2ND SUMMATIVE EVALUATION
CLASS 9 (IX) WBBSE
ENGLISH QUESTION PAPER
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Set-4
Textbook: ‘Bliss
Lesson—
5 : All summer in a Day – Ray Bradbury (Prose)
6 : Mild the Mist upon the Hill – Emily Jane Bronte (Poetry)
7 : Tom Loses a Tooth – Mark Twain (Prose)
8 : His first flight – Liam O’Flaherty (Prose)
Grammar, Vocabulary and Writing (স্কুলভিত্তিক পরিবর্তন হতে পারে)
Name : _______________________________
Roll No. : ___________ Section : _________
Second Summative Evaluation
Sub- English Class-9
Time-80 minutes Full Marks- 40
Group-A : Reading (Seen)
1. ‘Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :
(7 : Tom Loses a Tooth – Mark Twain)
“So all this was because you wanted to stay home from school and go fishing ? Tom, Tom, I love you so much and you try to break my heart in every way with your naughtiness!”
By this time the dental instrument was ready. The old lady fastened one end of the silk thread to Tom’s tooth and the other end to the bed-post. She pulled and the tooth hung dangling by the bed-post. Tom now had a gap in his upper row of teeth. This enabled him to smile in a new and admirable way.
A. Tick (✓) the correct answer from the given alternatives : 1×2 = 2
(i) The old lady fixed one end of the dental instrument to –
(a) one leg of a chair
(b) Tom’s loose tooth
(c) Tom’s strong tooth
(d) a broken table
(ii) When the tooth was pulled out, it started dangling by-
(a) the chair (b) the table
(c) lamp post (d) bed-post
B. Answer the following questions within fifteen words : 1 x 2 = 2
(i) What was the dental instrument, used by the old lady ?
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(ii) Why did Tom pretend to be ill ?
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C. Answer the following questions within twenty-five words : 2
How was Tom’s loose tooth taken out ?
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2. Read the following extract from the poem “Mild the Mist upon the Hill” and answer the following question :
I watch this cloudy evening fall,
After a day of rain:
Blue mists, sweet mists of summer pall The horizone’s mountain – chain.
The Damp stands in the long, green grass
As thick as morning’stear;
And dreamy scents of fragrance pass That breathe of other years.
A. Tick(✓)the correct answer from the given alternatives : 1×2 = 2
(i) The season mentioned in the poem is –
(a) summer (b) winter (c) spring
(d) autumn.
(ii) The morning tears are –
(a) mild (b) dense (c) invisible
(d) dreamy
B. Now answer the questions :
(i) Write the name of the poem and the poet. [2]
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(ii) what does the expression’ morning tears’ suggest ? [1]
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(iii) what does the ‘ dreamy scents of fragrance ‘remind the poet of ? [1]
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Reading Comprehension (Unseen)
3. Read the following passage and answer the following questions :
Global warming is the process when the earth heats up and the temperature rises. This happen when there is an increase in the production of gases like CO₂, water vapours, nitrous oxide and methane, which are known as the green house gases. These green house gases trap heat and light from the sun in the earth’s atmosphere and cause global warming. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the average temperature of the earth has risen by 0.8° Celsius.
Around the world climate change is causing long term changes to the environment. The sea levels are rising and Arctic sea ice is melting. More intense hurricanes are approaching our coast lines and more glaciers are retreating from the mountain valleys they once filled. Warmer temperatures have led to more intense rainfall in some areas. This can cause flooding, higher temperatures cause droughts in some areas of the world causing a decline in crop productivity which may lead to food shortage. Heat waves have become common and more living species are becoming endangered.
A. Tick (✓) the correct alternatives : 1 x 4 = 4
(i) Which is not a green house gas – (a) O₂ (b) CO₂ (c) CH₄ (d) N₂O
(ii) During global warming the temperature of earth
(a) remains even
(b) remains uneven
(c) is rising
(d) is decreasing
(iii) Hurricane affects –
(a) hilly area (b) urban area
(c) rural area (d) coastal area
(iv) Heat waves have become –
(a) uncommon (b) rare (c) common
(d) unique
B. Fill in the chart : 2×2 = 4
Cause
(a) Green house gases trap heat and light from the sun in the earth’s atmosphere
(b)
Effect
Long term changes to the environment occur.
C. How is life affected due to heat waves ? [2]
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Grammar and vocabulary
4. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles preposition : 1 x 3 = 3
I would prefer even ………… fail ……… honour than win ……………. cheating.
5. Do as directed : 1×5 = 5
(i) She gave us fruits. [Change the the mode of voice]
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(ii) It ______________ (rains / has been raining/ is raining).[ Fill in the blank with correct alternatives]
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(iii) I said to him ” will you go to cinema today ?” [ change the mode of narration] Ans.
(iv) Being ill, I could not attend school. [ identify the sentence as simple, complex or compound ]
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(v) This is the place. I was born here.
[ join with adjective clause ]
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6. Find out words from the passage (Q.No. 3) that mean the following : 1×2=2
(i) Dearth : ………………
(ii) Very great in degree : …………….
WRITTING SKILLS
7. Write a letter to your head master requesting him to arrange an educational tour to a place of interest. Also point out why it is so necessary for the total development of students. [8]
OR
Write a newspaper report on the basis of the following points : [8]
[ Points: Place – Lodhasuli, Date April 5 – brake failure of a dumper truck – collided with a Kharagpur bound Jhargram Kharagpur bus – 2 including a woman killed on the spot – 10 injured – injured sent to Jhargram hospital – released with first aid – traffic disrupted- agitation – arrival of the police – normalcy restored ]
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