CBSE TEST PAPER-01

ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE (COURSE-A) READING SECTION (Class-10)

A1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: (8 marks) Animals and plants have some very ingenious answers to chemical and engineering problems. Corals have lived in the oceans for hundreds of millions of years. They are obviously highly successful animals. They often live in waters which have very little of the materials they. Need to grow. The coral animal needs Lots of a chemical named phosphate, which is taken from the sea water around it. Yet the tropical waters in which the corals live very often have hardly any of this mineral in them. How the coral manages to obtain so much phosphate has long puzzled biologists. It was always assumed that the coral had some very special process for them. Australian scientists in the 1980s observed that the coral was taking phosphate from the sea water ten times more efficiently than any factory could. This is due to the detailed shape of the coral. The surface of the coral is engineered to increase the extraction rate. It is a series of repeating shapes which get smaller and smaller, right down to levels that can only be seen with a microscope. If the surface was flattened out it would cover an enormous area. It is this huge surface area which allows the coral to take out so much phosphate. A1.1 On the basis of your reading of the above passage, answer the following questions as briefly as possible. Write your answers in the space provided. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) The coral manages to grow inspite of ______________________________ Scientists believed that the coral grows so well because ________________ Sea water around it (line 5). What does it refer to? __________________ The coral is able to extract phosphate more efficiently than any factory could because _____________________________________ The coral extracts so much phosphate because __________________________ any factory could (line 10). Here could refers to the ability to ____________ Find a word in lines 1 to 6 which means clever. _________________________ Find a word in lines 7 to 12 which means structured or designed. __________

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A2.

LET KIDS BE KIDS The newspaper in the town I taught three years ago ran a contest for school-going children. The students were to create a one-frame cartoon on any topic. The best could be published in the paper. A second standard student drew a sad-faced earth, with the caption: I am weary, I am tired. Please stop wasting me> A boy in the sixth class sketched some hills beside a sign reading Landfill, with one tiny person informing another, Here we have the tallest hill in town. A third standard girl depicted animals crying near a house under construction, with smoke stacks in the distance; the caption read We want our homes back! Other entries showed Nelson Mandela being crushed beneath the boot of apartheid and a construction site where trees spelt out Save the Trees. Apparently, many children are coming home from school frightened that the world is a cold and inhospitable place. All the furry animals are being killed and the nice green trees chopped down. Even breathing the air is dangerous. Motivated by the best intentions, most teachers want their students to become informed and independent thinkers. But in trying to convey a sense of urgency about the worlds problems, they are committing an error. Children are unable to deal with global environmental concerns when they are still grappling with personal hygiene. They are not able to understand international race relations when they are struggling with schoolyard bullies. When we overload them with such problems, they become frustrated and frightened.

A2.1 On the basis of your reading of the passage given above answer the following questions briefly. Write your answers in the space provided. (6 marks) (a) We want our homes back! (lines 8-9). Whose homes are these? ______________________________________________ (b) The common point of view expressed by all the children in the different ______________________________________________ (c) The teachers want to develop in their children the skill of ______________________ (d) ________________________________ It is a pity that the children become frustrated and frightened. They are overloaded with several world problems such as (e) __________________________________________ (f) The writer suggests that instead of burdening the children with serious concerns, we should make sure that. _____________________________________________

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A2.2 Find one word in the lines indicated which has the same meaning as each phrase/word shown below. (a) title/ heading (lines 2 to 5) __________________________ (b) Unfriendly, unwelcoming (lines12-6) ___________________

A3.

How to beat a Bad Mood Moods, say the experts, are emotions that tend fixed, influencing ones outlook for hours, days or even weeks. Thats great if your mood in a pleasant one, but a problem if you are sad, anxious, angry or simply lethargic. Perhaps the best way to deal with such moods is to talk them out; sometimes, though, there is no one to listen. Modern pharmacology offers an abundances of tranquillizers anti-depressants and anti-anxiety drugs. What many people dont realize, however, is that scientists have discovered the effectiveness of several no-drugs approaches to pry you loose from an unwanted mood. These can by as good as prescription drugs and have the added benefit of being non-toxic and non-addictive. So in moments of bad Moods try on of these antidotes instead of rushing to the chemists. Of all self-help techniques, aerobic exercises seem to be the most effective cure for a bad mood. Aerobic exercises such as running, cycling, brisk walking, swimming or other repetitive activates that boost the heart beat rate, increase circulation f blood and improve the bodys utilization of oxygen. Just for 20 minutes, three to five times a week are just that you need. Colour can be a nutrient for the mind as vitamins are for the body, says Patricia, a New York Colour psychologist. She suggests to keep away from red to defuse irritability and anger. Avoid wearing colours that make you feel down-black or dark black or dark blue. Go for warm, bright and active colours that lighten your mood. Neutral colours such as soft shades of blue have soothing, calming effect and alleviate anxiety and tension. There is reported basic link between food and mood. Carbohydrates eaten alone stimulate the brains production of serotonin responsible for making us feel calm and relaxed. It is a sort of comfort food with a tranquillizing effect. Eating proteins tends to sustain alertness and mental energy. The best proteins are shell-fish, fish, chicken etc. A strong connection has been found between high caffeine intake and increased depression, irritability and anxiety. People are often depressed when their thoughts are negative and distorted. If you avoid being critical of yourself and think positive thoughts, youre actually more likely to feel happy. It is important to lift oneself out of ones own self-defeating mood and to take an interest in someone else.

A3.1On the basis of reading of the passage given above, answer the following questions briefly in the space provided. (a) Most people beat a bad mood either by talking it out with friends or by ________________________________________________________

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(b) Aerobic exercise have been recommended to beat a bad mood because ________________________________________________________ (c) Colours that add to gloom are (i)_____________ (ii) __________________ (d) If you would choice between carbohydrates and caffeine for a good mood you would choose ___________________________________ because _____________________ (e) Pick up a word from the lines 22 to 29 that means bad temper and write it in the space below. ____________________________________________________

A3.2 Fill in the empty boxes in the table given below with appropriate words or phrases chosen from the passage. Self-half techniques Brisk Walking (b) ___________________________ ___________________________ Eating fish, chicken etc. Depression among most people is because they are Specific Effects (a) ________________________ ________________________ Lessens anxiety and tension (c) _________________________ __________________________ (c) _________________________ _________________________

A3.3 Here is the summary of the passage given above. Fill in the blanks with relevant information/conclusions Following non-drug approaches help people fight their bad mood: (a) _____________________________________ (b) _____________________________________ (c) _____________________________________ (d) ______________________________________ (e) All these measures would lead to happy mood. Besides the above it is important to______________________________ to feel happy in the real sense.

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