Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, Satara 12 th First Term Examination-2018-19

      Junior Colleges,

                   Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, Satara

                                         First Term Examination-2018-19

                                                  Std. Xll

                                        Subject : English      Marks {5O}

                             Date: 24/10/2018 Time: 7.30 to 9.30

                  (Reading Skills, Vocabulary, Grammar and Summary)

Q.la) Read the first activity, read the extract and then do all the activities. 12

 A1) State whether the following statements are true or false. 2

i) He has become the fifth-largest manufacturer of personal computers.     FALSE

ii) Michaels mother Lorraine was an orthodontist.     FALSE

iii) At 17, Dell bought an expensive B.M.W. Car.     TRUE

 iv) In high school Michael had a job of selling newspaper subscriptions. TRUE

Michael DelL has always been fond of saying, "If you think you have a good idea, try it !" And today, at-29, he has discovered the power- of another  good idea that has helped him rise in just a few years from teen to tycoon. He   has become the fourth-largest manufacturer of personal computers in America  and the youngest man ever to head Fortune 500 corporation.

Growing up in Houston, Texas, Michael and his two brothers were imbued by their parents, Alexander and Lorraine-he an orthodontist, she a stockbroker-with the desire to learn and the drive to work hard Even so, stories   about the midde boy began to be told early.

Like the time a saleswoman came Asking to speak to "Mr. Michael Dell" about his getting a high school equivalency diploma. moments later, eight year-old Michael was.explaining that he thought it might Ve a goöd idea to  get high school out of the way..

  A few years later. Michael had another good idea, to trade stamps by advertising in stamp magazines. With the $ 2000 he made, he bought his first personal computer. Then he took it apart to. figure 'out how it worked.

In high school Michael had a job selling newspvaper subscriptions. Newlyweds, he figured, were the best prospects, so he hired friends to copy the names and addresses of recent recipients of marriage licences. These he en tered into his computer, then sent a personalized letter offering each couple a free two-week subscription.

This time Dell made $ 18,000 and bought an expensive BMW car. The car salesman was flabbergasted when the 17-year-old paid cash.

  Complete the following sentences. 2

Michael's process of selling Newspaper subscriptions.

i)............................... ii)...............................

ANS-  1)  He found that newly weds were the best prospects.

            2) So he hired the friend to copy the names and addresses of  recent recipients of marriage licences,enter the data in to computer and then send them personalized letters offering each couple a free two weeks subscription

  A-3 Conclusion. 2

"Stories about the middle boy began to be told early" This sentence implied ................ (Complete it in a paragraph)

ANSWER- Stories about the middle boy began to be told- early- This sentence implied that writer told us that middle boy(Micheal) start his successive stories  at an early age.

A4 Vocabulary. 2

Give one word for the following from the passage.

i) Greatly surprised =   flabbergasted

  ii) filled with a quality = imbued

 iii) of high price   = hefty mark-up

iv) a wealthy and powerful person  = tycoon

A5 Personal Response. 2

Dells story teaches me

i)........................... . 

ii)..........................
ANS-Dells story teaches us following lesson
i)  Always use good and new idea.
ii) do what you love.

A6 Grammar (Do as directed) 2

1) If you think you have a good idea, try it.

(Rewrite sentence using "Unless")

ANS-Unless you think you have a good idea ,do not try it.

2) He has discovered the power of another good idea

  (Rewrite sentence beginning with "The power of)

ANS- The power of another good idea has been discovered by him.

A.I B) Do as directed.

1) I have bought ........pen .........pen is nice.

ANS- a, the

(Rewrite the sentence using articles)

2) The Inter collegiate sports meet was held.... Nashik ......... Thursday.

 (Rewrite the sentence using appropriate prepositions)

ANS- in   ,   on

3) She said to me, "Please help me." (Change the narration)

ANS- She requested him/her to help him/her.

Q.2 A) Read the first activity/ read the extract and do the activities that follows

 Al) Choose two correct statements that explain the basic purpose of the extract.

 i) To make the reader's understand that problems need to be ignored to get a  peaceful life.

ii) To motivate readers to accept.the challenges of life and move a head.

iii) One needs to bury all the thoughts of quitting to embrace success one day or  the other.

iv) The winner of the battles of life is the physically strongest person.

We face a crisis almost every minute in one form or the other, just that we don't realize it. The.magnitude of a particular issue in our lives makes us  classify it as normal or critical.

Each one of us is fighting a battle, all the time: From the person com muting for hours in a jampacked bus just to reach his workplace, to newly married girl adjustihg in hér husband's family, we are all fighters.

