long. | | R : | Universities cannot be equated with commercial enterprises. | | S : | Proper development of universities and colleges must be ensured. | | S6: | The Government should realise this before it is too late. |
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| S1: | Our ancestors thought that anything which moved itself was alive. | | P : | The philosopher Descartes thought that both men and animals were machines. | | Q : | But a machine such as a motorcar or a steamship moves itself, as soon as machines which moved themselves had been made, people asked "Is man a machine?" | | R : | And before the days of machinery that was a good definition. | | S : | He also thought that the human machine was partly controlled by the soul action on a certain part of the brain, while animals had no souls. | | S6: | Therefore some scientists think that life is just a very complicated mechanism. |
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| S1: | While talking to a group, one should feel self-confident and courageous. | | P : | Nor is it a gift bestowed by providence on only a few. | | Q : | One should also learn how to think calmly and clearly. | | R : | It is like the ability to play golf. | | S : | It is not as difficult as most men imagine. | | S6: | Any man can develop his capacity if he has the desire to do so. |
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| S1: | A ceiling on urban property. | | P : | No mill-owner could own factories or mills or plants. | | Q : | And mass circulation papers | | R : | Would mean that | | S : | No press magnate could own printing presses. | | S6: | since their value would exceed the ceiling fixed by the government. |
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| S1: | The art of growing old is one which the passage of time has forced upon my attention. | | P : | One of these is undue absorption in the past. | | Q : | One s thought must be directed to the future and to things about which there is something to be done. | | R : | Psychologically, there are two dangers to be guarded against in old age. | | S : | It does not do to live in memories, in regrets for the good old days, or in sadness about friend who are dead. | | S6: | This is not always easy one s own past is gradually increasing weight. |
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| S1: | This weather-vane often tops a church spire, tower or high building. | | P : | They are only wind-vanes. | | Q : | Neither alone can tell us what the weather will be. | | R : | They are designed to point to direction from which the wind is coming. | | S : | Just as the barometer only tells us the pressure of air, the weather-vane tells us the direction of wind. | | S6: | The weather-vane can, however give us some indication of other. |
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| S1: | Once King Shantnu met a young and beautiful fisher girl. | | P : | He went to the fisherman and asked him for her asked him for her hand in marriage. | | Q : | The King was extremely sad and returned to his palace. | | R : | He fell in love with the fisher girl. | | S : | The fisherman agreed to it condition that the son of his daughter should be heir to the throne of Hastinapur. | | S6: | Devavrata, the King s son, asked him the reason of his sadness. |
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