CREST English Olympiad Class 10 Previous Year Paper

Q.1

Read the passage and answer the question:

Tom Hamilton liked his Aunt Prudence. She taught at the university. Her name was Dr. Prudence Hamilton. When she came to Tom's father's farm in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, which is part of the province of British Columbia, she always brought presents. Tom liked her.
He didn't like her constant companion, Genevieve Trueheart, a dog.
Tom Hamilton was fond of other dogs. He had a dog, a bull terrier called Rusty, a fighter right from the word go. Rusty kept the pheasants out of the garden and young grain. He worked for a living. Tom couldn't like Genevieve Trueheart. She was good for nothing. She never even looked like a dog. She was a great big soft wheezing lazy wagging monster, a great big useless lump.

What is Aunt Prudence's occupation?

Q.2

Choose the most suitable option to fill in the blank:

It's not a very challenging job. I only have to deal with ______ affairs.

Q.3

Choose the most suitable option to fill in the blank:

The Chairman and ________ CEO of our hotel is a very energetic person.

Q.4

Choose the most suitable option to fill in the blank:

Thunder and lightning _______ my puppy.

Q.5

Punctuate the following sentence:

the words the prohibited area were written on the wall.

Q.6

Choose the most suitable alternative in accordance with the correct use of tense:

Q.7

Read the passage and answer the question:

We humans are used to thinking that our minds separate us from other animals. But new studies show that animals are quite intelligent and sensitive.
Animal intelligence isn't found only in mammals. It can be found in other animals, such as birds. Although we sometimes call people 'birdbrain' as an insult, our feathered friends can be very smart. Some can solve puzzles. For example, ravens can untie knots. Some birds can use tools. Some crows, for example, use twigs as spears. Some birds can even use our language. An African Grey parrot named Alex does more than just imitate human sounds. This parrot can name dozens of objects. It also seems to understand the ideas of "same and different amount".
Animals are able to feel emotions, too. This ability can be as painful for them as it is for humans. For example, some baboons live in groups where the leaders control through fear. Low-ranking baboons can live in a constant state of stress. This stress can cause health problems, just as it does in humans.
Some animals feel sadness when a family member dies. Elephants show interest even in decades-old elephant bones. Like humans, they are connected to each other in many ways.

How are birds similar to human beings?

Q.8

Choose the most suitable option to fill in the blank:

Robert suddenly began to feel ill _______ he was taking the exam.

Q.9

Choose the most suitable option to fill in the blank:

Ken: How was your fishing trip?
Ben: ________________________________________

Q.10

Read the passage and fill in the blank:

Stammering is a habit disorder linked with a lack of self-confidence. Basically, for a child to understand a language, there are four stages. The first is learning to understand the spoken language, and the second is speaking. Both of these usually develop around the age of two.
The third stage is speaking complex sentences, which develops at around three, and the fourth is when the child recognises the written alphabet. In 80% of children, while the third and fourth stages are at play, the first two get disturbed because something new is being incorporated in the mind.
This is absolutely normal. But what over-cautious mothers do is fret a lot, and the child develops a fear which later manifests itself as stammering. In fact, most textbooks on stammering state in bold that - 'Had there not been any over-cautious mothers, hardly anyone would have suffered from stammering'. Fluency can be incorporated in the speech of such patients through hypnosis.

Fluency can be incorporated in the speech of such patients through _____________.