Mid Term Examination 2022-2023

Subject: Englilish Language Class: V Section: Yellow

Q1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Refer to the text to check your answers
when appropriate.

ASIAN CARP
The United States has a lengthy history of going to war. It is a nation born from war. Pick any year since 1776, and
the odds of America being involved in at least one war is over 90%. Every US President has faced war. Still, it may
surprise you to hear that the US government is at war with a fish.

Asian carp were introduced to American waters during the 1970s. Southern fish farmers began importing them to
help clean their ponds. Asian carp are phenomenal cleaners. Unfortunately, it didn't take too long for them to escape
from these ponds, perhaps from flooding, and get into the Mississippi River. From there they have followed their
natural tendency to swim upstream. This tendency may lead them into the Great Lakes and Canada, a nightmare
scenario for fisherman.

Asian carp are large fish. One species, the silver carp, can grow to be 100 pounds. But despite their size, they feed
from the bottom of the food chain. That means that they eat plankton and algae. A one hundred pound fish can eat an
awful lot of sea scum, and some of it is toxic. The carp are resistant to the toxins, but we aren't. Some Asian carp are
hazardous to eat because they have so many algal toxins in their systems. They also have lots of tiny bones in their
meat, which makes them difficult to prepare. Asian carp is not a popular delicacy.
Introducing the Asian carp into waters that have not known them can be devastating. Beneath the surface of the
water is a unique ecosystem. This system rests delicately on a balance that has evolved over millions of years. Then
along come these big, hungry bottom feeders to mess up everything. They breed rapidly and densely populate the
waters. Worse still, they compete with the native bottom feeders. The native bottom feeders are smaller. Larger,
tastier fish like salmon eat them. The native bottom feeders are an important part of the ecosystem. When the Asian
carp outperform them, the whole food chain suffers, all the way up to the people.

Not only do Asian carp mess up the food chain, they mess up people. Seriously. An Asian carp will bust you in
head. Remember that silver carp can be 100 pounds. There is a reason why they are also known as "flying carp."

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This particular species of Asian carp has a tendency to jump when frightened. They can jump up to ten feet in the
air, and the sound of boat motors frightens them. Watch out watersportists! In 2003 a woman jetskier collided with
one and broke her nose and a vertebra. She almost drowned. In 2008 a teenager broke his jaw on one while tubing.
Many others have been injured by these flying logs. Asian carp pose a serious threat to water skiers and boaters.

In 2007 the U.S. Department of the Interior declared all silver carp to be an injurious species. In 2010, the State of
Michigan passed the $30 million CARPACT. In 2012 Congress approved the "Stop Invasive Species" act,
legislation written solely to protect the Great Lakes from Asian carp. The government has been on the offensive
against these large-bellied invaders.

But Asian carp are difficult to catch. Since they eat from the bottom, they do not go for lures or baits like most large
fish. The best way to stop them is to keep them out. The Great Lakes are connected to the Mississippi River through
the 28-mile Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

For Chicagoans, it is the final point of resistance. A series of multimillion-dollar electrical barriers have been built
along the canal. The barriers are effective at keeping adult carp at bay, but some fear that baby carp may pass
through. The United States Army Corps of Engineers has been deployed along with EPA. In 2009 they poisoned the
entire canal with rotenone, a chemical that kills fish. The $3 million operation netted over 90 tons of dead fish, and a
single carp.

Some think that Great Lakes must be cut off from the Mississippi River. The Michigan Attorney General sued to
have the canal closed. The Antario government and some Great Lake states have also taken legal action. But the
courts have been persuaded by the value of the canal as a shipping conduit thus far. In the meantime, the barriers
continue to hold, but how long can they? The carp have the Great Lakes.

i. Which best describes the text structure of the fourth paragraph? /3]

a. Chronological order

b. Cause and effect

c. Compare and contrast

d. Problem and solution

ii. Which person would be most threatened by silver carp in a local water source?

a. A waterskier

b. A chicken farmer
c. A bungee jumper

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 d. A beachgoer

iii. Which best describes the word resistant as it is used in the third paragraph?

a. To be allergic to something

b. To be unaware of something
c. To be unaffected by something

d. To be attracted or drawn to something

iv Convert the following statements into the tenses given in parenthesis; /05]

a. Asian carp were introduced to American waters during the 1970s. (Past continuous)

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b. It didn't take too long for them to escape from these ponds. (Present continuous)

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c. One species, the silver carp, can grow to be 100 pounds. (Future Continuous)

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d. Asian carp is not a popular delicacy.. (Past Tense)

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e. The native bottom feeders are smaller. . (Past Tense)

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v. Change the following adjecitives into their comparative and superlative degree, make a sentence using
Superlative forms; /4]

a. Phenomenal

Comparative: ________________________ Superlative: ________________________

Sentence: ____________________________________________________________________________.

b. difficult
c. Comparative: ________________________ Superlative: ________________________

Sentence: ____________________________________________________________________________.

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vi. Use relative Pronouns in the following statements: /5]

a. The people ......................... live next door are not very friendly.
b. The only thing ................. matters is to find our way home.
c. I gave her a bag ................. she put in her bag at once.
d. his is the house .................I was born in.
e. She is the one ................. who cares for her brother.

Q2:Compose a deliciuous recipe of your favourite dessert following the given criteria; /3]

Title:___/1 Consistency: ____/1 Conherence: ____/1

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