DB---11
English (Compulsory) First Paper
Part---A: Seen Comprehension (40 Marks)
Communicative competence refers to the ability to use language appropriately in different circumstances. There are two ways of developing communicative competence in a language. The first is acquisition which is similar to the way people develop ability in their mother tongue. It is a natural subconscious process in which uses are not usually aware of acquiring a language. They are aware only of the fact that they are using the language for communication. In non-technical terms, acquisition is ‘picking up’ a language spontaneously. It may also called ‘implicit’ learning. On the other hand, the second way of developing communicative competence in a language is learning that language. It refers to conscious knowledge of a language, knowing the rules of language use, being aware of using them, and being able to talk about them. In non-technical terms, learning is to know consciously about a language. It may be described as ‘explicit’ learning. Language specialists believe that acquiring a language is more successful and longer lasting than learning. Therefore, teachers these days encourage learners of a second language to practice and experience the language in different situations where they are involved in communicating with others and that is exactly what the tasks in this book are designed to do.
1. Choose the right word/expression to complete each sentence: 1x5=5
(a) Communicative competence devalues/means/discourages the ability to use language appropriately.
(b) Explicit learning refers to subconscious/careless/conscious knowledge of a language.
(c) Acquiring a language is more difficult/temporary/effective than learning it.
(d) Nowadays teachers inspire learners of a second language to practice /learn/utilize the language in different situations.
(e) Language specialists believe that learning a language is not as successful as/like/than acquiring it.
Chittagong Board ---2011
English (Compulsory) First Paper
Part A: Seen Comprehension (40 Marks)
Read the passage below and answer the questions 1----4 [Unit—9, L-3(C)]
Ismail Hossain is an affluent man now. Through hard work and devotion, he has managed to turn the wheels of fortune. He was an unemployed youth of an impoverished family from Ekdala village in Natore Sadar Thana. Through new knowledge, hard work and perseverance, he has brought prosperity in his family. Ismail Hossain, son of Zohar Ali studied up to class eight. Poverty then forced him to look for work. He worked as a labourer before he joined the training programme of the Natore Horticulture Centre (NHC) and has remained associated with it since then. . The officer in charge of NHC said that Ismail seemed to be an enthusiastic and energetic youth during the selection of villages under NHC’s command area. Ismail first received training in vegetable cultivation. There he got a lease of land in his village and applied his new and improved knowledge to cultivate vegetables. He earned taka 25,000as profit that year. In the same way he made a profit of taka one lakh by cultivating quality cauliflowers the next year. Later, he bought some land and used it entirely to cultivate cauliflowers. He has been raising hi-breed cows for milk as well as manure. Ismail’s lot has changed radically. He said with a satisfactory smile, “ I am very happy to be self sufficient now. I had nothing of my own before but now I have so much. It has been possible through my hard labour and systematic cultivation. The credit also goes to NHC of course, he added. The officer in-charge of NHC said, “ I feel very proud of Ismail Hossain. He deserves national level recognition for his outstanding success. “
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence. 1x5=5
(a) Ismail Hossain is insolvent/solvent/destitute now.
(b) Ismail has changed his lot through diligence /elegance/ defiance.
(c) The officer-in-charge of NHC boasts/talks/ derides of Ismail.
(d) Ismail got a lease of land before his training/after his training/ during his training.
(e) Ismail’s fate has changed slowly/drastically/ presently.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
(a) Islmail. Could not receive higher education.
(b) Ismail had enlightened his life by hard labour.
(c) Islmail earned taka 1,00,000 as profit for the first time.
(d) Before receiving training , Ismail led a very happy life.
(e) The officer-in-charge made adverse comment about Ismail Hossain.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs in the brackets. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) Ismail bought some land in order to use it for (cultivate)---cauliflowers.
(b) His hard work brought (radically)---change of his lot.
(c) The officer-in-charge takes (proud)---Ismail’s success.
(d) His fortune (change)---for his hard lobour.
(e) Once Ismail Hossain (unemploy)---.
4. Make a list of five qualities of Ismail Hossain. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8
Every year millions of people all over the world die unnecessarily as a result of pollution. These unfortunate and avoidable deaths are brought about by four specific factors. Firstly, air pollution from factories, burning trash and vehicle fumes cause pneumonia, bronchitis and other respiratory diseases. Then water pollution from industrial discharge, the indiscriminate disposal of toxic chemicals, and the dumping of human waste into rivers and canals cause poisoning and water borne diseases such as cholera and diarrhoea. The next factor is the noise pollution from vehicle horns and microphones that might cause aggression and damage hearing. And finally, odour pollution from dumped or untreated human waste causes serious discomfort to our sense of smell, and attracts disease-bearing creatures such as rats and flies. We should take determined action to control these problems and clean up the environment to avert these unnecessary diseases.
5. Write short answers to the following questions: 1x5=5
(a) What are the types of pollution mentioned in the passage?
(b) What is odour pollution?
(c) How does air get polluted?
(d) What is the effect of noise pollution?
(e) How does the paragraph end?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words: 1x5=5
Air and water are the two important (a)---of our environment. Many people die every year all over the world because of the (b)---of these elements. The unfortunate deaths (c)---by pollution can be avoided if we become (d)---of the disastrous (e)---of pollution.
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences: 1x5=5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing the effects of pollution. (No. 1 has been done for you). 1x5=5
Part B: Vocabulary
Fill in the gaps with a suitable word from the box (make any grammatical change if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
Waste Community Sphere Women Family Returns
Educate Develop Children Welfare Mother sector
Education for girls is essential for the development in all (a)---of the society. So, investments in the education of (b)---will bring in greater (c)---in the field of economic and social (d)---. Educated women can contribute more to the family (e)---than those who have no schooling . Educated (f)---are more likely to send their (g)---to school and look after their health and nutrition. Thus (h)---women can contribute to the (i)---development. On the other hand, failure to educate women is a tremendous (f)---of human resource.
10. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words. 1x10=10
Banks are unable or unwilling to lend (a)---to the poorer section of the society. The Grameen Bank (h)---credit to the poor, particularly rural (c)---. There are about 800 micro-finace (d)---in the country. It is estimated that they have (e)---employment for about 54,000 people. A recent (f)---indicates that micro-credit programmes had a (g)---effect on socio-economic variables (h)---children’s schooling nutrition and family (i)---and about 5% of programme participants rose above (j)---line.
Part –C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences: 6x2=12
A B C D
(i) A large number themselves in one solution to vocations
(ii) It is not provides loans and themselves can engage employment to all
(iii) Self-employment of people in or other of these this problem
(iv) It means possible for the Bangladesh are earning activity
(v) People can train is a possible counseling to start in economic activities
(vi) The government that people government to give unemployed.
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite them in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story: 14
(i) The blacks were subjected to all sorts of indignities.
(ii) But the oppressive rulers could not break the spirit.
(iii) Nelson Mendela was the greatest leader of South Africa.
(iv) Eventually, the great leader realized the goal of liberating his own people.
(v) In fact , he was one of the greatest leaders of the world.
(vi) All his life he struggled against apartheid.
(vii) They were aliens in their own country.
(viii) It was government policy of racial segregation.
(ix) The blacks were treated cruelly.
(x) He was thrown behind the prison bars.
(xi) The great leader vowed to put an end to the inhuman practice.
(xii) They were denied all basic human rights.
(xiv) Even dogs received a much better treatment than the blacks.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should provide as much detail as possible. You must give a title to your paragraph. 14
(a) What is meant by premature marriage? (b) Who are victims of premature marriage? (c) What are the causes of pre-mature marriage? (d) What problems does premature marriage create in society? (e) What suggestions do you have to solve the problem?
Read the passage below and answer the questions 1—4
Bangladesh is a small country but has a huge population. Most people here live below the poverty line and cannot therefore afford to educate their children. Many poor children either drop out of school after just a few years or simply do not go to school at all. We have far too many students to educate compared to the number of institutions available. Bangladesh needs more schools, colleges and universities to provide for the increasing number of educational institutions. At present every educational institution is over-crowded and class size is unusually large. As facilities in these institutions are poor, students do not get a standard education. Moreover, many educational institutions in Bangladesh are troubled with politics and violence. Sometimes, institutions are closed down to avoid clashes between rival groups of students. Such closures badly affect academic progress.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence: 1x5=5
a) Most of the people in Bangladesh do not have the intention/ability/endeavor to educate their children.
b) Comparatively the number of the educational institutions is insufficient/available/excess in Bangladesh.
c) Many students cannot study due to unawareness/laziness/poverty.
d) Some of our educational institutions are troubled/accomplished/glorified by terrorism.
e) The academic progress of our education has been stopped/interrupted/executed by many obstacles.
f) The population of Bangladesh is small/scarce/exceedingly large.
g) We have more/insufficient/adequate educational institutions
h) By ‘ class size we understand number of students/class room/education materials.
i) Students do not get standard education owing to poor facilities/lack of attention/violence in the campus.
j) Most people cannot send their children to school because of unawareness/want of school/poverty.
a) Most of the people in Bangladesh do not have the intention/ability/endeavor to educate their children.
b) Comparatively the number of the educational institutions is insufficient/available/excess in Bangladesh.
c) Many students cannot study due to unawareness/laziness/poverty.
d) Some of our educational institutions are troubled/accomplished/glorified by terrorism.
e) The academic progress of our education has been stopped/interrupted/executed by many obstacles.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
a) Most of the people in Bangladesh do not have the intention/ability/endeavor to educate their children.
b) Comparatively the number of the educational institutions is insufficient/available/excess in Bangladesh.
c) Many students cannot study due to unawareness/laziness/poverty.
d) Some of our educational institutions are troubled/accomplished/glorified by terrorism.
e) The academic progress of our education has been stopped/interrupted/executed by many obstacles.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
a) Every child of Bangladesh has the opportunity to take primary education.---F---True--Many children of Bangladesh do not have the opportunity to take primary education.
b) Though many students drop out at school level, many educational institutions of our country are overcrowded.-True
c) Most of our people have to struggle with poverty.--True
d) The practice of politics develops the standard of our educational institutions.---F—True---The practice of politics hinders the standard of our educational institutions.
e) For poverty many students drop out after a few years.---True
f) Some people in Bangladesh live below the poverty line.---F---True---Most people in Bangladesh live below the poverty line.
g) The government can fund the educational institutions.---F---True---The government cannot fund the educational institutions enough.
h) Many educational institutions are troubled with devastating floods.—F---True---Many educational institutions are troubled with politics and violence.
i) Educational institutions are closed down in order to avoid the risk of clashes.---True
j) We have more students than our educational institutions.---True
3. Fill in the gaps with correct form of the words in brackets. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
a) Poverty is the main obstacle for most of the people of Bangladesh to be (educate)---- Ans: educated
b) Without (remove)---poverty, our population cannot be educated.
c) Government is unable to (provide)---money for all industries.(provide)
d) Many parents have no (capable)---send their children to school.(capability to)
e) In spite of (be)---small, Bangladesh has a huge population.(being)
f) The number of educational institutions (b)---(be) not enough in Bangladesh.(is)
g) Students are (relation)---politics.(related to)
h) Financial supports are not (equal)---provided according to requisition.(equally)
i) Closures of educational institutions (hinder)---academic progress.(hinder)
j) The education (impart)---the students is often below standard.(imparted to)
4. Make a list of five reasons why people cannot afford to educate their children. 5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5—8
There have been significant changes in the types of entertainment over time. Many of these no longer exist. Even if they do, people keep looking for newer forms of entertainment. Thus, snake charming, puppet shows, jatra, jarigan, sharigan and kabigan which were common forms of entertainment in the past, have almost lost their appeal. Radio, which used to be a good source of entertainment in the past, is now giving place to television, and to satellite channels in particular. The entertainment business, like other spheres of life, is getting westernized day by day. Folk music or palligeeti is now sung with western instruments. At the same time, modern music is now fusing melodies from folk and traditional songs. In general, band and pop music is becoming more and more popular, particularly among the young generation.
Sport has become a great source of entertainment today. Football, which used to be the most popular spectator sport in Bangladesh, is gradually being replaced by cricket as a popular form of sports entertainment.
5. Write short answers to the questions below. 1x5=5
a) Is there any change in the field of entertainment in our country.
b) What instruments are now used in singing folk music?
c) Why have the old forms of entertainment lost their appeal?
d) What were the common forms of entertainment in the past?
e) What is the position of football now-a-days?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words 1x5=5
Change is the go of the day. Everything (a)----with passage of time(Changes). Today what is new gets old tomorrow. Similarly change is noticed in (b)---(entertainment) Today people’s tastes are not confined in older types of entertainment. They look for (c)---types of entertainment(newer). Sport is also a good (d)---of entertainment(form). Once people used to (e)---football match(watch).
7. Summarize the passage in five sentences 1x5=5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing the changes in entertainment through the ages. (No 1 has been done for you). 1x5=5
Or Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8
Sports are a popular form of entertainment. Many international sporting events are organized from time to time. Most of these events are sponsored by multinational manufacturing companies and business firms. They pay for the sports events in exchange for the right to advertise their products during those events. These events are telecast worldwide by satellite and people all over the world watch them live. As a result, the sponsors’ products receive maximum media coverage thus giving companies international recognition. This is only the commercial aspect of international sport but there are other aspects too. The sports venue becomes a meeting place of people from different countries. When people of different nations get together on the occasion of an international sporting event, they come closer to each other, sharing views, opinions and friendship. This opportunity creates a sense of brotherhood and a spirit of mutual cooperation among them. Moreover, getting acquainted with different cultures helps to break down prejudice and broaden outlook. If globalization has anything to do with the development of international relationship, then sports can certainly contribute in a big way to this.
Write short answers to the following questions
a) Who sponsor international sporting events?
b) How do the products receive maximum media coverage?
c) When do people of different nations come closer?
d) What is the commercial aspect of international aspects?
e) What opportunity creates a sense of international brotherhood?
Fill in the gaps with suitable words
The last Olympic games (a)---became the most popular form of entertainment of the whole world. People all over the world watched those events (b)---by satellite. Many international manufacturing companies (c)—for the sports events in exchange for advertising their products during those events. Those products (d)---maximum media coverage. The sports venue become the (e)---place of all countries of the world.
Summerise the passage in five senences
Make a flow chart on the basis of your reading of the passage
Part B---Vocabulary
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box (Make any grammatical change if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need. 10
The British have a (a)--- for (b)---their emotions private. Some obvious things are (c)---in British bevhaviour. For example, on public transport one passenger does not (d)---talk to another passenger. On meeting, people do not (e)---and often simply shake hands on a first (f)---.In theaters, concert halls and cinemas audiences (g)---quiet during performances. None of these behaviour traits should be (h)---as unfriendliness. If a visitor (i)---the first move to start a conversation, he will find that British people are (j)---
Overeating (a)---taking too much food (b)---one needs. We eat (c)---to overload our stomach but to (d)---a sound health. A sound health (c)---on eating habit, to some extent. Overeating tells (f)---our health. By (g)---awareness of the people the habit of overeating can be (h)---. With a view to (i)---our body fit, we should (j)---taking too much food.
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap: 1x5= 5
Man pollutes water, another vital (a)---of the environment , by (b)---waste into it. Farmers (c)---chemical fertilizers and insecticides in their fields. Some of these chemicals, washed away by rain and floods, (d)---mixed with water in rivers, canals and ponds. Water is also (e)---by mills and factories when they throw their (f)---chemicals and waste products into rivers and canals. Water vehicles also pollute rivers by dumping oil, food waste and human (g)---into them. Insanitary latrines (h)---on river and canal banks are also (i)---for further pollution. In this way, various (jj)--- of waste and filth contaminate water.
Or
Natural disaster (a)---throughout the world in recent years. The main reason behind this is greenhouse effect or (b)---of the air (c)---the earth. Global warming is melting the (d)---ice of polar regions and of the peaks of (e)---mountains. Consequently the (f)---of sea water has alarmingly increased. Cyclones and tidal bores (g)---inundating and destroying the coastal regions to a large extent. Climatologists (h)---that in the last 185 years 99 cyclones hit the coastal (i)---and off shore islands of our country causing irrecoverable loss (j)---life and properties.
Part C---Guided Writing
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full: 2x6=12
Or
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story. 1x14= 14
i) Then he saw a spider trying hard to reach the ceiling of the cave.
ii) But it did not give up hope.
iii) The spider failed again and again to succeed.
iv) Bruce saw the spider climbing to the ceiling after some unsuccessful attempts.
v) He gathered an army of strong men and attacked his enemies.
vi) This dauntless spider inspired Bruce to shake off the darkness of despair.
vii) The enemies courted defeat and Robert Bruce regained his kingdom.
viii) The king fought bravely but lost the battle.
ix) Robert Bruce was a famous king of Scotland.
x) He had to flee from his kingdom to save his life.
xi) Enemies invaded his kingdom.
xii) He took shelter to a remote cave.
xiii) Once he was lying in the cave.
xiv) The king was always in a gloomy state for his unhappy condition.
Or
(i) An English boy was making a small boat.
(ii) My country is on the other side of the sea.
(iii) “ I didn’t see my mother for a good longtime.
(iv) Napoleon, the king of France was a great hero.
(v) The king was charmed by the words of the small boy.
(vi) He won many battles and conquered many countries of Europe.
(vii) Suddenly he noticed a wonderful thing.
(viii) “ Let me go to my country”
(ix) One day he was walking along the sea shore.
(x) The king asked him why he was making such a small boat.
(xi) The boy was brought before him.
(xii) “ I shall go to my country by this boat”
(xiii) He made all arrangements to send him to his country.
(xiv) The boy said, “ I shall cross the sea”.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answer to the questions should give as much detail as possible.
a) What is an international language?
b) Why is English called so?
c) Why should we learn English?
d) What do you think about the necessity of grammar in learning English?
e) How does your English text book help you learn English?
Or
a) Where is Bangladesh located?
b) When did she get her freedom?
c) Where is the capital of Bangladesh?
d) What are the different religions here?
e) What are some of the customs and traditions that people follow?
f) What are its main tourist spots?
What is the greenhouse effect? It is the gradual warming of the air surrounding the earth as a result of heat being trapped by environmental pollution. This is exemplified by the destruction and burning down of tropical rain forests, by traffic that clogs up city streets, by the rapid growth of industry, the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in packaging and manufacturing commercial products, the use of detergents such as washing powder and washing up liquid and so on. The oceans are also said to be affected both because of human waste and because of pollution caused by industrial waste products, oil seeping from damaged supertankers and from other maritime disasters. However, the main culprits for global warming are carbon dioxide gas produced by the burning of fossil fuels and forests, and pollutants such as methane and chlorofluorocarbons.
Climatologists predict that midway through the next century, temperatures may have risen by as much as 4°C. This could catastrophically reduce mankind’s ability to grow food, destroy or severely damage wildlife and wilderness, raise sea levels and thereby flood coastal areas and farmland. The alarming news about Bangladesh is that as a result of the rise of the sea levels, the lower southern part of the country may one day go under water.
1. Choose the correct word to complete each sentence 1x5=5
a) The most likely cause of greenhouse effect is the raise/rise/soar of the sea level.
b) Global warming may have a minor/insignificant/disastrous effect on life.
c) Many countries of the world are victims/martyrs/offenders of this problem.
d) The burning of fossil fuels, forest and various pollutants is the effect/root/source of carbon dioxide gas.
e) Traffic that clogs up city streets have delayed/accelerated/hastened the environment pollution.
2. True/false? If false, give the correct information 1x5=5
a) Carbon dioxide is the only culprit for global warming.
b) In the passage there is no prediction of the climatologists.
c) If the sea level rises, it might engulf some parts of Bangladesh.
d) Any kind of powder is a detergent.
e) One of the consequences of the rise in temperature is desertification.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets: 1x5=5
a) According to the (believe) ---the climatologists, the greenhouse effect is the most likely cause of the global warming.
b) Life on earth is seriously (threaten)---global warming.
c) Industrial waste products are one of the (cause)---of water pollution.
d) The oceans are polluted by oils(flow)---supertankers.
e) There are many reasons of the (exemplify)---global warming.
4. Make a list of five things responsible for global warming: 5
Read the passage below and answer the questions. 5---8”
The British have a reputation for keeping their emotions private and for being reserved in their public behaviour. There are some obvious things that people from overseas notice in British behaviour. For example, on public transport, people do not usually talk to other passengers. On meeting, people do not embrace and often simply shake hands on a first introduction. In theaters, concert halls and cinemas, audiences are quiet during performances and reactions are often restrained. None of these behaviour traits, however, need to be interpreted by visitors as unfriendliness and in general, if a visitor makes the first move to start a conversation, they will find that British people are friendly and very considerate. On the other hand, some aspects of British behaviour might seem too informal for foreigners. An example is the informal use of first names among staff holding different status in work. Although it would be a blasphemy for a student to call his/her teachers by their first names in Bangladesh, it is quite common in British colleges and universities.
Britain lies in the temperate region, in winter, it is very cold and windy. You should carry warm clothes with you. Moreover, there are a number of significant differences in norms and behaviour.
5. Write short answers to the following questions: 1x5=5
a) What do the British do on public transport?
b) What do the visitors notice among the British?
c) What may be a blasphemy for a student in Bangladesh?
d) How do British people behave on first introduction?
c) Why should you carry warm clothes with you?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words: 1x5=5
The British are (a)---for keeping their emotions private. They also maintain (b)---when they (c)---with the strangers. People from overseas notice some obvious things in the (d)---of the British. When they (e)---other people, they do not embrace and shake hands on a first introduction.
7. Summarize the passage in five sentences. 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing the etiquette of the British people.(No. 1 has been done for you).
Part B—Vocabulary
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box (make any grammatical changes if necessary. There are more words in the box than you need: 10
The disposal of various kinds of (a)---is seriously polluting the environment. The world’s climate is (b)---a significant change (c)---warming is the cause of the increase of heat in the atmosphere. The climatologists (d)---that it will be difficult to find a (e)---place to live in. Every year millions of people all over the world die (f)---as a result of (g)--. These unfortunate and (h)---deaths are (i)---about by four specific factors. We should take determined (j)--- to control these problems.
10. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word: 1x10=10
Introverts and extroverts (a)---two kinds of men (b)---in the society. An introvert is quite (c)---to an extrovert. Without (d)---extrovert no man or woman (e)---life in the country. What we have (f)---from the (g)---of Sohel and Farid gives us the quality of introvert. (h)---Farid had done in the bus(i)---introvert. Fahima is (j)--- the extrovert quality.
Part C---Guided Writing
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentence in full: 2x6= 12
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story: 1x14=14
(i) The food was very hot.
(ii) The old woman felt pity for him and quickly gave Taimur a full dish of food.
(iii) It was situated far away from the capital.
(iv) When the news reached the Prince, he dame with a large army.
(v) The area was surrounded on all sides.
(vi) Taimur’s soldiers were all killed, but Taimur escaped with great difficulty.
(vii) He disguised himself as a poor traveler and supported himself by begging.
(viii) Taimur was so hungry that he did not wait.
(ix) He hurriedly dug his fingers right in the middle of the dish.
(x) Young Taimur once attacked a province of a powerful prince.
(xi) One day he became very hungry and could not get anything to eat.
(xii) He came to a house and asked an old woman to give him something to eat.
(xiii) As a result he burnt his fingers.
(xiv) Taimur was one of the greatest conquerors of the world.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
a) What is load-shedding?
b) What are the causes of load-shedding?
c) How do people suffer during it?
d) What are the effects on the economy of the country?
e) How can we minimize load-shedding?
This phenomenon has led to a bewildering variety of English around the world. As more and more people speak English, more and more varieties have emerged which are strongly influenced by the pronunciation, grammar and idioms of the respective mother tongues. World English has now moved away from the control of native speakers. There is a joke that global English is neither British nor American, “ rather it is bad English. However, the question of good or bad English is irrelevant now. Today’s slogan is mutual intelligibility among users of the language.
1. Choose the right word/phrases to complete each sentence. 1x5=5
a) Globalization need /needed/needs a common language.
b) Now a days English belong to/belongs to/is belonged world’s people.
c) Now a days people hardly bother about correction/appropriateness/precise of their English.
d) As a common language English is able to create better understanding/enmity/opposition among different nations
e) Today’s slogan is’ mutual intelligibility’ among users of the language. Here the word ‘intelligibility’ is verb/preposition/noun.
2. True/false? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
a) English is not spoken only in England, America and some other English speaking countries.
b) Globalization does not require any particular common language.
c) Only good English is spoken globally.
d) The plural form of the word ‘ phenomenon’ is ‘phenomena’.
e) All people can hardly be benefited from English.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words given in brackets. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
a) Once English (b)---spoken by the native speakers only.
b) World English (move)---now away from control of the English.
c) The standard of English in our country is (get)---low gradually.
d) Global English is (say)---to be bad English.
e) English has made (communicate)---the people of other countries convenient.
4. Make a list of five points about the necessity of English in global perspective. 5
The British have a reputation for keeping their emotions private and for being reserved in their public behaviour. There are some obvious things that people from overseas notice in British behaviour. For example, on public transport, people do not usually talk to other passengers. On meeting, people do not embrace and often simply shake hands on a first introduction. In theaters, concert halls and cinemas, audiences are quiet during performances and reactions are often restrained. None of these behaviour traits, however, need to be interpreted by visitors as unfriendliness and in general, if a visitor makes the first move to start a conversation, they will find that British people are friendly and very considerate. On the other hand, some aspects of British behaviour might seem too informal for foreigners. An example is the informal use of first names among staff holding different status in work. Although it would be a blasphemy for a student to call his/her teachers by their first names in Bangladesh, it is quite common in British colleges and universities.
5. Write short answers to the following questions: 1x5=5
a) What goodwill do the British have?
b) How do the British people behave on public transport?
c) How do the British people behave in a cinema hall?
d) Are British people really unfriendly?
e) What aspect of British behaviour may appear informal to a foreigner?
6.Fill in the gaps with suitable words: 1x5=5
Shahida went to Britain for her graduation. She came back last year. During her stay there she marked many things about the British behaviour. She (a)---that the British were by nature reserve. They did not talk on public transport unless they were (b)---something. On (c)---they did not embrace. Once she went to a theater. There was a very romantic drama. To her utter surprise she observed that the people kept (d)---even when the most romantic scene was on the stage. The way in which the students addressed their teachers simply (e)---her.
7. Summarize five points about British behaviour in full sentences. 1x5=5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes doe for the flow chart showing the etiquette of the British people. (No. 1 has been done for you).
Part B---Vocabulary
9. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word from the box. (Make any grammatical changes if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need. 10
A library serves as the best source of knowledge (a)---for the students and the teachers. It is a large (b)---of books. Among these there are books on courses that are taught in different classes. There (c)---books on extra curricular subjects also. In the library newspapers and periodicals are also (d)----.The library (e)---to the tastes of different people. Books are arranged in shelves(f)---. There are library assistants who are also helpful for the readers. One head librarian (g)---after the library. So the teachers do not have any problem in (h)---out the right book. There is also a reading room where silence(i)---. One can also take books from the library for reading at home by (j)----library cards to the librarian.
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap. 1x10=10
Who is to control the crimes of the country? The rich? The government? Who? It is everybody’s responsibility. In a country where everybody is trying to defeat every other one to make unlimited wealth as quickly as possible, it is very difficult to curb the crimes. Almost all contribute to crime and disorder in one or the other (a)---. World Bank and other international organizations have published (b)---on corruption and human rights violation in Bangladesh. They have also suggested how to (c)---the existing situation. But none of them is (d)---so far. It is alleged that most of the political parties are (e)---to gain their party interests. They have also divided the nation ideologically. National (f)---is a dream that might never come true. Sometimes some so called intellectuals write some article in newspapers. But that brings no(g)---. Abuse of (h)---by the public servants has led the nation to the present situation. The representatives of the people are being mainly (i)--- for it. But it is not the only truth. Let us all be united to bring an end to this deteriorating (j)---.
Part C---Guided Writing
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full: 2x6=12
12. Write the numbers of the following sentences in proper order so that they may form a continuous meaningful paragraph. 1x14=14
a) Then he saw a spider trying hard to reach the ceiling of the cave.
b) But it did not give up hope.
c) The spider failed again and again to succeed.
d) Bruce saw the spider climbing to the ceiling after some unsuccessful attempts.
e) He gathered an army of strong men and attacked his enemies.
f) The dauntless spider inspired Bruce to shake off the darkness of the despair.
g) The enemies were defeated and Robert Bruce regained his kingdom.
h) The king fought bravely but lost the battle.
i) Robert Bruce was a famous king.
j) He had to flee from his kingdom to save his life.
k) Enemies invaded his kingdom.
l)And he took shelter in a remote cave.
m) Once he was lying in the cave.
n) The king was always in a gloomy state for his unhappy condition.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
a) What is SIDR?
b) When and where did it attack?
c) How much damage did it cause to life and property?
d) What is your idea about the measures taken by the government?
e) What can the young students do in case of a natural disaster like SIDR?
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives: 1x5=5
a) Globalization has influenced our life very widely/easily/slowly.
b) Now a country in distress can immediately be attacked/helped/developed by the others.
c) It is very difficult/important/easy to know what is happening in other parts of the world.
d) Globalization aims at establishing/creating/expanding a borderless market in the world.
e) The world has come closer and has become a populated/large/global village.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
a) Globalization is a process of expanding trade and commerce all over the world.
b) Globalization has not become an unfamiliar word.
c) Now we can know, at once, what is taking place in the remotest parts of the world.
d) Globalization hinders mutual understanding and cooperation among the countries.
e) Only a few aspects of our life have been influenced by globalization.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words. Add any preposition, if necessary. 1x5=5
a) Due to the development of hi-tech communication media. We can know what (happen)---in the remotest parts of the world.
b) Other countries can immediately come to the (assist)---of a country in disaster.
c) If it (be)---possible to build up an atmosphere of mutual understanding and cooperation, the world would be a better place to live in.
d) Globalization is a process of (expand)---trade and commerce all over the world.
e) Any country in distress can (help)---in the shortest possible time.
4. Make a list of five opportunities created by globalization. 5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8:
There have been significant changes in the types of entertainment over time. Many of these no longer exist. Even if they do, people keep looking for newer forms of entertainment. Thus snake charming, puppet shows, jatra, jarigan, sharigan and kabigan which were common forms of entertainment in the past, is now giving place to television and to satellite channels in particular. The entertainment business, like other spheres of like, is getting westernized day by day. Folk music, or palligeeti is now sung with western instruments. At the same time, modern music is now fusing melodies from folk and traditional songs. In general, band and pop music has become more and more popular, particularly among young generation.
Sport has become a great source of entertainment today. Football, which used to be the most popular spectator sport in Bangladesh, is gradually being replaced by cricket as a popular form of sports entertainment.
5. Write short answers to the following questions: 1x5=5
a) Do you notice any change in the field of entertainment in Bangladesh?
b) What are the common forms of entertainment in the past?
c) What is the position of radio now?
d) Are the common forms of entertainment popular as before?
e) Which item of sport is now replaced by cricket?
6. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word: 1x5=5
Change is the (a)---of the day. Everything (b)---in course of time. What is new today will grow old tomorrow. In the same way we notice changes in the manner of (c)---. At present, our people find little (d)---in jarigon, sharigan and kabigan. Our melodies and meaningful Bangla songs are yielding place (e)---the modern pop songs.
7. Summarize the passage in five sentences. 1x5=5
8. On the basis of your reading of the passage, make a short note in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing how changes are taking place in the sphere of entertainment. (No. 1 has been done for you).
Part B----Vocabulary
9. Fill in each gap with suitable words from the box (Make any grammatical change if necessary). There are more words than you need. 10
Trees are very useful to human beings. They (a)---the rich top soil from being (b)---away by rain water and floods. You can see tree being (c)---along mountain slopes, on road sides, in parks and gardens. Trees give us shade. They (d)---life to a place with their colorful flowers, beautiful leaves, fruits and thick trunks. They (e)---shelters for birds and animals. They give us timber, medicines, paper gum and many other useful things. They (f)---in carbon di-oxide and (g)---oxygen. As you know, by now man (h)---oxygen to (i)---and live. Trees are our best friends. We should (j)---them and plant more trees around us.
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap: 1x10=10
Man pollutes water, another vital (a)---of the environment by (b)---waste into it. Farmers (c)---chemical fertilizers and insecticides in the fields. Some of these chemicals, washed away by rain and floods (d)---mixed with water in rivers, canals and ponds. Water is also (e)---by mills and factories when they throw their (f)---chemicals and waste products into rivers and canals. Water vehicles also pollute rivers by dumping oil, food waste and human (g)---into them. Insanitary latrines (h)---on rivers and canal banks are also (i)---for further pollution. In this way, various (j)---of waste and filth pollute water.
Part C---Guided Writing
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full: 2x6=12
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in the proper order in a continuous paragraph to make a story: 1x14=14
i) They set it on fire.
ii) Seeing the armed forces taking position, Dr. Zoha came forward.
iii) Finally, Dr. Zoha was shot in the back at 11 in the morning.
iv) Later, he was bayonet charged too.
v) Meanwhile, the students doused a parked army jeep with kerosene.
vi) The teachers saw this.
vii) The armed forces saw the situation.
viii) They started to take up position against the students.
ix) Then, he declared that their bullets would pierce his heart frist.
x) He requested the armed forces not to open fire on the students.
xi) But they did not pay any heed to him.
xii) So, they requested the guards on duty to open the gate.
xiii) The situation went beyond control.
xiv) The agitated students of Rajshahi University started to jump over the locked gate to scale the wall.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
a) Why is Bangladesh called a land of natural calamities?
b) What is the most common natural calamity here?
c) When does it usually occur?
d) What are its effects?
e) Can we control it?
Whether it is due to economic necessity or the urge to establish an individual identity or both, nowadays many women are entering the outside workforce. They are joining a wide range of professions. Moreover, it is not only educated women who are opting to work but women with little or no education have come out of their cocoons to earn and become self-reliant. This does not mean that life is any easier for women now. In many ways it is more difficult, since women must still fulfill their traditional roles of wife, mother and home maker. At work, as they compete with men, they have to prove their worth twice over in order to survive.
1. Choose the correct word/expression to complete each sentence: 1x5=5
a) The position of women in Bangladesh is upgrading/damaging/declining.
b) Women are now working in a noticeable/variety of professions/one profession.
c) The presence of working women outside home is on the rising/decrease/deplorable condition.
d) Women have to compete with men to prove their position/ability/alertness.
e) Women in general were supposed to do indoor/outdoor/household activities.
2. True/false? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
a) Only women having education are opting to work outside the home.
b) Women are no longer cocooned from the outside work.
c) Women are practically capable of doing any sort of work.
d) Women should continue their traditional roles in the family.
e) Women have to asset themselves for equal rights.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of words in brackets. Add any prepositions if necessary. 1x5=5
a) The traditional (believe)--- common people regarding women’s working ability is obviously wrong.
b) Women are entering the work force for the (attain)---their economic solvency.
c) Most of the women in our society have not self (confident)----themselves.
d) Women have to excel themselves by compete---men.
e) Women’s (depend)---sounds foolish in present context of the world.
4. Make a list of five activities generally done by women in the household. 5
Read the passage below and answer questions: 5---8
As his reputation as a scientist soared higher and higher, fate followed with less rewarding things. Stephen gradually started losing control over the muscles of his body as he gradually became victims of Gehrig’s disease. Since the age of thirty, he has been confined to a wheelchair with no power to control his body except for some limited movement of his head and hands only. He can speak only through a computer with a voice synthesizer that converts his messages into sounds. But such a tremendous physical handicap has not managed to dishearten or slow him down. Stephen is still a relentless worker, using his computer to carry out research work as well as deliver lectures. He lives with his wife and three daughters and is provided with twenty-four hour nursing facilities by an American organization for his physical well-being.
5. Write short answer to the following questions about Stephen Hawking. 5
a) Who is Stephen Hawking?
b) What disease was he attacked with?
c) How could he do his work in spite of his illness?
d) Whom does he live with?
e) What facilities is Hawking provided with?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1x5=5
As Hawking’s reputation gradually (a)---fate followed with less rewarding things. He (b)---control over the muscles by degrees and become a (c)---of Gehrig’s disease. He is now (d)---to the wheelchair and (e)---no power to control his body except his head and hands only.
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences giving the most important information about Stephen Hawking. 1x5=5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing how Stephen Hawking, the victim of Gehrig’s disease survive as a scientist : (No 1 has been done for you) 5
Part B---Vocabulary
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box (Make any grammatical changes if necessary. There are more words in the box than you need: 10
The computer is a fairly (a)---invention. It has now become an (b)---part of modern life. It has greatly benefited us and brought (c)---revolutionary changes in our life. Any (d)---that helps people perform mathematical calculation may be (e)---a computer. In this sense the (f)---is a simple computer. Today, however, the term computer (g)---to special kind of electronic machine that can perform mathematical calculation and process (h)---masses of information at a (i)---speed. In a few minutes a computer can perform calculation that (j)---mathematicians would need years to complete.
10. Fill the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap: 1x10=10
Sincerity is the best way of achieving success. One can go a long way if one does anything with sincerity. People who are sincere to their work (a)---of making anything success. The great men are also sincere because they (b)---that sincerity is the (c)---to success. Those who are not (d)---can never (e)---a long way in the world. The poor people are not always sincere because they do not know the (f)---of sincerity. If they know it, they would (g)---a good use of it. Sincerity (h)---not only to do work properly but also with dutifulness, honesty, modesty and good behaviour. The people of our country are not still (i)---of the (j)---of sincerity.
Part C---Guided Writing
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full: 2x6=12
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in proper order and in a continuous paragraph or write the number of the sentences serially: 14
a) He earned a lot of money from his dynamite business.
b) He was an engineer.
c) The ‘Nobel Prize’ has been being give since 1901.
d) In 1850 Alfred joined his father’s company.
e) This award was name after Alfred Nobel.
f) Dr. Alfred Nobel was born on 21st October, 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden.
g) He had ammunition business at Leningrad.
h) He under took a plan to give an award for encouraging the creative work.
i) His father Emanuel Nobel was an architect and researcher.
j) After some years, Alfred Nobel invented dynamite.
k) The prize is given every year.
l) So, it is call the ‘ Nobel Prize’
m) The award was also given for setting up a peace in the world.
n) The prize has immortalized his name.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much as possible. 14
a) What is a book fair?
b) When and where is it held?
c) How popular it it?
d) Have you ever visited a book fair?
e) What is your personal impression of a book fair?
The Great Wall of China is the largest defense fortification and the greatest building enterprise ever undertaken by man. About 1500 miles long, this unique wall stretches from the Gulf of Chihli of the Yellow Sea along the northern frontier of China to Kansu Province in the west. The width of this wall is varies from 15 to 40 feet at the base, and from 12 to 35 feet at the summit. Its height ranges from 20 to 50 feet. It is only structure on earth that can be identified from the moon.
