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www.sanctumenglish.in 12th February Parajumble – The Economist Cloze Test – The Economist A. The trouble is, something else has also refused to go away: the shock wave known as “Where words fail, music speaks.” Though these a sonic boom that emanates from a words, from the pen of Hans Christian supersonic aircraft. Andersen, are an appealing _______(1)______, the idea that there might be universals in music B. Aircraft-makers review the idea from time to which ______(2)______ cultural boundaries has time. generally been met with scepticism by scholars working in the field. That scepticism may, however, be un-warranted, for research C. When a British Airways Concorde travelling published in Current Biology this week by from New York touched down at Heathrow Samuel Mehr and Manvir Singh of Harvard airport, in London, on October 24th 2003, University provides evidence that music does supersonic passenger travel came to an end. indeed permit the communication of simple ideas between people even when they have no D. Only 14 of them entered service. Yet the idea language in _______(3)______. To ascertain this, the two researchers recruited 750 online of building a successor has never quite gone volunteers from 60 countries. They played these away. www.facebook.com/sanctumenglish volunteers 36 musical excerpts, each 14 seconds long, and each drawn at random from one of 118 E. A number of groups are working on small songs in a collection of the music of small-scale executive jets intended to travel faster than societies around the world. Given the broad the speed of sound. range of cultures and languages represented in the collection, and the _____(4)______ diversity of the volunteers, Dr Mehr and Mr Singh could be F. Concorde was a technological marvel, but reasonably certain that those listening were both never a commercial success. unfamiliar with the music and unable to understand the ______(5)_____ in question. 1. (a) preposition (b) gesture Basic Fillers (c) notion (d) quote 2. (a) tread (b) transcend 31. When he was young, all he ________ at the (c) changes (d) treat factory was £1 a week. 3. (a) place (b) common A) earned B) gained C) inherited (c) existence (d) extinction D) sacked E) won 4. (a) economic (b) ethnic (c) regional (d) language 32. She ________ at me for a long time without 5. (a) meaning (b) lyrics saying anything. (c) music (d) artist A) glimpsed B) saw C) stared D) viewed E) watched 33. He threw the box out of the window and saw Choosing wrong options costs you some it fall to the ________ outside. marks A) flat B) floor C) ground But D) plain E) soil choosing wrong institute 34. You’ve made a very ________ decision. Any lags you a year or more. reasonable person would have done the same thing. A) sensational B) sensed C) sensible D) sensitive E) sentimental Choose Wisely !!! Whatsapp 6375773622 9982019963 Gopal pura, Jaipur www.sanctumenglish.in 35. The water here is very ________. You can get across the stream on foot. A) broad B) flat C) narrow D) pure E) shallow Word of the Day !!! 36. I am staying in a youth ________ in the center of the town. A) home B) hostel C) inn D) lodge E) pub 37. The little boy had blue eyes and fair hair so he ________ his mother. A) took after B) took down C) took from D) took off E) took over 38. There’s no food left and the shops are shut so you’ll have to ________. A) go for B) go off C) go on D) go through E) go without 39. You sometimes ________ quite valuable things in antique shop. www.facebook.com/sanctumenglish A) come across B) come back C) come into D) come off E) come round 40. I’ll ________ you at 8:30 and give you a lift to the office. A) call at B) call for C) call in D) call round E) call to Grammar Exercise Infinitive – Gerund – Participle - Causative 216. I was just about_____ you when you phoned me. A) phoned B) phoning C) to phone D) having phoned 217. She is certain _____ by plane. A) to come B) come C) coming D) comes 218. I would _____ him if I had seen him in time. A) tell B) have told C) told D) had told 219. He seems _____ something. A) to have lost B) to be lost C) to have been lost D) lost 220. The new bridge should_____ by now. A) be finished B) to be finished C) have been finished D) have finished Whatsapp 6375773622 9982019963 Gopal pura, Jaipur www.sanctumenglish.in Another SCMP article attempted to impart a Uncle Amir’s charm historical fix to the Aamir Khan phenomena in offensive on millennials China, as a successor to the eras of Buddha, Tagore and Raj Kapoor. “While the Buddha has In the battle for Chinese hearts and minds, long had a