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CBSE Class 9 English, Chapter 2, Sound of Music, Evelyn Glennie Listens to Sound without Hearing It


CBSE Class 9, English, Chapter 2, 

SOUND OF MUSIC

EVELYN GLENNIE LISTENS TO SOUND WITHOUT HEARING IT 

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EVELYN GLENNIE LISTENS TO SOUND WITHOUT HEARING IT

By Deborah Cowley

The full name of Evelyn Glennie was Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie. She was born in Scotland in 1965. She was deaf but she felt sound far more deeply than any others.

Answer the following questions by selecting the most appropriate option .

1. "Rush hour crowds jostle for position on the underground train platform. A slight girl, looking younger than seventeen years , was nervous yet excited as she felt the vibrations of the approaching train. It was her first day at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in London and daunting enough for any teenager fresh from a Scottish farm"

1. How old was Evelyn ?

(a) 16,          (b) 17,              (c) 18                   (d) 19

 

2. When the train approached the platform Evelyn was excited and nervous. Why?

(a) She feared to travel by the train as she was deaf

(b) Thinking about the Royal Academy of Music she became nervous

(c) The vibration of the approaching train was greater than what she expected

(d) Both (b) and (c)

 

3. Where was Evelyn from?

(a) England

(b) Spain

(c) Germany

(d) Scotland

 

4. What is the synonym of the word "daunting"?

(a) frightening

(b) quarreling

(c) threatening

(d) promising

Ans: 1(b),       2(d),      3(d),     4(a)

 

II. "They called her name and she didn't move. I suddenly realised she hadn't heard", says Isabel Glennie. For quite a while Evelyn managed to conceal her growing deafness from friends and teachers. But by the time she was eleven her marks had deteriorated and her headmistress urged her parents to take her to a specialist"

5. Why did they call her?

(a) to play piano

(b) to play tennis

(c) to have breakfast

(d) to do homework

 

6. 'I suddenly realised she hadn't heard" Who is "I" here?

(a) Her teacher

(b) Her mother

(c) Ron Forbes

(d) The author

 

7. What do mean by the word "deteriorate" ?

(a) to make worse

(b) to be happy

(c) to make high profit

(d) to reach greater position

 

8. What did the headmistress urge her parents?

(a) to take away TC of Evelyn from the school

(b) to arrange some additional music class for her

(c) to take her an expert ENT specialist 

(d) to give her nutritious food.

Ans: 5(a),      6(b),      7(a),        8(c),     

 

III. "One day she noticed a girl playing a xylophone and decided that she wanted to play it too. Most of the teachers discouraged her but percussionist Ron Forbes spotted her potential'

9. What do you mean by "xylophone"?

(a) Name of her teacher

(b) A musical Instrument

(c) A place in Scotland

(d) A kind of disease in the ear.

 

10. Who is a percussionist ?

(a) One who imitates others on a stage

(b) One who performs classical dance

(c) One who plays drum or tabala

(d) A reputed man from Royal blood

 

11. What was Ron Forbes ?

(a) ENT specialist

(b) A teacher

(c) Principal, Royal Academy of Music

(d) An expert in drum and tabla

 

12. "Potential" means................................

(a) ability that can be developed

(b) having weak mind

(c) weakling

(d) cunning and expert

Ans: 9(b),     10(c),      11(d),      12(a)

 

IV. "Forbes repeated the exercise, and soon Evelyn discovered that she could sense certain notes in different parts of her body. ' I had learnt to open my mind and body to sounds and vibrations' . The rest was sheer determination and hard work"

13. 'Forbes repeated the exercise' What was the exercise mentioned here?

(a) tuning two large drums to different notes

(b) practicing music in different pitches

(c) doing homework

(d) gymnastic exercises.

 

14. How did she hear sound?

(a) through ears

(b) using Braille

(c) understanding vibrations

(d) using microphone

 

15. What is the antonym of "sheer"?

(a) strange

(b) adulterate

(c) impure

(d) mixed

 

16. Who wrote the lesson "Evelyn Glinnie Listens to Sounds without Hearing It"?

(a) Deborah Cowley

(b)Bismillah Khan

(c)Evelyn Glinnie

(d) Isaac Asimov

Ans: 13(a),      14(c),      15(b),       16(a)

V. "In our two -hour discussion she never missed a word. 'Men with busy beards give me trouble', she laughed. 'It is not just watching the lips, it's the whole face, especially the eyes'. She speaks flawlessly with a Scottish lilt. 'My speech is clear because I could hear till I was eleven"

17. "In our two hour discussion", .... who were they?

(a) Evelyn and Isabel

(b) Evelyn and Ron Forbes

(c) Evelyn and Deborah Cowley

(d)Evelyn and President Roosevelt

 

18. "Men with busy beards give me trouble" Why did she say so?

(a) Busy bearded people were troublesome in nature

(b) She disliked bearded people as their character was bad

(c) She couldn't note down the expression while they speak.

(d) They were always busy with their routine.

 

19 "She speaks flawlessly", What do you mean by "flawlessly"?

(a) without flaw

(b) in a crawling manner

(c) with full of mistakes

(d) without any mistakes.

 

20. How could she speak well?

(a) because she could hear till she was eleven

(b) because she knew face-reading of the speaker

(c) because she was not mute, but deaf

(d) because she had a special caliber to speak.

Ans: 17 (c),         18(c),      19(d),      20(a)

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2 Comments:

At November 9, 2021 at 9:30 PM , Blogger Unknown said...

It was helpful thank u Chandran Sir. Dakshesh IX B

 
At November 16, 2021 at 6:56 AM , Blogger Unknown said...

Very nice sir ... Keep posting more sir ...all the best sir
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