PRACTICE PAPER CLASS IX

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT – I  ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE Class - IX Maximum Marks: 70                                                                            Time: 3 hours Instructions : The question paper is divided into Threesections. Section A          :          Reading                                                            20 marks Section B          :           Writing& Grammar                                         25 marks Section C          :           Literature& Long Reading Text                        25 marks
		SECTION A (Reading :20 marks)
	1	Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: Papaya is the healthiest fruit with a list of properties that is long and exhaustive. Papaya favours digestion as well as cures skin irritation and sunburns.  You can munch on it as a salad, have it cooked or boiled or just drink it up as milkshake or juice.  The most important of these virtues is the protein – digesting enzyme in the milky juice or late.  The enzyme is similar to pepsin in its digestive action and is said to be so powerful that it can digest 200 times its own weight in protein.  It assists the body in assimilating the maximum nutritional value from food to provide energy and body – building materials.  Papain in raw papaya makes up for the deficiency of gastric juice and fights excess of unhealthy mucus in the stomach, dyspepsia and intestinal irritation.   The ripe fruit, if eaten regularly, corrects habitant constipation, bleeding piles and chromic diarrhea. The juice, used as a cosmetic, removes freckles or brown spots due to exposure to sunlight and makes the skin smooth and delicate.  A paste of papaya seeds is applied in skin diseases like those caused by ringworm.  The black seeds of the papaya are highly beneficial in the treatment of cirrhosis of the liver caused by malnutrition, alcoholism etc. A table spoon of its juice, combined with a hint of fresh lime juice, should be taken once or twice daily for a month.  The fresh juice of raw papaya mixed with honey can be applied over inflamed tonsils, for diphtheria and other throat disorders.  It dissolves the membrane and prevents infection from spreading. The nutrients in papaya have also been shown to be helpful in the prevention of colon cancer. Papaya's fiber is able to control to cancer-causing toxins in the colon and keep them away from the healthy colon cells. In addition, papaya's folate, vitamin C, beta-carotene, and vitamin E have each been associated with a reduced risk of colon cancer.These nutrients provide synergistic protection for colon cells from free radical damage to their DNA. Increasing your intake of these nutrients by enjoying papaya is an especially good idea for individuals at risk of colon cancer. (a)        One of the most important virtue of pepsin is that  ___________. (b)        Intestinal irritation can be overcome by__________________. (c)        Throat disorders can be cured if____________________. (d)       ‘The Juice can be used as a cosmetic’ means ________________. (e)        The fact that papaya is a versatile fruit is evident from_______. (f)         Papaya favours _____________ and _______________. (g)       Supply a suitable heading for the passage. (h)      The word ‘deficiency’’ means__________________.	8
	2	Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: (4x2)+(4x1)=12 The fact that memory enhancing pills don’t work, is so well-established that even companies which sell them have stopped advertising them to students desperate enough to try anything during board examinations. A daily dose of sunshine, along with a diet that comprises only fish: mackerel, sardines trout of omega three fatty acids boosts brain power.  Vegetarians can have their pick of a fistful of seeds such as sesame, sunflower, pumpkin or eight to ten walnuts. Fish boost grey matter, so does a healthy dose of sunshine.  Higher levels of vitamin D improve attention and the speed of processing information. As haemoglobin in the blood helps carry oxygen to cells, including those in the brain, mild iron deficiency, caused by low haemoglobin, too slows thinking and remembering processes.  Anaemia or low haemoglobin is three times more common in vegetarians than meat eaters.  Vegetarians must ensure their meals include some amount of almonds, dried apricots, broccoli, dates, peas or spinach.  Avoid fried and processed foods that are high in calories but low in nutrients.  It’s also vital to keep the heart pumping hard, as about 20 per cent of the blood from the heart goes to the brain.  Anything that impedes blood flow can effect clear thinking and cause forgetfulness.  Some form of brisk physical activity for thirty minutes, at least three to five times a week, is also a must. (a)   Why is it vital to keep the heart working harder? (b)   How can one boost brain power? (c)    What happens if a person suffers from low haemoglobin? (d) How can vegetarians ensure a nutritious diet? (e)    What is meant by ‘grey matter ’? (Para 3) (f)     What is meant by ‘impedes ’? (Para 4) (g)   Find the word opposite to ‘slow ’. (Para 4 ) (h)   Find the word opposite to ‘calm’ ’. (Para 1)	12
