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1 DWARKA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL SECTOR 12 DWARKA NEW DELHI SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT II, 2012 ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE Class - X Maximum Marks : 80 Time : 3 hours Instructions : The question paper is divided into four sections. Section A : Reading 20 marks Section B : Writing 20 marks Section C : Grammar 20 marks Section D : Literature 20 marks SECTION - A (Reading 20 Marks) 1. Read the given poem carefully and complete the summary that follows by filling in the blanks. 5 Oh, look at that great ugly spider! said Ann; And screaming, she brush d it away with her fan; Tis a frightful black creature as ever can be, I wish that it would not come crawling on me. Indeed, said her mother, I ll venture to say, The poor thing will try to keep out of your way; For after the fright, and the fall, and the pain, It has much more occasion than you to complain. But why should you dread the poor insect, my dear? If it hurt you, there d be some excuse for your fear; But its little black legs, as it hurried away, Did but tickle your arm, as they went, I dare say. For them to fear us we must grant to be just, Who in less than a moment can tread them to dust; But certainly we have no cause for alarm; For, were they to try, they could do us no harm. Now look! it has got to its home; do you see What a delicate web it has spun in the tree? Why here, my dear Ann, is a lesson for you : Come learn from this spider what patience can do! And when at your business you re tempted to play, Recollect what you see in this insect to-day, Or else, to your shame, it may seem to be true, That a poor little spider is wiser than you.

2 Ann didn t like the (a) and brushed it away with her (b). She said it was a (c) creature. Her mother told her not to (d) the spider as it was itself afraid of Ann.. and wanted to (e) out of her way. It was suffering from the (f) of the fall. Its black legs while rushing away only (g) her arm. A spider (h) afraid of us (i) we can very (j) crush it to dust. (a) (i) ant (ii) bee (iii) spider (iv) fly (b) (i) fan (ii) hand (iii) brush (iv) broom (c) (i) frightful (ii) angry (iii) soft (iv) weak (d) (i) like (ii) fear (iii) dislike (iv) kill (e) (i) run (ii) keep (iii) fly (iv) sweep (f) (i) fear (ii) joy (iii) surprise (iv) pain (g) (i) hurt (ii) cut (iii) ticked (iv) bruised (h) (i) is (ii) was (iii) will be (iv) can be (i) (i) if (ii) of (iii) as (iv) so (j) (i) easily (ii) happily (iii) sadly (iv) slowly 2. Read the given passage carefully 5 DOWNFALL OF THE LOBSTER Despite the popularity of the langouste (or the spiny lobster, as it is often called) all over the world, Indian chefs continue to be embarrassed about putting it on the menu, arguing that it is only a crayfish and not a real lobster. In the process, all of us lose out. The distinctive characteristic of the lobster, for me, has always been that it is a fish that is comfortable with its size. I am not a fan of giant prawns that restaurants in India (and much of the Far East) like serving because they always seem to have no real taste. Given a choice, I will always take small prawns over big. With the lobster, on the other hand, size is not necessarily a disadvantage. While baby lobsters can be delicate and delicious, even the largest lobster can have a sweet and tasty flesh. A bad chef will use the lobster in prawn recipes and thereby gain nothing from the substitution. But a good chef will stick to dishes that show up the sweet flesh of the lobster to best advantage. In classic French cooking, they use butter, cream, mornay, veloute sauce or béchamel. Complete the following statements by selecting the most appropriate options from the ones given below:

3 A. Indian chefs are embarrassed at putting the langouste on the menu because. (i) it is not popular (iii) it is not tasty (ii) it is difficult to cook (iv) they think of it as cray fish, not lobster B. Lobsters are. (i) big in size (ii) medium sized (iii) tiny (iv) enormous C. all of us lose out. all refers to. (i) the diners (ii) the chefs (iii) all of these (iv) none of these D. The writer considers large prawns. (i) oversized and bizarre (ii) delicious (iii) unappetizing (iv) rare E. The writer would rather have. (i) small or big prawns (ii) small and big prawns (iii) small prawns than big ones (iv) big prawns than small ones 3. Read the following passage carefully and complete the statements that follow : In olden times man s worst enemy was nature. He lived under the continual threat of famine, pestilence, storms on the earth and in the sea. A wet summer could bring death to a large population and winters were menace. Mountains were like a barrier between people of different countries, a sea was less a highway than an impassable division. If we go back to the pages of history, we find ample proofs that man, in the distant past, did not worship God but either the sun or the winds or the sea. Fear urged him to worship these natural forces. Today the scenario has changed a lot. Though nature, still an enemy, is an enemy that is always unpredicted and unpredictable yet can be conquered to a certain extent. Modern agriculture assures us of an ample food supply. Modern transportation has reduced the distances between countries. Modern medicine and sanitation allow dense populations to cover the ground without risk of pestilence. True is the fact that certain severe natural disasters cannot be avoided even now. Against earthquake, flood and hurricane man has, as yet, devised no adequate protection. The Tsunami tragedy has once again given man shudders. The tragedy has become a nightmare for humanity. Now the scientists boastings seem to be cruel jokes. The tragedy has rendered man helpless and hapless with no protection from any where to heal his wounds. We are forced to ask the question, : Are we safe on this planet? There are warnings that many island countries will be eliminated by the wrath of nature in the decades to come. But we should not be so much pessimistic. Events like Tsunami are rare, nature is no longer frightening, she has been subdued to a great extent. (a) Man in olden times considered nature his worst enemy because (b) In the past man worshipped (c) The author says that the scenario has been changed because (d) The fear lurking in the mind of the modern man is:? (e) Modern medicine has helped man by 5

