`Weekly Test/ 1st. & 2nd paper 20/11/14/ ( CLASS: NINE 0& SSC)
Full Marks: 45 Time: 50 minutes.
1. Change the narrative style of the following text. 3 x 5=15
(a) “My sons, listen to me. A great treasure lies hidden in the land. I am going to
leave it to you.” “How will we find it? Said the sons. “You must dig the land
for,” said the old man.
(b) “You look a little bit like my mother,” he said. “Especially in the dark by the
fire.” “But you were only four, Jerry, when you came here,” the authoress said.
“My mother lives in Mannville.”
(c) “I think you will cut a good figure in the running examination,” Lima said. “It
is your belief,” said Munira. “Actually my preparation is not satisfactory.” “I
heard you were suffering from Typhoid.” “Yes, really.”
2. Complete the sentences: ! x 15= 15
(a) (i) Wait here until …….. .
(ii) ….. is not gold.
(iii) Read diligently lest ….. .
(iv) It is I who ……. .
(v) The load is heavy that ……. .
(b) (i) …… is a continuous process.
(ii) My hobby is ……. .
(iii) I like …… .
(iv) So I hope …….
(v) If you read more, ……. .
(c) (i) We work hard so that …… .
(ii) If we are not industrious, …… .
(iii) We know the proverb that …… .
(iv) Everybody praises and honours the person who ….. .
(v) By ….. everyone can succeed in life.
3. Make tag questions of these statements. 1 x 15 =15
(a) (i) Nobody phoned, …… ?
(ii) ….. I am happy, …… ?
(iii) We must eat vegetable, …….. ?
(iv) Let’s go out, ……. ?
(v) Don’t boil rice, …… ?
(b) (i) Man is fond of turning back to the past, …… ?
(ii) The present may be good, ……. ?
(iii) But everybody hardly forgets golden past, …… ?
(iv) Nothing is more pleasant to him than the memories of childhood, …… ?
(v) The memories of childhood really haunt us, …… ?
(c) (i) None can ignore his lot, …… ?
(ii) I am too weak to walk, …… ?
(iii) How dare you say so, …….. ?
(iv) Let us do the work, ……. ?
(v) Happy birthday to you, ………. ?
CLASS TEST--1
Marks:50 Time: 1.00 hours.
Part-A : Reading Test [50 Marks]
Read the text below and answer the questions that follow :
Facebook is a directory of photos and basic information of its users, their profile and information of their product. There are different types of Facebook for different types of people. Facebook is the most popular and most largely used social net-working service with over one billion active users. Facebook spends relation among people around the world. Facebook was first founded by Mark Zucker Berg along with his roommates and classmates of Hervard University. Later on, its network expanded to many other colleges and universities. More later on, its network expanded to school level. Any student over 18 years can become a registered user of Facebook. Though Facebook gives entertainment to student users and helps them know one another, it has now become a curse for the students. Students spend much of their valuable time in Facebook neglecting their studies. In the United States, Facebook has turned into a national obsession encouraging narcissism. Facebook has both uses and abuses. Its merits in the field of friends making, connecting people, chatting, job seeking and business expanding cannot be denied. The use of Facebook is expanding because one can use Facebook paying a very little to internet service provider. Another reason is that it helps us to make us public to the word’s people most importantly. A user can avail “Privacy Protection Measure if he/ she desires so. In spite of all these, the demerits of Facebook in derailing teenagers and even the adult cannot also be denied. It is now almost equally used and abused. We should take all possible steps so that this blessing does not turn into a curse.
1. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives : 1 x 7 = 7
(a) Which of the following words has the closest meaning of the word ‘expands’ used in line-
(i) develops (ii) spreads out (iii) widens (iv) lengthens
(b) What does the expression “A user can avail Privacy Protection Measure” if he/she desires so, mean?
(i) A user has the opportunity of taking measure against any wrong done to him.
(ii) A user has the opportunity of protecting his/her private information if he/she wishes.
(iii) A user can measure up the opportunity of protecting his/her information
(iv) A user has the opportunity of protecting his/her life and property.
