English (Core) 11

SAMPLE READING TEXT -3

y now you have trained yourself to read a text and identify its main ideas by looking at the way an author organises
information into different paragraphs and the way ideas
progress from the beginning to the conclusion.
Here is another text, this time on "flowers" for
assisted note-making and summarising.Feel free to produce notes and
Summary on you own,if you like.

(1) Aesthetically arranged flowers in simple decorative containers indicate your taste in interiors
and help create the right ambience in a room. Flowers to match or contrast the colour scheme of
your decor lend a specific character to your premises.
(2) Flowers can be placed in a living room, dining table, study or bathrooms. Different flowers for
each room create homeliness. They make the room look beautiful and serene. Flowers can
motivate a student to concentrate, embellish a dining table with an aura ofhappiness and relax
the diners. Fresh flowers, though, especially flowers, are not available throughout the year.
Roses and Gladioli go pale in the summers and shrink quickly. Ifyou want to create the effect of
flowers in your environs, without having to worry about their maintenance, go for artificial
flowers.

(3) With the availability of artificial flowers, one does not have to rush out to purchase fresh flowers
at early hours too. The only trick is to know the art of arranging them. Once you have the
arrangement right, to lift up your spirits and enhance the colour and brightness in your living

space.

Artificial flowers that look real from a distance, can be made of silk, crepe, velvet or synthetic
(4)
of the imported flowers have a natural sheen and unless you touch them it is
paper. Some
difficult to make out if they are real. This is particularly true for artificial greens shrubs,

trees -these look good in hotel lobbies and restaurants.

monev plants, creepers, plants and
artificial flowers in the hope that they will last a lifetime, you are sadly
(5) But if you purchase
wilt as quickly as natural flowers but will require your attention for
mistaken. "They may not
owner of flower shops at the Maurya Sheraton and
Sagar,
their maintenance," says Roop
Radisson hotels.

and the dust storms in summers, artificial flowers attract

in o u r environment
(6) Owing to the dust
In the monsoon months, on the other hand, dampness
have to be cleaned delicately.
dirt and
listless. Vacuum cleaning and soft handling restores
of the sheen and they appear
rohs them
and charm. "Atter cleaning, they
require fresh arrangement with
them to
original shape
their
dried leaves," adds Roop.
fillers like
 above passage, complete the following notes using headin.
(a) On the basis of your reading ofthe
minimum 4) and a format
recognizable abbreviations (wherever
necessary
sub-headings. Use you
consider suitable. Also supply an appropriate title to it.
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Title:. ***

NOTES:

1. Flrarrangement in containers
1.1 indicate....
1.2 create..

1.3 ..... ..

2. Eff. offresh flrs

2.1 in living rooms:

2.1.1 create.

2.1.2 add...
2.1.3 lend serenity
2.2 in study rooms:

2.2.1 motivate.
2.2.2 help them..
2.3 ata dining table:

2.3.1 add aura ofhappiness

2.3.2 .

3. Art. flrs make sense

3.1 are available throughout the year

3.2 needlittle maintenance

3.3 donot wilt quickly

4. Art. flr arrangements

4.1 Materials

4.1.1
4.1.2 ....
4.1.3 *****

4.1.4..
4.2 Impact
4.2.1 look..
 4.2.2 lift up..
Key to the abbreviations
4.2.3 colour &brighten.. *** flr flower
4.2.4 look good in
hotels/restaurants Eff. - Effects

4.3 Taking care of Art. flrs Art. - Artificial

4.3.1 handle delicately ****°°°° *°**°°°°°°°°. **

4.3.2
4.3.3 prevent...
4.3.4
....i.e. dried leaves)
(6) Make a summary of the
passage in about 80 words.

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