Read the following passage and answers the questions given after it. I hated almost everyday of my time at a boarding school and in any case, my first term was a disaster. I found it very difficult to settle down and my unhappiness was made worse because I was also unhappy at home. A happy home life gives you a base from which you can go into the world with confidence. But if life at home is difficult, life away at boarding school is almost impossible. Apart from having to keep to great many rules, we were never allowed to be alone. You had to be with another boy at all time. Though the other boys managed pretty well, daily life at school was very hard for me as I was extremely dependent on being alone part of everyday. In the middle of the first term, I developed a cough. The school nurse said it was a "stomach cough", whatever that may be and gave me some pills. However, afterwards, playing football in a snowstorm, I suddenly could not breathe properly and was taken t o hospital , ill with bench it is a n d pneumonia. Almost at once I was put into a small room with another boy who was also very ill. He died and I nearly did. My main memory of my stay at the hospital was that the night-nurses used to get together in my room and play cards and chat. Keeping The light on and keeping me awake when I was seriously ill didn't bother them. When I had recovered I was sent home for a few weeks and missed a term. When I returned to school, I was sent to bed early because of my illness, and so managed to get a brief period alone every day. Later on, when I went into the senior part of the school, I was allowed to go to the school library by myself, which was a great improvement. The day I left the school, the headmaster said good bye and asked whether it was a sad day for me. I replied that it was the happiest day of my life. He said I would come to think of my time at the school very differently. I said that I was sure that, would not. Though, I have had unhappy day since that day, I have found that m y conclusion s t hen t ha t nothing afterwards could ever be so bad as boarding school - have been proved true. 1. The author's illness during the first term was (1) so serious he nearly died (2) caused by getting cold when playing games (3) not so bad a s he h ad feared (4) not treated by the school nurse 2. In the hospital he (1) felt very sorry for the other patients (2) was afraid to bother nurses (3) didn't notice whether it was night or day (4) found the nurses ' behaviour disturbed him 3. The result of Isis illness was that he (1) was away from school for a year (2) was taught in the school library (3) had some private time for himself (4) had to do his home work in bed 4. When the author was leaving school, the headmaster believed the author would (1) realize how good school life had been (2) be unhappy after he left school (3) be thankful to be leaving school (4) regret his last day at school 5. The author concluded that (1) the school nurse disturbed him at school (2) the headmaster was happy to leave the boarding school (3) nothing could be more sad than staying at boarding school (4) because of boarding school, he survived from pneumonia