Ray and Martin Question Bank Page -123
Bankura Zilla School
Reading Skill (Seen)
1. Read the passage and answer the questions:
A. Choose the correct alternatives:
(i) ‘I’ refers to — (d) Robinson Crusoe
(ii) Crusoe was unable to measure time because he did not have — (d) watch and calendar
(iii) The ‘pleasant meadow’ was by — (b) the river bank
(iv) Crusoe rescued something from — (c) the broken part of his ship
(v) On 29th of the June month, Crusoe was — (b) very strong
B. Complete the sentences:
(i) To measure time, Crusoe used a knife to make notches on a large post every day.
(ii) A small bag of corns was brought for poultry feed.
(iii) By June of 1660, Crusoe had gained security of food and shelter.
C. True or False with supporting statements:
(i) Crusoe faced heavy rainfall in the ‘Island of Despair’. — True
✅ Supporting Statement: “After a long spell of rain, I saw some fair weather around 7th November.”
(ii) Crusoe found out a few watermelons in the woody part of the plain. — False
❌ Supporting Statement: “In a woody part I found melons in great abundance, and grape trees.”
2. Read the poem and answer the questions:
A. Choose the correct alternatives:
(i) The third ship went towards the — (a) north
(ii) The northern sky was — (b) dark
(iii) The ship that went eastward returned — (a) joyfully
(iv) The expression ‘unforgiving sea’ means — (a) cruel
B. Answer the following questions:
(i) What is referred to by ‘a fire-spilling star’?
→ A fire-spilling star refers to a meteor or a comet that appeared in the sky, shining like fire.
(ii) What does the third ship symbolise?
→ The third ship symbolises adventure, risk, and human courage to face the unknown.
Reading Skill (Unseen)
3. Read the passage and answer the questions:
A. Choose the correct alternatives:
(i) The number of people confirmed to have died in the incident is — (b) more than 800
(ii) Most of the deceased were from — (c) Palu
(iii) The streets of Palu were lined with — (d) corpses
(iv) The passage is taken from a/an — (a) newspaper report
B. Complete the sentences:
(i) On Friday evening, Indonesia was affected by an earthquake and tsunami.
(ii) Several large coastal towns remained cut off on Sunday by damaged roads and downed communication lines.
(iii) There was particular focus on Roa-Roa Hotel because voices were heard calling out for help from under the rubble.
(iv) A mosque was heavily damaged and half submerged in water.
C. True or False with supporting statements:
(i) The exact death toll of the disaster is still unknown. — True
✅ Supporting Statement: “The death toll is believed to be still increasing since many bodies were still under the wreckage.”
(ii) A mass burial would be held for sentimental reasons. — False
❌ Supporting Statement: “He said that a mass burial would be held on Sunday for health reasons.”
(iii) Around 50 people could be trapped under the rubble of Roa-Roa Hotel. — True
✅ Supporting Statement: “Officials had estimated some 50 people could be inside.”
(iv) A large bridge with yellow arches was spared from the destruction. — False
❌ Supporting Statement: “A large bridge with yellow arches had collapsed.”
D. Find words from the passage:
(i) Collective — combined
(ii) Catastrophe — disaster
(iii) Guessed — estimated
(iv) Sunken — submerged
Grammar and Vocabulary
4. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions:
A large number of people from different rungs of the society plunged headlong into the movement.
5. Fill in the blanks with correct forms of verbs:
The school was established in the past century.
It started with 50 boys.
Now it is one of the leading institutions of the district.
6. Replace the underlined words with suitable phrasal verbs:
(i) Djokovic is 38 but he is still carrying on his tennis career.
(ii) We were looking for a house.
(iii) The bus driver ran away from the scene.
(iv) I have gone through the questions carefully.
(v) Hari always looks after his parents.
7. Do as directed:
(i) The decision hurt them. → They were hurt by the decision.
(ii) It was a rainy day. The children could not go out to play. → Being a rainy day, the children could not go out to play.
(iii) I am proud of my parents. → I take pride in my parents.
(iv) I have to do it. → I do not have to leave it undone. (or) I must not avoid doing it.
