Unit-6: Our Neighbours
Lesson-3: The Maldives
Seen Passage-1: Part A
Reading Test (17 Marks)
Read the passage. Then answer the questions no. 1.
The Maldives is famous as a tourist destination because of its enjoyable weather, heavenly beaches and lagoons, luxurious holiday resorts and the peace-loving people. Being an island country, it enjoys a pleasant weather throughout the year. The Maldives has been ranked as the best country brand for beach, rest and relaxation in 2008. In the same year, it was also ranked second as the best country brand for natural beauty.
The Maldives is well known for being the lowest country in the world. Unfortunately, this small country with idyllic natural beauty is under the threat from rising sea levels due to global warming. Most of the country is just 1.5 meters above sea level with a highest point of 2.3 meters! Many predictions have been made with respect to Maldives being swept away by the rising water level in the Indian Ocean. It was even seen during the tsunami of 2004, that many of the island’s dry parts were flooded by waters shrinking the island. The government of Maldives has begun to purchase land from nearby countries in case of islands go under water!
In order to highlight the threats of global warming to its low-lying islands, the government of Maldives held a cabinet meeting underwater in 2009. That was the first ever cabinet meeting in the world that took place underwater. The meeting took place about 5 meters underwater, in a blue-green lagoon on a small island. While meeting, the cabinet signed a document calling on all nations to cut their carbon emissions.
1. Choose the correct answer from the following alternatives. 1x7=7
(a) The tourists have a great ------ for visiting the Maldives.
(i) devotion
(ii) attraction
(c) destination
(d) attention
(b) Which of the following words best describes the weather of the Maldives?
(i) unpleasant
(ii) tropical
(iii) warm
(iv) enjoyable
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(c) The Maldives is well recognized around the world for its ---------.
(i) smallness as a country
(ii) multi racial culture
(iii) lowest land
(iv) threat of global warming
(d) During the tsunami of 2004, many parts of the country were --------.
(i) submerged
(ii) dried
(iii) uprooted
(iv) eroded
(e) The word ‘idyllic’ in the phrase ‘idyllic natural beauty’ means--------.
(i) ideal
(ii) very beautiful
(iii) very peaceful
(iv) idol shaped
(f) Global warming is a ------- to the Maldives.
(i) threat
(ii) victim
(iii) dangerous
(iv) warning
(g) The Maldives is faced with the threat of--------.
(i) tsunami over and over again
(ii) serious water pollution
(iii) disappearing from the map
(iv) extinction of its aquatic animals
Answer: 1. (a). ii, (b). iv, (c). iii, (d). i, (e) ii, (f). i, (g). iii
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