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Enlgish Communicative SA-2

CBSE Sample Paper 2017
CLASS- IX
General Instructions:
(i) This question paper has three sections Section A, B and C . You are to attempt all the
sections.
(ii) All Questions are compulsory

(iii) Section A is Reading. It is for 20 marks

(iv) Section B is Writing and Grammar. It is for 25 marks

(v) Section C is Literature Textbook and Long Reading Text. It is for 25 Marks.

(vi) Total Paper is for 70 Marks.

SECTION-A
(Reading) (20 Marks)
l.(a) Read the passage carefully and complete the sentences that follow : The beaver
had made a dam about two hundred yards long, and it had formed out of the quickly
flowing stream, a wide stretch of water about twelve feet deep. The dam was so firm
and broad that it was easy for me to walk along it. After a hundred and fifty yards I
came to a 'beaver's castle', a great heap of logs, skilfully fitted together, the lower part
covered with earth and plants. The upper logs were put loosely together, so that the
air could pass through to the interior.
In the late autumn, before land and water are covered with snow and ice, the beaver
has to make its dwelling frost-proof. It collects young trees and gnaws the stems in a
double cone until the tree falls. Then the long stems are gnawed into small sections,
the thin twigs bitten off, and the logs are dragged to the dwelling. There the timber is
piled on the 'castle', sometimes to a height of ten or a dozen feet. Mud is brought up
from the bottom of the lake and packed between the logs with the animal's clever
forepaws. The interior is lined with the finest wood shavings. In this tall shelter the
beaver remains high and dry, and protected from frost throughout the winter. The
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only access to the dwelling is under the water, and even the forest wolves are unable
to pull the firm building apart.
The water is the beaver's element. On land it moves slowly and awakwardly. Thus it
is vital for the beaver to have water in which it can swim, and where Nature has not
provided this condition for it, it creates it with its dam.

(a)The beaver has the ability to build

(b) The beaver's 'castle' has to be made before

(c) The inner part of the beaver's nest is

(d) The access to the nest which is under the water keeps the bird

(e) The beaver is fond of water as it

(b) Read the following passage carefully : (5)

1. We are a free and sovereign people today and we have rid ourselves of the
burden of the past. We look at the world with clear and friendly eyes and at the future
with faith and confidence. The burden of foreign domination is done away with, but
freedom brings its own responsibilities and burdens, and they can only be shouldered
in the spirit of a free people, self-disciplined and determined to preserve and enlarge
that freedom.

2. We have achieved much; we have to achieve much more. Let us then address
ourselves to our new tasks with the determination and adherence to high principles
which our great leader has taught us. Gandhiji is fortunately with us to guide and
inspire and ever to point to us the path of high endeavour. He taught us long ago that
ideals and objectives can never be divorced from the methods adopted to realise
them; that worthy ends can only be achieved through worthy means. If we aim at the
big things of life, if we dream of India as a great nation giving her age-old message of
peace and freedom to others, then we have to be big ourselves and be worthy children
of Mother India. The eyes of the world are upon us watching this birth of freedom in
the East and wondering what it means.
1. On the basis of your reading of the passage complete the following
statements :
(a) We have done away with

(b) Gandhiji taught us never to separate

2. Answer the following questions.
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(a) What should we do to achieve our goals ?

(b) What tells you that the writer is inspiring his countrymen ?
3. Find the word from the passage which means the same as 'extend'
(para 1).
2.Read the passage carefully and on the basis of your study of the
passage answer the questions given below : (10)
Early automobiles were sometimes only 'horseless carriages' powered by gasoline or
steam engines. Some of them were so noisy that cities often made laws forbidding
their use because they frightened horses.
Many countries helped to develop the automobile. The internal combustion engine
was invented in Austria, and France was an early leader in automobile
manufacturing. But it was in the United States after 1900 that the automobile was
improved most rapidly. As a large and growing country, the United States needed
cars and trucks to provide transportation in places not served by trains. Two brilliant
ideas made possible the mass production of automobiles. An American inventor
named Eli Whitney thought of one of them, which is known as
'standardization of parts'. In an effort to speed up production in his gun factory,
Whitney decided that each part of a gun could be made by machines so that it could
be exactly like all the others of its kind.
Another American, Henry Ford, developed the idea of the assembly line. Before Ford
introduced the assembly line, each car was built by hand. Such a process was, of
course, very slow. As a result, automobiles were so expensive that only rich people
could afford them. Ford proposed a system in which each worker would have only a
portion of the wheels. Another would place the wheels on the car. And still another
would insert the bolts that held the wheels to the car. Each worker needed to learn
only one or two routine tasks. But the really important part of Ford's idea was to
bring the work to the worker. An automobile frame, which looks like a steel skeleton,
was put on a moving platform. When the car reached the end of the line, it was
completely assembled. Oil gasoline and water were added and the car was ready to be
driven away. With the increased production made possible by the assembly line,
automobiles became much cheaper and more and more people were able to afford
them.
Today, it can be said that wheels run America. The four rubber tyres of the automobile
move America through work and play.
Even though the majority of Americans would find it hard to imagine what life would
be like without a car, some have begun to realize that the automobile is a mixed
blessing. Traffic accidents are increasing steadily and large cities and plagued by traffic
congestion. Worst of all, perhaps, is the air pollution caused by the internal combustion
engine. Every car engine burns hundreds of gallons of fuel each year and pumps
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hundreds of pounds of carbon monoxide and other gases into the air. These gases are
one source of the smog that hangs over large cities. Some of these gases are poisonous
and dangerous to health, especially for someone with a weak heart or a respiratory
disease.
One answer to the problem of air pollution is to build a car that does not pollute.
That's what several major automobile manufactures are trying to do. But building a
clean car is easier said than done. So far progress has been slow. Another solution is
to eliminate car fumes altogether by getting rid of the internal combustion engine.
Inventors are now working on turbine powered cars, as well as cars powered by steam
and electricity. But most of us won't be driving cars run on batteries or boiling water
for a while yet. Many auto makers believe that it will take years to develop practical
models that are powered by electricity or steam.
To rid the world of pollution - pollution caused not just by cars, but by all of modern
industrial life - many people believe we must make some fundamental changes in the
way many of us live. Americans may, for example, have to cut down on the number of
privately owned cars and depend more on public mass transit systems. Certainly the
extensive use of new transit systems could cut down in traffic congestion and air
pollution. But these changes sometimes clash head-on with other urgent problems. For
example, if a factory closes down because it cannot meet government pollution
standards, a large number of workers suddenly find themselves without jobs.
Questioning the quality of air they breathe becomes less important than about the next
pay cheque. Drastic action must be taken if we are to reduce traffic accidents, traffic
congestion and air pollution. While wheels have brought better and more convenient
transportation, they have also brought new and unforeseen problems. Progress, it turns
out, has more than one face.
(a) Air pollution is now a big problem ? How can we check it ?
(b) The craze for cars in India is undiminishing ? What are the dire consequences of
this craze ? Discuss.