		SECTION B (WRITING& GRAMMAR: 25 Marks)
	3	Candle Light marches, rallies and hunger strikes by the common man has inspired you to write an article on the changing face of India and growing spirit of national integration in not more than 120 words.	5
	4	Write a story with a suitable title using the following hints in 150-200 words. The footpath opposite to my school—an unnoticed dark corner—the beggar I meet everyday—even talked to him at times—disappears suddenly—eager and restless to know…	10
	5	Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below. Write your answers in the answer sheets against the correct blank number. Do not copy the entire passage. The history of man is replete (a) __________ crime and folly. Wars between nations, religious prosecutions, ethnic cleansing and other forms of genocide (b) __________ a heavy toll of human lives. The Spanish conquest of South America was (c)__________ by the extinction of millions of ‘natives’ through killings and disease. (a)        (i)         with                            (ii)        of                                 (iii)       as                                 (iv)      at (b)        (i)         have taken                  (ii)        has taken             (iii)       was taken                   (iv)      taken (c)        (i)         accomplished             (ii)        accompanied             (iii)       associated                   (iv)      allowed	3
	6	The following passage has not been edited.  One word is missing from each line. Identify the missing word and write it in your answer sheet. Remember to underline the missing word. The first one has been done as an example for you.                                                 Word BeforeMissing Word  Word After Two hundred seamstresses employed  eg seamstresses  were employed to make my shirts. They took measurement as                          (a) ____           ____             ____ lay on the ground.                                 (b) ____           ____             ____ Then measured my right thumb     (c)  ____           ____             ____ desired no more.                                (d) ____           ____             ____	4
	7	Look at the words and phrases below.  Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences.  Write the correct sentences in your answer sheet. Eg :  small crane / a kind of / uses / tear gas A kind of small crane uses tear gas. (a)        use / they / this gas / themselves / to protect / feed on them / form / birds that (b)        from behind / when birds / come / spray / they / a fluid / their eyes / into (c)        causes / the fluid / temporary pain / irritation / and / to the eyes.	3
		SECTION C (LITERATURE& LONG READING TEXT: 25 Marks)
	8	Read the extract given below and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow.  “Duke finally couldn’t take it. From a motionless coil on the floor he’d spring to his feet.” (i)         What does the narrator mean by this ? (ii)        What change did the Duke bring about ? (iii)       Write down the antonym for the word ‘motionless’	3
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		Read the extract given below and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow.  ‘I come from haunts of coot and hern ; I make a sudden sally And sparkle out among the fern , To bicker down a valley’. (A)       Who is " I'' in these lines ? (B)       What is this figure of speech known as ? (C)       Why does it bicker down a valley ?	3
		Answer the following questions in30 - 40 words:
	9(i)	‘It was like lighting a fuse. Duke shimmied himself U–shaped in anticipation’.  Explain.	2
	(ii)	Why was money of no use to the grandmother in ‘How I Taught my Grandmother to Read’ ?	2
	(iii)	Why has the poet used the word ‘babble’ for ‘The Brook’.	2
	(iv)	Do you agree that Mrs. Al Smith is the representative of American outlook. How ?	2
	10	It is overwhelming to see how Duke helped Chuck to get over his trauma and gradually recover. Marcy regarded Duke as their saviour. Discuss the values that Marcy developed watching Duke’s efforts. (80-100 words)	4
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		What kind of an attitude does the brook reflect in general, towards the various situations that it comes across on its journey towards the river? What message do we get from it? (80-100 words)	4
		Attempt either question no. 11 or 12 (in 150-200 words) .
