In this section, you have six short passages. After each passage, you will find some questions based on the passage. First, read a passage and answer the questions based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only.
Passage:
When Jonathan (the seagull) came, it was well after dark, and he floated in moonlight on the surface of the ocean. His wings were ragged bars of lead, but the weight of failure was even heavier on his back. He wished, feebly, that the weight would be just enough to drag him gently down to the bottom, and end it all. But soon he came back to normal. He pushed wearily away from the dark water and flew towards the land, grateful for what he had learned about work saving low-altitude flying.
The lesson that he had learnt that day was about
- Anot fighting with stronger birds.
- Bflying carrying bars of lead on his wings.
- Cdiving too deep into the sea.
- Dflying at low altitudes.
Explanation
The passage ends by saying Jonathan was 'grateful for what he had learned about work-saving, low-altitude flying'. The lesson of the day was therefore about flying at low altitudes, not about fighting birds, carrying lead, or diving deep. This is stated explicitly in the final sentence. Hence option (d) is correct.