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[passage-header]Read the poem carefully and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]When I'm An Old Lady
When I'm an old lady, I'll live with each kid,
And bring so much happiness just as they did.
I want to pay back all the joy they've provided.
Returning each deed. Oh, they'll be so excited!
I'll write on the walls with reds, whites, and blues,
And bounce on the furniture wearing my shoes,
I'll drink from the carton and then leave it out.
I'll stuff all the toilets and oh, how they'll shout.

When they're on the phone and just out of reach,
I'll get into things like sugar and bleach.
Oh, they'll snap their fingers and then shake their head,
And when that is done, I'll hide under the bed.
When they cook dinner and call me to eat,
I'll not eat my green beans and salad or meat.
I'll gag on my okra, spill milk on the table,
And when they get angry I'll run if I'm able.

I'll sit dose to the T.V., through the channels I'll click
I'll cross both eyes just to see if they stick
I'll take off my socks and throw one away,
And play in the mud till the end of the day.
And later in bed, I'll lay back and sigh,
I'll thank God in prayer and then close my eyes.
My kids will look down with a smile slowly creeping.
And say with a groan, "She's so sweet when she's sleeping!"
[passage-footer]--Barbara Hall[/passage-footer]

[passage-header]Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]'He who hesitates is lost' is a well-known proverb. A leader who cannot decide on a plan of action will not be able to accomplish anything worthwhile. Indecision leads to confusion because people do not know what to do. Prompt decision-making is of great use in an emergency. A young doctor once had a patient who complained of intense pain. The doctor consulted two other doctors to find out if an operation should be performed. The other doctors felt that the patient's condition should be observed for a few days. But the young doctor, who felt responsible for the patient, examined him once again and decided to operate immediately. When the operation was performed, the other doctors realised that a delay of even a few hours would have proved fatal to the patient. A prompt decision by the young doctor saved the life of his patient.
We are often faced with difficult problems. It is up to us to take prompt decisions that could make the difference between success and failure. We must be able to say 'yes' or 'no' without delay, and no 'maybe' or 'perhaps' after hours of deliberation.
This does not mean we should say 'yes' or 'no' without thinking. We must cultivate the ability to quickly think out all the favourable and unfavourable circumstances of a situation and then decide whether we should say 'yes' or 'no'. To linger over a decision for days and months will get us nowhere. Hence, prompt decision-making is very important, if one wants to achieve success.

[passage-header]Read the passage and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]The moon's role in causing tides is much higher and important than that of the sun. The reason is that the moon enjoys more proximity to the earth than the sun as such its force of attraction is stronger than that of the sun in attracting the surface water. Tides are of immense importance. In trade, navigation, and fishing, tides are very useful. During the high tide, the water depth near the coast goes up and helps big ships to reach the ports. Kandla port in Gujarat and Diamond Harbour in West Bengal owe their very existence to the tides only. The significance of both London and Kolkata also depends on the tides.
Tides also keep the harbours clear of refuse and mud brought down by rivers and thus they do not allow the harbours to be silted. Commonly, the tidal rivers are navigable. For the purpose of generating electricity, tidal waves are harnessed. Tides do not allow the sea water to be frozen by keeping the sea water in motion. Tides are also made use by the fishermen for sailing into the sea and returning to the harbour. In countries like Canada, U.K., France, and Japan, tidal power stations are set up.

[passage-header]Read the poem carefully and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]When I'm An Old Lady
When I'm an old lady, I'll live with each kid,
And bring so much happiness just as they did.
I want to pay back all the joy they've provided.
Returning each deed. Oh, they'll be so excited!
I'll write on the walls with reds, whites, and blues,
And bounce on the furniture wearing my shoes,
I'll drink from the carton and then leave it out.
I'll stuff all the toilets and oh, how they'll shout.

When they're on the phone and just out of reach,
I'll get into things like sugar and bleach.
Oh, they'll snap their fingers and then shake their head,
And when that is done, I'll hide under the bed.
When they cook dinner and call me to eat,
I'll not eat my green beans and salad or meat.
I'll gag on my okra, spill milk on the table,
And when they get angry I'll run if I'm able.

I'll sit dose to the T.V., through the channels I'll click
I'll cross both eyes just to see if they stick
I'll take off my socks and throw one away,
And play in the mud till the end of the day.
And later in bed, I'll lay back and sigh,
I'll thank God in prayer and then close my eyes.
My kids will look down with a smile slowly creeping.
And say with a groan, "She's so sweet when she's sleeping!"
[passage-footer]--Barbara Hall[/passage-footer]

[passage-header]Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.[/passage-header]The Palaeolithic remains have been found in all parts of India, especially in the Deccan. In ancient times, south of the Vindhya Mountain and the Narmada river, was known as Dakshinapathy and now it is called the Deccan. There were two main cultures in the Palaeolithic Age, the Sonnian and the Acheullan. Some tools from the Sonnian culture have been found in the Shivalik hills of the Indian subcontinent. Most Sonnian tools belong to late middle period found in past Shivalik sediments. Sonnian artifacts have been recovered in Pakistan. Acheulian sites have been divided in early Acheulian and late Acheulian, on the basis of the tools produced. Early Acheulian tools have been recovered at the edge of the Vindhya hills in the Narmada Basin. Flake tools were the major features of the late Acheulian Age. Small and medium size hand axes and cleavers were main tools of this age used for chopping meat. Various sites of Acheulian in the Deccan are excavated like Chirki-Nevasa, Guhox, Saswad, Nasre, Yeduwadi, Attirampakkam and Bhimbetka. Various Acheulian tools have been discovered from Nevasa, a tributary of the Godavari in Maharashtra.
All this indicates that Nevasa was a popular habitation of the Palaeolithic man for a long time. From these stone tools we come to know about food and shelters of early man. One of these sites is Attirampakkam valley in the northwest of Tamil Nadu. Archaeological research has discovered evidence of fossil remains of animals and primitive stone implements in the northern Tamil Nadu around $$300,000$$ BC. Man in Deccan lived in this Palaeolithic period for a long time, using only crude implements.

