SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT – II 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 poem given below and complete the summary that follows by filling 5

in the appropriate words. Supply only one word for each blank.

Ballad Of a River

Dawn fires the surface into gold, Gold-eyed the herons stilt and stalk. At silver noon the waters hold Wheeling of a mirrored hawk. I’ve not seen water lie so still As here. Perhaps an otter may Disturb peace, or white cranes till The green edge wading till knee- deep In gusts of wind a faint wind hum- Plucked leaves and broken petals dance. The wind departs, the wood is dumb, And floating yellows gather brown To think upto a mile ago This river bounded like a hound, Convulsed and nearly wrecked our boat And lies here gentle as a pond! A rich practical man I am told Demanded, why this idleness? He got no answer and compelled The river into harness. Like frightened birds the minutes fled Pursued by roaring steel and fire. The river slaved and profits grew To almost overtake desire. Until, they say, one windy night, In deepest vigils of the owl,

The river rose and foaming white Descended like a murderer At dawn the water shone restored The wreckage stood like blasted rocks Round which the burnished mirror showed Artistry of a wild brown hawk.

The river, at the point, where the poet observes is a)____________________. Its surface is like a (b)________________ that reflects a hawk flying overhead. At times this tranquility is broken by an (c)_________________ or a (d)______________. The wind blows dried (e)______________ leaves into the river which turn brown. A mile upstream the river was flowing at a great speed and it almost (f)______________ the poet’s boat. Once a (g)________________ man (h)________________ the river’s energy and made if work like a (i)_________________. One night the river rose like a (j)___________________ and destroyed everything in its path.

2. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by 5

choosing the answers from the given options : Once upon a time, a businessman named Ray Kroc discovered a restaurant owned by two brothers. The restaurant served just four things: hamburgers, French fires, milk shakes and coca cola. But it was clean and inexpensive, and the service was quick. Mr. Kroc liked it so much that he paid the brothers so that he could use their idea and their name : Mc Donald’s. Beef, big business and fast service were the ingredients when Mr. Kroc opened his first Mc Donald’s in 1955. Four years later, there were 100 of them. Kroc knew Americans liked success. So he put signs saying how many millions of Mc Donald’s hamburgers people had bought. In just four years, the number was one hundred million. Now, there are more than 13,000 Mc Donald’s restaurants from Dallas to Paris and from Moscow to Beijing. Anyone who wants to open a Mc Donald’s must first work in one for a week. Then, they do a nine-month training programme, in the restaurants and at “Mc Donald’s University” in Chicago. There they learn the Mc Donald’s philosophy: quality control, service, cleanliness and cheap prices. Mc Donald’s has strict rules. Hamburgers must be served before they are ten minutes old, and French fries, seven. Mc Donald’s has never stopped looking for new methods to attract customers, from drive-in windows to birthday parties. Chicken, fish, salad and’ in some places, pizza are now on the menu. Mc Donald’s in Holland even sells a vegetarian burger. Their international popularity shows they have found the recipe for success.

2.1 Why did Ray Kroc like the restaurant run by two brothers ? (a) He was a cook himself (b) It was inexpensive and the service was quick (c) It sold only hamburgers, fries and milk shakes (d) It was called Mc Donald’s

2.2 Why did Kroc give money to the two brothers ? (a) he liked their hamburgers. (b) they were very friendly (c) he wanted to use their idea and their name

(d) he wanted to buy their restaurant 2.3 When did his chain of Mc Donald’s become 100 strong?

(a) In 1940 (b) In 1950 (c) In 1959 (d) In 1970

2.4 Why did Kroc advertise how many millions hamburgers he had sold? (a) He wanted to show how successful his restaurants were.

(b) He didn’t want his customers to park anywhere. (c) His prices were very cheap. (d) He wanted his restaurant to be easily located.

2.5 Where was first vegetable burger introduced? (a) in Moscow (b) in Holland (c) in India (d) in Beijing

3. Read the passage given below and complete the sentences that follow :

Although internet is without doubt, an amazing development offering enormous opportunities, possibilities, remedies and suggestions in many forms to millions of users, it can also be called a wild land. Freedom always carries with it a high price and the uncontrollable nature of the internet can bring additional problems. It is because of this reason that some parents refuse to get an internet connection in their homes. Some people argue that the television corrupts children and teenagers enough as it is, so why should anyone bring along oneself this added threat? Undoubtedly the internet lays open an entire world in its good and bad forms at the child’s feet but doesn’t the book do the same? Some educated parents feel that if they can control the reading habits of their children, they can control their viewing habits too. “You can’t bring up a child in an antiseptic atmosphere,” they say. It is the values that the child inherits from a family that shape the habits of a child. If a child is taught early in life what is good for him in the long run, he may not embark on unwanted adventures even if there is no one to supervise him. There are others who beg to differ. At a tender age of ten or twelve, if you tempt a child, you may not be able to hold him back. The fact is the onslaught of printed material, media and the internet on the lives of the literate population of the world continues unhindered regardless of the heated debates on their merits and demerits. (a) Internet is considered a useful tool ________________________ (b) Internet is called a `wild land’ by the author ______________________ (c) One reason why parents are apprehensive of Internet connection for

their homes____________________ (d) One similarity between printed material and the Internet is that

