Solved Example PASSAGE Se i A.1. Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow : I Saturday afternoon. Since Saturday and Sunday came so rarely, to Swaminathan it | seemed absurd to waste at home, gossiping with granny and mother or doing sums. It I was his father’s definite orders that Swaminathan should not start loafing in the I afternoon and that he should stay at home and do school work. But this order was | seldom obeyed. Swaminathan sat impatiently in his ‘study’, trying to wrest the I meaning out of a poem in his English Reader. His father stood before the mirror, | winding a turban round his head. He had put on his silk coat. Now only his spectacles I remained. Swaminathan watched his progress keenly. | Even the spectacles were on, All that now remaihed was the watch, Swaminathan felt | glad. This was the last item and after that father would leave for the Court. Mother | came in with a tumbler of water in one hand and a plate of betel leaves and nuts in the | other. Father drank the water and held out his hand. She gave him a little areca-nut | and half a dozen neatly rolled betel leaves, He put them all into his mouth, chewing | them with great contentment. Swaminathan read at the top of his voice the poem | about a woolly sheep. His father fussed about a little for his tiny silver snuff-box and | the spotted kerchief, which was the most unwashed thing in that house. He hooked his | umbrella on his arm. This was really the last signal for starting, | Swaminathan had almost closed the book and risen. His father had almost gone out of | the room. But — Swaminathan stamped his foot under the table. Mother stopped | father and said : ‘By the way, I want some change. The tailor is coming today. He has | been pestering me for the last four days. ‘ask him to come tomorrow,’ father said. | Mother was insistent. | Father returned to his bureau, searched for the keys, opened it, took out a purse, and gave her the change. ) ‘I don’t know how I am going to manage things for the rest of the month,’ he said peering into the purse. He locked the bureau and walked out. Swaminathan heaved a sigh of relief. ‘Bolt the door, came father's voice from the street door. Swaminathan heard the clicking of the bolts. He sat at the window, watched his father turn the corner, and then left his post. His, mother was in the kitchen giving instructions to the cook about the afternoon coffee. Granny was sitting up in her bed. ‘Come here, boy.’ she cried as soon as she saw him. ‘I can't. No time now.” ‘Please, I will give you three pies, she cried, Swaminathan ignored the offer and dashed away. A.1.1, Read the questions given below and tick (V) the option you consider the most appropriate. 1, Swaminathan didn’t want to . on Saturdays and Sundays. (a) gossip with granny and mother _(b) do sums (©) loaf around with his friends ¥ (a) both (a) and (b) English — VII : ee wee aAL2. 2, Swaminathan sat impatiently in his ‘study’ Va) trying to wrest the meaning out ofa poem = (b) to eat the sweet dishes (©) to go out of the house (d) to play with his younger brother 3. Swaminathan’s father was getting ready to go to . (a) his son’s school (b) his office Ve) the court (@) visit his headmaster 4, Swaminathan’s mother gave father . and... before he was leaving. (a) his wallet and handkerchief (b) a glass of milk and nuts () a bowl of curd and sugar Vd) a tumbler of water, a plate of betel leaves and nuts 5. Swaminathan’s father fussed about .......c00ee and (a) areca nuts and betel nuts (b) his mother and wife (c) Swaminathan and his younger brother Va) his tiny little silver snuff box, spotted kerchief. _. was the most unwashed thing in his house. (a) Plates (b) Clothes vc) Kerchief (a) Cauldron 7. Grandmother offered to give Swaminathan .... if he went to her. Ma) three pies (b) four lemons (c) three rupees (a) two areca nuts On the basis of your reading of the above passage, complete the following sentences : (a) Wasting Saturdays an iping with granny and mother sitting at home, or doings sums... seemed absurd to Swaminathan. paragraph two because .his fathe (©) Swaminathan felt glad in ld give him the chance to move 1 he woul watch after whi out of. the, house, (@) Swaminathan réad at the top of his voice the poem about a woolly sheep so as to show his father that he () (f) The tailor was coming to A. (@ Swaminathan heaved a sigh of relief when his the hoWORKSHEET - Al Name: Class: JJRot No... .