Walled frontiers between the kingdoms in China date from at least the 4th century BC. In the 3rd century BC, the first emperor of “ Chin” after uniting China, linked up the existing walls and built new sections to create the Great Wall as a continuous unit. His purpose was to defend China from the Huns on the north. Watch towers and garrison stations were set at regular intervals in order to send signals and guard the bulwark. The wall was constructed in such a way that troops summoned by beacon fire could be quickly transported along the top.
The wall was built mostly of rubble, although the western sections are of tamped earth and important passes are of brick and masonry. The wall was frequently modified in later centuries. Some of its sections were built in the 15th and 16th centuries with new facilities of high towers. Before that, extensive repairs and extensions were made at various periods notably during the Ming dynasty.
1. Choose the correct word to complete each sentence : 1x5=5
a) The word ‘ enterprise’ in the first sentence means----organization/ initiative/development.
b) Watch towers and garrison stations were set with a view to ---getting/sending/collecting signals to summon troops.
c) The work of linking up of the existing walls started in the ---3rd /4th/5th century BC.
d) The Great Wall of China stretches along the---southern/northern/eastern border of China.
e) The emperor’s purpose of uniting the existing walls was ---defensive/offensive/extraordinary.
2. True/false? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
a) The Great Wall of China was incapable of transporting troops along its top.
b) Kansu is the name of a province in China.
c) The construction of the Great Wall began four years before the birth of Jesus Christ.
d) Hun’s target was to invade China from the north.
e) The width of the wall varies from 12 to 36 feet at the summit.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words. You may add any preposition if necessary: 1x5=5
a) The Unique Wall of China (vary)---different points.
b) Many watch towers and garrison stations(set)---regular intervals.
c) It is possible (identification)---the Great Wall from the moon.
d) The wall was built fro the (save)---the Chinese.
e) The (long)---of the wall is about 1500 miles.
4. Make a list of five important features of the Great Wall: 5
Read the passage below and answer questions 5----8
The present age is marked not only by the importance of the family as an economic and welfare institution but also by the increasing importance as an arrangement for socializing and raising children and for the psychological support of adults. There has been a wide disintegration of large kin groups and an intensification of relationships within the nuclear family. Moreover, the world is seeing an increasing association of women with earning and out of home activities.
In the pre-industrial feudal society, both husbands and wives worked in the fields outside the home. However, in the industrial period, women were segregated from out-of-home productive work. The hearth became the place for them, so cooking, cleaning, washing, giving birth and rearing children became their jobs. Men became the wage-earners and all other outdoor activities became their responsibility.
In the post war period, women started joining the workforce, contributing to family income, and thus started exercising an influence on family affairs. Previously, authority in the family rested on the husband who was the decision maker in all matters. But women, with their economic power, started influencing husbands and wives, and outdoor activities like shopping and taking children to school, to doctors or for giving place to small, nuclear families.
Even in developing countries, with the process of industrialization and organization, extended families are breaking down. Kinship is declining.
5. Write short answers to the following questions: 1x5=5
a) What happened to women in the industrial period?
b) What is the outcome of industrialization and urbanization?
c) What do you understand by ‘ Kinship is declining’?
d) How are women influencing family matters?
e) Write down an important feature of a family at the present age?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable word. 1x5=5
Disintegration is extended families is the cause of the (a)---of kinship. However, it has (b)---relationships within the nuclear family. Now women have gained economic (c)---. They are influencing decisions in the (d)---. The present age cannot think of their (e)---from such activities.
7. Summarize the passage in five sentences. 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart different aspects of family. (No. 1 has been done for you). 1x5=5
Part B---Vocabulary
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box (make any grammatical change if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need: 10
It seems hard to believe that I’ve been in Savar for a whole month now! I promised to write and tell you how I was (a)---. So, here goes. When I first got here I just couldn’t get used to the (b)---of life. Now though, I am learning to taken things (c)---I am beginning to feel at home. You can’t imagine how (d)---the university campus is. It’s very large, very green and (e)---the best campus in the country. It’s (f)---wonderful. My first (g)---of the students and teachers here is that they really (h)---and helpful. And the (i)---is wonderful. As you know, I am staying in a hall of (j)---but life here is so different particularly if you are used to home comforts.
10 Fill in the blanks with appropriate word : 1x10=10
Michael Baumann is a lawyer. He doesn’t like (a)---who talk too much. He himself (b)---to speak very little. He doesn’t not (c)---but he (d)---an enormous moustache. He (e)---it makes him look important. He does not have a lot of (f)---on his head but he isn’t (g)---either. His hair is not straight but (h)---. He is (i) his fifties and (j)---to eat.
Part C---Guided Writing
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full: 2x6=12
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story: 14
i) Androcles was very much afraid.
ii) So, one day he crept into a cave and fell fast asleep.
iii) His master was cruel and unkind.
iv) He became very weak and sick for want of food.
(v) A lion had entered the cave roaring loudly.
(vi) Once there was a slave named Androcles.
(vii) He felt sure that the beast would kill him.
(viii) He thought that he might die.
(ix) It was crying for pain in his leg.
(x) He held himself in a forest for many days.
(xi) After a while, a great noise wake him up.
xii) One day he fled away from his master’s house.
xiii) Soon he realized that the lion was not angry.
(xiv) Androcles, removed a thorn from the lion’s paws.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
a) Where is Bangladesh situated?
b) When did she get her freedom?
c) How is the climate of Bangladesh?
d) What are the main attractions of the country?
e) How do you feel about your country?
Working opportunities for women are very few in rural areas of Bangladesh. They usually spend their time doing their household chores. The ILO recently started a project titled “ Technologies for Rural Employment with Special Reference to Women and Sustainable Development”. The aim of this project is to impart training to rural women in various activities and make them self-reliant. Sakina Begum is a beneficiary of this project. She attended a training course in food processing at the Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) at Gazipur. Sakhina has two school going children. Her husband is a rickshaw-puller who does not earn enough to support the family and pay for the children’s education. From the BARI training course, Sakhina learnt how to make jam, jelly, pickles, popcorn and many other food items. Along with her fellow project beneficiaries, she is now producing these items and selling them in the local market. With the proceeds, she is now able to add to her family income. If they continue doing their work, Sakhina and other women working with her will surely see happier days with the new employment opportunities created by the ILO project.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence: 1x5=5
(a) Working opportunities for women in the village areas are simple/adequate/little.
(b) Sakhina’s husband draws/carries/takes rickshaw.
(c) Women in village usually spend time in rearing children/working in fields/doing domestic works.
(d) The word proceeds means procedure/profit/procure.
(e) The BARI makes research on technology/agriculture/industry.
2. True/false? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
(a) Sakhina Begum sells her products in the capital market.
(b) ILO training is highly beneficial for the rural women.
(c) Before receiving training Sakhina’s family was well-off.
(d) Sakhina has learnt how to read and write from the training course.
(e) Sakhina is the mother of two school going children.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words. You may add any preposition if necessary 1x5=5
(a) The ILO has started the project (recent)---.
(b) Sakhina Begum is a (benefit)---this project.
(c) (Self-reliant)---is the aim of the ILO project.
(d) The ILO training brings (add)---income to Sakhina Begum’s family.
(e) Jam, Jelly etc. are one sort of (process)—food.
4. Make a list of five points about the efforts made by Sakhina to improve her lot. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8: 1x5=5
A World Heritage Site is a place (nature or cultural) recognized by the International community in the shape of the World Heritage Convention declared by UNESCO in 1972 as possessing universal value and coming under a collective responsibility for its preservation. A country nominates a site to the convention and a decision on whether to include it to the World Heritage list is made by a 21-member international committee. Though a small country Bangladesh has three World Heritage Sites –the historic Shatgombuj Mosque of Bagerhat, the ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur and the Sundarbans.
The Shatgombuj Mosque is a 15th century Islamic edifice situated in the suburbs of Bagerhat. It is an enormous Moghul architectural site covering a large area. The Buddhist Vihara was founded in the 7th century. It is the largest single Buddhist monastery in the India sub-continent. It was a renowned intellectual centre from the 7th century until the 17th century. The Sundarbans—the 52nd World Heritage site of the world---is the largest mangrove forest in the world. Many people love to see its natural beauty. It’s a wonderful place to go to, far from the crowded towns and cities.
5. Write short answers to the following questions: 1x5=5
(a) What do you understand by a World Heritage Site?
(b) What are the World Heritage Sites of Bangladesh?
(c) When was the Buddhist Vihara renowned as an intellectual centre?
(d) What do you learn from the text above about the Sundarbans?
(e) Where is the Shatgombuj Mosque situated?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words: 1x5=5
A World Heritage site needs an international (a)---. It has to be (b)---by a country. It comes under a (c)---responsibility for its preservation. The (d)---to include the site is (e)---by a 21-member international committee.
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences: 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing different aspects of the World Heritage sites in Bangladesh (No 1 has been done for you): 1x5=5
Part---B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box (make any grammatical change if necessary: 1x10=10
Investment in education (a)---girls increases the economic and social (b)---of development investment in all other sectors. Educating girls contributes (c)---wealth through its impact on economic development. Educated women have a higher income (d)---than those who have (e)---no schooling. Educated mothers are more (f)---to send both their boys and girls to school. It is important to realize that (g)---in girls education generally results (h)---an integrated approach to community development. Thus (i)---to educate girls results in a tremendous waste of potential human (j)---.
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap: 1x10=10
An elephant does many things with its trunk. It smells, feels and picks things up with its (a)---.Elephants can uproot trees (b)---their trunks. They can defend themselves by wrapping their trunks (c)---enemies and dashing them (d)---the ground. They used their trunks to eat (e)---peanuts too. They can even brush (f)---flies. In the lumberyards of India elephants learn to pull logs out (g)---rivers and stack them. Elephants have even been taught to sweep. By holding a broom in (h)---trunk, an elephant can (i)---a road clean of dust. What a wonderful (j)---that trunk is !
Part---C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full. 2x6=12
12. The following sentences are jumbled. Re-write them in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story: 1x14=14
(i) He made up his mind to step down the throne and divide his kingdom.
(ii) Goneril declared, “ Sir, I love you more than I can say.
(iii) But first he wanted to know how much they loved him.
(iv) Lear was satisfied.
(v) He called for the map of his kingdom and drew his finger round one-third of it.
(vi) He was tired of ruling and needed rest.
(vii) Then it was the turn of Cordelia, the youngest and most loved daughter.
(viii) Lear was shocked and said, “ Nothing will come of nothing”.
(ix) When asked, his second daughter Regan said, “ My love for you shall never change’.
(x) At first Lear asked his eldest daughter, “ How much do you love me?”
(xi) He had three daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia.
(xii) Lear was pleased and gave her a third of his kingdom.
(xiii) When asked Cordelia said, Nothing”
(xiv) Long ago there was a mighty old king of England named Lear.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible: 14
(a) Where is the central Shaheed Minar located? (b) Who was architect? (c) What do the vertical lines and columns of the Shaheed Minar suggest? (d) What does it stand for? (e) How do you feel standing before a Shaheed Minar?
1. Choose the right word/expression to complete each sentence: 1x5=5
(a) The language specialists believe that a language is more successful when it is learnt/acquired/taught.
(b) Communicative competence means compatibility/discussion/talk to make oneself understood to others.
(c) Rules of grammar should be learnt/neglected/written to master over communicative competence.
(d) ‘ Explicit means foreign/native/direct.
(e) Teachers encourage learners of a second language to practice/use/establish the language in different situations.
2. Tree/False? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
(a) People develop ability in their mother tongue through artificial process.
(b) The tasks are to develop students communicative skill.
(c) Explicit learning is not better than implicit learning.
(d) Nowadays practice and experience of the second language are emphasized.
(e) The passage exhibits the difference between acquisition and learning.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in the brackets. Add any preposition if necessary: 1x5=5
(a) They should also have the (able)---the language.
(b) It is the (believe)---the language specialist.
(c) The book aims at (reach)---the learning the basic grammar.
(d) People use language for (communicate)---others.
(e) The users have no (aware)---the language.
4. Make a list of five sentences on the main points of the passage. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---5
In the past, the common form of marriage among the various cultural groups in Kenya was polygamy and the polygamous families were embedded in extended family units consisting of a man, his several wives and their married sons and children. But in line with the modern world, things are now changing there. The old custom of polygamous marriage is yielding to the new practice of monogamy, although many polygamous families can still be found in the rural areas of Kenya. Many monogamous Kenyans are now living in nuclear families with their single spouses and their children. Many of them have given up their pastoral lives and have become wage earners in cities. But they can hardly give up their extended family and lineage connections back in their villages. Some families have to maintain two households, one in their extended family home in the village and the other in the city. This often poses a dilemma for them.
5. Write short answers to those questions: 1x5=5
(a) From your reading of the passage, what do you think is the dilemma of the modern family? (b) Why is polygamy disappearing day by day from Kenya?
(c) What are polygamy and monogamy? (d) How were the families in Kenya in the past? (e) Where do the polygamous families live at present?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable word: 1x5=5
(a)---was in vogue in Kenya. Former Kenyans were very much interested in polygamous families. But fortunately the trend has changed a lot giving (b)---to the monogamy. They have realized the (c)---that monogamous families are far better than the (d)---ones. This trend will usher (e)---a new hope to the new generation. The consciousness will bring positive results to the people of Kenya.
7. Summarize the passage in five sentences: 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage , fill up the boxes with short notes regarding polygamy. 1x5=5
Part---B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box. Make any grammatical change, if necessary. There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
Hellow, my name is Charles Karore and I am a banker. My salary is (a)---but the (b)---expenses in Nairobi are (c)---high. Both housing and food are (d)---in the capital. I have (e)---an apartment but it is really too small for my family. Of course, it doesn’t have a garden. So my (f)---Maria who loves gardening can’t (g)---anything. She can’t go out to work either because there’s no one else in the house to look after the children. So the whole family depends on my (h)---alone. I have great hopes for my children and would like to send them to a good school. But good schools are very (i)---. I am not sure how much I will be able to help them. Moreover, I am often in a fix about whether I should (j)---my income with my brothers in the village.
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap: 1x10=10
Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh. It is a populous city. It is a city (a)---traffic jam. A fly (b)---is built at Mohakhali with a view to (c)---the traffic jam. To (d)---this problem, traffic rules (e)---be enforced. Besides this, drivers passers by and (f)---should honour and abide (g)---all rules (h)---making the city habitable. Otherwise, our life (i)---remain (j)---stake.
Part---C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full: 2x6=12
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story. 1x14=14
(i) The hare and the tortoise (already set in exam of Ctg Board 2009, so cancelled)
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible: 14
(a) What is good health? (b) How can we keep good health? (c) Do all the people of your country get the food they need for good health? (d) What impact do the complexities of life have on our health? (e) Do you think a simple and carefree life is conducive to good health?
Read the passage below and answer the questions 1---4:
His name was Jerry: he had been in the orphanage since he was four. I could picture him at four with the same grave grey blue eyes and the same independence? No, the word that comes to me is “integrity”. It is embedded on courage , but it is more than brave. It is honest , but it is more than honesty. The axe handle broke one day. “ Jerry said the orphanage woodshop would repair it.” I bought money to pay for the job and he refused it. “ I’ll pay for it,” he said. “ I brought the axe down careless.” “ But no one hits accurately every time, “ I told him. “ The fault was in the handle”. It was only then that he would take the money. He was standing back of his own carelessness. He was a free will agent and he chose to do careful work: and if he failed, he took the responsibility without subterfuge. And he did for me the unnecessary thing, the gracious thing that we find done only by the great of heart. Things no training can teach, for they done on the instant with no predicated experience. He found a cubbyhole beside the fire place that I had not noticed. There, of his own accord, he put wood, so that I might always have dry fire material ready in case of sudden wet weather. A stone was loose in the rough walk to the cabin. He dug a deeper hole and steadied it, although he came, himself by a shortcut over the bank.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence: 1x5=5
(a) Jerry’s sense of duty/courtesy/integrity impressed the authoress.
(b) Jerry wanted to get the axe handle repair/repaired/repairing.
(c) jerry’s courtesy was formal/artificial/inborn.
(d) Jerry came to the orphanage at the age of eight/four/twelve.
(e) The phrase of his own accord means willingly/at random/freely.
2. True/false? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
(a) Jerry steadied at the loose stone for his own use.
(b) Jerry had been at the orphanage since he was four.
(c) The axe-handle broke because Jerry brought the axe down careless.
(d) Integrity is embedded on courage.
(e) Jerry did for me the necessary thing.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the word. Add preposition if necessary: 1x5=5
(a) Jerry (a)---at the orphanage since he was four.
(b) He took the (responsible) ---breaking the axe-handle.
(c) He chose to do work (careful)---
(d) He was an orphan boy (live)---the orphanage.
(e) (Dig)---a deeper hole, Jerry steadied a loose stone.
4. Make a list of five points describing Jerry’s character. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8:
It has been over three hundred years since Emperor Shah Jahan of Delhi built the Taj Mahal as a tomb for his wife in Agra. Architecturally, it is still one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. The building is made of fine white marble with inlays of coloured marble. It has eight sides and many open arches. It rests on a platform or terrace of red sandstone. Four slender white towers rise from the corners of the terrace. There is a large dome above the centre of the building. Around this large dome, there are four smaller domes. Just inside the outer walls, there is an open corridor from which visitors can look through curved marble screens into a central room. The bodies of Shah Jahan and his wife Mumtaj lie in two graves below the room. The Taj Mahal is surrounded by a beautiful garden and there is a long pool that stretches out in front of the building. One can see the beauty of the Taj Mahal in its reflection in the pool water. Visitors come to see this wonderful building at different times of the day since it assumes a different look at different times. Most people like it best on moonlit nights.
5. Write short answers to the questions about the Taj Mahal below: 1x5=5
(a) What architectural feature of the Taj Mahal makes it most impressive?
(b) Why is it called the Taj Mahal?
(c) How does the pool enhance the beauty of the Taj Mahal?
(d) Why did Shahjahan build the Taj Mahal?
(e) When does the Taj seem most appealing?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable word: 1x5=5
There is a beautiful garden (a)---the Taj and a long pool that (b)---out is front of the building. One can see the beauty of the Taj well when it reflects in the pool water. Visitors come to see this wonderful (c)---building because it (d)---a different look at different times. Most people like it (e)---on moonlit nights.
7. Summarize five important sides of the Taj Mahal. 1x5=5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing the wonderful designs of the Taj Mahal: 1x5=5
Part---B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box. (make any grammatical changes if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need: 1x10=10
Once upon a time, there was a king who was very fond of (a)---his fortune from the astrologers. A famous astrologer (b)---to stop at his capital on his way to Benaras. The king called on him to know about the future and the astrologer told him something (c)---. At this, the king got(d)---and condemned him to (e)---saying, “ Men like you should not live to (f)---the peace of the world”. But another thought had crossed his mind before the astrologer was removed for (g)---. “ How long will you live?” asked the king. With ready (h)---the astrologer said, “ The stars(i)---that I shall die only a week before your majesty. So, good buy.” Hearing this, the king turned pale like a dead man and shouted, “ Drive this (j)---away, let him not come here again.”
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap: 1x10=10
One day a lad went to a famous teacher and having expressed his desires to (a)---knowledge, begged him to (b)---him in the arts and science. The learned man wishing to (c)---out what sort of ability the lad (d)---asked him where God (e)---. Then lad replied, “ I will answer you If you will first (f)---me where his (g)---. The sage from his sensible (h)---, thought highly of the boy’s (i)---and according to his (j)---perfected him in his studies. Thus, the wisdom of the wise manifests itself early.
Part—C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write the sentences in full: 2x6=12
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story: 1x14=14
(i) The loin was relieved of his pain.
(ii) To escape torture, one day he fled from his master’s house.
(iii) It was unbearable for him.
(iv) He took the lion’s paw in his hand and removed a big thorn from it.
(v) He used to inflict heavy torture on him.
(vi) The merchant sold him to a rich man in another country.
(vii) Unfortunately he was caught by a slave merchant.
(viii) The lion seemed wounded as he was groaning.
(ix) A lion lived in a cave.
(x) He came near the lion.
(xi) He took shelter in a cave.
(xii) In the evening the lion entered the cave.
(xiii) The man was very rude and cruel.
(xiv) Once there lived a young man named Androcles.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answer to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
(a) What is dowry? (b) What is the main reason of dowry? (c) Who take dowry and who are the victims of it? (d) How does it affect the whole society? (e) What is your reaction? (f) How can this vice be eliminated?
It is the responsibility of human beings to prevent the environment from being spoilt. To make life healthy and comfortable we should keep the environment clean and danger free. But often people spoil the environment by doing unwise things and as a result, endanger their own lives. It is the ecological imbalance that causes changes in the world’s climate and brings about different kinds of natural disasters.
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives: 1x5=5
(a) The environment is made up of many things which are independent/interdependent/interrelated.
(b) The ecosystem is very simple/complex/easy system.
(c) To lead/preserve/continue a healthy comfortable life, we should keep our environment clean and safe.
(d) Storms, cyclones and earthquakes are some destructive/constructive/harmless forces to the environment.
(e) We fail to maintain the balance of our environment because of our cruel/unfriendly/inhuman activities.
2. True/false? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
(a) The ecological balance brings about different kinds of natural calamities.
(b) By changing any part of the web of the ecosystem, we can affect all other parts.
(c) Cutting down of trees has no effect on human beings and animals.
(d) The ecosystem is a very simple chain.
(e) Only man is not responsible for spoiling the environment.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words. Add any preposition if necessary: 1x5=5
(a) Climate (depend)---the balance of the environment.
(b) The climate of the world may be (affect)---the ecological imbalance.
(c) Ecological imbalance (cause)---climate changes in the world.
(d) All things making the environment are (interlink)---
(e) People risk their lives by (pollute)---the environment.
4. Make a list of five important points about why we should maintain the ecological balance. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8:
Education is one of the basic needs of a human being and is essential for any kind of development. The poor socio-economic condition of Bangladesh can be largely attributed to most people’s inaccessibility to education. Many illiterate people do not have any knowledge of health, sanitation and population control. If they were educated, they could live a healthy and planned life. Education teaches us how to earn well and how to spend well. It enables us to make the right choices in life and to perform our duties properly. It enhances our ability to raise crops, store food, protect the environment and carry out our social responsibilities. It is only education which can help us to adopt a rational attitude. It provides us with an enlightened awareness about things and this awareness is the prerequisite for social development.
5. Write short answers to the following questions: 1x5=5
(a) What is the cause of illiteracy in Bangladesh?
(b) What are not the illiterate people aware of?
(c) What does education aim at?
(d) How is poverty an effect of illiteracy?
(e) How can education ensure a better life for all?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable word: 1x5=5
Education is (a)---as one of the basic needs of human being. Without (b)---education man cannot exactly decide what he ahs to do for a better life. (c)---from the curse of poverty, malnutrition and diseases. In fact, education (d)---darkness and creates (e)---in him with regard to his personal needs and duties to the society as well.
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences: 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing the functions of education. (No. 1 has been done for you).
Part—B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
Fill in the gaps with suitable word from the box. (Make any grammatical change if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
Overeating (a)---taking too much food (b)---one needs. We eat(c)---to overload our stomach but to (d)---a sound health. A sound health (e)---on eating habit to some extent. Overeating tells (f)---our health. But (g)---awareness of the people the habit of overeating can be (h)---. With a view to (i)---our body fit, we should (j)---taking too much food.
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap: 1x10=10
Sports are a (a)---form of entertainment. Many international sporting events are (b)---from time to time. Most of these events are (c)---by multinational manufacturing (d)---and business firms. They (e)---for the sports events in exchange for the rights to (f)---their products during those events. These events are (g)---worldwide by satellite and people all over all the world watch them (h)---. As a result, the sponsors products (i)---maximum media (j)---thus giving companies international recognition.
Part---C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make six sensible sentences. 2x6=12
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story. 1x14= 14
i) Then he saw a spider trying hard to reach the ceiling of the cave.
ii) But it did not give up hope.
iii) The spider failed again and again to succeed.
iv) Bruce saw the spider climbing to the ceiling after some unsuccessful attempts.
v) He gathered an army of strong men and attacked his enemies.
vi) This dauntless spider inspired Bruce to shake off the darkness of despair.
vii) The enemies courted defeat and Robert Bruce regained his kingdom.
viii) The king fought bravely but lost the battle.
ix) Robert Bruce was a famous king of Scotland.
x) He had to flee from his kingdom to save his life.
xi) Enemies invaded his kingdom.
xii) He took shelter to a remote cave.
xiii) Once he was lying in the cave.
xiv) The king was always in a gloomy state for his unhappy condition.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible: 14
(a) What is a language (b) Why is English an international language? (c) Why should we learn English now? (d) What will happen if we do not learn this language? (e) What do you like to say about English?
Every year millions of people all over the world die unnecessarily as a result of pollution. These unfortunate and avoidable deaths are brought about by four specific factors. Firstly, air pollution from factories, burning trash and vehicle fumes cause pneumonia, bronchitis and other respiratory diseases. Then water pollution from industrial discharge, the indiscriminate disposal of toxic chemicals, and the dumping of human waste into rivers and canals cause poisoning and water borne diseases such as cholera and diarrhoea. The next factor is the noise pollution from vehicle horns and microphones that might cause aggression and damage hearing. And finally, odour pollution from dumped or untreated human waste causes serious discomfort to our sense of smell, and attracts disease-bearing creatures such as rats and flies. We should take determined action to control these problems and clean up the environment to avert these unnecessary diseases.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence: 1x5=5
(a) Every year numerous people die unnecessarily owing to accidents/contamination/killings.
(b) Odour pollution kills/attracts/expels disease-bearing creatures.
(c) We should clean-up environment to prevent futile/fatal/unnecessary diseases.
(d) As a result of pollution many/no/a few people die every year.
(e) Pneumonia is caused by polluted water/air/sound.
2. True/false? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
(a) The passage deals with nutrition problem.
(b) Respiratory diseases are caused by water pollution.
(c) Clean environment is necessary for a healthy life.
(d) Air pollution may damage our hearing.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) Disease (lead)---death.
(b) (Fell)---trees and plants at random brings about various natural disasters.
(c) Smoke is created when anything is (burn)---.
(d) Sound pollution (affect)---our hearing.
(e) (Respiration)---diseases are caused by air pollution.
4. Make a list of five things about the source of pollution. 1x5=5
5. Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---6:
Statistics show that about---------
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words: 1x5=5
English is a great (a)---in the world today. It is a (b)---used language. It has crossed national borders to (c)---people who speak other languages. People of more than 60 countries (d)---it as the official or semi-official language. In fact, English has become a common language for international (e)---.
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences: 1x5=5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing widespread use of English. (No 1. has been done for you): 1x5=5
Part---B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the following list. There are more words in the list than you need. Sometimes you have to make grammatical changes: 1x10=10
Animals must be able to (a)---themselves from enemies in order to (b)---. Different animals have (c)---ways. Some animals have protective colouring that is their (d)---changes to match their (e)---. The common tree toad changes (f)---gray to green when it (g)---from the trunk of a tree to a green (h)---.Similarly the dead-leaf butterfly (i)---being seen by its enemies because it (j)---like a dry leaf.
10. Fill in the blanks with a suitable word in each gap: 1x10=10
While eating food we have to (a)---that we should not eat just to satisfy hunger or to (b)---the stomach. We should (c)---to preserve our health. For good (d)---we need good food. Some times it so happens that people (e)---live even in the midst of plenty do not eat the (f)---they need for a good health as they (g)---no knowledge of health and nutrition. Again the poor illiterate people think that good food (h)---costly food. They do not (i)---that whatever food they get can be nutritive (j)---they can select the food items wisely to make a balanced diet.
Part---C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make suitable sentences. Write out the sentences in full: 2x6=12
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story: 1x14=14
i) Then he saw a spider trying hard to reach the ceiling of the cave.
ii) But it did not give up hope.
iii) The spider failed again and again to succeed.
iv) Bruce saw the spider climbing to the ceiling after some unsuccessful attempts.
v) He gathered an army of strong men and attacked his enemies.
vi) This dauntless spider inspired Bruce to shake off the darkness of despair.
vii) The enemies courted defeat and Robert Bruce regained his kingdom.
viii) The king fought bravely but lost the battle.
ix) Robert Bruce was a famous king of Scotland.
x) He had to flee from his kingdom to save his life.
xi) Enemies invaded his kingdom.
xii) He took shelter to a remote cave.
xiii) Once he was lying in the cave.
xiv) The king was always in a gloomy state for his unhappy condition.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible: 14
(a) What is your idea about a book fair? (b) When and where is it held usually? (c) What purpose does it serve? (d) How is it organized? (e) What steps can be taken to make such a fair successful?
Literacy as a skill was first institutionalized in Mesopotamia, Syria, Egypt and China soon after the art of writing was invented. Education then was not for the general people but a privilege for the chosen few who took on strategic roles in the running of the state and in religion. In Greece, education become more widespread in about the 5th century BC. The Greeks however, sent only their male children to school. When Rome was conquered by the Greeks, the Romans under Greek influence developed a strong tradition of literacy. The Romans preferred their children to acquire knowledge about agriculture and warfare. It appears that the course of education is as eventful as the history of man.
The prophet Mohammed (SM) equated one literate non-believer with ten illiterate believers. Islamic civilization pivoted on literacy and patronage of scholarship. Ibn Sina (called Avicenna in the west) one of the most famous Muslim philosophers of all times, saw the task of education as creating a complete citizen, physically, mentally and morally and preparing him for a profession whereby he could earn his own livelihood and contribute to the society. In the views of Al-Farabi, another great Muslim philosopher, education was one of the most important social phenomena’ which made sure that the individual was prepared from an early age to acquire values, knowledge and practical skill within a particular culture.
1. Choose the right word/phrase to complete each sentence: 1x5=5
(a) Literacy came into practice soon after writing was innovated/invented/established.
(b) Education was only for those who had a roll/rule/role in running the state and religion.
(c) The Greeks sent their children/female children/male children to school.
(d) Influencing the Greeks/taught by the Greeks/influenced by the Greeks, the Romans developed a strong tradition of literacy.
(e) The Romans wanted their children to gather/require/obtain information about practical subjects.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
(a) The Greeks were the first to teach literacy.
(b) The Greeks did not lay emphasis on female education.
(c) The Romans under the influence of the Greeks developed a strong tradition of literacy.
(d) Writing was invented in Rome.
(e) Both literate and illiterate were equal in the eye of Islam.
3. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words given in brackets. Add any preposition if necessary: 1x5=5
(a) In the past literacy was (reserve)---the privileged class.
(b) The Romans (influence)---by the Greeks to develop literacy.
(c) In the middle ages, Islamic civilization (dependence)---on literacy and the support of rules.
(d) Ibn Sina felt that the motto of education is to make a citizen (contribute)---his society.
(e) Education aims at (prepare)---young people for life.
4. Make a list of five points about the importance of education as mentioned in the passage. 1x5=5
UNICEF stood originally for the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund. But now it is the United Nations Children’s Fund which gives long-term help to children of developing nations. It runs several welfare projects in Bangladesh. It has established numerous maternity and baby care centers around the country to ensure the health of babies and child-bearing mothers. It has helped Bangladesh get rid of contagious childhood diseases. It has organized training programmes to create rural health workers. Through awareness raising activities about health and nutrition, this organization has been able to reduce infant mortality rates in Bangladesh. Besides, in times of disasters like cyclones, flood and famine. It undertakes humanitarian work to help the affected people. To facilitate education, UNICEF distributes reading and writing materials among students, trains teachers and promotes primary education particularly among girls. It also assists a variety of rehabilitation programmes in Bangladesh.
5. Write short answers to the following questions: 1x5=5
(a) What does UNICEF stand for?
(b) What does it do when any natural calamities strike Bangladesh?
(c) Name one long term activity of UNICEF.
(d) What has contributed to lowering infant mortality?
(e) What is the passage about?
6. Fill in the blanks with suitable words: 1x5=5
UNICEF runs a great number of programmes (a)---the welfare of children in Bangladesh. It (b)---for reducing the child mortality in rural Bangladesh too. Many maternity and baby care centers have been established to (c)---the health of babies. The child-bearing mothers also (d)---help (e)---it.
7. Summarise in five sentences the overall activities of UNICEF in Bangladesh.
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing how awareness of health and nutrition can benefit society. No. 1 has been done for you: 1x5=5
Part---B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word from the box.(Make any grammatical change if necessary) There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
Children are very fond of festivals. They become very (a)---on a day of festival. If it is their birthday, their joys become over (b)---. They become very (c)---to have wishes from their beloved persons. Whole day they (d)---to spend times in joys. Usually a child on her birthday gets up early and tries to (e)---close to her parents. It becomes a (f)---day, If she is presented anything very (g)---to her. Children also want to have their friends (h)---to their house or a festival. They expect to have a party. Their joys give pleasure to their (i)---. We should try to keep the children always in a (j)---mind.
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap: 1x10=10
The Shatgombuj mosque is a 15 century Islamic (a)---situated in the suburbs of Bagerhat on the (b)---of the Sunderbans, some 175 km south-west of Dhaka. It is an (c)---Mughal architectural site (d)---a very large area. The mosque is (e)---in that it has sixty pillars which (f)---seventy seven exquisitely (g)---domes that have worn away with the (h)---of time. The mausoleum of the city’s (i)---Khan Jahan Ali can be found nearby. With the (j)---of the mosque as a World Heritage Site. It is hoped that this beautiful architectural monument will be preserved from further decay.
Part –C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full: 2x6=12
12 The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Re-write the sentences in the correct order to make a continuous paragraph: 1x14=14
(i) He is a rebel poet and our national poet.
(ii) Very often he used to flee away from school.
(iii) He lost his father in his childhood.
(iv) So, he drew the attention of the public.
(v) He was called Dukhu Mia fro his sorrow.
(vi) Nazrul Islam was born on the 25th May, 1899 in Brudwan.
(vii) He was fond of adventures, music and jatra party.
(viii) As a result his mother fell in great financial problem.
(ix) He did not like the hard and fast rules of the school.
(x) You will have heard the name of Kazi Nazrul Islam.
(xi) He spent his early life in great hardship.
(xii) One day this Dukhu Mia became a great poet.
(xiii) He could sing, dance and compose verses even in his childhood.
(xiv) As a boy Nazrul was restless and absent minded.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible: 14
(a) What is a moonlit night? (b) What is its impact on human mind? (c) How does nature look at such a night? (d) How do city dwellers and villagers enjoy a moonlit night? (e) Do you have memory of it?
British eating habits are very different now from thirty years ago. No longer are tastes confined to roast beef, mint sauce and Yorkshire pudding (which in fact is not a pudding at all). People travel more and are learning to enjoy and food from many different countries. In most towns there are Italian, Chinese and Indian restaurants but in big cities you can also eat Japanese , Thai, Korean and Malaysian food. These restaurants are often cheaper than European restaurants and many people find the food more interesting. Indeed supermarkets now offer a wide range of multi-cultural, ready-to-cook foods to try at home.
Take-away food is also very popular in Britain. Many people think that the idea of take-away meals comes from the USA but in fact it comes from Britain. The original British take-away meal was fish and chips and there are still fish’n chip shops in places as well as joints that sell fast food like pizzas and hamburgers.
In Britain most people use knives and forks for eating. In some countries for example, China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. People use chopsticks. In many other countries as in the Indian sub-continent, people use their fingers.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence: 1x5=5
(a) British tastes are no longer related/limited/attached to roast beef, mint sauce and Yorkshire pudding.
(b) In British there are some non-British restaurant that sell native/indigenous/foreign dishes.
(c) British food habits are now dissimilar/alien/natural to the food habits which they had thirty years ago.
(d) The people of Britain are very eager for /fond of/used to eating take-away food.
(e) The foreign restaurants in England are less expensive/less popular/less frequented than European restaurants.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
(a) The British people are maintaining the same eating habits as they had thirty years ago.
(b) People learn to enjoy food from different countries, because they stay there for a long time.
(c) Many people find food more interesting in non-European restaurants.
(d) The idea of take-away food comes from England.
(e) Pizzas and hamburgers are take-away food.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the words. Add any preposition if necessary: 1x5=5
(a) The British food habits now (differing)---from the food habits that they had in the past.
(b) Take-away food has a great (popular)---Britain.
(c) (Travel)---more and more, people learn to enjoy food from different countries.
(d) The idea of take-away food comes from England.
(e) Fingers are (use)---the people of the Indian subcontinent for eating food.
4. Make a list of five items of food that British people are in the habit of taking. 5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8
Education is the process by which our mind develops through formal learning at an institution like a school, college or university. It is mental and intellectual training which provides opportunities of growth and helps to overcome impediments and obstacles to progress. Again, the purpose of education is to enlighten the individual and to develop his/her capacity to the limits. It is also the business of education to train individuals to make the right choices to go ahead. It ennobles our mind and refines our sensibility. It also broadens our outlook and helps us become aware of our rights and responsibilities.
5. Write short answer to these questions about education. 1x5=5
(a) What is education?
(b) What do the schools, colleges and universities do?
(c) What is the purpose of education?
(d) Does education make our mind noble?
(e) How can we meet challenges and overcome obstacles to progress?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1x5=5
Education enlightens mankind. Newman says---gives a man a clear conscious view of his own opinions and judgments, a ---in developing them, an eloquence in expressing them and a force in using them.” It is often ---to light which removes the ---of ignorance and helps us distinguish between right and wrong. Ex-president Julius Nyere of Tanzania way back in 1974 said in an international conference that the primary purpose of education was the liberation of man from the ---of habits and attitudes which limit his humanity.
7. Summarise the purpose of education in five sentences. 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing what education does. No.1 has been done for you. 1x5=5
Part---B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word from the box (make any grammatical changes if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
Electronic mail popularly (a)---as e-mail is the communication of textual messages via (b)---means. Although telex (c)---is also electronic in (d)---there are differences (e)---a telex and e-mail. While telex communication is (i)—to terminal, electronic mail communication is user to user via the (g)---. In telex, messages destined to a number of users are sent to the same terminal from where it is (h)---in a printed form by an operator. On the other hand, e-mail is delivered to (i)---electronic mail boxes (j)---in computers.
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap. 1x10=10
Television has become a (a)---source of entertainment of the present world. A wide (b)---of programmes is (c)---on numerous channels. Almost every family has a television (d)---today. Television (e)---are not only entertaining, they can be highly (f)---too. For example, television is now (g)---used for distance learning. Courses (h)---by the open university are shown on BTV. Several channels like the Discovery Channel and the National Geographic Channel telecast highly informative and (i)---programmes. However, watching TV (j)---is not permissible.
Part ---C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full. 2x6=12
12. Same as Sylhet Board 1x14=14
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
(a) What is a book fair? (b) When and where is it held? (c) How popular is it? (d) Have you ever visited a book fair? When? (e) What kinds of books are usually available in the book fair? (f) What is your personal impression of a book fair?
