aa &, Delhi Public School Ruby Park, Kolkata Final Term, Block Test l Examination, 2011-12 : English Class XI Tae abs Max ark -80 General Instructions > ‘hie question pape contains 14 question and caries 90 mar. > Tomar fave Been located for rending ad staring stl test > Youmay attempt any set fst but compete the section before preceeding on tothe othe. > ‘Thispaper seid Int four sections ~A, 8, CandD Alte sections are compulsory. > Read ainetruton caret and flow them atu. > Number youranswers cael. Section -A (Reading) 1. Read the fllowing passage carefully: n 4) “Thousands of years ago the fist man dscavered how to make fire. He was probably ‘bumed at the stake be had taught his brothers to light He was considered an evikoer ‘who had dealt witha demon mankind dreaded. But thereafter ren hd fe to keep them warm, to cook thee food, tlight their caves, Head let ther i they ad not conceived and he had lied darkness off the eath, Centres ater, the frst man invented the wheel. Fe was probably torn onthe rack he fad taught his roer ould. He was ‘considered a trangressor nbo ventured into forbidden etry. But ereaer men could tave pat any horizon. He had lft them a gift they had not conceived and he had ‘opened the rads ofthe world. » “That man, the unsubmisive and fis, stand inthe opening chapter of every legend ‘mankind has recorded about its beginning. Prometheus was chained toa rock and torn by ‘vultures—bocause he had stlon the fire ofthe god. Adama vias condemned to sufes— ‘because he had eaten the fut ofthe ree of knowledge. Whatever the legend, smewhare inthe shadows of ts memory mankind knew tha its glory began with one and hat thet ‘one pl for hs courage, 9 “Throughout the centuries there were men who took first step down new rods ‘armed with nothing but her own vision. Thee goal fered, but they all ha his in age 1/7 of English Class Final Examination 2011-12® 2 » ‘common: that the step was firs, the road new the vision unbccrowed, and the response {hey reelvd—hare, The great reaors—te thinkers the aris the cents he Tmrentore rood alone against the men oftheir ime. Every great new thooght wis tnposed. Every great new invention was denounced, The ist mote was conser eonsh The arplane was considered impossible. The power loom was copsiered ‘Neious, Anesthesia was considered nfl, Bu the men ofunborrowed vision went head They fought they sere and they paid, But they won, sn creator was prompted by a desir to serv his brothers, fr his bothers reectod the git offered and that gift destroyed the slot routine of tes Hives. His ru was i enlymodve. His own th and bis ow werk io achieve tin is own way. vraponysatboak, an engine pilsopty an srplane ora buiig- tht was is aaa Not howe who heard, read, operated, believed, flew ot inhabited the hing Je ereated. The ection, atts wera The creation, notte benefits thes derived fom Tethe eration which gave form this truth He held hs truth above all ings end sgxinstall men. “is Vision, bis strength, his courage came fom his own spirit. A mars sit, owen ht ele Tat enity whichis is eonseouses, To think, oF tute 10 actor functions ofthe eg. he cetors were not sles. tis the whole secret of their power-shat it was st sutton selfemanivatd,selFgneratnd, fist cause, «fount of ney, aif foes, 8 Pane Mover The eestor served nothing nd no ne. He ives fr himsel «and ony by living for himself wat he able to achieve te tings which are the lary ‘of mankind, Such isthe nature of achievement. san cant survive except trough his mind. He comes on cath unarmed. His brain tntis only weapon. Animals obtain fod ty Sore. Man has no claws, no Tangs, n9 Roms, werent srengthofmuscle He must plant his fod or hunt Tolan ens 2 tran of ugh To nxt, be nals weapons, and make weapons ees sroogh. Trom hs splest recent f th bight reigious abstraction fom he weak eee iyosaper, everthing we are and eveything We have comes frm a single tribute of man-the fonction of his reasoning mind. But the mind isan atsibute ofthe individual. Thre sno such thing a a collective train Thon sno sh hing as oletive bought. An agreement reached bya group of aly «compromise ex an average drawn upon mary invidal thoughts. tis ren nar consequence. The primary at—the process of eason-—must be performed sehen aloe. We can divide ameal among many men, We edonat digest iin 8 ‘acc stomach No man can use bs ngs obreae for anther man. No man cn senses tain to thik for anther. Al the functions of body and pict are private, Ty cannot be shared or transferred, age 2/7 of English Clas Xi Final Examination 2013-121.1 On the basis of your reading the passage, answer the following questions. 