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Page- 219
Unit-1
(A) Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(1) ‘The Cat’ is written by – (c) Andrew Barton Paterson.
(2) Most people think that cat engages itself in – (a) idle comfort.
(3) Most people think that the cat is – (b) unintelligent.
(4) Generally people think that the cat is fond of – (c) ease.
(5) Most People think that a cat cares little for anything except – (d) mice and milk.
(6) As compared to most human beings, a cat has more – (a) Character.
(7) A cat gets a great deal more satisfaction out of – (b) life.
(8) A cat is an athlete, an acrobat and a – (c) grim fighter.
(9) All day long the cat allows himself to be pestered by the – (a) members of the house.
(10) All day long cat –(b) keeps watch on the house.
(11) To pass the time away he sometime watches a – (c) mouse – hole.
(12) A cat sometimes watches a mouse – hole for – (b) an hour or two.
(13) A cat watches a mouse – hole to keep himself from dying of – (a) monotony.
(14) To know what a cat really is we should watch him in the – (b) evening.
(B) Complete the sentences with information from the text.
(i) As a fighter a cat is ___grim in actions.____________________
(ii) Most of the people have general misconception about the true nature of a cat ___it is an unintelligent animal._________________
(iii) Most of the people think that __the cat is fond of ease and caring little for anything but mice and milk.___________________
(iv) A cat has more Character __than most human beings ___________________
(v) People think that a cat cares little __for anything in life.__________________
(vi) A cat gets great deal of _more satisfaction out of life.__________________
(vii) The cat allows himself to be ____to be pestered by the attentions of the people in the house.___________________
(viii) The cat watches at a mouse – hole ___for an hour or two.____________________
(ix) You can see the cat as he really is when __the shades of evening fall.____________________
(C) State whether the following statements are true or false. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements in the boxes on the right – hand side. Provide sentences/phrases/words in support of your answer.
(i) Most people think that the cat is an intelligent animal. (false)
Supportive sentence: most people think that the cat is an unintelligent animal.
(ii) People think that cats do not care for anything else except that of the human being. (false) Supportive sentence: cats care little for anything but mice and milk.
(iii) The life of a cat is more vivacious and it even exceeds that of the human being. (true)
Supportive sentence: a cat has really more characters than most human beings.
(iv) A cat gets very little satisfaction from its life. (false)
Supportive sentence: a cat gets a great deal of satisfaction out of life.
(v) A cat is an athlete, an acrobat and an amateur fighter. (false)
Supportive sentence: a cat is an athlete, an acrobat and a grim fighter.
(vi) All day long the cat roams about the house in an idle manner. (true)
Supportive sentence: all day long the cat loafs about the house.
(vii) The cat does not get easily pestered by the attention of the people in the house. (false)
Supportive sentence: the cat allows himself to be pestered by the attentions of the people in the house.
(viii) To remove the humdrum of life, he gazes at the mouse – hole for an hour or two. (true)
Supportive sentence: to pass the time away he sometimes watches a mouse-hole for an hour or two.
(ix) People must watch a cat in the evening to see what he really is. (true)
Supportive sentence: people must watch him as the shades of evening fall to see what he really is.
(D) (1) Answer the questions.
i) A cat gets a great deal more satisfaction out of life than human beings.
ii) Most people’s misconception about cat is that it is an unintelligent animal, fond of ease and caring little for anything except mice and milk.
iii) A cat has more characters than most of human beings and it gets great deal more satisfaction out of life.
iv) The cat watched a mouse-hole for an hour or two to pass away the time.
v) One should watch the cat when the shades of evening fall to see his real character.
vi) An acrobat is someone who entertains through difficult physical movements.
(2) Answer the questions.
i) The cat loafs about the house all day long, takes things easy and allows himself to be pestered by the attentions of the people in the house.
ii) To prevent boredom the cat sometimes watches the mouse-hole for an hour or two.
iii) The people’s general misconception about cats is that it is an unintelligent animal, fond of ease and care little for anything except mice and milk.
