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WorksheetsSilk Road
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
The narrator came across ferocious,huge black dogs guarding the tents of the nomads called
German Shephards
Chihuahua
Tibetan Mastiffs
Great Danes
Diachen was a big disappointment to the author on account of
ordinary general stores selling Chinese goods
being dusty and neglected
being quite cold and distant
having very less population
The expression"before bounding away into the void"means that
the gazelles ran helter-skelter
they didn't like being disturbed
they leapt and vanished into nothingness
they got startled
The literary device in "Speeding directly towards us,like a bullet from a gun" is
metaphor
simile
alliteration
enjambment
Norbu's remark that they were"Two academics who have escaped from the library"means
both were taking a break and had set out to do Kora
both were alone in the pilgrimage
they both wanted company and could be a team in the journey
both knew English and could understand eah other
When the author says,"It sounded dangerous to me",he means that
the atmospheric pressure was building up
a lot of heat and gas had emitted the top of the car
The pressure in the tyres was low
the vehicle could catch fire
"the top of the pass.....was marked by a large cairn of rocks'',means-----
a tombstone
huge commemorative rocks
celebratory memorial
a cave of rocks
These beasts would cock their big heads when they became
aware of our approach and fix us in their sights.
What does the phrase 'fix us in their sights''means in the above line:-
Ignore our presence
Gaze at us with curiosity
Run away from us in fear
Focus on us intently
''It was marked by a large cairn of rocks festooned with white silk scarves and ragged prayer flags.''
with reference to above statement ,they finally reached the top of the pass at (a) meters.
The synonyms of 'festooned' and 'ragged' are :-
beautiful and torn
decorated and shabby
dirty and tied
colorful and neat
