Unseen Passage for Class 8
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- Try to understand the meaning of every word in context to the passage.
- After reading the passage thoroughly, turn to the questions that follow. Try to find the answers.
- Check your answers before writing them.
- Answer should be in the same tense, in which the question is given.
- Answer the questions on the basis of the information given in the passage. Do not add your own views, expressions and imagination.
- Try to answer the questions in your own words but strictly to the point and as briefly as possible. We See that every answer is clear and complete in itself.
- Revise your-answers carefully to avoid any mistake.
- Most importantly time management should be followed.
Type – I
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sculptor
Frederic
Auguste
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Bartholdi
- Mention any two major common concerns of a nuclear family. (1 x 5 = 5 Marks)
- Who, according to the passage, are responsible for them ?
- Explain the expression ‘charity begins at home’.
- Describe the atmosphere in joint families.
- Which word in the passage means ‘Holiness of life’ ?
began
- Too much independence and no time for studies and family.
- Parents themselves.
- The parent should not forget that it is in giving that one receives.
- In joint families, children get a friendly atmosphere and they also learn to adjust within means.
- Sanctity
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- Why was the Statue of Liberty given as a gift to America by France? (1 x 5 = 5 Marks)
- What is the name of the sculptor of the monument ‘the Statue of Liberty’ ?
- What did the sculptor imagine the Statue of Liberty to be ?
- How many years did it take to unveil the Statue of liberty ?
- Trace the word from the passage which means the same as “imagined”.
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- The Statue of Liberty was given as a gift to America by France to mark the one hundred year anniversary of American Independence.
- Frederic Auguste Bartholdi.
- The sculptor imagined the Statue of Liberty as the majestic Greek Goddesses of the past and also as the working men and women of the present.
- It took about 2 years to unveil the Statue of Liberty.
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Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
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Liberty
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envisioned
- What did the carpenter tell his employer? (1 x 5 = 5 Marks)
- What favour did his employer ask from the carpenter ?
- What surprise did the employer have for the carpenter ?
- Why was the surprise a’shame’for the carpenter?
- Which word in the first paragraph means the same as ‘art of skill of a workman’ ?
Liberty
- The carpenter told his employer of his plans to retire from his house building business and live a leisurely life with his family.
- The employer asked if he could build just one more house as a favour.
- The employer handed over the keys of the new house to the carpenter.
- As the carpenter resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior material.
- workmanship.
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proud
- The most commonly consumed beverage in the world is………………………….. (1×5 = 5)
- Benefits of tea were first discovered by……………………………………..
- Tea turns out to be a healthy drink due to the presence of…………………………….
- Green tea leaves offer maximum healing powers because it is………………………..
- The word to the last para which means the same as helps is………………………….
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- tea
- the Chinese Emperor Shen Nung
- catechins
- not fermented
- aids.
Type – II
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personified
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Greek
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but
also
the
working
men
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women
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the
present
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Q5: Give the noun form of ‘trained’:
(a) train (b) trains (c) training (d) trainee
Answers:
- (c) multiple taskers
- (a) independence movement among the disabled
- (b) service, hearing and seizure dogs
- (c) The canines and ordinary dogs
- (d) trainee
English Reading Unseen Passage for Class 8- Passage 2
Read the following passage carefully:
An owl is a bird. There are two basic types of owls: typical owls and bam owls. Owls live in almost every country of the world. Owls are mostly nocturnal, meaning they are awake at night. Owls are predators—they hunt the food that they eat. Owls hunt for mice and other small mammals, insects and even fish. Owls are well adapted for hunting. Their soft, fluffy feathers make their flight nearly silent. They have very good hearing which helps them to hunt well in the darkness. The sharp hooked beaks and claws of the owl makes it very easy to tear apart their prey quickly, although owls also eat some prey whole.
Owl’s eyes are unusual. Like most predators, both the eyes of the owl face front. The owl cannot move its eyes. Owls are far—sighted, which means they can see very well far away………. but they can’t see dose very well at all. Fortunately, their distant vision is what they use for hunting and they can see far away even in low light. Owls have facial disks around their eyes, tufts of feathers in a circle around each eye. These facial disks are thought to help the Owl’s hearing. Owls can turn their heads 180 degrees. This makes it look like they might be able to turn their heads all the way around, but 180 degrees is all the owl needs to see what’s going on all around its. Perhaps because of the Owl’s mysterious appearance, especially its round eyes and flexible neck, there are a lot of myths and superstitions about owls. Many cultures believe that owls are unusually wise. Because owls are nocturnal, some cultures associate owls with bad omens. The screech of the bam owl is considered by many to sound eerily human, like a person screaming. However, owls probably do not interact with the fates of humans at all. In fact, some owl species may become extinct because of humans.
