Joy of Knowledge

 SOLVED MODEL ENGLISH  QUESTION PAPER 2017 FEBRUARY   PREPARED BY JOY PETER C HSST ENG ST JOSEPH’S HSS PAVARATTY (Qns 1-4) Read the passage and answer the following questions. My dear friend, you have put the most difficult question among the many questions that I have received from millions and millions of students whom I have met. I value your question. 1. Who is referred to here as ‘my dear friend’? A) A nervous and a typical representative of the Indian youth- a teenager from a far away village is referred to here as ‘my dear friend’.  He put forward a question of great concern. 2. What was the most difficult question that was put before Dr.Kalam? A) The most difficult question that was put before Dr.Kalam was about his fear to achieve his dreams. He was afraid to talk to his teachers and his friends. He even wanted to be the captain of the ship. But he complains that his education didn’t help him to gain any confidence. He wanted to know if he could do all these th

UNIT-5 THE LIGHTER SIDE LESSON-1                                            POST EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS      BY R.H. WOOD ·          It is a one act play which depicts the humorous incidents  in a village post office. ·          This story takes place in a Christmas season. ·          The theme of the play is centred on a parcel booked by a foreigner in the post office. ·          The news  of bombs in the parcels of some nearby post offices make the people fearful ·          It is this fear that made the panic situation more terrible. ·          They become more fearful by the tickling sound from one of the parcels. ·          The assistant of the Post Office calls the police. ·          The police confirm the presence of bomb in the parcel of the foreigner. ·          They immerse it in a bucket of water to defuse it. ·          The foreigner who returns to take his hat from the post office is astonished to see this. ·          It becomes very humorous when the

UNIT 4         LIVE AND LET LIVE LESSON-1 WHEN SAPLING IS PLANTED By Wangari Maathai This lesson is a speech delivered by the well-known African environmentalist Wangari maathai after accepting the Nobel Prize for peace in 2004. In this lesson she advises us to have a sensitive and reverential love for nature. MAIN POINTS: ·          Expresses the sensitive and reverential love for nature ·          Dedicates the Nobel Prize to the women and children of Kenya ·          Encourages the women and children of Kenya to take up leadership. ·          Speaks about the damages and changes caused by deforestation ·          Remarks the danger of introducing commercial farming to the environment. ·          Price of export is controlled by International trade. It affects the income of the people. ·          Local people suffer so much and they can’t meet their basic needs. ·          Thus the quality of life is disturbed when the environment is destroyed. ·