CBSE Class 8 English Comprehension A Visit To Cambridge Worksheet

COMPREHENSION : A VISIT TO CAMBRIDGE

Choose the correct alternative :

1. A visit to England would be incomplete without a visit to ________.

(a) the villages (b) Trinity

(c) Cambridge (d) None of these.

Ans. : ________

2. The Author Firdous Kanga met ________ at Cambridge

(a) The Registrar (b) Stephen Hawking

(c) The Vice Chancellor (d) The Chancellor.

Ans. : ________

3. Stephen Hawking was most brilliant and completely paralysed ________.

(a) Astrophysicist (b) Chemist

(c) Surgeon (d) Psychiatrist

Ans. : ________

4. Stephen Hawking was the author of ________

(a) Geetanjali (b) The Sons of the Sea

(c) The Summit within (d) A Brief History of Time

Ans. ________

5. The words “I haven’t been brave” were spoken by ________.

(a) Firdus Kanga (b) Stephen Hawking

(c) Hawking’s assistant (d) Kanga’s guide.

6. The author, Firdaus Kanga, was also ________ like Hawkings.

(a) very brave (b) optimist

(c) disabled (d) none of these

Ans. : ________

7. “I don’t think there is anything good about being disabled,” said ________.

(a) Firdaus Kanga (b) Hawking’s assistant

(c) Stephen Hawking (d) None of these.

Ans. : ________

8. According to Hawking, things like disabled Olympics are ________.

(a) A waste of time (b) the best use of time.

(c) A good way of enjoyment (d) none of these.