(E) Fill in the Chart with information from the text:
Cause |
Effect |
(i) The character of a cat is more dynamic and vivacious than most human beings. |
(i) It gets great deal more satisfaction out of life. |
(ii) To pass the time away. |
(ii) The cat watches a mouse – hole for an hour or two. |
(iii) When the shades of evening fall. |
(iii) One can see the real character of the cat. |
(iv) The cat is fond of ease. |
(iv) It takes things easy and allows himself to be pestered by the attentions of the people in the house. |
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Unit-2
(A) Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(1) The cat is too much interested about his – (a) Share of food.
(2) With the guest’s behaviour the cat becomes –(d) irritated.
(3) The cat puts on an appearance to get his share when the family sits down – (c) to tea.
(4) The cat purrs noisily and rubs against the legs of the – (b) Family members.
(5) The cat is particularly civil to the – (a) guest.
(6) The guest is likely to have the best – (d) food.
(7) Sometimes the guest stoops down to – (a) Stroke the cat.
(8) The guest strokes the cat saying – (c) ‘Poor Pussy’.
(9) The cat puts up his claw and family – (b) rakes the guest.
(10) When the cat rakes the guest the family is – (c) delighted.
(11) When the cat puts his claw into the guest’s leg, the family considers the cat to be – (b) intelligent.
(12) The cat rakes the guest to get some – (a) Food.
(13) The guest wants to – (c) Kick the cat.
(14) The guest gives food to the cat with tears of rage and pain in his – (a) Eyes.
(15) The guest hides his true feelings and effect to be very much – (b) amused.
(16) The guest gives the cat a bit of – (c) fish.
(17) The cat receives the food – (d) Carefully without making sound.
(18) According to the cat, the guest was slow to – (b) understand.
(19) After receiving the food, the cat retires to a- (d) safe distance.
(20) The cat retires to a safe distance from the – (a) guest’s boot.
(B) Complete the sentences with information from the text.
(i) A guest is supposed to get __the best food what is offered._______________________
(ii) The guest though does not want but has to __give a bit of fish from his plate and hands it down.__________________
(iii) The cat puts on an appearance to get his share when __the family sits down to tea._____________________
(iv) The cat is particularly civil to the guest __because the guest is likely to have the best of what is offered.______________
(v) Instead of giving the cat some food __the guest stoops down and strokes the cat._________________
(vi) Being raked, the guest desires to __kick the cat out of the window._________________
(vii) With tears of rage and pain in eyes __the guest affects to be very much amused._________________
(viii) The guest sorts out a bit _of fish from his plate and hands it down._______________
(ix) After receiving the bit of food, the cat __purrs as he retires to a safe distance from the guest’s boot before eating his food._________________
(c) State whether the following statements are true or false. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements in the boxes on the right – hand side. Provide Sentences/phrases/words in support of your answer.
(i) The cat puts on an appearance when the family sits for their lunch. (false)
Supportive sentence: the cat puts in an appearance when the family sits down to tea.
(ii) The cat purrs and rubs himself against the leg of the guest. (false)
Supportive sentence: the cat purrs noisily and rubs himself against the legs of the family members.
(iii) The cat is particularly civil to the host. (false)
Supportive sentence: the cat is particularly civil to the guest.
(iv) Sometimes the guest keeps patting on the cat instead of giving him food. (false)
Supportive sentence: sometimes, instead of giving him something to eat, the guest stoops down and strokes the cat.
(v) The cat quietly but firmly rakes the legs of the family members. (false)
Supportive sentence: the cat puts up his claw and quietly but firmly rakes the guest in the leg.
(vi) The family members take it for his innocent prank when he rakes the guest. (true)
Supportive sentence: when the cat rakes the guest the family members gave delighted remarks he is sweet and intelligent. He wants the guest give something to eat.
