Dunes International School

Academic Session 2022-2023

Periodic Test 2 Revision Worksheet
Name: _______________________ Subject: English
Class: 8 Sec: _________

Section A- Reading

1. Read the following passage carefully

The second-largest colony of emperor penguins in the world appears to be collapsing, after
rough seas drowned all of its babies three winters in a row.
The Halley Bay colony once accounted for 5 to 9% of the global emperor penguin population,
according to the British Antarctic Survey (BAC), which reported the catastrophe. That amounted
to about 15,000 to 24,000 adult breeding pairs. But in 2016, the sea-ice platform on which the
colony was raising its babies collapsed during rough weather, throwing infant penguins unable
to swim into the frigid water. In 2017 and 2018, the rough weather pattern repeated itself.
The birds arrive at the site from their summer sea jaunts each April to breed; for the resulting
chicks to survive, the site has to remain stable throughout the Southern Hemisphere’s winter,
which lasts until December.

By 2018, a handful of adults — a "few hundred," or about 2 percent of the original population
— turned up at the Halley Bay site, the researchers reported. The remaining colony appeared
in disarray, with adults moving closer to the ice edge than is typical, and was difficult to count
scattered among the roughened chunks of ice.
The good news is that at least some of the colony appears to have moved, rather than died out.
The Dawson-Lambton Glacier colony 34 miles (55 kilometers) to the south has significantly
swelled in numbers since the devastation of Halley Bay, the BAC reported. That colony, which
had hit a low of just 1,280 pairs in the 2015 season, swelled in each succeeding year. In 2016, it
reached 5,315 pairs. In 2017, there were 11,117 pairs. And by 2018, a full 14,612 pairs set up
camp at the site.
a. Which of the following is an antonym of “frigid” in the context of passage?
i. Flexible
ii. Soft
iii. Lukewarm
iv. Hot
b. Which of the following is a synonym of “disarray” in the context of passage?

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 i. hotchpotch
ii. settle
iii. integration
iv. fixed
c.“Halley Bay” colony and “Dawson-Lambton Glacier” colony are related to which of the
following?
i. Giant Panda
ii. Emperor Penguin
iii. Seal
iv. Eskimo
d. Where do emperor penguins breed?
i. Ice caves
ii. Glaciers
iii. Snow
iv. Sea-ice platform
e. Which of the following is false in the context of the passage?
I. The Dawson-Lambton Glacier colony died due to collapse of rough sea.
II. The penguin birds breed during April every year.
III. Halley Bay colony reached 5315 pairs in 2016.
a. Only I
b. Only II
c. Only I and III
d. Only II and III
2. Read the following passage carefully
The success of the bold direct taxation proposals contained in the Union budget for 2004-05 will
have a crucial bearing on the realisation of the targeted fiscal deficit projection for the year,
according to economists and tax consultants. In particular, the amnesty scheme introduced to
harness black money is being seen as vital to the government’s calculations. Finance minister P
Chidambaram announced in his budget presentation that he was expecting to augment direct
tax revenues by 15 to 16 per cent.

This has led analysts to conclude that the attainment of the government’s direct taxation target
would be largely dependent on widening the tax net and would also significantly depend on the
success of the amnesty scheme announced to induct black money into the mainstream
economy. Most tax consultants opined that the amnesty scheme would draw an extremely
favourable response. “It is a tremendous opportunity.”

The finance minister said that residents of metropolitan cities who owned cars, telephones and
travelled abroad would be roped into tax net. The budget has also introduced an “estimated
income scheme” for retail traders with a turnover less than Rs. 40 lakh. Their income would be
estimated at 5 per cent of the turnover and those claiming lower incomes would be subjected
to audit. “This would also serve to rope in assessees after the earlier presumptive Rs. 1,400
scheme was a failure.” Another bold and much-sought-after change introduced in the budget is

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 the abolition of taxation of dividend in the hands of the shareholder. Instead, companies would
be liable to pay 20 per cent tax on dividend distributed.

a. Accordingly to the passage, the success of the bold direct taxation proposals will have a
bearing upon
b. Why was amnesty scheme introduced in the budget?
c. What change has been introduced in the budget for 2004-05?
d. “It is tremendous opportunity.” In this sentence 'It' refers to
e. What is the finance minister expecting in his budget 2004-05?

Section B Writing and Grammar

3. Creative Writing: in (125-150 words)

If you could cure any single disease, which one would you cure—and why?

4. You are the football captain of your school and there are selections going on for the football
team. Your sports teacher has requested you to put up a notice informing students about the
trials that will be conducted for classes 10th to 12th. Draft a notice in not more than 50 words
mentioning all the details.
OR
While going to the dance auditorium, you have found a wristwatch lying on the stairs. Draft a
found notice for the wristwatch for all the students mentioning its detailed descriptions.
5. Do as directed.
a. He asked for the menu _______ haste.(fill in the blank with appropriate preposition)
b._______________ he possessed all the qualifications, he did not get the job.(Fill in the blank
with suitable conjunction)

6. Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaning sentences.

a. hers/princess/the/took/father’s/her/in/hand/youngest
b. Cried/amazement/looked/her/king/the/and/at/in

7. Change the following statement into reported speech.

a. The boss will say to his staff, “We are going to throw a party on the golden jubilee, of our
company.
b. Mohan said, “If I were a bird, I would fly everywhere”.

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8. The following sentence is not edited. There is an error in each sentence. Rewrite the sentence
with correction.

Incorrect word correct word

a. I entered the manager's office and sat down.
I have just lost five hundred rupees and I felt very upset. a. __________ ____________
b. "I leave the money in my desk," I said, b. __________ ___________
c. "and it is not there now". The manager was very sympathetic
but he can do nothing. "Everyone loses money these days", c. _________ ___________
d. he said, He start to complain about this wicked world, d. __________ ____________

Section C- Literature

9. Extract the following line:

‘Once more, Glenn strengthened his resolve….’
a. When was the first time Glenn made his resolve
b. What was his strengthened resolve the second time?
c. What helped him to make this resolve?
10. Answer the following question in 30-40 words
a. Why did Saaket and Sail go to various NGOs? Was their experience the same or different from
the others?
b. How did Glenn progress to the point of being nicknamed the ‘Kansas Flyer’?
c. Why is it reasonable to say we can’t all be captains?
11. Think and Answer in 50-60 words.
a. What role do you think Glenn’s parents played in helping him achieve his goals?

b. The poem exemplifies the proverb-as you sow, so shall you reap. Explain

12. Answer the following questions in 50-60 words.

a. Why are the fishermen confident that they will be protected?

b. The trout wasn’t a stuffed fish as the travelers were made to believe. Why do you think the
landlord put up the fish there?

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