TRUE HIGHT

TRUE HEIGHT

FLY HIGH ACHIEVE YOUR AIMS ANY PHYSICAL DISABILITY STOP YOU

IX CLASS WORKSHEET 10

UNIT : 2 A READING (True Height) (Segment 1)

There are 20 MCQs in section I, II and III (Reading Comprehension, vocabulary and

grammar) Section –IV is for Home Assignment (Creative Writing)

SECTION I

(READING COMPREHENSION )

(Q. No. 1-10) Read the following passage from the lesson “True Height”.

His palms were sweating. He needed a towel to dry his grip. A glass of ice water quenched his thirst but hardly cooled his intensity. The astroturf he sat on was as hot as the competition he faced today at the National Junior Olympics. The pole was set at 17 feet. That was three inches higher than his personal best. Michael Stone confronted the most challenging day of his pole-vaulting career. The stands were still filled with about twenty thousand people, even though the final race had ended an hour earlier.The pole vault is truly the glamorous event of any track and field competition.The sportsman combines the grace of a gymnast with the strength of a bodybuilder.Pole-vaulting also has the element of flying, and the thought of flying as high as a two storeyed building is a mere fantasy to anyone watching such an event.Today it is not only Michael Stone’s reality and dream

– it is his quest.As long as Michael could remember, he had always dreamed of flying. Michael’smother read him numerous stories about flying when he was growing up. Her stories were always the ones that described the land from a bird’s-eye view. Her excitement and passion for details made Michael’s dreams full of colour and beauty. Michael had this one recurring dream. He would be running down a country road. He could feel the rocks and chunks of dirt at his feet. As he raced down the golden-lined wheat fields, he would always outrun the locomotives passing by. He would begin soaring like an eagle.Where he flew would always coincide with his mother’s stories. His dad, on it.the other hand, was not a dreamer. Bert Stone was a hard-core realist. He believed in hard work and sweat. His motto: If you want something, work for it.

Multiple Choice

1. This story is about…

• A) a player

• B) a doctor.

• C) a teacher

• D) a lawyer

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Multiple Choice

2. The sports person’s name was………..

• A) Bert stone.

• B) Mildred Stone

• C) Michael Stone

• D) Robert Stone

Multiple Choice

3. His palms were sweating because……...

• A) he was doing exercise

• B) he was participating in a sports competition

• C) he was doing field work.

• D) he was writing an exam.

Multiple Choice

4.The word astroturf is

• A name of the coach

• B) a type of artificial grass surface.

• C) a plaything

• D) a kind of mistake in Pole-vaulting.

Multiple Choice

5. The above paragraphs talk about…….

• A) cricket.

• B) football.

• C) pole vaulting.

• D) Long jump

Multiple Choice

6. Michael had always dreamed of……….

• A) Running

• B )Eating

• C) Jumping

• D) flying

Multiple Choice

7. Michael’s mother always read him numerous ……….

• (A) poems

• (B) stories

• (C) letters

• (D) essays

Multiple Choice

8. What made Michael's dream full of colour and beauty?

• A)His excitement and passion.

• (B)His mother's excitement and passion.

• C) His father’s excitement.

• (D)His coach’s desire.

Multiple Choice

9. At the National Junior Olympics the pole was set at…...feet

• (A) 16

• (B) 17

• (C) 18

• (D) 19

Multiple Choice

10. Which of the following is not true?

• (A) Michael’s father's name was Bert Stone

• (B) Michael's father was a dreamer.

• C) Michael's father was not a dreamer.

• D) Michael's father was a hard core realist.

SECTION-II

(VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR)

(Q.No. 11-15) Answer the following questions as directed.

The pole vault is truly the glamour (11) event of any track and field competition. The sportsman combines the grace of a gymnast with the strength (12) of a bodybuilder. Pole-vaulting also has the element of flying, and the thought of flying (13) as high as two-storeyed building is a mere fantasy to everyone (14) watching such an event. Today it is not only Michael Stone’s reality and dream – it is her (15) quest.

Multiple Choice

1. Choose the other form the word to replace the underlined (glamour)

• A) glamorously

• B) glamour

• C) glamorous

• D) glamoured

Multiple Choice

12. Choose the opposite word for the underlined. (strength)

• A) strong

• B) weak

• C) weakness

• D) weakly

Multiple Choice

13. Choose the synonym for the underlined (flying)

• A) running

• B) jumping

• C) walking

• D) soaring

Multiple Choice

14. Choose the appropriate word of the everyone.

• A) anyone

• B) someone

• C) no one

• D) each one

Multiple Choice

15. Choose the suitable word in the place of the her according to the passage.

• A) she

• B) his

• C) he

• D) him

SECTION III

(EDITING)

(Q.No. 16-20) Read the following passage, each of the numbered sentences from 16- 20 has an error. Choose the right answer to make it a correct sentence.

His palms were sweating.(16) He needed a towel for dry his grip. (17)A glass of ice water quenched his thirst and hardly cooled his intensity.(18) The astroturf he sat onwas as hot as the competition he face today at the National Junior Olympics.(19) Thepole was set at 17 feets. (20)That was three inches high than his personal best.

Multiple Choice

16 He needed a towel for dry his grip..

• A) He needed a towel with dry his grip.

• B) He needed a towel to dry his grip.

• C) He needed a towel too dry his grip.

• D) He needed a towel by dry his grip.

Multiple Choice

(17)A glass of ice water quenched his thirst and hardly cooled his intensity.

• A) A glass of ice water quenched his thirst but hardly cooled his intensity.

• B) A glass of ice water quenched his thirst for hardly cooled his intensity.

• C) A glass of ice water quenched his thirst so hardly cooled his intensity.

• D) A glass of ice water quenched his thirst by hardly cooled his intensity.

Multiple Choice

(18) The astroturf he sat on was as hot as the competition he face today at the National Junior Olympics.

• A)The astroturf he sat on was as hot as the competition he faces today at the National Junior Olympics.

• B)The astroturf he sat on was as hot as the competition he faced today at the

  National Junior Olympics.

• C)The astroturf he sat on was as hot as the competition he will face today at the

  National Junior Olympics.

• D)The astroturf he sat on was as hot as the competition he can face today at the

  National Junior Olympics.

Multiple Choice

(19) The pole was set at 17 feets.

• A) The pole was set at 17 feet.

• B) The pole was set at 17 foot.

• C) The pole was set at 17 feet.

• D) The pole was set at 17 footprints.

Multiple Choice

(20) That was three inches high than his personal best.

• A) That was three inches higher than his personal best.

• B) That was three inches highest than his personal best.

• C) That was three inches hight than his personal best.

• D) That was three inches height than his personal best.

SECTION – IV

HOME ASSIGNMENT

CREATIVE WRITING (DISCOURSES)

Note: The answer to this question is to be submitted to your teacher on whatsapp or in a notebook.

Open Ended

Your school management plans to conduct a sports competition in your school.Suppose you are the sports leader. Prepare a notice about the competition.