 Each morning puts a man on trial and each evening passes judgement. The names of such men and women may not appear on the front pages of  newspapers or the President of the country may not honour them, yet lifeitself is the reward.

The strongest people are not always those who win, but the people who don't give up when they lose. Fear is good, if one can use it properly and not be paralysed by it.

Life is generous to those who pursue their destiny. It is the possibility of having a dream come true that actually makes life interesting.

The only limits on life are those that people set themselves. Men are not prisoners of fate, but prisoners of their own minds The tragedy of life is not death but what we let die inside us while we live.

Most people don't fail; they simply give up trying. We cannot change the course of events, but always change the response of the course of

Let's salute those who never give up and succeed.


A2) Explain

Admirable qualities that are discussed in the passage.

ANS-

a) don't give up

b) strongest people

c) having dream

d) peruse their destiny

A 3) The ways a man in crisis can come out of his / her problems.
ANS- 
1) Don't give up when they lose.
2) they do not fear of failure.
3) they have a dream.

A 4)Find out. the synonyms words from the, extract.
ANS-
1) Subject  = people
2) Danger  =  crisis
3) Powerful  = magnitude
4) Left  = give up /quit

Personal Response.

Mention how you  handle a crisis. Explain your answer .o
ANS- Whenever out I met crisis in my life I firstly think positively about that matter.I seek advice of my friend and parents. I do not give up.

Grammar (Do as directed) 2 

I) Each morning puts a man on trial.
(Rewrite the sentence in present perfect continuous Tense)

ANS- Each morning have been putting a man on trial.

II) Women may not appear on the front pages of newspaper.
(Rewrite the sentence using modal auxiliary showing with obligation)
Women MUST not appear on the front pages of newspaper.

B Summary. 4
.Write a summary of the above extract with the help of the. points given below and suggest a suitable title.


Problems influencing life - the winners - what they do - their strength in handling the situation.


             Title - Don't give up



Crisis are the part of our life.Each person have a problems in their life.strongest people handle problem calmly.They never quit.They do things differently.They do not fear.So salute to those people who success.




Section Il

Read the given extract and do the activities that follow. 8

Look on the kitchen floor,
You'll find some flowers there by the door.
 These are the flowers she brought for you.
She picked them herself, pink, yellow and blue.
She stood quietly not to spoil the surprise,
And you never saw the tears in her eyes."

 By this time, I felt very small
And now my tears began to fall.
I quietly went and knelt by her bed;
"Wake up, little girl, wake up", I said.
"Are these the flowers you picked for me ?" She smiled,
 "I found'em, out by; the tree.
I picked? em because they' re pretty like you.
I knew you would like'em, especially the blue."
I said, "Daughter, I'm sorry for the way acted today;
I shouldn't have yelled at you that way."
She said, "Oh, Mom, that's okay. I love you anyway,"
I said, "Daughter, I love you too,
 and I do like the flowers, especially the blue."

A1) Complete the following sequence of events in the poem. 2

Daughter brings flowers for mother

Mother yelled at her

At night mother felt very small  her behavior towards her daughter

 She goes to her daughter and says sorry to her

 Poetic devices. 2 

Write down the rhyme scheme of the 1st stanza and give two pairs of rhyming words from the extract.


Rhyming words = floor-door,you - blue ,surprise - eyes
Rhyme scheme  = aa ,bb ,cc


A3) Personal Response. 2

How Would you react if a similar incident happened with you in your family ?

ANS- If a similar incident happen with me at first I became sad but after that I will clear my side by telling truth.


2
A4) Poetic creation.

 The daughter is very happy that the bond with her mother is How strengthened even more.
 Add lines expressing the daughter's happiness at the end as a conclusion of the poem.

ANS-

                           Section - Ill
 READ The extract and do the activities that follow. 4

 On the following morning. when the flower once more stretched forth  its tender petals, like little arms towards the air and light the daisy recognized the bird's voice, but what it sang sounded so sad. Indeed the poor bird had good reason to be sad, for it had been caught and put into a cage close by the open window. It sang of the happy days when it could merrily fly about, of   fresh green corn in the fields, and of the time when it could soar almost up to

 the clouds. The poor lark was most unhappy as a prisoner in a cage. The little   daisy would have liked so much to help it, but what could be done Indeed, that was very difficult for such a a small flower to find out. It entirely forgot  how beautiful everything around it was, how warmly the sun was shining, and how splendidly white its petals were. It could only think of the poor captive bird, for which it could do nothing. Then two little boys came out of the garden; one of them had a large sharp knife, like that with which the girl   had cut the tulips. They came straight towards the little daisy, which could
not understand what they wanted.
"Here is a fine piece of turf for the lark," said one of the boys, and began to cut out a square round the daisy, so that it remained in the centre of the  grass.
 "Pluck the flower off' said the other boy, and the daisy trembled for fear' for to be pulled off meant death to it; and it wished so much to live, as it was  to go with the square of turf into the poor captive lark's cage.
"No let it stay," said the other boy, "it looks so pretty."

