Class-12th listening test

ENGLISH COMMUNICATION SKILLS (CLASS XII)
PRACTICE SHEET- 6
LESSON : ON SAYING PLEASE
LISTENING
An audio will be played. You will have to answer the questions while listening to the audio.
Question: 1 – 10 Choose the correct letter A, B or C.
1 The author searched his pockets for __________ .
A stray coppers B a ticket C vain
2 The author found himself __________ .
A shameful B honest C penniless
3 The conductor told the author that he needn’t _____________ the bus.
A get on B go back C get off
4 The author told the conductor that he didn’t have a _____________ with him.
A copper B money C fare
5 The conductor handed the author a ____________ .
A copper B ticket C book
6 The author could go anywhere from the _________.
A Bangkok to Hongkong B Bank to Hongkong C Hongkong to Bangkok
7 The author wandered his ________ in the corners of his pockets.
A fingers B hand C toes
8 Luckily, the author found a __________ in the corner of his pocket.
A coin B copper C shilling
9 Finally, the account was _____.
A squared B fixed C lighted
10 The action of the conductor gave _______ to the author.
A glow B pleasure C good nature
READING PASSAGE
There is no law that compels us to say, ‘Please’. It is a social practice much older and much
sacred than any law which enjoins us to be civil. And the first requirement of civility is that we
should acknowledge a service. “Please” and “Thank you” are the small changes with which we
pave our way as social beings. They are the little courtesies by which we keep the machine of
life oiled and running smoothly. They put our intercourse upon the basis of friendly
cooperation, as easy as give and take instead of on the basis of superiors dictating to inferiors.
One day the narrator boarded a bus and found that he had left home without any money in his
pocket. Having searched his pockets in vain for stray coppers, and having found he was utterly
penniless, he told the conductor that he could not pay the fare and must go back for money. To
his surprise the conductor told him that he did not need to go back for money. He handed him
a ticket without demanding the fare. The narrator asked him where he should send the fare.
The conductor told him that he would see him some day. Luckily the narrator found a shilling in
his pocket and the account was squared. But it did not lessen the glow of pleasure which so
good natured an action had given him.
Questions 1-4
Write answers in NO MORE THAN TWO OR THREE WORDS.
1 What cannot compel us to say ‘Please’?
2 What is the first requirement of civility?
3 What are the two little courtesies?
4 What can keep the machine of life running smoothly?