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1 .The Fun They Had, , Questions based om extract from drama/prose to test inference, evaluation and vocabulary., (6x1=5), , racts given below and the questions that follow :, K\ that night in her diary. On the page headed 17 May 2157, she wrote, “Today, ly found a real book!” Itwas a very old book. Margie’s grandfather once said that when he was alittle boy, andfather told him thaf there was a time when alll the stories were printed on paper., ey turned the pages, which were yellow and crinkly, and it was awfully funny to read words that stood still, d of moving the way were supposed to — on a screen, you know. And then when they turned back, he page before, it had th le words on it that it had, when they read it the first time., , What do you mean by “a real book’?, {a) old book (b) book printed on paper, (c) storybook * (d) all of the above, What was the funny about the book?, (a) words on the printed book did not move (b)_ books appeared on the screen, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 4 (9 words moving on the screen (d) none of these, ) What did Margie write in her diary?, (a) “Today Tommy found a real book!’ (b) Book was awfully funny, q All stories were ited on paper (d) None of these, Margie’s once said that when he was a little boy, his grandfather told him that there was, atime when all the stories were printed on paper., , (a) grandfather (b) grandmother, , (c) father (4d) mother, , Pick out a word from the passage which means ‘small’:, , a) little (b) found, , all T (d) none of the above, book printed on paper, words on the printed book did not move, “Today Tommy found a real book!’ (poe, grandfather ; it, little te, , e,’ said Tommy, “What a waste. When you're through with the book, you just throw it away, I guess,, ision screen must have had a million books on it and it's good for plenty more. I wouldn’t throw it, ‘Same with mine,” said Margie. She was eleven and hadn't seen as many telebooks as Tommy had. He, She said, “ did you find it?’“In my house.” He pointed without looking, because he was, , ing. “In the attic.’”“What's it about?”“School.”, is Tommy referring to as a waste?, new book ; (, ) telebook } ‘7, at sort of books did Margie and Toaamy hav, ) old book wile, telebook

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(iv) “I would not throw it away”, , , , , , , (a) Margie, (c) grandfather, (v) Whatis a telebook?, (a) an e-book ok, (c) book stored ina computer \, @) — (&) old book ¥, (ii) (©) telebook, (iii) (6) plenty i, (iv) (b) Tommy, (vy) (d@) all, , Q. 3. Margie was scornful. “School? What's there to write about school, school, but now she hated it more than ever. The mechanical teacher, Geography and she had been doing worse and worse until her mother, sent for the Country Inspector, i, , (i) Why did Margie hate school?, (a) because of machine work (b) no fun was, (co) nonew thing (d) all, , (ii) Why did Margie’s mother send for the country inspector? a, (a) due to poor performance in Geography (b) due to poor:, , hate school.” Margie always hated, id been giving her test after test in, shaken her head sorrowfully and, , formance in History, , (c) due to poor performance in English (d)_ due to poor performance in Hindi, (iii) Margie was scornful because she school., , (a) loves (b) hated, , (c) went to (d)_ none of th, (iv) Who had been giving her test?, , (a) mechanical teacher (b) math teac!, , (c) history teacher (d) geography teacher, (v) What subject was Margie giving test in?, , (a) History (b) Geography, , (c) Economics (d) English ya, @ (d) all ;, (ii) (a) due to poor performance in Geography a, (iii) (6) hated ¥, , (iv) (a) mechanical teacher, (v) (b) Geography, , He was a round little man with a red face and a whole box of tools with dials and wires. He smiled at Margi:, , and gave her an apple, then took the teacher apart. Margie had hoped he wouldn’t know how to put it together, again, but he knew how all right, and, after an hour or so, there it was again, large and black and ugly, with, a big screen on which all the lessons were shown and the questions were asked. That wasn’t so bad. The par, , Margie hated most was the slot where she had to put homework and test Papers. She always had to write then, out in a punch code they made her learn when she was six years old, and the mechanical teacher calculated th:, marks in no time., , (i) | Who was country inspector? ", (a) round little women (b) round little man, , nee, , (c) thin little man (d) None of these, (ii) Which part of the mechanical teacher did Margie hate the most?, (a) slot (b) geared, (c) audio (d) none of these, (iii) What did the country inspector give Margie?, f (a) orange (b) mango, (©) apple (d) banana L, " She always had to write them out in a punch code they made her learn when she was old., a (a) y (b) 5 years, j (d) 7 years, , (©)

