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Shree Gauri Shankar Higher Secondary School
Nijgadh-8, Bara
Third Terminal
Examination - 2072
Subject :
Compulsory English
Class: 10 (Ten) Time: 2 hr. 15 mins. F.M/P.M-75/24
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own
words.
1. Read the following poem and do the activities that follow: (5)
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A. Answer the following questions: (1x3=3)
a) What kind of person
lives with soul so dead?
b) Why doesn't the minstrel
sing for the sort of man described in the poem above?
c) How shall the
"doubly dying" go down to the vile dust?
B.
From the poem above write down words which are similar in meaning to the
following words: (0.5x4=2)
a) lives b) lose c) demand d)
leapt
2. Read the following text and do the activities that follow: (10)
Nine
years old Suresh was trouble some at school. His parents were well off, but
they lived separately. His father had married another woman and left Suresh's
mother. Suresh was in the habit of pushing children for no apparent reason, and
once he scratched a girl's leg with a pencil and it bled. Suresh was also a
problem at home. There was a close connection between his home circumstances
and his behavior at school. He lived with his mother and younger brother with
whom he quarreled at all the time. His
mother seemed to prefer his brother, who
was much better behaved at home and much more successful at school than Suresh.
Suresh made his mother angry. She tried not to favour her younger son, but she
was aware that it seemed as if she did.
It
seemed very obvious that Suresh's attacks on the children at school were
connected with his jealously of his younger brother. He attacks his brother at
home, just as he attacked other children at school. His attacks on his brother
were, of course, linked to his feelings of being unwanted and unloved at home.
A. Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct
answer. (1x3=3)
a) His parents were well
off but they lived …….
i) separately ii)
together iii) at home
b) Suresh was in the habit
of pushing other children for no _____ reason.
i) appropriate ii) other iii)
apparent
c) the word 'well-off'
means ____
i) fashionable ii) tidy iii)
rich
B. Arrange the following statements as per passage: (0.5x4=2)
a) Suresh made his mother
angry.
b) His mother preferred his
brother.
c) He quarreled with his
brother at home.
d) Suresh was also a
problem at home.
C. Answer these questions: (1x5=5)
a) What was Suresh's family
background?
b) How was Suresh
troublesome at school?
c) To what extent was
Suresh's mother responsible for Suresh's misbehaviour?
d) How were his behaviours
at home and at school connected?
e) How can you defend
Suresh attacking his brother at home?
3. Read the passage and answer the questions given below. (10)
John White
was an English student who came from Chester in north-west England. He was
nineteen years old and he had just started to study at Manchester University.
He lived in a student hall of residence together with 200 other students, but
he had a study-bedroom to himself.
John was in
his first year of a three-year course in economics. At the end of his three
years of study, John hoped to get his degree - B.Sc (Economics). He then wanted
to get a job in a big international company, the Imperial Chemical Industries
(I.C.I), Shell or Ford. He was an average student, he worked quite hard at his
studies, which he liked, and he took part in sports. His favourite sports were
badminton, table tennis and swimming.
John had a
pen friend I Zurich, in the north of Switzerland. She was Swiss, and her name
was Ursula Schmidt. She was the same age as John and she was also a student,
but not of economics. Ursula was studying English language and literature, and
wanted to become a teacher of English.
One day,
Ursula wrote to John and asked him to send her some information. She wanted a
description of a typical Monday for him during his first term at University.
She wanted to compare it with her own Monday programme to see if it was very
difficult. She asked him to write it like a page from a diary, with a list of
the times and activities.
A. Match the words in column 'A' to their meanings in column 'B' . (0.5x4=2)
Column 'A' Column 'B'
a) average i) representative; characteristic
b) diary ii) accommodation
c) residence iii) to a certain extent
d) typical iv) daily record of events
v) ordinary or usual standard
B. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false against the following
statements: (0.5x4=2)
a) John White came from the
north-west of England.
b) He had finished his
three years of study.
c) Ursula was a teacher of
English.
d) Ursula sent John her
Monday timetable.
