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Find words from the article which mean the same as the following :
1 . compel ( para 1)
2 . evade ( para 2 )
3 . revitalize (para 6 )
4 . amass ( para 6 )
5 . oppose ( para 7)
6 . restate ( para 8 )
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Find words from the article which mean the same as the following :
1 . compel ( para 1)
2 . evade ( para 2 )
3 . revitalize (para 6 )
4 . amass ( para 6 )
5 . oppose ( para 7)
6 . restate ( para 8 )
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Discuss the following question in detail and write the answer in your notebook:
Aperson who is vain is full of self importance and can only think of himself/herself and can go to great lengths to prove his/her superiority. Do you think Mrs Packletide is vain? Give reasons in support of your answer.
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Discuss the following question in detail and write the answer in your notebook:
Sometimes writers highlight certain negative aspects in society or human beings by making fun of them. This is called a Satire. In your groups, discuss whether you would classify this story as a satire. Give reasons to support your answer
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Discuss the following question in detail and write the answer in your notebook:
How does the writer create humour in this story?
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Find the words from the final part of the above article that you have just finished reading which mean the same as the words or group of words given below.
(a) Vital, very important (para 1): _________
(b) the quality of being prone to or open _________
to dangers, like a disease or infection or a weakness (para 1):
(c) a wide range (para 1) : _________
(d) very badly in a damaging way _________
(para 4):
(e) a problem that has persisted for_________
quite some time (para 5):
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Choose the appropriate options to complete the sentence below.
Lack of sleep
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Natural killer cells
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Choose the appropriate options to complete the sentence below.
C-reactive protein
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Choose the appropriate options to complete the sentence below.
If we don’t sleep well,
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Choose extracts from the story that illustrate the character of the people listed in
the table given below. There are some words given to help you. You may add
words of your own. One has been done as an example:
vain jealous competitive shrewd manipulative stingy materialistic spiteful
| Character | Extract from the story | What this tells us about the character |
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Mrs. Packletide |
(i) The compelling motive for her sudden deviation towards the footsteps of Nimrod was the fact that Loona Bimberton had recently been carried eleven miles in an aeroplane by an Algerian aviator, and talked of nothing else; only a personally procured tiger-skin and a heavy harvest of Press photographs could successfully counter that sort of thing | Competitive |
| (ii) Mrs. Packletide had offered a thousand rupees for the opportunity of shooting a tiger without over-much risk or exertion, |
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| (iii) Mrs. Packletide faced the cameras with a light heart, and her pictured fame reached from the pages of the Texas Weekly Snapshot to the illustrated Monday supplement of the Novoe Vremya. |
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| Louisa Mebbin | (i) "If it's an old tiger I think you ought to get it cheaper. A thousand rupees is a lot of money." | |
| (ii) Louisa Mebbin adopted a protective elder-sister attitude towards money in general, irrespective of nationality or denomination |
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| (iii) "How amused every one would be if they knew what really happened," said Louisa Mebbin a few days after the ball. |
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| (iv) Louisa Mebbin's pretty week-end cottage, christened by her "Les Fauves," and gay in summer-time with its garden borders of tiger-lilies, is the wonder and admiration of her friends |
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| Loona Bimberton | (i) As for Loona Bimberton, she refused to look at an illustrated paper for weeks, and her letter of thanks for the gift of a tiger-claw brooch was a model of repressed emotions |
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| (ii) There are limits beyond which repressed emotions become dangerous. |
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Lack of sleep has a direct effect on the production of three hormones and brain neurotransmitters, which in turn has a bearing on our health. Complete the table below to show the above.
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Lack of sleep |
Effect on the production of |
Ultimate effect on us |
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(a) |
Leptin |
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(b) |
Ghrelin |
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(c) |
Cortisol |
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(d) |
Brain neurotrnsmitters |
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You have read about sleep deprivation and the ill effects it has on human beings. There are other work areas where youngsters remain sleep deprived and fall a pray to ill health. Listen carefully to some of the comments made about the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector which is part of the IT-enabled industry and do the activity.
While you listen, complete the following statement by choosing the right option :
According to the speaker, call centre work is insensitive because :
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You have read about sleep deprivation and the ill effects it has on human beings. There are other work areas where youngsters remain sleep deprived and fall a pray to ill health. Listen carefully to some of the comments made about the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector which is part of the IT-enabled industry and do the activity.
While you listen, complete the following statement by choosing the right option :
People working at call centres are not allowed to leave their desks because :
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You have read about sleep deprivation and the ill effects it has on human beings. There are other work areas where youngsters remain sleep deprived and fall a pray to ill health. Listen carefully to some of the comments made about the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector which is part of the IT-enabled industry and do the activity.
While you listen, complete the following statement by choosing the right option :
The targets that have to be met by the call centre employees have been called unrealistic because :
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You have read about sleep deprivation and the ill effects it has on human beings. There are other work areas where youngsters remain sleep deprived and fall a pray to ill health. Listen carefully to some of the comments made about the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector which is part of the IT-enabled industry and do the activity.
While you listen, complete the following statement by choosing the right option :
Closed circuit cameras have been installed in these offices to monitor
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You have read about sleep deprivation and the ill effects it has on human beings. There are other work areas where youngsters remain sleep deprived and fall a pray to ill health. Listen carefully to some of the comments made about the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector which is part of the IT-enabled industry and do the activity.
While you listen, complete the following statement by choosing the right option :
The statistics about the health problems suffered by these people are
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You have read about sleep deprivation and the ill effects it has on human beings. There are other work areas where youngsters remain sleep deprived and fall a pray to ill health. Listen carefully to some of the comments made about the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector which is part of the IT-enabled industry and do the activity.
While you listen, complete the following statement by choosing the right option :
That most people are not happy with their jobs in a call centre can be inferred from the fact that:
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Rewrite the one in ordinary prose so that the meaning is retained.
It was Mrs. Packletide's pleasure and intention that she should shoot a tiger.
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Rewrite the one in ordinary prose so that the meaning is retained.
It was Mrs. Packletide's pleasure and intention that she should shoot a tiger.
Mrs. Packletide had already arranged in her mind the lunch she would give at her
house on Curzon Street, ostensibly in Loona Bimberton's honour, with a tiger-skin
rug occupying most of the foreground and all of the conversation.
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