94. Reading Skills Comprehension: Landmarks

Landmarks

Read the given passages carefully and answer the questions that follow:       

1. Ever wondered about those tall structures that are landmarks along every shore all over the world? Lighthouses. We see them in pictures and in movies and along every seashore. Tall, stately structures looking out to sea, warning the incoming ships of approaching land. Did you know what served as a lighthouse in the early years?

2. The locals from the area would light a fire at a height to warn boats of any impending dangers like rocks or even land. The early constructors of lighthouse included the Greeks, Romans and Phoenicians.

3. How do you think these lighthouses showed the way to incoming ships?

4. Those were the days when technology had not taken over the world. The lighthouses used lamps to guide the ships. However, these lamps could throw light only as far as a few miles into the sea. It was only much later that mirrors, prisms, electricity and the automatic working of a lighthouse came to be. It is indeed amazing what these stately structures out in lonely locations across the world mean to the sailors as they near land after days out at sea.

5. Did you know that the Lighthouse of Alexandria is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World? It was located on the island of Pharos in Egypt and it was built in 290 BC. The lighthouse used to fire at night and reflected the sunrays during the day to warn sailors of land. This monument is a legacy in the world today although it was destroyed by several earthquakes that hit it in the 1300s. Today, in its place stands a fort built in 1480 using the marble and stones from the lighthouse, a breathtaking structure that came down ravaged by nature.

1.Attempt sixty-eight of the following questions on the basis of the passage you have read:

 (i)Where can you see lighthouses?

 (ii) Why are the lighthouses built?

(iii) What kind of lighthouses were popular in the early days?

(iv) Why is the fast built in 290 BC unique?

 (v) What was the demerit of the early lighthouses?

(vi) What message did these lighthouses convey to the sailors?

(vii) Why is the lighthouse of Alexandria world famous?

(viii) How do people remember the lighthouse of Alexandria these days?

 (ix) Find the word, para 1, which means the same as ‘An important structure that is easy to recognize’.

Answers:-

(i)We can see lighthouses along the seashore all over the world.

(ii) They warn the incoming ships of the approaching land.

(iii) In early days people used to light a fire at a height.

(iv) Because the lighthouse used to fire at night and reflected the sunrays during the day.

 (v) The early lighthouses used lamps and guided the ships. But they could light only a few miles into the sea.

(vi) The sailors were often informed that they were near the land after days out at the sea.

(vii) Because it is one of the seven wonders of the Ancient World.

(viii) These days a fort using marbles and stones from the lighthouse is built in its place.

(ix) Landmarks

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