(D) (1) Answer the questions.
i) The cat puts in an appearance at the tea time to get his share of food.
ii) The guest at the table is supposed to get the best food.
iii) The cat makes an appearance when the family sits down to tea.
iv) The cat is particularly civil to the guest because the guest is supposed to have the best food offered.
v) Instead of giving the cat something to eat, the guest stoops down and strokes the cat.
vi) Thefamily takes the actions of the cat as delighted remarks. They call it as sweet and intelligent. They ask the guest to give him something to eat.
vii) After being raked the guest wishes to kick the cat out of the window.
viii) The guest hides his true feelings for the cat with tears of rage and pain in his eyes.
ix) The guest affects to be very much amused and sorts out a bit of fish from his plate and hands it down to the cat.
x) The cat retires to a safe distance from the boot of the guest to eat his food peacefully.
(2) Fill in the chart with information from the text:
Cause |
Effect |
(i) The family sits down to tea. |
(i) The cat puts in an appearance to get his share of food. |
(ii) The guest is offered the best share of food. |
(ii) The cat is particularly civil to him. |
(iii) The guest stoops down and strokes the cat. |
(iii) Being vexed, the cat starches the guest at his leg. |
(iv) The guest hands down a piece of fish to the cat. |
(iv) The cat gingerly receives it with a look in his eyes. |
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Unit- 3
Passage- 1
(A) Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(1) After finishing tea the family gathers round the – (b) fire.
(2) When the family gathers round the fire after tea, the cat casually goes – (a) Out of the room.
(3) The cat saunters down his own – (c) backyard.
(4) The cat springs to the top of the – (b) fence.
(5) He drops lightly down on the – (c) other side.
(6) The cat skips to the roof of an – (a) empty shed.
(7) The cat’s movement becomes – (b) graceful.
(8) The cat moves from side to side – (a) noiselessly.
(9) The cat’s enemies are – (c) dogs and small boys.
(10) On top of the shed the cat rakes his claws through the – (c) soft bark.
(B) Complete the following sentences with information from the text.
(i) After tea, the family gathers __round the fire._________________
(ii) The cat goes out of the room when __the family has finished tea and gathers round the fire.________________
(iii) The cat saunters down ___his own backyard._______________
(iv) The cat trots across ___and skips to the roof of an empty shed._________________
(v) The cat’s movement becomes __lithe and pantherlike.___________________
(vi) The cat looks keenly from side to side and moves noiselessly __for he has so many enemies dogs and small boys with stones.____________________
(vii) The cat stretches himself __a few times to see if every muscle is in full working order._________________
(viii) Before long the kindred of the cat __was drooping his head nearly to his paws._____________
(ix) They are no longer _the meek creatures who an hour ago were mewing for fish and milk.___________________
(C) State whether the following statements are true or false. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements in the boxes on the right – hand side. Provide sentences/phrases/words in support of your answer.
(i) The family gathers round the table after finishing tea. (false)
Supportive sentence: when the family has finished tea, gathers round the fire.
(ii) The cat goes out of the room after the family members finish their tea. (true)
Supportive sentence: when the family has finished tea, the cat casually goes out of the room.
(iii) The cat saunters on the roof of the empty shed. (false)
Supportive sentence: the cat saunters down his own backyard.
(iv) The cat springs to the top of the fence. (true)
Supportive sentence: the cat springs to the top of the fence.
(v) The cat has few enemies. (false)
Supportive sentence: the cat has many enemies- dogs and small boys with stones.
(vi) The cat arches back and forth to call his friends. (false)
Supportive sentence: the cat arches his back and rakes his claws once or twice to see if every muscle is in full working order.
(vii) The cat sends a call to its foes. (false)
Supportive sentence: the cat sends across a call to his kindred.
(viii) The cat’s kindred come gliding like shadows. (true)
Supportive sentence: the cat’s kindred come gliding, graceful shadows.
(ix) The cats change from meek creatures to serious fighters. (true)
Supportive sentence: the cat is no longer the meek creature and now grim fighters.
