1.You are planning to attend an event with a group.
a. Write the steps you would have to follow.
b. Compare those steps with the steps that one would have followed in the absence of the current technological means of communication.
Answers
Explanation:
Question 1. Choose the right answer.
(i) Mr Willy Wonka is
(a) a cook, (b) an inventor, (c) a manager.
Answer: (b) an inventor
(ii) Wonka-Vite makes people
(a) older, (b) younger.
Answer: younger
(iii) Mr Wonka wants to invent a new thing which will make people
(a) younger, (b) older.
Answer: (b) older
Question 2. Can anyone’s age be a minus number? What does “minus 87” mean?
Answer: No, anyone’s age cannot be a minus number. It is calculated from the day we are born.
Minus 87 means that the person will have to wait for 87 years to take birth.
Question 3: Mr Wonka begins by asking himself two questions. What are they?
(i) What is _____________________?
(ii) What lives _____________________?
Answer: Mr Wonka begins by asking himself two questions. They are:
(i) What is the oldest living thing in the world?
(ii) What lives longer than anything else?’”
Working with the text
Answer the following questions.
Question 1. (i) What trees does Mr Wonka mention? Which tree does he say lives the longest?
(ii) How long does this tree live? Where can you find it?
Answer: (i)Mr Wonka mentions the following trees:
Douglas fir
Oak
Cedar
Bristlecone pine
He says that the Bristlecone pine lives the longest.
(ii) This tree lives for over 4000 years. It can be found upon the slopes of Wheeler Peak in Nevada, U.S.A.
Question 2. How many of the oldest living things can you remember from Mr Wonka’s list? (Don’t look back at the story!) Do you think all these things really exist, or are some of them purely imaginary?
Answer: Here are the oldest living things that are enlisted by Mr Wonka:
A 4000-year-old bristlecone pine
A 168-year-old Russian farmer
A 200-year-old tortoise
A 51-year-old horse
A 36-year-old cat
A 207-year-old giant rat
A 97-year-old grimalkin
A 700-year-old cattalo
A 36-year-old-flea
I think most of them exist while some might be purely imaginary.
Question 3. Why does Mr Wonka collect items from the oldest things? Do you think this is the right way to begin his invention?
Answer: Mr Wonka collects items from the oldest things because he had to invent an item that can make people older.
I think researching on the oldest things is still a good idea as it can give him an insight into what might be the reason behind their long life. But, collecting little things from such species is not a great idea to begin his invention.