Stephen Hawking was born in 1942 in an educated family. He is considered the greatest physicist after Einstein. He was very skilled in Mathematics from an early age. He got married in 1963. He got his PhD in Chemistry from Cambridge University by the time he was 26 years old. At the age of thirty two he joined Cambridge University as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics. He is famous for his investigations into the origins of the universe. He wrote the book “ A Brief History of Time. From the Big Bang to the Present Times” in which he explains cosmology for the general public. It became famous and established his reputation as a great scientist. As his reputation as a scientist soared higher and higher, fate followed with less rewarding things. Stephen gradually started losing control over the muscles of his body as a victim of Gehrig’s disease. Since the age of thirty he is confined to the wheelchair with no power to control his body except his head and hands only. He can speak only through a computer with a voice synthesizer that converts his messages into sounds. But such tremendous physical handicap has not managed to dishearten or slow him down. Stephen is still a relentless worker using his computer to carry out research work as well as deliver lectures. He lives with his wife and three daughters and is provided with twenty-four nursing facilities by an American organization for his physical well being.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence: 1x5=5
(a) Hawking is an American/British/Indian scientist.
(b) Gehrig’s disease disables a person to control the hands/legs/muscles of his body.
(c) Hawking investigated into the creation/realization/destruction of the universe.
(d) He is greatest of all/greater than Einstein/the greatest after Einstein.
(e) Hawking is very clumsy/quick/prominent at Mathematics from an early age.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
(a) When Hawking received the Einstein Award, he was already a sick man.
(b) Stephen was brought up in a sophisticated family.
(c) Every part of his body was fully unable to move.
(d) Hawking’s work is not hampered for his physical illness.
(e) Stephen is leading an isolated life.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the words. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) Computer is (use)---Hawking to give lecture.
(b) Hawking (birth)---an educated family.
(c) The (famous)---Stephen spread home and abroad.
(d) Cosmology deals with the (describe)---the universe.
(e) Hawking (nurse)---by an American organization.
4. Make a list of five points about Stephen Hawking’s life and achievement. 5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8
Fires swept over the prairies any time during practically ten months a year although the worst were usually in the fall with the grass standing high and rich in oily seeds. The prairie fires could be set by lightning, by the carelessness of greenhorns in the country, by sparks from the railroads, and by deliberate malice. Once started, the heat of the fire created a high wind that could sweep it over a hundred miles of prairie in an incredibly short time. Settlers soon learned to watch the horizon for the curling smoke rising from prairie grass. At the first sign of this, everyone hurried to the flames with water barrels, gunnysacks, hoes and particularly ploughs to dig furrows so as to prevent the fire from spreading. Even more important was the awareness of the danger ahead of time, early enough so fireguards were ploughed around the homestead, at least around the buildings.
5. Write short answer to the following questions. 1x5=5
(a) What is a prairie?
(b) What are the causes of prairie fires?
(c) When does the worst fire sweep over the prairies?
(d) Who are called greenhorns?
(e) Why are fireguards ploughed around the homestead?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1x5=5
Prairie caught fire for a good (a)---reasons. Railroads, lightning and deliberate malice were a few of (b)---. Everyone (c)—to the place of fire with water barrels, gunny sacks etc. Some with ploughs dug furrows to stop the fire. Once started, the heat of the fire (d)---a great area and (e)---the people.
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences. 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing the causes and preventive measures of prairie fire. No 1. has been done for you. 1x5=5
Part---B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word from the box. (Make any grammatical changes, if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
In our society almost in every sphere of (a)---some kinds of discrimination exist between boys and girls. In the field of (b)---this discrimination is very unfortunate. People in general do not send their (c)---children to school and confine them in the household boundaries. They consider it unnecessary to (d)---their female children. Then in regard to (e)---, girls also fall victims to maltreatment. Girls are generally not cared well. Doctors are not (f)---in for them. They are not given the (g)---nutrients. And it is usually thought that the (h)---will work and so they need more and better foods (i)---the girls. Apart from this, in almost all cases girls have to (j)---some kind of discrimination.
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap. 1x10=10
I have a neighbour(c)---. Mr. Anis Ahmed. He (b)---all the good qualities of head and heart. He is very much peace(b)---and so he does not disturb others. He is sympathetic to others and (d)---by them in their weal and woe. He is very much helpful and so he tries his best to help others when he sees them in (e)---. He is so well (f)---that I have not seen him quarrel with any person. His (g)---sense is so great that he never throws the garbage of his kitchen (h)---his house or on the road. He is very much religious. In a word, he is a nice (i)---. I am happy to (j)---such a good neighbour.
Part ---C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences Write out the sentences in full. 2x6=12
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story. 1x14=14
(a) Fahima happily agreed.
(b) At this she said, “ I don’t mind screaming”.
(c) So they gave her the responsibility of organizing the club.
(d) Actually what she wanted was that she wanted to be noticed.
(e) Fahima is an extrovert.
(f) She went around to every class when the teacher was not there.
(g) She started shouting that they were going to organize a debating club.
(h) Seeing this one of her friends said to her “ why don’t you just write it down”?
(i) She also told them that they would find her in the college common room.
(j) She told them to give their names or think over it.
(k) They also gave her the duty to find out people who were interested in debating.
(l) Her college wanted to introduce a debating club.
(m) She argued that people would notice her more that way.
(n) He also told her to hang the words based on the college notice Board and not to scream
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
(a) Why is Bangladesh called a land of natural calamities? (b) What is the most common natural calamity? (c) When does it occur? (d) What is the impact? (e) How do the people suffer?
According to Newman, education gives a man a clear conscious view of his own opinions and judgments, a truth in developing them, an eloquence in expressing them and a force in using them. Therefore, it is often compared to light which removes the darkness of ignorance and helps us distinguish between right and wrong. Ex-president Julius Nyere of Tanzania way back in 1974 said at an international conference the primary purpose of education was the liberation of man from the restrictions of habits and attitudes which limits his humanity. He further said education should promote humanity and universal brotherhood and that it could be used as a catalyst for a change for the better. How right he was?
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence 1x5=5
(a) The aim of education is to diminish/illuminate/subside the individual.
(b) Education widens/changes/limits our outlook.
(c) Education should degrade/encourage/restrict humanity.
(d) The statement of Julius Nyerere was satirical/humorous/appropriate.
(e) Education makes us vigilant/conscious/tactfully of our rights and responsibilities.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
(a) Educational institutions give us formal learning.
(b) Education aims at our physical development.
(c) Education helps to drive away the darkness of ignorance.
(d) Education defiles our sensibility.
(e) An educated man becomes conscious of his rights and responsibilities.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the words in brackets. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) Education (liberation)---humanity from various restrictions.
(b) The (promote)---humanity should be the aim of education.
(c) Education trains us (mental)----
(d) Education is essential for the (remove)---darkness of ignorance.
(e) Education aims at (enlighten)---an individual.
4. Make a list of five benefits of education. 5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8
Feeding the ever growing population is a big challenge for Bangladesh in the coming decades. The major challenge for the country is to sustain the current level of agricultural production. The task is daunting especially when the country loses about 80 thousand hectares of cultivable land annually due to excessive pressure on land for human settlement as well as the building of infrastructure such as roads and bridges. Moreover, river erosion and other non-agricultural uses contribute to the diminishing of agricultural land. Although the total number of farm holdings have increased by 18 percent, the cultivated area has declined with the average farm size decreasing from 2.26 acres in 1983-84 to 1.69 acres in 1996.
Given that about 80% of the farms are small and highly fragmented, more imaginative and effective organizations of production are needed to sustain agricultural productivity and create more employment and income for the farming community. The newly emerging ‘contract farming’ taken by a number of private agri-business firms is one approach for promoting food production, especially fruit and vegetables. One possibility to compensate for the loss of land is to go for land reclamation in the Bay of Bengal for which, of course, the country needs massive external assistance.
It is essential to improve agricultural production in general and food production in particular. For this, support from the public support from the public sector is necessary to generate and promote technologies, and hence to strengthen production, bio-technology research and development of hybrid crops and animal species, need to be given priority which will probably involve partnership with multinational private sector firms and institutions.
5. Write short answers to the following questions. 1x5=10
(a) How is every growing population a challenge for the coming decades?
(b) What is contract farming?
(c ) How can public sectors help promoting agricultural products?
(d) What are the causes of decreasing land in Bangladesh?
(e) What is being thought to compensate for the loss of land?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 5
To (a)---the ever growing population is a main challenge for our country. The (b)---of the current level of agricultural production is a big challenge for Bangladesh. This is daunting because the country is (c)--- about eight thousand hectares of (d)---area every year. For this, it is necessary to (e)---agricultural production and so on.
7. Summarise the above passage in five sentences. 5
8. Make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing the causes of the diminishing of cultivable land and its effects . No 1. has been done for you. 1x5=5
Part—B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word from the box. Make any grammatical changes if necessary. There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
Child labor has become a (a)---sight in Bangladesh. I have (b)—many young children working for a living around us. I (c)---for them and the sight of these (d)---children pains me. The thought of my failure to do anything for them (e)---me. I think they are being (f)---of their fundamental (g)---. They do not get (h)---food and clothes. They do not live in a (i)---environment. They do not possess good health and they are being deprived of (j)---
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap. 1x10=10
Sports can give us (a)---international sports (b)---organize different (c)---. Most of these events are (d)---by multinational manufacturing companies and business firms. They (e)---for the sport events. They do it because in (f)---they get the right of (g)---their products during the events. The (h)---channels telecast the events (i)---. As a result people all over the world can(j)----the events live.
Part---C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full. 2x6=12
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full: 2x6=12
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.
(i) An English boy was making a small boat.
(ii) My country is on the other side of the sea.
(iii) “ I didn’t see my mother for a good longtime.
(iv) Napoleon, the king of France was a great hero.
(v) The king was charmed by the words of the small boy.
(vi) He won many battles and conquered many countries of Europe.
(vii) Suddenly he noticed a wonderful thing.
(viii) “ Let me go to my country”
(ix) One day he was walking along the sea shore.
(x) The king asked him why he was making such a small boat.
(xi) The boy was brought before him.
(xii) “ I shall go to my country by this boat”
(xiii) He made all arrangements to send him to his country.
(xiv) The boy said, “ I shall cross the sea”.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answer to the questions should give as much detail as possible.
a) What is an international language?
b) Why is English called so?
c) Why should we learn English?
d) What do you think about the necessity of grammar in learning English?
e) How does your English text book help you learn English?
13. Write a paragraph of about 150 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
(a) What do you understand by satellite TV channels? (b) Do you think them to be beneficial? (c) What type of programmes are telecast? (d) How can our culture be fostered and enriched? (e) Can you make any suggestions regarding the positive use of the satellite TV channels?
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence. 1x5=5
(a) We cannot prevent drop out because of will/money/enthusiasm.
(b) We need to increase/rise/amply educational institutions.
(c) Bangladesh is a popular/familiar/populous country.
(d) Our academic progress is hampered /accelerated/ executed by violence.
(e) Our class size is unusually/large because of the shortage of land/law/fund.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
(a) Solvency is the main reason of dropping out of schools.
(b) Violence impedes our academic progress.
(c) Political activities promote the standard of education.
(d) Bangladesh hardly needs more schools, colleges and universities.
(e) Most of our people have to struggle with poverty.
3. Fill in the gaps with correct words. Add prepositions if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) Academic progress is (hinder) violence and politics.
(b) Many parents have no (capable) send their children to school.
(c) The number of students (increase) day by day.
(d) Some students are being (engage) violence.
(e) (Exist) institutions are not sufficient for the students.
4. Make a list of five points about the problems of education in Bangladesh. 5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8
Every year millions of people all over the world die unnecessarily as a result of pollution. These unfortunate and avoidable deaths are brought about by four specific factors. Firstly, air pollution from factories, burning trash and vehicle fumes cause pneumonia, bronchitis and other respiratory diseases. Then water pollution from industrial discharge, the indiscriminate disposal of toxic chemicals, and the dumping of human waste into rivers and canals cause poisoning and water borne diseases such as cholera and diarrhoea. The next factor is the noise pollution from vehicle horns and microphones that might cause aggression and damage hearing. And finally, odour pollution from dumped or untreated human waste causes serious discomfort to our sense of smell, and attracts disease-bearing creatures such as rats and flies. We should take determined action to control these problems and clean up the environment to avert these unnecessary diseases.
5. Write short answer to the following questions. 1x5=5
(a) How do industries pollute water?
(b) What is odour pollution?
(c) How does noise pollution affect us?
(d) What are the four factors causing death?
(e) What can be done to avoid this unfortunate death?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1x5=5
Four factors are responsible for an (a)---death of millions of people. Air pollution often (b)---respiratory diseases. Smoke is created when anything is (c)---. We need to stop pollution for our own (d)---because we (e)---our own lives by polluting the environment.
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences about the factors of death. 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage make short notes in each of the boxes showing the effect of different types of pollution. No. 1 has been done for you. 1x5=5
Part---B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box. (Make any grammatical changes if necessary). 1x10=10
Communicative competence means the (a)---to use the language (b)---in different circumstances. There are two ways of (c)---communicative competence in a language. The first is acquisition. It is a (d)---process. It is a (e)---process too. The second way is learning. It is a conscious (f)---. It may be (g)---as explicit learning. Acquisition (h)---longer than learning . Acquisition is more (i)---too. So teachers encourage the learners to (j)---the language in different situations.
10. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words. 1x10=10
Pahela Baishakh is a common (a)---in Bangladesh. People of all religions (b)---this day. The Pahela Baishakh is (c)---in different places. It has a special (d)---to people of all ages. The business community celebrate it with (e)---a new account Halkhata’ . They (f)---sweets among the customers. Young people go out (g)---new dresses of Baishah. Different organizations arrange very (h)---cultural functions. It is a source of (i)---for all that makes the (j)---into a new year with new hope and aspiration.
Part---C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases /clauses in the table to make sensible sentences. 2x6=12
12. Rewrite the following jumbled sentences in proper order to make a continuous paragraph. 1x14=14
(i) He made up his mind to give up the throne.
(ii) ‘ I love you more than everything in the world.
(iii) He also decided to divide his throne among his three daughters.
(iv) She declared that she loved him only as her father.
(v) She was banished from the kingdom by her father.
(vi) Because he expected more loving answer from her.
(vii) The first daughter Goneril declared---
(viii) Long ago, king Lear was ruling Britain.
(ix) The third daughter was Cordellia whom he loved most.
(x) He wanted to have peace and rest.
(xi) He was shocked at his answer.
(xii) Before dividing, he wanted to test their love for father.
(xiii) The second daughter said that she loved him more than his sister.
(xiv) He was tired of ruling his kingdom.
13. Write a paragraph based on the following questions. 14
(i) What is good health? (ii) How can one keep good health? (iii) What is the role of food in maintaining good health? (iv) How can physical exercise help in this regard? (v) What type of consciousness is needed for it?
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence. 1x5=5
(a) Ismail Hossain became affluence/affluent/rich for his hard work.
(b) Ismail Hossain is an highly educated/illiterate/literate person.
(c) As a trainee of NHC, Ismail seemed very eager/dull/reluctant.
(d) At first, Ismail applied his new knowledge on a hired/leased/purchased land.
(e) The officer in-charge of NHC feels prided/proud/proudly for him.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
(a) Wheel of fortune stands for destiny.
(b) Ismail was born in a well to do family.
(c) NHC can train students from all over Bangladesh.
(d) The best thing that Ismail did with his money was buying a piece of land.
(e) He deserves universal recognition for his outstanding success.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the words. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) The officer-in-charge was surprised at the (affluent) Ismail.
(b) Hi-breed cows were (raise) him.
(c ) Ismail became (financial) solvent.
(d) He was blessed with (enthusiastic).
(e) Quality cauliflowers (cultivate) by him.
4. Make a list of five points showing how Ismail changed his lot: 5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8
The process of globalization obviously requires a common language for international communication. For many different reasons, English has achieved prestige of being that language. As a result, it has crossed the national borders to reach people who speak other languages. It is no longer the unique possession of the British or American or other native speaker people but a language that belongs to the world’s people. In fact, bilingual and multilingual users of English far outnumber the monolingual native speakers.
This phenomenon has led to a bewildering variety of English around the world. As more and more people speak English, more and more varieties have emerged which are strongly influenced by the pronunciation, grammar and idioms of the respective mother tongues. World English has now moved away from the control of the native speakers. There is a joke that global English is neither British nor American, rather, it is bad English. However, the question of good or bad English is irrelevant now. Today’s slogan is ‘mutual intelligibility/ among users of the language.
5. Write short answer to the following questions. 1x5=5
(a) Why is a single language required?
(b) What is the status of English now?
(c ) Whom does English belong to?
(d) What do you mean by bewildering variety?
(e) Why has the standard of English fallen?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1x5=5
Today the necessity of English is (a)---. The process of globalization (b)---.Its increasing importance. Students (c)---higher studies are in dire need of learning good English. In the world of information technology, English has been given (d)---to any language. The increasing necessity of English in every sector will (e)---
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences. 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing the reasons and benefits of learning English. No 1. has been done for you. 1x5=5
Part—B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word from the box. (Make any grammatical changes, if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
If there is a hole in the building, it should be (a)---immediately. Otherwise, the hole may get wider and may (b)---the entire building. If a cloth is (c)---it should be (d)---soon, otherwise, the torn portion may get wider and then it would (e)---nine stitches. When a person is (f)---with illness, he should take medicine. If he does not, his disease may turn (g)---which may even bring about his (h)---death. Similarly, if a boy is not (i)---at early age, he may go (j)---correction in future.
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap. 1x10=10
Sincerity is the best way for achieving success. One can go a long way if one does anything with sincerity. People who are sincere to their work are (a)---of making anything successful. The great men are also sincere because they (b)---that sincerity is the key to success. Those who are not (c)---can never (d)---a long way in the world. The (e)---people are not always sincere because they do not know (f)---of authority. If they knew it, they (g)---a good use of it. Sincerity (h)---not only to do work properly but also with dutifulness, honesty, modesty and good behaviour. The people of our country are not still (i)---of the (j)---of sincerity.
Part---C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full. 2x6=12
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story. 1x14=14
(i) He saw Fazlul Hoq was reading his lessons and tearing of the pages of his book one after another.
(ii) “So, I do not need them at all” said he.
(iii) He thought his son would one day be a great man in the sub continent.
(iv) “ I am not playing. I have already gone through these pages.”
(v) He was greatly charmed at the wonderful memory of his son.
(vi) The great leader of our country whom we love and admire is Sher-e-Bangla A.K Fazlul Hoq.
(vii) He at once entered the room and said, “ O my boy, don’t play with your book.”
(viii) From his boyhood, he was very meritorious boy.
(ix) His father was Kazi Wazed Ali was a renowned pleader in the Barisal Bar.
(x) His father wanted to test him.
(xi) He asked him to quote some lines from such and such pages of his book.
(xii) Fazlul Hoq quoted the pieces from memory word for word.
(xiii) His father was passing by.
(xiv) One day the boy Fazlul Hoq was reading in his study room.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should five as much detail as possible. 14
(a) Where is Bangladesh located? (b) Since when has she been independent? (c) What is the language of the people? (d) How many religions are there in Bangladesh? (e) What sort of climate does she have? (f) What is the chief occupation of the people? What are some of common customs and traditions that people follow here?
An important advantage of e-mail is the ability to reduce the consumption of paper in the office. Internal memos and reports can be exchanged electronically without using paper. Being a computer based messaging system, files prepared on computers can be instantly copied and easily exchanged as e-mail. This facility has the potential of improving office efficiency considerably.
Being a person-to-person communication, e-mail turns out to be cheaper alternative to telephone conversation and eliminates the time spent in establishing phone calls. For a telephone conversation to materialize, both the caller and the called must be present simultaneously. Some studies indicate that as much as 70 percent of the business phone calls during business hours do not succeed in the first attempt due to unavailability of the party being called. E-mail permits communication between two parties without the parties actually being present simultaneously. Privacy is ensured as the mail is delivered to an individual’s mail box which can be accessed or opened only by the intended recipient.
E-mail has brought about a revolution in modern communication. Messages can be transmitted from one country to another within seconds. It is far cheaper than telephone calls. Trade and commerce has become greatly dependent on this speedy mode of communication. It has, however, not reached everyone, especially in developing countries like ours, as most people cannot afford to have a personal computer. But even here people have started using commercially operated e-mail facilities for important purposes.
1. Choose the appropriate words to complete each sentence. 1x5=5
(a) An e-mail user can maintain/contain/perform privacy.
(b) Telex-communication denies/reserves/gives privacy.
(c ) E-mail boosts/wastes/decreases the consumption of paper.
(d) E-mail has become a cheaper/expensive/costlier substitute to telephone.
(e) A personal computer is necessary in facsimile/e-mail/telex.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
(a) Telex communication denies privacy.
(b) The use of terminal necessitates telex.
(c ) The facilities of e-mail and telex are not dissimilar.
(d) In e-mail, an individual mailbox does not but ensure privacy.
(e) Telex saves the time spent in establishing phone calls.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the words. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) E-mail (transmit)---messages within seconds.
(b) E-mail (distribute)---a printed form.
(c) E-mail has (revolution)---our communication system.
(d) E-mail makes possible the (eliminate)---time.
(e) E-mail is a (speed)---mode of communication.
4. Make a list of five advantages of e-mail. 5
Read the following passage and answer the questions given below 5---8
His name was Jerry; he had been at the orphanage since he was four. I could picture him at four, with the same grave grey-blue eyes and the same independence? No, the word that comes to me is ‘integrity’. It is embedded on courage, but it is more than brave. It is honest, but it is more than honesty. The axe-handle broke one day. Jerry said the orphanage woodshop would repair it. I brought money to pay for the job and he refused it. “ I’ll pay for it, he said, “ I brought the axe down careless.” “ But no one hits accurately every time,” I told him. “ The fault was in the handle”.
It was only then that he would take the money. He was standing back of his own carelessness. He was a free-will agent and he chose to do careful work, and if he failed, he took the responsibility without subterfuge.
And he did for me the unnecessary thing, the gracious thing that we find done only by the great of heart. Things no training can teach, for they are done on the instant, with no predicated experience. He found a cubby hole beside the fireplace that I had not noticed. There, of his own accord, he put wood so that I might always have dry fire material ready in case of sudden wet weather. A stone was loose in the rough walk to the cabin. He dug a deeper hole and steadied it, although he came himself, by a shortcut over the bank. I found that when I tried to return his thoughtfulness with such things as candy and apples, he was wordless. “ Thank you” was perhaps an expression for which he had no use, for his courtesy was instinctive. He only looked at the gift and at me, and a curtain lifted, so that I saw deeper into the clear well of his eyes and gratitude was there, and affection, soft over the firm granite of his character.
5. Give short answer to the following questions. 1x5=5
(a) When did Jerry accept money from the authoress?
(b) Why did the authoress think that Jerry was great of heart?
(c) How did Jerry react when the authoress rewarded him with things like candy and apples?
(d) How did the authoress know that Jerry was honest?
(e) What is integrity?
6. Fill in the gaps with appropriate words. 1x5=5
Jerry was an (a)---boy. When the authoress met Jerry, she was (b)---with him. Jerry used to (c)---a lot of gracious work for the authoress without being (d)---. He never thought about his own(e)---.
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences. 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage make short notes in each of the boxes showing gradual development of the story.
Part---B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with a suitable from the box (Make any grammatical changes, if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
Rabindranath was the fourteenth child of Debendranath and Sarada Devi. He (a)---to school early. He wrote his first verse when he was eight years old. When he was seventeen years old, he (b)---in London. But London did not make a rich impression on him. According to him, London (c)---a dismal city, smoky, foggy and (d)---with everyone jostling and in a hurry. Young Tagore got (e)---into London University and (f)---religion Medici and Shakespeare with Henry Morely. He often visited the house of Parliament to (g)---to the (h)---on Irish Home Rule. Later he was moved to house of professional coach, a Mr. Scott as a (i)---guest where Rabindranath (j)---racism from the two daughters of the family. Rabindranath was full of admiration for the English society.
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap. 1x10=10
All the elements of the environment are equally (a)---because those elements are playing individual (b)---in the maintenance of ecological balance. A seemingly (c)---element like grass is essential for us because if there is no grass, the cow will not be able to eat. If the cow can not eat grass, it will not give us (d)---. When we will not get milk, we will not get the (e)---of milk. This is one of the many examples how all the elements of the nature are (f)---among all the elements of nature. Man is mainly (g)---for (h)---this balance. Already much harm of the ecology has been (i)---. It is high time we all contributed to bring back the healthy balance of the ecology.
Part---C: Guided Writing(40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. 2x6=12
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story. 1x14=14
i). The highest camp was set up at 27000 feet.
ii). They must have felt excited when they stood there.
iii). The expedition set out on March, 10.
iv). Some of them had to be abandoned.
v) . They went up and up.
vi) . They have gone down to history as the conquerors of the highest mountain in the world.
vii). Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and his companion Tenzing Norkey from Nepal led an expedition in 1953.
viii). Many expeditions had been led to conquer Mount Everest.
ix) . As the climbers were going up, they set up camps at different places.
x). Many climbers who took part in them lost their lives.
xi). Only Hilary and Tenzing reached the height.
xii). They left some of their men and supplies in these camps.
xiii). After two months of difficult and dangerous climbing they succeeded in reaching the top on 10 , May.
xiv) But the top was still 2000 feet away.
13. Write a paragraph of 250 words on “Dangers of smoking”
1. Choose the right word/expression to complete each sentence: 1x5=5
(a) First language means the important/main/natural language.
(b) A second language is one that is taught and learnt, as next in importance to the mother tongue/a foreign language/a dead language
(c) The number of people who use English as a second language is about 300/350/250 million.
(d) International Olympic Committee always holds meeting in French/English/Spanish
(e) English is used as official or semi-official language in more than 60/50/70 countries.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
(a) Now-a-days more than eighty percent of all information in the world’s computers is in English.
(b) Many now-a-days get good jobs because they know English.
(c) Many international organizations often use different languages.
(d) A good knowledge in English is necessary for a good job.
(e) No companies arrange training for their staff to make them able to use English well.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets . Add any preposition if necessary 1x5=5
(a) Statistics show that English is (speak)---as a first language by 350 million people.
(b) International Olympic Committee (use)---English in it’s meetings.
(C) English (help)---communication across national borders.
(d) More than 80% of all the information in the world’s computers (be)---in English.
(e) Employers now-a-days want applicants (have)---a good working knowledge of English.
4. Make a list of five reasons why English is important. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---6:
As his reputation as a scientist soared higher and higher, fate followed with less rewarding things. Stephen gradually started losing control over the muscles of his body as a victim of Gehrig’s disease. Since the age of thirty he is confined to the wheelchair with no power to control his body except his head and hands only. He can speak only through a computer with a voice synthesizer that converts his messages into sounds. But such tremendous physical handicap has not managed to dishearten or slow him down. Stephen is still a relentless worker, using his computer to carry out research work as well as deliver lectures. He lives with his wife and three daughters and is provided with twenty four nursing facilities by an American organization for his physical well being.
5. Write short answers to the following questions. 1x5=5
a) What is the fate of Stephen Hawking?
b) Why has Stephen been confined to a wheelchair?
c) How does he carry out his research?
d) Whom does he live with?
e) What is the result of physical handicap on Stephen Hawking?
6. Fill in the gaps with the suitable words. 1x5=5
Stephen Hawking is a great scientist of modern times. He has (a)---much reputation. But it is a matter of great shock that at the age of thirty, he has (b)---with Gehrig’s disease. Then he gradually (c)---control over the muscles of his body. But his physical handicap could not (d)---him at all. Stephen still (e)---his research work by using computer.
7. Summarize the passage in five sentences. 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing the remarkable happenings in Stephen’s life. (No. 1 has been done for you) 1x5=5
Part-B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box (make any grammatical change if necessary) There are more words in the box than you need) 1x10=10
Education is one of the basic (a)---of a human being and is (b)---for every kind of development. It (c)---us to make right choices in life. It (d)---our ability to raise crops, store food (e)---the environment and (f)---out our social responsibilities. It (g)---us with an enlightened (h)---about things. But education has to be (i)---. It is not merely (j)---degrees from schools, colleges and universities. It is something more lasting, more humane.
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap: 1x10=10
Man pollutes water , another vital (a)---of the environment by throwing waste into it. Farmers (b)---chemical fertilizers and insecticides in their fields. Some of these chemical washed away by rain and floods (c)---mixed with water in the rivers, canals and ponds. Water is also(d)---by mills and factories when they throw their (e)---chemicals and waste products into rivers and canals. Water vehicles also pollute rivers by dumping oil, food waste and human (f)---into them. Unsanitary latrines (g)---on river and canal banks are also (h)---for further pollution. In this way various (i)---of waste and filth (j)---water.
Part-C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences . Write out the sentences in full: 2x6=12
12, The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Re-write the sentences in the proper order in a continuous paragraph to make a story: 1x14=14
(i) The hare was always proud of his speed.
(ii) The next day the hare and the tortoise reached the venue.
(iii) One day he challenged the tortoise to defeat him in a race.
(iv) The hare ran very swiftly.
(v) Long ago there lived a hare in a forest.
(vi) They got ready.
(vii) The hare always teased the tortoise.
(viii) Covering much, the hare took rest.
(ix) A tortoise also lived nearby.
(x) They went to a fox and wanted him to act as a judge.
(xi) He decided to take rest for some time.
(xii) The tortoise accepted the challenge.
(xiii) As the fox waved the flag, the two started running.
(xiv) But the tortoise ran very slowly.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible: 14
(a) What kind of family do you live in ? Extended or nuclear? (b) Why is nuclear family getting popular day by day? (c) What are the advantages you find in a nuclear family? (d) What are the disadvantages of it? (e) Do you think the society is following right way?
Sport has become a great source of entertainment today. Football, which used to be the most popular spectator sport in Bangladesh, is gradually being replaced by cricket as a popular form of sports entertainment.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence: 1x5=5
(a) Snake charming was rare/common/general form of entertainment in the past.
(b) Some old forms of entertainment have lost their value/place/attraction.
(c ) The way of entertainment is being changed/influenced/altered by western music.
(d) Western instruments are being used/useful/useless to sing our folk songs.
(e) Football is gradually being popular/replaced/displaced by cricket.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
(a) Now television has been replaced by radio.
(b) Western instruments have become a part of performing our folk and traditional songs.
(c) Cricket now occupies an important position in the filed of entertainment.
(d) Now people like old forms of entertainment.
(e) Young generation like folk music.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of words. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) In old days puppet show was liked (great)---people.
(b) Many old forms of entertainment have no (exist)---at all.
(c) People always (look)---newer forms of entertainment.
(d) Radio (be)---the common source of entertainment in the past.
(e) Now folk music is (song)---western instruments.
4. Make a list of five items of entertainment in modern times. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions (5---8)
Bangladesh is a small country but has a huge population. Most people here live below the poverty line and cannot therefore afford to educate their children. Many poor children either drop out of school after just a few years or simply do not go to school at all. We have far too many students to educate compared to the number of institutions available. Bangladesh needs more schools, colleges and universities to provide for the increasing number of educational institutions. At present every educational institution is over-crowded and class size is unusually large. As facilities in these institutions are poor, students do not get a standard education. Moreover, many educational institutions in Bangladesh are troubled with politics and violence. Sometimes, institutions are closed down to avoid clashes between rival groups of students. Such closures badly affect academic progress.
5. Write short answers to the following questions 1x5=5
(a) Why are our people unable to educate their children?
(b) Why does Bangladesh need more educational institutions?
(c) Why can’t the government finance the requisite number of educational institutions?
(d) Why don’t students get a standard education?
(d) What affect academic progress badly?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words:---1x5=5
Most of the people of Bangladesh are unable to educate their children because of (a)---. As a result, many poor children are (b)---of their right of education. The government can’t establish the required number of educational institutions owing to (c)---problems. So there is a (d)---of educational institutions in Bangladesh. Sometimes academic activities are hampered by the (e)---closures of educational institutions.
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences. 1x5=5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the 5
boxes in the flow-chart showing the problems of education in Bangladesh. (No.1 has been done for you):-
Part B---Vocabulary Test
9. Fill in the gaps of the given passage using suitable words from the box. (Make any grammatical changes if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need:-- 10
(a)----illiteracy problem is the (b)---task of the hour. We must educate all of our people (c)---our balanced development., otherwise all of our development plans must go (d)---. If we can educate our people, half of our problems will be automatically (e)---. That’s why, education is (f)---the nerve of development. All strength and power to (g)---the development of the country (h)---from education. So, we (i)---give topmost priority on education sector if we really want the (j)---of our dear motherland.
10. Fill in the blanks using one appropriate word in each gap:- 1x10=10
It is a happy news that the (a)---of adopting unfair means in the examination has been (b)---to a greater extent. Our students have now(c)---that passing in the examination is not the only goal of students life. But still this heinous (d)---has not been totally (e)--- when an examinee is caught copying in the examination, there is nothing open to authority (f)---to(g)---him/her. This damages not only the concerned examinee, but also(h)---a total loss to the whole family of that examinee. So, our students must refrain themselves (i)---this bad practice. They should also remember that a building (j)---strong foundation must fall down either today or tomorrow.
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write the sentences in full: 2x6=12
12. Rewrite the following jumbled sentences maintaining proper sequence:
(i) Then he joined the training programme of NHC.
(ii) Poverty then forced him to look for works.
(iii) He has remained associated with it since then.
(iv) He was an unemployed youth of an impoverished family.
(v) Belal’s lot has changed radically.
(vi) Belal is now an affluent man.
(vii) He worked as a labourer.
(viii) Then he got a lease of land in his village.
(ix) He is now very happy to be a self reliant man.
(x) He has also been raising hi-breed cows for milk as well as to produce manure.
(xi) Through hard work he has managed to turn the wheels of fortune.
(xii) He applied his new and improved knowledge in cultivating vegetables.
(xiii) Belal studied up to class eight.
(xiv) Belal first received training in vegetable cultivation.
13.Answer the following questions to make a continuous paragraph on “ Earthquake”. 14x1=14
(a) What is an earthquake?
(b) How frequent is it now in Bangladesh?
(c) Are our people aware of the gravity of its loss?
(d) Why are experts giving more attention to the issue of earthquake in recent times?
(e) What precautions would you suggest as safety measures against earthquakes?
The most significant event for Bangladesh in the last century has been its birth as an independent nation. Prior to that, it experienced British colonial rule until 1947 followed by an oppressive existence as East Pakistan from 1947 to 1971.
The life of our people has often been shaped by tragedy. Floods have devastated our land and tidal waves from the sea have swept away thousands of lives. Poverty has been an ever-present spectre. As a result, nearly seventy percent of the population suffer from various degrees of malnutrition. Rapid population growth has added to this problem. Although the growth rate has slowed down to some extent, the population has almost doubled since independence . On the other hand, turbulent politics and instability and the rise and the rise of terrorism and crime are adversely affecting society. Despite these negative aspects, the last twenty-five years will remain memorable for certain events. The 21st of February 1952 immediately comes to mind. Only recently, our language day has been declared the international Mother Language Day by UNESCO. 16 December 1971is another day our nation will cherish forever---the day when we became citizens of a free state following our victory over the occupation forces of Pakistan. In addition, in the field of literature, art and culture we have produced great poets, novelists and artists. For instance, Bangladesh is proud of the great poet Kazi Nazrul Islam who raised his fiery voice against injustice and oppression.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence. 1x5=5
(a) The emergence/emergency/nomination of Bangladesh as a free stake is the most significant event for us in the last century.
(b) Political instability has a bad affect/effect/concern on our society.
(c) The cause of malnutrition in Bangladesh is poverty/riches/negligence.
(d) Bangladesh experienced justice/equity/oppression during the Pakistan rule.
(e) We take proud/proudly/pride in our great poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
(a) Bangladesh has undergone many tragic events.
(b) The growth-rate of population remains the same as before.
(c) Most of the people of Bangladesh are poverty stricken.
(d) We became the citizens of a free country on 26th March, 1971.
(e) Bangladesh is rarely afflicted with political instability.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) The (declare)---of the 21st February as the International Mother Language Day is a glorious event in our national history.
(b) There often occurs (devastate)---flood in our country.
(c) The last twenty-five years will remain vivid in our (memorable)---certain events.
(d) We have achieved (progressive)---in art, literature and culture.
(e) Thousands of lives (swept)---tidal waves almost every year.
4. Make a list of five major historical events of Bangladesh in the last century. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8
Education is the process by which our mind develops through formal learning at an institution like a school, college or university. It is mental and intellectual training which provides opportunities of growth and helps to overcome impediments and obstacles to progress. Again, the purpose of education is to enlighten the individual and to develop his/her capacity to the limits. It is also the business of education to train individuals to make the right choices to go ahead. It ennobles our mind and refines our sensibility. It also broadens our outlook and helps us become aware of our rights and responsibilities.
5. Write short answers to the following questions. 1x5=5
(a) What do you understand by education?
(b) What does education provide?
(c) How does education enlighten the individual?
(d) Why is education compared to light?
(e) How does education promote humanity and universal brotherhood?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1x5=5
The purpose of education is the (a)---of an individual and the (b)---of his/her capacity to the maximum limit. It also (c)—an individual to (d)---the right in order to go ahead. It makes our mind (e)---
7. Summarise the importance of education in five sentences. 1x5=5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes of the flow chart showing how education impacts on human life. (No, 1 has been done for you) 1x5=5
Part B : Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box (make any grammatical changes if necessary) 1x10=10
Micro-credit institutions have a great (a)---in Bangladesh. Grameen Bank is one of them which has (b)---recognition. It (c)---money to the poor especially the (d)---women. It (e)---the need to develop skills and (f)---consciousness among them. It creates (g)---opportunity for rural women. This institution has a positive (h)---on their economic variables and family (i)---. It also helps to (j)---their poverty.
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap. 1x10=10
Language plays a very (a)---role in our life. We use language from the (b)---we wake up in the morning (c)---we go to bed at night. We use language not only during our (d)---hours but also in our dreams. We use language to (e)---what we feel and to say (f)---we like or dislike. We also use language to (g)---information. In short language is (h)---present in our life. It is an (i)---part of what we do, (j)---and believe.
12. Rewrite the following jumbled sentences maintaining proper sequence:
and in a continuous paragraph to make a story. 14
(i) The grasshopper said, Brother ant, give me a morsel of food”
(ii) It was a frosty winter day.
(iii) The grasshopper went away being sad.
(iv) The ant had stored them during the summer.
(v) The ant said, “ Since you sang all summer, it seems you have to dance all winter.
(vi) A grasshopper half-dead with hunger came limping by.