{Marks obtained: Al. ALL Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow : ONCE BITTEN After the floods, diseases spread by mosquito bites — like Chikungunya — are on the rise. Chikungunya fever is a debilitating viral illness that is caused by an insect-borne virus, Chikungunya virus (CHIKV). The term ‘Chikungunya’ means ‘that which bends up’ in the Kimakonde language (an African language), This refers to the stooped posture of patients who are afflicted with severe joint pain in this disease. Day-time Bite Chikungunya virus is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito. Mosquitoes become infected when they feed on a person infected with Chikungunya virus. Infected mosquitoes can then spread the virus to other humans when they bite them. Aedes Aegypti (the dengue fever mosquito), a hosehold container breeder and aggressive daytime biter, which is attracted to humans, is the primary carrier of Chikungunya virus to humans. Symptoms ‘The incubation period (time from infection to illness) can be two to twelve days, but is usually three to seven days. Chikungunya virus infection can cause a debilitating illness. Fever and severe joint pains are accompanied by chills and constitutional symptoms like headache, extreme sensitivity to light, conjunctival infection, myalgia (muscular pain), fatigue (weakness), loss of appetite, nausea and abdominal pain. Read the questions given below and tick (V) the option you consider the most appropriate : 1. Chikungunya fever is a debilitating viral illness that is caused by (a) mosquitoes QO () HN, Virus o (©) HIV Virus © °@) Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) =O 2.‘The term ‘Chikungunya’ means... (a) that which is fed to the chicken Oo (b) that which causes chicken pox in chickens oO (©) that which can be found in chicken oO (@) that which bends up o 3. Chikungunya virus is spread by the bite of (a) an infected mosquito O an anopheles m mosquito o (©) an earthworm © @)a seaweed o 4, The incubation period refers to the (a) time from being bitten by the infected creature till it bites another human being(b) time from infection to illness (©) time from illness to death (@) none of the above 5. Find out which one of the following statements is untrue. (a) Chikangunya virus infection can cause a debilitating illness (b) Aedes Aegypti is the primary carrier of Chikungunya virus (© Chikungunya fever only affects the African people (@) People who have severe joint pain in this disease have a stooped posture 6. Aedes Agypti is a L (a) day-time biter ©) night time biter (©) all of the above ©) none of the above 7. Symptoms of Chilungunya virus infection are .. ooo Ooaa oo (a) fever and severe joint pains accompanied by chills, headache (>) vomiting, epileptic attack (c) paralysis, heart-stroke (a) congestion in the chest followed by labored breating. complete the following aqooo A.1.2. On the basis of your reading of the passage, statements : (a) Chikungunya virus is spread (b) eater (c) The incubation period of Chikungunya ... . is the carrier of Chikungunya virus. (@) The fever caused by Chikungunya virus is accompanied by (e) Another name given to muscular pain is... A.L.8. Find words from the passage which mean the same as the following : 1. making feeble 2. bent down, 3. A thing which or a person who breeds nm omenWORKSHEET - A3 Class: -[ROILNO.: ij.0-e42 Marks, obtained: Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow : When people discover my job for the first time, they always ask me for details of the many adventures they assume I have had in, what they will persist in calling, the Sungle’. T returned to England after my first West-African trip and described with enthusiasm the hundreds of square miles of rainforest I had lived and worked in for eight months. Thad spent many happy days in this forest, and during all this time I never had one experience that could be called ‘hair-raising’. But when I told people this, they decided that I was being exceptionally modest. On my way out to West Africa for the second time, I met on board ship a young Irishman called MacTottle who was going out to a job on a banana plantation in the Cameroons. He told me that he had never stepped out of England before and he was quite convinced that Africa was the most dangerous place imaginable. His chief fear seemed to be that the entire snake