____________________ (e) A sentence/ phrase in the passage which refers to the unrestricted in roads that

information tools are making into our lives is ___________________________

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4. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by 5

choosing the answers from the given options Translating the Ramayana in English for children can be an easy task and a difficult

one. Easy, because you already know the story by heart. Difficult,

considering the number of versions you’ve heard, starting with your grandparents, to the history books in school. It takes quite an effort to put all of it down as simply as you can.

However Bulbul Sharma is a master of her art, and she knows what children love. No wonder she focuses on the demons, the warfare and the magical powers of the

princes. There are elaborate descriptions of “demons with no heads and a foul smelling mouth set in its hairy stomach and a huge blinking eye set in the centre of

its hairy chest”. And that is just one demon. There are many more, hiding behind trees in dense forests, or grey clouds in the sky out to kill the good princes. The

book is fast paced and written keeping first-time readers in mind. It asks all the questions that arise when you heard the Ramayana and answers them. For instance, it tells you why Diwali is celebrated or why Hindus consider the solar eclipse a bad omen. It helps that Bulbul has been involved with children long enough to be able to read their minds. She is an art teacher, which explains her picturesque detailing of nature, which abounds in this book. As you read through the pages you can almost hear the rain pounding on the rock cave and the hiss of the serpents as they slither along the cave walls. Or for that matter the sparkling leaves in the sunshine after a long spell of rain and the smell of fresh earth. This book celebrates the victory of good over evil, in short, all things good and nice. 4.1. Translating the Ramayana in English can be an effortless task as

(a) one has heard different versions (b) one already knows the story (c) history books have elaborated the stories (d) all of the above

4.2. According to the reviewer, what makes Ramayana a difficult story to translate in English?

(a) The language of the original story is complex (b) The demons in the story are difficult to describe

(c) The story has been told in different forms by different people (d) First time readers of the story could get confused by the details. 4.3 What does Bulbul

Sharma not focus on? (a) emotions of characters (b) magical powers (c) warfare (d) all of the above

4.4 Which word in paragraph 4 means, `attractive’ (a) sparkling (b) picturesque (c) abounding (d) fresh

4.5 What is the advantage that Bulbul Sharma has over many other writers? (a) She has heard different versions of the Ramayana.

(b) She has been able to draw all the pictures in the book (c) She understands peoples’ sentiments towards bad omens. (d) She knows how children would react to the story and the

pictures.

(Writing – 20 Marks) 5. In an exclusive survey conducted by a leading daily, teens expressed their job preferences. On the basis of the information given below write a paragraph on the careers teens would want to pursue (80 words) 6. While reading a newspaper, you come across the following news item

‘Ready for the Olympics 12 ! Is India listening ?’

Eighteen months before competition gets underway, nearly 75 percent of construction is now complete, with main venues due to be finished next year.

Inside the showpiece stadium in Stratford, east London, seats are already installed in some parts while the outline of the track and field can be seen.

Elsewhere the curved roofs of the aquatics centre stand out on the skyline with only some work to be completed.

Based on the information given above write an e-mail to your friend expressing your views in the light of what happened at the CWG, New Delhi (120 words)

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Date : ___________________________________________________

From : ___________________________________________________

Subject : _________________________________________________

To : _____________________________________________________

Dear

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Love 7. Electronic gadgets are an integral part of the life of today’s youth. Write an article in about 150 words for your school magazine on `The Dependence of Youth on Gadgets.’ You may take help of the visuals provided and your MCB unit on `Science’

8. Given below is some information about the traditional festivals and dances

celebrated in Sikkim . Use the given information to choose the correct options for ½x8=4

the blanks provided. Phang Labsol : celebrated to thank Mount Kanchendzonga -------- guardian deity Of Sikkim ---------- supreme commander

Dasain : biggest, most important festival ---- Hindu Nepali population - ---- September October ---- victory of good over evil

Kaygat Dance : every 28th and 29th day of Tibetan calendar – solemn – interspersed with comic relief.

