Birds: Facial Expression and Marks
Summative Assessment – I, 2011 English Communicative Class - IX
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Maximum Marks: 90 Instructions: The question paper is divided into four sections. Section A: Reading Section B: Writing Section C: Grammar Section D: Literature
Time : 3 hours
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Section A (Reading – 20 Marks)
Q1. Read the following passage carefully: Although everybody has a creative spark, the potential is not always fully utilized. How does one recognize those who are developing their creative energies to the fullest ? Mad painters and tormented poets are only comic stereotypes of the creative personality. The essential traits of creativity are found among a wide variety of less conspicuous creators, people in all walks of life. Unfortunately, the structure of our social and educational environment does not always promote its growth. Generally speaking, creative people often believe their purpose in life is to discover and implement. They also see problems where others see none and question the validity of even the most widely accepted answers. Creative persons are compulsive problem seekers, not so much because they thrive on problems, but because their senses are attuned to a world that demands to be put together, like a jigsaw puzzle scattered on a table. Several tests now in use reveal that highly creative people are much more open and receptive to complexities of experience than less creative people. The creative temperament has a tendency to break problems down into their basic elements and then reconstruct them into whole new problems, thereby discovering new relationships and new solutions. Highly creative people aren‘t afraid to ask what may seem to be naive or silly questions. They ask questions like, ―why don‘t spiders get tangled up in their own webs?‖ and why do dogs turn in circles before lying down?‖ Such questions may seem childlike, and in a way they are. Children have not yet had their innate creative energies channeled into
410023
Maximum Marks: 90 Instructions: The question paper is divided into four sections. Section A: Reading Section B: Writing Section C: Grammar Section D: Literature
Time : 3 hours
20 marks 25 marks 20 marks 25 marks
Section A (Reading – 20 Marks)
Q1. Read the following passage carefully: Although everybody has a creative spark, the potential is not always fully utilized. How does one recognize those who are developing their creative energies to the fullest ? Mad painters and tormented poets are only comic stereotypes of the creative personality. The essential traits of creativity are found among a wide variety of less conspicuous creators, people in all walks of life. Unfortunately, the structure of our social and educational environment does not always promote its growth. Generally speaking, creative people often believe their purpose in life is to discover and implement. They also see problems where others see none and question the validity of even the most widely accepted answers. Creative persons are compulsive problem seekers, not so much because they thrive on problems, but because their senses are attuned to a world that demands to be put together, like a jigsaw puzzle scattered on a table. Several tests now in use reveal that highly creative people are much more open and receptive to complexities of experience than less creative people. The creative temperament has a tendency to break problems down into their basic elements and then reconstruct them into whole new problems, thereby discovering new relationships and new solutions. Highly creative people aren‘t afraid to ask what may seem to be naive or silly questions. They ask questions like, ―why don‘t spiders get tangled up in their own webs?‖ and why do dogs turn in circles before lying down?‖ Such questions may seem childlike, and in a way they are. Children have not yet had their innate creative energies channeled into