(vii) Saying this the prudent ant locked his granary door.
(viii) The ant asked what he was doing during the summer.
(ix) He was singing all day long during the summer.
(x) An ant was taking out of his granary some grains of wheat.
(xi) The grasshopper saw what the ant was doing.
(xii) Hearing this the ant smiled grimly.
(xiii) The grasshopper replied that he was not idle.
(xiv) During summer the ant was gathering the grains.
13. Write a paragraph in about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
(a) What was your childhood like? (b) Where did you pass your childhood and how? (c) Can you remember your first school? (d) How were your teachers and classmates like? (e) What sweet memories of those days do you have? (f) Do you have any bitter experience? (g) How do you feel when you recollect your childhood days?
It is the responsibility of human beings to prevent the environment from being spoilt. To make life healthy and comfortable we should keep the environment clean and danger free. But often people spoil the environment by doing unwise things and as a result, endanger their own lives. It is the ecological imbalance that causes changes in the world’s climate and brings about different kinds of natural disasters.
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives: 1x5=5
(a) The environment is made up of many things which are independent/interdependent/interrelated.
(b) The ecosystem is very simple/complex/easy system.
(c) To lead/preserve/continue a healthy comfortable life, we should keep our environment clean and safe.
(d) Storms, cyclones and earthquakes are some destructive/constructive/harmless forces to the environment.
(e) We fail to maintain the balance of our environment because of our cruel/unfriendly/inhuman activities.
2. True/false? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
(a) The ecological balance brings about different kinds of natural calamities.
(b) By changing any part of the web of the ecosystem, we can affect all other parts.
(c) Cutting down of trees has no effect on human beings and animals.
(d) The ecosystem is a very simple chain.
(e) Only man is not responsible for spoiling the environment.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words. Add any preposition if necessary: 1x5=5
(a) Climate (depend)---the balance of the environment.
(b) The climate of the world may be (affect)---the ecological imbalance.
(c) Ecological imbalance (cause)---climate changes in the world.
(d) All things making the environment are (interlink)---
(e) People risk their lives by (pollute)---the environment.
4. Make a list of five important points about why we should maintain the ecological balance. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8:
Education is one of the basic needs of a human being and is essential for any kind of development. The poor socio-economic condition of Bangladesh can be largely attributed to most people’s inaccessibility to education. Many illiterate people do not have any knowledge of health, sanitation and population control. If they were educated, they could live a healthy and planned life. Education teaches us how to earn well and how to spend well. It enables us to make the right choices in life and to perform our duties properly. It enhances our ability to raise crops, store food, protect the environment and carry out our social responsibilities. It is only education which can help us to adopt a rational attitude. It provides us with an enlightened awareness about things and this awareness is the prerequisite for social development.
5. Write short answers to the following questions: 1x5=5
(a) What is the cause of illiteracy in Bangladesh?
(b) What are not the illiterate people aware of?
(c) What does education aim at?
(d) How is poverty an effect of illiteracy?
(e) How can education ensure a better life for all?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable word: 1x5=5
Education is (a)---as one of the basic needs of human being. Without (b)---education man cannot exactly decide what he ahs to do for a better life. (c)---from the curse of poverty, malnutrition and diseases. In fact, education (d)---darkness and creates (e)---in him with regard to his personal needs and duties to the society as well.
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences: 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing the functions of education. (No. 1 has been done for you).
Part—B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
Fill in the gaps with suitable word from the box. (Make any grammatical change if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
Investment in education (a)---girls increases the economic and social (b)---of development investment in all other sectors. Educating girls contributes (c)---wealth through its impact on economic development. Educated women have a higher income (d)---than those who have (e)---no schooling. Educated mothers are more (f)---to send both their boys and girls to school. It is important to realize that (g)---in girls education generally results (h)---an integrated approach to community development. Thus (i)---to educate girls results in a tremendous waste of potential human (j)---.
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap. 1x10=10
Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh. It is a (a)---city. It is a city (b)---traffic jam. A fly (c)---is built at Mohakhali with a view to (d)---the traffic jam. To solve this problem, traffic rules (e)---be enforced. Besides this, drivers passers-by and (f)---should honour and abide (g)---all rules (h)---making the city habitable. Otherwise our life (i)---remain (j)---stake.
Part B: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full. 2x6=12
12. Rewrite the jumbled sentences in the proper order to make a continuous paragraph. 14
a) Then he saw a spider trying hard to reach the ceiling of the cave.
b) But it did not give up hope.
c) The spider failed again and again to succeed.
d) Bruce saw the spider climbing to the ceiling after some unsuccessful attempts.
e) He gathered an army of strong men and attacked his enemies.
f) The dauntless spider inspired Bruce to shake off the darkness of the despair.
g) The enemies were defeated and Robert Bruce regained his kingdom.
h) The king fought bravely but lost the battle.
i) Robert Bruce was a famous king.
j) He had to flee from his kingdom to save his life.
k) Enemies invaded his kingdom.
l)And he took shelter in a remote cave.
m) Once he was lying in the cave.
n) The king was always in a gloomy state for his unhappy condition.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
(a) What is your idea about a book fair? (b) When and where is it held usually? (c) What purpose does it serve? (d) How is it organized? (e) What steps can be taken to make such a fair successful?
What is the greenhouse effect? It is the gradual warming of the air surrounding the earth as a result of heat being trapped by environmental pollution. This is exemplified by the destruction and burning down of tropical rain forests, by traffic that clogs up city streets, by the rapid growth of industry, the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in packaging and manufacturing commercial products, the use of detergents such as washing powder and washing up liquid and so on. The oceans are also said to be affected both because of human waste and because of pollution caused by industrial waste products, oil seeping from damaged supertankers and from other maritime disasters. However, the main culprits for global warming are carbon dioxide gas produced by the burning of fossil fuels and forests, and pollutants such as methane and chlorofluorocarbons.
Climatologists predict that midway through the next century, temperatures may have risen by as much as 4°C. This could catastrophically reduce mankind’s ability to grow food, destroy or severely damage wildlife and wilderness, raise sea levels and thereby flood coastal areas and farmland. The alarming news about Bangladesh is that as a result of the rise of the sea levels, the lower southern part of the country may one day go under water.
1. Choose the right word/expression to complete each of the following sentence. 1x5=5
(a) Global warming is caused by the annihilation/preservation/plantation of trees.
(b) Global warming may have a minor/insignificant/disastrous effect on life.
(c) World temperature is improving/strengthening/going up day by day.
(d) Environmental pollution contributes/deletes/ removes to greenhouse effect.
(e) The alarming news of Bangladesh is that the lower southern part may go down/hoverover/rise from water.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
(a) The greenhouse effect is a global phenomenon.
(b) The greenhouse effect can be diminished if we can reduce the environmental pollution.
(c) World temperature is on the decline day by day.
(d) Carbon di-oxide has no hand in increasing world temperature.
(e) This passage does not deal with geography.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in the brackets. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) According to the (believe)---the climatologists, the greenhouse effect is the most likely cause of the global warming.
(b) Life on earth is seriously (threaten)----global warming.
(c) There is (possible)---that the lower southern part of the country may be engulfed by sea.
(d) Increased amount of carbon di-oxide is the reason of (increase)---amount of global warming
(e) The greenhouse effect may be the cause of (destruct)---wildlife and wilderness.
4. Make a list of five things that cause the global warming. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5-8
Working opportunities for women are very few in rural areas of Bangladesh. They usually spend their time doing their household chores. The ILO recently started a project titled “ Technologies for Rural Employment with Special Reference to Women and Sustainable Development”. The aim of this project is to impart training to rural women in various activities and make them self-reliant. Sakina Begum is a beneficiary of this project. She attended a training course in food processing at the Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) at Gazipur. Sakhina has two school going children. Her husband is a rickshaw-puller who does not earn enough to support the family and pay for the children’s education. From the BARI training course, Sakhina learnt how to make jam, jelly, pickles, popcorn and many other food items. Along with her fellow project beneficiaries, she is now producing these items and selling them in the local market. With the proceeds, she is now able to add to her family income. If they continue doing their work, Sakhina and other women working with her will surely see happier days with the new employment opportunities created by the ILO project.
5. Write short answers to the following questions 1x5=5
(a) What is the aim of the ILO project?
(b) What training did Sakhina Begum receive from BARI?
(c) Why can’t Sakhina’s husband pay for the children’s education?
(d) How do village women usually pass their time?
(e) What is ILO doing for these village women?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1x5=5
Sakhina’s husband is a rickshaw puller. He (a)---a little to support the family. He is also (b)—to pay for the children’s education. From the BARI training course, Sakhina learnt how to make various food items. She (c)—different food items and (d)---them in the local market. She worked (e)---to add to her family income.
7. Summarize the passage in five sentences. 1x5=5
8. Based on your reading of the above passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing how Sakhina has overcome her poverty. (No. 1 has been done for you) 1x5=5
Part B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box (make any grammatical changes if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
Once upon a time, there was a king who was very fond of (a)---his future from the astrologers. A famous astrologer (b)---to stop at his capital on his way to Benaras. The king called on him to know about his future and the astrologer told him something (c)---. At this the king got (d)---and condemned him to (e)---saying, “ Men like you should not live to (f)---the peace of the world. But another thought had crossed his mind before the astrologer was removed for (g)--- “ How long will you live” asked the king. With ready (h)---the astrologer said, “ The stars (i)---that I shall die only a week before your majesty. So good-bye, “ Hearing this, the king turned pale like a dead man and shouted, “ Drive this (j)---away, let him not come here again.
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap. 1x10=10
Modern life (a)---much on transport. We can very well(b)--- how important transport is when it is (c)---by natural calamities or during socio-political crises. In fact, transport has made it (d)--- it for us to reach places previously (e)---. It has (f)---helped the flourish of trade and commerce and to(g)-----new knowledge and ideas. (h)---transport has (i) ---friendship and understanding among nations and peoples (j)-----the globe.
Part C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases /words in the following substitution table to make suitable sentences. Write out the sentences in full. 2x6=12
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph. 14
or write the number of the sentences serially
(i) This time he put on a gorgeous dress.
(ii) The courtier understood his fault and begged the poet’s pardon.
(iii) On his way back home, Sadi again took shelter in the same courtier’s house.
(iv) He set out for the emperor’s palace in an ordinary dress.
(v) Sa’di replied, “ My dress deserves this food”.
(vi) He was simple in his ways of life.
(vii) On the way, he took shelter in a courtier’s house.
(viii) Sheikh Sa’di was a great Persian poet.
(ix) They asked, “ Why are you putting the foods in your dress”?
(x) Once he was invited to the emperor’s palace.
(xi) The courtier’s men were surprised to see this.
(xii) The courtier and his men did not show much honour and hospitality to him.
(xiii) Now Sadi began to put his foods in the pockets of his dress.
(xiv) The courtier received him cordially and entertained him with rich and delicious foods.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
(a) Why is English called an international language? (b) Why should we learn English? (c) What do you think about the necessity of grammar in learning English? (d) How does your English textbook help you learn English? (e) How does your English help you in managing a job?
This discriminatory treatment has some long term negative effects on the body and mind of the girl children and women in a family. They are given to understand that they should keep the best food available for the male members in the family; that they should eat less than the male members; that they should not raise their voice when they speak; that they should not go out of their house without permission from, and without being escorted by the male members. All these shape the girls’ thinking about life and the world, and go to establish their relationships with the male members in the family. As a result, they suffer, more than their male counterparts, from malnutrition and anaemia, which make them vulnerable to various diseases, resulting in a high mortality rate. They develop a sense of self-effacement, self-denial and inferiority that persists throughout their lifetime as an inevitable benchmark of the weaker sex. As a result, married off even at 9 or 10 to a man of 40 or 50, a girl rarely has any say in decision making in the family, let alone in society.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence. 1x5=5
(a) Most parents in Bangladesh want to have no children/male children/female children.
(b) The female children are welcome/neglected/tortured from the very beginning of their lives.
(c) The major concern of most of the fathers and mothers in Bangladesh is to get their daughters educated/employed/married as soon as possible.
(d) The girl children are taught directly or indirectly to neglect/prefer/avoid the male members of the family.
(e) Most of the girls in Bangladesh suffer from malnutrition/inferiority/insecurity because of ill-feeding.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
(a) Gender discrimination in Bangladesh starts from the birth of a child.
(b) The girl children are greatly welcomed by most of the parents in Bangladesh.
(c) The prime concern of the parents in Bangladesh is to educate their daughters.
(d) Usually the girls in every family eat less than the male members.
(e) The girls suffer from various diseases as a result of less eating every day.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of words in the brackets. Add appropriate preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) Most parents want to be (help)---by their children in their old age.
(b) The girls in Bangladesh are (birth)---to an unwelcome world.
(c) The academic career of a girl stops as soon as she (marriage)---.
(d) The girls are (teach)---to eat less than the boys in most families in Bangladesh.
(e) The discriminatory treatment (have)---some long-term negative effects on the girls.
4. Make a list of five ways of discriminations to the female members of the family. 1x5=5
Television has become the most common source of entertainment of the present world. A wide range of programmes is telecast on numerous channels. Almost every middle class and even working class families have a television set today. Television programmes are not only entertaining, they can be highly educative too. For example, television is now used for distance learning. Courses run by the open university are shown on BTV. Several channels like the Discovery Channel and the National Geographic Channel telecast highly informative programmes. However, watching TV has become an addiction for many.
Satellite telecasting has added new dimensions to television but it has sometimes been branded as a cultural assault on developing nations. The East is being exposed more and more to Western music, entertainment and modes of life. As a result, younger people’s tastes are gradually being influenced by them.
5. Write short answers to the following questions. 1x5=5
(a) What is the main cause of TV’s popularity in the present world?
(b) What is the good side of television?
(c) What is meant by cultural assault?
(d) How does television help us in education?
(e) What do you think about the effects of television in the present world?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1x5=5
Television has become the most popular source of (a)---in the modern world. Almost every middle class family of Bangladesh (b)---a TV set. Television not only entertains the watchers (c)---educates them. Satellite channels of television has added a new (d)---in the field. (e)---television has become an addiction for many.
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences. 1x5=5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing the bad effects of watching television. (No.1 has been done for you). 1x5=5
Part B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word from the box (make any grammatical changes if necessary. ) There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
Education is one of the basic (a)---of a human being. It is (b)---for the (c)---of mind. Many illiterate people do not have any (d)---of health. If they were (e)---, they could have a (f)---and planned life. (g)---teaches us how to live well. It (h)---us to make the right (i)---in life. It enhances our (j)---to face our every day problems.
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap. 1x10=10
One day a fox was very (a)---. It was (b)---for some food to eat. But it could not manage any (c)---. At last it became very (d)--- and sat (e)---a tree. A crow was sitting on the tree with a (f)---of meat in its beak. The fox looked at the crow and (g)---the piece of meat. An idea came to its mind to (h)---the meat from the crow. The fox said loudly (i)---a beautiful bird it is! But alas! The bird (j)---not sing.
Part C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences . Write out the sentences in full. 2x6=12
12. Rewrite the jumbled sentences below in the proper order to make a complete story. 14
(i) The farmer was surprised.
(ii) So, he could not devote himself to work.
(iii) Now a new thinking took hold of the farmer.
(iv) He did not find any safe place to keep the bag.
(v) He could not think where to keep the money.
(vi) He dug a hold in his hut and kept the money there.
(vii) He said to himself, “ One thousand rupees is a lot of money”.
(viii) He gradually realized that he had money, but no peace of mind.
(ix) “Keep this money and remove your distress”.
(x) He always thought that his money could be stolen any time.
(xi) He took the bag of money from the rich man and thanked him
(xii) This thought kept him awake and his sleep fled away at night.
(xiii) The rich man went to a farmer with one thousand rupees in a bag.
(xiv) He said to him,” look my friend, I”ve brought taka one thousand for you”.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Give as much details as possible. 14
(a) What is smoking? (b) Why do the people generally smoke? (c) How does one become addicted to smoking? (d) What are the bad effects of smoking? (e) What should we do to stop smoking in our country?
Read the passage below and answer the questions 1---4 (Unit—20, Lesson 40 (b))
When you are crossing the road and your vehicle gets stuck in a seemingly never-ending jam in Dhaka city, every few minutes a boy or a girl comes to you and tries to sell a bunch of roses or Rajanigandha saying, : Bhaiya or Apa depending on your gender ), ei kotta ful niya jan (Please buy these flowers)”. They do not tire and will pursue you relentlessly, at least as long as the jam lasts. If you are alone they will say that you must take the flowers for their bhabis---meaning your girl friend or wife. You often get annoyed at their ways and shout at them. It has very little effect and often you are forced to accept their demand and console yourself by thinking that it was after all a good bargain. However, how they manage to sell flowers at such a cheap price really bewilders you. And they are not very forthcoming with their answers., if you ask them.
These kids are seen in some particular spots of the city. The Sheraton and the Panthapath roads of Dhaka city are two such places. Invariably, you may find an interesting character or two among them. There is this guy who is something of a sardar among the flower peddlers at Kawran Bazar. He is perhaps the smallest of the bunch but he rules his disciples with an iron hand. However, whenever I see one of these kids, I can’t but –call one an emotional fool if you may think that it is not their love of flowers that make them do what they are doing . It is all-consuming poverty which is the reason.
We all know that instead of being in the streets they should be in school. Their means of livelihood is in itself in irony. It is a satire on those of us who should at the top of their voice for the rights of children . It makes us think of the realities of our society which force these kids to wage an endless struggle against all odds to keep their heads above water.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence. 1x5=5
(a) Money/ Wealth/ Poverty has driven these ill-fated children to sell flowers.
(b) How the peddlers can sell flowers at a very cheap rate will perplex/ satisfy/ annoy one.
(c) While trying to sell flowers, they will not get depressed/ tired/ annoyed.
(d) The poor kids’ unspeakable struggle is short-lived/ temporary/ unending.
(e) the means of livelihood of these street children is in itself illogical/ ironical/ illegal.
2. True/ False? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
(a) Poor boys or girls sell flowers everywhere in Dhaka city.
(b) Such peddlers sell flowers at a cheap rate.
(c) They sell flowers because of their love of flowers.
(d) The flower peddlers do not attend school.
(e) The shout of the passengers to vehicles embarrasses the flower selling kids.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in bracket. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) It seems that the jam(be)---never ending.
(b) A passenger is at last (compel)---to buy flowers from the kids.
(c) The cheap price of their flowers is really (bewilder)---.
(d) The little peddlers do not tire at the relentless (pursue)---.
(e) They have to face the dark (real)---life.
4. Make a list of five points about the life and livelihood of the flower peddlers. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8 (Unit-3. lesson-2(b)
Statistics show that about 350 million people speak English as a first language and another 300 million use it as a second language. It is the official or semi-official language of more than 60 countries and of many international organizations. TheIinternational Olympic Committee, for example, always holds meetings in English. English helps the international community and the business world to communicate across national borders. Today, more than 80% of all the information in the world’s computers is in English. So, organizations frequently need employees who speak and write a standard form of English. In fact, some companies provide English language training for their staff. It is therefore, little wonder that job advertisements nowadays often ask for a good working knowledge of English. Many believe now that English usually helps them to get good jobs and better salaries.
5. Write short answers to the following questions. 1x5=5
(a) How many people speak English as a first language?
(b) In how many countries is English used as the official or semi-official language?
(c) What is the official language of the International Olympic Committee?
(d) How does English help the international community and the business world?
(e) What kind of employees do international organizations need?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1x5=5
English is the most widely (a)---international language. International business organizations want (b)---who know a standard form of English. Besides, some companies get there employees (c)---in English. So, it is quite(d)---that job advertisements nowadays seek candidates with knowledge of English. To get good jobs with better salaries, a good working knowledge of this language is (e)---must.
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences. 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing the importance and use of English. (No. 1 has been done for you) 1x5=5
Part B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box (make any grammatical changes if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
Once upon a time, there was a king who was very fond of (a)---his future from the astrologers. A famous astrologer (b)---to stop at the capital on his way to Benaras. The king called on him to know about his future and the astrologer told him something(c)---. At this the king got(d)----and condemned him to (e)---saying, “ Men like you should not live to (f)---the peace of the world. But another thought had crossed his mind before the astrologer was removed for (g)---. “ How long will you live” asked the king. With ready (h)---the astrologer said, “ The stars (i)---that I shall die only a week before you. So, good-bye.” Hearing this, the king turned pale like a dead man and shouted “ Drive this (j)---away. Let him not come here again. “
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap. 1x10=10
Electricity is (a)---a part of our every day (b)---that we rarely think twice about its importance and necessity. When we switch(c)---the light and the fan or turn on our television and computer, we enjoy (d)---blessings of electricity. Even when we turn off the bedside lamp and are fast asleep, (e)---remains working for us driving our fans, heating or cooling our rooms and running our refrigerators. Unfortunately, we (f)---enjoy the uninterrupted blessings of electricity. There is some (g)---in the generation (h)---electricity in Bangladesh.(i)---load-shedding or suspension of the supply of electricity has(j)---a regular programme of the Power Development Board.
Part C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make suitable sentences. Write out the sentences in full. 2x6=12
12. The following sentences are jumbled. Rewrite them in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story. 14
(i) But it had no effect.
(ii) At last he found a jar in a garden.
(iii) As he was leaving the jar in despair, he noticed a heap of pebbles nearby.
(iv) But it was at the bottom and out of his reach.
(v) He flew from one place to another in search of water.
(vi) He took some pebbles.
(vii) Then he hit upon a plan.
(viii) Then he flew away.
(ix) Then he dropped the pebbles into the jar.
(x) A crow was very thirsty and wanted to drink.
(xi) When the water came to the mouth of the jar the crow drank to his fill.
(xii) As each pebble went down, the water in the jar rose up little by little.
(xiii) The crow tried to turn the jar over and over again.
(xiv) There was some water in the jar.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as detail as possible. 14
(a) Do you remember the first day at your college? (b) How did you feel when you entered the college campus on that day? (c) What classes did you attend? (d) Did you notice any differences between your school and your college? (e) What things did you like about the college most?
Education is one of the basic needs of a human being and is essential for any kind of development. The poor socio-economic condition of Bangladesh can be largely attributed to most people’s inaccessibility to education. Many illiterate people do not have any knowledge of health, sanitation and population control. If they were educated, they could live a healthy and planned life. Education teaches us how to earn well and how to spend well. It enables us to make the right choices in life and to perform our duties properly. It enhances our ability to raise crops, store food, protect the environment and carry out our social responsibilities. It is only education which can help us to adopt a rational attitude. It provides us with an enlightened awareness about things and this awareness is the prerequisite for social development.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence 1x5=5
(a) Education is one of the essential/important/fundamental needs of a human being
(b) Education is the yardstick/yardman/yardmaster of development.
(c) The poor socio-economic circumstances/circumstances/circumstantial can be a great barrier to education.
(d) Education teaches us how to destroy/expend/ruin well.
(e) Education helps us to adopt a rational outlook/look-out/overlook.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
(a) Most of the people of Bangladesh do not have opportunity of education for poverty.
(b) Literate people are not aware of health, sanitation and population control.
(c) Education provides us with superstitious consciousness.
(d) Education is an impediment to the adoption of rational attitude.
(e) Illiteracy hampers social development.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) People should be (education)---a society.
(b) The educated (lead)---a healthy and planned life.
(c) Education makes a man (ability)---protect the environment.
(d) Education enhances our ability (carry)---our social responsibilities.
(e) There are many superstitious beliefs (prevail)---our society.
4. Make a list of five suggestions about how illiteracy may be overcome. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8 (Unit-21, L-30B)
Globalization is now largely based on a strong technological foundation. The electronic transfer of information via the internet has now created an instantaneous and interconnected world of information resulting in a 24-hour trading network. This technology has largely changed banking and financial activities. Worldwide money transfer and transaction of businesses have now become a matter of clicking the mouse of a computer. Five out of every six dollars that move in the world economy today travel through the electronic medium. Some products like software and TV programmes are also amenable to digital or electronic transmission. We can now buy and sell goods through the electronic screen. Computers have thus brought about a revolutionary change in today’s world. Globalization is now only what technology makes possible.
5. Write short answers to the following questions 1x5=5
(a) What is based on technology?
(b) What has the internet created?
(c) How has technology changed banking and financial activities?
(d) What can we do through electronic screen?
(e) What has brought about a revolutionary change?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1x5=5
(a)---is now dependent on technology. The (b)---transformation of information has made(c)---and financial activities faster. Worldwide money(d)---and transactions of (e)---has become a matter of only clicking the mouse.
7. Summarize the passage in five sentences. 1x5=5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing the effects of information technology in globalization. (No. 1 has been done for you).
Part B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the following list. There are more words in the list than you need. Sometimes you have to make grammatical changes. 1x10=10
In ancient times, education was (a)---for the general people but a (b)---for the chosen few who took on (c)---roles in the (d)---of the state and in religion. (e)---Greece, education became more (f)---in about the 5th century BC. The Greeks, however, sent(g)---their male children to school. When Rome was (h)---by the Greeks, the Romans under Greek influence (i)---a strong (j)---of literacy.
10. Fill in the blanks with a suitable word in each gap. 1x10=10
Man pollutes water, another vital (a)---of the environment by dumping (b)---into it. Farmers (c)---chemicals, washed away by rain and floods. (d)---mixed with water in rivers, canals and ponds. Water is also (e)---by mills and factories when they throw their (f)---chemicals and waste products into rivers and canals. Water vehicles also pollute rivers by dumping oil, food waste and human waste. (g)---into them. Insanitary latrines(h)---on river and canal banks are also(i)---for further pollution. In this way various(j)---of waste and filth pollute water.
Part C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full. 2x6=12
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story. 14
(i) His friends and disciples could not bear the sight.
(ii) With eyes full of tears, they bade Socrates a last farewell.
(iii) A few moments passed, Socrates lay down and covered his face.
(iv) The cup contained hemlock, a deadly poison.
(v) At last, the hour of departure had arrived.
(vi) A moment later, he uncovered his face and looking at Crito said, “Don’t forget the debt, Crito”.
(vii) They burst into tears and cried loudly like children.
(viii) Socrates met his friends and disciples for the last time.
(ix) He asked them to let him die in peace.
(x) At sunset, the Governor of the prison came.
(xi) Then there came a man with a cup in hand.
(xii) He argued with them about the immortality of the soul.
(xiii) He told them that the soul of man cannot die.
(xiv) Socrates took the cup in his hand, said his prayer and drank the hemlock without any hesitation.
13. Write a paragraph
h of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
(a) What is Bangla new year? (b) How do people celebrate it in Bangladesh? (c) What functions are usually observed on this day? (d) What are the differences in the rural and urban celebration of the day? (e) Who are the more interested people to celebrate the day?
Read the passage below and answer the questions 1----4 [Unit—9, L-3(C)]
Bangladesh is a small country but has a huge population. Most people here live below the poverty line and cannot therefore afford to educate their children. Many poor children either drop out of school after just a few years or simply do not go to school at all. We have far too many students to educate compared to the number of institutions available. Bangladesh needs more schools, colleges and universities to provide for the increasing number of educational institutions. At present every educational institution is over-crowded and class size is unusually large. As facilities in these institutions are poor, students do not get a standard education. Moreover, many educational institutions in Bangladesh are troubled with politics and violence. Sometimes, institutions are closed down to avoid clashes between rival groups of students. Such closures badly affect academic progress.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence. 1x5=5
(a) Bangladesh has scarce/small/exceedingly large population.
(b) We have more/insufficient/adequate educational institutions.
(c) The academic progress of our students is often stopped/affected/developed by many obstacles.
(d) Most of our people do not have the intention/ability/endeavour to educate their children.
(e) By class size we understand the number of students/classroom/education materials.
2. True/Flase? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
(a) Every child in Bangladesh goes to school.
(b) We have more educational institutions than our students.
(c) The government has financial limitations.
(d) Every educational institution of our country is over-crowded.
(e) Politics and violence often stand in the way of our education.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) Poverty is the main obstacle for our people to be (educate).
(b) Financial supports are not (equal)---provided according to requisition.
(c) (Compare)---many students our educational institutions are not enough.
(d) The education(impart)---the students is often below standard.
(e) Students are (relation)---politics.
4. Make a list of five problems of education in Bangladesh. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8 [U-14, L-4(B)]
Investment in education for girls increases the economic and social returns of development investment in all other sectors. Educating girls contributes to creating wealth through its impact on economic development. Educated women have a higher income potential than those who have had no schooling. Educated mothers are more likely to send both their boys and girls to school. It is important to realize that success in girls education generally results from an integrated approach to community development. Thus failing to educate girls results in a tremendous waste of potential human resources.
5. Write short answers to these questions about female education. 1x5=5
(a) How can the educated girls create wealth?
(b) What does the failure of female education result in?
(c) What do educated mothers like?
(d) What gives women the capability of higher income?
(e) What do you mean by schooling?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1x5=5
Even a few years ago we did not think much about our girls. But now we think seriously about them because almost half of the (a)---of our country is women. Now we see, they are (b)---human resources of our country. They (c)---much to the development of our country. Now we are convinced to send girls to(d)---at an early age. The impact (e)---educating girls is beneficial to the future generation.
7. Summarize the passage in five sentences. 1x5=5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing the contributions of female education. (No, 1 has been done for you) 1x5=5
Part B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable word from the box. Make any grammatical changes if necessary. There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
Trees are very useful to human beings. They (a)---the rich top soil from being (b)---away by rain water and floods. You can see tree being (c)---along mountain slopes, on road sides, in parks and gardens. Trees give us shade. They (d)---life to a place with their colorful flowers, beautiful leaves, fruits and thick trunks. They (e)---shelters for birds and animals. They give us timber, medicines, paper gum and many other useful things. They (f)---in carbon di-oxide and (g)---oxygen. As you know, by now man (h)---oxygen to (i)---and live. Trees are our best friends. We should (j)---them and plant more trees around us.
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap. 1x10=10
Everybody (a)---to live a happy and peaceful life. But what are the (b)---that can assure you of such a nice life? Naturally people’s options are quite different on this point. The factors (c)---be money, power, security, honour, love, health, good family bondage, education, voluptuous pleasures etc. Most people (d)---money alone can ensure all other elements (e)---for a happy life. It’s partly true. But if you (f)---stick to money, you may start running after money. But you cannot live in two rooms, cannot (g)---two persons food etc. at the (h)---time. You should bear in (i)---that your necessity or desire has a time. If you exceed the limit and run(j)---money with an endless greed, you will be utterly ruined.
Part C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences . Write out the sentences in full. 2x6=12
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in the proper order to make a story. 14
(i) He was born on 18 June at Bathua village in Hat Hazari of Chittagong.
(ii) He is the third among fourteen children of his parents.
(iii) Then he got himself admitted into a collegiate school and passed the Matriculation standing 16th position.
(iv) After passing the Intermediate Examination, he got himself admitted into the University of D:haka in the Department of Economics.
(v) He established Grameen Bank in 1976 and started his micro-credit programme from Jobra village.
(vi) His activities of poverty alleviation and promotion of peace have been famous all over the world.
(vii) You must have heard the name of Professor Dr. Mohammed Yunus.
(viii) His father’s name is Hazi Dula Mia and mother’s name is Sufia Khatun.
(ix) He completed his primary education from Lama Bazar Primary School and got first place in the scholarship examination.
(x) He got M.A in Economics in 1961 and did his Ph.D in 1969 from the USA.
(xi) He passed the Intermediate Examination from Chittagong College.
(xii) Grameen Bank and his micro-credit programme have been very successful in poverty reduction all over the world.
(xiii) His project for the promotion of peace through poverty reduction has been taken as a model all over the world.
(xiv) He is awarded the Nobel Prize for peace in 2006 for which the Bengali nation is proud of.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
(a) What is an international language? (b) Why is English so called? (c) Why is it necessary? (d) What does it give to a man? (e) What is your evaluation of it?
English (Compulsory) First Paper
Part---A: Seen Comprehension (40 Marks)
Communicative competence refers to the ability to use language appropriately in different circumstances. There are two ways of developing communicative competence in a language. The first is acquisition which is similar to the way people develop ability in their mother tongue. It is a natural subconscious process in which uses are not usually aware of acquiring a language. They are aware only of the fact that they are using the language for communication. In non-technical terms, acquisition is ‘picking up’ a language spontaneously. It may also called ‘implicit’ learning. On the other hand, the second way of developing communicative competence in a language is learning that language. It refers to conscious knowledge of a language, knowing the rules of language use, being aware of using them, and being able to talk about them. In non-technical terms, learning is to know consciously about a language. It may be described as ‘explicit’ learning. Language specialists believe that acquiring a language is more successful and longer lasting than learning. Therefore, teachers these days encourage learners of a second language to practice and experience the language in different situations where they are involved in communicating with others and that is exactly what the tasks in this book are designed to do.
1. Choose the right word/expression to complete each sentence: 1x5=5
(a) Communicative competence devalues/means/discourages the ability to use language appropriately.
(b) Explicit learning refers to subconscious/careless/conscious knowledge of a language.
(c) Acquiring a language is more difficult/temporary/effective than learning it.
(d) Nowadays teachers inspire learners of a second language to practice /learn/utilize the language in different situations.
(e) Language specialists believe that learning a language is not as successful as/like/than acquiring it.
Chittagong Board ---2011
English (Compulsory) First Paper
Part A: Seen Comprehension (40 Marks)
Read the passage below and answer the questions 1----4 [Unit—9, L-3(C)]
Ismail Hossain is an affluent man now. Through hard work and devotion, he has managed to turn the wheels of fortune. He was an unemployed youth of an impoverished family from Ekdala village in Natore Sadar Thana. Through new knowledge, hard work and perseverance, he has brought prosperity in his family. Ismail Hossain, son of Zohar Ali studied up to class eight. Poverty then forced him to look for work. He worked as a labourer before he joined the training programme of the Natore Horticulture Centre (NHC) and has remained associated with it since then. . The officer in charge of NHC said that Ismail seemed to be an enthusiastic and energetic youth during the selection of villages under NHC’s command area. Ismail first received training in vegetable cultivation. There he got a lease of land in his village and applied his new and improved knowledge to cultivate vegetables. He earned taka 25,000as profit that year. In the same way he made a profit of taka one lakh by cultivating quality cauliflowers the next year. Later, he bought some land and used it entirely to cultivate cauliflowers. He has been raising hi-breed cows for milk as well as manure. Ismail’s lot has changed radically. He said with a satisfactory smile, “ I am very happy to be self sufficient now. I had nothing of my own before but now I have so much. It has been possible through my hard labour and systematic cultivation. The credit also goes to NHC of course, he added. The officer in-charge of NHC said, “ I feel very proud of Ismail Hossain. He deserves national level recognition for his outstanding success. “
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence. 1x5=5
(a) Ismail Hossain is insolvent/solvent/destitute now.
(b) Ismail has changed his lot through diligence /elegance/ defiance.
(c) The officer-in-charge of NHC boasts/talks/ derides of Ismail.
(d) Ismail got a lease of land before his training/after his training/ during his training.
(e) Ismail’s fate has changed slowly/drastically/ presently.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
(a) Islmail. Could not receive higher education.
(b) Ismail had enlightened his life by hard labour.
(c) Islmail earned taka 1,00,000 as profit for the first time.
(d) Before receiving training , Ismail led a very happy life.
(e) The officer-in-charge made adverse comment about Ismail Hossain.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs in the brackets. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) Ismail bought some land in order to use it for (cultivate)---cauliflowers.
(b) His hard work brought (radically)---change of his lot.
(c) The officer-in-charge takes (proud)---Ismail’s success.
(d) His fortune (change)---for his hard lobour.
(e) Once Ismail Hossain (unemploy)---.
4. Make a list of five qualities of Ismail Hossain. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8
Every year millions of people all over the world die unnecessarily as a result of pollution. These unfortunate and avoidable deaths are brought about by four specific factors. Firstly, air pollution from factories, burning trash and vehicle fumes cause pneumonia, bronchitis and other respiratory diseases. Then water pollution from industrial discharge, the indiscriminate disposal of toxic chemicals, and the dumping of human waste into rivers and canals cause poisoning and water borne diseases such as cholera and diarrhoea. The next factor is the noise pollution from vehicle horns and microphones that might cause aggression and damage hearing. And finally, odour pollution from dumped or untreated human waste causes serious discomfort to our sense of smell, and attracts disease-bearing creatures such as rats and flies. We should take determined action to control these problems and clean up the environment to avert these unnecessary diseases.
5. Write short answers to the following questions: 1x5=5
(a) What are the types of pollution mentioned in the passage?
(b) What is odour pollution?
(c) How does air get polluted?
(d) What is the effect of noise pollution?
(e) How does the paragraph end?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words: 1x5=5
Air and water are the two important (a)---of our environment. Many people die every year all over the world because of the (b)---of these elements. The unfortunate deaths (c)---by pollution can be avoided if we become (d)---of the disastrous (e)---of pollution.
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences: 1x5=5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing the effects of pollution. (No. 1 has been done for you). 1x5=5
Part B: Vocabulary
Fill in the gaps with a suitable word from the box (make any grammatical change if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
Waste Community Sphere Women Family Returns
Educate Develop Children Welfare Mother sector
Education for girls is essential for the development in all (a)---of the society. So, investments in the education of (b)---will bring in greater (c)---in the field of economic and social (d)---. Educated women can contribute more to the family (e)---than those who have no schooling . Educated (f)---are more likely to send their (g)---to school and look after their health and nutrition. Thus (h)---women can contribute to the (i)---development. On the other hand, failure to educate women is a tremendous (f)---of human resource.
10. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words. 1x10=10
Banks are unable or unwilling to lend (a)---to the poorer section of the society. The Grameen Bank (h)---credit to the poor, particularly rural (c)---. There are about 800 micro-finace (d)---in the country. It is estimated that they have (e)---employment for about 54,000 people. A recent (f)---indicates that micro-credit programmes had a (g)---effect on socio-economic variables (h)---children’s schooling nutrition and family (i)---and about 5% of programme participants rose above (j)---line.
Part –C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences: 6x2=12
A B C D
(i) A large number themselves in one solution to vocations
(ii) It is not provides loans and themselves can engage employment to all
(iii) Self-employment of people in or other of these this problem
(iv) It means possible for the Bangladesh are earning activity
(v) People can train is a possible counseling to start in economic activities
(vi) The government that people government to give unemployed.
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite them in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story: 14
(i) The blacks were subjected to all sorts of indignities.
(ii) But the oppressive rulers could not break the spirit.
(iii) Nelson Mendela was the greatest leader of South Africa.
(iv) Eventually, the great leader realized the goal of liberating his own people.
(v) In fact , he was one of the greatest leaders of the world.
(vi) All his life he struggled against apartheid.
(vii) They were aliens in their own country.
(viii) It was government policy of racial segregation.
(ix) The blacks were treated cruelly.
