Class 8

Set A

Year 2017
 WORD AND STRUCTURE KNOWLEDGE

FOR QUESTIONS 1 TO 26, CHOOSE THE 6. Oh no! I dropped my toy down the ___________
CORRECT WORD/PHRASE TO COMPLETE by accident.
EACH SENTENCE. A. drum
B. drape
Example
C. drain
Ice floats if you it in water. D. drip
A. drops
7. If I do the cooking, ___________ you clean
B. drop up?
C. dropped A. will
D. can drop B. shall
C. may
1. He says he has new shoes, ___________ I’ve D. have
never seen him wear them.
8. I need a new, more ___________ bag. My
A. despite last one is torn.
B. in spite of
A. chaotic
C. although
B. durable
D. therefore
C. laborious
2. Siva ___________ to the market tomorrow D. ingenious
to buy some fresh fish.
9. I had difficulty in ___________ her after so
A. had been going
many years.
B. should have gone
C. must have gone A. recognising
D. will be going B. reposed
C. reorient
3. Did you ___________ the film at the cinema D. review
yesterday?
10. The man gave a very good speech. He was
A. saw
B. see very ___________.
C. seen A. eloquent
D. watched B. frigid
C. heinous
4. I am fed up of waiting for him. Let’s D. odious
___________ without him.
A. go 11. I like to have a ___________ diet. I make
B. going sure I eat something from all the major food
C. to going groups in each meal.
D. goes A. devoured
B. deviate
5. It is important to exercise ________ and
C. determine
often throughout your life.
D. diverse
A. little
B. a lot 12. He ___________ not to be noticed if he does
C. some not speak out of turn.
D. big A. must
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 B. shall 20. We must go early. Apparently, there is no
C. could ___________ to the museum after 12 pm.
D. ought A. admits
13. You are not allowed to dump rubbish B. admit
___________ my house. C. admitted
D. admittance
A. along
B. on top 21. Rubbish ___________ is a problem, so we
C. outside must not drop litter.
D. after
A. reservation
14. He ___________ a plan of escape. B. disposal
A. dived C. demur
B. diversified D. scruple
C. devised 22. However honest he ___________, I do not
D. defile
trust him.
15. Oh dear, the can is ___________. A. should
A. stitching B. was
B. leaking C. could
C. ploughing D. may be
D. soring
23. I do not know how much the carpet is
16. I really like books that are ___________. ___________.
A. polluted A. money
B. collapsed B. price
C. illustrated C. worth
D. marred D. cost
17. ___________ I eat an unripe banana, will I 24. ___________ he switched on the machine,
get sick? the power went off.
A. Can A. As well as
B. Whether B. Then
C. If C. As soon as
D. Shall D. Such as
18. The old farmer’s crop was destroyed by a 25. We have far ___________ exams at school.
___________ of locusts.
A. numerous
A. string
B. a lot of
B. tribe
C. too many
C. swarm
D. many
D. herd
26. Let’s have a ___________ at your grades
19. I would really like it ___________ you
___________ to the museum with me. together.
A. if, would come A. read
B. when, coming B. observe
C. now, came C. see
D. can, can come D. look