Bankura Zilla School
Reading Skill (Seen)
1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below :
After I had been on the island for ten or twelve days, it occurred to me that I would lose the measure of time. his was because I had neither watch nor calendar. To prevent this, I cut with my knife upon a large post the date of my landing; I put a notch with my knife for everyday.
After a long spell of rain, I saw some fair weather around 7th November. I spent the next couple of days making mall wood boxes to keep my provisions dry from the rain.
Among the things I rescued from the ship there was a small bag of corns meant for poultry feed. Most of it had been devoured by rats. I saw nothing but husks and dusts in the bag. I emptied the contents outside my wall. This was a little time before the great rains. A month later I discovered green stalks shooting out of the ground. I was astonished to discover it was perfect green barley. By the June of 1660, I had gained security of food and shelter.
In this same month I developed a high fever and lay weak and thirsty. I recovered around 30th and gradually felt stronger than the day before.
On 15th of July I took a more particular survey of the island. Around two miles up, I found a brook with pleasant meadows by its bank, plain, smooth and covered by grass. In a woody part I found melons in great abundance, and grape trees. The grapes were ripe and rich. Further into the land I found a great number of cocoa, orange and lemon trees. I carried great parcels of fruit homeward and the journey took me three days.
A. Choose the correct alternatives to complete the following sentences:
1×5=5
(i) In the above passage 'I' refers to
(a) Daniel Defoe, (b) a young sailor, (c) an old sailor, (d) Robinson Crusoe.
(ii) Crusoe was unable to measure time because he did not have
(a) watch and cable, (b) cable and hammock, (c) calendar and pen, (iii) The 'pleasant meadow' was by- (a) the hillside, (b) the river bank, (c) a lake, (d) the dense forest.
(d) watch and calendar.
(iv) Crusoe rescued something from
(a) his fellow companion, (b) the island, (c) the broken part of his ship, (d) the sea water. (v) On 29 of the June month, Crusoe was (a) a bit weak, (b) very strong, (c) as usual, (d) afraid.
1x3=3
B. Complete the following sentences with information from the above passage:
(i) To measure time, Crusoe used a knife to
(ii) A small bag of corns was brought for.
(iii) By
Crusoe had gained security of food and shelter.
C. State whether the following statements are True or False. Write 'T' for True and 'F' for False statements.
Provide supporting statements in favour of your answers :
(1+1)x2=4
(i) Crusoe faced heavy rainfall in the 'Island of Despair'.
Supporting Statement:
(ii) Crusoe found out a few watermelons in the woody part of the plain.
Supporting Statement:
2. Read the poem and answer the questions that follow:
The third ship drove toward the north,
Over the sea, the darkening sea, But no breath of wind came forth, And the decks shone frostily. The northern sky rose high and black Over the proud unfruitful sea,
East and west the ships came back
Happily or unhappily.
But the third went wide and far Into an unforgiving sea Under a fire-spilling star, And it was rigged for a long journey.
A. Choose the correct alternatives to complete the following sentences:
1x4
(i) The third ship went towards the (a) north, (b) south, (c) east, (d) west.
(ii) The northern sky was (a) clear, (b) dark, (c) full of sunshine, (d) none of these.
(iii) The ship that went eastward returned -
(a) joyfully, (b) unhappily, (c) with much wealth, (d) courageously.
(iv) The expression 'unforgiving sea' means (a) cruel, (b) wide, (c) deep, (d) boundless sea.
B. Answer the following questions:
2x2=0
(i) What is referred to by 'a fire-spilling star'?
(ii) What does the third ship symbolise ?
Reading Skill (Unseen)
3. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:
MOY
Palu, Indonesia: Rescue officials fear that the full scale of Indonesia's earthquake and tsunami could climb Far past the present situation where more than 800 are already confirmed dead, as several large coastal towns remained cut off on Sunday by damaged roads and downed communication lines.
The country's disaster agency said that the death toll could be more than doubled to 832, and nearly all of those were from the hard-hit city of Palu on the island of Sulawesi. The regencies of Donggala, Sigi and Parigi Moutong with a combined population of 1.2 million had yet to be fully assessed.
"The death toll is believed to be still increasing since many bodies were still under the wreckage, while many have not been reached," said Disaster Agency's spokesman Sutopa Purwo Nugroho. He said that a mass burial would be held on Sunday for health reasons.
