It Notes
It Notes
It Notes
Section A: Reading
Q1 Read the passage given below and answer the questions that
follow:
1 Getting a good night's sleep can help you cope with stress
more effectively. But not getting enough sleep can cause
more stress. Insomniacs have higher concentrations of stress
hormones than others.
2 Women are prone to sleep disturbances. Their sleep
problems frequently interfere with their daily activities.
3 Experts believe that sleep, especially deep sleep, enables our
nervous system to function well, Without it, we lose our
ability to concentrate, remember or analyse. Some experts
speculate that during deep sleep, cells manufacture more
proteins, which are essential for cell growth and repair of
damage from things like stress and ultraviolet rays.
4 Scientists believe that activity in the area of the brain that
controls emotions and social interactions lessens during
sleep and deep sleep may help people be emotionally and
socially adept when awake.
5 Sleep may also help our brain to store a newly learned
activity in its memory bank. In a study in Canada, students
deprived of sleep after learning a complex logic game
showed a 30 percent learning deficit when tested a week
later compared with students not deprived of sleep.
6 The effects of sleep deprivation on other bodily functions
are just as alarming. In studies from five medical centres
across the country, researches established that individuals
with insomnia were also more likely to have poor health,
including chest pain, arthritis and depression, and to have
difficulty accomplishing daily tasks.
7 Another breakthrough study revealed that even temporary
1.2 Find meanings of the words given below with the help of the 1x4=4
options that follow:
a) prone to (Paragraph 2)
(i) unlikely to (ii) likely to
(iii) lying face down (iv) lying face up
b) speculate (Paragraph 3)
(i) take a risk (ii) invest
(iii) form a theory (iv) identify
c) adept (Paragraph 4)
(i) fond of something (ii) gain something
(iii) dislike something (iv) skilled at something
d) severity (Paragraph 7)
(i) seriousness (ii) quality
(iii) mildness (iv) unkindness
3. The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one 1×4=4
error in each line. Write the error and its correction as shown in
the example.
Error Correction
In recent years, public awareness if fitness has grown to the e.g. if of
point where most people know that being physically fit don’t (a) don’t doesn’t
just mean having an strong body. While strength is important, (b) an a
physical fitness also mean increased flexibility, faster recovery (c) mean means
from illness nor injury improved endurance and much more. (d) nor or
4. Look at the words and phrases below. Rearrange them to form 1×4=4
meaningful sentences. Write the correct sentences in your
answer sheet.
(a) their skills / are ready / challenges / confident people / to face /
groom / and
Confident people groom their skills and are ready to face
challenges.
(b) of / and weaknesses / this / they / is / their / because / are aware /
strengths
This is because they are aware of their strengths and
weaknesses.
OR
This is because they are aware of their weaknesses and
strengths.
(c) ourselves / helps / knowing / to improve / our limitations / us
Knowing our limitations helps us to improve ourselves.
(d) to accept /and / our deficits / must be willing / we / help /
overcome
We must be willing to accept help and overcome our deficits.
Section C: Literature
5. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that
follow.
(a) It weaves its own associations. Yet hear any flute is, it seems to me, 1×4=4
to be drawn into the commonality of all mankind, to be moved by
music closest in its phrases and sentences to the human voice.
i. What does ‘it’ stand for? How does ‘it’ weave its own associations?
‘It’ stands for a flute. Each kind of flute produces a different
and a unique type of music associated with some particular
place.
ii. Why does it draw the author in the ‘commonality of all mankind’?
The flute draws the author in the ‘commonality of all mankind’
because this instrument is found in all cultures and is played in
a similar manner. Hence, it seems to connect the whole
mankind.
iii. Why is its music closest to the human voice?
The music of the flute is closest to the human voice because
pauses and breaths are needed to produce musical notes of the
flute in the same manner in which phrases and sentences are
uttered in human voice.
iv. Give the synonym of the word-‘associations’
links
(c) There was a big table set up with all kinds of stuff on it, just for me. 1×4=4
They had taken up a collection and bought me school supplies…
i. Where was the big table set up, by whom and for whom?
The big table was set up in the school gym by Zan’s new school
mates for Zan.
The strength of the tree lies in the roots. If the tree is not
completely uprooted, the roots will draw nourishment from
the earth and will become a full grown tree again.
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