Of the (a)__________ festivals (b) __________in Sikkim, Phang Labsol is one of the (c) __________ important. It is celebrated to thank Mount Kanchendzonga (d) __________ is the guardian deity (e) __________ of Sikkim. The biggest and most important festival celebrated (f) __________ in the month of September – October is Dasain which celebrates (g) __________ victory of good (h)___________. (a) (i) most (ii) many

(iii) much (iv) very (b) (i) celebrated (ii) celebrate

(iii) celebrating (iv) celebrates (c) (i) much (ii) more

(iii) many (iv) most (d) (i) which (ii) who

(iii) why (iv) where (e) (i) for (ii) at

(iii) of (iv) on (f) (i) hair (ii) here

(iii) heir (iv) where (g) (i) a (ii) an

(iii) the (iv) big (h) (i) on (ii) at

(iii) in (iv) over 9. Complete the dialogue between two friends by choosing the correct options. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers.

Riya : Hey Raima ! (a)__________________________ during the summer vacation? Raima : (b)_____________________ What about you? Riya :

(c) ______________________________. Raima :

That means we (d)_______________________________ (a) (1) What

are you doing (2) What you are doing (3) What did you do (4) What have you done

(b) (1) I join

(4) I joined dance class (c) (1) I’ve enrolled for music class

(2) I’ve enrolled for singing class (3) I enrolled for singing class (4) I had enrolled for singing class

(d) (1) will be busy all day (2) are busy all day (3) were busy all day (4) have been busy all day

10. Rearrange the given words and phrases to form meaningful sentences. One is done for you as an example.

trees are now/being threatened / our/ by our emails/ magnificent Our magnificent trees are now being threatened by our emails. (a) of human development / they/ are already/ bearing the brunt (b) radiation from/ the latest enemy/ Wi-fi- networks/ may be/ (c) from/ wireless router/ dying leaves/ trees/ planted near/ suffer (d) an adverse effect / Wi-fi radiation / the human body/ have / may also/ on

11. In the passage given below, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word alongwith the word that comes before and the word that comes

after it in your answer sheet. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined. The first one has been done as an example.

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Corporate initiatives in field of e.g in the field education increasing. The effort (a) ______ _____ _____ is not only understand the issue of the local population but in use of education as tool to address such issues. Such efforts have provided the neglected sections society with

opportunities grow. There are about 200 million children today between the

(b) ______ _____ _____ (c) ______ _____ _____ (d) ______ _____ _____

(e) ______ _____ _____ (f) ______ _____ _____

ages of 6 and 14 years don’t complete the (g) ______ _____ _____ basic eight years elementary education (h) ______ _____ _____

12. Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows it. Write the correct answers in the answer sheet against the correct blank numbers.

Firoz to Store assistant : I was here yesterday and bought this jacket. When I took it home I noticed a small hole. Here, just under

the arm. Store Assistant : Sorry, sir, but I’ll be able to give you another. Firoz : Well, I was hoping you’d be able to give me a

refund. Store assistant : Our store doesn’t give refunds, sir.

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Firoz : All right then, I’ll take a new one.

Firoz informed the Store assistant (a)_________________________ that jacket. He added that when he had taken it home (b)______________________ under the arm. The Store assistant (c)_________________________ Firoz told him that (d)_______________-. The store assistant informed Firoz that the store did not give refunds. Feroz agreed to take a new one.

SECTION - D (Literature – 20 Marks)

13. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow with the help of given options :

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(A) So I went home and sat down before my desk and sucked at the end of my pencil and waited, but nothing happened. Pretty soon my mind began to wander off on other things. The author was coming back __________ (a) (i)

from office (ii) from an official meet (iii) from a party (iv) after a meeting with Jenkins

(b) What was the author waiting for to happen? (i)

for an encounter with God (ii) for the result of his magic mantra (iii) for the result of invocation to ghosts (iv) for an idea of a plot to write a ghost story

(c) Where did the author’s mind began to wander? (i)

to think about his new job (ii) to think about his last story (iii) about the new house he had bought (iv) on the material things like his wife’s shopping and how he was going to cure her alarming tendency to take every new fad that came along.

OR The dream is all amiss interpreted; It was a vision fair and fortunate (a) Who is the speaker ?

(i) Caesar (ii) Marcus Brutus (iii) Decius Brutus (iv) None of the above

(b) Whose dream is he/ she talking about? (i) Brutus (ii) Calpurnia’s (iii) Caesar’s (iv) None of the above

(c) What was seen in the dream. (i) bleeding body of the Caesar ? (ii) Caesar’s victory – the battle (iii) ghosts running around in the streets (iv) bodies walking in the street flaming

14. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow : 1x3 (B) Your wisdom is consumed in self confidence

(a) The sailors are fickle minded. Justify this statement with reference to the poem. (b) Why was Helen, the ghost going on strike? What condition did she lay for providing help? (c) How did the narrator happen to crack the video game? (d) What is the present condition of the statue of Ozymandias?

15. Answer the following in about 120 words : Describe S.T Coleridge’s `The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ as a ballad 6

OR How was Julius Caesar murdered ?