(c) Why Facebook is expanding so fast?
(i) One can make friendship in the exchange of huge money. (ii) One can ensure privacy protection in the exchange of lots
of money. (iii) One can use Face paying a very little. (iv) One can use Facebook by informing the Internet service provider.
(d) Which word of the following best describes Facebook?
(i) friend (ii) linker (iii) entertainer (iv) time-killer
(e) Which of the following statement is true about the dements of facebook?
(i) It helps the people connect worldwide. (ii) It helps the people chat in any corner of the word.
(iii) It induces the students to waste much of heir valuable time.(iv) It encourages the students to know important information.
(f) What does the word ‘narcissism’ mean?
(i) the act of playing too much in the web. (ii) the habit of uploading pictures in the facebook.
(iii) the habit of admiring oneself (iv) the habit of expanding profile.
(g) What is the main purpose of this passage?
(i) To make people aware of bad aspects of Facebook (ii) To show the advantages and disadvantage of Facebook.
(iii) To show the usefulness of the Facebook to the people (iv) Go increase the use of Facebook.
2. Answer the following questions. 2 x 5 =10
(a) From the reading of the passage, give some idea of Facebook.
(b) ‘Facebook had become a curse for the students.’- Explain in 2-3 sentences.
(c) ‘Facebook is the platform of social awareness’ – do you agree? Give reasons in 2-3 sentences.
(d) Do you support the idea that the use of Facebook is on a rise? Why /Why not? Explain in 2-3 sentences.
(e) What is your suggestion regarding the use of Facebook? Writer in 2-3 sentences.
3. Write a summary of the passage in no more than 70 to 80 words. 10
4. Read the passage on the biography of Abraham Lincoln. Complete the table below with information from the passage. 1x5=5
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the USA. He is famous for his Gettysburg Address. It was delivered by him during
the American Civil War, on November 19, 1863. Lincoln was born of February 12, 1809 in Kentucky, the USA.H is parents
were from Virginia. In 1819, his mother died. Then his father moved to Indiana state. He grew up there. He was a captain in
the Black Hawk war. He got the nomination for President in 1850. Then he became the President of the USA in 1861. Lincoln
declared a ban on slavery in America on January 1, 1863. He was reelected President in 1864. On Good Friday, April 14,
1865, he was assassinated at Ford’s theatre in Washington.
Name of Events
Place
Year/Time
Contribution
Born
(i)………
(ii) …….
November 19, 1863
Became the president
(iii)……
Banned slavery in America
(iv)……
Died
(v)…
5. From your reading of the above passage fill in the blanks with suitable words. Use one word only in each blank. 1x5=5
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the USA Was (a) …… President twice. He was (b) …… for his speech (c) ….. was
delivered on November 19, 1863. This great man (d) …… slavery in America. That time America was very chaotic. So, he
tried to (e) ….. peace in the country.
6. Match the parts of sentences given in column ‘A’ and column ‘B’ write five complete sentences. 1 x 5 =5
Column ‘A’
Column ‘B’
(a) Shylock who was a Jew
(b) He was a usurer, a man who had made a great fortune
(c) He was a hard man, hard of hard
(d) So, he was very much disliked by all good men
(e) Shylock also hated Antonio
i. because he was a very kind- hearted money lender.
ii. and as sharp as a knife blade
iii. lived at Venice
iv. used to lend money without any interest.
v. by lending money at high interest to Christian
vi. particularly by Antonio, a young merchant of Venice.
vii. for his prosperity in business.
7. Put the following parts of the story in correct order to rewrite the whole story. 1 x 8 = 8
(a) He sat on the doorstep of his house looking out on the public streets.
(b) At that time some passers-by were walking along the street and they were greatly astonished.
(c) Socrates’ wife used to lose her temper on the slightest excuse.
(d) She went up to him with a bucket full of water and poured the water on him.
(e) One day, the woman became more furious than ever and began to insult him.
(f) She thought that her husband was not paying the least heed to her and so she always tried to irritate him.
(g) This made his wife more furious.
(h) Socrates could not tolerate this, so he went out of this room.
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