4 . Read the passage carefully : Whales are normally gentle. Jacques Cousteau in his book, The Whale: Mighty Monarch of the Sea, testified, to the whale s self-control. In all his years of diving, he says, not a single man has been hurt during our sometimes hazardous whale encounters. Indeed, whales show every sign of wishing to spare man from harm. Many whales exhibit strong family ties. The young remain with their parents for upto 15 years or more. Like reindeer and other nomadic land mammals, such migrating species as humpbacks and grey whales live in herds, or pods, and travel seasonally between feeding and breeding grounds. In times of stress, whales look after one another. A group migrates at the speed of the slowest baby. When a member is wounded or sick, the other refuse to abandon it. They may cradle it between them or support it on their backs, so it can breathe. A whole loyal group could easily be killed off by whalers. Maternal instincts are also highly developed. Because a calf is born underwater, the mother must get it to the surface before it drowns. Often another whale will help. The mother nudges it gently until the baby is confident with its swimming usually after about 30 minutes. If the calf is stillborn, she may support it on her back until it literally rots away. Mother whales behave like human beings. They have been seen fondling their babies. Their flippers are used like hands to clasp, coax and discipline. Jacques Cousteau describes in his book an incident in which a mother swam after her calf and pushed it away from a ship. She then struck it several times with her flippers. The blows had every appearance of being slaps and were obviously administered to teach the baby not to confuse a ship s hull with a mother s stomach Read the following summary of the information given in the passage and fill in each of the spaces with one word only. Whales normally behave (a). Jacques Cousteau (b) this fact about the whales in his book. The whales have strong family ties and remain in (c) for a long period. They have a strong sense of togetherness. An injured one is not (d) by mother whale. Maternal (e) are also highly developed in the whales. A new born (f) is helped by other whales to swim. In (g) and (h) their young ones the (i) of Mother whales is like that of human beings. They use (j) like hands. (a) (i) softly (ii) gently (iii) badly (iv) normally (b) (i) describes (ii) reads (iii) speaks (iv) creates (c) (i) teams (ii) isolation (iii) custody (iv) company (d) (i) cured (ii) treated (iii) abandoned (iv) loved (e) (i) instincts (ii) habits (iii) qualities (iv) loves (f) (i) fruit (ii) kid (iii) lamb (iv) calf (g) (i) feeding (ii) fondling (iii) cleaning (iv) sleeping (h) (i) coaxing (ii) sweeping (iii) swimming (iv) manning (i) (i) habits (ii) food (iii) behaviour (iv) manners (j) (i) arms (ii) heads (iii) tails (iv) flippers 5

5 SECTION - B (Writing 20 Marks) 5. Your grandmother completed 80 years of her age on January 15, Celebrating her 80 th birthday was an event for the family. Describe the event giving all the relevant details in about 80 words. 6. You are Nikhil/Nikhila. Write a letter to your friend telling him/ her the dangers of drug addiction. Give some catchy warning also. (120 words) 8 7. Everybody knows that manners are the life and blood of society. One such type of lecture was delivered by John Varghese in the morning assembly of the school. Sneha noted all the important points in her diary. She then reproduced them along with her own ideas in the shape of an article. Write her article on Good Manners in about 150 words. 8 SECTION - C (Grammar 20 Marks) 8. Complete the following passage by choosing the correct options from those given : I (a) the sack of corn meal and (b) it to where the canoe (c) and pushed the vines(d) branches (e). I took a bucket (f) the canoe. I filled it (g) water and kept it under a tree. Then I pulled out (h) fish lines. There were two fish which had taken the bait. (a) (i) take (ii) took (iii) takes (iv) carries (b) (i) carried ( ii) carry (iii) bring (iv) brings (c) (i) was hidden (ii) hid (iii) hide (iv) hiding (d) (i) or (ii) but (iii) and (iv) of (e) (i) along (ii) against (iii) apart (iv) along (f) (i) in (ii) from (iii) with (iv) within (g) (i) from (ii) in (iii) into (iv) with (h) (i) a (ii) the (iii) an (iv) on 9. Complete the following dialogue between two girls and a gentleman by choosing the correct options from the given choices. Gentleman : (A)? Deepa : We are going to our grandmother s house in Delhi. Gentleman : I am also going to Delhi. (B).? Deepa : Uncle, she s Rinu, (C) Gentleman : (D). have some cookies?