(D) Answer the questions.
i) After finishing tea, the family members gathered around the fire.
ii) The cat has to be conscious to save himself from enemies.
iii) The cat goes out of the room when the family members finished tea.
iv) The cat’s movement become lithe and pantherlike.
v) The enemies of the cat are dogs and small boys with stones.
vi) The cat stretches himself a few times to see if every muscle is in full working order.
vii) The cat drooping his head nearly to his paws, he sends across a call to his kindred.
viii) The kindred responds with graceful, gliding shadows. They are no longer meek creatures mewing for fish and milk now. They have become grim fighters.
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Passage-2
(A) Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(1) The cat attaches himself to the new –(d) tenants.
(2) The cat gets much more out of his –(b) Life.
(3) For sports the older cats go to the –(a) Suburban backyards.
(4) To us the backyards appear to be –(d) dull.
(5) To the cats the backyards are –(a) hunting grounds.
(6) In their hunting grounds the cats have –(b) gallant adventures.
(7) The cats having gallant adventures can only be compared to –(c) King Arthur’s knights.
(8) ‘Reproach’ means –(b) blame.
(9) The cats are reproached for being too much fond of their –(a) home.
(10) The cats do not think about the –(d) geography of the place.
(11) The cat does not like to leave his –(d) country.
(12) The cat does not leave his country for his –(c) friends and knowledge of every landmark.
(B) State whether the following statements are true or false. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements in the boxes on the right hand – side. Provide sentences/phrases/words in support of your answer.
(i) The cat gets more out of his life than us. (true)
Supportive sentence: the cat gets much more out of his life than us.
(ii) The cats do not like sports. (false)
Supportive sentence: the cats have their sports.
(iii) The cats go to the graveyard. (false)
Supportive sentence: the cats go to the suburban backyards.
(iv) The backyards are the favourite hunting grounds to the cats. (true)
Supportive sentence: the backyards are hunting grounds to cats where they have more gallant adventures.
(v) People appreciate the fact that cats are more fond of their home than the people who live in it. (false)
Supportive sentence: it is always spoken as a reproach against cats that they are more fond of their home than of the people in it.
(vi) Cats do not like to live in an old locality. (false)
Supportive sentence: cats do not like to leave his country, the land where all his friends are, and where he knows every landmark.
(vii) Cats have a poor sense of geography. (true)
Supportive sentence: exiled in new land, he would have to learn a new geography.
(viii) When the family moves, the cat stays with the new tenants. (true)
Supportive sentence: when the family moves, the cat will stay at the old house and attach himself to the new tenants.
(C) (1) Answer the questions.
i) When the cats grow old they go to the suburban backyard for sports.
ii) the backyards was interesting to the cats because it was like hunting grounds where they have more gallant adventure than king Arthur’s knights ever had.
iii) It is always spoken as a reproach against cats that they are more fond of their home than of the people in it.
iv) In a new land, the cat has to know new geography, make new friends.
v) When the old family leaves the house the cat will stay at the old house and attach himself to the new tenants. He will give them the privilege of boarding him while he enjoys life in his own way.
(2) Answer the questions.
i) The sports of the cat gallant adventure is compared to King Arthur’s knights adventure. Because the adventures were more spontaneous and tricky.
ii) A cat does not leave a family because it is the land where all his friends are and where he knows every landmark. It is always spoken that they are more fond of the home than of the people in it.
iii) When the family moves the cat likes to stay at the old house and attach himself to the new tenants. He will give them the privilege of boarding him while he enjoys life in his own way.
(D) Complete the chart with information from the text:
What |
When |
(i) The cats go in for sport to the suburban backyards. |
(i)When they get older. |
(ii)He would have to learn a new geography. |
(ii) When the cat is exiled in a new land. |
(iii) If allowed the cat will stay at the old house and attach himself to the new tenants. |
(iii) When the old family moves from the house. |
(E) Fill in the chart with information from the text:
Cause | Effect |
(i) The cats grow old. |
(i) They go in for sports to the suburban backyards. |
(ii) They have more gallant adventures there. |
(ii) The backyards are the hunting ground to the cats. |
(iii) All his friends are there, he knows every landmark there. |
(iii) The cat does not like to leave his country. |
(iv) The family moves to a new place. |
(iv) The cat will stay at the old house and attach himself to the new tenants. |