	11	Who was Gulliver’s teacher in Brobdingnag ?  What did he learn and how was he looked after by his teacher ?	10
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		Comment on the character of the ‘parents’ in the land of Lilliput.	10
	12	The story ‘Three Men in a Boat’ by Jerome K. Jerome is replete with valuable lessons. Elaborate.	10
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		Harris’ experience in the maze is humorous. What does it reveal about the people who followed him blindly ?	10

PRACTICE PAPER CLASS X

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT – I  ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE Class - X Maximum Marks: 70                                                                            Time: 3 hours Instructions : The question paper is divided into Threesections. Section A          :          Reading                                                            20 marks Section B          :           Writing& Grammar                                         25 marks Section C          :           Literature& Long Reading Text                        25 marks
		SECTION A (Reading :20 marks)
	1	Read the passage given below and answer the questions / complete the sentences that follow:  A chimpanzee is one of the great apes and the nearest in intelligence to man.  Scientists have examined its mental capacities and sent it into space in anticipation of man.  Chimpanzees need little description.  Being apes and not monkeys, they have no tails.  Their arms are longer that their legs and they normally run on all fours.  They can also walk upright with toes turned outwards.  When erect they stand 3-5 ft high.  The hair is long and coarse, black except for a white patch near the rump.  The face, ears hands and feet are bared and except for the black face, the flesh is coloured. Chimpanzees exhibit great concern for each other.  When chimpanzees meet after having been apart they greet each other in a very human way by touching each other or even clasping hands.  Chimpanzees have amazing social discipline.  When a dominant male arrives, the rest of the chimpanzees hurry to pay respect to it.  The dominant male is not allowed to wrest food from his inferiors.  The members of a party also spend considerable amount of time grooming each other and themselves.  Mothers go through the fur of their babies for any foreign particles, dirt, and ticks and they aid each other when they are injured. Chimpanzees are the best tools users apart from man.  Sticks 2-3 ft long are picked off the ground or broken from branches and pushed into nests, then withdrawn and the honey or insects licked off.  Stones are used to crack nuts or as missiles to drive humans and baboons away from its food.  Chimpanzees are not only tool users but also toolmakers.  They make their own rods by stripping the leaves off a twig or tear shreds off a grass stem.  Baby chimpanzees learn all this by observing the older chimpanzees making and using them.  So man is not the only toolmaker, merely better at it than his relatives. (a)        Chimpanzees are as __________ as men. (b)        Chimpanzees greet each other by __________ each other (c)        Like man, chimpanzees are __________. (d)       Chimpanzees __________ tails. (e)        Baby chimpanzees learn all by ____________. (f)        Chimpanzees have amazing_____ (g)        The dominant male chimpanzees is not allowed_____________. (h)       The word ‘wrest’ means __________.	8
	2	Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the statements that follow: (2x4)+(1x4)=12  Justin was always prepared.  His motto was, “Never throw anything out; you never know when it might come in handy. “His bedroom was full of bent tennis rackets, deflated basketballs, and games with missing pieces.  His parents pleaded with him to clean out his room. "What use is a fish tank with a hole in the bottom?" his father asked. But Justin simply smiled and repeated his motto, "Never throw anything out, you never know when it might come in handy."  When Justin was away from home, he always carried his blue backpack. He liked to think of it as a smaller version of his bedroom—a place to store the many objects that he collected. It was so worn and stretched that it hardly resembled a backpack anymore. It was full of the kind of things that seemed unimportant, but when used with a little imagination, might come in handy. Justin had earned a reputation for figuring things out and getting people out of otherwise hopeless situations. Many of his classmates and neighbours sought him out when they needed help with a problem. On the first day of school, his friend Kenny, came looking for Justin. "Do you think you have something in your bag that could help me remember my locker combination?" he asked. "I lost the scrap of paper it was written on. I have science class in two minutes and if I’m late on the first day it’ll make me look bad for the rest of the year." Kenny looked genuinely worried. ."Relax," Justin said, taking his backpack off and unzipping the top. "Remember how you borrowed my notebook in homeroom to write the combination down? Well, I know how we can recover what you wrote." He took the notebook and a soft lead pencil out of his bag. The page that Kenny had written on had left faint indentations on another page in the notebook. Justin held the pencil on its side and rubbed it lightly over the indentations. Slowly but surely the numbers of the locker combination appeared in white, set off by the grey pencil rubbings. (a)   Why Justin’s bedroom was in a messy condition? (b)   What was the idea behind Justin’s motto? (c)   In what sense was Justin’s backpack a smaller version of his bedroom?     (d)  How did Justin help Kenny get out of his difficulty ? (e)   What is meant by the word ‘handy’? (Para 1)        (i) useful                                    (ii) good        (iii)  reliable                               (iv) profitable (f)   What is meant by the word ‘motto’? (Para 2)        (i) feature                                  (ii) principle        (iii) (golden) rule                      (iv) belief (g)   What is meant by the word ‘worn’? (Para 2)        (i) dusty                                                (ii) ugly        (iii) shabby                                (iv) tired (h)  What is meant by the word ‘faint’? (Para 2)        (i) invisible                                (ii) unclear        (iii) unconscious                       (iv) weak	12