population of the Continent was going to be assembled on the docks to meet him. In order to relieve his mind, I told him that in all the months I had spent in the forest, I had seen exactly five snakes, and these had run away so fast that I had been unable to capture them. He asked me if it was a dangerous job to catch snakes, and I replied, truthfully, that the majority of snakes were extremely easy to capture, if you kept your head and knew your snake and its habits. All this soothed MacTootle a great deal, and when he landed he swore that, before I returned to England, he would obtain some rare specimens for me. I thanked him and promptly forgot all about it. Five months later, I was ready to leave for England with a collection of about two hundred creatures, ranging from grasshoppers to chimpanzees. Very late on the night the ship was due to sail, a small van drew up with screeching brakes outside my camp and my young Irishman alighted, with several friends of his. He explained with great glee that he had got me the specimens he had promised. He said he had discovered a large hole or pit, somewhere on the plantation he was working on, which had been dug to act as a drainage sump. This pit, he said, was full of snakes, and they were all mine, provided I went and got them. He was so delighted at the thought of all those specimens he had found for me that I didn’t have the heart to tell him that although I was an enthusiastic naturalist, crawling about in a pit full of snakes at twelve o'clock in the night was not my idea of a pleasing occupation. Furthermore, he had. been’ boasting about my powers to his friends, and he had brought them all along my snake-catching methods. So, with a lot of hesitation, I said I would go and catch the reptiles. I have rarely regretted a decision T collected a large canvas snake-bag and a stick with a Y-shaped fork of brass atone end. Then I squeezed into the van with my excited audience and we drove off. At half- past twelve, we reached my friend’s bungalow, and we stopped there for a drink before walking to the pit. Read the questions given below and tick (V) the option you consider the most appropriate. 1. The writer lived and worked in the rain forest for(a) about six months © (b) eight months (©) nine months © (d) ten months 2, People considered the winter to be exceptionally modest because (a) they found the idea of being with the animals terrifying (b) they were unable to understand why somebody would want to live and work in the forest (c) he couldn't tell them any ‘hair-raising’ stories about his stay in the jungle QO (@) he gladly shared his experiences with them. o 4 3. The write met . on his second trip to West Africa. (a) a lady tied to the rocks Ci (b) a young Irishman called MacTootle O (f oO 7. The Irishman was happy as a (a) he had not been frightened of the snakes when he saw them (b) he had got the specimens he had promised the writer (©) he was going to England with the writer (@) he was going to be famous A3.2. On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following questions : 1, Where was MacTootle headed to when the writer first met him? Why? l © his wife © @) none of the above 4, How many snakes had the writer seen in his stay in the forest of West Africa? l (a) six O ©) five o (c) seven O @ two 2 ff 5. Five months later, the writer was ready t0 se... (a) leave for America CO @) leave for Switzerland o (0) leave for West Africa C. @) leave for England o |[ 6, The Irishman had found the snakes in (a) the plantation O @)apit Oo (©) alake O (@)ariver a Wl oO a Oo a . What was MacTootle’s chief fear about Africa? \ po Why did MacTootle and his friends come to meet the writer? | 2 ‘Why did the writer agree to go to the plantation with MacTootle and his friends? = 5, What two conditions did the writer say would make catching of the majority of snakes easier? 43.8. Find words from the passage which mean the same as the following : (a), comforted (b) got down (©) a person who studies wildlife and spends time in the field with great interest { TesearchingWORKSHEET —- As Name: | Class: ... Roll.No Marks obtained: ... AS. ABA. Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow : A remarkable story of personal survival ever published was that of an American Marine Corps named Lieutenant Colonel William Rankin. It was on 26 July 1959 that Colonel Rankin was flying at an altitude of 47,000 feet over South Carolina, when red fire-warning light flashed on in the cockpit of his Crusader jet fighter plane. At the same time he felt jerking and shaking. After communicating with a companion aircraft on his radio, Colonel Rankin decided to make an emergency exit from his falling plane by using the ejection seat. It is all the more essential to point out that up to that moment, nobody had ever ejected from a plane flying at 500 miles per hour and at such an altitude. Outside the protection of his pressurised cockpit, the pilot had to face an air temperature of degrees below zero, and a low atmospheric pressure which was liable to make his blood freeze especially when he was wearing only a flimsy flying suit, helmet, gloves and ordinary foot wear. The Colonel survived the sudden tremendous shock of hitting the freezing, rarefied air, and in spite of pain from the sudden depressurisation, he remained conscious as he cart wheeled earth-wards. His parachute was designed to open automatically at 10,000 feet, but as he glanced below him, the parachutist saw to his horror that he was falling straight into the centre of a huge, black thunder-cloud. Powerless to do anything, he gritted his teeth and awaited the sudden jerk of his opening parachute. As its reassuring canopy blossomed out above him, he felt another tremendous blast as the terrible forces of wind and hail inside the thunder-cloud battered his agonizing body. Instead of descending at a normal rate of about 1,000 feet per minute, a powerful up- current of air sent him soaring, until he was floating on a sea of clouds which buffeted ‘him about in all directions. Suddenly he would drop into the blankness of the cloud and his ears would be blasted by deafening thunderclaps as streaks of lightning flashed across his body. The next instant, he would again be flung upward until his shoulders ached with the drag of the harness. Every second, he feared his parachute might tear into shreds due to the strain imposed on it, and he would hurtle to his death. After what seemed an eternity of tearing winds and crashing sound, the Colonel gradually felt the turbulence lessening. Then, at last, he caught a glimpse of green field below him. He had finally emerged from the giant thunder-cloud which had held him captive for over an hour. In fact, his descent, which would normally have tasted ten minutes, had taken forty minutes. No one has experienced those forty minutes of fear and agony in a thunder-cloud or ever dared to make an attempt. Read the questions given below and tick (Vv) the option you consider the most appropriate. 1, Lieutenant Colonel William Rankin was 0.0000. (a) an army officer © (b) an American a (©) an American pilot © @) an American Marine Corps pilot ©2. Colonel Rankin made an emergency exit from his falling plane by . (a) using the ejection seat © (b) using a parachute (©) using a magic wand © @) none of the above was liable to make his blood freeze. (a) an air temperature of 100°C © (b) an air temperature of 60°C a (©) an air temperature of 70°C below zero and a low atmospheric pressure (@) all of the above Oo 4, Colonel Rankin’s parachute was designed to open . 7 (a) at 11,000 feet. © (b) automatically, at 50,000 feet a (c) automatically at 10,000 feet OC (d)at 16,000 feet oO 5. After what seemed an eternity of tearing winds and crashing sound, the Colonel gradually felt ...... (a) turbulence increasing © (b) the turbulence decreasing a (©) both (a) and (b) © @) turbulence multiplying a 6. The giant thunder-cloud had held him captive ... (a) for about 3 hours © () for about forty minutes Oo (c) for over half and hour © @ for quite sometime Oo 7. The descent would have normally lasted .. (a) ten minutes © (b) sixty minutes oO (©) for over half an hour © @ forty minutes a A.5.2. On the basis of your reuding of the passage, answer the following questions : 1. What happened when Colonel Rankin was flying at an altitude of 47,000 feet over South Carolina? 2. What was special about Rankin’s emergency exit from his flying plane? 8. What problem did Colonel Rankin face with his parachute on? 4. Why was Colonel Rankin’s descent not a normal one? 5. What was Colonel Rankin’s fear every second he was descending? A.5.3. Find words from the passage which mean the same as the following : (a) immense, enormous (b) stormy, unstable, violent (©) everlasting 16 ag “English — Vu