(x) He was thrown behind the prison bars.
(xi) The great leader vowed to put an end to the inhuman practice.
(xii) They were denied all basic human rights.
(xiv) Even dogs received a much better treatment than the blacks.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should provide as much detail as possible. You must give a title to your paragraph. 14
(a) What is meant by premature marriage? (b) Who are victims of premature marriage? (c) What are the causes of pre-mature marriage? (d) What problems does premature marriage create in society? (e) What suggestions do you have to solve the problem?
English First Paper (RB 2008/ Ctg B 2008)
Part A---Seen ComprehensionRead the passage below and answer the questions 1—4
Bangladesh is a small country but has a huge population. Most people here live below the poverty line and cannot therefore afford to educate their children. Many poor children either drop out of school after just a few years or simply do not go to school at all. We have far too many students to educate compared to the number of institutions available. Bangladesh needs more schools, colleges and universities to provide for the increasing number of educational institutions. At present every educational institution is over-crowded and class size is unusually large. As facilities in these institutions are poor, students do not get a standard education. Moreover, many educational institutions in Bangladesh are troubled with politics and violence. Sometimes, institutions are closed down to avoid clashes between rival groups of students. Such closures badly affect academic progress.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence: 1x5=5
a) Most of the people in Bangladesh do not have the intention/ability/endeavor to educate their children.
b) Comparatively the number of the educational institutions is insufficient/available/excess in Bangladesh.
c) Many students cannot study due to unawareness/laziness/poverty.
d) Some of our educational institutions are troubled/accomplished/glorified by terrorism.
e) The academic progress of our education has been stopped/interrupted/executed by many obstacles.
f) The population of Bangladesh is small/scarce/exceedingly large.
g) We have more/insufficient/adequate educational institutions
h) By ‘ class size we understand number of students/class room/education materials.
i) Students do not get standard education owing to poor facilities/lack of attention/violence in the campus.
j) Most people cannot send their children to school because of unawareness/want of school/poverty.
a) Most of the people in Bangladesh do not have the intention/ability/endeavor to educate their children.
b) Comparatively the number of the educational institutions is insufficient/available/excess in Bangladesh.
c) Many students cannot study due to unawareness/laziness/poverty.
d) Some of our educational institutions are troubled/accomplished/glorified by terrorism.
e) The academic progress of our education has been stopped/interrupted/executed by many obstacles.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
a) Most of the people in Bangladesh do not have the intention/ability/endeavor to educate their children.
b) Comparatively the number of the educational institutions is insufficient/available/excess in Bangladesh.
c) Many students cannot study due to unawareness/laziness/poverty.
d) Some of our educational institutions are troubled/accomplished/glorified by terrorism.
e) The academic progress of our education has been stopped/interrupted/executed by many obstacles.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
a) Every child of Bangladesh has the opportunity to take primary education.---F---True--Many children of Bangladesh do not have the opportunity to take primary education.
b) Though many students drop out at school level, many educational institutions of our country are overcrowded.-True
c) Most of our people have to struggle with poverty.--True
d) The practice of politics develops the standard of our educational institutions.---F—True---The practice of politics hinders the standard of our educational institutions.
e) For poverty many students drop out after a few years.---True
f) Some people in Bangladesh live below the poverty line.---F---True---Most people in Bangladesh live below the poverty line.
g) The government can fund the educational institutions.---F---True---The government cannot fund the educational institutions enough.
h) Many educational institutions are troubled with devastating floods.—F---True---Many educational institutions are troubled with politics and violence.
i) Educational institutions are closed down in order to avoid the risk of clashes.---True
j) We have more students than our educational institutions.---True
3. Fill in the gaps with correct form of the words in brackets. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
a) Poverty is the main obstacle for most of the people of Bangladesh to be (educate)---- Ans: educated
b) Without (remove)---poverty, our population cannot be educated.
c) Government is unable to (provide)---money for all industries.(provide)
d) Many parents have no (capable)---send their children to school.(capability to)
e) In spite of (be)---small, Bangladesh has a huge population.(being)
f) The number of educational institutions (b)---(be) not enough in Bangladesh.(is)
g) Students are (relation)---politics.(related to)
h) Financial supports are not (equal)---provided according to requisition.(equally)
i) Closures of educational institutions (hinder)---academic progress.(hinder)
j) The education (impart)---the students is often below standard.(imparted to)
4. Make a list of five reasons why people cannot afford to educate their children. 5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5—8
There have been significant changes in the types of entertainment over time. Many of these no longer exist. Even if they do, people keep looking for newer forms of entertainment. Thus, snake charming, puppet shows, jatra, jarigan, sharigan and kabigan which were common forms of entertainment in the past, have almost lost their appeal. Radio, which used to be a good source of entertainment in the past, is now giving place to television, and to satellite channels in particular. The entertainment business, like other spheres of life, is getting westernized day by day. Folk music or palligeeti is now sung with western instruments. At the same time, modern music is now fusing melodies from folk and traditional songs. In general, band and pop music is becoming more and more popular, particularly among the young generation.
Sport has become a great source of entertainment today. Football, which used to be the most popular spectator sport in Bangladesh, is gradually being replaced by cricket as a popular form of sports entertainment.
5. Write short answers to the questions below. 1x5=5
a) Is there any change in the field of entertainment in our country.
b) What instruments are now used in singing folk music?
c) Why have the old forms of entertainment lost their appeal?
d) What were the common forms of entertainment in the past?
e) What is the position of football now-a-days?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words 1x5=5
Change is the go of the day. Everything (a)----with passage of time(Changes). Today what is new gets old tomorrow. Similarly change is noticed in (b)---(entertainment) Today people’s tastes are not confined in older types of entertainment. They look for (c)---types of entertainment(newer). Sport is also a good (d)---of entertainment(form). Once people used to (e)---football match(watch).
7. Summarize the passage in five sentences 1x5=5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing the changes in entertainment through the ages. (No 1 has been done for you). 1x5=5
| Snake charming common entertainment in past | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | |
Or Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8
Sports are a popular form of entertainment. Many international sporting events are organized from time to time. Most of these events are sponsored by multinational manufacturing companies and business firms. They pay for the sports events in exchange for the right to advertise their products during those events. These events are telecast worldwide by satellite and people all over the world watch them live. As a result, the sponsors’ products receive maximum media coverage thus giving companies international recognition. This is only the commercial aspect of international sport but there are other aspects too. The sports venue becomes a meeting place of people from different countries. When people of different nations get together on the occasion of an international sporting event, they come closer to each other, sharing views, opinions and friendship. This opportunity creates a sense of brotherhood and a spirit of mutual cooperation among them. Moreover, getting acquainted with different cultures helps to break down prejudice and broaden outlook. If globalization has anything to do with the development of international relationship, then sports can certainly contribute in a big way to this.
Write short answers to the following questions
a) Who sponsor international sporting events?
b) How do the products receive maximum media coverage?
c) When do people of different nations come closer?
d) What is the commercial aspect of international aspects?
e) What opportunity creates a sense of international brotherhood?
Fill in the gaps with suitable words
The last Olympic games (a)---became the most popular form of entertainment of the whole world. People all over the world watched those events (b)---by satellite. Many international manufacturing companies (c)—for the sports events in exchange for advertising their products during those events. Those products (d)---maximum media coverage. The sports venue become the (e)---place of all countries of the world.
Summerise the passage in five senences
Make a flow chart on the basis of your reading of the passage
| A meeting place for different countries | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | |
Part B---Vocabulary
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box (Make any grammatical change if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need. 10
| Embrace | Introduce | Make | Remain | Noticing | Friend |
| Reputation | Noticeable | Keep | Usual | Interpret | control |
| With | Improve | Not | Mean | Maintain | Upon | Stop |
| Take | Easily | Than | Keep | Depend | Raise | avoid |
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap: 1x5= 5
Man pollutes water, another vital (a)---of the environment , by (b)---waste into it. Farmers (c)---chemical fertilizers and insecticides in their fields. Some of these chemicals, washed away by rain and floods, (d)---mixed with water in rivers, canals and ponds. Water is also (e)---by mills and factories when they throw their (f)---chemicals and waste products into rivers and canals. Water vehicles also pollute rivers by dumping oil, food waste and human (g)---into them. Insanitary latrines (h)---on river and canal banks are also (i)---for further pollution. In this way, various (jj)--- of waste and filth contaminate water.
Or
Natural disaster (a)---throughout the world in recent years. The main reason behind this is greenhouse effect or (b)---of the air (c)---the earth. Global warming is melting the (d)---ice of polar regions and of the peaks of (e)---mountains. Consequently the (f)---of sea water has alarmingly increased. Cyclones and tidal bores (g)---inundating and destroying the coastal regions to a large extent. Climatologists (h)---that in the last 185 years 99 cyclones hit the coastal (i)---and off shore islands of our country causing irrecoverable loss (j)---life and properties.
Part C---Guided Writing
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full: 2x6=12
| | A | B | C | D |
| (i) | The present age | To the family income | The broken families | And out of home activities |
| (ii) | Women | Household work and out door activities | A wide disintegration of | By both husbands and wives |
| (iii) | As they began to contribute | Has seen | Giving place to | Are having psychological problems |
| (iv) | In the developed countries now | In the west and children of | They started influencing | Small, nuclear families |
| (v) | Extended families have given | Are associating now | Are done equally | Large kin groups |
| (vi) | Marriages now often break up | And are still | With earning | Decisions about family matters |
Or
| | A | B | C | D |
| (i) | The arsenic problem of Bangladesh | is | know what is | a white compound of brittle elements |
| (ii) | In chemistry arsenic | of arsenic | to help to | to the underground water |
| (iii) | The element | has become | present in large quantities | causing them trouble. |
| (iv) | Victims | do not even | usually suffer slow and | in recent years. |
| (v) | Suffering people | have assured us | acute | agonizing deaths. |
| (vi) | The world bank and the UNDP | is detected to be | referred to | solve this problem. |
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story. 1x14= 14
i) Then he saw a spider trying hard to reach the ceiling of the cave.
ii) But it did not give up hope.
iii) The spider failed again and again to succeed.
iv) Bruce saw the spider climbing to the ceiling after some unsuccessful attempts.
v) He gathered an army of strong men and attacked his enemies.
vi) This dauntless spider inspired Bruce to shake off the darkness of despair.
vii) The enemies courted defeat and Robert Bruce regained his kingdom.
viii) The king fought bravely but lost the battle.
ix) Robert Bruce was a famous king of Scotland.
x) He had to flee from his kingdom to save his life.
xi) Enemies invaded his kingdom.
xii) He took shelter to a remote cave.
xiii) Once he was lying in the cave.
xiv) The king was always in a gloomy state for his unhappy condition.
Or
(i) An English boy was making a small boat.
(ii) My country is on the other side of the sea.
(iii) “ I didn’t see my mother for a good longtime.
(iv) Napoleon, the king of France was a great hero.
(v) The king was charmed by the words of the small boy.
(vi) He won many battles and conquered many countries of Europe.
(vii) Suddenly he noticed a wonderful thing.
(viii) “ Let me go to my country”
(ix) One day he was walking along the sea shore.
(x) The king asked him why he was making such a small boat.
(xi) The boy was brought before him.
(xii) “ I shall go to my country by this boat”
(xiii) He made all arrangements to send him to his country.
(xiv) The boy said, “ I shall cross the sea”.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answer to the questions should give as much detail as possible.
a) What is an international language?
b) Why is English called so?
c) Why should we learn English?
d) What do you think about the necessity of grammar in learning English?
e) How does your English text book help you learn English?
Or
a) Where is Bangladesh located?
b) When did she get her freedom?
c) Where is the capital of Bangladesh?
d) What are the different religions here?
e) What are some of the customs and traditions that people follow?
f) What are its main tourist spots?
JB 2008
Part A---Seen Comprehension
Read the passage below and answer the questions 1---4
In recent years, there have been many alarming reports that the world’s climate is undergoing a significant change. All these reports provide strong evidence that the world temperatures are increasing day by day. This increase in global warming is caused by increased amounts of carbon dioxide around the earth. Most climatologists believe that the greenhouse effect is the likely cause of this global warming.What is the greenhouse effect? It is the gradual warming of the air surrounding the earth as a result of heat being trapped by environmental pollution. This is exemplified by the destruction and burning down of tropical rain forests, by traffic that clogs up city streets, by the rapid growth of industry, the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in packaging and manufacturing commercial products, the use of detergents such as washing powder and washing up liquid and so on. The oceans are also said to be affected both because of human waste and because of pollution caused by industrial waste products, oil seeping from damaged supertankers and from other maritime disasters. However, the main culprits for global warming are carbon dioxide gas produced by the burning of fossil fuels and forests, and pollutants such as methane and chlorofluorocarbons.
Climatologists predict that midway through the next century, temperatures may have risen by as much as 4°C. This could catastrophically reduce mankind’s ability to grow food, destroy or severely damage wildlife and wilderness, raise sea levels and thereby flood coastal areas and farmland. The alarming news about Bangladesh is that as a result of the rise of the sea levels, the lower southern part of the country may one day go under water.
1. Choose the correct word to complete each sentence 1x5=5
a) The most likely cause of greenhouse effect is the raise/rise/soar of the sea level.
b) Global warming may have a minor/insignificant/disastrous effect on life.
c) Many countries of the world are victims/martyrs/offenders of this problem.
d) The burning of fossil fuels, forest and various pollutants is the effect/root/source of carbon dioxide gas.
e) Traffic that clogs up city streets have delayed/accelerated/hastened the environment pollution.
2. True/false? If false, give the correct information 1x5=5
a) Carbon dioxide is the only culprit for global warming.
b) In the passage there is no prediction of the climatologists.
c) If the sea level rises, it might engulf some parts of Bangladesh.
d) Any kind of powder is a detergent.
e) One of the consequences of the rise in temperature is desertification.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets: 1x5=5
a) According to the (believe) ---the climatologists, the greenhouse effect is the most likely cause of the global warming.
b) Life on earth is seriously (threaten)---global warming.
c) Industrial waste products are one of the (cause)---of water pollution.
d) The oceans are polluted by oils(flow)---supertankers.
e) There are many reasons of the (exemplify)---global warming.
4. Make a list of five things responsible for global warming: 5
Read the passage below and answer the questions. 5---8”
The British have a reputation for keeping their emotions private and for being reserved in their public behaviour. There are some obvious things that people from overseas notice in British behaviour. For example, on public transport, people do not usually talk to other passengers. On meeting, people do not embrace and often simply shake hands on a first introduction. In theaters, concert halls and cinemas, audiences are quiet during performances and reactions are often restrained. None of these behaviour traits, however, need to be interpreted by visitors as unfriendliness and in general, if a visitor makes the first move to start a conversation, they will find that British people are friendly and very considerate. On the other hand, some aspects of British behaviour might seem too informal for foreigners. An example is the informal use of first names among staff holding different status in work. Although it would be a blasphemy for a student to call his/her teachers by their first names in Bangladesh, it is quite common in British colleges and universities.
Britain lies in the temperate region, in winter, it is very cold and windy. You should carry warm clothes with you. Moreover, there are a number of significant differences in norms and behaviour.
5. Write short answers to the following questions: 1x5=5
a) What do the British do on public transport?
b) What do the visitors notice among the British?
c) What may be a blasphemy for a student in Bangladesh?
d) How do British people behave on first introduction?
c) Why should you carry warm clothes with you?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words: 1x5=5
The British are (a)---for keeping their emotions private. They also maintain (b)---when they (c)---with the strangers. People from overseas notice some obvious things in the (d)---of the British. When they (e)---other people, they do not embrace and shake hands on a first introduction.
7. Summarize the passage in five sentences. 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing the etiquette of the British people.(No. 1 has been done for you).
| Keeping their emotion private | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | |
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box (make any grammatical changes if necessary. There are more words in the box than you need: 10
| Prediction | Global | Bring | Extinction | Undergo | action | Waste |
| Unnecessary | Pollute | Avoid | Temperatures | Suitable | Rise | Cruelty |
10. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word: 1x10=10
Introverts and extroverts (a)---two kinds of men (b)---in the society. An introvert is quite (c)---to an extrovert. Without (d)---extrovert no man or woman (e)---life in the country. What we have (f)---from the (g)---of Sohel and Farid gives us the quality of introvert. (h)---Farid had done in the bus(i)---introvert. Fahima is (j)--- the extrovert quality.
Part C---Guided Writing
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentence in full: 2x6= 12
| | A | B | C | D |
| (i) | Robinson crusoe | wanted | that he should go | at all. |
| (ii) | his father | did not want | to be a sailor | England. |
| (iii) | he | ran way | from home | from his boyhood. |
| (iv) | he | wanted | him | to study law. |
| (v) | his father | did not like | in | one day. |
| (vi) | he | was born | the idea | to sea. |
(i) The food was very hot.
(ii) The old woman felt pity for him and quickly gave Taimur a full dish of food.
(iii) It was situated far away from the capital.
(iv) When the news reached the Prince, he dame with a large army.
(v) The area was surrounded on all sides.
(vi) Taimur’s soldiers were all killed, but Taimur escaped with great difficulty.
(vii) He disguised himself as a poor traveler and supported himself by begging.
(viii) Taimur was so hungry that he did not wait.
(ix) He hurriedly dug his fingers right in the middle of the dish.
(x) Young Taimur once attacked a province of a powerful prince.
(xi) One day he became very hungry and could not get anything to eat.
(xii) He came to a house and asked an old woman to give him something to eat.
(xiii) As a result he burnt his fingers.
(xiv) Taimur was one of the greatest conquerors of the world.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
a) What is load-shedding?
b) What are the causes of load-shedding?
c) How do people suffer during it?
d) What are the effects on the economy of the country?
e) How can we minimize load-shedding?
SB---2008
Part A---Seen Comprehension
Read the passage below and answer the questions 1---4
The process of globalization obviously requires a common language for international communication. For many different reason, English has achieved the prestige of being that language. As a result, it has crossed national borders to reach people who speak other languages. It is no longer the unique possession of British or American or other native speaker people, but a language that belongs to the world’s people. In fact, bilingual and multilingual users of English far outnumber its monolingual native speakers.This phenomenon has led to a bewildering variety of English around the world. As more and more people speak English, more and more varieties have emerged which are strongly influenced by the pronunciation, grammar and idioms of the respective mother tongues. World English has now moved away from the control of native speakers. There is a joke that global English is neither British nor American, “ rather it is bad English. However, the question of good or bad English is irrelevant now. Today’s slogan is mutual intelligibility among users of the language.
1. Choose the right word/phrases to complete each sentence. 1x5=5
a) Globalization need /needed/needs a common language.
b) Now a days English belong to/belongs to/is belonged world’s people.
c) Now a days people hardly bother about correction/appropriateness/precise of their English.
d) As a common language English is able to create better understanding/enmity/opposition among different nations
e) Today’s slogan is’ mutual intelligibility’ among users of the language. Here the word ‘intelligibility’ is verb/preposition/noun.
2. True/false? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
a) English is not spoken only in England, America and some other English speaking countries.
b) Globalization does not require any particular common language.
c) Only good English is spoken globally.
d) The plural form of the word ‘ phenomenon’ is ‘phenomena’.
e) All people can hardly be benefited from English.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words given in brackets. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
a) Once English (b)---spoken by the native speakers only.
b) World English (move)---now away from control of the English.
c) The standard of English in our country is (get)---low gradually.
d) Global English is (say)---to be bad English.
e) English has made (communicate)---the people of other countries convenient.
4. Make a list of five points about the necessity of English in global perspective. 5
The British have a reputation for keeping their emotions private and for being reserved in their public behaviour. There are some obvious things that people from overseas notice in British behaviour. For example, on public transport, people do not usually talk to other passengers. On meeting, people do not embrace and often simply shake hands on a first introduction. In theaters, concert halls and cinemas, audiences are quiet during performances and reactions are often restrained. None of these behaviour traits, however, need to be interpreted by visitors as unfriendliness and in general, if a visitor makes the first move to start a conversation, they will find that British people are friendly and very considerate. On the other hand, some aspects of British behaviour might seem too informal for foreigners. An example is the informal use of first names among staff holding different status in work. Although it would be a blasphemy for a student to call his/her teachers by their first names in Bangladesh, it is quite common in British colleges and universities.
5. Write short answers to the following questions: 1x5=5
a) What goodwill do the British have?
b) How do the British people behave on public transport?
c) How do the British people behave in a cinema hall?
d) Are British people really unfriendly?
e) What aspect of British behaviour may appear informal to a foreigner?
6.Fill in the gaps with suitable words: 1x5=5
Shahida went to Britain for her graduation. She came back last year. During her stay there she marked many things about the British behaviour. She (a)---that the British were by nature reserve. They did not talk on public transport unless they were (b)---something. On (c)---they did not embrace. Once she went to a theater. There was a very romantic drama. To her utter surprise she observed that the people kept (d)---even when the most romantic scene was on the stage. The way in which the students addressed their teachers simply (e)---her.
7. Summarize five points about British behaviour in full sentences. 1x5=5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes doe for the flow chart showing the etiquette of the British people. (No. 1 has been done for you).
| Keeping their emotions private | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | |
Part B---Vocabulary
9. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word from the box. (Make any grammatical changes if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need. 10
| find | prevail | both | Available | Neat |
| take | submit | looking | Be | Collection |
| caters | look | appeal | | |
A library serves as the best source of knowledge (a)---for the students and the teachers. It is a large (b)---of books. Among these there are books on courses that are taught in different classes. There (c)---books on extra curricular subjects also. In the library newspapers and periodicals are also (d)----.The library (e)---to the tastes of different people. Books are arranged in shelves(f)---. There are library assistants who are also helpful for the readers. One head librarian (g)---after the library. So the teachers do not have any problem in (h)---out the right book. There is also a reading room where silence(i)---. One can also take books from the library for reading at home by (j)----library cards to the librarian.
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap. 1x10=10
Who is to control the crimes of the country? The rich? The government? Who? It is everybody’s responsibility. In a country where everybody is trying to defeat every other one to make unlimited wealth as quickly as possible, it is very difficult to curb the crimes. Almost all contribute to crime and disorder in one or the other (a)---. World Bank and other international organizations have published (b)---on corruption and human rights violation in Bangladesh. They have also suggested how to (c)---the existing situation. But none of them is (d)---so far. It is alleged that most of the political parties are (e)---to gain their party interests. They have also divided the nation ideologically. National (f)---is a dream that might never come true. Sometimes some so called intellectuals write some article in newspapers. But that brings no(g)---. Abuse of (h)---by the public servants has led the nation to the present situation. The representatives of the people are being mainly (i)--- for it. But it is not the only truth. Let us all be united to bring an end to this deteriorating (j)---.
Part C---Guided Writing
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full: 2x6=12
| | A | B | C | D |
| (i) | no progress | do not have | possible | and planned life. |
| (ii) | superstitions grow when people | of education | a healthy | a prerequisite for any special development. |
| (iii) | illiterate people | is | deprived of | enlightened. |
| (iv) | education helps us | live | a sound knowledge | the light of education. |
| (v) | with the touch | are | with an awareness which is | of health and sanitation and population control. |
| (vi) | it | provides them | people become | without education. |
a) Then he saw a spider trying hard to reach the ceiling of the cave.
b) But it did not give up hope.
c) The spider failed again and again to succeed.
d) Bruce saw the spider climbing to the ceiling after some unsuccessful attempts.
e) He gathered an army of strong men and attacked his enemies.
f) The dauntless spider inspired Bruce to shake off the darkness of the despair.
g) The enemies were defeated and Robert Bruce regained his kingdom.
h) The king fought bravely but lost the battle.
i) Robert Bruce was a famous king.
j) He had to flee from his kingdom to save his life.
k) Enemies invaded his kingdom.
l)And he took shelter in a remote cave.
m) Once he was lying in the cave.
n) The king was always in a gloomy state for his unhappy condition.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
a) What is SIDR?
b) When and where did it attack?
c) How much damage did it cause to life and property?
d) What is your idea about the measures taken by the government?
e) What can the young students do in case of a natural disaster like SIDR?
BB 2008
Part A---Seen Comprehension
Read the passage below and answer the questions 1---4:
Globalization has become a buzzword in the new era of international relations. Basically, it is a process of expanding trade and commerce all over the world by creating a borderless market. But it has had a far-reaching effect on many aspects of life. With the development of hi-tech communication media and rapid transportation facilities, the world has come closer. We can now learn in an instant what is happening in the farthest corner of the world and travel to any country in the shortest possible time. Countries of the world are like families in a village. They can even share their joys and sorrows like next door neighbours. If one country is in distress, others can immediately come to its assistance. If we could build up an atmosphere of mutual understanding and cooperation through this globalization process, our world could certainly be a better place to live in.1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives: 1x5=5
a) Globalization has influenced our life very widely/easily/slowly.
b) Now a country in distress can immediately be attacked/helped/developed by the others.
c) It is very difficult/important/easy to know what is happening in other parts of the world.
d) Globalization aims at establishing/creating/expanding a borderless market in the world.
e) The world has come closer and has become a populated/large/global village.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
a) Globalization is a process of expanding trade and commerce all over the world.
b) Globalization has not become an unfamiliar word.
c) Now we can know, at once, what is taking place in the remotest parts of the world.
d) Globalization hinders mutual understanding and cooperation among the countries.
e) Only a few aspects of our life have been influenced by globalization.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words. Add any preposition, if necessary. 1x5=5
a) Due to the development of hi-tech communication media. We can know what (happen)---in the remotest parts of the world.
b) Other countries can immediately come to the (assist)---of a country in disaster.
c) If it (be)---possible to build up an atmosphere of mutual understanding and cooperation, the world would be a better place to live in.
d) Globalization is a process of (expand)---trade and commerce all over the world.
e) Any country in distress can (help)---in the shortest possible time.
4. Make a list of five opportunities created by globalization. 5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8:
There have been significant changes in the types of entertainment over time. Many of these no longer exist. Even if they do, people keep looking for newer forms of entertainment. Thus snake charming, puppet shows, jatra, jarigan, sharigan and kabigan which were common forms of entertainment in the past, is now giving place to television and to satellite channels in particular. The entertainment business, like other spheres of like, is getting westernized day by day. Folk music, or palligeeti is now sung with western instruments. At the same time, modern music is now fusing melodies from folk and traditional songs. In general, band and pop music has become more and more popular, particularly among young generation.
Sport has become a great source of entertainment today. Football, which used to be the most popular spectator sport in Bangladesh, is gradually being replaced by cricket as a popular form of sports entertainment.
5. Write short answers to the following questions: 1x5=5
a) Do you notice any change in the field of entertainment in Bangladesh?
b) What are the common forms of entertainment in the past?
c) What is the position of radio now?
d) Are the common forms of entertainment popular as before?
e) Which item of sport is now replaced by cricket?
6. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word: 1x5=5
Change is the (a)---of the day. Everything (b)---in course of time. What is new today will grow old tomorrow. In the same way we notice changes in the manner of (c)---. At present, our people find little (d)---in jarigon, sharigan and kabigan. Our melodies and meaningful Bangla songs are yielding place (e)---the modern pop songs.
7. Summarize the passage in five sentences. 1x5=5
8. On the basis of your reading of the passage, make a short note in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing how changes are taking place in the sphere of entertainment. (No. 1 has been done for you).
| Noticeable changes in the forms of entertainment | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | |
Part B----Vocabulary
9. Fill in each gap with suitable words from the box (Make any grammatical change if necessary). There are more words than you need. 10
| add | breathe | need | plant | prevent | preserve |
| produce | protect | provide | take | give | wash |
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap: 1x10=10
Man pollutes water, another vital (a)---of the environment by (b)---waste into it. Farmers (c)---chemical fertilizers and insecticides in the fields. Some of these chemicals, washed away by rain and floods (d)---mixed with water in rivers, canals and ponds. Water is also (e)---by mills and factories when they throw their (f)---chemicals and waste products into rivers and canals. Water vehicles also pollute rivers by dumping oil, food waste and human (g)---into them. Insanitary latrines (h)---on rivers and canal banks are also (i)---for further pollution. In this way, various (j)---of waste and filth pollute water.
Part C---Guided Writing
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full: 2x6=12
| | A | B | C | D |
| (i) | It | saw | from | a long journey |
| (ii) | Here and there over the grass | came back | desolate | he turned them out. |
| (iii) | Every afternoon as the children | became | the children playing in the garden | in the giants garden. |
| (iv) | One day the giant | stood | a large garden | with soft green grass. |
| (v) | When he | was | from school, they used to go and play | like starts. |
| (vi) | The garden | were coming | beautiful flowers | soon. |
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in the proper order in a continuous paragraph to make a story: 1x14=14
i) They set it on fire.
ii) Seeing the armed forces taking position, Dr. Zoha came forward.
iii) Finally, Dr. Zoha was shot in the back at 11 in the morning.
iv) Later, he was bayonet charged too.
v) Meanwhile, the students doused a parked army jeep with kerosene.
vi) The teachers saw this.
vii) The armed forces saw the situation.
viii) They started to take up position against the students.
ix) Then, he declared that their bullets would pierce his heart frist.
x) He requested the armed forces not to open fire on the students.
xi) But they did not pay any heed to him.
xii) So, they requested the guards on duty to open the gate.
xiii) The situation went beyond control.
xiv) The agitated students of Rajshahi University started to jump over the locked gate to scale the wall.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
a) Why is Bangladesh called a land of natural calamities?
b) What is the most common natural calamity here?
c) When does it usually occur?
d) What are its effects?
e) Can we control it?
CB---2008
Part A---Seen Comprehension
Read the passage below and answer the questions 1----4:
One very conspicuous change in our society is the presence of working women outside the home. Of course, it has to be acknowledged that women have always worked within the household but this commonly is not counted as ‘work’. It is unfortunate that women’s roles in agricultural societies (as in our villages, particularly during harvest time) have not been recognized either.Whether it is due to economic necessity or the urge to establish an individual identity or both, nowadays many women are entering the outside workforce. They are joining a wide range of professions. Moreover, it is not only educated women who are opting to work but women with little or no education have come out of their cocoons to earn and become self-reliant. This does not mean that life is any easier for women now. In many ways it is more difficult, since women must still fulfill their traditional roles of wife, mother and home maker. At work, as they compete with men, they have to prove their worth twice over in order to survive.
1. Choose the correct word/expression to complete each sentence: 1x5=5
a) The position of women in Bangladesh is upgrading/damaging/declining.
b) Women are now working in a noticeable/variety of professions/one profession.
c) The presence of working women outside home is on the rising/decrease/deplorable condition.
d) Women have to compete with men to prove their position/ability/alertness.
e) Women in general were supposed to do indoor/outdoor/household activities.
2. True/false? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
a) Only women having education are opting to work outside the home.
b) Women are no longer cocooned from the outside work.
c) Women are practically capable of doing any sort of work.
d) Women should continue their traditional roles in the family.
e) Women have to asset themselves for equal rights.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of words in brackets. Add any prepositions if necessary. 1x5=5
a) The traditional (believe)--- common people regarding women’s working ability is obviously wrong.
b) Women are entering the work force for the (attain)---their economic solvency.
c) Most of the women in our society have not self (confident)----themselves.
d) Women have to excel themselves by compete---men.
e) Women’s (depend)---sounds foolish in present context of the world.
4. Make a list of five activities generally done by women in the household. 5
Read the passage below and answer questions: 5---8
As his reputation as a scientist soared higher and higher, fate followed with less rewarding things. Stephen gradually started losing control over the muscles of his body as he gradually became victims of Gehrig’s disease. Since the age of thirty, he has been confined to a wheelchair with no power to control his body except for some limited movement of his head and hands only. He can speak only through a computer with a voice synthesizer that converts his messages into sounds. But such a tremendous physical handicap has not managed to dishearten or slow him down. Stephen is still a relentless worker, using his computer to carry out research work as well as deliver lectures. He lives with his wife and three daughters and is provided with twenty-four hour nursing facilities by an American organization for his physical well-being.
5. Write short answer to the following questions about Stephen Hawking. 5
a) Who is Stephen Hawking?
b) What disease was he attacked with?
c) How could he do his work in spite of his illness?
d) Whom does he live with?
e) What facilities is Hawking provided with?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1x5=5
As Hawking’s reputation gradually (a)---fate followed with less rewarding things. He (b)---control over the muscles by degrees and become a (c)---of Gehrig’s disease. He is now (d)---to the wheelchair and (e)---no power to control his body except his head and hands only.
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences giving the most important information about Stephen Hawking. 1x5=5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing how Stephen Hawking, the victim of Gehrig’s disease survive as a scientist : (No 1 has been done for you) 5
| Became a victim of Gehrig’s disease | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | |
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box (Make any grammatical changes if necessary. There are more words in the box than you need: 10
| device | trained | about | perform | essential | great | abacus |
| fairly | large | special | recent | sense | refers | called |
10. Fill the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap: 1x10=10
Sincerity is the best way of achieving success. One can go a long way if one does anything with sincerity. People who are sincere to their work (a)---of making anything success. The great men are also sincere because they (b)---that sincerity is the (c)---to success. Those who are not (d)---can never (e)---a long way in the world. The poor people are not always sincere because they do not know the (f)---of sincerity. If they know it, they would (g)---a good use of it. Sincerity (h)---not only to do work properly but also with dutifulness, honesty, modesty and good behaviour. The people of our country are not still (i)---of the (j)---of sincerity.
Part C---Guided Writing
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full: 2x6=12
| | A | B | C | D |
| (i) | water | feel | most of | our crops |
| (ii) | But it | helps | water | bumper crops |
| (iii) | Moderate rainfall | do not get | essential for | water for irrigation |
| (iv) | Excessive rainfall | can be | the dire need of | in a proper way. |
| (v) | Our farmers | is | produce | and a curse. |
| (vi) | They | destroys | both a blessing | and agriculture. |
a) He earned a lot of money from his dynamite business.
b) He was an engineer.
c) The ‘Nobel Prize’ has been being give since 1901.
d) In 1850 Alfred joined his father’s company.
e) This award was name after Alfred Nobel.
f) Dr. Alfred Nobel was born on 21st October, 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden.
g) He had ammunition business at Leningrad.
h) He under took a plan to give an award for encouraging the creative work.
i) His father Emanuel Nobel was an architect and researcher.
j) After some years, Alfred Nobel invented dynamite.
k) The prize is given every year.
l) So, it is call the ‘ Nobel Prize’
m) The award was also given for setting up a peace in the world.
n) The prize has immortalized his name.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much as possible. 14
a) What is a book fair?
b) When and where is it held?
c) How popular it it?
d) Have you ever visited a book fair?
e) What is your personal impression of a book fair?
DB---2008
Part A---Seen Comprehension
Read the passage below and answer the questions 1---4The Great Wall of China is the largest defense fortification and the greatest building enterprise ever undertaken by man. About 1500 miles long, this unique wall stretches from the Gulf of Chihli of the Yellow Sea along the northern frontier of China to Kansu Province in the west. The width of this wall is varies from 15 to 40 feet at the base, and from 12 to 35 feet at the summit. Its height ranges from 20 to 50 feet. It is only structure on earth that can be identified from the moon.
Walled frontiers between the kingdoms in China date from at least the 4th century BC. In the 3rd century BC, the first emperor of “ Chin” after uniting China, linked up the existing walls and built new sections to create the Great Wall as a continuous unit. His purpose was to defend China from the Huns on the north. Watch towers and garrison stations were set at regular intervals in order to send signals and guard the bulwark. The wall was constructed in such a way that troops summoned by beacon fire could be quickly transported along the top.
The wall was built mostly of rubble, although the western sections are of tamped earth and important passes are of brick and masonry. The wall was frequently modified in later centuries. Some of its sections were built in the 15th and 16th centuries with new facilities of high towers. Before that, extensive repairs and extensions were made at various periods notably during the Ming dynasty.
1. Choose the correct word to complete each sentence : 1x5=5
a) The word ‘ enterprise’ in the first sentence means----organization/ initiative/development.
b) Watch towers and garrison stations were set with a view to ---getting/sending/collecting signals to summon troops.
c) The work of linking up of the existing walls started in the ---3rd /4th/5th century BC.
d) The Great Wall of China stretches along the---southern/northern/eastern border of China.
e) The emperor’s purpose of uniting the existing walls was ---defensive/offensive/extraordinary.
2. True/false? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
a) The Great Wall of China was incapable of transporting troops along its top.
b) Kansu is the name of a province in China.
c) The construction of the Great Wall began four years before the birth of Jesus Christ.
d) Hun’s target was to invade China from the north.
e) The width of the wall varies from 12 to 36 feet at the summit.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words. You may add any preposition if necessary: 1x5=5
a) The Unique Wall of China (vary)---different points.
b) Many watch towers and garrison stations(set)---regular intervals.
c) It is possible (identification)---the Great Wall from the moon.
d) The wall was built fro the (save)---the Chinese.
e) The (long)---of the wall is about 1500 miles.
4. Make a list of five important features of the Great Wall: 5
Read the passage below and answer questions 5----8
The present age is marked not only by the importance of the family as an economic and welfare institution but also by the increasing importance as an arrangement for socializing and raising children and for the psychological support of adults. There has been a wide disintegration of large kin groups and an intensification of relationships within the nuclear family. Moreover, the world is seeing an increasing association of women with earning and out of home activities.
In the pre-industrial feudal society, both husbands and wives worked in the fields outside the home. However, in the industrial period, women were segregated from out-of-home productive work. The hearth became the place for them, so cooking, cleaning, washing, giving birth and rearing children became their jobs. Men became the wage-earners and all other outdoor activities became their responsibility.
In the post war period, women started joining the workforce, contributing to family income, and thus started exercising an influence on family affairs. Previously, authority in the family rested on the husband who was the decision maker in all matters. But women, with their economic power, started influencing husbands and wives, and outdoor activities like shopping and taking children to school, to doctors or for giving place to small, nuclear families.
Even in developing countries, with the process of industrialization and organization, extended families are breaking down. Kinship is declining.
5. Write short answers to the following questions: 1x5=5
a) What happened to women in the industrial period?
b) What is the outcome of industrialization and urbanization?
c) What do you understand by ‘ Kinship is declining’?
d) How are women influencing family matters?
e) Write down an important feature of a family at the present age?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable word. 1x5=5
Disintegration is extended families is the cause of the (a)---of kinship. However, it has (b)---relationships within the nuclear family. Now women have gained economic (c)---. They are influencing decisions in the (d)---. The present age cannot think of their (e)---from such activities.
7. Summarize the passage in five sentences. 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart different aspects of family. (No. 1 has been done for you). 1x5=5
| An economic institution | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | |
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box (make any grammatical change if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need: 10
| friendly | beautiful | slow pace | getting on | library | charming |
| easy | probably | impression | simply | residence | difference |
10 Fill in the blanks with appropriate word : 1x10=10
Michael Baumann is a lawyer. He doesn’t like (a)---who talk too much. He himself (b)---to speak very little. He doesn’t not (c)---but he (d)---an enormous moustache. He (e)---it makes him look important. He does not have a lot of (f)---on his head but he isn’t (g)---either. His hair is not straight but (h)---. He is (i) his fifties and (j)---to eat.