[passage-header]Read the following poem carefully and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]Did I Ever Stop?
Did I ever stop to make you smile
When your day was hard or your road was long?
When your light stopped shinning for a while,

[passage-header]Read the following poem carefully and answer the question that follows:
[/passage-header]Early Memory.
I remember picking up a fistful of sand, smooth crystals, like hourglass sand and throwing it into the eyes of a boy. Johny or Danny or Kevin- he was not important.
I was five and I knew he would cry.
I remember everything about it-
The sandbox in the corner of the room
at Cinderella Day Care; Ms. Lee,
Who ran over after the boy wailed for his mother,
Her stern look as the words "no snack" formed on her lips.
My hands with their gritty, half-mooned fingernails.
I hid in the pockets of my blue and white dress.
How she found them and uncurled small sandy fists.
There must have been such rage in me, to give such pain to another person. This afternoon, I saw a man pull a gold chain off the neck of a woman as she crossed the street.
She cried out with a sound that bleached me.
I walked on, unable to help,
knowing that fire in childhood
clenched deep in my pockets all the way home.

[passage-header]Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.[/passage-header]The Palaeolithic remains have been found in all parts of India, especially in the Deccan. In ancient times, south of the Vindhya Mountain and the Narmada river, was known as Dakshinapathy and now it is called the Deccan. There were two main cultures in the Palaeolithic Age, the Sonnian and the Acheullan. Some tools from the Sonnian culture have been found in the Shivalik hills of the Indian subcontinent. Most Sonnian tools belong to late middle period found in past Shivalik sediments. Sonnian artifacts have been recovered in Pakistan. Acheulian sites have been divided in early Acheulian and late Acheulian, on the basis of the tools produced. Early Acheulian tools have been recovered at the edge of the Vindhya hills in the Narmada Basin. Flake tools were the major features of the late Acheulian Age. Small and medium size hand axes and cleavers were main tools of this age used for chopping meat. Various sites of Acheulian in the Deccan are excavated like Chirki-Nevasa, Guhox, Saswad, Nasre, Yeduwadi, Attirampakkam and Bhimbetka. Various Acheulian tools have been discovered from Nevasa, a tributary of the Godavari in Maharashtra.
All this indicates that Nevasa was a popular habitation of the Palaeolithic man for a long time. From these stone tools we come to know about food and shelters of early man. One of these sites is Attirampakkam valley in the northwest of Tamil Nadu. Archaeological research has discovered evidence of fossil remains of animals and primitive stone implements in the northern Tamil Nadu around $$300,000$$ BC. Man in Deccan lived in this Palaeolithic period for a long time, using only crude implements.

[passage-header]Read the poem carefully and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]When I'm An Old Lady
When I'm an old lady, I'll live with each kid,
And bring so much happiness just as they did.
I want to pay back all the joy they've provided.
Returning each deed. Oh, they'll be so excited!
I'll write on the walls with reds, whites, and blues,
And bounce on the furniture wearing my shoes,
I'll drink from the carton and then leave it out.
I'll stuff all the toilets and oh, how they'll shout.

When they're on the phone and just out of reach,
I'll get into things like sugar and bleach.
Oh, they'll snap their fingers and then shake their head,
And when that is done, I'll hide under the bed.
When they cook dinner and call me to eat,
I'll not eat my green beans and salad or meat.
I'll gag on my okra, spill milk on the table,
And when they get angry I'll run if I'm able.

I'll sit dose to the T.V., through the channels I'll click
I'll cross both eyes just to see if they stick
I'll take off my socks and throw one away,
And play in the mud till the end of the day.
And later in bed, I'll lay back and sigh,
I'll thank God in prayer and then close my eyes.
My kids will look down with a smile slowly creeping.
And say with a groan, "She's so sweet when she's sleeping!"
[passage-footer]--Barbara Hall[/passage-footer]

[passage-header]Read the following poem carefully and answer the question that follows:
[/passage-header]Early Memory.
I remember picking up a fistful of sand, smooth crystals, like hourglass sand and throwing it into the eyes of a boy. Johny or Danny or Kevin- he was not important.
I was five and I knew he would cry.
I remember everything about it-
The sandbox in the corner of the room
at Cinderella Day Care; Ms. Lee,
Who ran over after the boy wailed for his mother,
Her stern look as the words "no snack" formed on her lips.
My hands with their gritty, half-mooned fingernails.
I hid in the pockets of my blue and white dress.
How she found them and uncurled small sandy fists.
There must have been such rage in me, to give such pain to another person. This afternoon, I saw a man pull a gold chain off the neck of a woman as she crossed the street.
She cried out with a sound that bleached me.
I walked on, unable to help,
knowing that fire in childhood
clenched deep in my pockets all the way home.