Q.1. Read the passage carefully: (10 marks)
Every year about two million people visit Mount Rushmore, where the faces of
four U.S. presidents were carved in granite by sculptor Gutzon Borglum and his son, the
late Lincoln Borglum. The creation of Mount Rushmore monument took 14 years – from
1927 to 1941- and nearly a million dollars. These were times when money was difficult to
come by and many people were jobless. To move the more than 400,000 tons of rock,
Borglum hired laid-off workers from the closed- down mines in the Black Hills area. He
taught these men to dynamite, drill, carve, and finish the granite as they were hanging in
midair in hisspecially devised chairs, which had many safety features. Borglum was proud
of the fact that no workers were killed or severely injured during the years of blasting and
carving.
During the carving, many changes in the original design had to be made to keep
the carved heads free of large fissures that were uncovered. However, not all the cracks
could be avoided, so Borglum concocted a mixture of granite dust, white lead, and linseed
oil to fill them.
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Every winter, water from melting snows gets into the fissures and expands as it
freezes, making the fissures bigger. Consequently, every autumn maintenance work is
done to refill the cracks. The repairers swing out in space over a 500- foot drop and fix
the monument with the same mixture that Borglum used to preserve this national
monument for future generations.
On the basis of your reading of the above passage answer the following questions.
A. This passage is mainly about
(i) the visitors to the Mount Rushmore monument.
(ii) four American Presidents.
(iii) the creation of the Mount Rushmore monument.
B. According to the passage, Borglum’s son
(i) was dead
(ii) was a president
(iii) was the chief sculptor Contd…….2.
(2)
C. The men who Borglum hired were
(i) trained sculptors
(ii) Black Hills volunteers
(iii) unemployed miners
D. Borglum’s mixture for filling cracks was
(i) very expensive
(ii) bought at the Black Hills miners
(iii) invented by the sculptor himself.
E. Today, Mount Rushmore needs to be
(i) polished for tourists
(ii) restored after the winter
(iii) repaired periodically.
F. It can be inferred from the passage that
(i) the heads are not as originally planned
(ii) the workers made mistakes when blasting.
(iii) the cracks caused serious injuries
G. How many workers were killed during the construction of the monument
(i) 500
(ii) No one
(iii) 700
H. The word ‘fissures’ refers to
(i) designs
(ii) cracks
(iii) heads
I. The word ‘avoided’ is closest in meaning to
(i) circumvented
(ii) prevented
(iii) improvised
J. The word ‘devised’ is closest in meaning to
(i) designed
(ii) described
(iii) elevated
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Answer: - A. (iii) The creation of the Mount Rushmore monument.
B. (i) Was dead.
C. (iii) Unemployed miners.
D. (iii) Invented by the sculptor himself.
E. (ii) Restored after the winter.
F. (i) The heads are not as originally planned.
G. (ii) No one.
H. (ii) Cracks.
I. (ii) Prevented.
J. (i) Designed.
Detailed answers: -
- The given passage is all about the creation of the Mount Rushmore monument, that how it was created.
- In the passage it is mentioned that the son of Borglum was dead.
- The Mount Rushmore was the monument in which the faces of four U.S. presidents were carved in the granite.
- The sculptor were Borglum and his son who was dead later.
- Borglum hired many unemployed mine workers and trained them to make this sculpture.
- During making the faces he had to make many changes from the original draft as there were many cracks appearing on the faces.
- All the cracks cannot be avoided, so, he made a mixture with some ingredients by himself to fix the cracks.
- This mixture is still used by the workers to repair the cracks which are enlarged after the winter due to the ice melted water enters and enlarges the cracks.
- It is a very remarkable and famous sculpture and monument.
- Many people visit it.
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