ATOMIC ENERGY EDUCATION SOCIETY
Anushaktinagar, Mumbai
Summative Assessment-2
Academic year- 2013-14
Subject - English
Time –
Class – VII
3 Hours
Maximum Marks – 90
Instructions
1. Marks for questions are indicated against each.
2. Answer should be brief and to the point and word limit be adhered to as far as
possible.
3. Use of any electronic gadget (e.g. calculator, Mobile phone etc.) is not permitted.
4. In Case a candidate has not signed the Attendance Sheet or the Answer Sheet is
not signed by the Invigilator it will be dealt as an Unfair means case.
5. On completion of the test, the candidates MUST HAND OVER THE ANSWER
SHEET TO THE INVIGILATOR in the room/hall.
6. The candidates should ensure that the answer sheet is not folded or damaged.
To be filled by the student
Name of the Student:_____________________________________________________
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No of printed pages - 7
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CCE-14-SA-II-CLASS- 7-English -Question Paper
SECTION-A-READING-(20marks)
1. Read the following passage and answer the following questions by choosing
the best option.
(5)
Vegetable oil has been known from antiquity. No household can get on
without it, for it is used in cooking. Perfumes may be made from the oils of certain
flowers .Soaps are made from vegetable and animal oils.
To the ordinary man, one kind of oil may be as important as another. But
when the politician or the engineer refers to oil, he almost always means of mineral
oil., the oil that drives tanks, aeroplanes and warships, motor-cars and diesel
locomotives; the oil that is used to lubricate all kinds of machinery. When it is
refined into petrol it is used to drive the integral combustion engine. To it we owe
the existence of the motor-car, which has replaced the privilege carriage drawn by
the horse. To it we owe the possibility of flying. It has changed the methods of
warfare on land and sea. This kind of oil comes out of earth. Because it burns well,it
is used as fuel. Because it burns brightly it is used for illumination. Because it is
slippery, it is used for lubrication. Two metal surfaces rubbing together cause
friction and heat. But if they are separated by a thin film of oil, the friction and heat
are reduced. No machine would work for long if it were not properly lubricated.
Extracted from „Oil‟ by G.C.Thornley.(adapted)
1. The most important use of vegetable oil is the
(a) use in lubrication
(c)Use in cooking
(b) ability to drive vehicles
(d) health-giving quality.
2. Mineral oil is different from vegetable oil as it
(a) Drives various vehicles
(b) is used in tanks
(c)is a part of industry
(d) comes from mines.
3. Mineral oil has changed everything. The most important change is in
(a) Driving tanks.
(b) War and their methods
(c) Private carriages
(d) all trucks, cars and buses.
4. What reduces the friction and heat in machines etc.?
(a) Mineral oil
(b) vegetable oil
(c) lubricating grease
(d) grease
5.The word „illumination‟ means
(a) lighting
(b) brightness
(c) shining
(d) lightning
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2. Read the following poem :
(5)
Fame is a food that dead men eat
I have no stomach for such meat
In little light and narrow room,
They eat in the silent tomb
With no kind voice of comrade near
To bid the feaster of cheer
But friendship is a noble thing
Of friendship it is good to sing
For truly when a man shall end,
He lives in memory of his friend,
Who doth his better part recall,
And of his fault make funeral.
Henry Austin Dobson
Now answer the following questions by choosing the best options:
1.By the expression „fame is a food that dead men eat „we mean
(a ) fame is enjoyed only after death.
(b) fame is enjoyed during life-time
(c)fame is something like a food .
(d) fame dies with one‟s death.
(2) Friendship is a noble thing because
(a) a man cannot live without friends
(b) real friends are very helpful
(c) a man always remembers the good qualities of his friend after his death
(d) it enhances dignity of mankind
(3) Friendship is better than fame because in friendship
(a) when a man dies he lives in the memory of his friend
(b) a man always regards his friend
(c) enmity never comes
(d) a man is always happy in the company of his friend.
(4) In the last line of the poem the poet wants convey that
(a) one should believe in friendship
(b) the faults of a man are highlighted by his friend after his death
(c) the faults of a man are forgotten by his friend after his death
(d) one should not run after fame and friendship
(5) The word „recall‟ means
(a) forget
(b) come close
(c) help
(d) remember
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3. Read the following passage carefully:
(10)
Gandhiji was of a ripe age, but he was full of vitality and his capacity for work was
great. The end came suddenly by the hand of an assassin. India was shocked and
the world grieved, and to those who were intimately connected with him the shock
and sorrow were hard to bear. And yet, perhaps, it was a fitting close to a
magnificent career and in his death, as in his life, he served the cause to which he
had devoted himself. None of us would have liked to see him gradually fade in body
and mind with increasing years. And so he died, as he lived, a bright star of hope
and achievement, the Father of the Nation which had been shaped and trained by
him for half a century. To those who had the high privilege of being associated with
him in some of his innumerable activities, he will ever remain the embodiment of
youthful energy. We shall not think of him as an old man, but rather as one who
represented with the vitality of Spring the birth of a New India. To a younger
generation who did not come in personal contact with him, he is a tradition, and
numerous stories are woven round his name and activities. He was great in his life,
he is greater since he passed away.
