MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL A. Choose the correct words from the given options: [4  0.

5 = 2]
a) The poet wrote this poem in __________.
FINAL TERMINAL MODEL QUESTION – 2016 i) the hospital ii) the garden iii) prison
Class: IX Subject: English F.M.: 75 b) The poem explores the theme of ________.
Time: 2:15 hours P.M.: 24 i) racial segregation existing in South Africa
Students are required to give their answers in their own words as far ii) social segregation existing in South Africa
as practicable. Credit shall be given to such creative, logical, clean iii) economic disparity
and neatly furnished expressions, not rote learning. c) The phrase ‘probing away all privacy’ suggests that _______.
i) he was well behaved
1. Read the following poem and do the activities:
ii) he was inhumanly treated
When I get out Two: paws
iii) he was beaten hard
I am going to ask someone The first four years of paws
d) The author’s protest against apartheid state is ____________.
to touch me every day
i) too aggressive ii) too violent iii) peaceful
very gently please patting paws, searching
and slowly – arms up, shoes off
touch me leg apart – B. Answer the following questions: [3  1 = 3]
I want to learn again prodding paws, systematic a) Does the author belong to White or Black? What makes you
how life feels. heavy, indifferent think so?
probing away all privacy b) How has the poet learnt the meaning of untouchability?
I've not been touched c) Why does the poet, unlike in the first verse, ask someone not to
for seven years I don’t want fist and paws touch him in the third verse?
for seven years I want
I've been untouched to want to be touched again 2. Read the following passage and do the activities that follow:
out of touch and to touch Paracetamol is a common analgesic and antipyretic drug that is
and I have learnt I want to feel alive again used for the fever, headaches and other minor aches and pains.
to know now I want to say when I get out Paracetamol is also useful in managing more severe pain, allowing
the meaning of untouchable “Here I am, lower dosages of additional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to
please touch me!” be used. These may minimize over all side-effects. It is a major
Untouched – not quite ingredient in numerous cold and flu medication, as well as many
I can count the things – Hugh Lewin prescription analgesics. It is considered safe for human use in
that have touched me recommended doses, but because of its availability, deliberate or
One: fists accidental overdoses are fairly common.
At the beginning It is available in different trade names like Cetamol, Pandol
fierce, mad fists (Europe, Africa, Central America & Asia), Tylenol, Datriol (Africa),
beating, beating Niko, etc. It is commonly administered in tablet, liquid suspension
till I remember screaming, (esp for children), suppository, intravenous and intramuscular form.
"Don't touch me,
please don't touch me!" (Contd.......) (Contd.......)
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 The common adult dose is 500 mg to 1000 mg. The recommended Civilisation is something artificial and unnatural. To put it another
daily dose for adult is 4 grams. In recommended dose Paracetamol is way, using a spoon instead of hands at a dinner table is unnatural or
safe for children and infants as well as for adults. It is also safe in artificial; a child born naked wrapped in clothes is unnatural.
pregnancy. In other words, in recommended does Paracetamol does Therefore, civilisation is a move from natural to unnatural; from
not irritate the lining of the stomach, affect blood coagulation or reality to falsity.
affect the function of the kidneys, etc. However, some studies have
Civilisation, a quest for the best, grows from Apollonian instinct.
shown that high usage (greater than 2000 mg per day) does increase
Apollo, in Greek Myth, is a god of light, reason, calm and order.
the risk of upper gastrointestinal complications.
Apollonian societies always endeavour to achieve the ‘highest good’.
A. Find the words from the passage which are similar in meaning
On the other hand, Dionysius societies have the reverse experience.
to the following words/phrases: [4  0.5 = 2]
i) suggested ii) painkiller A taste for truth and beauty, tolerance, intellectual honesty, a
iii) a drug used to reduce or prevent fever iv) taken dislike for vulgarity, freedom from superstition and prudery, and
many other good qualities achieved through the strenuous exercise of
B. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements: [4  0.5 = 2] mental faculty form the bedrock of any human civilisation.
i) Paracetamol is only used for fever and headache.
A. Match the following: [4  0.5 = 2]
ii) The common adult dose of Paracetamol is 500 mg to 1000 mg.
i) Apollo arduous
iii) Paracetamol is not safe for pregnant woman.
iv) High usage of Paracetamol increases the risk of upper ii) Dionysius knowledge
gastrointestinal complications. iii) Strenuous order
iv) Reason disorder
C. Answer the following questions: [3  2 = 6]
i) What is Paracetamol used for? B. Place 'T' for true and 'F' for false against the following
ii) What are the common forms of Paracetamol? sentences: [4  0.5 = 2]
iii) What is the recommended daily dose for adult of i) The first step towards civilisation is to correct instinct by
Paracetamol? reason.
3. Read the following passage very carefully and answer the ii) Civilisation is literally a natural phenomenon.
questions that follow: iii) Animals, like human beings, can correct their instinct.
Civilisation is a characteristic of human societies. In its crudest iv) Civilisation is the result of Apollonian instinct.
form it is the characteristic which differentiates what anthropologists
call ‘advanced’ from what they call ‘low’ or ‘backward’ societies. C. Answer the following questions: [3  2 = 6]
The first step towards civilisation is the correcting of instinct by i) What is the bedrock of civilisation?
reason – that is to say human being can correct his behaviour by
ii) What is the first attempt towards civilisation?
applying his knowledge and wisdom, which is not found in animal
kingdom. Animals cannot correct their instinct by reason – this is the iii) Why do Apollonian societies value god Apollo?
fundamental thing which separates human beings from others.
(Contd.......) (Contd.......)
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4. Read the advertisement and do the activities that follow: A. Find the words from the text as indicated in the brackets: [41=4]
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT i) familiar with (similar word) ii) incompetence (opposite word)
Meridian International, an umbrella organisation working in the field iii) trial period (single word) iv) salary (similar word)
of education, is looking for qualified, dynamic and result-oriented B. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words or phrases from the
candidates for its Sister institutions – Bouddha Meridian School given text: [3  1 = 3]
newly established in Jorpati and Meridian International School well i) Salary and perks are __________.
established in Baluwatar. The following posts are lying vacant here. ii) The academic qualification for English HOD is _________.
Any Nepali national willing to join us may apply to under mentioned iii) Computer skill is _________.
address within 15 days satisfying the following terms and conditions: C. Answer the following question. [4  2 = 8]
Nature of Posts: i) Which company has advertised for the posts?
 HOD of English – 1 ii) What are the things to be submitted with the applications?
