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Set 3
(Reading)
1.(a) Read the passage given below and complete the sentences that follow :
1. The studio, which has different sessions for teaching niche dance forms including salsa, Latin
American, ballroom, bhangra, retro, tness dance and special sessions for homemakers and the
elderly, grabbed everyones attention in the region when it organised Burst Out in Chandigarh. It
witnessed 750 people dancing in British Schools Golf Ground. The event saw participation from
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everyone inclusing children and the elderly. We will organise another event like this again sometime
this year, she says.
2. When reminded about the closure of several dance schools in the region, this Reebok Doonya-certi ed
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trainer says that the same is happening all over the world. Around 180 dance schools closed down in
the US last year. When it comes to this region, it becomes very tough to survive if you are catering to
the niche market and teaching only specialised dance forms. That may still work in metros but not in
a place like Chandigarh, says Shan, a 2009 postgraduate in Communication from Panjab University in
Chandigarh.
3. A rm believer of word of mouth publicity, the fact that students assume that they would grab SUBSCRIBE
immense fame after a few sessions is disturbing for Shan. Why dont they realise that fame is a by-
product ? Dance is about passion. These reality dance shows with judges who have no connection to
any dance form have been most damaging in making youngsters think that learning dance is about RECENT POSTS
winning shows, which judge classical, retro and Latin American on the same platform, she says.
4. Shan, who has held dance classes across Europe, says facilitating dance is the easy part while
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running a studio can be exhausting. High rentals, keeping a constant tab on fads and retaining
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instructors can be really frustating sometimes, she explains.
5. But perhaps it is students like that 72-year-old woman who keep her going.(India Today : Simply NCERT Solutions for class 8 English Honeydew
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2.Read the passage carefully and on the basis of your study of the passage answer the questions given
below : (OTBA)
More change has occurred in the environmental movement during the past ten years than in its entire
previous history. Its thrust has become less ideological and more pragmatic, less New Age and more
scienti c. It is increasingly grounded in the databases of atmospheric science and the genetic models of
conservation biology.
The practice of conservation in particular is now linked to economic development rather than opposed to it,
focussed on biological diversity rather than just scenic beauty, broadened to save entire ecosystems rather
than individual star species such as pandas and bald eagles, and tilted to put increasing emphasis on those
tropical countries where the most severe environmental problems exist.
The next hundred years may well evolve into the century of the environment- during which most societies
shift from guns and bullets to butter and trees. All this comes not a moment too soon, if we are to save a
failing planet.
A decade ago the public image of environmentalism was burdened with what might be called the
Greenpeace metaphor. Environmental issues were caricatured as theatres of ideological con ict, where
champions of Nature battled champions of Progress. Liberals, in this view, blocked dams in order to save
oddly named small shes, while conservatives heedlessly sacri ced the environment for short-term pro t.
The dichotomy was far from exact, but like most oversimpli cations it held a lot of truth and re ected
accurately some of the larger tensions of American life.
Today, to my distress, some conservative writers continue to treat environmentalism with scepticism or
outright hostility. They depict it as onemore workshop of the left, a means of enlarging government control
and the power of the bureaucratic New Class, and a cudgel with which to beat free market economies and
press for a restructuring of society in short, a clever scheme to add the environment and its votaries to
the Welfare State.
This is a mistake.
The environmental crisis is real. If the heart of the conservation agenda is the preservation of the best in the
world in the midst of change, it cannot be limited to institutions, the rule of law, and personal morality, but
must also embrace the environment. Conservare is the common stem of conservation and conservatism,
and perhaps that ancient link should serve as a signature of the basic principle that humanity does not exist
apart from nature and will suffer to the extent that we abuse it.
Growth in scienti c knowledge has altered the character of the environmental movement and its relation to
political and economic life. A global view now prevails. We no longer see changes as isolated episodes-the
pollution of a river here or the extinction of a bird species there. Now we see all of these events as having
coalesced into worldwide secular trends.
The release of chloro urocarbons in the northern hemisphere has opened a hole seven thousand miles
away in the stratospheric ozone over Antarctica, admitting higher levels of ultraviolet radiation. This local
collapse foreshadows the fate of the global atmosphere, threatening higher level of skin cancer and
disruption of ecosystems worldwide.
The consumption of huge quantities of beef and timber in the United States accelerates the deforestation
of Latin America, dries its great river basins, ruins its soil, and on a larger scale, raises carbon dioxide level in
the global atmosphere.
