CBSE Class 9 English Communicative Sample Paper Set 59

 SECTION - A

READING

 Q1.Read the following passage carefully:

The Olympic flame or Olympic fire is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Commemorating the theft of fire from the Greek God Zeus by Prometheus, its origin lies in ancient Greece, where a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics. For the ancient Greeks, fire had divine connotations. Therefore, a fire permanently burns on an altar in Olympia. During the Olympic games which honoured Zeus, additional fires were lit at his temple and that of his wife, Hera.The modern Olympic flame is ignited at the site where the temple of Hera used to stand.

Fire did not appear at the modern Olympics until 1928. The Dutch architect Jan Wils had included a tower in his design for the Olympic stadium for the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics and came up with the idea of having a fire burn throughout. It has been part of the modern Olympic games ever since. The idea of an Olympic flame was met with enthusiasm, and was incorporated as a symbol of Olympism.

The modern torch relay was introduced at the 1936 summer Olympics in Berlin. German sports official and sports scientist Carl Dien conceived the idea of an Olympic relay for the 1936 summer Olympics in Berlin. More than 3000 runners carried the torch form Olympia to Berlin. German track – and – field athlete Fritz Schilgen was the last to carry the torch, igniting the flame in the stadium.

The Olympic flame is nowadays ignited several months before the opening celebrations of the Olympic games at the site of the ancient Olympics in Olympia, Greece. Eleven priestresses, played by actors, light the fire by placing a torch in a concave parabolic mirror which concentrates rays from the sun. The torch is then transported to the host city of the upcoming Olympics by means of a torch relay.

Choose the correct alternative from the given options and complete the sentences. Write only the answer in your answer script:

I (1) Olympic games honoured the Greek God __________.

(2) The Olympic flames burnt on an __________.

(3) A fire permanently burns on an altar in Olympia because __________.

(4) Olympic flame is lighted at the __________.

(5) The idea of an Olympic flame was met with __________.

(6) They light the fire by placing a torch __________.

II Fill in the blanks with one word only :

The Olympic games are an

(a)__________ sports festival held every

(b) __________ years in a different country. Its purpose is to encourage

(c)__________ in games and to forge

(d)__________ among people of the world.

III Find words in the passage that mean the following :

   (a) everlasting     (b) extinguish

Please refer to attached file for CBSE Class 9 English Communicative Sample Paper Set C