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STD: VI MARKS: 80 SUBJECT: ENGLISH TIME: 24 HRS 5x2=10 I. Read the given passage and answer the following questions: The Romanies are travelling gypsies. They first arrived in the British Isles in the Middle Ages, though their ancestors set out from India long before that. Originally, they were entertainers, acrobats, jugglers and musicians. It's been calculated that there are fifty to sixty thousand gypsies in Britain but there are very few families that follow the traditional way of life-not more than a dozen or so. That way of life means living in a horse-drawn caravan, and cooking meals outdoors on the open fire, no matter what the weather is like. But the vast majority of gypsies have moved into towns and use cars and lorries these days. Some Romanies still on the road, live for most of the year by selling home-made products like baskets and wooden pegs and at harvest time they do seasonal work on farms. Apart from that, they have pursued their old trade as horse dealers. The horse fairs in the west and the north-west of England are still their gathering points. Some families do not want to join the modern, consumer society. They feel much happier living the old way. Answer the questions. 1. Where did gypsies originally come from? 2 What kind of entertainment were they skilled at? 3. Why did most gypsies change their way of life? 4. What are some of the things that the Romanies traded? 5. Where do the gypsy horse dealers still meet? 11. Read the given passage and answer the following questions: 5x1=5 Excalibur is the legendary, magical sword of King Arthur. It is believed that the Excalibur is the sword that young Arthur pulled out of a stone and which proved that he was Britain's true king. There are several legends surrounding the origin of the Excalibur, two of which are most popular. According to one, King Arthur became the rightful owner of the Excalibur after he pulled it out of a stone anvil to claim the throne of England. In the other story he received the​

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