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PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA, HINOO 1st SHIFT, RANCHI
HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT
XII – ENGLISH
A. LONG QUESTIONS (100-120 WORDS EACH)

1. Sketch the character of M Hamel from The Last Lesson. [5]
2. What qualities does Anees Jung want the children to develop in Lost Spring and why? [5]
3. In the story ‘The Third Level’ Charley wanted to go to Galesberg, Illinois in the year 1894. If you had an
opportunity to go to another place and time, where would you like to go? Why? How would Sam analyse
your choice of alternate time and place? [5]
B. Prepare a comic strip based on the chapter “The Third Level”, or “The Last Lesson” The comic strip must be
complete with multiple-panel sequence with drawing and text bubbles as and where required.
C. Read all the chapters in Vistas. Write down their summaries and questions answers in your notebook.
D. Complete the project work provided separately.
E. Complete reading The Little Prince shared as April Book of the Month, prepare a unique book cover, not borrowed
from elsewhere and write a book review. The book review should be an original work.
F. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
1. The idea that coffee is bad for the heart pops up periodically. It was found that regularly drinking very strong coffee
could sharply increase cholesterol levels. Researchers even isolated fatlike chemicals, cafestol and kahweol,
responsible for the rise.
2. It turned out that the European brewing method—boiling water sits on the coffee grounds for several minutes before
straining – produces high concentrations of cafestol and kahweol. By contrast, the filter and percolation methods
remove all but a trace of these chemicals. Moreover, the studies involved large amounts of coffee—five to six cups a
day. Moderate coffee drinkers down only two cups.
3. Research has also shown that regular, moderate coffee drinking does not dangerously raise blood pressure. And
studies have failed to substantiate fears that coffee might trigger abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias) in healthy
people.
4. “For heart disease, I think the issue is closed,” says Meir Stampfer, an epidemiologist at Harvard who has studied
many aspects of coffee and health. “Coffee drinking at reasonable levels is unrelated to heart risk.”
5. Evidence suggests that coffee may help fend off Parkinson’s disease. A 30-year study of 8000 Japanese-American
men found that avid coffee drinkers had one-fifth the risk of those who didn’t drink the brew.
6. Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital, USA, found indirect evidence that Caffeine- the habit-forming
stimulant in coffee – may actually combat Parkinson’s disease. The caffeine seemed to protect mice brain cells from
depletion of the nerve chemical dopamine – the problem underlying Parkinson’s disease in humans. However, these
are preliminary findings; human studies have- not consistently supported caffeine’s protective role.
7. The studies on coffee and cancer have focused on three organs – which is reassuring. You may remember a brief
coffee scare in the early 1980s when a single study linked coffee with pancreatic cancer. A false alarm: Many studies
since then have shown that the association is either extremely weak or non-existent.
8. If there’s a connection between coffee and bladder cancer, it may apply just to coffee junkies. A reanalysis of ten
European studies found an increased risk only among people who drank ten or more cups a day. And studies show
that coffee seems to have no adverse influence on the risk of colon cancer.
9. Caffeine is such a powerful stimulant that the International Olympic Committee and the National Collegiate
Athletic Association set limits on how much can remain in the blood during competition. In addition to boosting
physical endurance, caffeine increases alertness and improves mood. The buzz may come at a price, though. People
who drink more than they’re used to may become restless and unable to sleep. Moreover, it’s possible to become
physically dependent on caffeine within days.
10. The question now arises: how much to drink? Those with heartburn and anxiety may want to see if cutting back
coffee improves their condition. For most people, however, there’s virtually no risk in consuming up to three normal
cups a day. Harvard’s Stampfer tries to keep his coffee drinking irregular enough to avoid habituation: “That way,
I can get a buzz when I feel like it.”
Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the following questions:
1. What can be inferred from the passage about the relationship between coffee drinking and heart disease risk? [2]
2. According to the passage, which disease did avid coffee drinkers have a lower risk of? [1]
a) Parkinson's disease b) heart disease c) Pancreatic cancer d) Bladder cancer
3. What are the potential health risks associated with drinking very strong coffee? [1]
4. What do studies suggest about the effect of moderate coffee drinking on blood pressure? [1]
a) It dangerously raises blood pressure. c) It has no effect on blood pressure.
b) It lowers blood pressure. d) It varies depending on the individual.
5. What does the 30-year study of Japanese-American men suggest about coffee and Parkinson's disease? [1]
a) Coffee drinkers have a higher risk of Parkinson's c) Coffee has no effect on the risk of Parkinson's disease.
disease. d) The study did not provide conclusive results.
b) Coffee drinkers have a lower risk of Parkinson's
disease.

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A. LONG QUESTIONS (100-120 WORDS EACH)

Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the following questions:

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