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SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT – I (2015-16)
ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE
Class - IX
Maximum Marks: 70
Time: 3 hours
Instructions :
The question paper is divided into Threesections.
Section A
:
Reading
Section B
:
Writing& Grammar
Section C
:
Literature& Long Reading Text
20 marks
25 marks
25 marks
SECTION A
(READING:20 marks)
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Read the passage given below and complete the statements that follow:
Cancer has emerged as the second-leading cause of death globally after cardiovascular
diseases. Proportion of deaths due to cancer around the world increased from 12% in 1990 to
15% in 2013 while the number of new cases almost doubled in India during the period.
In India, deaths from the disease have increased by 60%, according to the latest report 'Global
Burden of Cancer-2013', released worldwide on Friday.
"Even if we adjust for the rise in population in India over this period, the new cancer cases
have increased by 30% per unit population and deaths have risen by 10%, "says Lalit
Dandona, co-author of the study and Professor at the Public Health Foundation of India and
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
In 2013, there were 14.9 million new cancer cases registered globally, whereas 8.2 million
people died due to the disease. The report is based on a global study of 28 cancer groups in
188 countries by a consortium of international researchers from University of Washington and
Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation.
The report suggests that new cases of virtually all types of cancer are rising in countries
globally -regardless of income-but the death rates from cancer are falling in many countries
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primarily due to its prevention and treatment. However, it says there is a threat of increasing
incidence in developing countries due to ill-equipped health systems.
While incidence of breast cancer is highest in India as well as globally, most number of cancer
deaths in India are caused due to stomach cancer, which is globally the second most common
reason for death.
(a)
Cancer is next only to __________ diseases resulting in deaths, worldwide.
(b)
The report __________ claimed that cancer deaths in India have risen.
(c)
The death rates from cancer in many countries are coming down mainly due to
__________ and treatment.
(d)
The developing countries have failed to control the death rate due to __________.
(e)
All types of cancer are on an increase regardless of __________.
(f)
The incidence of __________ is the highest in India as well as globally.
(g)
Most number of cancer deaths in India are caused due to _________.
(h)
The
(last para)
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synonym
of
the
word
phrase
'come
out'
is
__________
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :
(2x4)+(1x4)=12
(1)
The virtue of benevolence requires us to abstain from cruelty to animals. Some have
maintained that the happiness of animals is not desirable for its own sake, but only as a means
to human happiness.
According to this view, the only reason why we should be kind to horses and dogs is
that kind treatment makes them serve us better, or that if we are cruel to them, we are likely to
learn thereby to be cruel to our fellowmen.
(2)
But most moralists allow that our duty to increase happiness and diminish misery is
not limited to the human race, but must be extended to all beings that feel pleasure and pain.
Surely it must be quite clear that we are bound to consider the happiness of animals, even in
cases where the happiness of human beings is not affected.
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(3)
In the case of animals, as in the case of men, it is only justifiable to inflict pain in order
to obtain some greater good, which more than compensates for the evil of the pain. This is the
justification always urged by the defenders of vivisection. It is argued that surgical
experiments upon living animals will lead to such medical discoveries as will alleviate human
suffering.
(4)
Therefore, as human beings are of greater account and more susceptible to pain than
the lower animals, pain may be inflicted on frogs and dogs in order that new means may be
discovered of curing the diseases of men.
(5)
Whether this argument is entirely convincing or not, it is noticeable that in the
controversy no defender of vivisection ventures to assert that the pain of the lower animals is
not an evil in itself. It is assumed to be an evil whenever attempts are made to justify it by the
demonstration of the great results that are to be expected from vivisection.
(6)
In the East, kindness to animals becomes a sixth sense because of religious sanctions.
In several eastern religions, injury to animals is taboo, particularly in the Jain religion. Hence
animals are treated well and with kindness. In view of this, there is less need in the East to
promote societies like the famous Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals so common
in the West.
(a)
What is the main concern of the writer in the passage?
(b)
"Our duty to increase happiness and diminish misery is not limited to the
human race". Comment.
(c)
Why do the scientists do surgical experiments on living animals?
