Madhyamik ABTA PAGE 991

 Madhyamik ABTA PAGE 991

ENGLISH (Second Language)

READING COMPREHENSION (SEEN)

1. Read the passage below and answer the following questions :

Swami went to school feeling that he was the worst boy on earth. His conscience bothered him. He wasn't at all sure if his description of Samuel had been accurate. He felt he had mixed up the real and the imagined.

Swami stopped on the roadside to make up his mind about Samuel, Samuel was not such a bad man after all. Personally he was much more friendly than other teachers. Swami also felt Samuel had a special regard for him.

Swami's head was dizzy with confusion. He could not decide if Samuel really deserves the allegations made against him in the letter. The more he thought of Samuel, the more Swami grieved for him. To recall Samuel's dark face, his thin moustache, unshaven cheek and yellow coat filled Swaminathan with sorrow.

Ans:

(i) (c) amiable

(ii) (d) conscience

(iii) (b) mixed up

(iv) (c) guilty

(v) (a) yellow

A. Write the correct alternative to complete the following sentences in the given speces :

(i) As a man Samuel was-

(a) vindictive

(b) cruel

(c) amiable

(d) quarrelsome

 (ii) Swami was bothered by-

(a) headache

(b) toothache

(c) fever

(d) conscience

(iii) Swami's description of Samuel was-

(a) accurate

(b) mixed up

(c) fictious

(d) imaginary.

(iv) While going to school, Swami felt-

(a) delighted

(b) morose

(c) guilty

(d) angry

(v) The colour of Samuel's coat was-

(a) yellow

(b) black

(c) blue

(d) white.

B. Complete the sentences with information from the text: 1×3=3

(i) Swami was not sure about his description of Samuel because_____he felt he had mixed up the real and the imagined.

(ii) Swami stopped on the roadside because________he wanted to make up his mind about Samuel.

(iii) The boy for whom Samuel had a special regard was____Swami himself.

C. State whether the following statements are true 'True' or 'False'.

Write 'T' for 'True' statements and 'F' for 'False' statements in the boxes given in the right-hand side. Provide sentence/phrases/words in support of your answer :(1+1)×2=

(i) Other teachers were much more friendly than Samuel.

False

S.S.: "Personally he was much more friendly than other teachers."

Swami was sure that Samuel really deserved the allegation made against him 

S.S:

(ii) False

S.S.: "He could not decide if Samuel really deserved the allegations made against him in the letter."

Fill in the chart with information from the text:

Cause

(i)To recall Samuel's dark face, thin moustache, and yellow coat

Effect

(i) Swami was filled with sorrow.

Cause

(ii) Swami stopped on the roadside.

Effect

(ii)Swami wanted to make up his mind about Samuel.

2. Read the extract of the poem and answer the questions that folow :

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 again. 

Surrounded by a staring tribe and me tied to a stake.

A. Write the correct alternative to complete the following sentences in the given spaces: 1x4-4

Ans: 

(i) (b) an old woman

(ii) (c) a stag

(iii) (c) stake

(iv) (a) unsteady

(i) The poet met in the oakwood- 

(a) a maiden 

(b) an old woman

(c) a young lad

 (d) an old man.

 (ii) The poet was searching 

for- 

(a) a lad 

(b) a fox

 (c) a stag

 (d) a horse.

 (iii) The poet was tied to a-

 (a) pillar 

(b) chair 

(c) stake 

(d) tree. 

(iv) The word 'knobbly' means- 

(a) unsteady 

(b) honestly 

(c) broker

(d) weakly

B. Answers the following questions :2×2=4

(i) When did the poet quake?

Ans: When the old woman  began to cackle, the poet began to quake.

(ii) Whom is the poet surrounded by?

Ans: The poet is surrounded by a staring tribe.