HIGHER SECONDARY MODEL EXAMINATION2010

Subject:-English Class:-XI Time: 2hours &45mts 1. When the first performance ended I excused my self and went to talk to the theatre manager says the narrator in Lifting the Veil. Obviously he was requesting the theatre manager, a permission to visit the dancers for his companion the blind man .How would he have requested the manager? Write at least four sentences. You may begin like this. Excuse me sir, I have my friend with me, a grand old man, who is blind (4 scores)

2. You are a lover of nature. The trees are being cut down for the development of the city. The Nature Club of your school has decided to organize a campaign against this. Prepare five slogans to protect nature. (2 scores) 3. The narrator in the story The Case for Defence was shaken up by the accident which happened in front of the court. Imagine that he makes a diary entry that night. What might he have written? Write the diary entry for him. You may begin like this. It was a day of shock for me today

(5 scores) 4. As you know NZeng didnt turn up to help Albert Schweitzer as interpreter. So he plans to put up a notice to get a suitable person for the post. Write a suitable notice stating Albert Schweitzer requirements. (5scores) 5. The Fable for Tomorrow gives us a heart rending description of mans indiscriminate exploitation of nature and how Mother Nature retaliates when left with no option. Keeping this in mind, make a speech on the topic Man and Environment on World Environment Day in your school assembly. (8 scores) 6. Read the following poem. My heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the sky So was it when my life began So is it now I am a man, So be it, when I shall grow old, Or let me die, Child is the father of man And I could wish my days, Bound each to each by natural piety. -William Wordsworth After reading the poem Rainbow by William Wordsworth compare and contrast it With The Lake Isle of Innisfree by W.B Yeats. (8 scores) 7. The Science Club of your school has decided to invite Sri. G. Madhavan Nair, former Chairman ISRO to inaugurate the Science

Fare In your School. Prepare a letter inviting him for the function. {Hints;-Date, venue, details of the programme} (6 scores) 8. Aunt Jane in the play The Never Never Nest is disgusted by the luxurious ways of Jack and Jill. She is of the opinion that one should always live within ones income, never beyond. Write two pieces of advice that she is likely to give to the young couple. (2scores) 9. The story Karma deals with a train journey. Write an account of your recent train journey to an interesting place in about 100 words. ( 7 scores) 10. Given below is the schedule of the programmme of the Prime minister of India who is to visit your area .Develop the schedule into a press release to be given to the media .( 6 scores) 4:15am: arrival at the TVM airport by special aircraft of IAF 10:30am: University of Kerala, Karyavattom Campus. Inauguration of Science Congress. 11:30am: Rajbhavan 12:30 am: Meeting Chief Dignitaries at Rajbhavan. 4:00 Pm: Kanakunnu Palace. Honorary Dr.G. Madhavan Nair, former Chairman, ISRO 5:00pm: Womens college, Vazhuthakadu, Inaugurating Higher Education Scholarship plan. 6:00 pm: Back to Delhi 11. Serving mankind is the greatest service- Albert Schweitzer. Prepare a conversation between Albert and his wife in not more than 6 exchanges each. (6 scores)

12. You are a close acquaintance of Milton Davidson. You were present in his residence, when Milton was arrested by the police. Prepare a News Report, depicting what happened to Miltons wife. In about 70 words. (7 scores) 13. The man in The Reason hunts animals. In On Killing a Tree he kills trees. In The Sacred Earth he destroys mother earth. Thus man is the supreme killer of the Earth. Is this his right to act in a dehumanizing way? Write your own views in about 80 words. (8 scores) 14. The following Passage has six errors in it. Rewrite the passage after editing it. (6 scores) One of the thing that distinguishes from other animals is a power of speech. While it is true that most animals and birds can utter cries which indicates emotion, anger, fear, affection- nevertheless, their range of sounds are very limited, so they are not capable in expressing more complicated emotions. On the other hand, man can be express a very wide range of ideas and emotions through speech. ________________________________________________________________ Prepared by English Teachers Sri. Jose Cyriac Sri. Varghese George Sri. G.John Satheesh Sri. Biju Donald Smt. Litty Lucia Simon

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