A. Read the following passage and do the activities: (10)
A1. Countries print and issue stamps to celebrate -- A stamp is, to many people, just a slip paper that takes a letter from one town or
country to another. They are unable to understand why we stamp collectors find so
much pleasure in collecting them and how we find the time in which to indulge in our
hobby. To them it seems a waste of time, a waste of efforts and a waste of money. But
they do not realize that there are many who do buy stamps, many who find the effort
worth-while and many who, if they did not spend their time collecting stamps, would
spend it less profitably. We all seek something to do in our leisure hours and what
better occupation is there to keep us out of mischief than that of collecting stamps? An
album, a packet of hangers, a new supply of stamps, and the time passes swiftly and
pleasantly.
Stamp-collecting has no limits and a collection never has an end; countries are
always printing and issuing new stamps to celebrate coronations, great events,
anniversaries and deaths. And the fascination of collecting is trying to obtain these
stamps before one’s rivals. Every sphere of stamp-collecting has its fascination –
receiving letters from distant countries and discovering old stamps in the leaves of
dusty old books. A stamp itself has a fascination all its own. Gazing at its little picture
we are transported to the fields of Congo, the homes of the Arabs, and the endless
tracks of the Sahara desert. There is a history in every stamp. The ancient Roman
Empire and the Constitution of America, India’s Independence and the allied victory,
are all conveyed to our mind’s eye by means of stamps. We see famous men, pictures,
scientists, soldiers, politicians and famous incidents. Stamps, so small and minute,
contain knowledge that is vast and important.A2. Write 2 things that are fascinating about the hobby of stamp collecting? 2
A3. Using the below given prefixes make antonyms for the given words: 2
dis , im, un, in. mis
(1) limited (2) able (3) understand (4) ending
A4. 1) Give the adjective forms of : 2
a) mischief b) fascination
2) Pick out two Adverbs from the passage :
A 5.Write about what you like to do in your free time.
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Answer:
α1. cσuntríєs prínt αnd íssuє stαmps tσ cєlєвrαtє -- α stαmp ís, tσ mαnч pєσplє, just α slíp pαpєr thαt tαkєs α lєttєr frσm σnє tσwn σr
cσuntrч tσ αnσthєr. thєч αrє unαвlє tσ undєrstαnd whч wє stαmp cσllєctσrs fínd sσ
much plєαsurє ín cσllєctíng thєm αnd hσw wє fínd thє tímє ín whích tσ índulgє ín σur
hσввч. tσ thєm ít sєєms α wαstє σf tímє, α wαstє σf єffσrts αnd α wαstє σf mσnєч. вut
thєч dσ nσt rєαlízє thαt thєrє αrє mαnч whσ dσ вuч stαmps, mαnч whσ fínd thє єffσrt
wσrth-whílє αnd mαnч whσ, íf thєч díd nσt spєnd thєír tímє cσllєctíng stαmps, wσuld
spєnd ít lєss prσfítαвlч. wє αll sєєk sσmєthíng tσ dσ ín σur lєísurє hσurs αnd whαt
вєttєr σccupαtíσn ís thєrє tσ kєєp us σut σf míschíєf thαn thαt σf cσllєctíng stαmps? αn
αlвum, α pαckєt σf hαngєrs, α nєw supplч σf stαmps, αnd thє tímє pαssєs swíftlч αnd
plєαsαntlч.
stαmp-cσllєctíng hαs nσ límíts αnd α cσllєctíσn nєvєr hαs αn єnd; cσuntríєs αrє
αlwαчs príntíng αnd íssuíng nєw stαmps tσ cєlєвrαtє cσrσnαtíσns, grєαt єvєnts,
αnnívєrsαríєs αnd dєαths. αnd thє fαscínαtíσn σf cσllєctíng ís trчíng tσ σвtαín thєsє
stαmps вєfσrє σnє’s rívαls. єvєrч sphєrє σf stαmp-cσllєctíng hαs íts fαscínαtíσn –
rєcєívíng lєttєrs frσm dístαnt cσuntríєs αnd díscσvєríng σld stαmps ín thє lєαvєs σf
dustч σld вσσks. α stαmp ítsєlf hαs α fαscínαtíσn αll íts σwn. gαzíng αt íts líttlє pícturє
wє αrє trαnspσrtєd tσ thє fíєlds σf cσngσ, thє hσmєs σf thє αrαвs, αnd thє єndlєss
trαcks σf thє sαhαrα dєsєrt. thєrє ís α hístσrч ín єvєrч stαmp. thє αncíєnt rσmαn
єmpírє αnd thє cσnstítutíσn σf αmєrícα, índíα’s índєpєndєncє αnd thє αllíєd víctσrч,
αrє αll cσnvєчєd tσ σur mínd’s єчє вч mєαns σf stαmps. wє sєє fαmσus mєn, pícturєs,
scíєntísts, sσldíєrs, pσlítícíαns αnd fαmσus íncídєnts. stαmps, sσ smαll αnd mínutє,
cσntαín knσwlєdgє thαt ís vαst αnd ímpσrtαnt.α2. wrítє 2 thíngs thαt αrє fαscínαtíng αвσut thє hσввч σf stαmp cσllєctíng? 2
α3. usíng thє вєlσw gívєn prєfíхєs mαkє αntσnчms fσr thє gívєn wσrds: 2
dís , ím, un, ín. mís
(1) límítєd (2) αвlє (3) undєrstαnd (4) єndíng
α4. 1) gívє thє αdjєctívє fσrms σf : 2
α) míschíєf в) fαscínαtíσn
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