Answer the following questions by selecting the most appropriate option:
Q1 :Which of the following is not true about owls ?
(a) Owls eat small animals
(b) Owls are able to fly silently
(c) Owls have the best hearing of all birds
(d) Owls have poor vision
Q2: The eyesight of the owl is used for……………..
(a) flying (b) hunting (c) sleeping (d) none of these
Q3: The purpose of this short article is…………….
(a) to entertain (b) to inform (c) to persuade (d)none of these
Q4: Title for this story can be…………..
(a) Owls hunt at night (b) Owls can fly silently (c) Owls are interesting animals (d) Owls have flexible necks
Q5: Which of the following is true ?.
(a) The facial disks of the owl help them to see.
(b) Owls have a strong, bent beak.
(c) Most owls hunt for food during the day.
(d) Owls are dangerous to humans.
Answers:
- (d) owls have poor vision
- (b) hunting
- (b) to inform
- (c) Owls are interesting animals
- (b) Owls have a strong, bent beak
English Reading Unseen Passage for Class 8- Passage 3
Read the following passage carefully:
Be like a flower. One must try to become like a flower: open, frank, equal, generous and kind. So you know what it means ?
A flower is open to all that surrounds it: nature, light, the rays of the sun, the wind etc. It exerts a spontaneous influence on all that is around it. It radiates joy and beauty.
It is frank. It hides nothing of its beauty and lets its fragrance flow frankly out of itself. What is within and what is in its depths, it lets it come out so that everyone can see it.
It is equal: it has no preferences. Everyone can enjoy its beauty and its perfume without rivalry. It is equal and the same for everybody. There is no difference, or anything whatsoever.
Then generous without reserve or restriction, it gives away the mysterious beauty and the very own perfume of Nature. It sacrifices itself entirely for our pleasure, even its life it sacrifices to express this beauty and the secret of the things gathered within itself.
And then, kind: it has such a tenderness, it is so sweet, so close to us, so loving. Its presence fills us with joy. It is always cheerful and happy.
Happy is he who can exchange his qualities with the real qualities of the flowers. Try to cultivate in yourself their refined qualities.
Answer the following questions by selecting most appropriate option from the ones given below: (1×5 = 5)
Q1: A flower is compared…………..
(a) with all living things (b) with human beings (c) with girls (d) with a child
Q2: A flower is open to all because…………
(a) it influences all (b) it radiates joy (c) it spreads its beauty to all (d) all of these
Q3: The refined qualities of a flower are,
(a) fragrance and beauty
(b) generosity and kindness
(c) equality and attractiveness
(d) frankness and honesty
Q4: The writer talks about………….
(a) rose flower
(b) lotus flower
(c) lily flower
(d) all flowers
Q5: A spontaneous influence means……….
(a) a slow influence
(b) a quicker influence
(c) naturally created influence
(d) a casual influence
Answers.
- (b) with human beings
- (d) all of these
- (b) generosity and kindness
- (d) all flowers
- (c) naturally created influence
English Reading Unseen Passage for Class 8- Passage 4
Read the following passage carefully: 5
This is a great lesson for all of us to learn, that in all matters the two extremes are alike. The extreme positive and the extreme negative are always similar. When the vibrations of light are too slow we do not see them, nor do we see them when they are too rapid. So with sound; when very low in pitch we do not hear it, when very high we do not hear it either. Of like nature is the difference between resistance and non-resistance. One man does not resist because he is weak, lazy and cannot; because he will not; the other man knows that he can strike an irresistible blow if he likes; yet he not only does not strike, but blesses his enemies. The one who from weakness resists not commits a sin, and as such cannot receive any benefit from the non-resistance, while the other would commit a sin by offering resistance. —Swami Vivekananda.
Answer the following questions by selecting most appropriate option from the ones given below: (1×5 = 5)
Q1: “… in all matters two extremes are alike”, means:
(a) Powerful men always gain success
(b) All human beings are of same characters
(c) Boys and girls are equally talented
(d) The extreme positive and the extreme negative are alike
Q2: When the sound is in low pitch:
(a) we fail to hear it
(b) we can hear it easily
(c) it pleases us
(d) we feel dizzy
Q3: Too rapid vibrations of light:
(a) can be easily seen
(b) cannot be seen
(c) should be enjoyed
(d) both (b) and (c) are correct
Q4: The one who resists is different from a man who does not resist, because of his:
(a) nature (b) weakness (c) strength (d) laziness
Q5: The word ‘irresistible’ mean:
(a) tied so closely that it cannot be separated
(b) so strong that it cannot be stopped
(c) that cannot be changed back
(d) so valuable that it cannot be replaced
Answers:
- (d) The extreme positive and the extreme negative are alike
- (a) we fail to hear it
- (b) cannot be seen
- (c) strength
- (b) so strong that it cannot be stopped