 HOD of Science – 1 iii) Where will be the selected candidates assigned to?
 English Teacher Secondary Level – 1 iv) Besides their major academic qualification, what should the
 Math Teacher Secondary Level – 1 candidates possess?
 Grade Teachers – 10
5. Construct a readable story from the given outlines: [6]
 Receptionists – 3
Two friends buy parrots ___ one parrot in the habit of cursing and
Qualifications: swearing ___ other recites verses of a Holy Book ___ the first friend
For the post of HOD Master’s Degree in related stream is required worried ___ decides to move his parrot to the other cage ___ hopes it
along with 5 years experience. Similarly, for the post of Secondary will learn from the parrot nice words ___ but the other parrot picks the
Level Teacher, Bachelor or Masters (preferable) is needed in related bad words ___ moral.
subjects with 3 years experience. Bachelor Degree in any stream is
6. Complete the following dialogue with choosing the correct options
required for the post of Grade Teachers. B.B.A. is must for the post of
from the given box: [6  1 = 6]
Receptionist.
Class teacher:– Excuse me, sir. Let’s start our business.
 Fluency in both spoken and written English is mandatory for all.
Guardian:– OK sir, _______________
 The candidates must be fully well acquainted with the Class teacher:– We have rarely sometime to talk about children.
manipulation of smart board, projector, etc. Guardian:– ______________________
 Computer proficiency is must for all in their related fields. Class teacher:– If your children are not good, what’s ___________?
 Remuneration and other perks: as per the school rule Guardian:– Whether they are good or bad, we have to feed them
 Probation: 6 months and manage everything for them.
 Duty station: Either (Jorpati or Baluwatar) Class teacher:– ____________ but they should be watched carefully.
Only short listed candidates shall be called for the interview. Have you ever thought who his friends are and how he
Application should reach to the following address along with CV and behaves in school and home?
passport size photograph. Guardian:– I think ______________
The Administration Department Class teacher:– If you are unable to watch your only one son, ______
Meridian International Guardian:– I’m really sorry, sir. I was wrong. I thought my duty
Baluwatar, Kathmandu was to send my son to school.
P.O. Box: 4111 (Contd.......) (Contd.......)
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 You may be right.
 I’m also in a hurry.
 How can we look after so many students of our school?
 The use of the money
 We have to go to work to earn for our children.
 It’s your duty to watch them and inform us timely.
7. Write an essay on "Travelling Broadens the Mind" in about two
hundred words: [12]
Introduction ___ modes of travelling ___ travelling in ancient time
___ now ___ advantages ___ conclusion
8. Rewrite the following sentences choosing the best alternatives
given in the brackets: [12  0.5 = 6]
a) John is _______ European student. (a, an, the)
b) He is accustomed _______ having ten hours rest. (on, by, to)
c) Nobody loves silly acts, _______? (does he, do they, don’t they)
d) The poet and dramatist __________ honoured. (is, are)
e) He is the student of class IX and so _______ I. (is, do, am)
f) Is there _____ wrong with Rahul? (something, nothing, anything)
g) The foreign diplomats _______ by the next week in Kathmandu.
(will have arrived, will be arriving, will arrive)
h) The doctor said, ‘Don’t smoke’. The reported form of it is:
The doctor ___________.
(told not to smoke, warned not to smoke, advised not to smoke)
i) Everybody loves animals. Its passive form is: ________________
(Animals are loved by everybody, Animals are loved by all,
Animals are loved by people)
j) __________ hard he tries, he can’t get success.
(Therefore, However, Although)
k) Provided that my expenses are paid, I ___________ go for picnic.
(will go, should go, would go)
l) Hari _________ his teacher to mark the copy. (makes, gets, get)
(Contd.......)
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9. Rewrite the following text choosing the word from the given
brackets: [10  0.5 = 5]
Once _____ (a, the, ×) fisherman was sitting near a seashore under the
shadow of a tree. Suddenly a rich man approached him and enquired
as to why _____ (he is sitting, he was sitting, he sits) under the tree
smoking beedi and not working. To this the poor fisherman replied
that _____ (he had caught, has caught, caught) enough fishes for that
day. Hearing this, the rich man got furious and said, ‘Why don’t you
catch more fishes instead of sitting lazily wasting your time?’ ‘Time
and tide _____ (waits, wait, is waiting) for none, you know’, added
he. ‘You seem lethargic, _____?’ (aren’t you, don’t you, didn’t you)
The fisherman asked, ‘What would I do by catching more fishes?’
The man replied, ‘You catch more fishes, and earn more money, and
buy a bigger boat. If I were you, I _____ (would not, will not,
couldn’t) sit idly like you.’ The fisherman questioned, ‘What would I
do then?’ The man said, ‘You could go fishing in deep waters, and
catch more fishes and earn more money.’ The fisherman asked, ‘What
would I do then?’ ‘You could become a rich man like me’ said he.
‘See! _____ (Therefore, Though, Although) I’m rich, I work even
harder’, said the man. ‘And then what would I do?’ interrogated the
fisherman. The man said, ‘You’ll have grand building like mine, and
servants to make them _____ (work, worked, to work), and listen
mellifluous music _____ (sing, sung, sang) by the great singer. This is
the way to enjoy your life.’ The fisherman, meanwhile, snapped back,
‘What do you think I’m doing right now?’
We don’t need to wait for tomorrow to enjoy life to the fullest. We
don’t even need to be rich. Life is here and how – this is what the
small text conveys ________ (to, with, into) us.
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 MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL 3. Carries 10 marks which is subdivided as:
A. Carries 2 marks; 0.5 marks for each correct answer:
FINAL TERMINAL MODEL QUESTION – 2016 Answers:
Marking Scheme i) order ii) disorder
Class: IX Subject: English F.M.: 75 iii) arduous iv) knowledge
Time: 2 hours 15 mins. P.M.: 24
1. Carries 5 marks which is subdivided as: B. Carries 2 marks; 0.5 marks for each correct answer:
A. Carries 2 marks; 0.5 marks for each correct answer: Answers:
Answers: i) T ii) F iii) F iv) T
i) c ii) a iii) b iv) c
C. Carries 6 marks; 2 marks for each correct answer:
B. Carries 3 marks; 1 mark for correct/relevant answer: Answers:
Answers: i) .................... a taste for truth and beauty, intellectual honesty
i) The author belongs to white, though it seems he belongs are the bedrock of civilization.
black. He is in favour of black and against apartheid. ii) .................... correct the instinct by person.
ii) He was not touched for seven years; he learnt what iii) .................... because it is the god light and reason.
untouchability is.
iii) .................... because physically he doesn't want to be tortured. 4. Carries 15 marks which is subdivided as:
A. Carries 4 marks; 1 mark for each correct answer:
2. Carries 10 marks which is subdivided as: Answers:
A. Carries 2 marks; 0.5 marks for each correct answer: i) acquainted with ii) qualified
Answers: iii) probation iv) remuneration
i) recommended ii) analgesic
iii) antipyretic iv) administered B. Carries 3 marks; 1 mark for each correct answer:
Answers:
B. Carries 2 marks; 0.5 marks for each correct answer: i) as per the school rule
Answers: ii) master degree in related field
i) F ii) T iii) F iv) T iii) mandatory

