line. 3 Hrs
SECTION 'A': READING (20 MARKS)
Read the passage given below and complete the sentence
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that follow :
There is a story about a lioness, who was big and young
going aboutin search of pray. Seeing a flock of sheep, she jumped
upon thein. She died in effort and a little baby lion was born.
motherless. It was taken care of by the sheep. The sheep brought
up. It grew up with them, ale grass and bleated like sheep And
time it became a big full grown lion, thinking it to be a sheep
One Day another lion came in search of prey and was
astonished to find that in the midst of this flock of sheep was a lion
Meeting like sheep at the approach of danger. He tried to get near
the sheep lion to tell it that it was not a sheep but a lion, but the
poor animal fled at this approach. However he watched his
opportunity and one day found the sheep-lion sleeping. He
approached it and sald. "You are a lion." "Tam a sheep. cried the
otherllon and could not believe the contrary, but blealed The Lion
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dragged him towards a lake and said, "Look bere here s
reflection and yours." Then came the comparison He looked at
the hon and then at his own reflection and in a moment came the
Idea that he was a lion. The lion roared, the bleating was gone
Questions:
(a) The big and young lioness jumped upon a flock of sheep
because
b) The sheep look care of the baby lion because
(c) The another lion was surprised to see.
(d). The other lion dragged the sheep-lion to a lake because
(e) The word in the passage which mean the same as 'animal
hunted' is
Answers
Answer :
(a) The big and young lioness jumped upon a flock of sheep because she was in search of prey.
The answer can be found in the line 'There is a story about a lioness, who was big and young going about in search of prey. Seeing a flock of sheep, she jumped upon them.'
(b) The sheep look care of the baby lion because it was born motherless.
The answer can be found in the line 'Seeing a flock of sheep, she jumped upon them. She died in effort and a little baby lion was born, motherless. It was taken care of by the sheep.'
(c) The another lion was surprised to see a lion in the midst of the flock of sheep.
The answer can be found in the line 'One day another lion came in search of prey and was astonished to find that in the midst of this flock of sheep was a lion bleating like sheep at the approach of danger.'
(d) The other lion dragged the sheep-lion to a lake because he wanted him to see his reflection and believe that it was a lion.
The answer can be found in the line 'The Lion dragged him towards a lake and said, "Look here, my reflection and yours." Then came the comparison. He looked at its and then at his own reflection and in a moment came the idea that he was a lion.'
(e) The word in the passage which mean the same as 'animal hunted' is 'prey.'
Cambridge English Dictionary defines 'prey' as 'an animal that is hunted and killed for food by another animal.'
Answer:
why did the another lion get surprised