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a dagen r, - (b) Isaac Asimov, (d) none, , &, , he was finished and patted Margie’s head. He said to her mother, “It’s not the, hink the geography sector was geared a little too quick. Those things happen, |an average ten-year level. Actually, the overall pattern of her progress is quite, 's head again., ad been hoping they would take the teacher away altogether. They had once, nearly a month because the history sector had blanked out completely. So, she, ayone write about school?”, d Geography sector up to an average level., , (b) eleven year, (d) eight year, , ) 1, (d) 12, [a little too quick?, i (b) History, (d) Hindi, and Tommy learn?, (b) Geography, , (d) none of these, , or do to help Margie?, , r to Margie’s level. (b) He changed the module., : (d) changed the syllabus, , , , , , , , , , , , ) Margie’s level., perior eyes. “Because it’s not our kind of school, stupid. This is the old kind of, d hundreds of years ago.” He added loftily, pronouncing the word carefully,, “Well, I don’t know whe ‘kind of school they had all that time ago.” She read, ile, then said, “An: they had a teacher.”, , ie with superior e, ot know about the school, about the school in pre, it know about the bool, , out the books in pre, , about school?, ble.

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call ;, - oe a was ee (b) because she was too irritative, (c)_ because she was too naughty (4) none o these, (i) (a) because Margie did not know about the school in previous time, (ii) (d) all of these, (iii) (b) All the students used to go to the same school., (iv) (c) _loftily, (v) (a) because she was too ignorant, “May be,” he said nonchalantly. He walked away whistling; the dusty old book tucked beneath his arm. Margi:, went into the schoolroom. It was right next to her bedroom, and the mechanical teacher was on and waitin,, for her It was always on at the same time every day except Saturday and Sunday, because her mother said littl., girls learned better if they learned at regular hours. The screen was lit up, and it said: “Today's arithmetic lesso,, is on the addition of proper fractions. Please insert yesterday’s homeworkin the proper slot.”, (i) | Where was Margie’s school? ;, (a) inavillage 7, (b) ina city outskirts, (c) in her own house H, (a) inaroom in her house where a computer was set up, (ii) Who was the regular teacher who taught the lessons? 4, (a) human teacher, (b) computer teacher, (c) who teaches ‘, (d) mechanical robot teacher who teaches Margie and Tommy, (iii) Who said that little girls learned better if they learned at regular hours?, (a) margie (b) margie’s mother, (c) mechanical teacher (d) none of the above, (iv) Write the opposite of ‘regular’., (a) arranged (b) unsteady, (c) irregular (d) repetitive, (v) With whom is the mechanical teacher contrasted with?, (a) with other teachers (b) with old teachers, (c)_ with human teachers (d) with other robots, @ (a) ina room in her house where a computer was set up, (ii) (a) mechanical robot teacher who teaches Margie and Tommy, (iii) (6) margie’s mother, (iv) (oc) irregular, , (vy) (c) with human teachers, , , the end of the day. They learned th, same things, so they could help one another with the homework and talk about it. And the teachers wer, people... The mechanical teacher was flashing on the screen: “When we add fractions 4 and %...” Margie was, thinking about how the kids must have loved it in the old days. She was thinking about the fun they had., , (i) Did Margie have fixed hours of study?, (a) No, (b) She studied off and on., , (c) Yes, she had fixed time and hours daily to study except Saturday and Sunday., (d) none, , (ii) Why did Margie find the old schools interesting?, , (a) because of the fun (b) because of human teachers, (c) because of many friends (d) all, , “on What were the special features of old school in Margie’s grandfather's time?, , @) Allthe kids from the whole neighbourhood came la in, , 28 oe = tughing and shouting in the school yard., % Pr eheet together tadbt clipe day, (al

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learn? % -(b) same things, (d) none of the above, means ‘breathing out deeply’?, , (b) yard, , (d) none of the above, ne and hours daily to study except Saturday and Sunday., , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ag, 2. Part 1: The Sound of Music, ce Questions based oman extract from drama/prose to test inference, evaluation and vocabulary., / (6x1=5), ts given below and ar the questions that follow :, n Glennie’s loss of hearing g had been gradual. Her mother remembers noticing something was wrong, the eight-year-old E as waiting to play the piano, “They called her name and she didn’t move., , ard,” says Isabel Glennie. For quite a while Evelyn managed to conceal her, id teachers. But by the time she was eleven, her marks had deteriorated,, parents to take her to a specialist. It was then discovered that her hearing, of gradual nerve damage. They were advised that she should be fitted with, il for the deaf. “Everything suddenly looked black,” says Evelyn., , ss advise her parents to consult a specialist?, , problem (b) because of her hearing problem, , it problem (d) none of these, , noticing something was wrong when the eight-year-old Evelyn was, no., , (b) waiting, , (d) watching, , t was found that she was deaf?, , (b) eight, , (d)_ six, , (b) at8 years, (d) at 13 years, , the same as ‘to hide’., (b) deteriorated, , a normal life and purs', it she wanted to play