Question

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow it. [9]
Students tend to lose their pencils, breakdown them without thinking, and find all sorts of non writing
uses for them. The pencil in your hand is one of the most remarkable and useful tools in the world. A
man named Friedrich Steadtler invented the modern "lead" pencil in about 1622 in Germany. He was the
first person to mass- produced them. Steadtler did not use, and there is no need in your pencil. However,
some pencil did use lead, until the early 20th century. lead will make a mark, but it is toxic and not safe
to use either in the hands or around the face and mouth where many pencil sometimes Stray. Steadtler
used black graphite, a soft carbon. Graphite is still use today. It is mixed with clay and wax and heated
to high temperatures. The modern pencil is a superb piece of Technology. The pencil is less messy then
ink, can be easily raised and makes clear, dark, smooth and smudge lines. The modern pencil can
produce a continuous line 22 miles long. That is the distance of 116160 foot long rulers laid end to end.
Enjoy your pencil. For a few cents each it is a remarkable bargain.
a. Mention three improper ways in which students make use of pencil. [3]
b. Lead is rarely used to make pencils. Why so? [1]
c. Of what material are pencils made of? [1]
d. Why can we consider the modern pencil to be a superb piece of technology? [1]
e. The modern pencil can produce something fantastic? What is it? [1]
f. Find words in the passage that mean the following:- [2]
i. Poisonous
ii. Removed something completely.
2. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow it.

Answer 1

Explanation:

• some pencil did use lead, until the early 20th century. lead will make a mark, but it is toxic and not safe
• used black graphite, a soft carbon. Graphite is still use today. It is mixed with clay and wax and heated
• The modern pencil is a superb piece of Technology. The pencil is less messy then
• ink, can be easily raised and makes clear, dark, smooth and smudge lines. The modern pencil can
• produce a continuous line 22 miles long. That is the distance of 116160 foot long rulers laid end to end.
• toxic

Answer 2

Answer:

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