XI First Term Examination 2024-25

 Mahatma Gandhi Vidyamandir & Adivasi Seva Samittee, Nashik

First Term Examination 2024-25

Std. 11th

Subject - English - Activity Sheet (B)

Section I - Prose

Q.1 Read the extract and complete the activities given below..                    12

I have been asked many times, "Who was first?" When we were within reach of the summit. I did not think of who was going to be "first." Iam sure that Hillary was not thinking that. Climbing takes all your attention. You have many more important worries.What does it matter whether I reached the top first or Hillary? Our main thought was that bothof us reach the top. We had to. One couldn't do it alone. If there had been a difference of one thousand feet between us, then one could make the claim that he was first. But even then, only the man behind him could confirm the distance between thetwo of them. It reads: "Kathmandu, June 22, 1953."

       When we reached Kathmandu, we discovered that a controversy had arisen. We talkedit over, Hillary, Colonel Hunt and 1. We agreed that all the talk was childish.So we made a pact, and each of us signed it in the office of the Prime Minister of Nepal. Eachone signed his own statement. I have a copy of Hillary's statement which I carry in my pocket. "On May 29th, Tenzing Sherpa and | left our high camp on Mt. Everest for our attempt on the summit. As we climbed upwards to the South Summit, first one and then the other would take a turn at leading.   Response

     Crossed over the South Summit and moved along the Summit ridge. We reached the summit almost together. We embraced each other overjoyed at our success, then I took photograph of Tenzing holding aloft the flags of Great Britain, Nepal, the United Nations and India." (Signed: E.P.Hillary) There is another paper like this in English, signed by me. Thus, we will not take part in any controversy. As the statement says, Hillary and I embraced when we reached the top. We did as well as our bulky equipment would let us. I remember saying to him: "We have done it." But we couldn't hear. We had our Oxygen mask on.

Al. Describe

Describe the opinion of Tenzing about the question- Who was the first?"

A2. Choose

Rewrite the statement choosing the eorrect alternative.

1) The pact was signed in the otlice ofthe Prime Minister of India / Nepal.

2) Tenzing had a copy of his / Hillary's statement.

3) The twO mountaineers considered the controversy as valuable/ childish.

4) Tenzing held tlags of India. Great Britain. Nepal and United Nations / United States of America.

A3. Make a list

Give the list of Tenzing's activities alter reaching at the summit.

A4. Personal Response

Give your opinion: We should participate in adventure sports because--

A5. Language Study

Do as directed

1) Tenzing and Hillary made a pact at the office of P. M. of Nepal.

(Choose the alternative showing the correct passive form of this sentence)

i) A pact is made at the oflice of P. M. of Nepal by Tenzing and Hillary.

i) A pact has been made at the oflice of P. M. of Nepal by Tenzing and Hillary.

ii) A pact were made at the oflice of P. M. of Nepal by Tenzing and Hillary.

iv) A pact was made at the oflice of P. M. of Nepal by Tenzing and Hillary.

2) We reached the summit almost together.

(Choose the alternative showing the transformation of this sentence into past perfeet tense)

i) We have reached the summi almost together. ii) We had reached the summit almost Logether.

iii) We reached the summit almost together. iv) We were reached the summit almost together.

A6. Vocabulary

Fill the letters to get meaningful words from the extract. Use hints given in the bracket.

1) S-m-i- (Top of the mountain)

2) c-l-n-l- (Post in the military)

3) p-c- (Formal agreement)

4) e-b-a-c- (held closely in one's arms)

(B) Language Study

Do as directed

1) Listen! Rahul plays the piano. (Spot the error and rewrite the sentence)

2) No other animal is as large as thc elephant.(Choose the alternative showing the correct change in the degree.)

i) The elephant is larger animal.

i) The elephant is larger than most other animals.

iii) The clephant is larger than any other animal.

3) Without books, Raju will not study.

healthy.

(Choose the alternative showing the correct use of 'unless')

i) Unless there are books. Raju will study.

ii) Unless there are books. Ruju will not study.

iv) Unless books. Raju will not study.

ii) Unless there were books. Raju will not sludy.

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Q.2. (A) Read the first activity. Read the extract and then do all the activities.

When shoes were first made, they were made flat without a heel. Since normal walking requires

that the heel of the foot should strike the ground before the toes, these early shoes used to wear

out quickly at the heel, prompting shoemakers to reinforce the heel, and so creating heeled shoes.

Women have been wearing high- heeled shoes for centuries in the pursuit of fashion.

However, regularly wearing shoes with high heels can be hazardous. The biggest risk, perhaps, is

losing your balance and breaking an ankle. Wearing high heels interferes with your normal gait. They

throw your weight forward, making it difficult to sustain upright balance. They force you to use a lot

of extra muscular effort to keep from falling forward. Much of this extra effort is concentrated in the

lower back arch, which can lead to back pain. Experts warn that high heels can also result in a variety

of foot problems, including metatarsalgia, which is pain in the ball of the foot. Another condition

called Morton's neuroma, which is 10 times more common in women than men, is caused by the

thickening of tissue around a nerve between the third and fourth toes. It usually envelops in

response to imitation and excessive pressure, such as the burden of weight high heels place on the

ball of the foot.

However, if one cannot resist wearing 'heels, the following tips can help to keep your feet

Al. Global understanding

Always wear the correct fit. Have both feet measured the next time you buy shoes. You will probably

find that one foot is larger than the other - always buy shoes to fit the larger foot, never buy shoes

that are too tight. Buy shoes later in the day when your feet are a bit swollen. Never wear a heel

higher than 6.5 cm. Only buy heels that you are comfortable in.

State the following statements are true or false. Correct the wrong statements.

a) Initial shoes were without a heel.

b) Women have been wearing high- heeled shoes for centuries to get com fort.

c) High heels can create a variety of foot problems.

d) Always wear a heel higher than 6.5 cm.

A2. Complex Factual

Write any four draw backs of regularly wearing shoes with high hecls.

You may begin like this:-

iv) The clephant is larger than other animals.

Drawbacks of regularly wearing shoes with high heels are:-

A3. Analysis

A4. Vocabulary-

Guess the intention of writing this extraet.

1) Centuries

Write the correet meaning of the following words from the given alternatives.

a) Thousands of years

2) lazardous

a) Dangerous

3) Gait

a) Style of giving

4) Pursuit

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A5. Personal Response-

b) Hundreds of years

b) Hard

b) Style ofwalking

a) Carrying pursc and suit b) To achieve something

To wear shoes with higlh hecls is good or bad. (Give your opinion)

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