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Solutions to Me ‘n’ Mine English COMMUNICATIVE (COMPLETE PRACTICE MATERIAL) FOR CLASS X First Term By Dr. M.M. Sharma M.A., Ph.D. New Saraswati House (India) Pvt. Ltd. EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHERS Second Floor, M.G.M. Tower, Plot No. 19, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi-110002 Ph: 43556600 • Fax: 43556688 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.saraswatihouse.com Branches • Ahmedabad: (079) 22160722 • Bengaluru: (080) 26619880 • Chennai: (044) 24343740 • Dehradun: (0135) 2669381 • Guwahati: (0361) 2457198 • Hyderabad: (040) 23220456 • Jaipur: (0141) 4006022 • Kochi: (0484) 3925288 • Kolkata:(033) 40042314 • Lucknow: (0522) 4062517 • Mumbai: (022) 26874022 • Patna: (0612) 2570403 • Ranchi: (0651) 2210300 30-05-2016 CONTENTS SECTION A—READING Unseen Passages (1 to 8) ............................................................................................................03 Formative Assessment ...................................................................................................................04 SECTION B—WRITING & GRAMMAR Letter to the Editor .....................................................................................................................07 Article ..............................................................................................................................................08 Short Story .....................................................................................................................................08 Formative Assessment ...................................................................................................................09 Filling Blanks with Suitable Words ..........................................................................................13 Paragraph Completion (Using Notes) .......................................................................................13 Dialogue Completion ....................................................................................................................14 Sentence Reordering ....................................................................................................................14 Editing: Detecting & Correcting Errors ...................................................................................14 Omission: Supplying Missing Word ...........................................................................................15 Completing Passages (using Reported Speech) ......................................................................15 Completing News Reports (by using Headlines) ....................................................................15 Sentence Transformation ............................................................................................................15 Formative Assessment ...................................................................................................................16 SECTION C—LITERATURE TEXTBOOK & LONG READING TEXT Fiction Two Gentlemen of Verona ...........................................................................................................18 Mrs Packletide’s Tiger .................................................................................................................21 The Letter .......................................................................................................................................25 Poetry The Frog and the Nightingale ....................................................................................................28 Mirror ...............................................................................................................................................30 Not Marble Nor the Gilded Monuments ..................................................................................32 Drama The Dear Departed ........................................................................................................................35 Long Reading Text The Story of My Life .....................................................................................................................39 The Diary of a Young Girl ............................................................................................................41 • PRACTICE PAPERS (1 to 5) ...............................................................................................43 - 2 - 2 E N G L I S H C O M M U N I C A T I V E – X 1ST T E R M S O L U T I O N S 3 A READING SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT UNSEEN PASSAGES 1. 1. The dominant greenhouse gas is Carbon dioxide. 2. The climate experts have reported that atmospheric levels of methane has stopped growing. 3. Stabilization of methane emplies that it would help in reducing global warming. 4. The side effects of methane control are the improvement in air quality and its contribution to the formation of ozone. 5. Measures to curb methane emission yields quicker results because methane lasts in the atmosphere for a shorter period of time. 6. The main source of release of Carbon dioxide are fossil fuels and forests when they are burnt. 7. Human activities are the main cause of rise in atmospheric levels of methane. 8. Methane is considered as a lesser evil because its lasts in the atmosphere for a shorter period of time as compared to Carbon dioxide. 2. 1. US combat pilots saw a German munition train under heavy camouflage. 2. The result of starfing run was that the train was hit by bombs and exploded with terrible force. 3. By concealing the body of American pilot Braly and covering his body with flowers, the people of Remy showed their respect and gratitude to the American pilot. 4. The surviving fighter pilots decided to replace the plain glass of the church with the stained glass. 5. The villagers of the Remy wanted an organ for the church. 6. The surplus of $ 65,000 was sent to the United States to help the victims of September 11, 2001. 7. The motive of the villagers was to help the victims of incident of 9/11 of America. 8. Mr. Gordon McCoy told Bob Greene about Lieutenant Braly. 3. I. 1. The causes of the erosion in Uttarkashi are the random layout and alignment of the roads and unplanned construction on the face of the hills. 2. Geologists from the Kumaon University have observed through field researches that several cracks on the ridge are advancing from north to the south which can be seen close to the ropeway system at compartment no. seven. 3. The PIL was filed because inspite of the promise made by the district administration construction spree continued unabated at the most vulnerable Sher-ka-Danda. 4. That Nainital is heading towards doomsday is inferred from the reports of Prof. R. Balagan that in Nainital roads have a rather straighter elongation at the foot and face of the hill adjoining it. II. 1. (b) sudden disaster 2. ( ) prominent 3. (a) unprotected 4. (b) noticeable 4. 1. Ten per cent extra expenses in the construction of buildings can make it earthquake proof. 1ST T E R M S O L U T I O N S 3 2. Two points that are to be considered before raising a building are assessment of soil’s nature and its geo-history. 3. Around 12 per cent of country’s land falls under very seismic vulnerability. 4. Raising structures on ‘ignored’ building codes leads to a catastrophy the likes of that struck in Gujarat. 5. IIT Rookee provides a graduate course on earthquake engineering. 6. A safe and sound building must have RC beam, in the foundation area. 7. The safety measure recommended for the safety of building is that experienced engineers should assess the sustaining capacity of earth’s vibration first before consructing any building. 8. Retrofitting means providing a new piece of equipment into something that did not have it when it was built. 5. I. 1. India may not achieve gender parity by 2015 because adult literacy rate is much below the world’s literacy rate and about two-thirds of the region’s illiterates are women. 2. NGO’s can play a bigger role in solving this deadlock. They can supplement the states efforts for providing education for all. 3. UNESCO’s report of 2003-04 is discouraging because it highlights the drawbacks of Education for all policy. According to the report, in half of South and West Asia, the gross enrolment ratio at the pre-primary level is less than 25 per cent of the total. 4. The region reported the world’s lowest adult literary rates, with only 55 per cent of the population of 15 years and above able to read and write in 2000 AD. II. 1. (b) taking lead 2. (a) state of being equal 3. (b) considerably 4. (c) powerful effect 6. I. 1. Causes of back pain are sedentary lifestyle and bad posture leading to lack of muscle tone in the back muscles. 2. According to the doctors the factor responsible for back pain is the lifestyle followed by youngsters these days. Lack of physical exercise is the most important cause. Also slipping of one vertebra over the other and curvature of the spine too cause back pain. 3. One should avoid long hours at the computers; take healthy diet; checking of weight and enough exercise are the precautions to avoid back pain. 4. Specific exercises and physiotherapy can cure back pain. But in more serious cases, surgery is the only option. II. 1. (c) very severe pain 2. (a) spending much time seated 3. (c) insufficient 4. (c) to show FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT COMPREHENSION 1. (a) She wanted to pursue her dream. It was to train blind Tibetan youngsters in certain skills. These skills were needed to become confident and valuable members of their society. (b) The blind children at the centre in Lhasa move