CBSE Class 10 English Communicative Sample Paper 2017 Set D

Section – A

(Reading) 

A.1. Read the following poem carefully: 

When I was a young man, I followed the gold, 

Deep in a mineshaft, all muddy and cold.

And never a nugget to gladden my sight- 

But it’s a way, hey! Now I am old, 

The morning were silver, the sunsets were gold. 

             When I was a young man, I followed the sea. 

             Cold, wet and shivering often I’d be; 

             Rocked in the crow’s nest or rolled down below 

             Or sweating my soul out where the Gulf traders go –

             But it’s a way, hey! Now I am old, 

             The oceans were sapphires, the beaches were gold. 

Now I am an old man, I sit in the sun 

Thinking and dreaming of things that I have done, 

Remembering laughter, forgetting the pain 

And I’d go out and do it all over again – 

Way, hey, lift it along!

What good is your life if it isn’t a song?

A1.1 Read the following summary. Complete it by writing the missing word phrases against the correct blank number in your answer sheet. 

In the poem, the poet recalls his (a) __________ fondly even though his experiences were not always (b) __________. Recalling the day gone by, he has no regrets as he regards each job as (c) __________. He mentions having been a (d) _________ and a (e) __________. As a miner, he never found any nuggets but found gold in the (f) __________ and (g) __________. To him, the oceans sparkle like (h) __________. Even as he toiled in the heat, he thought of as just another (i) __________. As an old man he feels he would (j) __________ if he had the chance.

Please refer to attached file for CBSE Class 10 English Communicative Sample Paper 2017 Set D