10 ‘How ai fie and whoa help man to open visas oF fe? 2 '. The great eretors stood alone aginst the men of their time. Way does te author say 60? 2 Whats the whole seoret ofthe power ofthe eretors? 2 4 Why do you think the speaker says tat there sno suc thing as collective thought? 2 ‘The retoriscriven by one motive. What sit? 1 £ Suggest a suitable tile tothe passage 1 1.2 Find out words from the passage that mean the same asthe following words: 1x2=2 ‘& somebody who volts aw (para a) 1 condemnable (para) 2.2. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that fol |. IC the Inemet were your living room, there would be erowes of people pecking hough the ‘windows and you would have unwitingly granted them permission to watch and. weerd ‘everyting going on, 2 _Inan age of social networking and over sharing, our lives are open books. What we do i our domes wih our technology doesnt always give us whet the law calls “a reasonable expecaon of privacy.” You jst sent a message to fond about a teip to St. Potrsburg you're thinking of {aking Somewhere a computer is probably “reading” that email with Keen infers, using sophisticated sotvare to discern your plan to tavel aswell asthe specific destination which is ‘why you might suddenly sian noticing your ena provider serving up ads fer, say, St Petersburg hotels and restaurants 3. Of course, if you use an anonymous serice—which allows you 19 create a temporary e-mail adress that lasts just one hour—and login from a public lection suchas a coffee shop wit fee ‘Wi-Fi Imemet access, you shouldbe able to cover Your emai tacks. But such disposable e-mail, adresses aren't practical forthe vast majority of us 4, “Whenever you visit a website, chances ae the site will insert ardor update a smal bit of code fon your computer called a cookie, whieh allows that website to track your visis as well as ‘monitor where else you might end up suring. The data collected by Web browsers add to each + of those ress, and marketers ean grab that information as long as is disclosed in their posted privacy policy.” 5. Michael erik, CEO of reputation.com, recommends that you “always browse In privacy mode.” "That might mean," heals, “hat you have to login every time you goto your banking site, but fess what: That's better anyway." I's imporant to note that some websites won't function ‘propery unless you allow them 1 place cookies on your computer. in ether words, he price of ‘mission is you surender of pity. (6. Keepin mind tht clearing your cookies or taming on 2 do-t-rack feature does not ees your ‘mocks, Your service provider may maintain detailed logs of every site you've visited, and other evidence of your surfing habits may persist on your computer. In 2007, a New Jerzy woman was convicted of murdering her stand. Before the crime, she'd entered four words into Google's Search box: howto commit murder. Pago 3/7 of English Class X Final Examination 2011-124, Comments et anonymous, or under assumed names, on website messige oad are traceable oo Inthe past decade, the siskes for privacy have dramatically changed” As for social retworks, even the most rigorous privacy setings are not good enough: sovial networks wit ‘il take your data and give other peopfe access to it. That's their business model, So just assume {hat no mater what you post no nar how private you think i it’ going find way 10 semoone else.” 1 For instance, een cll phones that lack sophisticated global postoning sytem (GPS) creuty «Fok dare your locaton by trangulatng your distance to nearby cellphone towers. Bath GPS fd tower dave succesful Bsn edn our 0 demons a pet's proximity 0 9. In fac, in the winter of 2010, a group of activists launched pleaerobme.com forse awareness bout ibe danger of broadcasting your locaton to the wold. Inded, last September, pote in ints, New Hampshire, bused burglary ring ta targeted homes whose opsupants had peste their whereabouts en Face book, graciously leting thieves figue out exactly when they wouldn't bobome. 