(d)
Why do people in the East treat animals with kindness?
(e)
What is meant by the word „benevolence‟?
(para-1)
(f)
What is meant by the word „inflict‟?
(para-3)
(g)
What is the antonym of the word „alleviate‟?
(para-3)
(h)
What is meant by the word „susceptible‟?
(para-4)
SECTION B
(WRITING& GRAMMAR: 25 Marks)
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Many campaigns and seminars have been conducted to raise awareness to save our mother 5
earth from environmental challenges. Write an article in about 100 - 120 words for your school
magazine to spread some consciousness on this issue. Use the following hints, Also take ideas
from the MCB unit. Environment. Global warming-depletion of ozone layer-air, water and
land pollution -concrete jungle-deforestation-vehicular pollution-smoke from factoriesharmful effects-remedial action - spreading awareness.
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Write a story in about 150-200 words beginning with the line given below. Also supply a 10
suitable title.
‘A long power cut.’ You went up to the terrace. You froze with terror. There was ...
5
Complete the following paragraph by choosing the appropriate options from the ones 3
given below. Write your answers in the answer sheets against the correct blank number. Do
not copy the entire paragraph.
Crushed Moringa seeds purify water (a)
______ suit domestic needs. It lowers(b)
______ bacterial concentration in water making it safe (c)______ drinking. Moringa
seed powder can be used for cleaning dirty river water
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(a)
too
to
and
as
(b)
all
less
the
more
(c)
of
for
to
too
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There is an error in each line. Write the error and the correction in the answer sheet as given below :
Error
Correction
One morning I finished some business on a
(a) _____
_____
bank and was returning too my Yamaha
(b) _____
_____
motorbike, which I had left into the parking
(c) _____
_____
lot outside. Suddenly, I realise I had lost its
(d) _____
_____
key.
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7
Rearrange the given words and phrases to form meaningful sentences. Write the correct
sentences in your answer sheet.
3
e.g. : salty fluid / tear / is / a / filled with / water / mucus and oil/protein
Tear is a salty fluid, filled with protein, water, mucus and oil
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(a)
humans/usually/excessive /tears/produce / emotional contexts / in
(b)
not all / of course / tears /are /of / the emotional / variety
(c)
three types / of / tears / with / exist / different / purposes
SECTION C
(LITERATURE& LONG READING TEXT: 25 Marks)
Read one of the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
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"Bring me up to date on what's happened, will you-so I can get to work ?"
(i)
Who is the speaker in the above extract ?
(ii)
What is the name of the listener ?
(iii)
Which phrase in the above passage means the same as well informed?
3
OR
No Nightingale did ever chant
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More welcome notes to weary bands
Of travellers in some shady haunt,
Among Arabian sands :
(i)
Name the poem and poet of the above extract.
(ii)
Why, according to the poet, do nightingales sing ?
(iii)
Write the synonym of the word 'weary'.
Answer the following questions inabout 30 - 40 words:
9(i)
Why was Triveni popular among the masses in those days ?
2
9(ii)
How is the road a metaphor ? Use examples from the poem, „The Road Not Taken‟ to support
your answer.
2
9(iii)
Do you agree that Mrs. Al Smith is the representative of American outlook ? Give reasons.
2
9(iv)
In the poem, “The Road Not Taken” where is the poet and what does he see in front of him ?
2
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Answer one of the following questions in about 80-100 words
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What causes Marcy‟s change of attitude towards Duke, in the chapter, A Dog Named Duke? 4
What values has she learned ?
OR
In what ways can ignorance lead one into a trap and cause losses beyond one‟s imagination? 4
What values should one imbibe in oneself to be able to escape such traps? Give your answer
in reference to Villa for Sale.
Answer one of the following questions in about 150-200 words.
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The King‟s doubts paint a different picture of the so-called civilized world. Explain.
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OR
Why are Lilliputians considered to be excellent mathematicians?
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OR
What is the justification given by the narrator for the people crowding towns and cities ? What 10
light does it throw on human nature ?
OR
Describe the blackmailing incident where the three friends strongly oppose such unhealthy
practices.
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