deep impact across the Himalayas, Aamir Khan is an unrivalled winner. His latest Rabindranath Tagore’s stories have enthralled offering, Secret Superstar , has taken the Chinese readers since the early 20th century, Chinese box office by storm. Mr. Khan has now and then Bollywood stars Raj Kapoor and Nargis earned the title of “Uncle Aamir” on Chinese got them humming Indian film songs in the social media. With that anointment, he has 1950s. Most recently, however, Aamir Khan has entered a rarefied space, reserved for the likes of drawn a new generation of Chinese fans to the the country’s President Xi Jinping, in the power of Indian storytelling,” wrote Tansen Sen Chinese collective consciousness. in the daily. Mr. Khan is no stranger to China. His affair with Mr. Khan’s soft-power interventions could not the Middle Kingdom began in the last decade have been better timed. Arguably, they have with Lagaan , which struck a chord with the effectively contributed to countering the Chinese audiences, whose brush with perceived negativity in social attitudes towards India as a humiliation brought about by former European fallout of the Doklam crisis. In fact, Mr. Khan’s colonisers had been chorusing in high decibels www.facebook.com/sanctumenglish films seem to have generated a deep empathy in school textbooks, party literature and the among the young Chinese for the trials and mass media. tribulations of regular but aspirational Indian millennials who are seeking their place under Another offering of Mr. Khan, 3 idiots , which the sun, braving pressures from family and called upon young students to realise their combating diehard prejudices based on gender, dreams even if it meant resisting parental religion and more. pressure, resonated spontaneously with Chinese people undergoing similar experiences. The Mr. Khan seems well-aware that a breakthrough momentum built by ‘Brand Aamir’ seemed to may already have been achieved in drawing have peaked with the mega success of Dangal , young Indians into the psychological horizon of steering clear of the shadow of last summer’s China’s ‘generation next’. The next step may Doklam border stand-off between the two involve generating a matching empathy among countries. However, Secret Superstar — which Indians for the well-intentioned “dreamers” who sensitively portrays the aspirations of a Muslim live across the Himalayas. “I want to do a film singer in today’s digital India — has broken all with Chinese and Indian talent,” Mr. Khan said previous records. It has grossed a jaw-dropping during a recent visit to China. “It would be really $46 million within a week of its release in China, wonderful… It would bring the two countries overshadowing even the collections of James closer.” Cameron’s Avatar . Douban, which ranks films 1. Which of the following isn’t true according to based on viewer response in China, gave Secret the passage? Superstar a rare eight out of 10 points. “The a. Lagaan was the first film of Amir to movie, a coming-of-age story about a Muslim make an impact in China. teenage girl who dreams of fame as a singer and b. Dangal earned $46 million in its first finds it after uploading a YouTube video, has week in China. struck a chord with Chinese audiences who see c. Amir’ movies have helped in many of India’s social issues — the film tackles countering the negative attitudes gender inequality and domestic violence, among towards India in Chinese community. others — reflected in their own experiences,” d. Amir wants to make a movie with the wrote the Hong Kong-based South China artists of China & India. Morning Post (SCMP). e. All are true Buddha, Tagore... and Aamir Whatsapp 6375773622 9982019963 Gopal pura, Jaipur www.sanctumenglish.in 2. Raj Kapoor attracted Chinese audience with ? Daily Vocab – The Hindu Editorial – 12th Feb a. Stories Uncle Amir’s Charm offensive on millennials b. Songs Take something by storm – to be extremely c. Meditation successful - अपार सफलता d. Books Anointment – ceremonially confer divine by 3. According to the author, Amir’s next move can be? rubbing with oil - अ भषेक a. Science fiction Rarefied – exclusive सव कृ ट b. A Chinese story that appeals to Indian Struck a chord with someone – do something audience that make people feel sympathy or enthusiasm c. Chinese actors in his movies d. All of the above लोग को उ सा हत करने वाला काम करना 4. What was the major obstacle the movie Resonate – to be similar to what sb thinks मैच Dangal had to counter in China? करना a. Wrestling isn’t popular in China Jaw-dropping – so good that it amazes you b.

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