EXERCISE:3

◆Read the following text and answer the questions given below it.

My brother Walt is no more(મૃત), yet his influence (અસર) lingers (રહેલી છે) like a living presence (જીવંત છાપ)! over the studio where he turned out (ના તરફ વળ્યાં)the cartoons, nature films and feature (લાક્ષણિક) movies that made him known and loved around the world. Even now, as I walk around the studio crew (સ્થાન), I half expect(ઈકસ્પેક્ટ)અપેક્ષા to encounter (મળવુ,અચાનક મુલાકાત થવી) that tall, country-boy (પાતળું શરીર ધરાવતો ગામડિયો છોકરો) head bowed (ઝૂકેલું)in thought about some new project.

Que.- 1. Is Walt alive?

Ans: No, Walt is not alive.

Que.- 2. How do Roy Disney feel that Walt is alive?

Ans: Walt’s influence is steel on the studio so Roy Disney feel that Walt is alive

Que.-3. What made Walt Disney World famous?

Ans: Walt Disney cartoons, natural films and feature movies made him world famous. 

         As far back as (જેટલું થાય તેટલું) I can remember, Walt was drawing. The first money he ever made was a nickel ,(પાંચ સેન્ટ, અમેરિકી ચલણ) for a sketch of a neighbour’s horse. He studied cartooning in Chicago, and then started a little animated-cartoon company in Kansas City that flopped (નિષ્ફળ ગઈ). I was in Los Angeles when Walt, just 21, decided to try his luck in Hollywood.

Que -1.where did Walt study cartooning 

Ans: Walt studied cartooning in Chicago.

Que -2.When did Walt decide to try his luck in Hollywood?

Ans: At the age of 21, Walt decided to try his luck in Hollywood.

Que-3.What did Walt start in Kansas City?

Ans:  Walt started a little animated cartoon company in Kansas City

EXERCISE:4

◆Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words given in the bracket. 

1.(story, stubborn, nursed, amusement, illustrates, vision, to realize, idea.)

The ___1___ of Disneyland, perhaps better than anything else, ___2___ Walt's 

__3__ and his _____4______ determination ___5___an ___6__ he believed in.

For years, Walt had quietly ___7__ the dream of a new kind of ____8__ park.

Ans:

1.story 

2.illustrates વર્ણન કરે છે 

3.vision 

4.stubborn મક્કમ 

5.to realize સાચા કરવાનું 

6.idea 

7.nursed 

8.amusement.

2.[riveted, reprimand, conjured,-આહવાન કરવું virtuoso] (March:20)

The dance team received a strong -----1---- in the second round from the judges.

So they came with-----2---- performance in the next round and -----3------ all.

Ans.

1.reprimand-રેપરીમાન્ડ- ઠપકો

2.virtuoso,વિર્ટુઓસો-અસાધારણ 

3.riveted-રિવેટેડ- મંત્રમુગ્ધ કર્યા

EXERCISE:5

◆Tick mark true or false against the following statements: 

1. Walt was a complex man.---true 

2. The author took the final decision at the studio.--- false 

3. The author can see Walt's influence over the studio.---true  

4. What was very industrious in his work.--- true 

5. Mickey Mouse made Walt world famous.--- true. 

6.A cartoon series called Alice earned a lot for Walt---false 

7.Disneyland created history for Walt for his brothers and for all his companies.---true 

9. Walt first painted a picture of his mother in his life.--- False 

10. Walt is imaginative and industrious.---true 

11. At the age of 18 Walt decided to try his luck in Hollywood.---false 

12. Walt borrowed dollar 500 and started a cartoon series 'Alice in cartoon land'.---true 

13. Disneyland was open in England.---false 

14. For Walt Disneyland is like a big and Shiny toy.---true 

15. Walt invested all his money on his studio.--- true 

16. Mickey and Oswald are the creation of Walt.---true

17. Roy Disney is no more but his influence still lingers over the studio. ---true 

18. Walt studied cartooning in Kansas City and started little animated company in Chicago.----false.

19. Walt used to see gloomy through the saddest cartoon, concentrating on some way to improve it. ----false 

20. Walt was only fifteen years old when he decided to try his luck in Hollywood.---false.

21. The final judgement was always unquestionably Roy’s.---true.