CLASS : VIII ENGLISH (COURSE-'A')

Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord".
"And is mine one" said Abou "Nay, not so",
Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low,
But cheerful still; and said, I pray thee then,
Write me as one that loves his fellow men.
The angel wrote and vanished.
The next night
It came again with a great wakening light,
And showed the names whom love of
God had blest,
And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.
Fill in the blanks with one word only to complete the following summary
of the poem. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct
blank number :
12×½=6
One night Abou Ben Adhem (a) __________________ up from his peaceful
dream and an (b) __________________ who was writing something in a
book of (c) __________________. Abou went up to him and asked what he
was writing. The stranger gave him a (d) __________________ look and
answered that he was writing the names of those people who (e)
__________________ God. Abou asked him curiously if his name was also
there in the list. But the angel replied in (b) __________________. Abou felt
sad for sometime but then he told the angel to write his name in the list of
those people who loved their (g) __________________. The angel wrote
something and (h) __________________. The next night, the angel visited
Abou again with a great wakening (i) __________________ and showed him
the (j) __________________ of these who had been (k) __________________ by
God. Abou was surprised to see that his name was on the
(l) __________________ of the list as he loved everyone.
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3. Read the following passage :
FEATHERED WATCHMAN
1. Black Drongo is a very common breeding resident of Haryana, found
in open areas, wetlands and near cultivation. This is a glossy black
bird with a long deeply forked tail. These birds are quite agile in
flight.
2. Drongos are renowned for their courage. A drongo will never allow
any bird that eats eggs or hatchlings, to come near its nest. It fearlessly
attacks birds bigger than itself; such as crows, hawks and even eagles
if they dare come into its territory. Less aggressive birds like the oriole
feel safe if they have a drongo as a neighbour. So one can often find
an oriole's nest in close proximity to that of a drango's.
VIII-ENGLISH COURSE - "A"
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