Comment on the attitude shown by Taplow towards Crocker-Harris.
Crocker-Harris was the teacher of Taplow. Taplow tells that he was afraid of his teacher but didn’t hate him. He was given some extra works by his teachers as he was absent a day in last week due to being ill. Crocker-Harris was a strict teacher and follows his principles but in the class he sometimes tries to crack some jokes but no-one understands his jokes. He don’t believe in showing his feelings to his students. When Taplow asked him about his remove then he gently said that he would get what he actually deserves. This shows that he was not biased to anyone. And in last it can be concluded that Taplow gets scared of his teacher but don’t hate him.
Give reasons for the following.
(i) King Tut’s body has been subjected to repeated scrutiny.
(ii) Howard Carter’s investigation was resented.
(iii) Carter had to chisel away the solidified resins to raise the king’s remains.
(iv) Tut’s body was buried along with gilded treasures.
(v) The boy king changed his name from Tutankhaten to Tutankhamun.
The three phases of the author’s relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad.
(i) Contrast the Chinese view of art with the European view with examples.
(ii) Explain the concept of shanshui.
Locate the lines in the text that support the title ‘The Ailing Planet’.
List the steps taken by the captain
(i) to protect the ship when rough weather began.
(ii) to check the flooding of the water in the ship.
(i) List the deeds that led Ray Johnson to describe Akhenaten as “wacky”.
(ii) What were the results of the CT scan?
(iii) List the advances in technology that have improved forensic analysis.
(iv) Explain the statement, “King Tut is one of the first mummies to be scanned — in death, as in life...”
Three reasons why the author’s grandmother was disturbed when he started going to the city school.
(i) What do you understand by the terms ‘outsider art’ and ‘art brut’ or ‘raw art’?
(ii) Who was the “untutored genius who created a paradise” and what is the nature of his contribution to art?
What does the notice ‘The world’s most dangerous animal’ at a cage in the zoo at Lusaka, Zambia, signify?
Describe the mental condition of the voyagers on 4 and 5 January.
What difference did you notice between the reaction of the adults and the children when faced with danger?
(i) List the deeds that led Ray Johnson to describe Akhenaten as “wacky”.
(ii) What were the results of the CT scan?
(iii) List the advances in technology that have improved forensic analysis.
(iv) Explain the statement, “King Tut is one of the first mummies to be scanned — in death, as in life...”
Why does the author aver that the growth of world population is one of the strongest factors distorting the future of human society?
We have come across words like ‘gale’ and ‘storm’ in the account. Here are two more words for ‘storm’: typhoon, cyclone. How many words does your language have for ‘storm’?
“The Emperor may rule over the territory he has conquered, but only the artist knows the way within.”
The three phases of the author’s relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad.
Three reasons why the author’s grandmother was disturbed when he started going to the city school.
In what ways do you think we could help prevent the extinction of languages and dialects?
How are the earth’s principal biological systems being depleted?
What does the notice ‘The world’s most dangerous animal’ at a cage in the zoo at Lusaka, Zambia, signify?