Part C---Guided Writing
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full: 2x6=12
| | A | B | C | D |
| (i) | I am | I have | crazy | about films. |
| (ii) | I always | follow a normal | about | of my age. |
| (iii) | This is | have | much | film stars. |
| (iv) | Most people | dream | routine | this stage. |
| (v) | I don’t think | nothing unusual | for a boy | of studies. |
| (vi) | But I must | a teenaged boy | gone through | to worry about |
i) Androcles was very much afraid.
ii) So, one day he crept into a cave and fell fast asleep.
iii) His master was cruel and unkind.
iv) He became very weak and sick for want of food.
(v) A lion had entered the cave roaring loudly.
(vi) Once there was a slave named Androcles.
(vii) He felt sure that the beast would kill him.
(viii) He thought that he might die.
(ix) It was crying for pain in his leg.
(x) He held himself in a forest for many days.
(xi) After a while, a great noise wake him up.
xii) One day he fled away from his master’s house.
xiii) Soon he realized that the lion was not angry.
(xiv) Androcles, removed a thorn from the lion’s paws.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
a) Where is Bangladesh situated?
b) When did she get her freedom?
c) How is the climate of Bangladesh?
d) What are the main attractions of the country?
e) How do you feel about your country?
DB—2009
English (Compulsory) First Paper
Time: 3 hours Full marks: 100
Part-A: Seen Comprehension (40 Marks)
Read the passage and answer the questions 1---4Working opportunities for women are very few in rural areas of Bangladesh. They usually spend their time doing their household chores. The ILO recently started a project titled “ Technologies for Rural Employment with Special Reference to Women and Sustainable Development”. The aim of this project is to impart training to rural women in various activities and make them self-reliant. Sakina Begum is a beneficiary of this project. She attended a training course in food processing at the Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) at Gazipur. Sakhina has two school going children. Her husband is a rickshaw-puller who does not earn enough to support the family and pay for the children’s education. From the BARI training course, Sakhina learnt how to make jam, jelly, pickles, popcorn and many other food items. Along with her fellow project beneficiaries, she is now producing these items and selling them in the local market. With the proceeds, she is now able to add to her family income. If they continue doing their work, Sakhina and other women working with her will surely see happier days with the new employment opportunities created by the ILO project.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence: 1x5=5
(a) Working opportunities for women in the village areas are simple/adequate/little.
(b) Sakhina’s husband draws/carries/takes rickshaw.
(c) Women in village usually spend time in rearing children/working in fields/doing domestic works.
(d) The word proceeds means procedure/profit/procure.
(e) The BARI makes research on technology/agriculture/industry.
2. True/false? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
(a) Sakhina Begum sells her products in the capital market.
(b) ILO training is highly beneficial for the rural women.
(c) Before receiving training Sakhina’s family was well-off.
(d) Sakhina has learnt how to read and write from the training course.
(e) Sakhina is the mother of two school going children.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words. You may add any preposition if necessary 1x5=5
(a) The ILO has started the project (recent)---.
(b) Sakhina Begum is a (benefit)---this project.
(c) (Self-reliant)---is the aim of the ILO project.
(d) The ILO training brings (add)---income to Sakhina Begum’s family.
(e) Jam, Jelly etc. are one sort of (process)—food.
4. Make a list of five points about the efforts made by Sakhina to improve her lot. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8: 1x5=5
A World Heritage Site is a place (nature or cultural) recognized by the International community in the shape of the World Heritage Convention declared by UNESCO in 1972 as possessing universal value and coming under a collective responsibility for its preservation. A country nominates a site to the convention and a decision on whether to include it to the World Heritage list is made by a 21-member international committee. Though a small country Bangladesh has three World Heritage Sites –the historic Shatgombuj Mosque of Bagerhat, the ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur and the Sundarbans.
The Shatgombuj Mosque is a 15th century Islamic edifice situated in the suburbs of Bagerhat. It is an enormous Moghul architectural site covering a large area. The Buddhist Vihara was founded in the 7th century. It is the largest single Buddhist monastery in the India sub-continent. It was a renowned intellectual centre from the 7th century until the 17th century. The Sundarbans—the 52nd World Heritage site of the world---is the largest mangrove forest in the world. Many people love to see its natural beauty. It’s a wonderful place to go to, far from the crowded towns and cities.
5. Write short answers to the following questions: 1x5=5
(a) What do you understand by a World Heritage Site?
(b) What are the World Heritage Sites of Bangladesh?
(c) When was the Buddhist Vihara renowned as an intellectual centre?
(d) What do you learn from the text above about the Sundarbans?
(e) Where is the Shatgombuj Mosque situated?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words: 1x5=5
A World Heritage site needs an international (a)---. It has to be (b)---by a country. It comes under a (c)---responsibility for its preservation. The (d)---to include the site is (e)---by a 21-member international committee.
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences: 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing different aspects of the World Heritage sites in Bangladesh (No 1 has been done for you): 1x5=5
| A natural or cultural place | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | |
Part---B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box (make any grammatical change if necessary: 1x10=10
| resources | potential | create | for | among | likely |
| fail | have | returns | achievement | success | from |
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap: 1x10=10
An elephant does many things with its trunk. It smells, feels and picks things up with its (a)---.Elephants can uproot trees (b)---their trunks. They can defend themselves by wrapping their trunks (c)---enemies and dashing them (d)---the ground. They used their trunks to eat (e)---peanuts too. They can even brush (f)---flies. In the lumberyards of India elephants learn to pull logs out (g)---rivers and stack them. Elephants have even been taught to sweep. By holding a broom in (h)---trunk, an elephant can (i)---a road clean of dust. What a wonderful (j)---that trunk is !
Part---C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full. 2x6=12
| A | B | C | D |
| (i) Emperor Shah Jahan (ii) The building was (iii) Four slender towers rise (iv) The Taj Mahal is (v) It is very nice (vi) It is now | from the surrounded a great attraction to look at made of white built | for the tourists on the by a beautiful the Taj Mahal on four corners with marbles with | the grave of his wife. moonlit night inlays of coloured marbles of the whole world. terrace. garden |
12. The following sentences are jumbled. Re-write them in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story: 1x14=14
(i) He made up his mind to step down the throne and divide his kingdom.
(ii) Goneril declared, “ Sir, I love you more than I can say.
(iii) But first he wanted to know how much they loved him.
(iv) Lear was satisfied.
(v) He called for the map of his kingdom and drew his finger round one-third of it.
(vi) He was tired of ruling and needed rest.
(vii) Then it was the turn of Cordelia, the youngest and most loved daughter.
(viii) Lear was shocked and said, “ Nothing will come of nothing”.
(ix) When asked, his second daughter Regan said, “ My love for you shall never change’.
(x) At first Lear asked his eldest daughter, “ How much do you love me?”
(xi) He had three daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia.
(xii) Lear was pleased and gave her a third of his kingdom.
(xiii) When asked Cordelia said, Nothing”
(xiv) Long ago there was a mighty old king of England named Lear.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible: 14
(a) Where is the central Shaheed Minar located? (b) Who was architect? (c) What do the vertical lines and columns of the Shaheed Minar suggest? (d) What does it stand for? (e) How do you feel standing before a Shaheed Minar?
CB---09
English (Compulsory) First Paper
Part---A: Seen Comprehension (40 Marks)
Communicative competence refers to the ability to use language appropriately in different circumstances. There are two ways of developing communicative competence in a language. The first is acquisition which is similar to the way people develop ability in their mother tongue. It is a natural subconscious process in which uses are not usually aware of acquiring a language. They are aware only of the fact that they are using the language for communication. In non-technical terms, acquisition is ‘picking up’ a language spontaneously. It may also called ‘implicit’ learning. On the other hand, the second way of developing communicative competence in a language is learning that language. It refers to conscious knowledge of a language, knowing the rules of language use, being aware of using them, and being able to talk about them. In non-technical terms, learning is to know consciously about a language. It may be described as ‘explicit’ learning. Language specialists believe that acquiring a language is more successful and longer lasting than learning. Therefore, teachers these days encourage learners of a second language to practice and experience the language in different situations where they are involved in communicating with others and that is exactly what the tasks in this book are designed to do.1. Choose the right word/expression to complete each sentence: 1x5=5
(a) The language specialists believe that a language is more successful when it is learnt/acquired/taught.
(b) Communicative competence means compatibility/discussion/talk to make oneself understood to others.
(c) Rules of grammar should be learnt/neglected/written to master over communicative competence.
(d) ‘ Explicit means foreign/native/direct.
(e) Teachers encourage learners of a second language to practice/use/establish the language in different situations.
2. Tree/False? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
(a) People develop ability in their mother tongue through artificial process.
(b) The tasks are to develop students communicative skill.
(c) Explicit learning is not better than implicit learning.
(d) Nowadays practice and experience of the second language are emphasized.
(e) The passage exhibits the difference between acquisition and learning.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in the brackets. Add any preposition if necessary: 1x5=5
(a) They should also have the (able)---the language.
(b) It is the (believe)---the language specialist.
(c) The book aims at (reach)---the learning the basic grammar.
(d) People use language for (communicate)---others.
(e) The users have no (aware)---the language.
4. Make a list of five sentences on the main points of the passage. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---5
In the past, the common form of marriage among the various cultural groups in Kenya was polygamy and the polygamous families were embedded in extended family units consisting of a man, his several wives and their married sons and children. But in line with the modern world, things are now changing there. The old custom of polygamous marriage is yielding to the new practice of monogamy, although many polygamous families can still be found in the rural areas of Kenya. Many monogamous Kenyans are now living in nuclear families with their single spouses and their children. Many of them have given up their pastoral lives and have become wage earners in cities. But they can hardly give up their extended family and lineage connections back in their villages. Some families have to maintain two households, one in their extended family home in the village and the other in the city. This often poses a dilemma for them.
5. Write short answers to those questions: 1x5=5
(a) From your reading of the passage, what do you think is the dilemma of the modern family? (b) Why is polygamy disappearing day by day from Kenya?
(c) What are polygamy and monogamy? (d) How were the families in Kenya in the past? (e) Where do the polygamous families live at present?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable word: 1x5=5
(a)---was in vogue in Kenya. Former Kenyans were very much interested in polygamous families. But fortunately the trend has changed a lot giving (b)---to the monogamy. They have realized the (c)---that monogamous families are far better than the (d)---ones. This trend will usher (e)---a new hope to the new generation. The consciousness will bring positive results to the people of Kenya.
7. Summarize the passage in five sentences: 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage , fill up the boxes with short notes regarding polygamy. 1x5=5
| 1. Not liked by modern Kenyans | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | |
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box. Make any grammatical change, if necessary. There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
| growth | wife | income | cost | day to day | ability | Rented |
| okay | intend | astonish | share | expensive | pretty | |
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap: 1x10=10
Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh. It is a populous city. It is a city (a)---traffic jam. A fly (b)---is built at Mohakhali with a view to (c)---the traffic jam. To (d)---this problem, traffic rules (e)---be enforced. Besides this, drivers passers by and (f)---should honour and abide (g)---all rules (h)---making the city habitable. Otherwise, our life (i)---remain (j)---stake.
Part---C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full: 2x6=12
| A | B | C | D |
| (i) Women in rural Bangladesh | has started | the main beneficiaries | of this project of poverty |
| (ii) They | are | reaping the benefits | in various economic activities |
| (iii) Recently, the ILO | aims | a project for | of the laudable project. |
| (iv) The project | have | at training rural women | employment of rural women. |
| (v) Very poor women | are compelled | very few opportunities | in doing household chores |
| (vi) These helpless women | have | to spend their whole life | of work outside the home. |
(i) The hare and the tortoise (already set in exam of Ctg Board 2009, so cancelled)
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible: 14
(a) What is good health? (b) How can we keep good health? (c) Do all the people of your country get the food they need for good health? (d) What impact do the complexities of life have on our health? (e) Do you think a simple and carefree life is conducive to good health?
RB---2009
English (Compulsory)---First Paper
Part---A: Seen Comprehension (40 Marks)Read the passage below and answer the questions 1---4:
His name was Jerry: he had been in the orphanage since he was four. I could picture him at four with the same grave grey blue eyes and the same independence? No, the word that comes to me is “integrity”. It is embedded on courage , but it is more than brave. It is honest , but it is more than honesty. The axe handle broke one day. “ Jerry said the orphanage woodshop would repair it.” I bought money to pay for the job and he refused it. “ I’ll pay for it,” he said. “ I brought the axe down careless.” “ But no one hits accurately every time, “ I told him. “ The fault was in the handle”. It was only then that he would take the money. He was standing back of his own carelessness. He was a free will agent and he chose to do careful work: and if he failed, he took the responsibility without subterfuge. And he did for me the unnecessary thing, the gracious thing that we find done only by the great of heart. Things no training can teach, for they done on the instant with no predicated experience. He found a cubbyhole beside the fire place that I had not noticed. There, of his own accord, he put wood, so that I might always have dry fire material ready in case of sudden wet weather. A stone was loose in the rough walk to the cabin. He dug a deeper hole and steadied it, although he came, himself by a shortcut over the bank.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence: 1x5=5
(a) Jerry’s sense of duty/courtesy/integrity impressed the authoress.
(b) Jerry wanted to get the axe handle repair/repaired/repairing.
(c) jerry’s courtesy was formal/artificial/inborn.
(d) Jerry came to the orphanage at the age of eight/four/twelve.
(e) The phrase of his own accord means willingly/at random/freely.
2. True/false? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
(a) Jerry steadied at the loose stone for his own use.
(b) Jerry had been at the orphanage since he was four.
(c) The axe-handle broke because Jerry brought the axe down careless.
(d) Integrity is embedded on courage.
(e) Jerry did for me the necessary thing.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the word. Add preposition if necessary: 1x5=5
(a) Jerry (a)---at the orphanage since he was four.
(b) He took the (responsible) ---breaking the axe-handle.
(c) He chose to do work (careful)---
(d) He was an orphan boy (live)---the orphanage.
(e) (Dig)---a deeper hole, Jerry steadied a loose stone.
4. Make a list of five points describing Jerry’s character. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8:
It has been over three hundred years since Emperor Shah Jahan of Delhi built the Taj Mahal as a tomb for his wife in Agra. Architecturally, it is still one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. The building is made of fine white marble with inlays of coloured marble. It has eight sides and many open arches. It rests on a platform or terrace of red sandstone. Four slender white towers rise from the corners of the terrace. There is a large dome above the centre of the building. Around this large dome, there are four smaller domes. Just inside the outer walls, there is an open corridor from which visitors can look through curved marble screens into a central room. The bodies of Shah Jahan and his wife Mumtaj lie in two graves below the room. The Taj Mahal is surrounded by a beautiful garden and there is a long pool that stretches out in front of the building. One can see the beauty of the Taj Mahal in its reflection in the pool water. Visitors come to see this wonderful building at different times of the day since it assumes a different look at different times. Most people like it best on moonlit nights.
5. Write short answers to the questions about the Taj Mahal below: 1x5=5
(a) What architectural feature of the Taj Mahal makes it most impressive?
(b) Why is it called the Taj Mahal?
(c) How does the pool enhance the beauty of the Taj Mahal?
(d) Why did Shahjahan build the Taj Mahal?
(e) When does the Taj seem most appealing?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable word: 1x5=5
There is a beautiful garden (a)---the Taj and a long pool that (b)---out is front of the building. One can see the beauty of the Taj well when it reflects in the pool water. Visitors come to see this wonderful (c)---building because it (d)---a different look at different times. Most people like it (e)---on moonlit nights.
7. Summarize five important sides of the Taj Mahal. 1x5=5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing the wonderful designs of the Taj Mahal: 1x5=5
| 1. Made of fine white marble with inlays of couloured marble | Ø 2 | Ø 3 | Ø 4 | Ø 5 | Ø 6 |
Part---B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box. (make any grammatical changes if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need: 1x10=10
| happen | furious | die | spoil | live | execution | knowing |
| wit | pleasant | declare | wretch | cause | unpleasant | expire |
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap: 1x10=10
One day a lad went to a famous teacher and having expressed his desires to (a)---knowledge, begged him to (b)---him in the arts and science. The learned man wishing to (c)---out what sort of ability the lad (d)---asked him where God (e)---. Then lad replied, “ I will answer you If you will first (f)---me where his (g)---. The sage from his sensible (h)---, thought highly of the boy’s (i)---and according to his (j)---perfected him in his studies. Thus, the wisdom of the wise manifests itself early.
Part—C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write the sentences in full: 2x6=12
| A | B | C | D |
| (i) Environment pollution (ii) In our cities air (iii) Even the ground we (iv) Water (v) But we (vi) Measures | must be taken has become is constantly walk on is also polluted should not remain idle | in various ways to control one of the greatest problems to the face of being polluted both in urban and rural areas. | by smoke of factories and vehicles is polluted by garbage. alarming pollution. in our country. in this modern age. such an alarming problem. |
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story: 1x14=14
(i) The loin was relieved of his pain.
(ii) To escape torture, one day he fled from his master’s house.
(iii) It was unbearable for him.
(iv) He took the lion’s paw in his hand and removed a big thorn from it.
(v) He used to inflict heavy torture on him.
(vi) The merchant sold him to a rich man in another country.
(vii) Unfortunately he was caught by a slave merchant.
(viii) The lion seemed wounded as he was groaning.
(ix) A lion lived in a cave.
(x) He came near the lion.
(xi) He took shelter in a cave.
(xii) In the evening the lion entered the cave.
(xiii) The man was very rude and cruel.
(xiv) Once there lived a young man named Androcles.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answer to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
(a) What is dowry? (b) What is the main reason of dowry? (c) Who take dowry and who are the victims of it? (d) How does it affect the whole society? (e) What is your reaction? (f) How can this vice be eliminated?
BB—2009
Part—A: Seen Comprehension (40 Marks)
Read the passage below and answer the questions 1---4
The environment refers to the air, water and land in which people, animals and plants live. So, human beings, animals, plants, air, water and soil are the main elements of the environment. The natural forces such as storms, cyclones, and earthquakes are also part of this environment. Climate is thus, a condition of the environment. All things that make up the environment are interrelated. The way in which people, animals and plants are related to each other and to their surroundings, is known as ecology. The ecosystem is a complex web that links animals, plants and every other life form in the biosphere. All these things hang together. The system is in a steady state of dynamic balance which means that by altering any one part of the web you can affect all the other parts. For example, the destruction of forests may have serious ecological consequences on humans and animals.It is the responsibility of human beings to prevent the environment from being spoilt. To make life healthy and comfortable we should keep the environment clean and danger free. But often people spoil the environment by doing unwise things and as a result, endanger their own lives. It is the ecological imbalance that causes changes in the world’s climate and brings about different kinds of natural disasters.
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives: 1x5=5
(a) The environment is made up of many things which are independent/interdependent/interrelated.
(b) The ecosystem is very simple/complex/easy system.
(c) To lead/preserve/continue a healthy comfortable life, we should keep our environment clean and safe.
(d) Storms, cyclones and earthquakes are some destructive/constructive/harmless forces to the environment.
(e) We fail to maintain the balance of our environment because of our cruel/unfriendly/inhuman activities.
2. True/false? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
(a) The ecological balance brings about different kinds of natural calamities.
(b) By changing any part of the web of the ecosystem, we can affect all other parts.
(c) Cutting down of trees has no effect on human beings and animals.
(d) The ecosystem is a very simple chain.
(e) Only man is not responsible for spoiling the environment.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words. Add any preposition if necessary: 1x5=5
(a) Climate (depend)---the balance of the environment.
(b) The climate of the world may be (affect)---the ecological imbalance.
(c) Ecological imbalance (cause)---climate changes in the world.
(d) All things making the environment are (interlink)---
(e) People risk their lives by (pollute)---the environment.
4. Make a list of five important points about why we should maintain the ecological balance. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8:
Education is one of the basic needs of a human being and is essential for any kind of development. The poor socio-economic condition of Bangladesh can be largely attributed to most people’s inaccessibility to education. Many illiterate people do not have any knowledge of health, sanitation and population control. If they were educated, they could live a healthy and planned life. Education teaches us how to earn well and how to spend well. It enables us to make the right choices in life and to perform our duties properly. It enhances our ability to raise crops, store food, protect the environment and carry out our social responsibilities. It is only education which can help us to adopt a rational attitude. It provides us with an enlightened awareness about things and this awareness is the prerequisite for social development.
5. Write short answers to the following questions: 1x5=5
(a) What is the cause of illiteracy in Bangladesh?
(b) What are not the illiterate people aware of?
(c) What does education aim at?
(d) How is poverty an effect of illiteracy?
(e) How can education ensure a better life for all?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable word: 1x5=5
Education is (a)---as one of the basic needs of human being. Without (b)---education man cannot exactly decide what he ahs to do for a better life. (c)---from the curse of poverty, malnutrition and diseases. In fact, education (d)---darkness and creates (e)---in him with regard to his personal needs and duties to the society as well.
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences: 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing the functions of education. (No. 1 has been done for you).
| 1. Develops human mind | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | |
Fill in the gaps with suitable word from the box. (Make any grammatical change if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
| with | improve | not | mean | maintain | upon | stop |
| take | easily | than | keep | depend | raise | avoid |
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap: 1x10=10
Sports are a (a)---form of entertainment. Many international sporting events are (b)---from time to time. Most of these events are (c)---by multinational manufacturing (d)---and business firms. They (e)---for the sports events in exchange for the rights to (f)---their products during those events. These events are (g)---worldwide by satellite and people all over all the world watch them (h)---. As a result, the sponsors products (i)---maximum media (j)---thus giving companies international recognition.
Part---C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make six sensible sentences. 2x6=12
| A | B | C | D |
| (i) Socrates | brought | sentenced | round him. |
| (ii) He | began to | a great philosopher | against socrates. |
| (iii) The young men | was | gather | to death. |
| (iv) The rulers of Athens | wanted | jealous | of ancient greece. |
| (v) They | was | to spread knowledge. | among the people. |
| (vi) This great man | grew | two charges | of his popularity. |
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story. 1x14= 14
i) Then he saw a spider trying hard to reach the ceiling of the cave.
ii) But it did not give up hope.
iii) The spider failed again and again to succeed.
iv) Bruce saw the spider climbing to the ceiling after some unsuccessful attempts.
v) He gathered an army of strong men and attacked his enemies.
vi) This dauntless spider inspired Bruce to shake off the darkness of despair.
vii) The enemies courted defeat and Robert Bruce regained his kingdom.
viii) The king fought bravely but lost the battle.
ix) Robert Bruce was a famous king of Scotland.
x) He had to flee from his kingdom to save his life.
xi) Enemies invaded his kingdom.
xii) He took shelter to a remote cave.
xiii) Once he was lying in the cave.
xiv) The king was always in a gloomy state for his unhappy condition.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible: 14
(a) What is a language (b) Why is English an international language? (c) Why should we learn English now? (d) What will happen if we do not learn this language? (e) What do you like to say about English?
JB---2009
Part---A: Seen Comprehension (40 Marks)
Read the passage below and answer the questions 1---4:Every year millions of people all over the world die unnecessarily as a result of pollution. These unfortunate and avoidable deaths are brought about by four specific factors. Firstly, air pollution from factories, burning trash and vehicle fumes cause pneumonia, bronchitis and other respiratory diseases. Then water pollution from industrial discharge, the indiscriminate disposal of toxic chemicals, and the dumping of human waste into rivers and canals cause poisoning and water borne diseases such as cholera and diarrhoea. The next factor is the noise pollution from vehicle horns and microphones that might cause aggression and damage hearing. And finally, odour pollution from dumped or untreated human waste causes serious discomfort to our sense of smell, and attracts disease-bearing creatures such as rats and flies. We should take determined action to control these problems and clean up the environment to avert these unnecessary diseases.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence: 1x5=5
(a) Every year numerous people die unnecessarily owing to accidents/contamination/killings.
(b) Odour pollution kills/attracts/expels disease-bearing creatures.
(c) We should clean-up environment to prevent futile/fatal/unnecessary diseases.
(d) As a result of pollution many/no/a few people die every year.
(e) Pneumonia is caused by polluted water/air/sound.
2. True/false? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
(a) The passage deals with nutrition problem.
(b) Respiratory diseases are caused by water pollution.
(c) Clean environment is necessary for a healthy life.
(d) Air pollution may damage our hearing.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) Disease (lead)---death.
(b) (Fell)---trees and plants at random brings about various natural disasters.
(c) Smoke is created when anything is (burn)---.
(d) Sound pollution (affect)---our hearing.
(e) (Respiration)---diseases are caused by air pollution.
4. Make a list of five things about the source of pollution. 1x5=5
5. Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---6:
Statistics show that about---------
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words: 1x5=5
English is a great (a)---in the world today. It is a (b)---used language. It has crossed national borders to (c)---people who speak other languages. People of more than 60 countries (d)---it as the official or semi-official language. In fact, English has become a common language for international (e)---.
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences: 1x5=5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing widespread use of English. (No 1. has been done for you): 1x5=5
| 1.Common language for international communication | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | |
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the following list. There are more words in the list than you need. Sometimes you have to make grammatical changes: 1x10=10
| survive | surroundings | look | Escape | method | lead |
| protect | from | different | Mover | colour | fly |
10. Fill in the blanks with a suitable word in each gap: 1x10=10
While eating food we have to (a)---that we should not eat just to satisfy hunger or to (b)---the stomach. We should (c)---to preserve our health. For good (d)---we need good food. Some times it so happens that people (e)---live even in the midst of plenty do not eat the (f)---they need for a good health as they (g)---no knowledge of health and nutrition. Again the poor illiterate people think that good food (h)---costly food. They do not (i)---that whatever food they get can be nutritive (j)---they can select the food items wisely to make a balanced diet.
Part---C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make suitable sentences. Write out the sentences in full: 2x6=12
| A | B | C | D |
| (i) Water (ii) But it (iii) Moderate (iv) Excessive rainfall (v) Our farmers (vi) They | Feel Helps Do not get Can be Is Destroys | Most of Water Essential for The dire need of Produce Both a blessing | Our crops. Bumper crops. Water for irrigation. In a proper way. And a curse Our agriculture |
i) Then he saw a spider trying hard to reach the ceiling of the cave.
ii) But it did not give up hope.
iii) The spider failed again and again to succeed.
iv) Bruce saw the spider climbing to the ceiling after some unsuccessful attempts.
v) He gathered an army of strong men and attacked his enemies.
vi) This dauntless spider inspired Bruce to shake off the darkness of despair.
vii) The enemies courted defeat and Robert Bruce regained his kingdom.
viii) The king fought bravely but lost the battle.
ix) Robert Bruce was a famous king of Scotland.
x) He had to flee from his kingdom to save his life.
xi) Enemies invaded his kingdom.
xii) He took shelter to a remote cave.
xiii) Once he was lying in the cave.
xiv) The king was always in a gloomy state for his unhappy condition.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible: 14
(a) What is your idea about a book fair? (b) When and where is it held usually? (c) What purpose does it serve? (d) How is it organized? (e) What steps can be taken to make such a fair successful?
SB---2009
English (Compulsory)—First Paper
Read the passage below and answer the questions 1—4:Literacy as a skill was first institutionalized in Mesopotamia, Syria, Egypt and China soon after the art of writing was invented. Education then was not for the general people but a privilege for the chosen few who took on strategic roles in the running of the state and in religion. In Greece, education become more widespread in about the 5th century BC. The Greeks however, sent only their male children to school. When Rome was conquered by the Greeks, the Romans under Greek influence developed a strong tradition of literacy. The Romans preferred their children to acquire knowledge about agriculture and warfare. It appears that the course of education is as eventful as the history of man.
The prophet Mohammed (SM) equated one literate non-believer with ten illiterate believers. Islamic civilization pivoted on literacy and patronage of scholarship. Ibn Sina (called Avicenna in the west) one of the most famous Muslim philosophers of all times, saw the task of education as creating a complete citizen, physically, mentally and morally and preparing him for a profession whereby he could earn his own livelihood and contribute to the society. In the views of Al-Farabi, another great Muslim philosopher, education was one of the most important social phenomena’ which made sure that the individual was prepared from an early age to acquire values, knowledge and practical skill within a particular culture.
1. Choose the right word/phrase to complete each sentence: 1x5=5
(a) Literacy came into practice soon after writing was innovated/invented/established.
(b) Education was only for those who had a roll/rule/role in running the state and religion.
(c) The Greeks sent their children/female children/male children to school.
(d) Influencing the Greeks/taught by the Greeks/influenced by the Greeks, the Romans developed a strong tradition of literacy.
(e) The Romans wanted their children to gather/require/obtain information about practical subjects.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
(a) The Greeks were the first to teach literacy.
(b) The Greeks did not lay emphasis on female education.
(c) The Romans under the influence of the Greeks developed a strong tradition of literacy.
(d) Writing was invented in Rome.
(e) Both literate and illiterate were equal in the eye of Islam.
3. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words given in brackets. Add any preposition if necessary: 1x5=5
(a) In the past literacy was (reserve)---the privileged class.
(b) The Romans (influence)---by the Greeks to develop literacy.
(c) In the middle ages, Islamic civilization (dependence)---on literacy and the support of rules.
(d) Ibn Sina felt that the motto of education is to make a citizen (contribute)---his society.
(e) Education aims at (prepare)---young people for life.
4. Make a list of five points about the importance of education as mentioned in the passage. 1x5=5
UNICEF stood originally for the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund. But now it is the United Nations Children’s Fund which gives long-term help to children of developing nations. It runs several welfare projects in Bangladesh. It has established numerous maternity and baby care centers around the country to ensure the health of babies and child-bearing mothers. It has helped Bangladesh get rid of contagious childhood diseases. It has organized training programmes to create rural health workers. Through awareness raising activities about health and nutrition, this organization has been able to reduce infant mortality rates in Bangladesh. Besides, in times of disasters like cyclones, flood and famine. It undertakes humanitarian work to help the affected people. To facilitate education, UNICEF distributes reading and writing materials among students, trains teachers and promotes primary education particularly among girls. It also assists a variety of rehabilitation programmes in Bangladesh.
5. Write short answers to the following questions: 1x5=5
(a) What does UNICEF stand for?
(b) What does it do when any natural calamities strike Bangladesh?
(c) Name one long term activity of UNICEF.
(d) What has contributed to lowering infant mortality?
(e) What is the passage about?
6. Fill in the blanks with suitable words: 1x5=5
UNICEF runs a great number of programmes (a)---the welfare of children in Bangladesh. It (b)---for reducing the child mortality in rural Bangladesh too. Many maternity and baby care centers have been established to (c)---the health of babies. The child-bearing mothers also (d)---help (e)---it.
7. Summarise in five sentences the overall activities of UNICEF in Bangladesh.
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing how awareness of health and nutrition can benefit society. No. 1 has been done for you: 1x5=5
| 1. Reducing infant mortality | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | |
9. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word from the box.(Make any grammatical change if necessary) There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
| joyful | eager | remain | want | gift | flood | Invite |
| amity | elder | favourite | festive | delightful | shy | |
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap: 1x10=10
The Shatgombuj mosque is a 15 century Islamic (a)---situated in the suburbs of Bagerhat on the (b)---of the Sunderbans, some 175 km south-west of Dhaka. It is an (c)---Mughal architectural site (d)---a very large area. The mosque is (e)---in that it has sixty pillars which (f)---seventy seven exquisitely (g)---domes that have worn away with the (h)---of time. The mausoleum of the city’s (i)---Khan Jahan Ali can be found nearby. With the (j)---of the mosque as a World Heritage Site. It is hoped that this beautiful architectural monument will be preserved from further decay.
Part –C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full: 2x6=12
| A | B | C | D |
| (i) Water | Do not get | Most of | Our crops |
| (ii) But it | Feel | Water | Bumper crops |
| (iii) Moderate rainfall | Is | Very essential for | Our agriculture |
| (iv) Excessive rainfall | Helps | The dire need of | And a curse |
| (v) Our farmers | Destroys | Produce | Water for irrigation |
| (vi) They | Can be | Both a blessing | In a proper way |
12 The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Re-write the sentences in the correct order to make a continuous paragraph: 1x14=14
(i) He is a rebel poet and our national poet.
(ii) Very often he used to flee away from school.
(iii) He lost his father in his childhood.
(iv) So, he drew the attention of the public.
(v) He was called Dukhu Mia fro his sorrow.
(vi) Nazrul Islam was born on the 25th May, 1899 in Brudwan.
(vii) He was fond of adventures, music and jatra party.
(viii) As a result his mother fell in great financial problem.
(ix) He did not like the hard and fast rules of the school.
(x) You will have heard the name of Kazi Nazrul Islam.
(xi) He spent his early life in great hardship.
(xii) One day this Dukhu Mia became a great poet.
(xiii) He could sing, dance and compose verses even in his childhood.
(xiv) As a boy Nazrul was restless and absent minded.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible: 14
(a) What is a moonlit night? (b) What is its impact on human mind? (c) How does nature look at such a night? (d) How do city dwellers and villagers enjoy a moonlit night? (e) Do you have memory of it?
Viqarunnisa Noon College 09
Part---A: Seen Comprehension (40 Marks)
Read the passage below and answer the questions 1---4British eating habits are very different now from thirty years ago. No longer are tastes confined to roast beef, mint sauce and Yorkshire pudding (which in fact is not a pudding at all). People travel more and are learning to enjoy and food from many different countries. In most towns there are Italian, Chinese and Indian restaurants but in big cities you can also eat Japanese , Thai, Korean and Malaysian food. These restaurants are often cheaper than European restaurants and many people find the food more interesting. Indeed supermarkets now offer a wide range of multi-cultural, ready-to-cook foods to try at home.
Take-away food is also very popular in Britain. Many people think that the idea of take-away meals comes from the USA but in fact it comes from Britain. The original British take-away meal was fish and chips and there are still fish’n chip shops in places as well as joints that sell fast food like pizzas and hamburgers.
In Britain most people use knives and forks for eating. In some countries for example, China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. People use chopsticks. In many other countries as in the Indian sub-continent, people use their fingers.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence: 1x5=5
(a) British tastes are no longer related/limited/attached to roast beef, mint sauce and Yorkshire pudding.
(b) In British there are some non-British restaurant that sell native/indigenous/foreign dishes.
(c) British food habits are now dissimilar/alien/natural to the food habits which they had thirty years ago.
(d) The people of Britain are very eager for /fond of/used to eating take-away food.
(e) The foreign restaurants in England are less expensive/less popular/less frequented than European restaurants.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
(a) The British people are maintaining the same eating habits as they had thirty years ago.
(b) People learn to enjoy food from different countries, because they stay there for a long time.
(c) Many people find food more interesting in non-European restaurants.
(d) The idea of take-away food comes from England.
(e) Pizzas and hamburgers are take-away food.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the words. Add any preposition if necessary: 1x5=5
(a) The British food habits now (differing)---from the food habits that they had in the past.
(b) Take-away food has a great (popular)---Britain.
(c) (Travel)---more and more, people learn to enjoy food from different countries.
(d) The idea of take-away food comes from England.
(e) Fingers are (use)---the people of the Indian subcontinent for eating food.
4. Make a list of five items of food that British people are in the habit of taking. 5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8
Education is the process by which our mind develops through formal learning at an institution like a school, college or university. It is mental and intellectual training which provides opportunities of growth and helps to overcome impediments and obstacles to progress. Again, the purpose of education is to enlighten the individual and to develop his/her capacity to the limits. It is also the business of education to train individuals to make the right choices to go ahead. It ennobles our mind and refines our sensibility. It also broadens our outlook and helps us become aware of our rights and responsibilities.
5. Write short answer to these questions about education. 1x5=5
(a) What is education?
(b) What do the schools, colleges and universities do?
(c) What is the purpose of education?
(d) Does education make our mind noble?
(e) How can we meet challenges and overcome obstacles to progress?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1x5=5
Education enlightens mankind. Newman says---gives a man a clear conscious view of his own opinions and judgments, a ---in developing them, an eloquence in expressing them and a force in using them.” It is often ---to light which removes the ---of ignorance and helps us distinguish between right and wrong. Ex-president Julius Nyere of Tanzania way back in 1974 said in an international conference that the primary purpose of education was the liberation of man from the ---of habits and attitudes which limit his humanity.
7. Summarise the purpose of education in five sentences. 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing what education does. No.1 has been done for you. 1x5=5
| 1. Education enlightens mankind | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | |
9. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word from the box (make any grammatical changes if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
| mail | operation | nature | between | computer | distribute | Know |
| individual | base | electronic | terminal | difference | communication | |
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap. 1x10=10
Television has become a (a)---source of entertainment of the present world. A wide (b)---of programmes is (c)---on numerous channels. Almost every family has a television (d)---today. Television (e)---are not only entertaining, they can be highly (f)---too. For example, television is now (g)---used for distance learning. Courses (h)---by the open university are shown on BTV. Several channels like the Discovery Channel and the National Geographic Channel telecast highly informative and (i)---programmes. However, watching TV (j)---is not permissible.
Part ---C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full. 2x6=12
| A | B | C | D |
| (i) Water | Feel | Most of | Our crops |
| Same as Sylhet Board | |||
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
(a) What is a book fair? (b) When and where is it held? (c) How popular is it? (d) Have you ever visited a book fair? When? (e) What kinds of books are usually available in the book fair? (f) What is your personal impression of a book fair?
Ideal School & College 2009
Part-A: Seen Comprehension (40 Marks)
Read the passage below and answer the questions 1---4Stephen Hawking was born in 1942 in an educated family. He is considered the greatest physicist after Einstein. He was very skilled in Mathematics from an early age. He got married in 1963. He got his PhD in Chemistry from Cambridge University by the time he was 26 years old. At the age of thirty two he joined Cambridge University as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics. He is famous for his investigations into the origins of the universe. He wrote the book “ A Brief History of Time. From the Big Bang to the Present Times” in which he explains cosmology for the general public. It became famous and established his reputation as a great scientist. As his reputation as a scientist soared higher and higher, fate followed with less rewarding things. Stephen gradually started losing control over the muscles of his body as a victim of Gehrig’s disease. Since the age of thirty he is confined to the wheelchair with no power to control his body except his head and hands only. He can speak only through a computer with a voice synthesizer that converts his messages into sounds. But such tremendous physical handicap has not managed to dishearten or slow him down. Stephen is still a relentless worker using his computer to carry out research work as well as deliver lectures. He lives with his wife and three daughters and is provided with twenty-four nursing facilities by an American organization for his physical well being.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence: 1x5=5
(a) Hawking is an American/British/Indian scientist.
(b) Gehrig’s disease disables a person to control the hands/legs/muscles of his body.
