SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT – I (2010-2011)
SUBJECT: ENGLISH
M.MARKS: 100
GRADE: VI SECTIME: 2hr 30 min
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NOTE: Section A and C to be done in question paper.
Section Band D to be done in the answer paper.
SECTION A- READING COMPREHENSION (25)
A.1 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
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Chocolate
1. Chocolate –– there’s nothing quite like it, is there? Chocolate is simply
delicious. What ischocolate? Where does it come from?Christopher Columbus
was probably the first to take cacao beans from the New World to Europein
around 1502. But the history of chocolate goes back at least 4,000 years! The
Aztecs, who lived inAmerica, thought that their bitter cacao drink was a divinegift
from heaven. In fact, the scientist CarolusLinnaeus named the plant Theobroma,
which means “food of the gods.”
2.The Spanish explorer Hernando Cortez went to America in 1519. He visited the
Mexicanemperor Montezuma. He saw that Montezuma drank cacao mixed with
vanilla and spices. Cortez tooksome cacao home as a gift to the Spanish King
Charles. In Spain, people began to drink Cortez’schocolate in a drink with chilli
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peppers. However, the natural taste of cocoa was too bitter for mostpeople. To
sweeten the drink, Europeans added sugar to the cacao drink. As a sweet drink, it
becamemore popular. By the 17th century, rich people in Europe were drinking it.
3.Later, people started using chocolate in pastries, like pies and cakes. In 1828,
Dutch chocolatemakers started using a new process for removing the fat from
cacao beans, and getting to the center ofthe cacao bean. The Dutch chocolate
maker Conrad J. van Houten made a machine that pressed the fatfrom the bean.
The resulting powder mixed better with water than cacao did. Now, some call
vanHouten’s chocolate “Dutch chocolate.”
4.It was easy to mix Dutch chocolate powder with sugar. So other chocolate
makers started tryingnew recipesthat used powdered chocolate. People started
mixing sweetened chocolate with cocoa butterto make solid chocolate bars. In
1849, an English chocolate maker made the first chocolate bar. In the19th
century, the Swiss started making milk chocolate by mixing powdered milk with
sweetenedchocolate. Milk chocolate has not changed much since this process
was invented.
5.Today, two countries - Brazil and Ivory Coast - account for almost half the
world’s chocolate.The United States imports most of the chocolate in the world,
but the Swiss eat the most chocolate perperson. The most chocolate eaten today
is sweet milk chocolate, but people also eat white chocolate anddark chocolate.
6. Cocoa and dark chocolate are believed to help preventheart attacks, or help
keep them fromhappening. They are supposed to be good for the circulatory
system. On the other hand, the high fatcontent of chocolate can cause weight
gain, which is not good for people’s health. Other health claimsfor chocolate have
not been proven, but some research shows that chocolate could be good for the
brain.
7.Chocolate is a popular holiday gift..It is sometimes given for Christmas and
birthdays. Chocolate eggs aresometimes given at Easter.Chocolate is toxic to
some animals. An ingredient in chocolate is poisonous to dogs, cats,parrots, small
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rodents, and some livestock. Their bodies cannot process some of the chemicals
found inchocolate. Therefore, they should never be fed chocolate.
A1.1)How did people first consumechocolate?
A. As a sweet drink
B. As a bitter drink
C. As a chocolate bar
D. In cakes and pastries
E. As a white chocolate bar
2)Why did Linnaeus name the plantTheobroma?
A. Because he believed it to be a “giftfrom heaven.”
B. Because he believed it to be “food ofthe gods.”
C. Because he thought chocolate to betoxic.
D. Because chocolate was so rare.
E. Both B and C are correct.
3)Who was Montezuma?
A. He was an explorer from Mexico.
B. He was the emperor of Mexico.
C. He was an explorer from Spain.
D. He was the king of Spain.
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E. He was a baker in Spain.
4)Who made the first powdered chocolate?
A. Cortez
B. Linnaeus
C. Columbus
D. van Houten
E. King Charles
5)Which people eat the most chocolate perperson?
A. The Dutch
B. The Swiss
C. The English
D. The Mexicans
E. The Brazilians
6)A divine gift is…
A. a chocolate gift.
B. a gift from God.
C. a delicious gift.
D. a bitter gift.
E. a dangerous gift.
7)Pastriesare…
A. sweet baked goods.
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B. bitter–tasting drinks.
