A country road. A tree.Evening.Estragon, sitting on a low mound, is trying to take off his boot. He pulls at it with both hands, panting. He gives up, exhausted, rests, tries again. As before. Enter Vladimir.

ESTRAGON:(giving up again). Nothing to be done.

VLADIMIR:(advancing with short, stiff strides, legs wide apart). I'm beginning to come round to that opinion. All my life I've tried to put it from me, saying Vladimir, be reasonable, you haven't yet tried everything. And I resumed the struggle. (He broods, musing on the struggle. Turning to Estragon.) So there you are again.

ESTRAGON:Am I?

VLADIMIR:I'm glad to see you back. I thought you were gone forever.

ESTRAGON:Me too.

VLADIMIR:Together again at last! We'll have to celebrate this. But how? (He reflects.)Get up till I embrace you.

ESTRAGON:(irritably). Not now, not now.

VLADIMIR:(hurt, coldly). May one inquire where His Highness spent the night?

ESTRAGON:In a ditch.

VLADIMIR:(admiringly). A ditch! Where?

ESTRAGON:(without gesture). Over there.

VLADIMIR:And they didn't beat you?

ESTRAGON:Beat me? Certainly they beat me.

VLADIMIR:The same lot as usual?

ESTRAGON:The same? I don't know.

VLADIMIR:When I think of it . . . all these years . . . but for me . . . where would you be . . .(Decisively.) You'd be nothing more than a little heap of bones at the present minute, no doubt about it.

ESTRAGON:And what of it?

VLADIMIR:(gloomily). It's too much for one man. (Pause. Cheerfully.) On the other hand what's the good of losing heart now, that's what I say. We should have thought of it a million years ago, in the nineties.

ESTRAGON:Ah stop blathering and help me off with this bloody thing.

VLADIMIR:Hand in hand from the top of the Eiffel Tower, among the first. We were respectable in those days. Now it's too late. They wouldn't even let us up. (Estragon tears at his boot.) What are you doing?

ESTRAGON:Taking off my boot. Did that never happen to you?

VLADIMIR:Boots must be taken off every day, I'm tired telling you that. Why don't you listen to me?

ESTRAGON:(feebly). Help me!

VLADIMIR:It hurts?

ESTRAGON:(angrily). Hurts! He wants to know if it hurts!

VLADIMIR:(angrily). No one ever suffers but you. I don't count. I'd like to hear what you'd say if you had what I have.

ESTRAGON:It hurts?

VLADIMIR:(angrily). Hurts! He wants to know if it hurts!

ESTRAGON:(pointing). You might button it all the same.

VLADIMIR:(stooping). True. (He buttons up.) Never neglect the little things of life.

ESTRAGON:What do you expect, you always wait till the last moment.

VLADIMIR:(musingly). The last moment . . . (He meditates.) Hope deferred maketh the something sick, who said that?

ESTRAGON:Why don't you help me?

VLADIMIR:Sometimes I feel it coming all the same. Then I go all queer. (He takes off his hat, peers inside it, feels about inside it, shakes it, puts it on again.) How shall I say? Relieved and at the same time . . . (he searches for the word) . . . appalled. (With emphasis.) AP-PALLED. (He takes off his hat again, peers inside it.) Funny. (He knocks on the crown as though to dislodge a foreign body, peers into it again, puts it on again.) Nothing to be done. (Estragon with a supreme effort succeeds in pulling off his boot. He peers inside it, feels about inside it, turns it upside down, shakes it, looks on the ground to see if anything has fallen out, finds nothing, feels inside it again, staring sightlessly before him.) Well?

ESTRAGON:Nothing.

VLADIMIR:Show me.

ESTRAGON:There's nothing to show

Q1According to the passage the characters are discussing :

aThe scope of the boots

bThe art of taking off boots

cThe process of taking off boots

dThe feeble man vs the mighty universe

eThe little things of life

Q.2What best describes Vladimir's reaction to Estragon's comment “Nothing to be done”?

aThat he shared the view

bThat the struggle must go on

cThat one must not lose hope

dThat the struggle must cease

eThat he declined the view

Q.3Which phrase best establishes Vladimir and Estragon's relationship?

a “Get up till I embrace you.”

b“Why don't you listen to me?”

c“… a little heap of bones at the present…”

d“Never neglect the little things of life. “

e“Ah stop blathering and help me of with this bloody thing”.

Q.4 Which one of these is true according to the extract?

aVladimir and Estragon seem interchangeable

bVladimir and Estragon are interdependent

cVladimir and Estragon are brothers

dVladimir and Estragon are thieves

eVladimir and Estragon are settlers

Q.5The overall tone of the extract is one of

aComedy

bTragi- comedy

cEnnui

dSatire

eApathy

It's going to be one of the biggest transfer window with loads of speculation etc. and lot of overhaul in many teams IMO. Not just because many teams are in state of transition, but also because some players have spectacularly come into limelight this season.
This time a lot will be changed because many teams will be having new managers.
United -> David Moyes.
City -> (Pellegrini) ?
Chelsea -> (Mourinho) ?
Everton -> (Phil neville/Martin O'neil)?
Benitez/Mancini to Napoli is also considered.
Madrid -> (Ancelloti)
PSG -> (Benitez)
Stoke -> (Rafa/Martinez)?

We know City and Chelsea will spend big. City specially as they need to add fresh faces after signing the likes of Sinclair and Maicon, which clearly wasn't the way to go. Chelsea will sign a few players as well, depending on the manager. The defence and midfield still needs strenght IMO. Liverpool have lost carragher, and Andy carrol seems set for West Ham. The verdict is still not out on Suarez. Kolo Toure, Papadopoulus, etc are rumored. A coutinho type signing for the right would do wonders.
Have heard rumors of Rooney departing and Benzema on his way to Utd as well.Arsenal might be after Jovetic and Higuain. Who knows, even Cesc might return!

In Spain, Madrid might get in Ancelloti. The signings would depend on the exodus after Mourinho. Barca would look to bolster their defence, although Rossell is more keen on signing Neymar for now. Villa and maybe Sanchez might leave. Reina might also be on his way back to barca.
Rumors are also on Cesc and Di maria to sign for PSG.

Juventus are also considering signing Higuain, Sanchez, Jovetic. Maybe Tevez as well? Not much heard about Milan yet, Allegri's future seems to be in doubt as well. Might consider signing Hernanes, Richards, perhaps?
Cavani, Isco, Falcao, Hummels, Lewandowski, Llorente, Villa, etc etc...a huge list out there. Phew, can't wait for transfers to start.