English Olympiad Class 6 - Sample question paper 12
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Word and Structure knowledge
Q) Last night when I ______, the electricity went off and I had to study in candle light.
(A) studied
(B) were to study
(C) will study
(D) was studying
Answer: (D) was studying
Q) Thank you for the book, sir. I ______ admire your writing.
(A) hardly
(B) slightly
(C) rather
(D) greatly
Answer: (D) greatly
Q) I opened the window in front of ______ and took a deep breath of fresh air.
(A) own self
(B) yourself
(C) oneself
(D) myself
Answer: (D) myself
Q) I just know a ______ about cooking. I don’t like cooking, so I don’t cook much.
(A) few
(B) less
(C) little
(D) fewer
Answer: (C) little
Q) By the end of the next month you ______ received your exam results.
(A) will have
(B) would
(C) have had
(D) had
Answer: (A) will have
Q) She’s gone without us. She ______ have waited a few more minutes for us!
(A) can
(B) couldn’t
(C) might
(D) shouldn’t
Answer: (C) might
Q) Wow! What have you done to your hair? Your hair is ______ .
(A) gorgeous
(B) good-looking
(C) delectable
(D) none of these
Answer: (A) gorgeous
Q) She said she doesn’t have it. She totally ______ that she had ever taken my books.
(A) accepted
(B) recalled
(C) repeated
(D) denied
Answer: (D) denied
Q) I like the new singer. His music is very popular ______ the young people.
(A) between
(B) among
(C) including
(D) midst
Answer: (B) among
Q) He’ll be exhausted when he gets here. He ______ travelling all day.
(A) will be
(B) will have been
(C) would be
(D) would have
Answer: (B) will have been
Q) We are _________ a party next Friday. Please bring your brother along.
(A) to have
(B) have
(C) will have
(D) having
Answer: (D) having
Q) __________ poetry, Kapil also enjoys writing short stories and songs.
(A) Besides
(B) Except
(C) Along
(D) Likewise
Answer: (A) Besides
Q) Our teacher ______ about the new books in the library.
(A) said
(B) told us
(C) said us
(D) told
Answer: (B) told us
Q) We were marked wrong even before we ______ the question in the quiz. Not fair.
(A) had answered
(B) will answer
(C) were answering
(D) was answering
Answer: (A) had answered
Q) The water was very cold. ______ , we went for a swim. We almost froze.
(A) Even so
(B) Although
(C) Though
(D) Even
Answer: (A) Even so
Q) These clothes are still completely wet. You didn’t hang them in ______ sun?
(A) a
(B) an
(C) the
(D) some
Answer: (C) the
Q) It _______ silly to me to wear that funny colourful hat, so I took it off.
(A) seemed
(B) seems
(C) seeming
(D) seem
Answer: (A) seemed
Q) Today I bought two _____________.
(A) crisp packets
(B) crisps
(C) packet crisps
(D) packets of crisps
Answer: (D) packets of crisps
Q) Hello, Sita. This is Isabel. I’m ______ to ask you about today’s homework.
(A) phoned
(B) phone
(C) phones
(D) phoning
Answer: (D) phoning
Q) If you want me to, I ______ explain how the toy car works.
(A) going to
(B) will
(C) will going to
(D) would
Answer: (B) will
Reading
Passage 1: The angry-looking deep sea anglerfish has a right to be cranky. It is quite possibly the ugliest animal on the planet, and it lives in what is easily Earth’s most unfriendly habitat: the lonely, lightless bottom of the sea.
There are more than 200 species of anglerfish, most of which live in the murky depths of the Atlantic and Antarctic oceans, up to a mile below the surface, although some live in shallow, tropical environments. Generally dark gray to dark brown in colour, they have huge heads and enormous crescent-shaped mouths filled with sharp, translucent teeth. Some anglerfish can be quite large, reaching up to 3.3 feet (1 metre) in length and can weigh up to 50 kg. Most, however, are significantly smaller, often less than twelve inches.
Their most distinctive feature, worn only by females, is a piece of their spine that protrudes above their mouths like a fishing pole—hence their name, as the word angler means a person who fishes with a rod and line. Tipped with an attraction of luminous flesh, this built-in rod baits prey close enough to be grabbed. Their mouths are so big and their bodies so elastic, they can actually swallow prey up to twice their own size.
The male, which is significantly smaller than the female, has no need for such an adaptation. In lieu of continually seeking the vast gorge for a female, it has evolved into a permanent opportunistic mate. When a young, free-swimming male angler encounters a female, he latches onto her with his sharp teeth. Over time, the male physically fuses with the female, connecting to her skin and bloodstream and losing his eyes and all his internal organs except the testes. A female can carry six or more males on her body.
Q) Many anglerfish are not very big, only about ______ inches long.
(A) 200
(B) 12
(C) 1
(D) 50
Answer: (B) 12
Q) Anglerfish is called that because ______.
(A) it looks like a man with a fishing rod
(B) it is always angry and looks unhappy
(C) it has a flexible body and a big mouth
(D) none of these
Answer: (A) it looks like a man with a fishing rod
Q) Anglerfish is bad-tempered because ________.
(A) it lives in the sea but wants to be in rivers
(B) it is unattractive and alone
(C) it fights with everybody around it
(D) it has a right to be irritable
Answer: (B) it is unattractive and alone
Q) Anglerfish can be found about ______ mile deep in the sea.
