C H M HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL UNIT TEST ENGLISH CLASS: IX

Max Score : 25 Marks Max Time : 1 Hour

I. Read the following lines from the poem ‘On Killing A Tree’ and answer the questions given below. (8 Marks) It takes much time to kill a tree, Not a simple jab of the knife Will do it. It has grown Slowly consuming the earth, Rising out of it, feeding Upon its crust, absorbing Years of sunlight, air, water, And out of its leperous hide Sprouting leaves. 1. Pick out two examples for personification from the above stanza.

(1x2=2)

2. Why does it take so much time to kill a tree?

(1x1=1)

3. What does a tree absorb?

(1x1=1)

4. Pick out an example for alliteration from the above stanza.

(1x1=1)

5. Pick out the word from the above stanza which means „a quick sharp blow‟. (1x1=1)

6. Why does the poet use „kill a tree‟ instead of „cut a tree‟?

(1x2=2)

7. Choose the correct prepositions from the bracket and fill in the blanks. (1x3=3) down, in, for, above It might be days, even weeks, before the people came (a) …. their boat. But I didn‟t want to take a boat which belonged to someone else. However the rain was pouring (b) …. again, so I stayed (c) …. the hut. 8. Prepare a news report of Juliane’s survival.

(1x4=4)

Read the paragraph from the story ‘The Last Leaf’ and answer the questions that follow. (5 Marks) “I have something to tell you,” she said. “Mr. Behrman died of pneumonia today in the hospital. He was ill only for two days. They found him the morning of the first day in his room downstairs helpless with pain. His shoes and clothing were wet through and icy cold. They couldn‟t imagine where he had been on such a dreadful night. And then they found a lantern, still lighted, and a ladder that had been dragged from its place, and some scattered brushes, and a palette with green and yellow colours mixed on it, and -- look out the window, dear, at the last ivy leaf on the wall. Didn‟t you wonder why it never fluttered or moved when the wind blew? Ah, darling, it‟s Behrman‟s masterpiece -- he painted it there the night that the last leaf fell.” 9. What was Behrman‟s masterpiece?

(1x1=1)

10. Why were Behrman‟s shoes and clothing wet through and icy cold?

(1x2=2)

11. Why didn‟t the last ivy leaf flutter or move?

(1x2=2)

12. Imagine that you are in the position of Sue and your friend is lying seriously ill. How would you help your friend to recover mentally and physically from the illness? (1x5=5)