CLASS : VIII ENGLISH (COURSE-'A')

5. Danciing helps you in attaining good posture and body alignment. It
makes your body more flexible and also helps in increasing your
stamina. As an aerobic exercise, dance benefits your cardiovascular
system as you swing and sway from hips to shoulders.
6. However, the best part is that since you are having so much fun, you
hardly notice the sweat.
7. Ever since the International Olympic Committee gave ballroom dancing
provisional recognition, it has been getting a lot of attention as a true
athletic activity. Many people also turn to dancing either because of
injuries or sheer boredi om. Ballroom dance is a low impact activity.
This makes it accessible to people of any age or fitness level.
8. So what are you waiting for Get set and go .............
1.1. On the basis of your reading of the above passage, complete the
following statements :
6×1=6
(a) Dancing is an excellent aerobic activity which
_____________________________________________________________.
(b) When you take dance lessons, you ____________________________
and enjoyable social event.
(c) Olympic atheletes include dance in their training schedule to
_____________________________________________________________.
(d) Two benefits of dance are -
(i) _________________________________________________________.
(ii) _________________________________________________________.
1.2. Find words form the passage which mean the same as the following: 2×½=1
(a) Promoting (para 4) ______________________
(b) Exceeding what is reasonable (para 2) ______________________
1.3. Find the antonyms of the following words from the passage : 2×½=1
(a) stiff (para 5) ___________________________________
(b) minimum (para 3) ___________________________________
2. Read the following poem carefully :
ABOU BEN ADHEM
Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)
Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,
And saw within the moonlight in his room,
Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,
An angel writing in a book of gold;
Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold,
And to the presence in the room he said,
"What writest thou" The vision raised its head,
And with a look made of all sweet accord,
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