English Final Mock
Exam - 3
Class 9 Time 3 Hours
Full Marks 90
INSTRUCTION:
Special
credit will be given for answers which are brief and to the point. Marks
will be deducted for spelling mistakes, untidiness and bad handwriting.
Seen Comprehension
1. Answer the following question.
4×2
(i) Why were
the passengers sweating?
(ii) What did
they do after the snake was gone?
(iii) How did
Crusoe prevent himself from losing the measure of time?
(iv) What does
the journey of the third ship symbolize?
2. Complete the following sentences with
information from the text. 4×1
(i) The
northern ship sailed over––––––––––––––––––––––
(ii) The route
of the narrator’s journey was––––––––––––––––––––––
(iii) Crusoe
was shipwrecked––––––––––––––––––––––
(iv) The sun
glazed the snake’s ––––––––––––––––––––––
3. Read the following lines and state whether
it is true or false. 4×1
(i) The cap
was intact when the monkey released the cap.
(ii) As the second ship set sail, the sea
remained calm and still.
(iii) The snake
mentioned here is a male snake.
(iv) Crusoe
suffered from high fever in the month of June, 1960
4. Tick the correct
answer from the given options.
4×1
(i) The
narrator found a little plain on the side of a –
(a) river (b) pond (c) hill (d) grove
(ii)The train
was announced by the –
(a)
speaker (b) whistle (c) shouts
(d) ringing of the station bell
(iii) The first
ship was carried to a rich country by –
(a)
sea (b) morning sky (c) wind (d) all of these
(iv)The colour
of the snake was –
(a)
red (b) white (c) purple (d) black
Unseen Comprehension
4. Read the passage carefully and answer as
asked below.
The study of biography is a pleasant occupation,
particularly if it happens to be the life of a great man, or a hero. It is even
more delightful than reading a novel. For we read fiction, knowing all the time
that it is a work of imagination or fancy. But to read the life of a great man
is to read things that have actually happened. We have a sensation that truth
can be Stanger than fiction. And then there is the thought, — if these have
actually happened, why may not they happen again and, why not in my own life?
This, indeed, is a splendid thought, an ennobling idea.
Biography acts as a leaven inspiration to achievement.. We read how from a
petty provincial lawyer Abraham Lincoln rose to be the most memorable President
of the USA by dint of his integrity, idealism and earnestness and today his
name is a household word in America and remembered as one who came to White House
from log cabin. We read how the great Vidyasagar raised himself from poverty to
eminence by his iron will and high character. We read how Lenin, realising the futility of
mere terrorism, created the great Communist Party of Soviet Union. Such
examples fill us with inspiration. They tell us that we also can make ourselves
great and famous, if we have character, idealism, perseverance and courage.
a) State whether the following statements are
True or False. Write ‘T’ for True and ‘F’ for False. 3×1
(i) The study of
biography is not a pleasant occupation.
(ii) Fictional
knowledge is all about imagination.
(iii) Biography acts
as an inspiration to achieve something great.
b) Answer each of the following questions. 4×1
(i) How does the reading of a biography
benefit us?
(ii) How did Abraham Lincoln become the most
popular president of the USA?
(iii) How did
Vidyasagar overcome the difficulties?
(iv) How can we
become great?
c) Complete the sentence with information form
the text 5×1
(i) Abraham Lincoln was––––––––––––––––––––––
(ii) Fiction is––––––––––––––––––––––
(iii) To study the
life of a great man is –––––––––––––
(iv) Biography inspires ––––––––––––––––––
(v) Sensation means –––––––––––––––––––
Grammar & Vocabulary
5. Fill in the blanks with proper forms of
verbs given in the brackets: 3
It had been –––––
(rain/rained/raining) for seven years. Thousands upon thousands of days
––––––(fill/filled/filling) from one end to the other. The days
–––––(is/was/were) filled with gush of water and endless showers.
6. Fill in the blanks with the proper article and prepositions. 3
The students are told to abide ––– the instructions. If they
fail to carry ––– the orders, they will not be given ––– permission to continue
the course.
7. Replace the underlined words with correct Phrasal
Verbs or Group Verbs: 4×1
(i) The police was
catching the thief.
(ii) The patient
will be cured.
(iii) I could not
have tolerated such insult.
(iv) Your pocket
money will be reduced from next month.
[ Options: come
round, cut down, bear with, run after, run into ]
8. Do as directed. 10×1
(i) She argued with a sort of bitterness.
(complex)
(ii) My brother
is a better student than I. (positive degree)
(iii) He gave me
much trouble. (noun form)
(iv) Where there
is smoke, there is fire. (negative)
(v) I love the
fitful gust that shakes the casement all day. (compound)
(vi) She will
come. I don’t know the time. (Join with noun clause)
(vii) I noticed
that a snake was moving there. (simple)
(viii) Mind is fearless.
(rewrite with fear)
(ix) He could not
but write to the headmaster. (omit but)
(x) His story is
––– believe –––––– (add prefix and suffix)
9. Given below are the meanings of four words
which you will find in the Passage No. 4. Find out the words and write them in
appropriate place. 4×2
(i) fame.
(ii) excellent.
(iii) a written
document of one’s life.
(iv) scarcity
Writing Skill
10. Write a paragraph on the bad effects of
mobile phones on the students. 10
11. Write a newspaper editorial letter in about
120 words complaining about misuse of microphone. 10
12. Write a newspaper report in about 120 using
the following points. 10
Midnapore
districts – month of august – heavy rainfall –river overflowed – tress uprooted
– many villages flooded – loss of human and animal life – rescue operation –
steps taken by the government.
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