MODEL REVISION PAPER
CLASS: VII SUBJECT- ENGLISH
SECTION A (READING)
Q.1 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:-
Sniffer dog Tucker uses his nose to help researchers find out why a killer whale population off the northwest coast of the United States is on the decline. He searches for whale faeces floating on the surface of the water, which are then collected for examination. He is one of the elite team of detection dogs used by scientists studying a number of species including right whales and killer whales.
Conservation canines are fast becoming indispensable tools for biologists according to Aimee Hurt, associate director and co-founder of Working Dogs for Conservation, based in Three Forks, Montana.
Over the last few years, though, so many new conservation dog projects have sprung up that Hurt can no longerkeep track of them all. Her organization‟s dogs and their handlers are fully booked to assist field researchers into
2012.
"Dogs have such a phenomenal sense of smell”, explained Sam Wasser, director of the Center for Conservation biology at the University of Washington in Seattle. He has worked with scat-detection dogs since 1990. Scientists have been using Conservation Canines in their research since 1990. These dogs have enabled them to noninvasively access vast amount of genetic and physiological information which is used to tackle conservation problems around the world. Such information has proved vital for determining the causes and consequences of human disturbances on wildlife as well as the actions needed to mitigate such impacts.
The ideal detection dog is extremely energetic with an excessive play drive. These dogs will happily work all • day long, motivated by the expectation of a ball game as a reward for sample detection. The obsessive, high energy personalities of detection dogs also make them difficult to maintain as pets. As a result, they frequently find
themselves abandoned to animal shelters, facing euthanasia. The programme rescues these dogs and offers them a satisfying career in conservation research
1.Name of the sniffer dog in the first line is
a. dog b. detection
c. sniffer d. tucker
2. Tucker uses _______to help researchers
a. Head b. Eyes
c. Brain d. Nose
3. Dogs have phenomenal sense of
a.talking b.taste
c. Smell d. Hearing
4. An ideal detection dog should be highly
a. Motivated b. Healthy
c. Brainy d. Energetic
5. Complete the statement
The dogs expect ___________as a reward.
6. Who is Sam Wassar?
Q2: Read the extract carefully
Fair pledges of a fruitful tree,
Why do ye fall so fast?
Your date is not so fast,
But you may stay yet here awhile
To blush and gently smile,
And go at last.
What were ye born to be
An hour or half‟s delight,
And so to bid good night?
T‟was pity Nature brought ye forth
Merely to show your worth
And lost you quite.
But you are lovely leaves, where we
May read how soon things have
Their end, though ne’ er so brave:
And after they have shown their pride
Like you awhile, they glide
Into the grave.
Answer the following question
1. Fair pledge means:
(a) beautiful leaves (b) beautiful flowers
(c) beautiful sights (d) beautiful promises
2. 'Your date is not so past’ here means that…………………
(a) their time has come (b)their time will not come
(c) their end has not come so far (d)their end will never come.
3. The flowers are like lovely leaves of………………….
4. Find out an example of alliteration from the poem.
SECTION - B (WRITING)
Q3. You are the Head Girl/ Boy of Greenwood School, Amritsar. Write a notice for the students of all classes to inform them about the 'Poetry Recitation Competition' to be held in the school. Give necessary details regarding date, venue, etc.
Q4. Write an e-mail to your sister telling her about your new boarding school in Shimla. You can include details about your teachers, classmates, etc.
Q5. Write an article to be published in your school magazine titled: Yoga and Meditation: Key for Good Health.
Q6. Write an interesting story from the given outlines. Give suitable title and moral.
A young lamb went to eat grass.............got separated from its group..........wandered far away.................eating grass..............suddenly a wolf comes.................lamb is afraid............thinks of an idea.............asks wolf to wait till the grass digests................wastes time............stupid wolf believes in its excuses............shepherd comes in search of lamb............wolf is scared away......lamb saved.
Q7. Write a letter to the Police Inspector of your local Police Station, complaining against the theft in your area.
Q8. Write a report for your school magazine about the sports day held in your school.
SECTION C (GRAMMAR)
9.Complete the following sentences using appropriate determiners.
1. Our garden looks awful this summer. There are too _____ weeds.
a. much b.many
2. There are not___________ flowering plants in our garden.
a.many b.much
3. How___________ pages did you read?
a.many b.much
4. They say______________ knowledge is a dangerous thing.
a.little b.the little
5. I am having ________________ trouble passing my driving exam.
a.lot of b.a lot of
6. ...................... people can afford a home these days.
a.Few b.Little
7. You have _______________ patience.
a.little b.few
8. She earns ..................... money than I do.
a.less b.fewer
9. ..................... of the information proved to be outdated.
a.Some b.Many
10. I didn‟t use _______________ fertilizer last spring.
a.much b.many
11. __________man is mortal.
a. A b.The
12. I am _________university student.
a. a b. an
13. She goes to the temple in …_______ morning.
a. The b.an
14. Kiran is ___________ best student in the class.
a. The b. No article
15. ______________ camel is the ship of the desert.
a. The b. An
Q10. Fill in the blanks with a verb form that agrees with the subject.
1. Bread and butter ……………__________… served for breakfast. (was / were)
2. The horse and carriage ………………_________ at the door. (is / are)
3. My brother ……………____________to be an astronaut. (want / wants)
4. My parents ………………_____________ teachers. (is / are)
5. Politics ………………____________ not something I am interested in. (is / are)
6. The cost of essential commodities _________________gone up. (has / have)
7. Her clothes_______________ made of expensive fabrics. (is / are)
8. Either Manu or I ______________ to go. (has / have)
9. Neither Mala nor her parents _________________ at the party. (was / were)
10. Nobody _______________ what happened to her. (know / knows)
11. Ravi as well as his brother ____________ cricket well. (play / plays)
12. Everybody ___________a man of integrity. (respect / respects)
