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The belt went through a pulley that ran on an overhead cable. He held on to the end of the rope, and we went back and forth, across the pool, hour after hour, day after day, week after week. On each trip across the pool a bit of the panic seized me. Each time the instructor relaxed his hold on the rope and I went under, some of the old terror returned and my legs froze. It was three months before the tension began to slacki. A pulley‘ that ran on an overhead cable‖. What does this mean? a) An apparatus with a wheel b) An apparatus with a rope c) An apparatus without wheeld) An apparatus with a wheel and a ropeii. The statement Back and forth, across the pool‖ indicates a) Moving from one point to another b) Moving clockwise and anticlockwise c) Rising and falling d) Ascending and descendingiii. 'Tension began to slack' implies a) Fear started multiplying b) Fear started increasing c) Stress started decreasing d) Stress started intensifyingiv. Panic seized me' refers to a) Emancipating with joy b) Fear gripped him c) Boundless joy d) Full of agony |
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Answer» i. d) An apparatus with a wheel and a rope ii. a) Moving from one point to another iii. c) Stress started decreasing iv. b) Fear gripped him |
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