Q: CHAPTER X.

A BOLD ATTEMPT.

During the next ten or eleven months poor Mrs. Trevennack had but one abiding terror--that a sudden access of irrepressible insanity might attack her husband before Cleer and Eustace could manage to get married. Trevennack, however, with unvarying tenderness, did his best in every way to calm her fears. Though no word on the subject passed between them directly, he let her feel with singular tact that he meant to keep himself under proper control. Whenever a dangerous topic cropped up in conversation, he would look across at her affectionately, with a reassuring smile. "For Cleer's sake," he murmured often, if she was close by his side; "for Cleer's sake, dearest!" and his wife, mutely grateful, knew at once what he meant, and smiled approval sadly.

Her heart was very full; her part was a hard one to play with fitting cheerfulness; but in his very madness itself she couldn't help loving, admiring, and respecting that strong, grave husband who fought so hard against his own profound convictions.

Ten months passed away, however, and Eustace Le Neve didn't seem to get much nearer any permanent appointment than ever. He began to tire at last of applying unsuccessfully for every passing vacancy. Now and then he got odd jobs, to be sure; but odd jobs won't do for a man to marry upon; and serious work seemed always to elude him. Walter Tyrrel did his best, no doubt, to hunt up all the directors of all the companies he knew; but no posts fell vacant on any line they were connected with. It grieved Walter to the heart, for he had always had the sincerest friendship for Eustace Le Neve; and now that Eustace was going to marry Cleer Trevennack, Walter felt himself doubly bound in honor to assist him. It was HE who had ruined the Trevennacks' hopes in life by his unintentional injury to their only son; the least he could do in return, he thought, and felt, was to make things as easy as possible for their daughter and her intended husband.

Answer the following questions:
1. who was afraid of something?
2. how long had she been worrying?
3. about what?
4. before what event?
5. who tried to make her feel better?
6. how?
7. what would he say?
8. what happened at the end of 10 months?
9. how often did he find work?
10. was that good enough?
11. what wasn't it good enough for?
12. who tried to help him find work?
13. what did he do?
14. why was he trying to help him?
15. how?
16. how could he make it up to them?
17. did any of his connections come through for him?
18. who did he have a close friendship with?
A: 1. Mrs. Trevennack
2. ten or eleven months
3. that a sudden access of irrepressible insanity might attack her husband
4. before Cleer and Eustace could manage to get married.
5. Trevennack
6. he would look across at her affectionately, with a reassuring smile.
7. "For Cleer's sake,"
8. Eustace Le Neve didn't seem to get much nearer any permanent appointment
9. Now and then he got odd jobs
10. No
11. for a man to marry upon
12. Walter Tyrrel
13. did his best to hunt up all the directors of all the companies he knew
14. Because he had ruined the Trevennacks' hopes in life
15. by his unintentional injury to their only son
16. make things as easy as possible for their daughter and her intended husband.
17. No
18. Eustace Le Neve

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

The Liberal Party was a political party which, with the Conservative Party, was one of the two major parties in the United Kingdom in the 19th and early 20th century.

The party arose from an alliance of Whigs and free-trade Peelites and Radicals favourable to the ideals of the American and French Revolutions in the 1850s. By the end of the nineteenth century, it had formed four governments under William Gladstone. Despite splitting over the issue of Irish Home Rule, the party returned to power in 1906 with a landslide victory.

It passed the welfare reforms that created a basic British welfare state. H. H. Asquith was Liberal Prime Minister between 1908 and 1916, followed by David Lloyd George, 1916-22. Although Asquith was the Party leader, the dominant figure was Lloyd George. Asquith was overwhelmed by the wartime role of coalition prime minister, and Lloyd George replaced him as the coalition prime minister in late 1916 but Asquith remained Liberal party leader. The two fought for years over control of the party, badly weakening it in the process. Historian Martin Pugh in "The Oxford Companion to British History" argues that Lloyd George:

The Lloyd George coalition was dominated by the Conservative Party, which finally deposed him in 1922. By the end of the 1920s, the Labour Party had replaced the Liberals as the Conservatives' main rival. The party went into decline after 1918 and by the 1950s won no more than six seats at general elections. Apart from notable by-election victories, the party's fortunes did not improve significantly until it formed the SDPLiberal Alliance with the newly formed Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1981. At the 1983 General Election, the Alliance won over a quarter of the vote, but only 23 of the 650 seats it contested. At the 1987 General Election, its vote fell below 23% and the Liberal and Social Democratic parties merged in 1988 to form the Liberal Democrats. A splinter group reconstituted the Liberal Party in 1989. It was formed by party members opposed to the merger who saw the Lib Dems diluting Liberal ideals.

1. How many governments were formed under William Gladsone?
2. When?
3. When did the Liberal Party return to power?
4. Was it a close race?
5. What were they divided over?
6. Which ideals did they favor?
7. Who was Liberal Prime Minister from 1908 to 1916?
8. Who replaced him?
9. Who was more dominant?
10. What years was he the coalition prime minister?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. four
2. By the end of the nineteenth century
3. 1981
4. No
5. merger
6. Liberal
7. H. H. Asquith
8. David Lloyd George
9. Lloyd George
10. 1916 - 22

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

(CNN) -- Andy Carroll scored twice, his first goals for Liverpool, to help his club comfortably defeat Manchester City 3-0 in Monday's Premier League encounter at Anfield.

City, who needed a victory to move above Chelsea into third place in the table, were blown away by a devastating first half performance from Liverpool, who have consolidated sixth position with this result.

Liverpool began brightly and nearly took a seventh-minute lead when Luis Suarez's fine strike was tipped onto the post by City's England goalkeeper Joe Hart.

But the visiting defense was struggling to cope with Liverpool's wave of attacks and the hosts took a deserved lead six minutes later when Carroll's superbly struck left-footed strike, from just outside the area, swerved past Hart for his first goal since joining the club for a British record transfer fee in January.

Liverpool doubled their lead in the 34th minute when City failed to clear a succession of crosses and blocked shots, the ball eventually falling to the feet of Dirk Kuyt who fired through the legs of defender Alexander Kolarov and past Hart.

Liverpool made it 3-0 a minute later when Raul Meireles curled in an inviting cross from the left for Carroll to outjump Kolarov and help the ball into the far corner of the net.

Liverpool had chances to increase their lead after the break but Hart did well to keep out efforts from Meireles and Kuyt, while Suarez fired wide from an acute angle and Carroll headed over the crossbar from a good position.

1. Who was playing in the game?
2. who was playing against them?
3. What was the score?
4. When was the game?
5. What league are they in?
6. Is liverpool leading in the rankings?
7. Were all the goals scored by different people?
8. Who had the most goals?
9. Had he scored for his team before?
10. When did they double their score?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. the team from Liverpool
2. Manchester City
3. 3-0
4. Monday
5. Premier League
6. No
7. 2 people scored
8. Andy Carroll
9. no
10. 34th minute