CBSE Class 9 English Communicative Sample Paper Set S

SECTION A (READING: 25 Marks) 

1 a.Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :

Spread over an area of 11,570 acres, Kalesar Reserve Forest is the only one of its kind in Haryana. It is home to a wide range of wild flora and fauna, including a male tiger, 16 male and female leopards, 19 panthers, three elephants and other animals. Situated on both sides of Yamunanagar-Paonta Sahib Road in Yamunanagar district, it was designated a national park through a government notification in December 2003. However, it is alleged that absence of sufficient funds from the Centre is proving to be a hindrance in wildlife conservation in the national 'sal' tree belt.

As for the steps taken to ensure protection of wildlife and environment, it was disclosed that staff had been given weapons by the state government to tackle the menace posed by poachers. The state had also set up two special environmental courts in Kurukshetra and Faridabad to deal with crimes related to poaching and illicit felling of trees in the area. Eight watering holes have been dug up across the forest area to ensure that the wildlife does not stray into human habitats on its fringes in search of drinking water. Similarly, the DFO revealed, earthern dams have also been constructed to conserve rainwater for future use of wildlife.

It was reported that the work to fence the area would be undertaken in the near future and more steps taken to ensure that wild fauna does not face drinking water problem in its natural habitat in the reserve forest.

(a) Kalesar Reserve Forest is spread over an area of __________ .

(b) Kalesar Reserve Forest is the home to a wide range of wild flora and fauna, including a male tiger __________ leopards, 19 panthers, three elephants and other, animals.

(c) The state had also set up two special environmental courts in __________ .

(d) Eight watering holes have been dug up across the forest area to ensure that __________.

(e) Find from the passage one word for „cutting of trees'.

1b. Read the following passage.

Jim Castle was tired when he boarded his plane in Ohio. The 45-year-old management consultant had put on a week long series of business meetings and now he sank gratefully into his seat, ready for the flight home to Kansas City, Missouri.

As more passengers entered, the place hummed with conversation. Then, suddenly, people fell silent. Jim craned his head to see what was happening and his mouth dropped open.

Walking up the aisle were two nuns clad in simple white habits bordered in blue. He recognized the familiar face of one at once, the wrinkled skin and the eyes warmly intent.

The two nuns halted, and Jim realized that his seat companion was going to be Mother Teresa! As the last few passengers settled in, Mother Teresa and her companion pulled out rosaries. Each decade of the beads was a different color, Jim noticed. The decades represented various areas of the world, Mother Teresa told him later, and added, “I pray for the poor and dying on each continent.”

The airplane taxied to the runway and the two women began to pray, their voices a low murmur. By the time they murmured the final prayer, the plane had reached cruising altitude. Mother Teresa turned towards him. For the first time in his life, Jim understood what people meant when they spoke of a person possessing an “aura”.

As she gazed at him, a sense of peace filled him.

Complete the following sentences :

(a) Jim met Mother Teresa while travelling to __________.

(b) When Mother Teresa entered the plane, _________.

(c) The decades of the beads of Mother Teresa‟s rosary represented_________.

(d) When Mother Teresa gazed at him, her „aura‟ filled Jim with__________.

(e) The word in the passage which means the same as „thankfully‟ is_________.

(Open Text: 10 Marks)

(* Please ensure that open text of the given theme is supplied with this question paper)

Theme: Indigenous Games of India

2a  Why have some schools started chess clubs and what are the advantages of organising chess tournaments?

2b  Games have always been an important part of the Indian culture. Discuss.

SECTION B (WRITING & GRAMMAR: 25 Marks)

3. Write an article in 100 - 120 words on "Green Mountains Green Mountains". The recent excursion to Dehradun made you realise how we litter and destroy nature thus harming the environment in our pursuit of happiness.

4. Meenu had to write a story for the Creative Writing Competition. Read the lines she's written for the story and help her complete the story in 150-200 words.

It was a quiet, cold and dark night, like it usually is in winters when all retire to bed early. Suddenly a shriek jerked me awake. The people in the building ran out of their beds. It was distinctly the voice of............

5.  Choose the most appropriate options from the ones given below to complete the following paragraph.

Lighting on the road is essential if one is to walk (a) _______ night. The absence

(b) _______ lights often attracts anti-social elements. Women (c) ________ scared of walking on the road in the dark.

(a) (i) on (ii) by (iii) at (iv) in

(b) (i) of (ii) by (iii) from (iv) is

(c) (i) is (ii) are (iii) our (iv) were

6.  In the following passage one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along with the words before and after against the correct blank number.

                                                                    Before Missing Word After

Should games compulsory or not?             (a) _______ _______ _______

Some people feel that games be               (b) _______ _______ _______

compulsory while do not agree. Personally (c) _______ _______ _______

I think games are very essential destress. (d) _______ _______ _______

7.  Look at the words/phrases given below and rearrange to form meaningful sentences.

a. an axon / that sends / messages / every cell / has

b. communication / every / cells / to / transmits / cell / other

c. these cells / there are / within / dopamine / and / serotin levels.

SECTION C (LITERATURE: 25 Marks)

Read one of the extracts given below and briefly answer the questions that follow:

8.  "What, at this time of night ? A pretty business truly. Are we to have no sleep now, but to be at the beck and call of every ne'er - do - well who happens to pass" ?

(a) What is the speaker talking about ?

(b) How does the speaker feel on coming there ?

(c) What is meant by 'beck and call" ?

OR

Read the passage given below carefully and answer the questions that follow:

I am dotted silver threads dropped from heaven

By the gods. Nature then takes me, to adorn

Her fields and valleys.

(a) Name the poem and the poet of the above extract.

(b) Who is „I‟? Why is „I‟ being compared to silver threads?

(c) What does 'to adorn' mean?

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