(c) Hawking investigated into the creation/realization/destruction of the universe.
(d) He is greatest of all/greater than Einstein/the greatest after Einstein.
(e) Hawking is very clumsy/quick/prominent at Mathematics from an early age.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
(a) When Hawking received the Einstein Award, he was already a sick man.
(b) Stephen was brought up in a sophisticated family.
(c) Every part of his body was fully unable to move.
(d) Hawking’s work is not hampered for his physical illness.
(e) Stephen is leading an isolated life.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the words. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) Computer is (use)---Hawking to give lecture.
(b) Hawking (birth)---an educated family.
(c) The (famous)---Stephen spread home and abroad.
(d) Cosmology deals with the (describe)---the universe.
(e) Hawking (nurse)---by an American organization.
4. Make a list of five points about Stephen Hawking’s life and achievement. 5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8
Fires swept over the prairies any time during practically ten months a year although the worst were usually in the fall with the grass standing high and rich in oily seeds. The prairie fires could be set by lightning, by the carelessness of greenhorns in the country, by sparks from the railroads, and by deliberate malice. Once started, the heat of the fire created a high wind that could sweep it over a hundred miles of prairie in an incredibly short time. Settlers soon learned to watch the horizon for the curling smoke rising from prairie grass. At the first sign of this, everyone hurried to the flames with water barrels, gunnysacks, hoes and particularly ploughs to dig furrows so as to prevent the fire from spreading. Even more important was the awareness of the danger ahead of time, early enough so fireguards were ploughed around the homestead, at least around the buildings.
5. Write short answer to the following questions. 1x5=5
(a) What is a prairie?
(b) What are the causes of prairie fires?
(c) When does the worst fire sweep over the prairies?
(d) Who are called greenhorns?
(e) Why are fireguards ploughed around the homestead?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1x5=5
Prairie caught fire for a good (a)---reasons. Railroads, lightning and deliberate malice were a few of (b)---. Everyone (c)—to the place of fire with water barrels, gunny sacks etc. Some with ploughs dug furrows to stop the fire. Once started, the heat of the fire (d)---a great area and (e)---the people.
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences. 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing the causes and preventive measures of prairie fire. No 1. has been done for you. 1x5=5
| 1. Carelessness of rustic persons | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | |
9. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word from the box. (Make any grammatical changes, if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
| face | boys | than | call | female | education |
| women | sufficient | life | kind | educate | healthcare |
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap. 1x10=10
I have a neighbour(c)---. Mr. Anis Ahmed. He (b)---all the good qualities of head and heart. He is very much peace(b)---and so he does not disturb others. He is sympathetic to others and (d)---by them in their weal and woe. He is very much helpful and so he tries his best to help others when he sees them in (e)---. He is so well (f)---that I have not seen him quarrel with any person. His (g)---sense is so great that he never throws the garbage of his kitchen (h)---his house or on the road. He is very much religious. In a word, he is a nice (i)---. I am happy to (j)---such a good neighbour.
Part ---C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences Write out the sentences in full. 2x6=12
| A | B | C | D |
| (i) We must acknowledge (ii) The first lesson (iii) They taught us (iv) But when we came out (v) We wondered (vi) The planets are | how graceful the creator is of our house we learned how to eat marching our debt | how to talk and we discovered to the parents and from our to arrange everything in the heavenly plain | the endless mystery of nature in order without colliding with each other how to live then to nature parents |
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story. 1x14=14
(a) Fahima happily agreed.
(b) At this she said, “ I don’t mind screaming”.
(c) So they gave her the responsibility of organizing the club.
(d) Actually what she wanted was that she wanted to be noticed.
(e) Fahima is an extrovert.
(f) She went around to every class when the teacher was not there.
(g) She started shouting that they were going to organize a debating club.
(h) Seeing this one of her friends said to her “ why don’t you just write it down”?
(i) She also told them that they would find her in the college common room.
(j) She told them to give their names or think over it.
(k) They also gave her the duty to find out people who were interested in debating.
(l) Her college wanted to introduce a debating club.
(m) She argued that people would notice her more that way.
(n) He also told her to hang the words based on the college notice Board and not to scream
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
(a) Why is Bangladesh called a land of natural calamities? (b) What is the most common natural calamity? (c) When does it occur? (d) What is the impact? (e) How do the people suffer?
R Model College Dk 2009
Part—A: Seen Comprehension (40 Marks)
Read the passage and answer the questions 1---4
Education is the process by which our mind develops through formal learning at an institution like a school, college or university. It is mental and intellectual training which provides opportunities of growth and helps to overcome impediments and obstacles to progress. Again, the purpose of education is to enlighten the individual and to develop his/her capacity to the limits. It is also the business of education to train individuals to make the right choices to go ahead. It ennobles our mind and refines our sensibility. It also broadens our outlook and helps us become aware of our rights and responsibilities.According to Newman, education gives a man a clear conscious view of his own opinions and judgments, a truth in developing them, an eloquence in expressing them and a force in using them. Therefore, it is often compared to light which removes the darkness of ignorance and helps us distinguish between right and wrong. Ex-president Julius Nyere of Tanzania way back in 1974 said at an international conference the primary purpose of education was the liberation of man from the restrictions of habits and attitudes which limits his humanity. He further said education should promote humanity and universal brotherhood and that it could be used as a catalyst for a change for the better. How right he was?
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence 1x5=5
(a) The aim of education is to diminish/illuminate/subside the individual.
(b) Education widens/changes/limits our outlook.
(c) Education should degrade/encourage/restrict humanity.
(d) The statement of Julius Nyerere was satirical/humorous/appropriate.
(e) Education makes us vigilant/conscious/tactfully of our rights and responsibilities.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
(a) Educational institutions give us formal learning.
(b) Education aims at our physical development.
(c) Education helps to drive away the darkness of ignorance.
(d) Education defiles our sensibility.
(e) An educated man becomes conscious of his rights and responsibilities.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the words in brackets. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) Education (liberation)---humanity from various restrictions.
(b) The (promote)---humanity should be the aim of education.
(c) Education trains us (mental)----
(d) Education is essential for the (remove)---darkness of ignorance.
(e) Education aims at (enlighten)---an individual.
4. Make a list of five benefits of education. 5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8
Feeding the ever growing population is a big challenge for Bangladesh in the coming decades. The major challenge for the country is to sustain the current level of agricultural production. The task is daunting especially when the country loses about 80 thousand hectares of cultivable land annually due to excessive pressure on land for human settlement as well as the building of infrastructure such as roads and bridges. Moreover, river erosion and other non-agricultural uses contribute to the diminishing of agricultural land. Although the total number of farm holdings have increased by 18 percent, the cultivated area has declined with the average farm size decreasing from 2.26 acres in 1983-84 to 1.69 acres in 1996.
Given that about 80% of the farms are small and highly fragmented, more imaginative and effective organizations of production are needed to sustain agricultural productivity and create more employment and income for the farming community. The newly emerging ‘contract farming’ taken by a number of private agri-business firms is one approach for promoting food production, especially fruit and vegetables. One possibility to compensate for the loss of land is to go for land reclamation in the Bay of Bengal for which, of course, the country needs massive external assistance.
It is essential to improve agricultural production in general and food production in particular. For this, support from the public support from the public sector is necessary to generate and promote technologies, and hence to strengthen production, bio-technology research and development of hybrid crops and animal species, need to be given priority which will probably involve partnership with multinational private sector firms and institutions.
5. Write short answers to the following questions. 1x5=10
(a) How is every growing population a challenge for the coming decades?
(b) What is contract farming?
(c ) How can public sectors help promoting agricultural products?
(d) What are the causes of decreasing land in Bangladesh?
(e) What is being thought to compensate for the loss of land?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 5
To (a)---the ever growing population is a main challenge for our country. The (b)---of the current level of agricultural production is a big challenge for Bangladesh. This is daunting because the country is (c)--- about eight thousand hectares of (d)---area every year. For this, it is necessary to (e)---agricultural production and so on.
7. Summarise the above passage in five sentences. 5
8. Make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing the causes of the diminishing of cultivable land and its effects . No 1. has been done for you. 1x5=5
| 1. human settlement | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | |
9. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word from the box. Make any grammatical changes if necessary. There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
| proper | work | rights | health | educate | notice |
| common | sad | for | deprive | feeling | also |
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap. 1x10=10
Sports can give us (a)---international sports (b)---organize different (c)---. Most of these events are (d)---by multinational manufacturing companies and business firms. They (e)---for the sport events. They do it because in (f)---they get the right of (g)---their products during the events. The (h)---channels telecast the events (i)---. As a result people all over the world can(j)----the events live.
Part---C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full. 2x6=12
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full: 2x6=12
| | A | B | C | D |
| (i) | water | feel | most of | our crops |
| (ii) | But it | helps | water | bumper crops |
| (iii) | Moderate rainfall | do not get | essential for | water for irrigation |
| (iv) | Excessive rainfall | can be | the dire need of | in a proper way. |
| (v) | Our farmers | is | produce | and a curse. |
| (vi) | They | destroys | both a blessing | and agriculture. |
(i) An English boy was making a small boat.
(ii) My country is on the other side of the sea.
(iii) “ I didn’t see my mother for a good longtime.
(iv) Napoleon, the king of France was a great hero.
(v) The king was charmed by the words of the small boy.
(vi) He won many battles and conquered many countries of Europe.
(vii) Suddenly he noticed a wonderful thing.
(viii) “ Let me go to my country”
(ix) One day he was walking along the sea shore.
(x) The king asked him why he was making such a small boat.
(xi) The boy was brought before him.
(xii) “ I shall go to my country by this boat”
(xiii) He made all arrangements to send him to his country.
(xiv) The boy said, “ I shall cross the sea”.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answer to the questions should give as much detail as possible.
a) What is an international language?
b) Why is English called so?
c) Why should we learn English?
d) What do you think about the necessity of grammar in learning English?
e) How does your English text book help you learn English?
13. Write a paragraph of about 150 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
(a) What do you understand by satellite TV channels? (b) Do you think them to be beneficial? (c) What type of programmes are telecast? (d) How can our culture be fostered and enriched? (e) Can you make any suggestions regarding the positive use of the satellite TV channels?
Chittagong College 09
Part---A: Seen Comprehension(40 Marks)
Read the passage and answer the questions 1---4
Bangladesh is a small country but has a huge population. Most people here live below the poverty line and cannot therefore afford to educate their children. Many poor children either drop out of school after just a few years or simply do not go to school at all. We have far too many students to educate compared to the number of institutions available. Bangladesh needs more schools, colleges and universities to provide for the increasing number of educational institutions. At present every educational institution is over-crowded and class size is unusually large. As facilities in these institutions are poor, students do not get a standard education. Moreover, many educational institutions in Bangladesh are troubled with politics and violence. Sometimes, institutions are closed down to avoid clashes between rival groups of students. Such closures badly affect academic progress.1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence. 1x5=5
(a) We cannot prevent drop out because of will/money/enthusiasm.
(b) We need to increase/rise/amply educational institutions.
(c) Bangladesh is a popular/familiar/populous country.
(d) Our academic progress is hampered /accelerated/ executed by violence.
(e) Our class size is unusually/large because of the shortage of land/law/fund.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
(a) Solvency is the main reason of dropping out of schools.
(b) Violence impedes our academic progress.
(c) Political activities promote the standard of education.
(d) Bangladesh hardly needs more schools, colleges and universities.
(e) Most of our people have to struggle with poverty.
3. Fill in the gaps with correct words. Add prepositions if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) Academic progress is (hinder) violence and politics.
(b) Many parents have no (capable) send their children to school.
(c) The number of students (increase) day by day.
(d) Some students are being (engage) violence.
(e) (Exist) institutions are not sufficient for the students.
4. Make a list of five points about the problems of education in Bangladesh. 5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8
Every year millions of people all over the world die unnecessarily as a result of pollution. These unfortunate and avoidable deaths are brought about by four specific factors. Firstly, air pollution from factories, burning trash and vehicle fumes cause pneumonia, bronchitis and other respiratory diseases. Then water pollution from industrial discharge, the indiscriminate disposal of toxic chemicals, and the dumping of human waste into rivers and canals cause poisoning and water borne diseases such as cholera and diarrhoea. The next factor is the noise pollution from vehicle horns and microphones that might cause aggression and damage hearing. And finally, odour pollution from dumped or untreated human waste causes serious discomfort to our sense of smell, and attracts disease-bearing creatures such as rats and flies. We should take determined action to control these problems and clean up the environment to avert these unnecessary diseases.
5. Write short answer to the following questions. 1x5=5
(a) How do industries pollute water?
(b) What is odour pollution?
(c) How does noise pollution affect us?
(d) What are the four factors causing death?
(e) What can be done to avoid this unfortunate death?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1x5=5
Four factors are responsible for an (a)---death of millions of people. Air pollution often (b)---respiratory diseases. Smoke is created when anything is (c)---. We need to stop pollution for our own (d)---because we (e)---our own lives by polluting the environment.
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences about the factors of death. 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage make short notes in each of the boxes showing the effect of different types of pollution. No. 1 has been done for you. 1x5=5
| 1. Respiratory diseases by air pollution | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | |
Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box. (Make any grammatical changes if necessary). 1x10=10
| need | last | subconscious | practice | appropriate | able |
| enrich | improve | describe | natural | successful | process |
10. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words. 1x10=10
Pahela Baishakh is a common (a)---in Bangladesh. People of all religions (b)---this day. The Pahela Baishakh is (c)---in different places. It has a special (d)---to people of all ages. The business community celebrate it with (e)---a new account Halkhata’ . They (f)---sweets among the customers. Young people go out (g)---new dresses of Baishah. Different organizations arrange very (h)---cultural functions. It is a source of (i)---for all that makes the (j)---into a new year with new hope and aspiration.
Part---C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases /clauses in the table to make sensible sentences. 2x6=12
| A | B | C | D |
| (i) Jerry was a | broke down | to take | some money |
| (ii) He | did not agree | broke of his own | chopping wood |
| (iii) One day he | the writer | the axe-handle while | the writer most |
| (iv) For repairing it | boy of some good | offered | the money |
| (v) But he | the axe-handle | without any | carelessness |
| (vi) He argued that | Took the responsibility | qualities that impressed | subterfuge |
(i) He made up his mind to give up the throne.
(ii) ‘ I love you more than everything in the world.
(iii) He also decided to divide his throne among his three daughters.
(iv) She declared that she loved him only as her father.
(v) She was banished from the kingdom by her father.
(vi) Because he expected more loving answer from her.
(vii) The first daughter Goneril declared---
(viii) Long ago, king Lear was ruling Britain.
(ix) The third daughter was Cordellia whom he loved most.
(x) He wanted to have peace and rest.
(xi) He was shocked at his answer.
(xii) Before dividing, he wanted to test their love for father.
(xiii) The second daughter said that she loved him more than his sister.
(xiv) He was tired of ruling his kingdom.
13. Write a paragraph based on the following questions. 14
(i) What is good health? (ii) How can one keep good health? (iii) What is the role of food in maintaining good health? (iv) How can physical exercise help in this regard? (v) What type of consciousness is needed for it?
Ctg Govt Women’s College---2009
Part---A: Seen Comprehension (40 Marks)
Read the passage and answer the questions 1---4
Ismail Hossain is an affluent man now. Through hard work and devotion, he has managed to turn the wheels of fortune. He was an unemployed youth of an impoverished family from Ekdala village in Natore Sadar Thana. Through new knowledge, hard work and perseverance, he has brought prosperity in his family. Ismail Hossain, son of Zohar Ali studied up to class eight. Poverty then forced him to look for work. He worked as a labourer before he joined the training programme of the Natore Horticulture Centre (NHC) and has remained associated with it since then. . The officer in charge of NHC said that Ismail seemed to be an enthusiastic and energetic youth during the selection of villages under NHC’s command area. Ismail first received training in vegetable cultivation. There he got a lease of land in his village and applied his new and improved knowledge to cultivate vegetables. He earned taka 25,000as profit that year. In the same way he made a profit of taka one lakh by cultivating quality cauliflowers the next year. Later, he bought some land and used it entirely to cultivate cauliflowers. He has been raising hi-breed cows for milk as well as manure. Ismail’s lot has changed radically. He said with a satisfactory smile, “ I am very happy to be self sufficient now. I had nothing of my own before but now I have so much. It has been possible through my hard labour and systematic cultivation. The credit also goes to NHC of course, he added. The officer in-charge of NHC said, “ I feel very proud of Ismail Hossain. He deserves national level recognition for his outstanding success. “1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence. 1x5=5
(a) Ismail Hossain became affluence/affluent/rich for his hard work.
(b) Ismail Hossain is an highly educated/illiterate/literate person.
(c) As a trainee of NHC, Ismail seemed very eager/dull/reluctant.
(d) At first, Ismail applied his new knowledge on a hired/leased/purchased land.
(e) The officer in-charge of NHC feels prided/proud/proudly for him.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
(a) Wheel of fortune stands for destiny.
(b) Ismail was born in a well to do family.
(c) NHC can train students from all over Bangladesh.
(d) The best thing that Ismail did with his money was buying a piece of land.
(e) He deserves universal recognition for his outstanding success.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the words. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) The officer-in-charge was surprised at the (affluent) Ismail.
(b) Hi-breed cows were (raise) him.
(c ) Ismail became (financial) solvent.
(d) He was blessed with (enthusiastic).
(e) Quality cauliflowers (cultivate) by him.
4. Make a list of five points showing how Ismail changed his lot: 5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8
The process of globalization obviously requires a common language for international communication. For many different reasons, English has achieved prestige of being that language. As a result, it has crossed the national borders to reach people who speak other languages. It is no longer the unique possession of the British or American or other native speaker people but a language that belongs to the world’s people. In fact, bilingual and multilingual users of English far outnumber the monolingual native speakers.
This phenomenon has led to a bewildering variety of English around the world. As more and more people speak English, more and more varieties have emerged which are strongly influenced by the pronunciation, grammar and idioms of the respective mother tongues. World English has now moved away from the control of the native speakers. There is a joke that global English is neither British nor American, rather, it is bad English. However, the question of good or bad English is irrelevant now. Today’s slogan is ‘mutual intelligibility/ among users of the language.
5. Write short answer to the following questions. 1x5=5
(a) Why is a single language required?
(b) What is the status of English now?
(c ) Whom does English belong to?
(d) What do you mean by bewildering variety?
(e) Why has the standard of English fallen?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1x5=5
Today the necessity of English is (a)---. The process of globalization (b)---.Its increasing importance. Students (c)---higher studies are in dire need of learning good English. In the world of information technology, English has been given (d)---to any language. The increasing necessity of English in every sector will (e)---
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences. 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing the reasons and benefits of learning English. No 1. has been done for you. 1x5=5
| 1. Global language | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | |
Part—B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word from the box. (Make any grammatical changes, if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
| check | seriously | peril | require | afflicted | beyond |
| stitch | torture | untimely | tear | hostile | mend |
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap. 1x10=10
Sincerity is the best way for achieving success. One can go a long way if one does anything with sincerity. People who are sincere to their work are (a)---of making anything successful. The great men are also sincere because they (b)---that sincerity is the key to success. Those who are not (c)---can never (d)---a long way in the world. The (e)---people are not always sincere because they do not know (f)---of authority. If they knew it, they (g)---a good use of it. Sincerity (h)---not only to do work properly but also with dutifulness, honesty, modesty and good behaviour. The people of our country are not still (i)---of the (j)---of sincerity.
Part---C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full. 2x6=12
| A | B | C | D |
| (i) The role of women’s role in nation building | Is not possible for any nation to reach | Western countries but also | Dignity and honour. |
| (ii) It | Was a time when women were | Any more in the | Has been changed. |
| (iii) There | Can not be denied | Its goal without allowing the women folk | Family affairs. |
| (iv) They | Of civilization the out look and | Looked upon without any | Situation of the world. |
| (v) But with the progress | Is true not only for the | To serve the | To play their active role. |
| (vi) This | Were the only instrument | Attitude of the world towards women | For the Islamic countries as well. |
(i) He saw Fazlul Hoq was reading his lessons and tearing of the pages of his book one after another.
(ii) “So, I do not need them at all” said he.
(iii) He thought his son would one day be a great man in the sub continent.
(iv) “ I am not playing. I have already gone through these pages.”
(v) He was greatly charmed at the wonderful memory of his son.
(vi) The great leader of our country whom we love and admire is Sher-e-Bangla A.K Fazlul Hoq.
(vii) He at once entered the room and said, “ O my boy, don’t play with your book.”
(viii) From his boyhood, he was very meritorious boy.
(ix) His father was Kazi Wazed Ali was a renowned pleader in the Barisal Bar.
(x) His father wanted to test him.
(xi) He asked him to quote some lines from such and such pages of his book.
(xii) Fazlul Hoq quoted the pieces from memory word for word.
(xiii) His father was passing by.
(xiv) One day the boy Fazlul Hoq was reading in his study room.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should five as much detail as possible. 14
(a) Where is Bangladesh located? (b) Since when has she been independent? (c) What is the language of the people? (d) How many religions are there in Bangladesh? (e) What sort of climate does she have? (f) What is the chief occupation of the people? What are some of common customs and traditions that people follow here?
Holy Cross College, Dhaka---2009
Part---A: Seen Comprehension (40 Marks)
Read the passage below and answer the questions 1---4
Electronic mail popularly known as e-mail, is the communication of textual messages via electronic means. Although telex communication is also electronic in nature, there are differences between a telex and e-mail. While telex communication is terminal to terminal, electronic mail communication is user-to-user via the computer. In telex, messages destined to a number of users are sent to the same terminal from where it is distributed in a printed form by the operator. On the other hand, e-mail is delivered in personal electronic mail boxes based on computers. In order to operate an e-mail system we need a personal computer, a modem and a telephone connection.An important advantage of e-mail is the ability to reduce the consumption of paper in the office. Internal memos and reports can be exchanged electronically without using paper. Being a computer based messaging system, files prepared on computers can be instantly copied and easily exchanged as e-mail. This facility has the potential of improving office efficiency considerably.
Being a person-to-person communication, e-mail turns out to be cheaper alternative to telephone conversation and eliminates the time spent in establishing phone calls. For a telephone conversation to materialize, both the caller and the called must be present simultaneously. Some studies indicate that as much as 70 percent of the business phone calls during business hours do not succeed in the first attempt due to unavailability of the party being called. E-mail permits communication between two parties without the parties actually being present simultaneously. Privacy is ensured as the mail is delivered to an individual’s mail box which can be accessed or opened only by the intended recipient.
E-mail has brought about a revolution in modern communication. Messages can be transmitted from one country to another within seconds. It is far cheaper than telephone calls. Trade and commerce has become greatly dependent on this speedy mode of communication. It has, however, not reached everyone, especially in developing countries like ours, as most people cannot afford to have a personal computer. But even here people have started using commercially operated e-mail facilities for important purposes.
1. Choose the appropriate words to complete each sentence. 1x5=5
(a) An e-mail user can maintain/contain/perform privacy.
(b) Telex-communication denies/reserves/gives privacy.
(c ) E-mail boosts/wastes/decreases the consumption of paper.
(d) E-mail has become a cheaper/expensive/costlier substitute to telephone.
(e) A personal computer is necessary in facsimile/e-mail/telex.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
(a) Telex communication denies privacy.
(b) The use of terminal necessitates telex.
(c ) The facilities of e-mail and telex are not dissimilar.
(d) In e-mail, an individual mailbox does not but ensure privacy.
(e) Telex saves the time spent in establishing phone calls.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the words. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) E-mail (transmit)---messages within seconds.
(b) E-mail (distribute)---a printed form.
(c) E-mail has (revolution)---our communication system.
(d) E-mail makes possible the (eliminate)---time.
(e) E-mail is a (speed)---mode of communication.
4. Make a list of five advantages of e-mail. 5
Read the following passage and answer the questions given below 5---8
His name was Jerry; he had been at the orphanage since he was four. I could picture him at four, with the same grave grey-blue eyes and the same independence? No, the word that comes to me is ‘integrity’. It is embedded on courage, but it is more than brave. It is honest, but it is more than honesty. The axe-handle broke one day. Jerry said the orphanage woodshop would repair it. I brought money to pay for the job and he refused it. “ I’ll pay for it, he said, “ I brought the axe down careless.” “ But no one hits accurately every time,” I told him. “ The fault was in the handle”.
It was only then that he would take the money. He was standing back of his own carelessness. He was a free-will agent and he chose to do careful work, and if he failed, he took the responsibility without subterfuge.
And he did for me the unnecessary thing, the gracious thing that we find done only by the great of heart. Things no training can teach, for they are done on the instant, with no predicated experience. He found a cubby hole beside the fireplace that I had not noticed. There, of his own accord, he put wood so that I might always have dry fire material ready in case of sudden wet weather. A stone was loose in the rough walk to the cabin. He dug a deeper hole and steadied it, although he came himself, by a shortcut over the bank. I found that when I tried to return his thoughtfulness with such things as candy and apples, he was wordless. “ Thank you” was perhaps an expression for which he had no use, for his courtesy was instinctive. He only looked at the gift and at me, and a curtain lifted, so that I saw deeper into the clear well of his eyes and gratitude was there, and affection, soft over the firm granite of his character.
5. Give short answer to the following questions. 1x5=5
(a) When did Jerry accept money from the authoress?
(b) Why did the authoress think that Jerry was great of heart?
(c) How did Jerry react when the authoress rewarded him with things like candy and apples?
(d) How did the authoress know that Jerry was honest?
(e) What is integrity?
6. Fill in the gaps with appropriate words. 1x5=5
Jerry was an (a)---boy. When the authoress met Jerry, she was (b)---with him. Jerry used to (c)---a lot of gracious work for the authoress without being (d)---. He never thought about his own(e)---.
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences. 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage make short notes in each of the boxes showing gradual development of the story.
| 1. Jerry’s introduction with the authoress | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | |
Part---B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with a suitable from the box (Make any grammatical changes, if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
| to be | admit | busy | study | paying | arrive | opposition |
| find | go | debates | experienced | listen | distinction | often |
Rabindranath was the fourteenth child of Debendranath and Sarada Devi. He (a)---to school early. He wrote his first verse when he was eight years old. When he was seventeen years old, he (b)---in London. But London did not make a rich impression on him. According to him, London (c)---a dismal city, smoky, foggy and (d)---with everyone jostling and in a hurry. Young Tagore got (e)---into London University and (f)---religion Medici and Shakespeare with Henry Morely. He often visited the house of Parliament to (g)---to the (h)---on Irish Home Rule. Later he was moved to house of professional coach, a Mr. Scott as a (i)---guest where Rabindranath (j)---racism from the two daughters of the family. Rabindranath was full of admiration for the English society.
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap. 1x10=10
All the elements of the environment are equally (a)---because those elements are playing individual (b)---in the maintenance of ecological balance. A seemingly (c)---element like grass is essential for us because if there is no grass, the cow will not be able to eat. If the cow can not eat grass, it will not give us (d)---. When we will not get milk, we will not get the (e)---of milk. This is one of the many examples how all the elements of the nature are (f)---among all the elements of nature. Man is mainly (g)---for (h)---this balance. Already much harm of the ecology has been (i)---. It is high time we all contributed to bring back the healthy balance of the ecology.
Part---C: Guided Writing(40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. 2x6=12
| A | B | C | D |
| (i) Man | is nothing but | to repent when | fate |
| (ii) If he makes a proper | is the golden | and does his duties accordingly | days and years |
| (iii) If he does otherwise | is the architect | and can be moulded | of life |
| (iv) Our life | the mind is soft | season | it |
| (v) Youth | division of his time | of his own | in any form we like |
| (vi) In youth | he is sure | the sum total of hours | he is sure to prosper in life. |
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story. 1x14=14
i). The highest camp was set up at 27000 feet.
ii). They must have felt excited when they stood there.
iii). The expedition set out on March, 10.
iv). Some of them had to be abandoned.
v) . They went up and up.
vi) . They have gone down to history as the conquerors of the highest mountain in the world.
vii). Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and his companion Tenzing Norkey from Nepal led an expedition in 1953.
viii). Many expeditions had been led to conquer Mount Everest.
ix) . As the climbers were going up, they set up camps at different places.
x). Many climbers who took part in them lost their lives.
xi). Only Hilary and Tenzing reached the height.
xii). They left some of their men and supplies in these camps.
xiii). After two months of difficult and dangerous climbing they succeeded in reaching the top on 10 , May.
xiv) But the top was still 2000 feet away.
13. Write a paragraph of 250 words on “Dangers of smoking”
Ctg B-2009
Statistics show that about 350 million people speak English as a first language and another 300 million use it as a second language. It is the official or semi-official language of more than 60 countries and of many international organizations. TheIinternational Olympic Committee, for example, always holds meetings in English. English helps the international community and the business world to communicate across national borders. Today, more than 80% of all the information in the world’s computers is in English. So, organizations frequently need employees who speak and write a standard form of English. In fact, some companies provide English language training for their staff. It is therefore, little wonder that job advertisements nowadays often ask for a good working knowledge of English. Many believe now that English usually helps them to get good jobs and better salaries. 1. Choose the right word/expression to complete each sentence: 1x5=5
(a) First language means the important/main/natural language.
(b) A second language is one that is taught and learnt, as next in importance to the mother tongue/a foreign language/a dead language
(c) The number of people who use English as a second language is about 300/350/250 million.
(d) International Olympic Committee always holds meeting in French/English/Spanish
(e) English is used as official or semi-official language in more than 60/50/70 countries.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
(a) Now-a-days more than eighty percent of all information in the world’s computers is in English.
(b) Many now-a-days get good jobs because they know English.
(c) Many international organizations often use different languages.
(d) A good knowledge in English is necessary for a good job.
(e) No companies arrange training for their staff to make them able to use English well.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets . Add any preposition if necessary 1x5=5
(a) Statistics show that English is (speak)---as a first language by 350 million people.
(b) International Olympic Committee (use)---English in it’s meetings.
(C) English (help)---communication across national borders.
(d) More than 80% of all the information in the world’s computers (be)---in English.
(e) Employers now-a-days want applicants (have)---a good working knowledge of English.
4. Make a list of five reasons why English is important. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---6:
As his reputation as a scientist soared higher and higher, fate followed with less rewarding things. Stephen gradually started losing control over the muscles of his body as a victim of Gehrig’s disease. Since the age of thirty he is confined to the wheelchair with no power to control his body except his head and hands only. He can speak only through a computer with a voice synthesizer that converts his messages into sounds. But such tremendous physical handicap has not managed to dishearten or slow him down. Stephen is still a relentless worker, using his computer to carry out research work as well as deliver lectures. He lives with his wife and three daughters and is provided with twenty four nursing facilities by an American organization for his physical well being.
5. Write short answers to the following questions. 1x5=5
a) What is the fate of Stephen Hawking?
b) Why has Stephen been confined to a wheelchair?
c) How does he carry out his research?
d) Whom does he live with?
e) What is the result of physical handicap on Stephen Hawking?
6. Fill in the gaps with the suitable words. 1x5=5
Stephen Hawking is a great scientist of modern times. He has (a)---much reputation. But it is a matter of great shock that at the age of thirty, he has (b)---with Gehrig’s disease. Then he gradually (c)---control over the muscles of his body. But his physical handicap could not (d)---him at all. Stephen still (e)---his research work by using computer.
7. Summarize the passage in five sentences. 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing the remarkable happenings in Stephen’s life. (No. 1 has been done for you) 1x5=5
| 1. Stephen’s sky high reputaion | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | |
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box (make any grammatical change if necessary) There are more words in the box than you need) 1x10=10
| carry | provide | Get | Essential | Adopt | Enhance | Aware |
| Define | Needs | Enable | Yardstick | Shelter | Protect | perform |
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap: 1x10=10
Man pollutes water , another vital (a)---of the environment by throwing waste into it. Farmers (b)---chemical fertilizers and insecticides in their fields. Some of these chemical washed away by rain and floods (c)---mixed with water in the rivers, canals and ponds. Water is also(d)---by mills and factories when they throw their (e)---chemicals and waste products into rivers and canals. Water vehicles also pollute rivers by dumping oil, food waste and human (f)---into them. Unsanitary latrines (g)---on river and canal banks are also (h)---for further pollution. In this way various (i)---of waste and filth (j)---water.
Part-C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences . Write out the sentences in full: 2x6=12
| A | B | C | D |
| (i) Robinson Crusoe (ii) He (iii) His father (iv) He (v) His father (vi) Crusoe | wanted did not want was born wanted did not like left home | that crusoe should go to be a sailor him in the idea for the sea | at all england. from his boyhood. one day to sea to be a physician |
12, The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Re-write the sentences in the proper order in a continuous paragraph to make a story: 1x14=14
(i) The hare was always proud of his speed.
(ii) The next day the hare and the tortoise reached the venue.
(iii) One day he challenged the tortoise to defeat him in a race.
(iv) The hare ran very swiftly.
(v) Long ago there lived a hare in a forest.
(vi) They got ready.
(vii) The hare always teased the tortoise.
(viii) Covering much, the hare took rest.
(ix) A tortoise also lived nearby.
(x) They went to a fox and wanted him to act as a judge.
(xi) He decided to take rest for some time.
(xii) The tortoise accepted the challenge.
(xiii) As the fox waved the flag, the two started running.
(xiv) But the tortoise ran very slowly.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible: 14
(a) What kind of family do you live in ? Extended or nuclear? (b) Why is nuclear family getting popular day by day? (c) What are the advantages you find in a nuclear family? (d) What are the disadvantages of it? (e) Do you think the society is following right way?
Ctg B-2010
There have been significant changes in the types of entertainment over time. Many of these no longer exist. Even if they do, people keep looking for newer forms of entertainment. Thus, snake charming, puppet shows, jatra, jarigan, sharigan and kabigan which were common forms of entertainment in the past, have almost lost their appeal. Radio, which used to be a good source of entertainment in the past, is now giving place to television, and to satellite channels in particular. The entertainment business, like other spheres of life, is getting westernized day by day. Folk music or palligeeti is now sung with western instruments. At the same time, modern music is now fusing melodies from folk and traditional songs. In general, band and pop music is becoming more and more popular, particularly among among the young generation.Sport has become a great source of entertainment today. Football, which used to be the most popular spectator sport in Bangladesh, is gradually being replaced by cricket as a popular form of sports entertainment.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence: 1x5=5
(a) Snake charming was rare/common/general form of entertainment in the past.
(b) Some old forms of entertainment have lost their value/place/attraction.
(c ) The way of entertainment is being changed/influenced/altered by western music.
(d) Western instruments are being used/useful/useless to sing our folk songs.
(e) Football is gradually being popular/replaced/displaced by cricket.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
(a) Now television has been replaced by radio.
(b) Western instruments have become a part of performing our folk and traditional songs.
(c) Cricket now occupies an important position in the filed of entertainment.
(d) Now people like old forms of entertainment.
(e) Young generation like folk music.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of words. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) In old days puppet show was liked (great)---people.
(b) Many old forms of entertainment have no (exist)---at all.
(c) People always (look)---newer forms of entertainment.
(d) Radio (be)---the common source of entertainment in the past.
(e) Now folk music is (song)---western instruments.
4. Make a list of five items of entertainment in modern times. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions (5---8)
Bangladesh is a small country but has a huge population. Most people here live below the poverty line and cannot therefore afford to educate their children. Many poor children either drop out of school after just a few years or simply do not go to school at all. We have far too many students to educate compared to the number of institutions available. Bangladesh needs more schools, colleges and universities to provide for the increasing number of educational institutions. At present every educational institution is over-crowded and class size is unusually large. As facilities in these institutions are poor, students do not get a standard education. Moreover, many educational institutions in Bangladesh are troubled with politics and violence. Sometimes, institutions are closed down to avoid clashes between rival groups of students. Such closures badly affect academic progress.
5. Write short answers to the following questions 1x5=5
(a) Why are our people unable to educate their children?
(b) Why does Bangladesh need more educational institutions?
(c) Why can’t the government finance the requisite number of educational institutions?
(d) Why don’t students get a standard education?
(d) What affect academic progress badly?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words:---1x5=5
Most of the people of Bangladesh are unable to educate their children because of (a)---. As a result, many poor children are (b)---of their right of education. The government can’t establish the required number of educational institutions owing to (c)---problems. So there is a (d)---of educational institutions in Bangladesh. Sometimes academic activities are hampered by the (e)---closures of educational institutions.
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences. 1x5=5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the 5
boxes in the flow-chart showing the problems of education in Bangladesh. (No.1 has been done for you):-
| 1. Poverty | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | |
9. Fill in the gaps of the given passage using suitable words from the box. (Make any grammatical changes if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need:-- 10
| Solve | Ensure | In vain | Address | Work | Must | always |
| Paramount | Originate | upliftment | Balance | Harass | Call | never |
10. Fill in the blanks using one appropriate word in each gap:- 1x10=10
It is a happy news that the (a)---of adopting unfair means in the examination has been (b)---to a greater extent. Our students have now(c)---that passing in the examination is not the only goal of students life. But still this heinous (d)---has not been totally (e)--- when an examinee is caught copying in the examination, there is nothing open to authority (f)---to(g)---him/her. This damages not only the concerned examinee, but also(h)---a total loss to the whole family of that examinee. So, our students must refrain themselves (i)---this bad practice. They should also remember that a building (j)---strong foundation must fall down either today or tomorrow.
Part C---Guided Writing
11. Match the phrases of the following substitution table to make meaningful sentences. Write sentences in full: 2x6=1211. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write the sentences in full: 2x6=12
| A | B | C | D |
| (i) Environment pollution (ii) In our cities air (iii) Even the ground we (iv) Water (v) But we (vi) Measures | must be taken has become is constantly walk on is also polluted should not remain idle | in various ways to control one of the greatest problems to the face of being polluted both in urban and rural areas. | by smoke of factories and vehicles is polluted by garbage. alarming pollution. in our country. in this modern age. such an alarming problem. |
(i) Then he joined the training programme of NHC.
(ii) Poverty then forced him to look for works.
(iii) He has remained associated with it since then.
(iv) He was an unemployed youth of an impoverished family.
(v) Belal’s lot has changed radically.
(vi) Belal is now an affluent man.
(vii) He worked as a labourer.
(viii) Then he got a lease of land in his village.
(ix) He is now very happy to be a self reliant man.
(x) He has also been raising hi-breed cows for milk as well as to produce manure.
(xi) Through hard work he has managed to turn the wheels of fortune.
(xii) He applied his new and improved knowledge in cultivating vegetables.
(xiii) Belal studied up to class eight.
(xiv) Belal first received training in vegetable cultivation.
13.Answer the following questions to make a continuous paragraph on “ Earthquake”. 14x1=14
(a) What is an earthquake?
(b) How frequent is it now in Bangladesh?
(c) Are our people aware of the gravity of its loss?
(d) Why are experts giving more attention to the issue of earthquake in recent times?
