Class 8 Cbse Ncert English - HONEYDEW
Lesson 7, A Visit To Cambridge
Cbse Ncert Answers of Honeydew important exercise questions
Working with the Text (Only
Important Questions)
QUESTION.1:
(i) Did the prospect
of meeting Stephen Hawking make the writer nervous? If so why?
(ii) Did he at the
same time feel very excited? If so why?
Answer:
(i)
Yes, the prospect of meeting Stephen Hawking made the writer nervous. He was
doubtful whether he would be allowed to meet him even for ten minutes or not.
(ii)
Yes at the same time, the writer felt very excited because he was going to meet
a disabled person like him, who had made great achievement in life. The writer
was allowed to meet Prof Stephen Hawking for half an hour ‘from three-thirty to
four’.
QUESTION.2: Guess the
first question put to the scientist by the writer.
Answer:
The first question put to the scientist by the writer was how he felt when
someone said he had been brave.
QUESTION.3: Stephen
Hawking said, “I’ve had no choice.” Does the writer think there was a choice?
What was it?
Answer:
Yes, the writer thinks there was a choice. It was to live creatively despite
facing the reality of his disabled body.
QUESTION.4: “I could
feel his anguish.” What could be the anguish?
Answer:
The anguish was that he found it very difficult to express himself with the
right words in his computer. His pale fingers and eyes frustrated in
exhaustion. He could not express himself freely though ideas were floating in
his mind.
QUESTION.5: What
endeared the scientist to the writer so that he said that he was looking at one
of the most beautiful men in the world?
Answer:
When the writer asked the scientist if he felt annoyed when someone like the
writer went and disturbed him in his work, then the scientist answered yes with
his one way smile. This endeared the writer as he knew without being
sentimental or silly he was looking at one of the most beautiful men in the
world.
QUESTION.8: What is
the scientist’s message for the disabled?
Answer:
The disabled should concentrate on what they are good at. It is foolish to
waste time in imitating the normal people.
QUESTION.9: Why does
the writer refer to guitar incident? Which idea does it support?
Answer:
The writer spent many years trying to play a Spanish guitar considerably larger
than he was. One night he unstrung joyfully. It supports the idea that things
like the disabled Olympics are a waste of time. Disabled persons should
practice only what they are good at.
QUESTION.10: The writer
expresses his great gratitude to Stephen Hawking. What is the gratitude for?
Answer:
The writer expresses gratitude to Stephen Hawking as he spared time for the
writer. After the meeting the author felt much inspired and with more
confidence and strength to live more creatively. He felt that he had met the
greatest and the best disabled on the earth.
Working with Language (Important Questions)
QUESTION.3: Use all or both in the
blanks.
(i) He
has two brothers. ______ are lawyers.
(ii) More
than ten persons called. ____ of them wanted to see you.
(iii) They
____ cheered the team.
(iv) ____
her parents are teachers.
(v) How
much have you got? Give me _____ of it.
Answer: (i) Both (ii)
All (iii) all (iv) Both (v) all
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