‘But it was just a chronic mastitis,’ I said ‘A bit of thickening in the milk, that’s all. He’d been dosing it himself for nearly a week with some quack remedy. The cow was eating all right, so I thought it would be quite safe to leave it till next day.’
Siegfried put a hand on my shoulder and an excessively patient look spread over his face. I steeled myself. I didn’t mind his impatience, I was used to it and could stand it. But the patience was hard to take.
‘James,’ he said in a gentle voice, ‘there is one fundamental rule in our job which transcends all others, and I’ll tell you what it is. YOU MUST ATTEND. That is it and it ought to be written on your soul in letters of fire.’
21. Siegfried was not at his best on one morning because _______.
(A) his breakfast was not to his liking
(B) he had been called out during the night
(C) he had been woken up early fro breakfast
(D) the farmer hadn’t tried to cure the cow himself
22. According to the passage, who was the young yet?
(A) James.
(B) Siegfried.
(C) Sumner.
(D) Mr. Herrioson.
23. James thought it was all right to leave Summer’s cow till next day because ________.
(A) that was what Siegfried had advised
(B) Sumner had said there was no urgency
(C) He knew he could do nothing to save the animal
(D) Sumner never paid his bills on time
24. “You must attend” (last paragraph) in the context of the passage means “_______”.
(A) You must follow your conscience
(B) You must use your powers of discretion
(C) You must go out whenever you are called
(D) You must pay close attention at all times
25. The impression James gives of Siegfried is that of _________.
(A) a fairly easy-going generous employer
(B) someone rather pompous and unpredictable
(C) a conscientious but senile old man
(D) an insufferable, tyrannical boss
Questions 26-30
Most towns up to Elizabethan times were smaller than a modern village and each of them was built around its weekly market where local produce was brought for sale and the townsfolk sold their work to the people from the countryside and provided them with refreshment for the day. Trade was virtually confined to that one day even in a town of a thousand or so people. On market days craftsmen put up their stalls in the open air whilst on one or two other days during the week the townsman would pack up his loaves, or nails, or cloth, and set out early to do a day’s trade in the market of an adjoining town where, however, he would be charged a heavy toll for the privilege and get a less favourable spot for his stand than the local craftsmen. Another chance for him to make a sale was to the congregation gathered for Sunday morning worship. Although no trade was allowed anywhere during the hours of the service (except at annual fair times), after church there would be some trade at the church door with departing country folk.
The trade of markets was almost wholly concerned with exchanging the products of the nearby countryside and the goods made by local craftsmen with the result that the genuine retail dealer had very little place. In all goods sold in the market but particularly in food retail dealing was distrusted as a kind of profiteering. Even when there was enough trade being done to afford a livelihood to an enterprising man ready to buy wholesale and sell retail, town authorities were reluctant to allow it.