The secular trends can be conveniently classi ed as the four horsemen of the environmental apocalypse :
global warming by the greenhouse effect, undeniably coming but at a rate still disputed among atmospheric
scientists; ozone depletion, severe and not in dispute, toxic waste accumulation, severe and not in dispute;
and mass extinction by habitat destruction, also severe and not in dispute.
Why should these man-induced changes be thought apocalyptic ? After all, environmental change is
perpetual, and organisms have always adjusted to it in past geological times. Over millions of years species
adapted to alternating climatic warming and cooling, the expansion or shrinkage of continental shelves, the
invasion of new competitors and parasites. Those that could not change became extinct, but at such a
relatively slow rate that other, better adapted species evolved to replace them.
In the midst of endless turnover, the balance of life was sustained. But now the velocity of change is too
great for life to handle, and the equilibrium is shattered. The change is the greatest experienced since the
end of the Age ofDinosaurs 65 million years ago. It has reached precipitous levels within a single human life
span, a mere tick in geological time. Humanity is creating a radical new environment too quickly to allow the
adjustment of species, which need thousands to millions of years to accomplish complex genetic
adaptations. Most of life is consequently at risk. Our life is at risk.
() Do you agree with the view of the author that conservation is linked to economic development ?
Illustrate your view with examples.
(b) What has put our life at risk ?
(SECTION-B)
age of competition
stressful life
craze for playing video games, mobiles, etc.
5.Choose the most appropriate options from the ones given below to complete the following paragraph.
Two of those enemy towers are (a)__________ than all of ours. It (b)___________that they were built long ago.
They are used to see the movement (c)____________our troops.
(a) (i) big(ii) biggest(iii)bigger(iv) small
(b) (i) has been said(ii) was said(iii)had been said(iv) is said
(c) (i) of(ii) off(iii)over(iv) across
6.The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the correct word and
the correction in the space provided against the correct blank number.
. Error Correction
We use to do it in our spare (a) ______ ______
time or enjoy it immensely. Do (b) ______ _____
you knew about it ? If you know, (c) ______ ______
What do you think off it ? (d) ______ _______
Answers
(SECTION-A)
(Reading)
1.(a) Read the passage given below and complete the sentences that follow :
1. The studio, which has different sessions for teaching niche dance forms including salsa, Latin
American, ballroom, bhangra, retro, tness dance and special sessions for homemakers and the
elderly, grabbed everyones attention in the region when it organised Burst Out in Chandigarh. It
witnessed 750 people dancing in British Schools Golf Ground. The event saw participation from
everyone inclusing children and the elderly. We will organise another event like this again sometime
this year, she says.
2. When reminded about the closure of several dance schools in the region, this Reebok Doonya-certi ed
trainer says that the same is happening all over the world. Around 180 dance schools closed down in
the US last year. When it comes to this region, it becomes very tough to survive if you are catering to
the niche market and teaching only specialised dance forms. That may still work in metros but not in
a place like Chandigarh, says Shan, a 2009 postgraduate in Communication from Panjab University in
Chandigarh.
3. A rm believer of word of mouth publicity, the fact that students assume that they would grab
immense fame after a few sessions is disturbing for Shan. Why dont they realise that fame is a by-
product ? Dance is about passion. These reality dance shows with judges who have no connection to
any dance form have been most damaging in making youngsters think that learning dance is about
winning shows, which judge classical, retro and Latin American on the same platform, she says.
4. Shan, who has held dance classes across Europe, says facilitating dance is the easy part while
running a studio can be exhausting. High rentals, keeping a constant tab on fads and retaining
instructors can be really frustating sometimes, she explains.
5. But perhaps it is students like that 72-year-old woman who keep her going.(India Today : Simply
Punjabi)
2.Read the passage carefully and on the basis of your study of the passage answer the questions given
below : (OTBA)
More change has occurred in the environmental movement during the past ten years than in its entire
previous history. Its thrust has become less ideological and more pragmatic, less New Age and more
scienti c. It is increasingly grounded in the databases of atmospheric science and the genetic models of
conservation biology.
The practice of conservation in particular is now linked to economic development rather than opposed to it,
focussed on biological diversity rather than just scenic beauty, broadened to save entire ecosystems rather
than individual star species such as pandas and bald eagles, and tilted to put increasing emphasis on those
tropical countries where the most severe environmental problems exist.
The next hundred years may well evolve into the century of the environment- during which most societies
shift from guns and bullets to butter and trees. All this comes not a moment too soon, if we are to save a
failing planet.
