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XLR FINAL EXAMINATION 2013-20T4 MARKS-60 s'L-

STD-9 DATE-ru04r2or4 €NGLLIsH

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SERIES B PART A Read the following extracts and answer the questions selecting the most appropriate 30

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Mammals have many things in comrnon. They have warrn blood. They all have hair or fur on their bodies. They have two pairs of limbs like anns ar.rd legs. Mammals use their limbs in different ways. The antelope and zebra have long limbs. They can run fast. Monkeys have limbs like ours. They can climb up trees and run fast. Whales ands seals can swim fast. 1) Which animals have limbs like humans? a) monkey b) zebra c) seal d) antelope 2) Give one word for 'in common.' a) same b) similar c) correct d) ordinary

Now whenever you feel like chewing gutkha, read an interesting news iteur or article from a newspaper. Or play on the tabla. Be with your friends, talk to thern, play some games of your choice. Keep your mind engaged in different activities. I'm sure you'Il be able to get lid ofthis habit. 3) What will happen if you keep your mind engaged in different activities? a) You'll play garnes b) You'll read news get c) You'lI rid of the habit d) You'll play tabla 4) 'To get rid of ' means a) to be away from b) to be far from c) to be free from d) to be left from 5) Who is speaking this dialogue? a) Mr. Bakshi b) Dr. Shah c) Harish d) Anchor' Soil is the loose powdery Earth in which plants grow. It is rnade of very small pieces of rock, decayed plants and materials. The rock is so hard that it cannot be broken into pieces. The crumbling and wearing away ofrock goes on all the time. This is called 'weathering'. www.papersforexam.com

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The loose powdery Earth is called a) mud b) sand c) soil d) rocks The crumbling and wearing away of rocks is called a) powder b) decay c) pieces d) weathering

The thick shell provides protection. Do you knorv that the crab changes its shell? After some tirne the shell does not increase ir.r size. So. wher.r the clab increases in size, there is a split in the lower portion of the shell. The grownup crab comes out of it. The old shell is left behind. The empty shell, too, looks like a crab. This process ol shedding off the sliell, or arrnour', is called

'moulting'.

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What gives protection to the crab? a) empty she11 b) thick shell c) cracked shell d) old shell 9) Another name for she1l is a) por-tion b) annour c)rnoulting dtsplit l0) The process olsheddirrg the shell is called a) moulting b) almour c) split d) protection Read the following stanza and answer the questions selecting the most appropriate options.

Build for yourself a strong box, Fashion each parl with care; When it's strong as your hand can make it, Put al1 your troubles there; Hide there all thought ofyour failures, And each bitter cup that you quaff; Lock a1l your hearlaches within it, Then sit on the lid and laugh. 1 1) What should you lock in the strong box?

b) thoughts c) care d) heartaches 12) What should you do after sitting on the lid? a) laugh b) shout c) lock d) srnile 13) The narne of the poet is a) John Drinkwater b) Bertha A. Backus c) Robeft L. Stevenson d) Karan Singh a)

yourself

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Read the following passage and answer the questions selecting the appropriate options.

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Too much irnportance must not be attached to the wrong acts done by children, particularly if they happen to be of minor nature. Many boys and girls at a younger age are likely to be in the habit of stealing, negleciing their studies or using bad language. In nearly every case, the root cauie of tlie trouble is the fear that proper care of the ctrild is not taken in the house or sufficient interest is not shown. But if parents were wise, they would correct their children by paying more attention to them. physical punishment does not improve them. It only rnakes them worse than before. 14) We should not give too much of irnpoftance to a) minor acts b) small acts c) wrong acts d) tror-rbled acts 15) What does not improve children? a) mental punishment b) physical punishtnent c) improper care d) strict parents 16) Which word in the passage means, .of less importance, a) attached b) sufficient c) neglect d) minor

Fill in the blanks selecting the most appropriate forms of words You will be dismissed as you are.....17.....Such ....1g.... will not be tolerated

17) A) regular b) regularity c) iregular: d) irregularity

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a) irregularity b) irregular c) regular.ity d) regutar

Fill in the blanks using the most appropriate fornrs of the verb Fashion....19... since the past twenty years. people,...20... become more aware of fashion. i9) a) has changed b) changed c) had changed d) changes 20) a) have become b) has become c) becornes d) became Replace the underlined words/phrases selecting the rnost appropriate