Bodies covered in blue and yellow tarps lined the streets of Palu, while rescuers dug through rubble in the hopes of finding survivors from the twin disasters that struck Friday evening. There was particular focus on the eight-storey Roa-Roa Hotel, where voices from underneath the rubble could be heard calling out for help on Saturday.
The cries from beneath the hotel, which appeared to have toppled over with its wall splintered like pickup sticks, had gone silent by Sunday afternoon. Officials had estimated some 50 people could be inside.
"We are trying our best. Time is so important here to save people," said Muhammad Syaugi, Head of the National Search and Rescue Team, "Heavy equipment is on the way."
Palu, which has more than 380,000 people, was strewn with debris from the earthquake and tsunami. A mosque heavily damaged by the earthquake was half submerged and a shopping mall was reduced to a crumpled hulk. A large bridge with yellow arches had collapsed.
A. Choose the correct alternatives to complete the following sentences:
1x4-4
(i) The number of people confirmed to have died in the incident is
(a) around 800, (b) more than 800, (c) exactly 800, (d) exactly 950.
(ii) Most of the deceased were from (a) Jakarta, (b) Roa-Roa Hotel, (c) Palu, (d) Donggala.
(iii) The streets of Palu were lined with (a) rubble, (b) debris, (c) vehicles, (d) corpses.
(iv) The passage is taken from a/an- (a) newspaper report, (b) paragraph, (c) story, (d) autobiography.
B. Complete the following sentences with information from the passage:
1x4-4
(i) On Friday evening, Indonesia was affected by
(ii) Several large coastal towns remained cut off on Sunday by
(iii) There was particular focus on Roa-Roa Hotel because
(iv) A mosque was
C. State whether the following statements are True or False. Write 'T' for True and 'F' for False statements.
Provide supporting statements in favour of your answers::
(1+1)x4=8
(i) The exact death toll of the disaster is still unknown.
Supporting Statement:
(ii) A mass burial would be held for sentimental reasons. Supporting Statement:
(iii) Around 50 people could be trapped under the rubble of Roa-Roa Hotel.
Supporting Statement:
(iv) A large bridge with yellow arches was spared from the destruction.
Supporting Statement:
D. Find out words from the unseen passage (Question No 3) which mean the following:
(i) Collective:
(iii) Guessed:
(iv) Sunken:
1×4=4
(ii) Catastrophe Grammar and Vocabulary
4. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions :
1×4=4
____large, people_____different rungs___ _ the society plunged headlong ______the movement.
5. Fill in the blanks with correct forms of the verbs given in the brackets:
1x3=3
The school_____ (establish) in the past century.It ______ (start) with 50 boys. Now it_____ (be) one of the leading institutions of the district.
6. Choose the correct phrasal verbs from the list given below to replace the underlined words and rewrite the sentences. There are some extra phrasal verbs in the list :
(i) Djokovic is 38 but he is still continuing his tennis career.
1x5=5
(ii) We were seeking a house.
(iii) The bus driver fled from the scene.
(iv) I have read the questions carefully.
(v) Hari always takes care of his parents.
[List: run away, give in, look after, go through, run over, carry on, look for]
2x4=8
7. Do as directed:
(i) The decision hurt them.
[Change the voice]
(ii) It was a rainy day. The children could not go out to play.
[Join into a simple sentence]
(iii) I am proud of my parents.
[Rewrite the sentence using the noun form of 'proud']
(iv) I have to do it.
[Change into a negative sentence]
Writing Skill
8. Your school has arranged an educational tour. Write a letter to the Headmaster of your school so that you can get a chance to join the tour.
10
9. Use the following hints to write a story in about 100 words. Give a suitable title to it.
10
[Hints: Two blind beggars - one said, "God alone can make one happy" - the other said, "The King can make one happy" - the King gave the first beggar a plain loaf and the second beggar a loaf filled with a few gold coins - the second beggar found it heavy - exchanged the loaf with the first beggar - the first beggar became rich and happy.]
10. Suppose dengue has spread in your locality at an alarming rate. Write a notice on behalf of the Secretary of your local club informing the members of the club about a 'Dengue Awareness camp' to be organised by your club. 10
Decorate orderly properly with passage
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