A decade ago the public image of environmentalism was burdened with what might be called the
Greenpeace metaphor. Environmental issues were caricatured as theatres of ideological con ict, where
champions of Nature battled champions of Progress. Liberals, in this view, blocked dams in order to save
oddly named small shes, while conservatives heedlessly sacri ced the environment for short-term pro t.
The dichotomy was far from exact, but like most oversimpli cations it held a lot of truth and re ected
accurately some of the larger tensions of American life.
Today, to my distress, some conservative writers continue to treat environmentalism with scepticism or
outright hostility. They depict it as onemore workshop of the left, a means of enlarging government control
and the power of the bureaucratic New Class, and a cudgel with which to beat free market economies and
press for a restructuring of society in short, a clever scheme to add the environment and its votaries to
the Welfare State.
This is a mistake.
The environmental crisis is real. If the heart of the conservation agenda is the preservation of the best in the
world in the midst of change, it cannot be limited to institutions, the rule of law, and personal morality, but
must also embrace the environment. Conservare is the common stem of conservation and conservatism,
and perhaps that ancient link should serve as a signature of the basic principle that humanity does not exist
apart from nature and will suffer to the extent that we abuse it.
Growth in scienti c knowledge has altered the character of the environmental movement and its relation to
political and economic life. A global view now prevails. We no longer see changes as isolated episodes-the
pollution of a river here or the extinction of a bird species there. Now we see all of these events as having
coalesced into worldwide secular trends.
The release of chloro urocarbons in the northern hemisphere has opened a hole seven thousand miles
away in the stratospheric ozone over Antarctica, admitting higher levels of ultraviolet radiation. This local
collapse foreshadows the fate of the global atmosphere, threatening higher level of skin cancer and
disruption of ecosystems worldwide.
The consumption of huge quantities of beef and timber in the United States accelerates the deforestation
of Latin America, dries its great river basins, ruins its soil, and on a larger scale, raises carbon dioxide level in
the global atmosphere.
The secular trends can be conveniently classi ed as the four horsemen of the environmental apocalypse :
global warming by the greenhouse effect, undeniably coming but at a rate still disputed among atmospheric
scientists; ozone depletion, severe and not in dispute, toxic waste accumulation, severe and not in dispute;
and mass extinction by habitat destruction, also severe and not in dispute.
Why should these man-induced changes be thought apocalyptic ? After all, environmental change is
perpetual, and organisms have always adjusted to it in past geological times. Over millions of years species
adapted to alternating climatic warming and cooling, the expansion or shrinkage of continental shelves, the
invasion of new competitors and parasites. Those that could not change became extinct, but at such a
relatively slow rate that other, better adapted species evolved to replace them.
In the midst of endless turnover, the balance of life was sustained. But now the velocity of change is too
great for life to handle, and the equilibrium is shattered. The change is the greatest experienced since the
end of the Age ofDinosaurs 65 million years ago. It has reached precipitous levels within a single human life
span, a mere tick in geological time. Humanity is creating a radical new environment too quickly to allow the
adjustment of species, which need thousands to millions of years to accomplish complex genetic
adaptations. Most of life is consequently at risk. Our life is at risk.
() Do you agree with the view of the author that conservation is linked to economic development ?
Illustrate your view with examples.
(b) What has put our life at risk ?
Ans. (a) The author is quite right in saying that conservation is linked to economic development. It can be
understood by supposing the contrary. If we continue to fell down trees and build buildings, roads and
bridges to accommodate rising populace and meet rising demands, can there be real economic
development ? The answer is yes, but with a rider. New problems will arise such as global warming
resulting in extreme weather conditions, droughts, untimely rains, storms, etc. A lot of money will have to be
invested to overcome these problems giving a set back to economic development. So conservation of
environment is essential if we want real economic development in the long run. A balance will have to be
maintained between conservation and economic activities.
(b) The increasing air and water pollution and deforestation have put our life at risk. The increased number
of polluting vehicles and factories release a lot of chloro uorocarbon. It has already caused a hole in the
ozone layer, which is worsening weather conditions, raising the levels of skin cancer and disrupting
ecosystems worldwide. A radically new environment is being created. The changes are so fast that no
species, even humans, can quickly adjust to it. Too much rain and snow and severe drought occur in
unexpected places. In times to come we are going to face acute shortages of food and challenges to our
living conditions. No one is sure if life will at all be possible on this earth if serious efforts are not made to
solve environment related problems.
(SECTION-B)
age of competition
stressful life
craze for playing video games, mobiles, etc.
5.Choose the most appropriate options from the ones given below to complete the following paragraph.
Two of those enemy towers are (a)__________ than all of ours. It (b)___________that they were built long ago.
