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ISC - XII : 2022-'23 ENGLISH PAPER 1 MOCK TEST

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Question 1. ,/ ·-~:, '!\?:•,,.
Write a composition (i'};, ~lo~ i1yii~ ls1 ' ords) on any one of the following subjects: [20)
(You are reminded Wit !9.~1wiii liel ~L~ardt .'for orderly and coherent presentation of material, use
of appropriate s~ e·•art9, !ie. al ace rar. y, _f spelling, punctuation and grammar.) .
(I) You arrive at th,,,e' ort to
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fllg,ht. You are Informed that all flights taking off from th~ airport
have been l.9,d$fln' . ~c'flbe your feellngs when you are given this Information as you
have to a~end an u ly,get together. Also describe how you spend the time.
(ii) Most of,i6; , lll<~ o te ers w~;t they should do or should not do, but we ourselves do not follow
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wh~1\?'We ,r{~ c Narra, e ~ 1(ncldent to bring out the fact that It Is easier for one to advise others
thantt~ foll t one; reaches. .
(Ill) Leade~ hJp Is· -b,ofn quality, It cannot be acquired or learnt by any training. Argue for or against
the state~ eQ~· -~·l,
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(Iv) Parents and elclers are responsible for most of the problems that teenagers have to face. Discuss
how far you agree with this statement.
(v) Dawn.
(vi) Write a short story ending with the following sentence :
..... I could not have asked for a more loyal friend.

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Ymnl lo lll'IPIY le,, lidml11lon Into o J)lilj llt,ill\11 C<>Wtgti fOf doing ti graduation ()OlttH In !ti. t\Jb~
choice. Wrilt • llt lt ment of PUff)OtO (SOJJ) lht llfflt u•lnO .,. dt1'III given bttov; '
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Brief mention of your per1011llllty ''""' - you lntllf1t1la _ Pflmt lnllf'ffl In lht tubltol tlnot c t , ~
- deepening of lnttr111 tn the 1ubJec1 111tho p1ua IWo level _ won t,ophlcl In OOfflPtlNlon on 'ti.
1ubfeot - re11on ror chooelng the ln111tutlon _ kt r1nk In tntem•tlontl p,r1mt11r1 - lnronn111or,
gathtnld about the lnalllullon - haa an the rac1111es '°'
11 etudenl your e,cpt(!letlon1. (1&J
(I) AJ • member of Iha Student Council of your school, you have bttn givtn the re1pon1lblllt)' or letting
up a Book Club. Write a proposal In not mOf'e than 150 words, stelln • 1tep1 you would lake lo
set up this club. 110]
Qu11tton 3.
Answer sections (1), (11) and (Ill)
~) In each of the following Items, sentence I ls comple te 8 plete sentence
II, making It 81 similar 81 ponibla to sentonce I. h 151
Example :
(z) (I) The heavy showers of rain revived the p
(II) The plants .. ,..

(a) (I) I like him even though hezs c I s

(II) Despite .....
(b) (I) We never Imagined th~ ~ ou n z ot
(II) little ..... /
(c) (I) Unless you write eat yo slgnz e 111 not be accepted.
(II) If .....
(d) (I) He lnveste ~ ore his uslness but lower.and lower were his profits.
(II) Th ... · . •
(e) (I) It ·o to r temper. . ·
(II) S · .
(ii) FIii in e h blan w lf§'l'.f' )ble word . (Do not "".rite the sentence.) (5]
(a) A~ o af e a common plan of action.
(b( J , s h~·, iered the room, he set his heavy bag.
(c) "-lI~ as b. .n time ___ I saw her.
(d) I ha"{ not seen Ravi ten years.
(e) We m l ~t _ _ _ on wasteful expenditure.
(ij The novelty of being a celebrity wears ___ ultimately.
(g) We entrusted _____ our monitor, the difficult job of persuading the teacher.
(h) Our club was entrusted _ _ _ the task of preparing.a draft for the project.
(I) It was very cowarply to back ___ of a scheme after It has been carefully thought out.
0) The Encylopedla Britanica will bear ___ the truth of what I say.
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(iii) oo not write the Passage, bu~ewg~\len below wfth 11,e Bl>Pfopttate form al lhe Yef'bt (6)
•Ale ____ ( 1) ( ) t th lo u,o \/Orbs In tho OOfJtct Ofdef ,.-' tlld 8 n<:t
v• go o o theotro l I ) mlfY""°'J:I .,... ,. __.Of
haPPY at the same tim e, Just !Ike 1001 8 8 nluhl llfld _ _ _ (2) (set • of • f1ttnOUI . -
wt,om we - - - (4) (see) 0009 llfo. Wo - - - (3) (IN) ttwt r,erl0ffl'l 8 _ (5) (be)
superb. If we _ _ _ (6) (decide) ~',°;o lono og0, but thtt limo ht. petfori:'~':n.tt,lnQ wc,ntJerlul
from now on we _ __ (8) (go) t O 00 1tt11 night, wt _ _ _ (7) (m • .-d) r,ooc1 rrM'W· If
_ _ _ (10) (be) worth It. 0 ony ploy of which wo _ _ _ (9) (t 11

