CBSE Class 8 English Sample Paper Set 10

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SECTION – A

READING

Q.1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

1.You are on a diet and have to stay off sugar. You don’t want the usual sugar-free sweetener either. Take honey. Not only will it cut the calories and make your face just as sweet, it will also keep you going on the energy circuit. Nutritionists across the world have traditionally favoured honey as a source of energy vis-à-vis sugar for the innumerable benefits it offers. Honey has carbohydrate compounds that are singularly acceptable and practical and is considered most effective to generate heat, create and replace energy and furthermore, form certain tissues.

2. The chief rooting factor is that honey is a pure food, no chemicals are used in its production, and so it is entirely utilized by the digestive tract. Refined sugar (that we eat), on the other hand is what’s left of raw sugar after it is washed, filtered and bleached. Compared to sugar, honey has a healthier Glycemic Index which measures the negative impact of a given food on the blood glucose level. The lower the Glycemic index rating, the slower the absorption and infusion of sugars into the blood stream and hence a more gradual and healthier digestion process.

3. Besides that, honey has several antioxidants and has been shown to improve cholesterol and other blood lipid levels. Honey, like spinach, apples or oranges contains antioxidants which combat the free radicals which can damage cells. It has a mild protective effect. Honey’s therapeutic properties are also well known. When mixed in carrot juice it helps improve one’s eyesight. It also protects against colds, cough, and helps cure a sore throat and a runny nose if added in ginger juice. Research is on to establish the relation between antioxidants in honey and its intake and prevention of cancer. The more honey you have during a day, it adds to antioxidants in the body which combat cells causing cancer.

1.1. On the basis of your reading of the passage. Complete the following statements: (8M)

(a) Honey is considered as a great source of energy as it generates heat, (i) _______ and (ii) ______. (1)

(b) Honey is entirely utilized by the digestive tract because _____________________. (2)

(c) When honey is mixed in _________ it helps ___________________. (1)

(d) If ginger juice is added to honey, it protects against (i) _______, (ii) ___________ and helps cure a (iii) _______ as well as (iv) _____________. (2)

(e)Glycemic Index measures_________________________________________(f) Regular consumption of honey adds _____________________________________________. (1)

1.2. Find words from the passage which mean the same as in the following: (4x ½ =2M)

(a) too many to be counted (para-1)

(b) having a strong effect (para-2)

(c) to fight (para-2)

(d) having good effect on the body/ mind (para-2)

Q.2. Read the following poem carefully.

While stepping out of my room A dying earthworm I saw Pursuing a losing fight With hundreds of red ants. I squatted near it to try If I could ease its pain. Driving away the passionate workers I touched its delicate frame It coiled around my thumb Straightened the next moment And lay still not to wake up again. Tears welled in my eyes For failing to save a saviour Who worked honorary when alive Daring the stings of pesticides And adding wealth everyday To our swelling farm house.

2.1. On the basis of your understanding of the poem, answer the following questions by choosing the most appropriate option. (5x1=5M)

(a) The speaker was sad to see an earthworm_______ when he stepped out of his room.

(i) fighting (ii) awake (iii) dying (iv) dead

(b) It was __________ with hundreds of red ants.

(i) squashed (ii) strong (iii) delicate (iv) awake

(c) The speaker was aggrieved to see the earthworm die because_____________

(i) he was twisting it around his fingers (ii) he failed to save it from danger

(iii) he was seeing it move in the fields (iv) none of the above

(d) ‘And adding wealth everyday ‘here means_________________________

(i) making a lot of money (ii) being eaten by the ants

(iii) keeping the field fertile (iv) dying with the pesticides

(e) The word ‘ honorary ‘ means_______________

(i) honouring a person (ii) doing a service and not being paid

(iii) awarding prizes (iv) speaking honestly

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