Paper 2 · June 2011 · Comprehension
From Paragraph 1
The narrator says, "... the uncertainties ... were relieved by an innocent dream." (line 1 – 2). What was the dream?
AThat he would be feared by every young man who boxed at the hostel
BThat he would win enough money to leave his squalid youth behind him
CThat he would become a world class boxer, the middleweight champion of the world
DThat he would leave the hostel and find work in a better part of the city
Explanation
Paragraph 1 says he was convinced he had the qualities 'to transform me into a world class boxer', and paragraph 3 fills the dream out as being 'the undisputed middleweight champion of the world'. Leaving the shabby hostel is the near miss: paragraph 4 says his poor surroundings did not worry him at all, because the dream was about the ring, not about moving house.
ZIMSEC English Language 1122/2, June 2011, Q1(a)(i)