A long time ago in a small village near the jungle

A long time ago in a small village near the jungle, there lived a young man called Ruplal. He lived with his family and worked on a farm, but he didn't like it there. It was a beautiful place, but there were a lot of problems.The village people were always quarrelling, so there was no peace. 'I'll either have to go and live alone in the jungle, or I'll go completely mad!' Ruplal exclaimed. 'I don't want to stay here one more day!'So he collected his things and went to live by  himself  in the  jungle.Ruplal  made  a nice  little hut for himself   in the jungle  with wood,

bamboo and reeds. There  he lived in peace  and quiet all by himself. 'Ah! How happy I am no

now', he thought to himself. Then, one day after a few weeks, he discovered somethingstrange. In his blanket there was a hole. 'Who made this hole?' Ruplal asked. He looked around him, but nobody replied, 'I don't understand. There's either somebody here, or the hole just made itself!'That night, while Ruplal was sleeping he heard a noise. Either someone or something was eating his blanket. 'Who's that!' Ruplal shouted. 'Go away and leave me alone!' Outside the moon was shining brightly and Ruplal saw something small. It was a mouse. 'Right', he thought. 'I'll bring my cat here. Then I'll be able to sleep in peace!'

1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives.                                                         1 x 5 = 5
    a)   Ruplal's village was---in size.
           i) big                         ii) spacious                             iii) tiny                              iv) large
   b)   ---was very common to the people of Ruplal's village.
          i) peace                    ii) quarrelling                          iii) serenity                        iv) noise
   c)   Ruplal went to the jungle so that he could
          i) make a hut                                                                               ii) enjoy natural beauty 

         iii) avoid responsibilities                                                            iv) find peace and quiet

   d)  'Go away and live me alone!' Here alone means-
        i) together                  ii) deserted                     iii) in a body                       iv) in a group
   e)  Ruplal----his village life.
        i) liked                      ii) loved                           iii) detested                       iv) was fond of
2. Write weather the statement are true or false. If false, give the correct answer:   1 x 5 = 5

     a) Ruplal lived in a small town near the village.
     b) There were not so many problems in the village.
    c) Ruplal did not like his village as the villagers were not peace loving.
    d) Ruplal made a nice little hut for his family.
    e) In the jungle Ruplal faced no problem.
3. Fill in each gap in the following passage with a suitable word from the box. There are more words than necessary.                                                                                                       5

A young man named Ruplal a)---- in a small village. He used to work on a b)----. He c)---- quarrelling among the village people and he d)----- to go to the jungle. Finally he e)---- into the jungle alone.
4. Answer the following questions.                                                                                            5
a) Who was Ruplal?
b) What materials did he use to make his hut?
c) What were the problems of Ruplal's village?
d) Why did he decide to leave the village?
e) What did Ruplal discover after a few weeks?
5. Choose a word from the box and put it in the blank next to its meaning.                         5
a. ----- = clamour                                                            f) ----- = calm
b. ----- = shiningly                                                          g) ----- = lonely
c. ----- = find or learn something for the first time        h) ----- = queer
d. ----- = fully                                                                 i) ----- = cottage
e. ----- = realize                                                             j) ----- = gather
6. Fill in the blanks using suitable words.                                                                               5
Once Ruplal lived in a (a)---------- village with his family (b)-------- a jungle. The village was beautiful but the (c)---------- always were quarrelling. He  did not like  it and so he look some (d)------- things and went to live in the jungle. He made a (e)------- hut by wood, bamboo and reeds and lived in peace.
7. Read the passage again. Now write a Paragraph based on the information about Ruplal. Use the clues in the box below. Write the information in the correct sequence as it appears in the text. The Paragraph should not exceed 70 words.                                                        5
8. Read the  passage again. Now write the  main ideas of the passage in your own words in not more than five sentences.                                                                                                  5

9. Fill in each gaps with a word from the words given below.                               1 x 10 = 10

thank	song	politely	poem	Leisure
loudly	fond	called	afraid	favourite

“Would you like to sing my a) ------ with me?” Mr. Grasshopper asked. “Oh, b) ------ you,” replied