C. chocolate candy bars .
D. chocolate candies.
E. Both C and D are correct.
8)What are recipes?
A. Herbs and Spices
B. Countries
C. Machines
D. Food ingredients
E. Chocolate powders
9)When you prevent something,, you…
A. do not let it happen.
B. do not discuss it.
C. do not allow it.
D. do not stop it
E. Both A and C are correct.
F. Both A and B are correct.
10)If something is toxicit is…
A. poisonous.
B. disgusting.
C. emotional.
D.popular.
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E.harmless.
11) The world’s half of the chocolate account from__________
A. Spain
B.Brazil and Ivory Coast
C.Europe
D.Mexico.
E. Switzerland
12)Cocoa and dark chocolate are good for________
A. the circulatory system
B. the brain
C. the heart
D. the weight gain
E. Both A and B are correct.
13). How are solid chocolate bars made?
A.by mixing powdered milk
B. by mixing sweetened chocolate with cocoa butter
C. by mixing sweetened chocolate
D. by mixing chocolate powder with sugar
E.by mixing water with cacao
14) Make sentences with the following words:
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A. delicious. ___________________________________________________
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B. invented _____________________________________________________
A.1 Read the followingpoem carefully and answer the questions that follow:
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The Cloud
I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers
From the seas and streams;
I bear light shade for the leaves when laid
In their noonday dreams.
From my wings are shaken the dews that waken
The sweet buds every one,
When rocked to rest on their mother’s breast,
As she dances about the sun.
I wield the flail of the lashing hail,
And whiten the green plains under.
And then again I dissolve it in rains,
And laugh as I pass in thunder.
By -P.B. Shelley
1)What is the laughter of a cloud ?
a. rain
b. dews
c. thunder
2) Some verbs and adjectives are usually used in relation to living beings only.
But in this poem they are used for non-living things as well.
Give example
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a. bear light
b. thirsting and dreaming flowers
c. lashing hail
3)Find one word in the poem that describes sound___________
a. rocked
b. thunder
c. dance
4)This poem conveys the idea of a scientific phenomenon i.e_________
a. seas and streams
b. the cycle of rainfall
c. sunshine
5)The clouds bring rain. The lines that best describe this idea…;
a.I wield the flail
b.I bring fresh showers
c.I bear light shade
6) What disturbs and wakes up the buds?
a.the sun.
b.the dews drops.
c. the wings
7) Find out two words in the poem related to movement.
a.dreams and showers
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b. laugh
c. rocking, dance
8) How do green plains become white?
a. when the clouds bring hail storm
b. when it rains
c. when there is thunder.
9) The poet of this poem is ________
a. Robert frost
b. James Stephens
c. P.B. Shelley
10)Synonym of - flail-_____(hit, beat/ lay, lied / hold, throw)
SECTION B -WRITING SKILLS(20)
B1 .On Sunday, 19th September you had your English MCQ test. Your day started
badly and lot of things went wrong one after the other that day. Make a diary
entry about all the unpleasant things that happened that day. (Do not exceed 80
words).
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B2. Frame an interesting dialogue between two friends Anu and Preety and Aman
or Anil, discussing about their hobbies. (Do not exceed 100 words).
(6)
B3. Write a paragraph describing the place that you visited during your holidays in
about 150 words.
(7)
SECTION C-GRAMMAR (25)
C1 The following passage is not edited. There is one error in each line. Write the
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incorrectword as well as the correct word in the corresponding blanks choosing
from given options: (5)
IncorrectCorrect
While a shepherd was tending his
____×____
__×___
Sheep in a pasture, he see a number of
(a) _________
________
wild sheep mingled with his herd. He drived
(b) __________
________
all of the sheep home and putted them,
(c) _________
________
on the pen together. The next day was
(d) _________
________
stormy, so the shepherd did not took
(e) _________
________
the sheep out as usual. Instead he feed them
(f) _________
________
in the pen. He give his own sheep only
(g) _________
________
enough food to keep they from starving
(h) _________
_________
but he gived the wild sheep as much as he
(i)__________
________
could. He thinked that if he fed them
(j)__________
________
well they wouldn’t leave him.