(e) What precautions would you suggest as safety measures against earthquakes?
Dhaka Board---2010
Part-A: Seen Comprehension (40 Marks)
Read the following passage and answer the questions 1---4:The most significant event for Bangladesh in the last century has been its birth as an independent nation. Prior to that, it experienced British colonial rule until 1947 followed by an oppressive existence as East Pakistan from 1947 to 1971.
The life of our people has often been shaped by tragedy. Floods have devastated our land and tidal waves from the sea have swept away thousands of lives. Poverty has been an ever-present spectre. As a result, nearly seventy percent of the population suffer from various degrees of malnutrition. Rapid population growth has added to this problem. Although the growth rate has slowed down to some extent, the population has almost doubled since independence . On the other hand, turbulent politics and instability and the rise and the rise of terrorism and crime are adversely affecting society. Despite these negative aspects, the last twenty-five years will remain memorable for certain events. The 21st of February 1952 immediately comes to mind. Only recently, our language day has been declared the international Mother Language Day by UNESCO. 16 December 1971is another day our nation will cherish forever---the day when we became citizens of a free state following our victory over the occupation forces of Pakistan. In addition, in the field of literature, art and culture we have produced great poets, novelists and artists. For instance, Bangladesh is proud of the great poet Kazi Nazrul Islam who raised his fiery voice against injustice and oppression.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence. 1x5=5
(a) The emergence/emergency/nomination of Bangladesh as a free stake is the most significant event for us in the last century.
(b) Political instability has a bad affect/effect/concern on our society.
(c) The cause of malnutrition in Bangladesh is poverty/riches/negligence.
(d) Bangladesh experienced justice/equity/oppression during the Pakistan rule.
(e) We take proud/proudly/pride in our great poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
(a) Bangladesh has undergone many tragic events.
(b) The growth-rate of population remains the same as before.
(c) Most of the people of Bangladesh are poverty stricken.
(d) We became the citizens of a free country on 26th March, 1971.
(e) Bangladesh is rarely afflicted with political instability.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) The (declare)---of the 21st February as the International Mother Language Day is a glorious event in our national history.
(b) There often occurs (devastate)---flood in our country.
(c) The last twenty-five years will remain vivid in our (memorable)---certain events.
(d) We have achieved (progressive)---in art, literature and culture.
(e) Thousands of lives (swept)---tidal waves almost every year.
4. Make a list of five major historical events of Bangladesh in the last century. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8
Education is the process by which our mind develops through formal learning at an institution like a school, college or university. It is mental and intellectual training which provides opportunities of growth and helps to overcome impediments and obstacles to progress. Again, the purpose of education is to enlighten the individual and to develop his/her capacity to the limits. It is also the business of education to train individuals to make the right choices to go ahead. It ennobles our mind and refines our sensibility. It also broadens our outlook and helps us become aware of our rights and responsibilities.
5. Write short answers to the following questions. 1x5=5
(a) What do you understand by education?
(b) What does education provide?
(c) How does education enlighten the individual?
(d) Why is education compared to light?
(e) How does education promote humanity and universal brotherhood?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1x5=5
The purpose of education is the (a)---of an individual and the (b)---of his/her capacity to the maximum limit. It also (c)—an individual to (d)---the right in order to go ahead. It makes our mind (e)---
7. Summarise the importance of education in five sentences. 1x5=5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes of the flow chart showing how education impacts on human life. (No, 1 has been done for you) 1x5=5
| 1 Education develops our mind | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box (make any grammatical changes if necessary) 1x10=10
| employ | impact | plan | rural | reduce | importance |
| lend | international | growth | emphasize | poor | raise |
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap. 1x10=10
Language plays a very (a)---role in our life. We use language from the (b)---we wake up in the morning (c)---we go to bed at night. We use language not only during our (d)---hours but also in our dreams. We use language to (e)---what we feel and to say (f)---we like or dislike. We also use language to (g)---information. In short language is (h)---present in our life. It is an (i)---part of what we do, (j)---and believe.
Part C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full. 2x6=12| A | B | C | D |
| (i) The role of women in nation building | Is not possible for any nation to reach | Western countries but also | Dignity and honour |
| (ii) It | Was a time when women were | Any more in the | Has been changed |
| (iii) There | Cannot be denied | Its goal without allowing the women folk | Family affairs |
| (iv) They | Of civilization the outlook and | Looked upon without any | Situation of the world |
| (v) But with the progress | Is true not only for the | To serve the | To play their active role |
| (vi) This | Were the only instrument | Attitude of the world towards women | For the Islamic countries as well. |
and in a continuous paragraph to make a story. 14
(i) The grasshopper said, Brother ant, give me a morsel of food”
(ii) It was a frosty winter day.
(iii) The grasshopper went away being sad.
(iv) The ant had stored them during the summer.
(v) The ant said, “ Since you sang all summer, it seems you have to dance all winter.
(vi) A grasshopper half-dead with hunger came limping by.
(vii) Saying this the prudent ant locked his granary door.
(viii) The ant asked what he was doing during the summer.
(ix) He was singing all day long during the summer.
(x) An ant was taking out of his granary some grains of wheat.
(xi) The grasshopper saw what the ant was doing.
(xii) Hearing this the ant smiled grimly.
(xiii) The grasshopper replied that he was not idle.
(xiv) During summer the ant was gathering the grains.
13. Write a paragraph in about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
(a) What was your childhood like? (b) Where did you pass your childhood and how? (c) Can you remember your first school? (d) How were your teachers and classmates like? (e) What sweet memories of those days do you have? (f) Do you have any bitter experience? (g) How do you feel when you recollect your childhood days?
Part—A: Seen Comprehension (40 Marks)
Rajshahi Board--2010
Read the passage below and answer the questions 1---4
The environment refers to the air, water and land in which people, animals and plants live. So, human beings, animals, plants, air, water and soil are the main elements of the environment. The natural forces such as storms, cyclones, and earthquakes are also part of this environment. Climate is thus, a condition of the environment. All things that make up the environment are interrelated. The way in which people, animals and plants are related to each other and to their surroundings, is known as ecology. The ecosystem is a complex web that links animals, plants and every other life form in the biosphere. All these things hang together. The system is in a steady state of dynamic balance which means that by altering any one part of the web you can affect all the other parts. For example, the destruction of forests may have serious ecological consequences on humans and animals.It is the responsibility of human beings to prevent the environment from being spoilt. To make life healthy and comfortable we should keep the environment clean and danger free. But often people spoil the environment by doing unwise things and as a result, endanger their own lives. It is the ecological imbalance that causes changes in the world’s climate and brings about different kinds of natural disasters.
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives: 1x5=5
(a) The environment is made up of many things which are independent/interdependent/interrelated.
(b) The ecosystem is very simple/complex/easy system.
(c) To lead/preserve/continue a healthy comfortable life, we should keep our environment clean and safe.
(d) Storms, cyclones and earthquakes are some destructive/constructive/harmless forces to the environment.
(e) We fail to maintain the balance of our environment because of our cruel/unfriendly/inhuman activities.
2. True/false? If false, give the correct information: 1x5=5
(a) The ecological balance brings about different kinds of natural calamities.
(b) By changing any part of the web of the ecosystem, we can affect all other parts.
(c) Cutting down of trees has no effect on human beings and animals.
(d) The ecosystem is a very simple chain.
(e) Only man is not responsible for spoiling the environment.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words. Add any preposition if necessary: 1x5=5
(a) Climate (depend)---the balance of the environment.
(b) The climate of the world may be (affect)---the ecological imbalance.
(c) Ecological imbalance (cause)---climate changes in the world.
(d) All things making the environment are (interlink)---
(e) People risk their lives by (pollute)---the environment.
4. Make a list of five important points about why we should maintain the ecological balance. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8:
Education is one of the basic needs of a human being and is essential for any kind of development. The poor socio-economic condition of Bangladesh can be largely attributed to most people’s inaccessibility to education. Many illiterate people do not have any knowledge of health, sanitation and population control. If they were educated, they could live a healthy and planned life. Education teaches us how to earn well and how to spend well. It enables us to make the right choices in life and to perform our duties properly. It enhances our ability to raise crops, store food, protect the environment and carry out our social responsibilities. It is only education which can help us to adopt a rational attitude. It provides us with an enlightened awareness about things and this awareness is the prerequisite for social development.
5. Write short answers to the following questions: 1x5=5
(a) What is the cause of illiteracy in Bangladesh?
(b) What are not the illiterate people aware of?
(c) What does education aim at?
(d) How is poverty an effect of illiteracy?
(e) How can education ensure a better life for all?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable word: 1x5=5
Education is (a)---as one of the basic needs of human being. Without (b)---education man cannot exactly decide what he ahs to do for a better life. (c)---from the curse of poverty, malnutrition and diseases. In fact, education (d)---darkness and creates (e)---in him with regard to his personal needs and duties to the society as well.
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences: 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing the functions of education. (No. 1 has been done for you).
| 1. Develops human mind | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | |
Fill in the gaps with suitable word from the box. (Make any grammatical change if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
| Resources | Potential | Create | For | Achievement | Likely |
| Fail | Have | Returns | From | Among | success |
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap. 1x10=10
Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh. It is a (a)---city. It is a city (b)---traffic jam. A fly (c)---is built at Mohakhali with a view to (d)---the traffic jam. To solve this problem, traffic rules (e)---be enforced. Besides this, drivers passers-by and (f)---should honour and abide (g)---all rules (h)---making the city habitable. Otherwise our life (i)---remain (j)---stake.
Part B: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full. 2x6=12
| | A | B | C | D |
| (i) | water | feel | most of | our crops |
| (ii) | But it | helps | water | bumper crops |
| (iii) | Moderate rainfall | do not get | essential for | water for irrigation |
| (iv) | Excessive rainfall | can be | the dire need of | in a proper way. |
| (v) | Our farmers | is | produce | and a curse. |
| (vi) | They | destroys | both a blessing | and agriculture. |
a) Then he saw a spider trying hard to reach the ceiling of the cave.
b) But it did not give up hope.
c) The spider failed again and again to succeed.
d) Bruce saw the spider climbing to the ceiling after some unsuccessful attempts.
e) He gathered an army of strong men and attacked his enemies.
f) The dauntless spider inspired Bruce to shake off the darkness of the despair.
g) The enemies were defeated and Robert Bruce regained his kingdom.
h) The king fought bravely but lost the battle.
i) Robert Bruce was a famous king.
j) He had to flee from his kingdom to save his life.
k) Enemies invaded his kingdom.
l)And he took shelter in a remote cave.
m) Once he was lying in the cave.
n) The king was always in a gloomy state for his unhappy condition.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
(a) What is your idea about a book fair? (b) When and where is it held usually? (c) What purpose does it serve? (d) How is it organized? (e) What steps can be taken to make such a fair successful?
Comilla Board 2010
Part A---Seen Comprehension
Read the passage below and answer the questions 1---4
In recent years, there have been many alarming reports that the world’s climate is undergoing a significant change. All these reports provide strong evidence that the world temperatures are increasing day by day. This increase in global warming is caused by increased amounts of carbon dioxide around the earth. Most climatologists believe that the greenhouse effect is the likely cause of this global warming.What is the greenhouse effect? It is the gradual warming of the air surrounding the earth as a result of heat being trapped by environmental pollution. This is exemplified by the destruction and burning down of tropical rain forests, by traffic that clogs up city streets, by the rapid growth of industry, the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in packaging and manufacturing commercial products, the use of detergents such as washing powder and washing up liquid and so on. The oceans are also said to be affected both because of human waste and because of pollution caused by industrial waste products, oil seeping from damaged supertankers and from other maritime disasters. However, the main culprits for global warming are carbon dioxide gas produced by the burning of fossil fuels and forests, and pollutants such as methane and chlorofluorocarbons.
Climatologists predict that midway through the next century, temperatures may have risen by as much as 4°C. This could catastrophically reduce mankind’s ability to grow food, destroy or severely damage wildlife and wilderness, raise sea levels and thereby flood coastal areas and farmland. The alarming news about Bangladesh is that as a result of the rise of the sea levels, the lower southern part of the country may one day go under water.
1. Choose the right word/expression to complete each of the following sentence. 1x5=5
(a) Global warming is caused by the annihilation/preservation/plantation of trees.
(b) Global warming may have a minor/insignificant/disastrous effect on life.
(c) World temperature is improving/strengthening/going up day by day.
(d) Environmental pollution contributes/deletes/ removes to greenhouse effect.
(e) The alarming news of Bangladesh is that the lower southern part may go down/hoverover/rise from water.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
(a) The greenhouse effect is a global phenomenon.
(b) The greenhouse effect can be diminished if we can reduce the environmental pollution.
(c) World temperature is on the decline day by day.
(d) Carbon di-oxide has no hand in increasing world temperature.
(e) This passage does not deal with geography.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in the brackets. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) According to the (believe)---the climatologists, the greenhouse effect is the most likely cause of the global warming.
(b) Life on earth is seriously (threaten)----global warming.
(c) There is (possible)---that the lower southern part of the country may be engulfed by sea.
(d) Increased amount of carbon di-oxide is the reason of (increase)---amount of global warming
(e) The greenhouse effect may be the cause of (destruct)---wildlife and wilderness.
4. Make a list of five things that cause the global warming. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5-8
Working opportunities for women are very few in rural areas of Bangladesh. They usually spend their time doing their household chores. The ILO recently started a project titled “ Technologies for Rural Employment with Special Reference to Women and Sustainable Development”. The aim of this project is to impart training to rural women in various activities and make them self-reliant. Sakina Begum is a beneficiary of this project. She attended a training course in food processing at the Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) at Gazipur. Sakhina has two school going children. Her husband is a rickshaw-puller who does not earn enough to support the family and pay for the children’s education. From the BARI training course, Sakhina learnt how to make jam, jelly, pickles, popcorn and many other food items. Along with her fellow project beneficiaries, she is now producing these items and selling them in the local market. With the proceeds, she is now able to add to her family income. If they continue doing their work, Sakhina and other women working with her will surely see happier days with the new employment opportunities created by the ILO project.
5. Write short answers to the following questions 1x5=5
(a) What is the aim of the ILO project?
(b) What training did Sakhina Begum receive from BARI?
(c) Why can’t Sakhina’s husband pay for the children’s education?
(d) How do village women usually pass their time?
(e) What is ILO doing for these village women?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1x5=5
Sakhina’s husband is a rickshaw puller. He (a)---a little to support the family. He is also (b)—to pay for the children’s education. From the BARI training course, Sakhina learnt how to make various food items. She (c)—different food items and (d)---them in the local market. She worked (e)---to add to her family income.
7. Summarize the passage in five sentences. 1x5=5
8. Based on your reading of the above passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing how Sakhina has overcome her poverty. (No. 1 has been done for you) 1x5=5
| 1. Attended a training course on food processing at BARI arranged by ILO | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | |
Part B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box (make any grammatical changes if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
| Happen | Furious | Die | Spoil | Live | Execution | Knowing |
| Wit | Pleasant | Declare | Wretch | Unpleasant | Expire | Cause |
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap. 1x10=10
Modern life (a)---much on transport. We can very well(b)--- how important transport is when it is (c)---by natural calamities or during socio-political crises. In fact, transport has made it (d)--- it for us to reach places previously (e)---. It has (f)---helped the flourish of trade and commerce and to(g)-----new knowledge and ideas. (h)---transport has (i) ---friendship and understanding among nations and peoples (j)-----the globe.
Part C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases /words in the following substitution table to make suitable sentences. Write out the sentences in full. 2x6=12
| A | B | C | D |
| I | got married | at all | and keeps everyone up late into the night |
| My elder sister | need | a new | favourable |
| My aunt | are not | a first year | and since then the household chores have fallen on me |
| I | Screams | to study | baby boy |
| He | has just had | all the time | college student |
| Conditions in my house | Am | last month | a lot |
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph. 14
or write the number of the sentences serially
(i) This time he put on a gorgeous dress.
(ii) The courtier understood his fault and begged the poet’s pardon.
(iii) On his way back home, Sadi again took shelter in the same courtier’s house.
(iv) He set out for the emperor’s palace in an ordinary dress.
(v) Sa’di replied, “ My dress deserves this food”.
(vi) He was simple in his ways of life.
(vii) On the way, he took shelter in a courtier’s house.
(viii) Sheikh Sa’di was a great Persian poet.
(ix) They asked, “ Why are you putting the foods in your dress”?
(x) Once he was invited to the emperor’s palace.
(xi) The courtier’s men were surprised to see this.
(xii) The courtier and his men did not show much honour and hospitality to him.
(xiii) Now Sadi began to put his foods in the pockets of his dress.
(xiv) The courtier received him cordially and entertained him with rich and delicious foods.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
(a) Why is English called an international language? (b) Why should we learn English? (c) What do you think about the necessity of grammar in learning English? (d) How does your English textbook help you learn English? (e) How does your English help you in managing a job?
Sylhet Board 2010
Gender discrimination in Bangladesh begins at birth. Most parents want to have children so that they can, when they are older, supplement their family income and help with the domestic work. In the existing socio-economic set-up, male children are best suited to this purpose. So, girls are born to an unwelcome world. However, they are assigned, rather confined to, domestic chores. Some of these girls may be at school. But all their work---domestic or academic stops as soon as they are married off, which is the prime concern of the parents about their daughters. This discriminatory treatment has some long term negative effects on the body and mind of the girl children and women in a family. They are given to understand that they should keep the best food available for the male members in the family; that they should eat less than the male members; that they should not raise their voice when they speak; that they should not go out of their house without permission from, and without being escorted by the male members. All these shape the girls’ thinking about life and the world, and go to establish their relationships with the male members in the family. As a result, they suffer, more than their male counterparts, from malnutrition and anaemia, which make them vulnerable to various diseases, resulting in a high mortality rate. They develop a sense of self-effacement, self-denial and inferiority that persists throughout their lifetime as an inevitable benchmark of the weaker sex. As a result, married off even at 9 or 10 to a man of 40 or 50, a girl rarely has any say in decision making in the family, let alone in society.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence. 1x5=5
(a) Most parents in Bangladesh want to have no children/male children/female children.
(b) The female children are welcome/neglected/tortured from the very beginning of their lives.
(c) The major concern of most of the fathers and mothers in Bangladesh is to get their daughters educated/employed/married as soon as possible.
(d) The girl children are taught directly or indirectly to neglect/prefer/avoid the male members of the family.
(e) Most of the girls in Bangladesh suffer from malnutrition/inferiority/insecurity because of ill-feeding.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
(a) Gender discrimination in Bangladesh starts from the birth of a child.
(b) The girl children are greatly welcomed by most of the parents in Bangladesh.
(c) The prime concern of the parents in Bangladesh is to educate their daughters.
(d) Usually the girls in every family eat less than the male members.
(e) The girls suffer from various diseases as a result of less eating every day.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of words in the brackets. Add appropriate preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) Most parents want to be (help)---by their children in their old age.
(b) The girls in Bangladesh are (birth)---to an unwelcome world.
(c) The academic career of a girl stops as soon as she (marriage)---.
(d) The girls are (teach)---to eat less than the boys in most families in Bangladesh.
(e) The discriminatory treatment (have)---some long-term negative effects on the girls.
4. Make a list of five ways of discriminations to the female members of the family. 1x5=5
Television has become the most common source of entertainment of the present world. A wide range of programmes is telecast on numerous channels. Almost every middle class and even working class families have a television set today. Television programmes are not only entertaining, they can be highly educative too. For example, television is now used for distance learning. Courses run by the open university are shown on BTV. Several channels like the Discovery Channel and the National Geographic Channel telecast highly informative programmes. However, watching TV has become an addiction for many.
Satellite telecasting has added new dimensions to television but it has sometimes been branded as a cultural assault on developing nations. The East is being exposed more and more to Western music, entertainment and modes of life. As a result, younger people’s tastes are gradually being influenced by them.
5. Write short answers to the following questions. 1x5=5
(a) What is the main cause of TV’s popularity in the present world?
(b) What is the good side of television?
(c) What is meant by cultural assault?
(d) How does television help us in education?
(e) What do you think about the effects of television in the present world?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1x5=5
Television has become the most popular source of (a)---in the modern world. Almost every middle class family of Bangladesh (b)---a TV set. Television not only entertains the watchers (c)---educates them. Satellite channels of television has added a new (d)---in the field. (e)---television has become an addiction for many.
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences. 1x5=5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing the bad effects of watching television. (No.1 has been done for you). 1x5=5
| 1. Television has become addiction for many | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | |
9. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word from the box (make any grammatical changes if necessary. ) There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
| Enables | Educated | Choice | Importance | Healthy | Know |
| Develop | Protect | Need | Education | Food | ability |
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap. 1x10=10
One day a fox was very (a)---. It was (b)---for some food to eat. But it could not manage any (c)---. At last it became very (d)--- and sat (e)---a tree. A crow was sitting on the tree with a (f)---of meat in its beak. The fox looked at the crow and (g)---the piece of meat. An idea came to its mind to (h)---the meat from the crow. The fox said loudly (i)---a beautiful bird it is! But alas! The bird (j)---not sing.
Part C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences . Write out the sentences in full. 2x6=12
| A | B | C | D |
| i) . Charles Dickens | was sent | his hard days | in portsmouth. |
| ii) . He | could not go | one of the greatest | in a factory. |
| iii) His father | had to work | to school | for debt. |
| iv) Dickens | was | in 1812 | to receive education. |
| v) He | never forget | to prison | english novelists. |
| vi) He | was born | very hard | of his boyhood. |
(i) The farmer was surprised.
(ii) So, he could not devote himself to work.
(iii) Now a new thinking took hold of the farmer.
(iv) He did not find any safe place to keep the bag.
(v) He could not think where to keep the money.
(vi) He dug a hold in his hut and kept the money there.
(vii) He said to himself, “ One thousand rupees is a lot of money”.
(viii) He gradually realized that he had money, but no peace of mind.
(ix) “Keep this money and remove your distress”.
(x) He always thought that his money could be stolen any time.
(xi) He took the bag of money from the rich man and thanked him
(xii) This thought kept him awake and his sleep fled away at night.
(xiii) The rich man went to a farmer with one thousand rupees in a bag.
(xiv) He said to him,” look my friend, I”ve brought taka one thousand for you”.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Give as much details as possible. 14
(a) What is smoking? (b) Why do the people generally smoke? (c) How does one become addicted to smoking? (d) What are the bad effects of smoking? (e) What should we do to stop smoking in our country?
Barisal Board 2010
Part A : Seen Comprehension (40 Marks)Read the passage below and answer the questions 1---4 (Unit—20, Lesson 40 (b))
When you are crossing the road and your vehicle gets stuck in a seemingly never-ending jam in Dhaka city, every few minutes a boy or a girl comes to you and tries to sell a bunch of roses or Rajanigandha saying, : Bhaiya or Apa depending on your gender ), ei kotta ful niya jan (Please buy these flowers)”. They do not tire and will pursue you relentlessly, at least as long as the jam lasts. If you are alone they will say that you must take the flowers for their bhabis---meaning your girl friend or wife. You often get annoyed at their ways and shout at them. It has very little effect and often you are forced to accept their demand and console yourself by thinking that it was after all a good bargain. However, how they manage to sell flowers at such a cheap price really bewilders you. And they are not very forthcoming with their answers., if you ask them.
These kids are seen in some particular spots of the city. The Sheraton and the Panthapath roads of Dhaka city are two such places. Invariably, you may find an interesting character or two among them. There is this guy who is something of a sardar among the flower peddlers at Kawran Bazar. He is perhaps the smallest of the bunch but he rules his disciples with an iron hand. However, whenever I see one of these kids, I can’t but –call one an emotional fool if you may think that it is not their love of flowers that make them do what they are doing . It is all-consuming poverty which is the reason.
We all know that instead of being in the streets they should be in school. Their means of livelihood is in itself in irony. It is a satire on those of us who should at the top of their voice for the rights of children . It makes us think of the realities of our society which force these kids to wage an endless struggle against all odds to keep their heads above water.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence. 1x5=5
(a) Money/ Wealth/ Poverty has driven these ill-fated children to sell flowers.
(b) How the peddlers can sell flowers at a very cheap rate will perplex/ satisfy/ annoy one.
(c) While trying to sell flowers, they will not get depressed/ tired/ annoyed.
(d) The poor kids’ unspeakable struggle is short-lived/ temporary/ unending.
(e) the means of livelihood of these street children is in itself illogical/ ironical/ illegal.
2. True/ False? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
(a) Poor boys or girls sell flowers everywhere in Dhaka city.
(b) Such peddlers sell flowers at a cheap rate.
(c) They sell flowers because of their love of flowers.
(d) The flower peddlers do not attend school.
(e) The shout of the passengers to vehicles embarrasses the flower selling kids.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in bracket. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) It seems that the jam(be)---never ending.
(b) A passenger is at last (compel)---to buy flowers from the kids.
(c) The cheap price of their flowers is really (bewilder)---.
(d) The little peddlers do not tire at the relentless (pursue)---.
(e) They have to face the dark (real)---life.
4. Make a list of five points about the life and livelihood of the flower peddlers. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8 (Unit-3. lesson-2(b)
Statistics show that about 350 million people speak English as a first language and another 300 million use it as a second language. It is the official or semi-official language of more than 60 countries and of many international organizations. TheIinternational Olympic Committee, for example, always holds meetings in English. English helps the international community and the business world to communicate across national borders. Today, more than 80% of all the information in the world’s computers is in English. So, organizations frequently need employees who speak and write a standard form of English. In fact, some companies provide English language training for their staff. It is therefore, little wonder that job advertisements nowadays often ask for a good working knowledge of English. Many believe now that English usually helps them to get good jobs and better salaries.
5. Write short answers to the following questions. 1x5=5
(a) How many people speak English as a first language?
(b) In how many countries is English used as the official or semi-official language?
(c) What is the official language of the International Olympic Committee?
(d) How does English help the international community and the business world?
(e) What kind of employees do international organizations need?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1x5=5
English is the most widely (a)---international language. International business organizations want (b)---who know a standard form of English. Besides, some companies get there employees (c)---in English. So, it is quite(d)---that job advertisements nowadays seek candidates with knowledge of English. To get good jobs with better salaries, a good working knowledge of this language is (e)---must.
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences. 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing the importance and use of English. (No. 1 has been done for you) 1x5=5
| 1.Used by hundreds of millions | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | |
Part B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box (make any grammatical changes if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
| Happen | Furious | Die | Spoil | Live | Know | Wit |
| Execution | Pleasant | Unpleasant | Declare | Wretch | Expire | cause |
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap. 1x10=10
Electricity is (a)---a part of our every day (b)---that we rarely think twice about its importance and necessity. When we switch(c)---the light and the fan or turn on our television and computer, we enjoy (d)---blessings of electricity. Even when we turn off the bedside lamp and are fast asleep, (e)---remains working for us driving our fans, heating or cooling our rooms and running our refrigerators. Unfortunately, we (f)---enjoy the uninterrupted blessings of electricity. There is some (g)---in the generation (h)---electricity in Bangladesh.(i)---load-shedding or suspension of the supply of electricity has(j)---a regular programme of the Power Development Board.
Part C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make suitable sentences. Write out the sentences in full. 2x6=12
| A | B | C | D |
| (i) One day | came to know | of the handle | at his own cost |
| (ii) The authoress | she offered | the matter | from her |
| (iii) For repairing it | agreed to | jerry | suddenly |
| (iv) But Jerry | the wood | to repair it | was defective |
| (v) She said that | wanted | accept the money | from jerry |
| (vi) Only then, he | jerry broke | the axe-handle | some money |
(i) But it had no effect.
(ii) At last he found a jar in a garden.
(iii) As he was leaving the jar in despair, he noticed a heap of pebbles nearby.
(iv) But it was at the bottom and out of his reach.
(v) He flew from one place to another in search of water.
(vi) He took some pebbles.
(vii) Then he hit upon a plan.
(viii) Then he flew away.
(ix) Then he dropped the pebbles into the jar.
(x) A crow was very thirsty and wanted to drink.
(xi) When the water came to the mouth of the jar the crow drank to his fill.
(xii) As each pebble went down, the water in the jar rose up little by little.
(xiii) The crow tried to turn the jar over and over again.
(xiv) There was some water in the jar.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as detail as possible. 14
(a) Do you remember the first day at your college? (b) How did you feel when you entered the college campus on that day? (c) What classes did you attend? (d) Did you notice any differences between your school and your college? (e) What things did you like about the college most?
Jessore Board ---2010
Part-A: Seen Comprehension (40 Marks)
Read the passage below and answer the questions 1---4 [Unit—15: Lesson-2(B)]Education is one of the basic needs of a human being and is essential for any kind of development. The poor socio-economic condition of Bangladesh can be largely attributed to most people’s inaccessibility to education. Many illiterate people do not have any knowledge of health, sanitation and population control. If they were educated, they could live a healthy and planned life. Education teaches us how to earn well and how to spend well. It enables us to make the right choices in life and to perform our duties properly. It enhances our ability to raise crops, store food, protect the environment and carry out our social responsibilities. It is only education which can help us to adopt a rational attitude. It provides us with an enlightened awareness about things and this awareness is the prerequisite for social development.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence 1x5=5
(a) Education is one of the essential/important/fundamental needs of a human being
(b) Education is the yardstick/yardman/yardmaster of development.
(c) The poor socio-economic circumstances/circumstances/circumstantial can be a great barrier to education.
(d) Education teaches us how to destroy/expend/ruin well.
(e) Education helps us to adopt a rational outlook/look-out/overlook.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
(a) Most of the people of Bangladesh do not have opportunity of education for poverty.
(b) Literate people are not aware of health, sanitation and population control.
(c) Education provides us with superstitious consciousness.
(d) Education is an impediment to the adoption of rational attitude.
(e) Illiteracy hampers social development.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) People should be (education)---a society.
(b) The educated (lead)---a healthy and planned life.
(c) Education makes a man (ability)---protect the environment.
(d) Education enhances our ability (carry)---our social responsibilities.
(e) There are many superstitious beliefs (prevail)---our society.
4. Make a list of five suggestions about how illiteracy may be overcome. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8 (Unit-21, L-30B)
Globalization is now largely based on a strong technological foundation. The electronic transfer of information via the internet has now created an instantaneous and interconnected world of information resulting in a 24-hour trading network. This technology has largely changed banking and financial activities. Worldwide money transfer and transaction of businesses have now become a matter of clicking the mouse of a computer. Five out of every six dollars that move in the world economy today travel through the electronic medium. Some products like software and TV programmes are also amenable to digital or electronic transmission. We can now buy and sell goods through the electronic screen. Computers have thus brought about a revolutionary change in today’s world. Globalization is now only what technology makes possible.
5. Write short answers to the following questions 1x5=5
(a) What is based on technology?
(b) What has the internet created?
(c) How has technology changed banking and financial activities?
(d) What can we do through electronic screen?
(e) What has brought about a revolutionary change?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1x5=5
(a)---is now dependent on technology. The (b)---transformation of information has made(c)---and financial activities faster. Worldwide money(d)---and transactions of (e)---has become a matter of only clicking the mouse.
7. Summarize the passage in five sentences. 1x5=5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing the effects of information technology in globalization. (No. 1 has been done for you).
| 1.Nations brought closer to one another | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | |
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the following list. There are more words in the list than you need. Sometimes you have to make grammatical changes. 1x10=10
| Traditional | Only | No | Strategy | Development | run |
| Computer | Not | Widespread | In | Privilege | alone |
10. Fill in the blanks with a suitable word in each gap. 1x10=10
Man pollutes water, another vital (a)---of the environment by dumping (b)---into it. Farmers (c)---chemicals, washed away by rain and floods. (d)---mixed with water in rivers, canals and ponds. Water is also (e)---by mills and factories when they throw their (f)---chemicals and waste products into rivers and canals. Water vehicles also pollute rivers by dumping oil, food waste and human waste. (g)---into them. Insanitary latrines(h)---on river and canal banks are also(i)---for further pollution. In this way various(j)---of waste and filth pollute water.
Part C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full. 2x6=12
| A | B | C | D |
| (i) The river erosion | has taken up | a devastating turn | for protection from the river erosion |
| (ii) It | Need | thousands of people | of the river erosion |
| (iii) People living near river banks | has made | a scheme | by eroding rivers |
| (iv) Vast tracts of cultivable land | Takes | bear the burnt | with the onset of the monsoons |
| (v) Many areas | have to | washed away | homeless |
| (vi) The government | have been | special attention | to protect affected areas. |
(i) His friends and disciples could not bear the sight.
(ii) With eyes full of tears, they bade Socrates a last farewell.
(iii) A few moments passed, Socrates lay down and covered his face.
(iv) The cup contained hemlock, a deadly poison.
(v) At last, the hour of departure had arrived.
(vi) A moment later, he uncovered his face and looking at Crito said, “Don’t forget the debt, Crito”.
(vii) They burst into tears and cried loudly like children.
(viii) Socrates met his friends and disciples for the last time.
(ix) He asked them to let him die in peace.
(x) At sunset, the Governor of the prison came.
(xi) Then there came a man with a cup in hand.
(xii) He argued with them about the immortality of the soul.
(xiii) He told them that the soul of man cannot die.
(xiv) Socrates took the cup in his hand, said his prayer and drank the hemlock without any hesitation.
13. Write a paragraph
h of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
(a) What is Bangla new year? (b) How do people celebrate it in Bangladesh? (c) What functions are usually observed on this day? (d) What are the differences in the rural and urban celebration of the day? (e) Who are the more interested people to celebrate the day?
Dinajpur Board ---2010
English (Compulsory) First Paper
Part A: Seen Comprehension (40 Marks)Read the passage below and answer the questions 1----4 [Unit—9, L-3(C)]
Bangladesh is a small country but has a huge population. Most people here live below the poverty line and cannot therefore afford to educate their children. Many poor children either drop out of school after just a few years or simply do not go to school at all. We have far too many students to educate compared to the number of institutions available. Bangladesh needs more schools, colleges and universities to provide for the increasing number of educational institutions. At present every educational institution is over-crowded and class size is unusually large. As facilities in these institutions are poor, students do not get a standard education. Moreover, many educational institutions in Bangladesh are troubled with politics and violence. Sometimes, institutions are closed down to avoid clashes between rival groups of students. Such closures badly affect academic progress.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence. 1x5=5
(a) Bangladesh has scarce/small/exceedingly large population.
(b) We have more/insufficient/adequate educational institutions.
(c) The academic progress of our students is often stopped/affected/developed by many obstacles.
(d) Most of our people do not have the intention/ability/endeavour to educate their children.
(e) By class size we understand the number of students/classroom/education materials.
2. True/Flase? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
(a) Every child in Bangladesh goes to school.
(b) We have more educational institutions than our students.
(c) The government has financial limitations.
(d) Every educational institution of our country is over-crowded.
(e) Politics and violence often stand in the way of our education.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5=5
(a) Poverty is the main obstacle for our people to be (educate).
(b) Financial supports are not (equal)---provided according to requisition.
(c) (Compare)---many students our educational institutions are not enough.
(d) The education(impart)---the students is often below standard.
(e) Students are (relation)---politics.
4. Make a list of five problems of education in Bangladesh. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5---8 [U-14, L-4(B)]
Investment in education for girls increases the economic and social returns of development investment in all other sectors. Educating girls contributes to creating wealth through its impact on economic development. Educated women have a higher income potential than those who have had no schooling. Educated mothers are more likely to send both their boys and girls to school. It is important to realize that success in girls education generally results from an integrated approach to community development. Thus failing to educate girls results in a tremendous waste of potential human resources.
5. Write short answers to these questions about female education. 1x5=5
(a) How can the educated girls create wealth?
(b) What does the failure of female education result in?
(c) What do educated mothers like?
(d) What gives women the capability of higher income?
(e) What do you mean by schooling?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1x5=5
Even a few years ago we did not think much about our girls. But now we think seriously about them because almost half of the (a)---of our country is women. Now we see, they are (b)---human resources of our country. They (c)---much to the development of our country. Now we are convinced to send girls to(d)---at an early age. The impact (e)---educating girls is beneficial to the future generation.
7. Summarize the passage in five sentences. 1x5=5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing the contributions of female education. (No, 1 has been done for you) 1x5=5
| 1. Girls education | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | |
Part B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable word from the box. Make any grammatical changes if necessary. There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
| Add | Breathe | Need | Plant | Prevent | Preserve |
| Produce | Protect | Provide | Take | Give | wash |
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap. 1x10=10
Everybody (a)---to live a happy and peaceful life. But what are the (b)---that can assure you of such a nice life? Naturally people’s options are quite different on this point. The factors (c)---be money, power, security, honour, love, health, good family bondage, education, voluptuous pleasures etc. Most people (d)---money alone can ensure all other elements (e)---for a happy life. It’s partly true. But if you (f)---stick to money, you may start running after money. But you cannot live in two rooms, cannot (g)---two persons food etc. at the (h)---time. You should bear in (i)---that your necessity or desire has a time. If you exceed the limit and run(j)---money with an endless greed, you will be utterly ruined.
Part C: Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences . Write out the sentences in full. 2x6=12
| (i) E-mail has | is | a revolution | mode of communication |
| (ii) Messages can be | become greatly dependent | to another | countries like ours. |
| (iii) It | brought about | on this speedy | telephone calls |
| (iv) Trade and commerce has | not reached everyone | commercially operated e-mail facilities | within seconds |
| (v) It has, however | started using | for cheaper than | in modern communication |
| (vi) But even here people have | transmitted from one country | especially in developing | for important purposes. |
(i) He was born on 18 June at Bathua village in Hat Hazari of Chittagong.
(ii) He is the third among fourteen children of his parents.
(iii) Then he got himself admitted into a collegiate school and passed the Matriculation standing 16th position.
(iv) After passing the Intermediate Examination, he got himself admitted into the University of D:haka in the Department of Economics.
(v) He established Grameen Bank in 1976 and started his micro-credit programme from Jobra village.
(vi) His activities of poverty alleviation and promotion of peace have been famous all over the world.
(vii) You must have heard the name of Professor Dr. Mohammed Yunus.
(viii) His father’s name is Hazi Dula Mia and mother’s name is Sufia Khatun.
(ix) He completed his primary education from Lama Bazar Primary School and got first place in the scholarship examination.
(x) He got M.A in Economics in 1961 and did his Ph.D in 1969 from the USA.
(xi) He passed the Intermediate Examination from Chittagong College.
(xii) Grameen Bank and his micro-credit programme have been very successful in poverty reduction all over the world.
(xiii) His project for the promotion of peace through poverty reduction has been taken as a model all over the world.
(xiv) He is awarded the Nobel Prize for peace in 2006 for which the Bengali nation is proud of.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
(a) What is an international language? (b) Why is English so called? (c) Why is it necessary? (d) What does it give to a man? (e) What is your evaluation of it?
