This document appears to be a student's first monthly assessment from the 2019-2020 school year for their English class. It contains 6 multiple choice and short answer questions assessing the student's reading comprehension, writing, grammar, and vocabulary skills. The reading comprehension questions are about a passage on the history of the Transcontinental Railroad in the United States in the 1850s. It discusses the challenges of building the railroad, including the use of nitroglycerine and employment of Chinese immigrant workers. The assessment is evaluating a 7th grade student's English skills and knowledge.
This document appears to be a student's first monthly assessment from the 2019-2020 school year for their English class. It contains 6 multiple choice and short answer questions assessing the student's reading comprehension, writing, grammar, and vocabulary skills. The reading comprehension questions are about a passage on the history of the Transcontinental Railroad in the United States in the 1850s. It discusses the challenges of building the railroad, including the use of nitroglycerine and employment of Chinese immigrant workers. The assessment is evaluating a 7th grade student's English skills and knowledge.
This document appears to be a student's first monthly assessment from the 2019-2020 school year for their English class. It contains 6 multiple choice and short answer questions assessing the student's reading comprehension, writing, grammar, and vocabulary skills. The reading comprehension questions are about a passage on the history of the Transcontinental Railroad in the United States in the 1850s. It discusses the challenges of building the railroad, including the use of nitroglycerine and employment of Chinese immigrant workers. The assessment is evaluating a 7th grade student's English skills and knowledge.
This document appears to be a student's first monthly assessment from the 2019-2020 school year for their English class. It contains 6 multiple choice and short answer questions assessing the student's reading comprehension, writing, grammar, and vocabulary skills. The reading comprehension questions are about a passage on the history of the Transcontinental Railroad in the United States in the 1850s. It discusses the challenges of building the railroad, including the use of nitroglycerine and employment of Chinese immigrant workers. The assessment is evaluating a 7th grade student's English skills and knowledge.
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The Smart School (STEEL TOWN CAMPUS)
A PROJECT OF The City School
BLOCK E-3, NEAR D & E PARK STEEL TOWN BIN QASIM KARACHI. Cont.#021-34715951
First Monthly Assessment, 2019-20
Name: _________________ Subject: ENGLISH
Class: VII Total Marks: 30
Date: ___________________
Q.No.1: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below. /05 The Transcontinental Railroad Cross-Curricular focus: History/social sciences Travel by train is no longer a major mode of transportation for people. However there was a time in our nation’s history when the train was the best new technology. Up until the railroad was developed people had to rely on walking in order to travel. Some people could use animals like horses and oxen for transportation. They could also travel on ships. We are accustomed to the fast moving pace of our society. In our country’s early years however progress moved at a much slower rate. Theodore Judah was the engineer who dreamed of building a railroad across the U.S in the 1850’s. There were already railroads between cities on the East Coast. Judah was already in the process of constructing railroads in the west. However there was no service at all across the vast middle of the nation. Judah was determined to change all that. He recruited some investors to pay for the construction of the railroad. The investors were Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins. Charles Crocker and Colis Huntington. They were nicknamed the big four. They provided the money to create the central pacific railroad company. Construction on the transcontinental railroad began in 1863. It was not an easy task to build a railroad. Many workers were required to lay the tracks. Thousands of railway workers laid tracks from both the west and the east at the same time. The conditions were often very dangerous. To help clear rocks and made passes through the mountains, railroad builder used unstable nitroglycerine explosives. The glass containers of the explosive liquid had t be kept absolutely still to prevent them from exploding at the wrong time. Often the job of handling the crates filled with the hazardous fluid was given to Chinese immigrants. Many Chinese came to California seeking their fortunes during the gold rush of 1849. Many went on to work on the railroad. Unfortunately thousands dies during its construction. The east and west sections of track were finally joined on May 10, 1869 in promontory. Its completion improved the transportation of goods and people between the East coast and west coast. For the first time, the country felt truly united. Answer the following questions based on the reading passage. Don’t forget to go back to the passage whenever necessary to find or confirm your answers. 1. What were some ways that people travelled before the railroad was developed? 2. What part the big four play in the building of the transcontinental railroad? 3. How was nitroglycerine used to build the railroad? 4. Why had the Chinese immigrants come to California? 5. What do you think is a new technology today? Q no 2: write a short composition about what do you think hunting as a sport? /04 Q no 3: Copy the sentences that are true. Change the ones that are not true so that they are correct and write them out. /04 1. Charles dickens was a lamplighter. 2. Lamplighters work all day. 3. London grew rapidly in the 1700s. 4. Lamplighters used ladders to climb up and light the oil lamps. Q no 4: write down the adverbs formed from the following adjectives. /04 a) Unkind b) Brave c) Happy d) Steady Q no 5: Use was or were to fill in the blanks in the following. /04 1. What ……… it h said about the film? 2. The fathers of the boys …….. All there but adil’s father ………not. 3. If I ………you, I would sell that old car. 4. I ……….in Tokyo last year. Q no 6: a) Give details of the conversation between Axel and grauben? /05 b) Why was Alex disappointed?