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It's the middle of the night on tho od
have barely left a mark, 12 people~~ of tho world . On lhe fn
twO towering mountains, th e camp Is
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sleeping In sman
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edge of tne wc,ttd,
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wt,ere the steppe rolls relentlessly I t e mercy of the JlfO?oofs; prd hor1 on ( ~ ~modetlng. VOIJ
rd th0
Jf"'t.;'11' • k• In th• SJbeflon

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can bet what they are dreaming ~7a s horil'lfthotelcroents 8
wilderness, they wm .cross paths with ~sf that som;J, e during ll1f !IV f ;::e tenta tmve c::omo

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to the ends of the earth In then arge 2 rar TW.J:~d C<lt oc~p o e
ame of feline nser ~,on
The Altai Mountains, which form Slberl , · Ith Central Aale, ere.n't
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part cu a y nu u ng . Soviet engineers fal
th r I a bojl§, n
to tam e step~
ootder w
I rakes down from the Attal '
c,othlllt
and 19th Century European ex~lorers l r.· - 4 P . talne or went native end
ended up In what Is now Tuva. But e ~ t o..;,src~arl st In the m~ n In this loSt world IS the
snow leopard. .. ure•,tP.i has nagod to surv e

N~ one knows how ~any sno~ I 0 0 mountains of C.entral Alla. These endangered
animals are as elusive as fey a e be iful thel~ k II •· camouflaging them against
k f . · , r s y s ver-grey ooe.. , tak
the_craggy roe so their gh-altl ha I~. TP, first photograph of a wild snow leopard wasn t en
until th~ late 1970s I i<tl!n alliJnal ranges across vast distances, from the Tora Bora
mountains in Afgh~ s , tPl ,.amlrs o~ 7'ajiklstan from the peaks of Pakistan to the Siberian Altai.
That lhls big ca~ITa · ·rosses . r z~es and lawl~ss areas only makes tracking them even tougher.
No easy f~a~ f6r a o ncli rmch alP"' conservationists with little or no scientific training. AJong with
several gu.)Sles, om · 1se#U kralnlan scientist Volodymyr Tytar, British expeditions team leader
Tess~~cf'Grego ,~~· ia ~ u~teer and eight British volunteers. Tessa's first task as we pant our
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't:!E::L U a ~ ,. · -co ..,e, sloR , is to equip us with the basic skills needed to assess the snow leopard•s
ha1}. t · · opl 9 toJ I Y the photos and diagrams we studied during our breakfast briefing of prey
sr~1e . and aeces - with the real thing.
Paull~ fo · ath,;iifa rocky bluff several hundred metres above bas~ camp, it's hard to imagine
anythln1l~oul e~st here. Even down where our tents are pitched, at 2,200 meters, the vegetation is
sparse. alpl~ffowers all but vanish: But by the end _of the day, with not a little su~rv~sion from
Volodymyr, w1rve recorded ·several signs · of mammal life and are even treated to a sighting of two
Siberian Ibex (mountain goat).
These sightings, It soon becomes clear, are rare. This is not the cuddiy side of conservation work. The
temperatures veer between minus 5°C overnight to 30°C during tti•e day, and a "sighting" here is defined
as the slightest sign of life.

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b1ll1h l••t••t• 1 Mick T11t
ISC • XII : 2021 - 'IS

"Snow leopards excite people, Inspire conservationist urges but there Is an awful lot mOl'e to Ihle project
than cats", says Tessa. "It's a whole environment that's at risk here. overgrazing by local fartnera and
poaching threaten not Just the leopards but their habttat and prey species too", ahe seye.
Tessa takes us across the steppe, an hour's bumpy mfrom base camp toward• the
border with Mongolia, where we find Kompy's yurt (the felt tents favoured by nomadic Asian fa""ere).
Calling In on local herdsmen for a cup of sweet tea and a slice of bread and salty cheeae le one of
the more agreeable parts of field work. The relatlonshlp Tasse has built up with these nomadic farming
families has proved Invaluable both In terms of the local knowledge iill' has gained about animal
sightings and poaching, and the co-operation and trust It builds bet1fer1\12,.cals and scientists. The
eventual hope is that the two can work alongside one another lee • e Rtcal environment, rather
than hunt and farm it.
(i) (a) Given below are three words and phrases. Find the wo ICQ,n I r meaning In the
passage. '. (3)
1. Mercilessly
2. Evasive
3. Hunting illegally
(b) For each of the words given below, write eastje words, using the same word
unchanged In form, but with a me ng om t c}t w ch tfcarrles In the passage. (3)
1. Elements .
2. Way , •
3. Drive
(ii) Answer the following questions [ llriefly as possible :
(a) Where was the tent · [2)
(b) The first snow • [2)
(c) What did ey climbed towards the snow line? [2)
(d) Why has a and the nomadic farming families proved Invaluable? [2)

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In not m material from the passage give an account of the adverse .
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condltlo nservatlon team In their expedition. You are required to write 1
In the allure to keep within the word limit will be penalised. (6)

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