Second Term Examination 2079 Our English 9 /F.M : 60 /P.

P.M: 20 Vivekananda thinks both strength and weakness are the stage of
1. Read the poem below and do the activities that follow: human mind.
Crossing the Bar
b. What is strength and where is it?
Sunset and evening star, Strength is divine quality and it is in our mind.
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar, c. What do you need to do to avoid weakness?
When I put out to sea, Cowardice, negative thoughts and doubts need to give up to avoid
But such a tide as moving seems asleep, weakness.
Too full for sound and foam
When that which drew from out the boundless deep d. What are good and divine qualities?
Turns again home. Courage, efficiency, faith and obedience are good and divine qualities.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
3. Read the advertisement and answer the following questions.
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
When I embark;
A hundred room Deluxe Hotel in Kathmandu requires the following:
For tho' from out our bourne of time and place
1. Front Office Manager
The flood may bear me far,
2. Food and Beverage Manager
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crost the bar.
For Position 1, applicants must possess a Hotel Management degree
A. Find the words from the poem that match the following
from a recognized institute with at least five years' experience in a
meanings. [4x0.5=2]
Deluxe Hotel. Should have a pleasing personality with fluency in
a. a boundary, a limit Bourne
written and spoken English. Working knowledge of a foreign language
C. go on board embark
and computers will be an added advantage. Applicants must be
b. though tho'
well-versed in standard front office procedures and possess good
d. complaining moaning
administrative skills.
B. Answer the following questions. [4x2=8]
For Position 2, applicants, must possess a Hotel Management degree
a. Where does the speaker have to go crossing the sandbar?
from a recognized institute with at least five years' experience in a
- The speaker has to go to another world/heaven where the speaker
Deluxe Hotel. Working knowledge of foreign language will be added
believes that he would have peace and happiness.
advantage. Knowledge of computer is must. Please apply within 17th
a. Why can't the tide make a huge sound or create a lather?
April 2022 with your CV and a recent passport size photograph to:
- The tides can't make the huge sound or create a lather because the
P.O.Box:7869
speaker wanted to have a peaceful journey.
Kathmandu
b. What do the twilight and the evening bell suggest in the poem?
A. Choose and copy the best answer. [1x5=5]
- The twilight and the evening suggest that the end of the time /day /
death /the new beginning.
a. A deluxe Hotel requires
d. Who is the only agent that helps the speaker to go far in his journey?
(ii) two managers
-The imaginary pilot/Father/Jesus of the speaker is the only agent that
b. The applicants must have computer knowledge for
helps the speaker to go far in his journey
(i) the post 2
C. The applicants must be submitted
3. Read the following passage and answer the questions given
(i) after April 17th, 2018
below:
d. The piece of writing is
Swami Vivekananda said' Whatever you think that you will be. If you
(ii) an advertisement
think yourself strong, Strong you will be, if you think yourself weak,
e. The necessary period of experience for the period is
weak you will be". Both strength and weakness are the stage of human
(1) minimum 5 years
mind. Teach men about strength that is already within them.
Everyone should think of strength and know what strength and
Answer the following questions. [1x5=5]
weaknesses are. All good and divine qualities are strengths and bad
qualities are weaknesses.
a. Who has advertised?
We should always keep in mind some of the qualities that lead
Deluxe Hotel has advertised.
strength and weakness. Here they are: ability is strength, inability
is weakness; Courage is strength cowardice is weakness; Dignity is
b. What are the vacant posts?
strength, disgrace is weakness; Efficiency is strength, inefficiency is
The vacant posts are:
weakness; Faith is strength, doubt is weakness; intelligence is strength,
1. Front Office Manager
foolishness is weakness; Kindness is strength and wickedness;
2. Food and Beverage Manager
Obedience is strength, disobedience is weakness; Patience is strength,
c. Who can apply for the first post ?
anger is weakness; Tolerance is strength, intolerance is weakness; ;
Hotel Management degree holder can apply for the first post vacant post.
Wisdom is strength, ignorance is weakness., Zeal is strength, idleness
d. What is the required qualification and experience for the
is weakness.
Hotel Management Degree holder and at least 5 years are the required
A. Fill in the gaps with appropriate words from the passage.
qualification and experience for the vacant post. post.
a. If you think yourself…… strong ……you will be strong.
e. What things should be submitted along with the application ?
b. According to the passage both strength and weakness
CV and a recent passport size photograph should be submitted along
are the state of…. Human mind……..
with the application.
C. Weakness is a bad quality and…… all good and divine qualities are
strengths ……
Imagine that one of your friends has had a bus accident. He has dled
d. Efficiency and intelligence lead to……… strength …….
in hospital.Write a formal notice of condolence in a newspaper using
Write T' for true and 'F' for false statements. 2 the clue given in the box.
a. The people who think themselves weak become weak. TRUE Harikanta Sharma, 47 vears old, a political leader, popular social and
b. To be strong, one must have doubt on everything. FALSE helpful member of the community
C. To become idle is to weaken oneself. TRUE
d. A man should be taught about strength because Write an essay in about 150 words on the following topics (any one) 7
everyone has got weakness within them. TRUE
a) Importance of Reading
b) Unemployment in Nepal
B. Answer the following questions. 4x1.5=6
Write a letter to the ward chairperson of your ward about
necessity of preserving cultural and religious heritages in your
a. What does about strength and weakness?
locality.
 Cowardice, negative thoughts and doubts need to give up to avoid
7. Reproduce the following sentences as indicated in the brackets. 5x1=5 weakness.
a) I had a bath this morning. (Change into Negative)
I didn’t have a bath this morning. d. What are good and divine qualities?
b) He found something in the room. (Yes/No questions) Courage, efficiency, faith and obedience are good and divine qualities.
Did he find anything in the room?
c) He said to me, "Are you happy?" (Change into indirect speech)
3. Read the advertisement and answer the following A. Choose and copy
He asked me if I was happy.
the best answer. [1x5=5]
d) People worship God in every country.(Change into passive voice)
a. A deluxe Hotel requires (ii) two managers
God is worshipped in every country.
b. The applicants must have computer knowledge for
e) They brust into tear yesterday ? (Tag question)
(i) the post 2
Didn’t they?
C. The applicants must.. submitted within April 17th, 2018
d. The piece of writing is (ii) an advertisement
7. Choose the correct words from the brackets to complete the passage e. The necessary period of experience for the period is minimum 5 years
below. 10x0.5=5
Answer the following questions. [1x5=5]
Bardiya National Park is (a/an/the) largest national park of a. Who has advertised?
the Terai region (in/on/at) Nepal. It (lies/lie/lied) in the mid-western part of Deluxe Hotel has advertised.
Nepal. Many common and endangered wila animals (found/is found/are
found) in the park. Some ot them b. What are the vacant posts?
(is/are/was) going to be extinct. The park is famous for elephants The vacant posts are:
and rhinoceroses. If we do not protect them, our future generation 1. Front Office Manager
(would/will/would have) not enjoy watching them. Every year, 2. Food and Beverage Manager
many tourists visit the park, (don't they/do they/are they)? by its beauty. It c. Who can apply for the first post ?
is (is/was/are) the paradise for the wild animals. Therefore we should get Hotel Management degree holder can apply for the first post vacant post.
the park The people (who/whom/whose) visit the park are fascinated that d. What is the required qualification and experience for the
the park (conserved/to conserve/conserve). Hotel Management Degree holder and at least 5 years are the required
qualification and experience for the vacant post.
e. What things should be submitted along with the application ?
THE END CV and a recent passport size photograph should be submitted along
with the application.

