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Q.1 Read the passage and answer the following questions. About two thousand and five hundred years ago. Persia was a mighty kingdom. Their large army had landed in the bay near the town of Marathon. Their target was Athens, as city state in Greece. Athens had a small army compared to the Persian one. But the Athenian soldiers were very brave. They had faced the Persians before, but they needed help from other Greek kingdoms now. They decided to send a special messenger to the neighbouring kingdom of Sparta. His name was Pheidippides. Pheidippides was a young man who served as a "day long runner. He ran to Sparta like the wind. He covered the distance of nearly a The people of Sparta were a day. But alas! They did not want to join the battle immediately. hundred kilometres in busy with some ceremonies. Pheidippides took this Athens with a heavy heart, but on light feet. Again, he ran a hundred kilometres within a day. message back to 1) How old the story is? 2) Who needed help from whom? 3) What was the messenger's name? 4) Which people were busy in Ceremonies? 5) How many total kilometres Pheidippides ran? B) Read the poem and answer Lark-bird, lark-bird, soaring high. Are you never weary? When you reach the empty sky Are the clouds not dreary? Don't you sometimes long to be Asilent goldfish in the sea? the following questions. 5 P​

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Answer:

1) The story is about two thousand years old.

Explanation:

• 2) Kingdom of Athens needed help from the Greek kingdoms.

• 3) The name of the messenger was Pheidippides.

• 4) Neighbouring kingdom of Sparta did not want to join immediately because they were busy with some ceremonies.

• 5)Pheidippides ran hundred kilometres within a day.

B) In the poem 'A Lark' , the poet asks whether the lark does not feel exhausted after flying high in the sky all day. He also asks whether the lark finds clouds dull. He further goes on asking whether the lark ever wanted to be a silent goldfish in the blue sky.