6 (A) (i) when are you girls going (ii) why are you girls going (iii) where are you girls going (iv) what were you girls going (B) (i) What are your names (ii) Which are your names (iii) What were your names (C) (iv) Where are your names (i) my older sister, and I am Deepa (ii) Our older sister, and I am Deepa (iii) my elder sister, and I am Deepa (iv) my older sisters, and I Deepa (D) (i) will you like to (ii) would you like to (iii) could you not like to (iv) should you like to 10. Rearrange the following words/phrases to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done as an example for you. (a) unhappiness/root cause/discontentment/of all/is the Ans : Discontentment is the root cause of all unhappiness. (b) a slave/a/his desires/is always/to/discontented man (c) enemy/he/acts as/his own (d) his position/not care/prestige/he/or/ does/for (e) desires/wants/satisfaction/he/only/his/the/of 11. The following passage is not edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet. Remember to underline the word you have supplied. Incorrect word Correction Penguins spent no more time on a).. land then is necessary for b).. sleeping and to rearing their c).. young. There food consists of d).. a small creatures of the sea e).. when they catch by diving f).. often into great depths. They g).. don t use their foot as paddles. h) Read the instructions to make a delicious Quick Carrot Pickle and complete the paragraph that follows. Write the correct answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. Quick Carrot Pickle 1. Wash, clean slice 1kg carrots 2. Chop finely ginger, garlic and green chillies 3. Heat 2 tablespoons oil.. Add one tablespoon mustard seeds

7 5. Add all ingredients. 6. Mix two tablespoon fulls of vinegar 7. Add salt to taste 8. Pickle ready to eat. Carrots are (a). Garlic, ginger and green chillies (b). Oil (c).. In a pan and mustard seeds are added. All the ingredients and salt and vinegar (d).. added. The pickle is ready to eat. SECTION - D (Literature 20 Marks) 13. (A) Read the extract given below and answer the following questions by choosing the most appropriate options : Ten minutes later Naresh Dutt went looking for Patol Babu near the pan shop and found that he was not there. That s odd the man hadn t been paid yet. What a strange fellow! (a) Where had Patol Babu gone? (i) to his guru Mr. Prakash s place (ii) to Karali Babu s house for Kali puja (iii) back to his home (iv) for the shooting of his TV serial (b) Why was Naresh Dutt looking for Patol Babu? (i) He wanted him to know that everybody liked his performance. (ii) He wanted to give him his payment. (iii) He wanted him to meet the director of the movie. (iv) He wanted him to reshoot. (c) What does the incident tell us about Patol Babu? (i) that he was an eccentric man (ii) that he was a busy man (iii) that satisfaction mattered more to him than money (iv) that he was a good actor OR Caesar, I have never stood on ceremonies, Yet now they fright me. (a).. who says these words to Caesar? (i) Calpurnia, his wife (ii) Decius (iii) The watch man (iv) Antony (b) What does this tell us about the character of the speaker? (i) He/She is nervous (ii) He/She is superstitious (iii) He/She is rational (iii) He/She is strong and bold (c) They in the above extract refer to the some sights seen by the watchman. What are they? (i) graves opening and yielding the dead (ii) lightning shattering the skies 3

8 (iii) (iv) a lioness giving birth in the street all of the above 13B. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow : At a press conference, Mrs. Shultz said, The doctors were doing all they could, but in our hearts we knew we needed a miracle. (a) Who is Mrs. Shultz? (b) What miracle did they need? (c) Did the miracle happen? How? 1. Answer any four of the following questions in 30-0 words each. (a) What were Patol Babu s dialogues and what was his reaction on seeing it? (b) Why is John s wife angry? What does she decide to do? (c) Antony displays remarkable maturity in the way he befriends the conspirators in order to avenge Caesar s death. Explain. (d) What kind of welcome did the albatross receive? Why? (e) What does the partially destroyed statue of Ozymandias symbolize? How did the Ancient Mariner get the wedding guest to listen to the story? 6 OR Attempt a comparison of the funeral speeches of Brutus and Mark Antony. 6