CBSE Class 9 English Communicative Sample Paper Set 72

SECTION A (READING: 20 Marks) 

1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the statement that follow 8:(1x8)

The Amazon is the world's largest tropical rainforest. It covers an area of nearly 2.8 million square miles, which is nearly the size of the continent of Australia. The Amazon rainforest gets its life from the majestic Amazon river, the world's second largest river, which runs directly through the heart of the region The rainforest itself is simply the drainage basin for the river and its many tributaries. The vast forest itself consists of four layers, each featuring its own ecosystems and specially adapted plants and animals.

The forest floor is the lowest region. Since only two percent of the sunlight fitters through the top layers to the under storey, very few plants grow here. The forest floor, however, is rich with rotting vegetation and the bodies of dead organisms, which are quickly broken down into nutrients and integrated into the soil. Tree roots stay close to these available nutrients and decomposers such as millipedes and earth worms use nutrients for food.

The understorey is the layer above the forest floor. Much like the forest floor, only about 2- 5 percent of the sunlight reaches this shadowy realm. Many of the plants in the understorey have large, broad leaves to collect as much sunlight as possible. The understorey is so thick that there is very little air movement. As a result, plants rely on insects and animals to pollinate their flowers.

The layer above the understorey is the canopy. This is where much of the action in the rainforest occurs. Many canopy leaves have specially adapted leaves which form "drip tips". Drip tips allow water to flow off the leaves which prevents mosses, fungi, and lichens from occupying the leaves. Leaves in the canopy are very dense and filter abou80 percent of the sunlight. The canopy is where the wealth of the rainforest's fruits and flowers grow. Bromeliads, cup-like plants, provide drinking pools for animals and breeding locations for tree frogs.

(a) Why is the Amazon rainforest called the world's largest rainforest?

(b) Amazon river is the world's _

(c) How important is the Amazon river for Amazon rainforests?

(d) Why do very few plants grow in the understorey of the rainforests? (e) Why is there very little air movement inthe understorey?

4. Look at the given pictures and write a story in about 150-200 words with the help of the 10 given inputs:

This is not her destiny. We need to gear up for the change. Educate a girl, educate a family. A group of like-minded · decided to start a · school ...

5. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones 3

given below. Write your answers in the answer sheets against the correct blank number.Do not copy the entire passage.

I went from (a) specialist to another; many treated me as a guinea pig. But nothing could be done. I (b) a rare disability and no treatment could help. We went back to Agartala. There was not much difference in my life except that I was made to sit (c)

the front row in class!

(a) (i) a (ii) the

(iii) one (iv) many

(b) (i) had (ii) have

(iii) having (iv) has

(c) (i) among (ii) in

(iii) on (iv) amongst

6. There is an error in each line. Write the error and the correction in the answer sheet as given below : 4

                                                                     Error Correction

Flowers transform into fruits at a process (a) _______   _______

called fertilization. Although that process (b) _______   _______

is most similar in all the plants, the presence (c) _______   _______

of reproductive organ in flowers and the (d) _______   _______

pollination process may vary. .

7. Read the dialogue given below and complete the paragraph. 3

Ticket Examiner : Smoking is prohibited on the train. Passenger I'm not smoking.

Ticket Examiner : The cigarette is in your mouth.

Passenger The shoes are on my feet but I am not walking.

The ticket examiner told a passenger that smoking on the train

(a) __. The passenger curtly replied that

(b) __., The ticket examiner wasannoyed and pointed out that

(c)To this the passenger replied that the shoes were on his feet but he was not walking

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