Passage 3
Once upon a time there lived a man whose first wife had died and who was now
married to a very haughty and mean woman. The second wife had two daughters
who were exactly like her. By his first wife the husband had one daughter, named
Cinderella, who was very sweet and good-tempered.
After few days of the wedding, the step-mother began to show her bad temper.
She could not bear her step-daughter's good qualities. She compelled the poor girl
to do all the hard work of the household. It was she who washed the dishes and
scrubbed the stairs, polished the floors and waited on the two ugly daughters
The two daughters slept on soft feather beds in elegant rooms. Cinderella lay in a
wretched garret on an old straw mattress. Yet the poor girl bore this ill-treatment
very patiently and did not complain to her father who was completely under the
influence of his wife.
Read the above passage carefully and answer the following questions:
1. Identify the false statements, correct and rewrite those:
(a) Cinderella's step-mother was very polite and kind.
(b) The two daughters of the second wife were very good-looking
(c) Cinderella was not happy to do the whole work of the household.
(d) Cinderella's step-sisters were exactly like their mother.
2. Why did Cinderella's step mother ill treat her ?
3. How far was Cinderella' father responsible for her suffering ?
4. Find the words which mean : (í) cleaned by rubbing hard and (íí) a small dark room on the top floor of a house
(í) __________. (íí) ________
5. Answer the question choosing the suitable option from the choices given:
(í) Cinderella was
(a) foolish. ( b) duffer ( c) idiotic ( d) submissive
(íí) Cinderella did all the hard work
(a) patiently. (b) nervously.
( c) anxiously. ( d) angrily
(ííí) A proverb fits the step mother and her daughters .What is that ?
(a) all that glitters is not gold
( b) it is foolish to be submissive ( c) blood is thicker than water. ( d) man is flesh's slave
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Example 9.4 A force of 5 N gives a mass
m,, an acceleration of 10 m s2 and a
mass m, an acceleration of 20 m s2.
What acceleration would it give if both
the masses were tied together?brakes on the motorcar if its mass along
with the passengers is 1000 kg.A motorcar is moving with a
velocity of 108 km/h and it takes 4 s to
stop after the brakes are applied.
Calculate the force exerted by the
brakes on the motorcar if its mass along
with the passengers is 1000 kg.
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(ííí) A proverb fits the step mother and her daughters .What is that ?
(a) all that glitters is not gold
( b) it is foolish to be submissive ( c) blood is thicker than water. ( d) man is flesh's slave
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