C. Carries 6 marks; 2 marks for each correct answer:
Answers:
i) .................... for fever, headaches, etc.
ii) .................... difference forms like liquid, suspension, tablet,
intravenous and intramuscular.
iii) .................... 500 mg to 1000 mg.
C. Carries 8 marks; 2 marks for each correct answer:
Answers:
i) Meridian International ....................
ii) .................... The Administration Department.
iii) .................... either Jorpati or Baluwatar.
iv) .................... familiar with the modern technology applicable
in the education field.

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5. Carries 6 marks; 6 marks for developing the story i.e.
Organization – 1
Correctness – 2
Title & moral – 1
Context – 2

6. Carries 6 marks; 1 mark for each correct filling:

Answers:
G : I'm also in a hurry
G : We have to go work to earn for our children.
C.T. : The use of money.
C.T. : You may be right.
G : It's your duty to watch them and inform us timely.
C.T. : How can we look after so many students of our school?

7. Carries 12 marks; 12 marks will be awarded as:

Context – 4
Correctness – 4
Coherence/Organization – 2
Style/Originality – 2

8. Carries 6 marks; 0.5 marks for each correct answer:

a) an b) to
c) do they d) is
e) an f) anything
g) will have arrived h) the doctor advised not to smoke
i) Animals are loved by all j) However
k) will go l) gets

9. Carries 5 marks; 0.5 mark for each correct answer:

Answers:
a, he was sitting, had caught, waits,
aren't you, should not, Although, work,
sunny, to

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