SECTION II : TEXTUAL PASSAGES
(Reading skills. Vocabulary and Grammar)
Q. 2. (A) Read the following passage and do the activities:
A1 Complete the following:
(1) Smita heard as in a dream
(2) Smita felt as if the gates of a
(3) The concert came to an end
(1) In the wings a small crowd
Suddenly a daring thought came to her and as she hurried home she said to herself. W
not? There's no harm in Irying it!
'It would be nice to go to the concert. I don't know when we'll get another opportunity
hear Pandit Ravi Shankar' she said to her mother later And her father agreed to get the tickets
The next day as Smita and her father were leaving for the concert, her brother smiled ana
said, 'Enjoy yourself though the words came out in painful gasps 'Lucky your
Sitting besides her father in the gallery, Smita heard as in a dream the thundering welcome
the audience gave the great master Then the first notes came over the air and Smita fell
the gates of a land of enchantment and wonder were opening Spellbound, she listened to the
unfolding ragas, the slow plaintive notes, the fast twinkling ones, but all the while the plan the
had decided on the evening before remained firmly in her mind. The chance of a lifetime. She
heard Anant's voice in every beat of the tabla
The concert came to an end, the audience gave the artistes a standing ovation.
A large moustachiood (having a long moustache) man made a long boring speech Then
came the presentation of bouquets. Then more applause and the curtain came down. The people
began to move towards the exits.
Now was the time. Smita wriggled her way through the crowds towards the stage. Then she
went up the steps that led to the wings, her heart beating loudly. In the wings a small crowd
gathered to talk about the evening concert, to help carry bouquets and teacups and instrumen
Answers
1.Smita heard as in a dream the thundering welcome.
2. Smita fell the gates of a land of enchantment and wonder were opening Spellbound,
she listened to the unfolding ragas,
the slow plaintive notes,
the fast twinkling ones,
but all the while the plan the
had decided on the evening before remained firmly in her mind.
The chance of a lifetime.
3. The concert came to an end,
the audience gave the artistes a standing ovation.
(1) In the wings a small crowd
gathered to talk about the evening concert, to help carry bouquets and teacups and instrumenta.
Q. 2. (A) Read the following passage and do the activities:
A1 Complete the following:
(1) Smita heard as in a dream
Ans. Smita heard as in a dream the thundering welcome the audience gave the great master.
(2) Smita felt as if the gates of a
Smita fell the gates of a land of enchantment and wonder were opening Spellbound,
she listened to the unfolding ragas,
the slow plaintive notes,
the fast twinkling ones,
but all the while the plan the had decided on the evening before remained firmly in her mind.
The chance of a lifetime.
(3) The concert came to an end
The concert came to an end,
the audience gave the artistes a standing ovation.
(1) In the wings a small crowd
In the wings a small crowd
gathered to talk about the evening concert, to help carry bouquets and teacups and instruments,.
Answer:
Smita heard as in a dream