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ENGLISH (Second Language)
READING COMPREHENSION (SEEN)
1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
When the family sits down to tea, the cat puts in an appearance to get his share. He purrs noisily and rubs himself against the legs of the family members. If there is a guest at the table the cat is particularly civil to him, because the guest is likely to have the best of what is offered. Sometimes, instead of giving him something to eat, the guest stoops down and strokes the cat, and says, “Poor pussy! Poor pussy!” The cat soon tires of that. He puts up his claw and quietly but firmly rakes the guest in the leg. “Ow!” says the guest, “The cat stuck his claws into me!” The delighted family remarks, “Isn’t it sweet of him? Isn’t he intelligent? “He wants you to give him something to eat.”
The guest dares not do what he would like to do - kick the cat out of the window. So, with tears of rage and pain in his eyes, he affects to be very much amused and sorts out a bit of fish from his plate and hands it down. The cat gingerly receives it with a look in his eyes that says, "Another time, my friend, you won't be so slow to understand." He purrs as he retires to a safe distance from the guest's boot before eating his food.
A.Write the correct alternative in the given space to complete the following sentences: 1×5=5
(a) The cat appears when the family members sit down to - (i) discuss serious matter (ii) have dinner (iii) solve a dispute (iv) have tea
Ans:iv) have tea
(b) The cat is particularly civil to - (i) the guest of the family (ii) the children of the family (iii) his master (iv) the mistress of the family
Ansi) the guest of the family
(c) The guest is likely to have - (i) the best portion of the food (ii) the worst portion of the food (iii) nothing at all (iv) a portion of the food.
Ans the best portion of the food
(d) The guest stoops down - (i) to kick the cat (ii) to play with the cat (iii) to stroke the cat ardently (iv) to adore the cat ardently
Ans: (iii) to stroke the cat ardently.
(e) After receiving food, the cat retires to a safe distance from - (i) the dogs (ii) the guest's boot (iii) the stick (iv) the family members.
Ans:ii) the guest’s boot
B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
1.The cat purrs noisily because the cat wants to get his share of the food.
2.The family is delighted when the cat sticks his claws into the guest, interpreting it as a sweet and intelligent gesture.
3.The cat looks at the guest in a manner that says, “Another time, my friend, you won’t be so slow to understand.”
Or
The cat looks at the guest in a manner that says he won’t be so slow to understand another time.
C. Fill in the chart with information from the text :2×2=4
Statement : The guest dares not do what he would like to do.
Effect :The guest affects to be very much amused and hands down a bit of fish to the cat.
Statement :The guest sorts out a bit of fish and hands it down to the cat.
Effect: The cat receives it gingerly and retires to a safe distance before eating his food.
2. Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow:
Once I crept in an oakwood – I was looking for a stag. I met an old woman there – all knobbly stick and rag.
She said: ‘I have your secret here inside my little bag.
Then she began to cackle and I began to quake.
She opened up her little bag and I came twice awake- Surrounded by a staring tribe and me tied to a stake.
They said: “We are the oak-trees and your own true family. We are chopped down, we are torn up, you do not blink an eye. Unless you make a promise now - now you are going to die. Whenever you see an oak-tree felled, swear now you will plant two. Unless you swear the black oak bark will wrinkle over you.”
A.Tick (V) the right answer:
(i)The poet was looking for a – (i) butterfly (ii) goat (iii) male
Deer (iv) tree.
Ans: iii) male Deer
(b) The woman the poet met in the oakwood was – (i) young (ii) very young (iii) very old (iv) old
Ansiv) old
(c) As the woman began to cackle, the poet began to – (i) shout (ii) sweat (iii) shiver (iv) cry.
Ans:iii) shiver
(d) There was inside the woman’s bag a – (i) mystery (ii) secret (iii) truth (iv) story
Ansii) secret
B.Answer the following questions :2x2=4
i) Who were the ‘staring tribe’?
Ans :The “staring tribe” refers to the oak-trees, who claim to be the speaker’s own true family in the context of the poem.
ii) What will happen if the poet breaks his promise?
Ans: If the poet breaks his promise, the oak-trees warn that the black oak bark will wrinkle over him,( suggesting a negative consequence or punishment for not fulfilling the oath to plant two oak-trees whenever one is felled.)
Write the correct alternative to fill in the blanks :1×3=3
5. Do as directed:
It _had been raining_(rains/raining/had been raining) all morning yesterday. So Rama and I _stayed_ (stay/stayed/were stayed) at home. We_were watching __ (watches/were watching/was watching) a movie.
A.Fill In the blanks with appropriate article or preposition: 1×3=3
B.
_A/The_book has been lying _on_the table_since_ morning.
C.
(i) ‘What have you written, Father?’, said Swaminathan. (Change into Indirect speech).
Ans: Swaminathan asked Father what he had written.
(ii) We took an old letter. It was lying on the bookcase. (Join into a complex sentence)
Ans: We took an old letter which was lying on the bookcase.
(iii) Mango juice is made of ripe mangoes. (Change the voice).
Ans Ripe mangoes are used to make mango juice.
We make mango juice out of ripe mangoes.
D.Choose the correct phrasal verbs from the list given below to replace the words underlined. Write the correct phrasal verbs in the boxes on the right hand side changing the form where necessary. There is one extra :1×3=3
i)He wore a shawl. __put on
ii)They never regarded me as a member of the family.__looked upon
(iii) The rains will begin soon.___set in
[List: put on, look upon, set up, set in]
6. Given below are the meanings of four words which you will find in the passage in Question No. 3. Find out the words and write them in the appropriate boxes on the right-hand side.2×4=8
(i) Group of elephants __herd
(ii) sad incident __tragedy
(iii) the act of reaping_harvest
(iii) a measure of land in India__.bigha
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