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21 took off his cap and 22 bid farewell to his captain. 21) a) retumed b) rernoved c) threw d) tore

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I opened my eyes. I could see the faint shapes ofpeople standing around, but I could not see their faces clearly - they were shaclows seen through the glass. Then the cover was lifted. A strange voice said, " Mr. williams! wake up! " warm hands touched my skin, taking off the bands. I was rifted out of the case and laid on a bed. 23) What could Mr. Williams see when he opened his eyes? a) people b) faces c) shadows d) Dr. Majid 24) They lifted him and put him on a a) b) case c) d) glass 25) Who called out to Mr. Williams? a) The assistant b) Dr. Majid c) The old rnan d) a stranger

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There is a very na,'ow glass-tube inside a thermometer. At its bottorn there is a bulb containing a liquid. It is mercury. when heated it is expar.rds anil some of the pafticles are forced up in the nanow tube. When the thermometer gets coider, again there is vibration. But these particles of mercury contract. As they become smaller in size, the particles in the narrow tube come down. 26) What is the tube rnade ofl a) plastic b) c) glass d) rvood 27) What is there in the bulb? a) mercury b) ra,ater c) glass d) powder 28) There vibration when the thermometer gets a) b) c) warm d) cold

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The fir'st ball was short-pitched. He hit it. it wet.It to the tnid-wicket. The crowd cheered. The next ball hit Uncle Ken on the pad. He rvas right in fr.ont of the wicket. Ciearly, he was an L.B.W. But the urnpire l.resitated to raise his finger. After all, hundreds ofpeople had paid a good arnount ofmoney to see Bruce Hallarn batting. It was not fair to disappoint thern. 29) Where did the second ball hit Uncle Ken? a) mid-wicket b) wicket c) pad d) leg 30) Who did not declale him 'out'? a) Bruce Hallarn b) umpire c) crowd d) r,vicket-keeper

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XLR FINAL EXAMINATION 20t3-2014 Std: 9

Subject: English SL (S.A. 2)

Date':lll04/2A14

PART B SECTION A

Read the following extracts and answer the

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4 After another threc balls. it was 'over' and the other batsman l-rad to face the bowling. He took a run ofT the first bali and callecl fbr the second run. Uncle Ken thought one run was n-)ore than enough. Why to run up anci do"vn the r.vicket like a rnad man? But he ran. When he was half u,ay Cown the pitch, the fielder's thror.v hit the wicket. Uncle Ken rvas run out by a few metres. There rvas no doubt about it this time. "Not his fault," said the elderly gentlernan. "The other chap shouldn't have called. There wasn't a run there. Still, it was rvorth coming here . from Kanpur to see that superb late cr-rt." i. Hor.r,did Uncle Ken get out? 2. What did the elderly gentleman say in Uncle I(en's def'ence * Jignesi.r: Lack of confidence is n.ry ploblern. lt has lecl rne to indecisiveness. I cannot take a cluick decision. And I feel I waste my tirne. I prepare a tirne table but I cannot follow it. 3. What is Jignesh's problern? 4. How can he solve it?

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Answer the following questions in tlvo or thrce sentences 5. How does u,eathering take place?

T.Complete the follorving lines of the poenr Wealth I seek..............below me.

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Turn the follorving conversation into indirect speech

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a 3 9, F{.e*,rite the follorving passage in aetive voicc givei'i ltnor'vlecige Studer.rts are taugl.rt by their teachers. 1-1.ie1, are guided and by them. They should be respected and hot.ioured by the students.

10. Complete the follcrving sentences: a) Vilai rvoi'ks hard........... (so that, gei plomction) b) Do not pui cff rvhat you . . . . . .(roday, for iot.tioi'rorl')

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tr2. Rashesh Maovan, 18 SLrkh Nivas, Ncia.i! Cilcle. rvlites a ietter to his fnend Bhal'ik telliirg him il.re impor"iance of gcot',

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friends and company. Foints - gooci fi'ienris are a. biessing iearii gooti ihings ,.,o 1ru6i lrabits nc wlong things - help you in trouble - give light aclvice help and suPpori you - lead a irappy lifb 13. Completc tite follcrving diaiogue by filling proper aptions fi'cn: the lrrae (Dici he gei badl.v h'.rrt? : Nc, i.re onii' s;,-iairred his ankle : He rlct u ith an accident: A c1'clist bangeci into hiir) Ker,in: Vv'hat l.rapoened to )'our broil-rei'1 'llarun:

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