On the basis of your reading the passage, answer the following questions: (5x15=5)
(a).Even though Gandhiji was old, what did he have in plenty?
(b) How does the young generation treat Gandhi?
(c ) What happened to the world when he was assassinated?
(d) In this passage Gandhiji is shown as -------------------------------------------(complete the sentence)
(e) What does the word „privelege‟mean?
2. Complete the following statements with appropriate words and phrases:
(5x1=5)
(a) The assassination of Gandhiji left the country ----------------------------------------.
(b) The shock and sorrow of the people who were near to Gandhiji was more and
--------------------------------------(c) Gandhiji died as had lived like------------------------------------------------.
(d) For the young generation who didn‟t come in a personal contact with Gandhiji -----------------------------------(e) The word „ripe‟ here means----------------------------------------
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SECTION –B-WRITING (25marks)
4. You have found a purse containing some money and papers. It has no
names. Draft anotice asking the owner to contact you.
(4)
5. Read the outline of a story given below. Then write it in full using your
ideas and the ideas given below:
(6)
Outlines: A man has a hen which lays a golden egg everyday---the man collects ten
eggs in ten days------------- is happy at this sudden fortune----------hopes to become
rich soon-----------then he gets impatient------------wants to become rich overnight-----------kills the hen ----------moral
6. You are Amit, a resident of AkashDeep, Sector 3, Delhi. Write a letter to the
Commissioner of Police complaining about frequent cases of theft and chain
snatching in your locality
(7)
7. Read the following extract from an article in a magazine and then using your
own ideas ,write an article for your school magazine on the topic „Delights and
Usefulness of Walk
(8 )
„Walking has its own delights .Sadly, in India walking is associated with deprivation
and poverty.‟ If you have a car, why walk? asked the professor, reviving up his
Maruti for the few meters from his house to the college building .Pedestrians get
second class treatment.‟
Grammar -C -Section
( 20 marks )
1. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line.
Write the correct word /words against the incorrect word.
( 1×5=5)
a) We went to see National Book Fair.
b) There we bought few books. One of them
c) was story book. Do you like to
d) read story? Any way, I intend to tell
e) You about all stories in that book When
have read them.
A)------B)-------C)-------D)--------E)--------
2. Rearrange the following jumbled words to form meaningful sentences: (1x5=5)
a) one thing / Emperor Ashoka / after / realized / the Kalinga war
b) was convinced / dirty thing / that war / a / he /is
c) people / innocent / it kills / homeless / makes / other/and
d) does not / anything / create / build / or /it
e) unsafe / India is / the most / today / world / place/in the
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3. Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with words from the box.
Carbon
cause
visit
fire
(1×5=5)
smother
(a)Gandhiji‟s life was devoted to the --------of justice and fair play.
(b)Have you insured your house against --------?
(c)Diamond is nothing but--------- in its pure form.
(d)If you put too much coal on the fire at once you will -------- it.
(e) I promise to look in on your brother when I ----- Allahabad next.
4. Read the following dialogue. Report in the indirect form of narration.
Mother :-What are you doing ?
Roshni :-I am ironing my dress.
Mother:- Can you help me in the kitchen?
Roshni :-I‟ll help after I finish my work.
Mother:- I will wait , for you.
(1)
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(5)
(a) Mother asked Megha----------i) what has been done
ii) what she is doing.
iii) what he is doing.
iv) what she was doing.
(1)
(b) Megha replied -----i) that she has been ironing her dress.
ii)that she was ironing her dress.
iii) that she has ironed her dress.
iv) that she is ironing her dress.
(1)
( c) Mother asked if she -------i) is going to help in the kitchen.
ii) can help me in the kitchen.
iii) could help in the kitchen.
iv) could help her in the kitchen.
(1)
( d) Megha replied ---------i) that she will help after she finish my work.
ii) that she would help after she finished her work.
iii) that she would help after she finish her work.
iv) that she will help after she is finishing her work.
(1)
( e) Mother replied--------i) that she would wait for her.
ii) that she will wait for her.
iii) that she will be waiting for her.
iv) that she would wait for you.
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Literature--D –Section
(25 Marks)
1. Read the extract given below and answer the questions.
( 5)
Meadows have surprises,
You can find them if you look;
Walk softly through the velvet grass,
And listen by the brook.
You may see a butterfly
Rest upon a buttercup
And unfold its drinking straws
To sip the nectar up.
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2.
3.
4.
5.
Name the poem and the poet.
Who can find those surprises?
Where do we find a buttercup?
What does the butterfly do on a buttercup?
What should we do by a brook?
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Attempt any five of the following questions:
2. Why does Maya think Mr. Nath is a crook? Who does she say the Sunday visitor
is?
(4)
3. Spraying water is not a good way of putting out an oil fire or an electric fire. Why
not?
(4)
4. Why has cricket a large viewer ship in India, not in China or Russia?
(4)
5. Why did Abbu Khan‟s goats want to run away? What happened to them in the
hills?
(4)
6. The bear grew up but “he was most amiable bear”. Give some examples to prove
it.
(4)
7. Describe the stranger who came to the pet shop. What did he want?
(4)
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