18) On the basis of your reading ofthe above passage make nots on tf pats ony aping headings and sub-headings, Also use recognisable abbreviations, wherever ‘necessary (minimum 4). Supply» suitable ile toi. 5 (b) Find words from the passage that mean the same asthe following: 133 i. See ce ntice something- (para) {i Thin pointed pst to suport something-para 7) ii Cleseness- (pare 8) Section - B (Writing) 23. Wte facto desription of the farewell organized by the students of cass XL for the retired peadmistres of your school. You ae Sujasha/Shounak ftom New Horizon Sthool, Bangalore. (Word Tit — 80-100) 4 oR “Asa reporter of The Times of Inds, New Deli, you have visited a slam aes in your sity desteyed ina Ipussive fre, Write a report onthe tragic situation ofthese homeless people tobe published inthe newspaper. (Word Limit ~ 80100) 4, Autor Tesoema Nasteen is give the Slman Rushdie treatment in leasing her books inthe iterary fair, Wht letter tothe editor ofa national daly on the level ofolrance in Indian society. You are ‘Shantanu ‘Shruti - President Literary Club of DPS Ruby Park. 3 oR age 4/7 of Erish Clas XI Final Examination 2011-12‘You are Rohit Das / Urvashi Das of 149 Circular Rood Panipat. Write an aplication tothe manage DAA. Senior Secondary Schoo! Panipat in response to an advertisement for the post of amusie teacher in that school, You shoul attach a CV wi the covering leer. ‘5 Now sligibe for Bharat Ratna, should Sachin Tendulkar be conered withthe highest ivilian award? ‘Writ an artele expressing your views on the topic to be published in your schoo! magazine “Expressions. Youre Avinash’ Abilasha 8 . oR ‘You ee chosen for rpeesenting your schoo atthe Regional Level Inter Sshool Debate comet. Prepare speech forthe same on the topic given below: “Newspapers ought o contin more news and fewer sdverisement”. Section—C (Grammar) 6. Flin the blanks with correct words fexpressions: x63 4. The Uncles (olderelder than the aut by two yeas bo. urherfarher) notice or waring wil be given is there no (teaser) news than last week's? “1.Complete the following report writen by an eye witness ofan accident: x63 ‘The car could not, (ee) by the cylist rom a fang distance. He_ (crus by the speeding car. He (oar by another eyelist onthe rad but twas rather ate. The vieim —_ (declare) dead on (Geach te hospital by the doctor. The car driver__"__ (ares. fn the following pussage one word bas been omitted In each ine. Write the missing word along, ‘with the word that comes before and after It In your answer shect against the correct biank: at ‘Aan geting very impatient Ear eea seer ‘Aztin and agin he wou peep te dcter's room to ee mary patents Were ef [Alter aang tne hs tu came ego uprelutanty sid” Soy doctor, 1 dot Ihave problem now. This Tong wait has eured me my headece I'm here Page 5/7 of English Class Xi Final Examination 2011-12oR ming reports about environmental degradation inthe recent past 13, Just the te ofthe story “The Ghat of the only World”. ‘ oR Do you think tha at the end ofthe story “BIRTH, Andrew Manson is justified in seying ‘V've done something real atlas. Support your reference. mnswer wih adequate textual 2x6 ‘What was the criterion for choosing a man to be hangod inthe poem, “The Tale ofthe Melon civ? ', What dilemma di Andrew Manson face when the hi ©. Were the two women happy with the change of bodi 14, Answer the following questions in 30-40 words ex vas born? inthe play “The Mother's Day"? age 7/7 of Ergsh las XI Fina Examination 2081-12