SECTION-B
(Writing & Grammar)(25 Marks) 3.Good values can be inculcated in
childhood. Taking ideas from the MCB unit 'Children' together with
your own ideas, write an article on the topic 'Good Values and Children'
in 100-120 words. (5)
Hints :
good values to be inculcated in childhood
civic sense, honesty, sincerity, diligence parents and
teachers' role difficult to cultivate in later stage
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4.Complete the stow that begins with the following statement in

not more than 150-200 words. (10)
Last month I received a parcel from a stranger. No one wanted to open it, thinking it
might contain something undesirable...
5.Choose the most appropriate options from the ones given below to
complete the following paragraph. (3)
Most of us are quite lazy. We waste (a) time to get up early or
reach somewhere (b) time. Consequently, we lag behind others and
(c) begin to repent.
(a) (i)lots of (ii)a lot of (iii) many (iv)quite
(b) (i)on (ii)in (iii) of (iv)with
(c) (i)than (ii)then (iii) to (iv)so
6.1n the passage given below, one word has been omitted in each
line. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before
and after it, in your answer sheet against the correct blank number.
Underline your answer : (4)
Man's efficiency increases hard work. e.g.,lncreases after hard
If he does work hard, his practice suffers. (a)
The lawyer is judged by cases that he wins.
The writer examined by the of readers he has.
7. Rearrange the following words and phrases to form
meaningful sentences: (3)
(a) an / flattery / which / can be / is / art / mastered / easily
(b) this art / always / is / a master / subtle / of
(c) everybody / excel / at flattery / not / can
SECTION-C
(Literature Textbook & Long Reading Text)
8. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow : (3)
The voice of thunder declares my arrival :
The rainbow announces my departure.
I am like earthly life which begins at The feet of the mad elements and ends Under the
upraised wings of death.

What happens when the rain comes ?

When does the rain disappear ?

What does the poet compare the cycle of rain's life, growth and
death to ?
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Or
"Listen to this", said he. "Trevelyan is sitting with the Princess Alwyna at the back end
of the tulip-garden. "
(a) Who are Trevelyan and Princess Alwyna referred to ?
(6) Who is 'he' in this extract ?
(c) What is the subject of discussion ?
9.Answer these questions in 30-40 words each : (2x4=8)
Describe in brief the seven stages in man's life. (The Seven Ages)
Describe Corporal Turnbull.(The Man Who Knew Too Much)
Before leaving, the convict asks the Bishop to bless him. What brought about
this change in him ? (The Bishop's Candlesticks)
What was going to end all the anxieties of the Brambles ?

(Keeping It From Harold)

10. 'The only drawback was that his very 'perfection' had made necessary a series
of evasions and deliberate falsehoods on the part of herself and her husband, highly
distasteful to both".
Whose perfection does the extract point out ? Write a paragraph on
the value of 'truthfulness' ? (4) Value Points :
• sincerity and truth desirable falsehood
painful at a later stage tactfulness and skill
required

Or
"If you got a tooth, you got a friend"
What is the importance of having sound bright teeth in life ? Should
the children not be asked to take more and more care of their teeth ?
Value Points :
• good taste only with healthy teeth neglect
of teeth harmful parents to inculcate good
habit of keeping teeth clean

11. Describe the activities going on in the grand academy of

projectors in
Lagado. (10)
Or
What do you think of Munodi as a person ? Is he retrogressive ?
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Or
Describe the incident at the lock at Hampton Court.
Or
George, Harris and the narrator are moody and whimsical. Substantiate
your answer.