Mock IEO - 10 (Class IV)

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Long ago, there lived a family of fisherman, in a village near the sea. The father was very cruel and he used to rule the household. All the family members obeyed his commands. Lisa, the youngest daughter, was sent to the forest each day to gather wood for the kitchen fire. Near the edge of the forest was a cave under some rocks. A stream of water fell over the rocks into a basin in the cave. This was a delightfully cool place, and Lisa often rested here on her way home after gathering wood in the forest. She would lie on the mossy bank of the stream for hours and dream. One morning, as Lisa ran along the grassy path that led to the cave, she saw a little fish in the stream. Its scales flashed out all the colours of the rainbow."I am going to keep the fish for a pet," said the girl to herself. "I will call it Rainbow." She caught the pretty fish and put it into the basin in the cave and served it food everyday. So, she got a new friend.

Lisa lived in a __________.

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Long ago, there lived a family of fisherman, in a village near the sea. The father was very cruel and he used to rule the household. All the family members obeyed his commands. Lisa, the youngest daughter, was sent to the forest each day to gather wood for the kitchen fire. Near the edge of the forest was a cave under some rocks. A stream of water fell over the rocks into a basin in the cave. This was a delightfully cool place, and Lisa often rested here on her way home after gathering wood in the forest. She would lie on the mossy bank of the stream for hours and dream. One morning, as Lisa ran along the grassy path that led to the cave, she saw a little fish in the stream. Its scales flashed out all the colours of the rainbow."I am going to keep the fish for a pet," said the girl to herself. "I will call it Rainbow." She caught the pretty fish and put it into the basin in the cave and served it food everyday. So, she got a new friend.

The basin was a __________.

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Long ago, there lived a family of fisherman, in a village near the sea. The father was very cruel and he used to rule the household. All the family members obeyed his commands. Lisa, the youngest daughter, was sent to the forest each day to gather wood for the kitchen fire. Near the edge of the forest was a cave under some rocks. A stream of water fell over the rocks into a basin in the cave. This was a delightfully cool place, and Lisa often rested here on her way home after gathering wood in the forest. She would lie on the mossy bank of the stream for hours and dream. One morning, as Lisa ran along the grassy path that led to the cave, she saw a little fish in the stream. Its scales flashed out all the colours of the rainbow."I am going to keep the fish for a pet," said the girl to herself. "I will call it Rainbow." She caught the pretty fish and put it into the basin in the cave and served it food everyday. So, she got a new friend.

What did Lisa see in the stream?

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The Earth is surrounded by an ocean of gases we call the atmosphere. The atmosphere is important because it contains the air that most living things breathe. It also absorbs heat energy from the sun. It even recycles water by returning it back to the Earth as rain. Without the atmosphere, life as we know could not exist on Earth. The atmosphere extends about 600 kilometres (about 373 miles) above the surface of the Earth. Scientists discovered that the atmosphere is divided into layers, just like a layered cake. Each layer differs in thickness and in temperature. These layers also differ in composition – the types of gases that make up each layer.

Which of the following is not true about atmosphere?

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The Earth is surrounded by an ocean of gases we call the atmosphere. The atmosphere is important because it contains the air that most living things breathe. It also absorbs heat energy from the sun. It even recycles water by returning it back to the Earth as rain. Without the atmosphere, life as we know could not exist on Earth. The atmosphere extends about 600 kilometres (about 373 miles) above the surface of the Earth. Scientists discovered that the atmosphere is divided into layers, just like a layered cake. Each layer differs in thickness and in temperature. These layers also differ in composition – the types of gases that make up each layer.

Each layer differs in