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VIBGYOR HIGH First Term Examination AY 2020-2021 ENGLISH PAPER- 1 Grade: IX Max. Marks Date : 16/09/2020 : 80 Time Allowed: 2 hours INSTRUCTIONS: Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately. You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes. This time is to be spent in reading the question paper. The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers. Attempt all five questions. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ]. You are advised to spend not more than 30 minutes in answering Question 1 and 20 minutes in answering Question 2. This paper contains 6 pages. Question 1 (Do not spend more than 30 minutes on this question.) a. b. c. d. e. Write a composition (300 - 350 words) on any one of the following: Write an original story that begins with the words: Two wrongs don t make a right. Good manners are a waste of time in today s scenario. Express your views either for or against this statement. After your board examination, your friends and you planned a mountaineering expedition. Each day of the seven day trek reveals a new aspect of nature that you had never been exposed to. Describe your adventure, the sights, the sensations and your emotions during the expedition. You have always aspired to be a celebrity chef . Making it to the final round of Master Chef, India competition is a dream come true for you. Narrate how you will prepare and perform in the final round of the competition. Include experiences that will stay with you throughout your life. Study the picture given below. Write a short story or a description or an account of what it suggests to you. Your composition may be about the subject of the picture or you may take suggestions from it; however, there must be a clear connection between the picture and the 1 [20] composition. Question 2 [10] (Do not spend more than 20 minutes on this question) Select one of the following: a. You have just returned from an exciting trip to a large city. Write a letter to a friend who plans to make a similar trip in the near future, giving all necessary information that would help to make his/her trip really enjoyable. OR b. In spite of governmental initiatives for a clean India, lack of cleanliness continues to be a major concern for the society. Write a letter to the Editor of a popular newspaper drawing the attention of the people towards this problem. Suggest ways through which citizens can contribute to the cleanliness of the city. [5+5] Question 3 a. Your school is organizing an iner-shool chess tournament. Write a notice to be displayed on the school notice board informing the students about the tournament. 2 b. Write an email to the Principal of a neighbouring school informing him of the tournamentad requesting him to send a team to participate in the tournament. Question 4 [20] Read the passage given below carefully and answer the questions that follow: There were other boys in Manjari village, but Bisnu was the only one who went to school. His mother would not have fussed if he had stayed at home and worked in the fields. That was what the other boys did, all except lazy Chittru, who preferred fishing in the stream or helping himself pluck the fruit from other people s trees. But Bisnu went to school. He went because he wanted to. No one could force him to go and no one could stop him from going. He had set his heart on receiving a good schooling. He wanted to read and write as anyone in the big world and so he walked to school every day. A colony of langoors lived in the forest. They fed on oak leaves, acorns, and other green things and usually remained in the trees, coming down to the ground only to play or sun bathe. They were beautiful, supplelimbed animals, with black faces and silver-grey coats and long, sensitive tails. They leapt from tree to tree with great agility. The young ones wrestled on the grass like boys. A dignified community, the langoors did not have the cheekiness or dishonest habits of the red monkeys of the plains; they did not approach dogs or humans. But they had grown used to Bisnu s comings and goings and did not fear him. Some of the older ones would watch him quietly, a little puzzled. They did not go near the town; because the boys threw stones on them. And anyway, the forest gave them all the food they required. Coming from another direction was a second path, and at the junction of the two paths Sarru was waiting for him. Sarru came from a small village about three miles from Bisnu s and closer to the town. They hailed each other and walked along. They often met at this spot, keeping each other company for the remaining two miles. There was a panther in our village last night , said Sarru. This information interested but did not excite Bisnu. Panthers were common enough in the hills and did not usually present a problem except during the winter months, when their natural prey was scarce. Did you lose any animals? asked Bisnu. No, it tried to get into the cowshed but the dogs set up the alarm. We 3 drove it off. It must be the same one which came around last winter. We lost a calf and two dogs in our village. Wasn t that the one that left the shikaris wounded? I hope it hasn t become a cattle-lifter . It could be the same. It has a bullet in its leg. These hunters are the people who cause all the trouble. They think it s easy to shoot a panther. It would be better if they missed altogether, but they usually wound it. And then the panther s too slow to catch the barking-deer and starts on our own animals. Were lucky it didn t become a man-eater. Do you remember the man-eater six years ago? I was very small then. My father told me all about it. Ten people were killed in our valley alone. What happened to it? I don t know. Some say it poisoned itself when it ate the headman of the village . Bisnu laughed. No one liked the old villain. They linked arms and scrambled up the stony path to school. a. Give the meaning of each of the following as used in the passage. One-word answers or short phrases will be accepted. 1. Agility [3] 2. Hailed 3. Villain b. Answer the following questions briefly in your own words: [9] 1. How was Chittru different from other boys? [2] 2. Why did the panther become a cattle-lifter? [2] 3. What information did Sarru give Bisnu? [2] 4. How did the information affect Bisnu? [2] 5. What was Bisnu s amibition? [1] c. In not more than 50 words describe what the narrator tells us about the behaviour of the langoors. [8] 4 Question 5 [4] a. Fill in each of the blanks with the correct form of the words given in the brackets. Do not copy the passage. Write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space. Example: 0- perform Stunt people (0) ___________ (perform) dangerous actions in films. They frequently (1) ___________ (endanger) themselves in order to bring spectacular scenes to the screen. However, a lot is done to protect them. An early example was in a 1928 film when Buster Keaton (2) ___________ (perform) one of the most famous early stunts. The front of a house (3) ___________ (fall) on him, but Keaton (4) ___________ (escape) injury. Set designers carefully (5) ___________ (measure) the dimensions of the house so that it crashed down around Keaton, and not on him. These days, technology (6) ___________ (make) stunts much safer. Digital special effects are used to make highspeed car chases and fiery explosions (7) ___________ (look) dangerous without putting the stunt person in harm s way. However, not all stunt people appreciate the new, high-tech tools that have taken the thrill out of the stunt. I (8) ___________ (prefer) to do stunts without any special effects. b. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words. [4] 1. Corporate interests often prevail _________the needs of the individuals. 2. The theft took place ________ the day-time. 3. Our mom walked_________us, while we were settling a secret tiff. 4. Connie stood_____from a chair by the wall. 5. He had been writing novels _____________ he was thirty years old. 6. I was employed by the company _________1980. 7. The racing car blew_________after it crashed into fences. 8. The crowd pressed ____________ the door. c. Join the following sentences without using and, but or so. [4] 1. A man is drowning. He shouted for help. 2. It is not a new car. However it is reliable. 3. Take the cheque. The cash may not be sufficient. 4. He thought Ritu was honest. He lent her the money. d Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions [8] given after each. Make any changes that may be necessary, but do not change the meaning of each sentence. 5 1. Had I not helped her, she would not have succeeded. (Begin: But ) 2. His generosity brought him much praise. (End: generosity.) 3. No sooner had Ralph scored the goal than the celebrations began. (Begin: Hardly ) 4. Although it was a sunny day, it was very cold. (Begin: Despite ) 5. Arya drank three glasses of water, but not even that quenched his thirst. (Begin: Not even ) 6. Every one of them was an experienced mountaineer. (Begin: There was no ) 7. Neeraj goes to a school which has over thousand students. (Begin: There ) 8. She was the only person capable of being the House Captain. (Use: capability ) ***** 6
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