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ICSE Class X Notes 2019 : English Paper 1 (English Language)

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Pranav Agarwal
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READING COMPREHENSION WORKSHEET - 1 Question 1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions (a), (b) and (c) that follow. Cameron Mounger and I have been friends since we were teenagers. Both of us liked music, and several years after we left school, Cam, as we called him, became a disc jockey. Recently he told me the story, about the day he was down to his last dollar. It was the day his luck and his life changed. The story began in the early 1970 s when Cam was announcer and disc jockey at a radio station in Texas and had attained celebrity status. He met many country-music stars, and he enjoyed flying to Nashville-the centre of country music-at the company plane with the station owner. One night Cam was in Nashville for a show. After it was over, an acquaintance invited him back-stage with all the stars. I didn t have any paper for autographs, so I look out a dollar note, Cam told me. Before the night was over, I had virtually every star's autographs. I guarded that dollar note and carried it with me always. I knew I would treasure it forever. Then the radio station where he was working was put up for sale and many employees found themselves without a job. Cam landed part-time work at another station, and planned to hang on to this job long enough for a full time position to open up. That winter was extremely cold in Texas. The heater in Cam's old car emitted only a hint of warm air; windshield defroster didn't work at all. Life was hard, and Cam was broke. With the help of a friend who worked at a local supermarket, he occasionally got food that had spoilt and was being thrown away. This kept my wife and me eating, but we still had no cash. One morning as Cam left the radio station he saw an old man sitting in an old yellow car in the car park. Cam waved to him and drove away. When he came back to work that night, he noticed the car again, parked in the same space. After a couple of days, it dawned on him that the car had not moved. The fellow in it always waved cordially to Cam as he came and went. What was the man doing sitting in his car for three days in the terrible cold and snow? Cam discovered the answer the next morning. This time the man rolled down the window. He introduced himself and said he had been in his car for days with no money of food, Cam recalled. He had come from out of town to take a job. But he arrived three days early and couldn't go to work right away. Very reluctantly, he asked if he might borrow a dollar for a snack to get him by until the next day, when he would start work and get a salary advance. I didn't have a dollar to lend him; I barely had petrol to get home. I explained my situation and walked to my car, wishing I could have helped him. Then Cam remembered the dollar which the country - music stars in Nashville had signed. He wrestled with his conscience a minute or two, pulled out his wallet and studied the note one last time. Then he walked back to the man and gave it to him. Somebody has written all over this, the man said, but he didn't notice that the writing was dozens of autographs. He took the note. That very morning when I was back home trying not to think about what I had done, things began to happen, Cam told me. The phone rang; a recording company wanted me to do an ad that paid $500. It sounded like a million. In the next few days more opportunities came to me out of nowhere. Good things kept coming steadily, and soon I was back on my feet. The rest, as they say, is history. Things improved dramatically for Cam. His wife had a baby. Cam opened a successful car repair shop and built a nice home. And it all started that morning in the car park, when he parted with his last dollar. Cam never saw the man in the old yellow car again. Sometimes he wonders if the man was a beggar or an angel. READING COMPREHENSION WORKSHEET - 1 It doesn't matter. What matters is that it was a test - and Cam passed. (a) Five words or phrases are given below. Give the meaning of each word as used in the passage. One word answers or short phrases will be accepted. [05] i. virtually ii. emitted iii. dawned iv. cordially v. reluctantly (b) Answer the following questions briefly in your own words: i. What was Cam's first occupation in life? What did he do in the end for a living? [2] ii. How did he get signatures of singing stars? [2] iii. On what did Cam get the autographs? Why? [2] iv. How did the man in the yellow car attract Cam's attention? [2] v. Why did the man in the yellow car ask for a loan of one dollar? [2] (c) In not more than 60 words, explain how Cam's life changed when he made his greatest sacrifice. [08] (d) Give a title to your summary and give a reason justifying your choice. [02]

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