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 READING
FOR QUESTIONS 27 TO 33, READ THE
PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
THAT FOLLOW.
There is nothing we can really do about the
weather. But, over the last few centuries
we have developed techniques that help
us to predict it. Weather forecasting is the
application of science and technology telling
us what the conditions will be like in the
atmosphere for a given location and time.
Human beings have actually been trying
to predict the weather for millennia and
what’s interesting about this is that our
ancestors used techniques similar to ours,
but in a primitive way. They looked for
patterns in atmospheric changes. However,
in the 19th century, we began to develop
instruments, to more accurately help our
understanding of the changes.
Weather forecasts are made by collecting
data about the current state of the atmosphere
at a given place and using our understanding
of what happens in the atmosphere to predict
how it will change. In the early days of
modern forecasting, we relied on detecting
changes in atmospheric pressure, current
weather conditions and sky condition.
Then people would do a lot of work and
calculations to try and figure out how it
might change. They were often wrong
too. However, now we have the help of
computers that use models taking even
more information about the atmosphere
into account. Even with the help of new
technologies, we can still make mistakes as
the atmosphere is very complicated. This
means that forecasts become less accurate
for days further into the future. They are
most accurate for days ahead rather than
weeks. Even if we developed a perfect model
of the atmosphere and had all data about
it, that was 100% accurate, the computer
processing time would be very long and
the weather would have happened before
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the computer finished its calculations.
Humans are generally curious beings
and I ask, why do we want to predict
the weather anyway? One important use
is, so that we can know if there is any
hazardous weather on our way and can
issue weather warnings. These can protect
life and property. Forecasts based on
temperature and rain levels are important
for agriculture. For average people, like
you and me, weather forecasts can help
us decide what clothes we might need to
wear, or if we might need a rain coat in
the afternoon. It can also be a good idea
to check the weather before you decide to
go on a hike or play sports. Some people
don’t mind walking in the rain, but some
of us, like me, would prefer not to be
caught in it.
27. The author says that weather forecasting
___________.
A. helps to predict the future
B. lets us know how the atmosphere will
alter
C. needs further developed technology
D. won’t let us change the weather
28. According to the author, what is interesting
about weather forecasting is that ___________.
A. it has been fully developed for millennia
B. it is not ancient
C. primitive forecasting led to modern
technologies
D. instruments help us to forecast the weather
29. What type of data do we use in predictions
today?
A. Sky observations and past weather
conditions
B. Mainly measurements of pressure
C. Data that describes the whole situation
D. C o m p u t e r i s e d d a t a a n d u p d a t e d
technologies
30. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Computerised models always calculate
the data about the atmosphere accurately.
B. Even with the most accurate data and
the newest technologies, mistakes are
inevitable.
C. Atmosphere isn’t very complicated; it is
easy to figure out how it might change.
D. Detecting changes in atmospheric pressure
requires little data.
31. Which of the following statements is false?
A. Computer processing time can be long.
B. It is now easy to predict the weather
accurately weeks in advance.
C. The atmosphere is a complicated system.
D. Earlier, manual calculations needed to
be done to predict the weather.
32. An important reason the author gives as to
why we predict the weather is ___________.
A. to know how to plan for disasters
B. due to natural calculations
C. to make sure we enjoy it
D. to ensure we are unprepared
33. How does the author feel about rain?
A. He is indifferent.
B. He likes it.
C. He enjoys its unpredictability.
D. He doesn’t like to be out in it.
FOR QUESTIONS 34 TO 40, READ THE
PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
THAT FOLLOW.
In a far off land that neither you nor I will
ever travel to, something strange happened.
It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining,
the trees were green and butterflies flitted
from flower to flower. However, there was
no one there to see this splendid scene as
no one had yet arrived.
The day described was not unusual in
this place. In fact, every day had gone
on like this since the beginning of time.
It could almost be thought of as a boring
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day if someone had actually been there to
consider the monotony of the beauty. The
sky was always bright blue and cloudless
until the early evening and then little white,
candyfloss like clouds would appear over
the sea and drift towards land where they
settled for the night. By morning, they
would be gone. However, on this day there
was something in the sky. It was not a
cloud or the sun. It was a dot.
If someone had been there watching,
they may not have initially noticed the
dot. They would probably have gone
about their daily routine and not seen it.
At least in the morning! But, by noon,
the dot had grown larger. It continued to
grow, larger and larger over the next few
hours until suddenly, ‘pufit’. The noise
was unremarkable, but no one was there
to hear it anyway.
Something had landed on the grass in a
clearing. The grass around it was not
altered in any way. It was not charred or
smoldered. Everything was exactly how
it had been a moment before, except now
there was no dot in the sky and there was
a large rock on the grass. It stood firmly
embedded in the soil and was about two
metres high and dark in colour. Its surface
almost shone as it reflected the sun’s rays.
If there had been someone to look at it,
they would have said that it was a wonder,
like no other stone they had ever seen
before. They would also have said it was
mysterious. No plants would ever try to
grow on it and it would never be damaged,
but the people who were not there would
never know this.
34. What is strange about the land?
A. The weather was nice.
B. It’s uninhabited.
C. Humans cannot go there.
D. There were butterflies.
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35. What was a normal day like?
A. Sunny and never cloudy
B. Blue skies and clouds
C. Sunny with clouds in the night
D. Sunny with some clouds that were like
candyfloss in the morning
36. The scene is described as boring because
___________.
A. every day is the same
B. there are no people to see it
C. there is no one there
D. it is too beautiful
37. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The clouds and the sun were not in the
sky.
B. There was a strange dot in the sky.
C. The sky never changed.
D. In morning, it was always cloudy.
SPOKEN AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION
FOR QUESTIONS 41 TO 45, CHOOSE THE
CORRECT OPTION TO COMPLETE EACH
CONVERSATION.
41. Rashmi: Let’s go ___________ on holiday.
Amit: Let me think about it.
A. over
B. around
C. away
D. through
42. Hari: I think my meal needs more ___________.
Can you pass the pepper?
Nidhi: Sure! Here you go.
A. seasoning
B. temper
C. arsenic
D. juniper
43. Lata : Don’t worry. I have got your back.
Sunita: ___________
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38. Which of the following statements is false?
A. Something landed on the grass.
B. There was a noise when someone landed.
C. No one heard the noise.
D. The noise was not particularly loud or
different.
39. Why would people who might see the rock
think it is mysterious?
A. It is tall and shiny.
B. It came from the sky.
C. It shines at night.
D. Plants can grow from it.
40. What happens in this extract?
A. A rock lands from the sky in a deserted
place.
B. People arrive in a new place on a rock.
C. There is a beautiful place where a strange
creature is seen.
D. Someone notices a rock land.
A. Don’t talk behind my back.
B. I’m really grateful to you.
C. What else have you got?
D. How rude!
44. Meera: There is a concert next week.
___________ to go?
Jaya: This sounds like great fun. Let me ask
my parents.
A. Do you want
B. Shall we
C. Was going
D. Would you
45. Receptionist: Should you require any
assistance, please ___________.
Customer: Sure, thanks.
A. just be patient
B. go home
C. feel free to ask
D. wait for a reply
 ACHIEVERS SECTION

FOR QUESTIONS 46 TO 48, CHOOSE THE B. admire

CORRECT OPTION TO COMPLETE EACH C. considered
SENTENCE. D. accept

46. I think we all need a good rest. The day was 49. CHOOSE THE CORRECTLY SPELT WORD.
way too ___________. A. Entrepreneur
A. excavate B. Enterprenuer
B. exhilarating C. Entrepernure
C. expiations D. Entreperneur
D. exogenous
50. CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION TO
47. The subject of the president’s speech was
COMPLETE THE CONVERSATION.
___________.
Coach: Your performance needs to improve,
A. coniferous
______________.
B. comestible
C. concessive Ajay: Yes, of course I will coach.
D. contentious A. loosen your tie
48. All too often journalists fail to ___________ B. stick your boot in it
personal privacy. C. keep your cap on
D. pull your socks up
A. respect

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