(A) 200
(B) 3.3
(C) 12
(D) 1
Answer: (D) 1
Passage 2 - Why is the sea water salty? One clue to how the sea became salty is the presence of salt lakes such as the Great Salt Lake and the Dead Sea. Both are about 10 times saltier (29) sea water. Why are these lakes salty while most of the world’s lakes are not? Lakes are temporary (30) areas for water. Rivers and streams bring water to the lakes, and other rivers carry water out of lakes.
Thus, lakes are really only wide depressions in a river channel that have been (31) with water. Water flows in one end and out from the other. The Great Salt Lake, Dead Sea, and other salt lakes have no outlets. All the water that flows into these lakes (32) only by evaporation. When water evaporates, the dissolved salts are left behind. So a few lakes are salty because rivers carried salts to the lakes, the water in the lakes (33) and the salts were left behind. After years and years of river inflow and evaporation, the salt content of the lake water built up to the present levels.
The same (34) made the seas salty. Rivers carry dissolved salts to the ocean. Water evaporates from the oceans to (35) again as rain and to feed the rivers, but the salts remain in the ocean. Because of the huge volume of the oceans, hundreds of millions of years of rivers input were required for the salt content to build to its present level.
Q) 29.
(A) by
(B) like
(C) than
(D) as
Answer: (C) than
Q) 30.
(A) storage
(B) loading
(C) putting
(D) filling
Answer: (A) storage
Q) 31.
(A) occupied
(B) taken
(C) filled
(D) packed
Answer: (C) filled
Q) 32.
(A) seepages
(B) leaks
(C) outflows
(D) escapes
Answer: (D) escapes
Q) 33.
(A) vanished
(B) evaporated
(C) faded
(D) disappeared
Answer: (B) evaporated
Q) 34.
(A) process
(B) progress
(C) route
(D) manner
Answer: (A) process
Q) 35.
(A) decrease
(B) downpour
(C) fall
(D) cloudburst
Answer: (C) fall
Spoken and written expression
Q) Bob : “You won’t mind if I borrow your pen for a minute, ______?”
Harish : “Of course not, go ahead.”
(A) won’t you
(B) is it
(C) will you
(D) isn’t it
Answer: (C) will you
Q) Student : “Thank you for letting me take the exam. Traffic was bad. Sorry for being late.”
Teacher : “_______________.”
(A) You have just run out of time
(B) That’s OK. Take your time to come
(C) Well, you got here just in time
(D) It’s about time you did it right
Answer: (C) Well, you got here just in time
Q) Hari : “You can ask me for help anytime.”
Sri : “I know you are very ______.”
(A) selfish and rude
(B) up and about
(C) down to earth
(D) ready to go
Answer: (C) down to earth
Q) Doctor : “Remember, what I have told you.”
Patient : “Yes doctor, ______ is that I should quit smoking or else I’ll have serious health problems.”
(A) the other side
(B) off the top of your head
(C) the bottom line
(D) cross your head
Answer: (C) the bottom line
Q) Sam : “You are learning computer programming? How?”
Bev : “______________.”
(A) Computers are easy to learn. I know it already
(B) Computer programming is making good programs
(C) Yes. I took an exam, passed it and got admission
(D) I don’t know what computer programming is, at all
Answer: (C) Yes. I took an exam, passed it and got admission
Q) Fatema : “What happened? Why are you jumping around?”
Fiza : “Yeah! I passed my exams with flying colours. I’m _________.”
(A) over the moon
(B) down in the dumps
(C) under the weather
(D) on the ball
Answer: (A) over the moon
Q) Teacher : “You haven’t finished your homework again. That’s not good.”
Student : “______________.”
(A) Look, I just forgot, okay. Sorry for not doing my homework
(B) I would like to apologize for not doing the homework
(C) What do you want me to say? I forgot. I’m sorry
(D) Sorry but no sorry, there was too much to do
Answer: (B) I would like to apologize for not doing the homework
Q) Student : “Sir, I got selected for the team. I’m so thrilled. Thank you for all your help.”
Teacher : “____________.”
(A) You’re so lucky
(B) I am very pleased for you
(C) That’s ok. I can help anyone
(D) It was all my hard work
Answer: (B) I am very pleased for you
Q) Meenu : “We need to act now. We can’t wait any longer.”
Ruby : “I agree we need to take some ______ action before it is too late.”
(A) latest
(B) polite
(C) decisive
(D) wholehearted
Answer: (C) decisive
Q) Louise : “Happy birthday Sheila! Here’s a present for you, my dear friend.”
Sheila : “_____________”
(A) You shouldn’t have bothered.
(B) Thanks. Can I open it now?
(C) My sincerest gratitude.
(D) I cannot thank you enough.
Answer: (B) Thanks. Can I open it now?
Achiever's section
Q) I will only work on my Science project ______ the weekend and do nothing else.
(A) over
(B) up to
(C) in
(D) by
Answer: (A) over
Q) Quiz master : “Now here’s your last question; it’s time to put your thinking ______ on!”
(A) heads
(B) brains
(C) crowns
(D) caps
Answer: (D) caps
Q) Grace : “I know you are hiding something from me. Tell me.”
Hamid : “Yes, there is something I need to tell you and _______.”
(A) break the ice
(B) give you a cold shoulder
(C) get it off my chest
(D) make a long story short
Answer: (C) get it off my chest
Q) I ran quickly and __________ cross the field easily, even though it was muddy.
(A) is able to
(B) could
(C) can
(D) was able to
Answer: (D) was able to
Q) Sunil was the first person I saw ______ the hospital. I was admitted for three days.
(A) by leaving
(B) on leaving
(C) on to leave
(D) in leaving
Answer: (B) on leaving