Lesson 4. A Day in the Zoo
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[1] Read the passage and answer the questions:
It is one thing to visit a zoo as an ordinary member of the public. It is quite another thing to own a zoo and live in it. It certainly enables you to rush out at any hour of the day or night to observe the animals. It also means you are on duty twenty- four hours a day.
The average zoo day begins just before dawn. The sky will be slightly tinged with yellow when you are awakened by the birdsong. You can hear a robin singing. You hear the rich, fruity, slightly hoarse cries of the touracos, and a joyful blackbird. As the last of his song dies, the white-headed trush bursts into and exited cry. Looking out into the courtyard, on the velvet green lawns you can see an earnest group of peahens searching the dewy grass. A male peahen is dancing, his burnished tail raised like a fountain in the sunlight.
At eight O' clock the zoo staff arrives. You can hear them shout greetings to each other. Sounds made by their buckets and brushes are heard. You go out into the cool fresh morning to see if all is right with the zoo.
a. Write T for true and F for the false seatements: 1×5=5
(i) The writer was a zoo owner. [T]
(ii) The day begins with a birdsong. [T]
(iii) Zoo staff arrives at 9.00 O' clock [F]
(iv) Peahens search food in dewy grass [T]
(v) Touracos is a bird. [T]
b. Answer the questions in a sentence: 1x5=5
Qus. Who is the writer of 'A day in the Zoo'?
Ans. The writer is Gerald Durrell.
Qus. When does the zoo staff arrive ?
Ans. The Zoo staff arrives at 8.00 O'clock.
Qus. Describe the tail of the male Peahen.
Ans. The tail of the male Peahen is like a fountain in the sunlight
Qus. How many birds are mentioned in the passage?
Ans. There are 5 birds mentioned in the passage.
Qus. Name the birds mentioned in the passage?
Ans. The birds are Robin, Touracos, Blackbird, Thrush, and Peahen.
[2] Read the paragraph and answer to the questions :
You pass slowly down the house to the big cage at the end where the touracos now live. The male, Peety, I had reared while in West Africa. He peers at you from one of the higher perches. Then, if you call to him, he will fly down and land on a perch nearest to you. Then he will throw back his head and give a husky cry, "Caroo...Caroo...caroo...coo...coo...coo..."
You come out of the birdhouse, then walk to the reptile house. Here, in a pleasant temperature of eighty degrees the reptiles doze. Snakes regard you calmly with lidless eyes. Frogs make gulping sounds lizards lie draped over rocks and tree trunks.
At ten O' clock the zoo gates open and the first rush of visitors arrive. As they come flooding into the grounds, everyone has to be alert. This is not to ensure that the animals do not hurt the people, but to make sure that the people do not hurt the animals. If an animal is asleep, they want to throw stones at it or prod it with sticks to make it move. We have found visitors trying to give the chimpanzees lighted cigarettes and razor blades. The uncivilizd behaviour of some human beings in a zoo has to be seen to be believed.
a. Complete the cause-effect chart: 1x5=5
b. Answer the questions: 2+1+2=5
Qus. Describe the reptile home.
Ans. In a pleasant temperature of 80°C the reptile doze in the reptile house. Frogs make gulping sounds and lizards lie draped over rocks and tree trunks.
Qus. Why do zoo people become alert ?
Ans. The zoo people become alert because people hurt the animals by throwing stone at them or by proding them with stick.
Qus. When do the people enter the zoo ?
Ans. The people enter the zoo at 10.00 O' clock.
EXERCISE - 1
Answer the following questions within 15 words 1× 4 = 4
Qus. What do all the animals do at the start of a new day?
Ans. At the start of a new day all the animals bustle about the cages
Qus. As the light fades, where does the robin fly off to ?
Ans. As the light fades, the robin flies off to roost in the mimosa tree
Qus. How does the sky look as one is awakened by the birdsong?
Ans. The sky looks sligthly tinged with yellow as one is awakened by the birdsong.
Qus. How do the parrots and parrakeets salute the people ?
Ans. Parrots and parrakeets salute the people with a cacophony of sounds.
EXERCISE - 2
Underline the clauses in the following sentences and
state what kind of clauses they are :
(a) As he was not there, I spoke to his brother.
Ans. Adverbial clause.
(b) The house where Nazrul was born in Churulia.
Ans. Adjective clause.
(c) She said that she would return soon.
Ans. Noun clause.
(d) Have you read the book which you borrowed from me ?
Ans. Adjective clause.
EXERCISE - 3
Answer the following questions within 25 words: 2×3=6
Qus. What work do Jeremy and Mike do in the gorilla's cages?
Ans. Jeremy and Mike sweep up the mess on the floor of gorilla's cages and scatter fresh white sawdust.
Qus. Describe the state of the frogs and snakes in the reptile house?
Ans. In the reptile house in a pleasant temperature, the frogs make gulping sounds and snakes doze.
Qus. What would one see and hear while lying in bed at night?
Ans. At night one see the moon separating itself from the shadow of the trees and hear the lions cough.
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