4. Imagine that one of your friends has had a bus accident. He has died in
hospital. Write a formal notice of condolence in a newspaper using the clue
given in the box.5
Second Terminal Examination 2079 Harikanta Sharma, 47 vears old, a political leader, popular social and
Sub: Our English 9 F.M : 60 P.M: 20 helpful member of the community

5. Write an essay in about 150 words on the following topics (any one) 7
Read the poem below and do the activities that follow:
a) Importance of Reading
Crossing the Bar
b) Unemployment in Nepal
A. Find the words from the poem that match the following
meanings. [4x0.5=2]
a. a boundary, a limit Bourne 6. Write a letter to the ward chairperson of your ward about 8
C. go on board embark necessity of preserving cultural and religious heritages in your locality.
b. though tho'
d. complaining moaning 7. Reproduce the following sentences as indicated in the brackets. 5x1=5
C. Answer the following questions. [4x2=8] a) I had a bath this morning. (Change into Negative)
a. Where does the speaker have to go crossing the sandbar? I didn’t have a bath this morning.
- The speaker has to go to another world/heaven where the speaker b) He found something in the room. (Yes/No questions)
believes that he would have peace and happiness. Did he find anything in the room?
a. Why can't the tide make a huge sound or create a lather? c) He said to me, "Are you happy?" (Change into indirect speech)
- The tides can't make the huge sound or create a lather because the He asked me if I was happy.
speaker wanted to have a peaceful journey. d) People worship God in every country.(Change into passive voice)
b. What do the twilight and the evening bell suggest in the poem? God is worshipped in every country.
- The twilight and the evening suggest that the end of the time /day / e) They brust into tear yesterday ? (Tag question)
death /the new beginning. Didn’t they?
d. Who is the only agent that helps the speaker to go far in his journey?
-The imaginary pilot/Father/Jesus of the speaker is the only agent that
7. Choose the correct words 10x0.5=5
helps the speaker to go far in his journey
Bardiya National Park is (a/an/the) largest national park of
3. Read the passage and answer the questions 2
(in/on/at) Nepal. It (lies/lie/lied) in the mid-western part of Nepal. Many
A. Fill in the gaps with appropriate words from the passage.
common animals (found/is found/are found) in the park. Some ot them
a. If you think yourself…… strong ……you will be strong.
(is/are/was) going to be extinct. If we do not protect, future generation
b. According to the passage both strength and weakness
(would/will/would have) not enjoy watching them. Every year, many
are the state of…. Human mind……..
tourists visit the park, (don't they/do they/are they)?. It is (is/was/are) the
C. Weakness is a bad quality and…… all good and divine qualities are
paradise. Therefore we should get the park (conserved/to
strengths ……
conserve/conserve). The people (who/whom/whose) visit the
d. Efficiency and intelligence lead to……… strength …….
THE END
Write T' for true and 'F' for false statements. 2
a. The people who think themselves weak ..weak. TRUE
b. To be strong, one must have doubt on everything. FALSE
C. To become idle is to weaken oneself. TRUE
d. A man should be… weakness within them. TRUE
C. Answer the following questions. 4x1.5=6
a. What does about strength and weakness?
Vivekananda thinks both strength and weakness are the stage of
human mind.
b. What is strength and where is it?
Strength is divine quality and it is in our mind.

c. What do you need to do to avoid weakness?