The Sound Of Music(Evelynn Glennie) A. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow. 1. ‘But this aspiring musician faced a bigger challenge than most.' . Identify the musician? What was her origin? ii. Why was learning music a great challenge for the teenager? iii. What had made Isabel suspect Evelyn's hearing ability? iv. Choose the synonym of ‘dare' from the above line.

Read the passage from a raisin in the sun. mama: lord have mercy, baby. you done gone and bought your grandmother a hat? travis (very proud): open it! she does and lifts out an elaborate, but very elaborate, wide gardening hat, and all the adults break up at the sight of it. ruth: travis, honey, what is that? travis (who thinks it is beautiful and appropriate): it's a gardening hat! like the ladies always have on in the magazines when they work in their gardens. beneatha (giggling fiercely): travis—we were trying to make mama mrs. miniver—not scarlett o'hara! mama (indignantly): what's the matter with you all! this here is a beautiful hat! (absurdly.) i always wanted me one just like it! which word or phrase from the text best supports the idea that the adults think the hat is inappropriate? “have mercy” (giggling fiercely) (indignantly) “what’s the matter”