They are used to see the movement (c)____________our troops.
(a) (i) big (ii) biggest (iii)bigger (iv) small
(b) (i) has been said(ii) was said (iii)had been said (iv) is said
(c) (i) of (ii) off (iii)over (iv) across
Ans. (a) iii (b) iv (c) i
6.The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the correct word and
the correction in the space provided against the correct blank number.
. Error Correction
We use to do it in our spare (a) ______ ______
time or enjoy it immensely. Do (b) ______ _____
you knew about it ? If you know, (c) ______ ______
What do you think off it ? (d) ______ _______
Ans. (a) when it had rained
(b)rained only an hour before
(c)that he must be asleep
7.Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows. Write the answers against
the correct blank numbers in your answer sheet. Do not copy the whole sentences.
Rajesh asked Suman (a)_______suman replied that it (b)_______ Rajeshsaid that it was strange that he could
not know. Suman said (c)_______
(SECTION-C)
Ans. In his conversation with Gulliver, Munodi, the former Governor of Lagado, tells about the conditions
prevailing in Balnibarbi. Some forty years before, he says, some persons from Balnibarbi went to Laputa.
They stayed there for ve months. They studied the schemes followed by the people of Laputa. When they
came back, they introduced some new schemes in the elds of arts, sciences and mechanics. They set up
academies of projects in many cities. In all these academies the professors chalked out new schemes, new
methods of agriculture and building. They used new instruments and tools for trade and manufacture. In
the new system one man was competent to do the job of ten. The building were so designed and made as
to last forever with repairing.
But then there was another side of the picture. In following the ambitious plans the new-age innovators and
scientists remained without food or clothes. Their houses were in ruins. Munodi did not toe the lines of
these impractical dreamers. He followed old methods and was, thus, unacceptable in the kingdom. He had
preserved his estate in its original form.
Or
Gulliver told the master of the Houyhnhnms that there were a large number of Houyhnhnms (horses) in his
country. Human servants were employed to look after them and keep them neat and clean. The
Houyhnhnms, added Gulliver, were used in chariots and taken care of until they grew old and then
discarded. Their hoofs were shod with iron in order to preserve the hoofs from being broken. They were
often castrated to tame them.
The master of the Houyhnhnms felt humiliated on listening to Gullivers account. He became angry and
wondered if the human beings were rational in treating the horses in such a shabby manner.
Gulliver further told the master of Houyhnhnms about himself and his parents. He also told him about his
country. His country, he said, was governed by the queen. His people suffered from many ailments, evils and
vices. Theft, robbery, forgery and rape have brought misery in their lives.
The whole account was beyond the comprehension of the master of the Houyhnhnms. He was, however,
unhappy with what he was told.
Or
George is an important member of the rowing party. He is, on the whole, a shirker and short tempered,
though at times we feel he is not as irritable as he seems to be. He loves to get up late to enjoy his sleeps.
Whenever he gets up early he feels very irritable. Once he had a very bad experience of getting up early at
Mrs Gippings. He went out at 3 a.m. thinking that it was about to be 9 a. m. He became a suspect in the
eyes of the policemen.
He is not as jolly as the narrator. When the narrator wets his shirt accidentally, he gets angry and does not
view it as a funny incident. He is fond of playingbanjo. The narrator and Harris do not have good opinion
about his ability to play banjo well. However, they become sentimental when George plays Two Lovely Black
Eyes. In a country inn he deliberately goads a man to make a story about the trout in the glass-case. It
reveals his mischievous nature. He is also practical. He knows that rowing in a continuous rain may prove to
be harmful. So he suggests abandoning the boat and reaching their destination by train.
Or
The narrator does not think high of the hired-boats. A hired-boat cannot be such that can be displayed. It is
invariably in a bad condition. The man in the hired up-river boat is modest and retiring.
The narrator recalls a bad experience. Once he was one of a party who hired an up-river boat for a few days
trip. They had written for a double sculling skiff. When they went to the yard, the man asked one Jim to
fetch round The Pride of the Thames. The boat which was brought was hardly a boat. It was a chunk of
wood. It looked as if it had been dug out of somewhere and dug out carelessly. It was a Roman relic of
some sort. When the party refused to take it, the boat- builder himself came, and assured them that it was
really a skiff to take them on their trip down the river. He found no fault in it. When no one in the party was
convinced, he got angry and said it was the best boat in all his stock, and was in use for the last forty years.
The narrator and his associates had to take the boat. They said their prayers and stepped on board. They
were charged thirty- ve shillings.
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