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Once upon a time there lived a stone cutter in a small village. He worked hard throughout the day, preparing the shapes that were ordered by his customers. His hands were rough and his clothes were dirty. One day he went to the mountain to cut a big stone. It was difficult to work as the weather was extremely hot. After working for several hours, he sat down in the shade of a nearby tree and soon fell asleep. After sometime, he heard the sound of a procession. He woke up and saw many soldiers and attendants walking in the sun, along- side the king who not only rode an elephant but also had an umbrella to keep the sun away. “How wonderful it must be to be a king”,thought the stone cutter. He wondered how happy would he be if hewere the king instead of a poor stonecutter. As he thought so, a strangething happened. The stone cutterfound himself dressed in silkclothes and shining jewels. Hishands were soft and he was sittingon the elephant. He looked aroundat the attendants and thought,“how easy it is to be a king, thesepeople are here to serve me.” Theprocession moved on and the sungrew hotter.
The stone cutter, now the king,became too warm for comfort. Heasked the procession to stop so thathe could rest for some time. At oncethe chief of the soldiers bent beforethe king and said, “Your Majesty,this morning you swore to have mehanged to death if we did not reachthe palace before the sun set.” Thestone cutter felt sorry for him andlet the procession go on its wayagain. “I am powerful, it is true, buthow more powerful the sun is. Iwould rather be the sun than a king”, he thought. At once, he became the sun, shining down on theearth.
Its new power was hard to control. It shone too brilliantly andburned up the fields with its rays.But no matter how hard it shone,it could not see through the clouds.It was evident that the clouds wereeven stronger and more powerfulthan the sun. The sun wished thatit would rather be a cloud. Suddenlyit found itself turned into a hugedark cloud. It started using its newpower. It poured rain down on thefields and caused floods. All thetrees and houses were swept awaybut the boulder, which once it hadbeen cutting when it was a stonecutter was unmoved and unchanged. No matter how hard itpoured down on the stone, thestone did not move.
The cloud wondered, “That rockis more powerful than I am. Only astone cutter could change the rockby his skill.” No sooner had it saidthese words, he found himself sitting on a stone. He picked up histools and began working.
Directions (161-162) : Choosethe word / phrase which is MOSTSIMILAR in MEANING to theword/ phrase printed in bold asused in the passage.
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Directions (161-170) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. Once upon a time there lived a stone cutter in a small village. He worked hard throughout the day, preparing the shapes that were ordered by his customers. His hands were rough and his clothes were dirty. One day he went to the mountain to cut a big stone. It was difficult to work as the weather was extremely hot. After working for several hours, he sat down in the shade of a nearby tree and soon fell asleep. After sometime, he heard the sound of a procession. He woke up and saw many soldiers and attendants walking in the sun, along- side the king who not only rode an elephant but also had an umbrella to keep the sun away. “How wonderful it must be to be a king”,thought the stone cutter. He wondered how happy would he be if hewere the king instead of a poor stonecutter. As he thought so, a strangething happened. The stone cutterfound himself dressed in silkclothes and shining jewels. Hishands were soft and he was sittingon the elephant. He looked aroundat the attendants and thought,“how easy it is to be a king, thesepeople are here to serve me.” Theprocession moved on and the sungrew hotter.
The stone cutter, now the king,became too warm for comfort. Heasked the procession to stop so thathe could rest for some time. At oncethe chief of the soldiers bent beforethe king and said, “Your Majesty,this morning you swore to have mehanged to death if we did not reachthe palace before the sun set.” Thestone cutter felt sorry for him andlet the procession go on its wayagain. “I am powerful, it is true, buthow more powerful the sun is. Iwould rather be the sun than a king”, he thought. At once, he became the sun, shining down on theearth.
Its new power was hard to control. It shone too brilliantly andburned up the fields with its rays.But no matter how hard it shone,it could not see through the clouds.It was evident that the clouds wereeven stronger and more powerfulthan the sun. The sun wished thatit would rather be a cloud. Suddenlyit found itself turned into a hugedark cloud. It started using its newpower. It poured rain down on thefields and caused floods. All thetrees and houses were swept awaybut the boulder, which once it hadbeen cutting when it was a stonecutter was unmoved and unchanged. No matter how hard itpoured down on the stone, thestone did not move.
The cloud wondered, “That rockis more powerful than I am. Only astone cutter could change the rockby his skill.” No sooner had it saidthese words, he found himself sitting on a stone. He picked up histools and began working.
Directions (161-162) : Choosethe word / phrase which is MOSTSIMILAR in MEANING to theword/ phrase printed in bold asused in the passage.
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