		SECTION B (WRITING& GRAMMAR: 25 Marks)
	3	You recently visited an important historical monument.  You were shocked to find it in a state of utter neglect.  Taking help from unit, ‘Travel and Tourism’, the clues given below and with your own ideas, write a letter to the ‘editor of a leading newspaper in 100-120 words ,highlighting the poor condition of important archeological and heritage sites.  Point out the lack of essential services, the poor state of maintenance and its misuse by people.  Give suggestions for improving the situation. Clues - ●             lack of maintenance ●             poor security ●             funds not properly used ●             dumping garbage ●             graffiti	5
	4	Weave a story with the given outline in 150 -200 words. “For the man who moves away the stone from the road.---- inside a purse full of money – the people -------“	10
	5	Read the passage given below. Fill in the blanks by choosing the most appropriate word / phrases from the given options. My deadline for that day’s incredible, awe inspiring column (a) __________ the Tribune was three hours away, and I was in a jam.  I (b) __________ already tossed three ideas into the recycle bin and was staring at a blank screen again.  The really tricky thing about (c) __________ a ‘witty’ column is that between Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde and Dorothy Parker, everything worth saying has already been said. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (a) at on in for (b) had have will have am (c) drawing creating making writing	3
	6	The following passage has not been edited.  There is one error in each line.  Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet against the correct question number.  The first one has been done as an example.                                                                                                            Error     Correction Competition is there to stay.  You will always find people eg.       there        here which are smart, more hard working, more knowledgeable          (a)       _____      _____ or just smooth talkers.  These goes on all through               (b)       _____      _____ your life.  I deliberately choose a field                                  (c)       _____      _____ in which I thought I were good                                            (d)      _____      _____	4
	7	Rearrange the following jumbled words/phrases to make meaningful sentences. a)       tourism in/services will/air taxi/the state/boost b)       for this/and heliports/landing facilities/more flight/we need c)       will surely/such services/our tourism/promote/sector	3
		SECTION C (LITERATURE& LONG READING TEXT: 25 Marks)
	8	Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:                " The whole universe is built up through love and the grief ofseparation is inescapable".                (a)           When did the speaker acquire this philosophy?                (b)           What pain has the speaker gone through?                (c)           What does the word ‘inescapable’ mean ?	3
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		Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:                 Now the frog puffed up with rage.                 “Brainless bird-you’re on the stage-                 Use your wits and follow fashion.                 Puff your lungs out with your passion”. (i)            Why was the frog puffed up with rage ? (ii)           Give the opposite of ‘Brainless’ ? (iii)         What happened when the nightingale puffed up her lungs ?	3
		Answer the following questions in30 - 40 words:
	9(i)	Mrs. Slater’s father was ‘merry’ that morning. What do you think was the reason?	2
	(ii)	Why did Mrs. Packletide give up hunting forever ?	2
	(iii)	Whose influence did the nightingale come under? What was the effect of the influence?	2
	(iv)	Do you agree with the frog’s assessment that the nightingale is a    brainless bird ?	2
	10	Our self- image is often based on what others make us believe we are. With reference to the poem The Frog and the Nightingale, write an article on ‘Poor self- image can be self- destructive.	4
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		‘Love is a force more formidable than any other’. How is this idea illustrated in the poem,Not Marble, nor the Gilded Monuments	4
		Attempt either question no. 11 or 12.
	11	The hiding families remain in constant dread.  Comment.	10
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		Describe the character traits displayed by the members of Annexe during their celebration of Hanukkah and St. Nicholas’s Day.	10
	12	What did the writer desire to do after being able to speak on her own ? Explain in your own words	10
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		Describe Ms. Sullivan’s role as a restorer of Helen’s confidence in her writing ability.