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AL FALAH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, DPS JEDDAH
PERIODIC TEST -1 (2021-22 )
Grade: IX
Duration: 1hour
Subject: English Language and literature(184) Maximum Marks:20____
This paper consists of three sections:
Section A Reading
5 Marks
Section B Writing & Grammar
8Marks
Section C Text books
7 Marks
Q 1
Read the passage carefully and answer the correct options (5) Drawing one of the strongest links yet between global warming and human conflict, researchers said on March 02, 2015 that an extreme drought in Syria between 2006 and 2009 was most likely due to climate change, and that it was a factor in the violent uprising that began there in 2011. The drought was the worst in the country in modern times, and the scientists laid the blame for it on a century long trend toward warmer and drier conditions in the eastern Mediterranean, rather than on natural climate variability. The researchers said this trend matched computer simulations of how the region responds to increase in greenhouse gas emissions, and appeared to be due to two factors weakening of winds that bring moisture-laden air from the Mediterranean and hotter temperatures that cause more evaporation. Colin P. Kelley, the lead author of the study, who researched while at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and is now at the University of California, said there was no
apparent natural cause for the warming and drying trend, which developed over the last 100 years, when humans’ effect on climate has been the greatest. Some social scientists, policy makers and others have previously suggested that the drought played a role in the Syrian unrest, and the researchers addressed this as well, saying the drought ‘had a catalytic effect.’
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policies of the Syrian government, caused crop failures that led to the migration of as many as 1.5 million people from rural to urban areas. This added to social stresses that eventually resulted in the uprising against Bashar al- Assad in March 2011. What began as civil war has since escalated into a multifaceted conflict, with at least 200,000 deaths. The researchers said that there were many factors that contributed to the chaos. The US military has described climate change as a ‘threat multiplier’ that may lead to greater instability.
1.On the basis of your reading answer the following choose the correct option: (any five) (5)
(i)The US military has described climate change as a ---. (a)cause for instability
(b)cause for temperature (c)threat multiplier
(d)of All the above
(ii) Crop failures led to the migration of people from rural to urban areas.
(a)2 million (b)1.5 million (c)5 million (d)15 million
(iii) Migration added to the social stresses which eventually resulted in the uprising against
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(c)Colin P. Kelly (d)US military
(iv) --- is the word from the passage which means ‘total state of confusion’.
(a)multifaceted (b)chaos
(c)emissions
(d)None of the above
(v)Choose the correct synonym of the word ‘desertion’ from the passage
(a)variability (b)observation (c)apparent (d) evaporation
(VI) Choose the correct synonym of the word ‘Catastrophe’ from the passage
(a)combined (b) misguide (c) failure (d)escalate
Read the extract given below and attempt ANY three, by
choosing the options that follow: (3)
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“Then took the other, as just as fair,
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because it was grassy and wanted wear;
(a)
What does “Other “refer to in the above lines?
( i ) less travelled road
(ii)
(ii) grassy road
(iii)
(iii) both a & b
(iv)
(iv)None
(b)
Which road did the narrator choose?
(i)
less travelled
(ii)
(ii) more travelled
(iii)
(iii) both
(iv)
(iv) none
(c)
Explain ‘Grassy and wanted wear’.
(i)
many people had walked this road
(ii)
less people had travelled the road
(iii) poet wants to have grass
(iv)
(iv) none
(d)
Which poetic device is used in “wanted wear”
( i ) alliteration
(ii)
(ii) metaphor
(iii)
(iii) simile
(iv)
(iv) onomatopoeia
Read the following dialogues and report in indirect narration
choosing the correct options.(any 2)(2)
Mother : Where were you?
Daughter ‘ : I was on the terrace playing.
Mother : Please do not go without prior permission.
Mother asked her daughter(a)
.
The daughter replied(b)
. The mother then
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(a)(i)where she is
(ii) if she was there
(iii) where was she
(iv) where she was
(b)(i) she is on the terrace playing
(ii) she had been on the terrace playing
(iii) she has been on the terrace playing
(iv) she have been on the terrace playing
(c)(i)that do not go without prior permission
(ii) not to go without permission
(iii) did not go without prior permission
(iv) to do not go without prior permission
Q 4
Fill in the blanks with appropriate determiners by
choosing the correct option: (any 2) (2)
1.Despite looking for her ___________, I couldn’t find her.
A. somewhere
B. anywhere
C. everywhere
D. nowhere
2.____________ one of them has been invited.
A. Since
B. Every
C. Many
D. Much
3. ___________ sun is about to set.
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A. A
B. An
C. The
D. A little
Q 5
The recent reports in the press about the shortage of oxygen cylinders in India where Covid patients are dying is a matter of grave concern. Write a letter to the Editor of ‘Times of India’ expressing your views on this problem and suggesting ways to solve it. Sign yourself as Madan/ Maria of Class IX of Love Dale
Public School, Bengalaru.(120 words) Take ideas from the below
report.(4)
As hospitals in Delhi and many other cities run out of beds, people have been forced to find ways to get treatment for sick patients at home. Many have turned to the black market, where prices of essential medicines, oxygen cylinders and concentrators have skyrocketed and questionable drugs are now proliferating.
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Q 6
Justify the title “The sound of Music” with reference to Evelyn Glenn. (100-120 words) (4)
OR
Animals should be treated with love and respect. Comment with reference to the lesson “Adventures of Toto.”
