UNIT TEST NO 1
( 2017-18)
ENGLISH
11th SUB-ENGLISH Marks 25
Q.1 Read the first activity and read the following extract and do all the activities (12)
A 1 Which of the following statements show positive attitude of Kiwi? 2
a) I dont tell them I am disable.
b) Disability is a state of mind.
c) I say I am a double amputee.
A heavy blizzard at New Zealand's Mount cook where he was a 23 year old Search and rescue mountaineer, relegated Inglis to an ice cave for 13 days following his rescue a major media event both his legs had to be amputed knee down because of severe frostbite.
Today almost 30 years later as the first double amputee to have reachd the Summit of Mount Everest the second double amputee to scale Mt.Cho Oyu and perhaps the only double amputee to wear three quarter pants all the time this 51 year old mountaineer has a lot to tell people about life. I don't tell them I am disable. Disability is a state of mind . I say I am a double amputee says the Jolly Kiwi . who is in the city to deliver a series of motivational lectures to corporates schools and whosoever willing to borrow inspiration from his survival story.
A 2 Complete the statement: 2
The amputation of Inglis legs was caused because .................
A 3 Conclusion: 2
Disability is a state of mind . Explain it in your own words.
A 4 Vocabulary 2
Give opposites of the following words from the extract.
1 Minor
2 Light
3 Able
4 Lend
A 5 Personal Response 2
Do you like to help handicapped persons? How will you help them?
A 6 Rewrite the sentences in the ways instructed. 2
1) ......Taj Mahal attracts .....lot of tourist every year.
(Use a,an or the)
2)The film finishes .....10 o clock .....the evening.
(Use proper prepositions)
Q .2 Read the following extract and do all the activities. (8)
Start where you stand and never mind the past ,
The past wont help you in the beginning new ,
If you have left it all behind at last,
By that is enough you are done with it you are through .
This is another chapter in the book,
This is another race that you have planned,
Don't give the vanished days and backward look,
Start where you stand.
The world wont care about your old defeats
If you can start a new and win success
The future is your time and time is fleet
And there is much of work and strain and stress.
A 1 Complete the following. 2
New beginning compared to....
1) ......................................
2) .....................................
A 2 Poetic devices 2
"Start where you stand"
Name and explain figures of speech and give similar examples.
A 3 Personal Response 2
Will this poem help you to overcome strain and stress in your life? Explain.
A 4 Poetic creation 2
Compose a poem of four lines by using words-
book, look, race, face.
Q.3 Imagine that you want to take interview of your mother prepare a set of 8 questions. 5
OR
Q. 3 Write a letter to your friend asking from him/ her guidance about career planning.