And so it stayed and was brought into the lark's cage. The poor bird was lamenting its lost liberty, and beating its wings against the wires; and the little daisy could not speak or utter a consoling word, much asit would have liked to do so. So the forenoon passed.

Al) Complete the sentence by choosing the correct information from the extract.   2 

The poor bird was sad because
  i)He had been caught and put in to a cage.
  ii) He is now prisoner in a cage.
   iii) He remembered his old days.

A2) Convert the extract in to a dialogue between 2 Daisy and Lark.

Daisy: Why are you singing so sadly, little bird?
Lark:  Oh,Daisy, I have been caught in a cage.
Daisy:Who has done this cruel work?
Lark: Those two cruel boys. I want to escape from here.
Daisy: Can I help you.But how can I help you?
Lark: Oh Daisy do what you want but free me from here.
Daisy: Ok I will try.



Section IV
(Writing Communication) (8)
Q. 5 A) Letter Writing 8

1) Write any one of the following letters. 4

1) Write a letter to your principal requesting him / her for issuing a duplicate
Leaving certificate for you.

Applicant :- Hemant Desai
College & Commerce college Kolhapur
Class :- Xllth comerce Division - B
Reason :- lost leaving Certificate in Bus



                                                                                                                                  Hemant Desai,
                                                                                                                                   Rajarampuri,
                                                                                                                                    Kolhapur
To,
Principal,
Arts and commerce
College
Kolhapur.

Sub:- Application for duplicate leaving certificate.

Applicant:-  Hemant Desai

Respected sir,
                  I am Hemant Desai,with the above mentioned subject I apply for duplicate leaving certificate.
     I am student of 12th Commerce,division-B and my roll no is 46.I want leaving certificate for educational purpose.I want duplicate leaving certificate because my original certificate lost in bus while travelling.
    So I request you to give me my duplicate leaving certificate.I also declare hear that I will not misuse the certificate.

Thanks
                                                                                                              Yours faithfully

                                                                                                            Hemant Desai

OR

2) (Irregular water supply in Vishrambag area , Sangli 21, the Supply of Water through pipe lines in Vishrambåg area has been extremely inadequate and irregular. Inmates of every house have been suffering badly. Municipal Corporation needs to look in to the matter and take necessary action at the earliest.)

After reading the above intro of a news, Write a letter to the municipal
 commissioner requesting for urgent action.

                                                                                                                                                               Akshay Sharma,
                                                             Nariman House,
                                                             Adarsh Nagar,
                                                               Sangali


 To,
The Commissioner 
of Municipal Corportion,
Sangli.


Sub: - Complaint regarding irregular water supply.

 Respected Sir,

 I the resident of  Adarsh Nagar, Colony, would like to draw your attention towards the irregular water supply in our locality. We are facing this problem, since the time the new building has been constructed in our locality, due to which the water supply has been disrupted.

 Due to the construction of the new building, the water supply has been portioned and now the supply has been interrupted as earlier the regular water supply used to be 3 hours in the morning and the same in the evening, but now the same has been reduced to just an hour as it needs a new water supply unit for individual building.

 I hope for your contribution in solving this problem. Looking forward to your reply.

 Thanking you.

                                                                           Yours                                                                                      sincerely,
                                                                Akshay Sharma
                                                                              


Q.6 Do the following activities. 4 On the occasion of the Annual Day Gathering function a famous actor actress is going to be the chief Guest at your Junior College function. You are assigned the task of interviewing him her for your college magazine. Frame a set of 8 to 10 questions to interview him/her. Prepare one introductory question, some probing. questions and one concluding question.



Today I am going to meet one of the legends of Indian cinema who needs no introduction, his name is Mr. Amitabh Bachhan.

 (i) What was your motivation behind a successful actor?

 (ii) How do you manage your personal and professional life?

 (iii) When you decided to be an actor, did your family support you?

 (iv) A part from your acting career, what other profession would you have like to opt, if you would not be an actor?

 (v) How did you tackle the tough phase of your life?

 (vi) What phase of life do you enjoy the most, being a son, being a father or being a grand father?

 (vii) What is your reaction to the people, who mimic you?

 (viii) What advice you would like to give the youngsters who follow you?



                                 THANK- YOU