Rustomjee Cambridge International School & Junior College
1st TERM EXAMINATION (2011-12)SUBJECT: ENGLISH -Paper 1 Std: 5 Div. ___
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Q1. Read the passage given below and answer the following questions. (11marks)
Then, all of a sudden, the stones stopped falling, and the cries and shouts ceased. The wounded and frightened bear looked up. A single human face bent down from the top. It was the face of a girl. The bear did not know that, but he heard the sound of her kind and gentle voice and felt that, somehow, this was a friend. There was something in her voice that comforted him. He stopped snarling.
“That’s better,” the girl said. “Poor bear! How tired you must be! Now sit down and wait. I’ll get you out of this.”
She turned round and faced the children. They had moved away from the well when she arrived. Everybody held her in high regard and the children knew that their bear-chase would displease her.
“What’s going on here?” she asked them. “Why are you torturing this animal? He has done you no harm. You ought to be ashamed of yourselves. Go away, and take the dogs with you!”
“Come on, Meera didi. We didn’t mean any harm,” she heard someone say. “The bear frightened the girl, and we wanted to scare him-that’s all. It was just a joke.”
Name:_____________________________________ Roll No. : _______
“I don’t think so,” she said. “Chasing a young bear into a well! Luckily for him, the poor bear hasn’t broken his neck. Now could you help me get him out? Can you get me a ladder, anyone?”
“I can,‘ said a small boy, Lakshman, and ran off. In a few minutes he was back, very excited, dragging a ladder behind him. “I’ve got one, I’ve got a ladder,” he said. “Wonderful!” said Meera, and smiled at the boy. “This will help us rescue the trapped animal. Now, help me get it into the well. Careful! We musn’t frighten the little fellow.” Meera looked into the well and started speaking soothingly to the bear.
Then, slowly and carefully, she and Lakshman lowered the ladder into the well. A growl rumbled in the throat of the little bear. He clawed at the ladder wildly.
“No, no,” said Meera softly. “It’ll not hurt you. It’s a ladder, just a ladder! Move back, make room for the ladder!”
The bear stepped back and sniffed at the ladder curiously. Slowly he tried the first step, then six steps quickly. When he had almost reached the middle of the well, he stopped and looked up at the girl with trusting eyes. “Come up,” she said gently. “No one is going to hurt you.”
She stepped back and Lakshman followed her. They moved away from the well, and waited. “Would the bear come up safely?’ Meera wondered. Anything could happen before that. The ladder could slide off. Or it could fall forward. Or one of its rungs could break.. or..
1. Why did the bear look up? (2 marks)
Ans- _____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________
2. Why do you think the bear stopped snarling? (2 marks)
Ans- _____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 3. If you were a part of the crowd in the village, would you have supported them in
Ans- __________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________
4. Pick out a word from the passage which means (2 marks)
i) Bring someone out of danger- ______________
ii) Doing things that cause great pain (to the body or mind)- ______________.
5. Write the antonym for the following- (1 mark)
frightened- _________________
6. Write the synonym for the following- (1mark)
trap - ___________________
B. Directed Writing:- Imagine you are Meera Didi in the above passage. After you have rescued the bear, you choose to talk to the group of boys who tortured the bear. Include the following pointers
● What could have happened to the bear? ● Why chasing a bear was not a joke.
Begin like this...
Friends, do you think troubling a speechless animal is right?? I am very disturbed by the
way you all have behaved with the bear. ... (5 marks)
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Q2. Read the poem and answer the following questions (5 marks)
Came a beggar halt and sore: “I faint for lack of bread!”
King’s tower and queen’s bower Cast him forth unfed.
He knocked at the door of the eller’s cot, The eller’s cot in dale.
They gave him of their oat cake. They gave him of their ale.
He has cursed aloud the city proud, He has cursed it in its pride;
He has cursed it into Semmerwater Down the brant hillside.
He has cursed into Semmerwater There to bide.
1. Explain the line “I faint for lack of bread.” (1mark)
2. Why do you think the beggar cursed the city? (2 marks) Ans- _____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 3. If you were the old man in the above poem, would you have cursed the city? explain
giving a reason to your answer. (2 marks) Ans- _____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________
Q3. Literature : Tick the correct answer (5 marks)
1. Whose name did Lisa add to the audition list?
a. Joanna b. Sarah c. Mark
2. Who was sitting at the audition?
a. computer teacher b. music teacher c. principal
3. What was Jasmine?
a. class monitor b. school monitor c. school bully.
4. What did the firemen say?
a. all clear b. clear c. everything ok
5. What was found near the bushes?
a. laptop b. sports bag c. i-pad
QIV. Spelling and Vocabulary (10 marks)
iii) believe - ______________________ iv)move - _______________________ b. Write the verb form of.
i) performance- ________________________ ii) guidance- ______________________ c. Fill in the blanks
i)_________________ rules a country.
ii)__________________ piece of continuous writing.
iii)___________________ act of making something for the first time. d. Write the plurals for
i) church -_________________ ii) copy- ___________________ iii) thief- ___________________ ii) child- ___________________
QV . Do as directed (20marks)
A. Fill in the blanks with a, an, the or x (for no article). (3marks)
Something unusual happened when I was at ________Royal Sports Club this evening. I was drinking _______cup of coffee at _____ cafe when _______well dressed couple walked in. _________ man wore a suit and the woman had worn ________embroidered dress.
B. Fill in the blanks with correct adjectives. (2 marks)
1. Siya is an __________ girl. (hardworking/intelligent) 2. This is a _______________ box. (unusual/ unique)
3. Let’s have an _____________ trip . (adventurous/ thriller)
4. Mrs. Sharma read an _____________ poem. (delightful/excellent)
C. Rewrite the sentences correctly using ‘ or s’ (4marks)
1. The mens cars are parked.
Ans- _____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 2. Dannys pens are lost.
Ans- _____________________________________________________________________ 3. Its a very sunny day today
4.The teacher listened to the students report.
Ans- _____________________________________________________________________
D. Use the following words in the blanks given below. It can be used more than once. (3 marks)
( our, your, their, his her)
1. We borrowed some books for __________ homework. 2. He has waited long for ___________ turn.
3. She has ___________ own reasons for not going.
4. ____________ sister and mine are doing the same degree at the University. 5. Don’t they know that they have to bring ______________ own calculators? 6. She is eating _______________ lunch.
E. Fill in the blanks with this/these/that/those (1 mark)
1. __________________planet that we live on is called Earth. Some of __________ stars that you see in the sky are actually planets.
F. Fill in the blanks with appropriate reflexive pronouns (4 marks)
1. My mother often talks to _______________________ in the kitchen. 2. Sara, did you write this poem ___________?
3. The lion can defend _________________.
4. John and Alan, if you need some more milk help_____________________.
G. Cross out the word which is in the wrong position in each sentence (3 marks)
1. The birthday girl impatient was very impatient to see her gift. 2. She busy is always busy to meet me.
3. Please put your dirty shoes in the dirty shoe rack 4. The naughty puppies chewed our naughty slippers. 5. Sia is interesting so I enjoy her company interesting. 6. The smoky police entered a smoky hall.
