254 Reliable Series the thought. He found his voice with great difficulty, 'No,' no, can't be!

' But the woman had made up her :mind and she knew that she was strong enough for the job. 'This is no time for whys and hows-yoke the bullock.' Seeing that her husband was incapable of movement, too dejected even to lift his head, she . rose and herself put the bullock to the plough. Placing one end of the yoke across her own shoulder, she commanded: 'Now, rope me tight.' So the frail man hardened his heart, got up and signalled the bullock to move. The animal moved, so did the woman. The ploughshare pierced the earth, began furrowing a path" through the damjJ soil. Sheku released a handful of millet seed into the hopper-the grain coursed down the bamboo tube, then leaped to the ground. Sheku's wife continued to pull by the side of the bullock by sheer physical strength. The sowing went on all morning. At mid-day Sheku and his wife, breathless from the exertion, sat down to a quiet lunch.Sheku was tongue-tied; the woman spoke of this and that. Together they went to work with a rake until the seed was evenly covered by the upturned soil. By evening they had sown the two-acre plot; then the exhausted trio made their way home. Questions: (1) Which of the following titles describe the extract appropriately? (a) Sheku and his wife (b) Sowing of Sheku's plot of land. (c) The incredible tale of Sheku's wife. (1) (2) Why did Sheku shudder? (2) (3) When and what did Sheku brood? (2) (4) What qualities of Sheku's wife do you find in the extract? Explain them briefly. (2) (5) Do as directed : (i) What good will that do ? (Make it an assertive sentence) (1) (ii) She knew that she was strong enough for the job (Use "so that" and rewrite) (1) (iii) A bullock might become available after others have done their sowing. (Make it a simple sentence) . (1) nd out the opposites of the following words from the extract : (1) (a) strong . (b) cheerful Read the following extract carefully and fill the main points and sub-points in the blanks given below: As you know, energy is the ability to do work. In early times, man depended entirely on his own muscular energy and later supplemented it with that of animals. As man came to rely heavily on horse, ass, ox and camel, he was slowly to discover the use of other natural sources of energy

There are various kinds of energy all around. Water falling down the hi~l, the movement of air or the burning fuel - all have one or other kind of energy. The oxidation of food provides muscular energy. The oxidation of fuel provides energy for the steam engine.' So we have to get energy from somewhere or the other, but cannot create it. Matter has two different kinds of energy, the one which is active and the other waiting passively to be used. Water coming down from a waterfall, the weight of the pile-driver coming down or steam expanding in an engine is an example of active energy, which is called 'kinetic energy', by scientists. The other is water in a reservoir or the weight of the pile-driver resting on top of the machine, which are not actively doing work but in a position to do work (passive). Such kind of energy that is stored up and not active is called 'potential energy'. One thing is sure that man and his use of energy is the main reason for the development of machine. Title : ~........... . Questions: I. Two kinds of energy in early times : (A) - (B) - . e.g. (1) Horse, (2) , (3) .