Read the passage givern below and answer the following:-(Ix10=10)
In ancient times, the Olympics were associated with Greek religious
festivals .Litfe in ancientGreece revolved around their gods. The believed that
the gods were immortal and more powerful than human beings .They
honoured their gods with festivals devoted to sports.
The most important of these festivals were the four national festivals they
were open to sportsmen from all Greek regions and colonies.Each of the
festivals was held at a different place and was celebrated in honour of a
particular god. The olympics ga.mes were held in olympia which was an
important religious center in ancient Greece. A magnificent temple was built
there in honour of the god, Zeus. He was regarded as the ruler of both gods
and men.people tried to please Zeus by excelling in sports and many contests
of all skill and strength were held.
t was believed that the Olympics games were founded by the Greek hero,
Hercules who was known as the son of the God, Zeus. He performed twelve
seemingly tasks to become the greatest of all Greek heroes. Hhe cleaned in a
single day king Augeas' stables which was an imposible task. The king was
fabulously rich and had thousands of animals .so his stables were extremely
dirty and full of stink. Hercules redirected the course of the river, Alpheus
through stables of the king. All the much and dirt were washed out ina
single day To celebrate this achievement he start(ii)authorfiv) goddess.
(b)who is the author of 'A letter to god'?
(i)G.L. Fuentes(i) Nelson Mandela
(ii) Anton Chekov[iv) Vallikkannan
(which word in the passage means 'worried'?
() hailstorm(i) dropped
( roubled iv) placed.
(dsymonyms of stamp in the passage
C) ticket(i) revenue stamp
(imiLetter(iv)envelope.
(eLencho wrote letter to god to_
i) sent money (in) give money
(ir) asked money () demand money
VI.Answer the following questionsin about 30-40 words:-(zx5=10)
() What is the theme of the poem "Dust of snow.
(m) What are the two obligations that Nelson Mandela talked about?
(m)How did young seagull learn to fly?
(iv) What justifcation did Anne gave for her talking habit ?
(MWhat do you mean by 'epistemology of loss'?o) good(i) better
(in)best(iv) bad
() magmificient means
()normal(i)great
i) splendidfiv)large
( was known as the son of the god zeus.
) Augeas() Greek god
(m) sportsmen(o) Hercules
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