A Train Station for a Student class 7| Question & Answer|
A. Here is some information from the newspaper reports you read. Work in groups of three. Each of you take up one report and tick the information you find in your report. Compare your answers to find the common information.
1. The train service operated at a station for just one passenger.
2. The name of the station was Kyū-Shirataki.
3. The girl was in high school and had one more year of schooling left.
4. Kyü-Shirataki is in Hokkaido.
5. The young girl's name was Kana Harada.
6. Train stations are closing in rural Japan due to lack of passengers.
7. There are fewer train users now because of Japan's ageing population.
8. The railway company in Japan has received a lot of praise from all over the world for keeping the station running.
Answer:
Report-1 3
Report-2 3
Report-3 5
Common:- no. 1,2,4,6, 7 ,8
B. Tick the most appropriate options.
1. According to all three reports, people on social media appreciated Hokkaido Railway Co. for
a. encouraging girl children.
b. popularizing public transport.
c. supporting education.
d. keeping the service operational.
Answer ( c)
2. Which of these is the main point discussed in all three reports?
a. People in rural Japan are not using the railway service anymore.
b. A railway company in Japan kept a service running to help one schoolgirl.
c. Japan is facing a major crisis in its ageing and declining population.
d. Many stations in remote areas are being shut down.
Answer : b
3. The population crisis that Japan faces is one of
a. vacant housing and shrinking workforce.
b. migration to cities.
c. loss of commuters and lesser use of stations.
d. a shrinking population.
Answer : (d)
C Draw this table in your notebook. Work in groups. Read the newspaper reports again and complete the table. The information collected in exercise A may help you.
information only in this report
Report 1 The girl was in high school and had one more year of schooling left.
Report 2 The girl was in high school and had one more year of schooling left.
Report 3 The young girl's name was Kana Harada.
no. 1,2,4,6,7,8 (Refer Q1 .A and write down lines )
D. Work in pairs and answer the questions.
1. Why did Hokkaido Railway Co. keep Kyu-Shirataki station open even though there were hardly any passengers using it?
Ans:-1 Hokkaido Railway Co. kept Kyu-Shirataki station open only for a girl student named Kana Harada who has to use the train to go to school for completing her High- Schooling. They gave respect to education by doing so.
2. Why did the CCTV News report go viral?
Ans-2 The CCTV News report went viral because Hokkaido Railway co. kept the line open specially for one single student.
3. Why are train stations closing down in Japan?
Ans-3 Train Stations are closing down in Japan because of facing major crisis of declining population in the country.
Punctuation
E. Punctuate these sentences correctly.
1. As the station was virtually unused it was to be shut down
Andwer: As the station was virtually unused, it was to be shut down.
2. For some years now travellers using remotely located stations like Kyū-Shirataki have drastically reduced
Answer: For some years, now travellers using remotely located stations like Kyū-Shirataki have drastically reduced.
3. Can the station be closed down
Answer; Can the station be closed down?
4. Where was the island of Hokkaido
Answer: Where was the Island of Hokkaido?
5. The railway company received a lot of appreciation for its exemplary customer service
Answer:The Railway Company received a lot of appreciation for its exemplary customer service.
6.Does it draw attention to a crucial change in the transportation sector in Japan
Answer: Does it draw attention to a crucial change in the transportation sector in Japan?
7. Did the railway company arrange special trains for Kana
Answer: Did the railway company arrange special trains for Kana?
8. The public wished Kana well for the future
Answer: The Public wished Kana well for the future .
9. How many times has Kana travelled by train
Answer: How many times has Kana travelled by train?
10. The railway company has set a great example
Answer: The Railway Company has set a great example.
F. Read these compound words. Find examples of each type from the lesson.
1. workforce highlight Timetable Countryside
2. close-up High-school Kyu- Shirataki Heart-warming, long -term
3. school hours School days TV station Went viral
G. Add heart to these words to make compound words. You may add heart before or after each word. You may not be able to use heart with all the words.
1. break Heart break
2. tiger Tiger heart
3. dog Dog heart
4. slow Slow heart rate
5. ache Heartache
6. second Second hand
7. broken heart Broken heart
H. Complete this passage using the correct determiners
1 A witty man was once boasting about
his ageless strength. " am as strong now as I was when I was a
young man."
"How can that be?" asked few people.
There is a big rock outside my house. I couldn't move it then and I can't move it now!" said
the man.
2. A man was once sitting on the riverbank when someone shouted
to him from the opposite side: "Hey! How do I get across?"
"You are across!" the man shouted back.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate determiners.
That job description was for the role of
a stationmaster at Kishi train station in Wakayama, Japan.
When thorough search and selection process took place to find The replacement for Their beloved Tama, who had been a cat stationmaster since 2007.
Now This station has found ..a... replacement, Nitama. Nitama, the current cat stationmaster
If you have any doubt please let me know