TEST: ENGLISH
CLASS: 1ST YEAR
Chapter# 03, Poem 03, 04
Name: ________________ class: ____________
1. The man felt his hair flutter and the tissues of his body draw tight as if he were
A. sick B. happy C. feeling sad D. standing at the center of a vacuum
2. At any moment the Martian air might
A. bring relief B. draw his soul from him C. kill him D. become pleasant
3. What did they see on Martian hills?
A. the old cities B. flower beds C. stream of fresh water D. a deep valley
4. What did they do after building a collage?
A. decorate it B. furnished it C. ate good breakfasts D. arranged a feast
5. What was the news Laura told her parents?
A. the war on Earth B. the death of the people C. the arrival of the rocket D. the fall of a rocket
6. Which one of the cities was attacked?
A. Texas B. Virginia C. New York D. New Jersey
7. What did they feel on the Mars after the attack on Earth?
A. Drenched B. stranded C. secluded D. surrendered
8. What were the men doing in town on the shadowy step of the grocery store?
A. quarrelling B. conversing with great leisure and ease C. playing D. buying the grocery
9. How many dollars did he demand to sell the metal?
A. two hundred B. three hundred C. four hundred D. five hundred
10. In which season did Mr. Bittering stand very golden-eyed?
A. winter B. summer C. autumn D. spring
11. ________ suggested to build a rocket.
A. Harry’s son B. Harry’s wife C. Laura D. Harry
12. After _________ years a rocket fell out of the Earth?
A. Four B. five C. six D. seven
Poem 03: ‘Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now’ 13. Cherry is the loveliest in _______
A. winter B. spring C. summer D. autumn
14. Easter is the festival of
A. Christians B. Muslims C. Hindus D. Sikhs
15. Cherry is dressed in
A. pink B. red C. yellow D. white
16. Three score years and ten are
A. forty years B. fifty years C. sixty years D. seventy years
17. How many years of poet’s life would not come again?
A. ten B. twenty C. thirty D. forty
18. Cheery glorifies
19. Cherry stands about the ___________
A. woodland ride B. plain C. farmland D. meadows
20. Cheery adds to the glory of _________
A. Holi B. Easter C. Christmas D. new year
20. The cherry is a feast for ________
A. heart B. stomach C. eyes D. brain
Poem 4: O Where are You Going? 21. The valley is ________ when the furnaces burn.
A. Harmless B. harmful C. fetal D. dangerous
22. Your ________ feel from granite to grass.
A. heart B. footstep C. fingers D. hands
Q: Use the correct form of verbs given in brackets.
1. The man (feel) ___________ his hair flutter.
2. They (see) ___________ the old cities.
3. They (look) ______________ at their children.
4. Laura (stumble) ____________________ through the settlement.
5. He (drench) in the hotness of his fear.
6. All the boards (wrap) ________________ out of shape.
7. Harry (move) _____________ into the metal shop.
8. His wife (appear) _________________ with his supper in a basket.
9. The sons (play) _______________ songs on ancient flutes.
10. They (turn) _______________ their backs to the valley.
Q: Punctuate the following lines:
The towns empty but we found native life in the hills sir dark people yellow eyes martians very friendly we talked a bit not much they learn English fast
Q: Why did Harry want to build a rocket and what was the reaction of others?
Q. What did the Bittering family feel when they arrived at the planet Mars?
Q. What did the people of Earth want to grow on Mars?
Q. How was the summer on Mars as the writer describes it?
Q. What climate did the Bittering family face on the Mars?
Q. ‘Dark they were, and Golden eyed’ is a fantasy, comment.
Stanza
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough
And stands about the wood land ride Wearing white for Easter tide.
Q. Why does the poet consider the cherry the loveliest of trees?
Q. Why does the poet mention the festival of Easter?
Q. Write two words that rhyme with ‘Ride’?
STANZA
Now, of my three score years and ten Twenty will not come again,
And take from seventy springs a score; It only leaves me fifty more.
Q. Write two rhyming words with ‘again’.
Q. What is meant by ‘a score’?
Q. What does the poet say in last two verses?
Prepared by
Muhammad Qasim Nazar
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