Christ Academy ICSE, Language Practice 2
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Give the meaning of each of the following words as used in the passage.
bullying
29absolute authority in any sphere
to make way
To be dominant and rule over others
refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind.
- Q1
Give the meaning of each of the following words as used in the passage.
bullying
absolute authority in any sphere
to make way
To be dominant and rule over others
refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind.
300s - Q2
expelled
to rush and help
remove all traces
To drive out/to turn out
to move or cause someone or something to move
60s - Q3
barging
To interrupt and interfere suddenly
Being stringent
to negotiate
To decline
60s - Q4
Answer the following questions:
Why was Jill crying?
Because she was suffering with a serious illness.
Jill was crying because the big boys and girls of ten or fifteen were teasing over her.
It was co- educational, a school for both boys and girls, what used to be called a “mixed” school
Because a boy came round the comer of the gym whistling, with his hands in his pockets and nearly ran into her.
60s - Q5
Why do you think she was crying behind the gym?
She was crying behind the gym because the Head called some students as interesting psychological cases and sent for them and talked to them for hours. And when they spoke the right sort of things to the Head, they would become his favourite
She was crying behind the gym because she had been tired and troubled due to tasking tactics of big boys and girls. She wanted to vent out her anger and not be humiliated by crying in front of others.
She was crying behind the gym because as soon as the boy noticed her face, He walked to her and spoke grimly rudely by barging in on her.
She did not want to be humiliated by the people inside the gym.
60s - Q6
Who is the ‘Them’ referred to in line 23, where them is underlined?
The School and the Head of the School.
Eustace Scrubb and the other boys at School
The biggest 10 or 15 boys and girls who teased her.
Eustace Scrubb and Jill.
60s - Q7
Why did Jill fly into a temper?
Because she had a bad time at school, which is not a pleasant subject that was being discussed.
Because she had been interrupted and interfered without her will while she was crying and venting out her feelings.
Because she hated the Head of the School.
Because he talked like someone beginning a lecture when nobody cared for her, although it was a coeducational school.
60s - Q8
Why did the boy quickly stand up as soon as he sat on the grassy bank
Because he got scared
Because he had to rush from there.
Because the grass was soaking wet
Because he was not able to sit
60s - Q9
When did Jill begin to see things differently?
When she realized she was in the school.
When Eustace Scrubb offered her peppermint quietly without commenting she began to see things differently.
When Eustace had sat down beside her on the grassy bank at the edge of the shrubbery.
When Eustace noticed her face and began to have a conversation with her
60s - Q10
What was the exclamation by the boy, while sitting down on the grassy bank at the edge of the shrubbery?
“Oh, Lord!”
“Jill!”
“What’s up?”
“Is that fair!”
60s - Q11
Towards the end what did Eustace understand after Jill shouted at him?
That Jill was not doing fine.
That Jill was being herself.
That Jill was doing fine
That Jill wasn’t quite herself yet.
60s - Q12
What sort of things happened at this school
All sorts of things
Nothing happened
Horrid things
Ordinary things
60s - Q13
Who uses the term “interesting psychological cases”
Eustace Scrubb
The Head
Jill Pole
The School
60s - Q14
What was Jill’s reply to the question-“Is that fair?
“I’m sorry, Eustace”
“All right!”
“Oh, go away and mind your own business”
“I don’t know and I don’t care”
60s - Q15
(c)Answer the following questions:
(i) What kind of school did the children go to? It was a _________
Coeducational School.
Ordinary School
Old School
Extraordinary School
60s