(a) saw / on/is
(b) drove / mingle/for
(c) they / put/for
(d) into / is/a
(e) take / as/do
(f) fed / they/in
(g) gave / on/her
(h) them / for/too
(i) gave / more/if
(j) fed / thought/ his
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C2.In the following passage, one word is omitted in each line, Identify the missing
word, and write it along with the word that comes before and after it, in the
space provided.
(5)
Brahmaputra is a very long river.
(1)___________________________
In fact it is the longest river flowing India. (2) ___________________________
rises in the Himalayas in Tibet.
(3)____________________________
Flowing the north-eastern parts of India
(4)____________________________
and Bangladesh it joins the Ganga. In
1963 government built a huge bridge
___________×________________
(5)___________________________
the river near Guwahati.
1)a)The Brahmaputra is
2) a) river that flowing
b)Brahmaputra is the
b) flowing in India
c) long the river
c) longest of river
3) a) Himalayas in the
4) a)Flowing into the
b) A rises in
b) Flowing through the
c) It rises in
c) parts of the India
5) a) bridge under the
b) bridge over the
c) government has built
C3. Fill in the blanks choosing the correct form of the verb given in the brackets.
(5)
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1.There _______ to be some people left in that town after yesterday's flood.(has,
have)
2.Some of the grain __________ to be contaminated.(appear,appears)
3. A large number of voters still ___________ along straight-party lines. (votes,
vote)
4. Four years _______ a long time to spend away from your friends and family. (is,
are)
5.A high percentage of the people _________ voting for the new school.
(was,were)
C4.1 Fill in the blanks with correct degree of adjectives:(3)
1. Our house is ______________ than theirs. (big)
2.They are all good singers, but Alka can sing the_______________ (well)
3.Which is the _______________________animal in the world? (dangerous)
C4.2State whether the underlined adjective is positive, comparative,or
superlative. (2)
1. The ice cream is cold . ____________________________
2. He was the cleverest thief of all. _________________________
C5.Underline the verb in each sentence and indicate whether it is being used as a
transitiveor an intransitive verb. (5)
1. We will not buy a new car until next summer._________________________
2.Diane tripped on the top step and fell downstairs.______________________
3.The old cabin was surrounded by many tall trees.______________________
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4.Mr. Jenkin’s cat watched the birds in the trees._________________________
5.The small boat moved slowly through the grey sea. ______________________
SECTION D: LITERATURE ( 30)
D1.Read the following extract and answer the following:1.”The best present any host could have given to a weary traveller”.
(1)
A)Who is the speaker?
i) Eurylochus
ii) Odysseus
iii) King of Aeolia
B) What is the present that the speaker received? Who presented it?
i) gold and jewels
i)Poseidon
ii) brass
ii)Zeus
iii) bag of winds
iii)King of Aeolia
(2)
C) Write the meaning of the word ‘weary’-_______________(twisted/ tried /
helpful)
(1)
D) Why did the speaker receive a present?
(2)
2.He rapped the stones in front
“Trust me,” he said, “and come”.
A) Name the poet of this poem.
(1)
i) Elizabeth Brewster
ii) W H Davies
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iii) E V Riev
B) Here ‘he’ refers to__
(1)
i) the poet
ii) the blind man
iii) the child
C) The poet followed the blind man because___________________
(1)
i) he was his friend
ii) he wasn’t having waking stick
iii) he trusted him
3.“Right then, I”ll go off and bring a colleague as a witness”.
A) Who said this line?
(1)
i) Pongo
(ii) Chem
(iii) Bill Naughton
B) State whether True or False.
(2)
i) The delivery boys usually stole things to eat._________
ii) Pongo charged the author with stealing because he had caught him red
handed with evidence._____________
C) When did the speaker say the above words?
D2.Name the following:
(2)
(4)
1. He did unkind or cruel things very politely-___________
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2. The club director- ________
3. She got lost for nine days and eight nights- ______________
4. A tall Afghan man who liked Mini -________________
D3. Answer the following questions :-
(6×2=12)
1. How did Ved Mehta feel about the diving?
2. What happened when the bag of winds was opened just before reaching the
shore?
3. Why did Pongo accuse the author of stealing oranges?
4. How does the poet know the man is blind?
5. What was Kabuliwala’s reaction when he saw Mini on the day of her
wedding?
6. What happened in the end of the story ‘When Wishes Come True’?
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