C. Answer the following questions: (2x3=6)
a) Who was John?
b) What did he hope to do
after graduation?
c) What did Ursula ask John
to send her?
4. Read the following advertisement and answer the questions
given below: (15)
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A. Match the words given in column ‘A’ with their meaning in
column ‘B’. (1x3=3)
Column ‘A’ Column ‘B’
a) prevention i) revised
b) supervision
ii) stopping
c) updated iii)
guidance
B. Fill up the blanks with the suitable words from the text:
(1x4=4)
a) The NGO works for
preventing _____.
b) Candidates must
have experience of _____ years.
c) _____ is academic
qualification of candidates for the post.
d) The deadline for
submitting application is _____.
C. Answer the following questions: (2x4=8)
a) What is the
advertised post?
b) What things should
be submitted with the application?
c) Where do the
candidates send their applications?
d) Mention the duties
of the coordinator.
5.
Complete the following dialogue with the appropriate sentences in the box given
below: (6)
Customer: Excuse me __________
Clerk : Let me see the parcel first. __________
Customer: Okay! __________
Clerk: Hum! It weighs 1500 grams.
Customer: __________
Clerk: You have to pay Rs. 500 only.
Customer: __________
Clerk : Please wait for a while __________. Take
this receipt.
Customer: Thank you.
Clerk : You’re
welcome.
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6.
Develop a readable story with the help of outlines given in the box below and
also give a suitable title and a moral. (6)
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7. Write an essay on 'National Unity’ in about 200
words by using the clues given below: (12)
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8. Rewrite the following sentences choosing the best options
from the brackets. (6)
a) I don’t like to go to _____ office these
days. (a , an , the)
b) Milan jumped _____
the roof of the bus. (from,
through , off)
c) Let’s go to Godawari, _____ we? (will, shall , don’t)
d) I with my child _____ visited the Royal
Palace Museum. (has , have , having)
e) He invited me but I _____ the party. (attended , not attend , did not attend)
f) Have you ever gone to Pokhara? Yes, I _____
there for three times in my life. (was ,
had gone , have already been)
g) I will tell you _____ we talked. (who , where , what)
h) By this month of next year, you _____ all
these grammatical items. (will revise ,
will have revised , have revised)
i) Someone took away my mobile phone from the
classroom. It means: My mobile phone _____ from the classroom. (is taken , was taking , was taken)
j) Soniya said, “What have you done, Ronit?” Its
indirect speech is : Soniya asked _____. (Ronit
what had he done , What Ronit had done , Ronit what he had done)
k) If you had rung me, I _____ you my car. (had sent , would have sent , would send)
l) The new environment got the students _____
well. (do , to do , done)
9. Rewrite the following
passage choosing the correct answer from each bracket. (5)
My
children are now very fond of visiting different places, specially _____ (at , in , on) public holidays. Aren’t
yours? It’s a new trend of education, _____ (isn’t it , aren’t they , isn’t that?) On one Saturday I took them
to _____ (a , an , the) central zoo
_____ (which , what , where) we can
really see the biological diversity of animals and birds. The other attractions
for children _____ (is , was , were)
electric swing, rail, slides, elephant ride and boating. The kid’s demand was
for _____ (be experienced , was
experienced , being experienced ) everything in there. After that we moved
to the birds’ section then to animals’. While we _____ (were climbing , climbed , climbing) up a staircase to see the
tiger’s den, a very awful scene was noticed. A young couple was trying to take
photograph of their one year kid by getting it _____ (sit , to sit , sat) on the wall of den. The mother was watching the
kid through her camera and saying “smile! smile! smile!, my baby!!!” Meantime the
baby unfortunately lost its balance and fell into the tiger’s den. So, I advise
everyone _____ (to be , not to be , be)
over smart to click the button of your camera. If they had not been so, they
_____ (would not lose , would not have
lost , will not lose) their lovely cute child.
*****The
End*****