Model
Question-01
English 1st Paper
Section A: Reading Test (60 Marks)
Read the
passage carefully and answer the questions following it (1-3). [Unit—5; Lesson—4 (A)
At the farthest comer of Bangladesh
there is a village called Tarapur. In this village there lives a man named
Kartik Poramanik. He is a hair dresser by profession, but a nature lover at
heart. His passion is to plant saplings, which grow into gigantic trees. He
started planting trees when he was only 10 years old. He remembers what his
father once told him, "My son, you can earn the blessings of God by
planting trees." He has never forgotten what his father told him. At
present he is 63 years old. He has planted hundreds of trees in his village.
Many of the trees are now 35-40 years old.
Once there were hardly any trees in
this village. Kartik used to go to different houses for his job. At times he
would get tired in the scorching sun, but there were no trees under which he
could sit and rest for a while. Thinking how people suffer in the heat, Kartik
began his tree-planting mission.
Kartik would wake up early in the
morning, take one or two labourers with him and set out to plant trees. He
would walk long distances to plant trees, carrying with him some dry food and
water. He would pay all the expenses from his own pocket. Kartik has planted
trees beside the roads, in and around the bazar, schools and colleges, open
fields and many other places.
At times it so happened that Kartik
would go to water his plants at 10 or 11 p.m. People asked him, "Kartik,
are you mad? What are you doing so late at night?" Kartik would smile and
say, "What to do, sir. I have to work hard the whole day to earn money for
my family. I don't get time during the day. But my trees would die if I don't
water them. So I come late at night to look after them."
Even today this old man continues
planting trees as many as he can.
A man, who can hardly sign his name,
is leaving his signature all around in nature. (350 words)
1. Guess the meaning of the following words and choose the
correct meaning closest to the text. 1x5=5
(a)
saplings
(i) orchard (ii)
tree (iii)
kids (iv)
young trees
(b)
scorching
(i) warm (ii) escorting (iii)
burning (iv) luminous
(c) gigantic
(i) colossal (ii)
enormous (iii) tiny (iv) both i and ii
(d) expense
(i)
expenditure (ii) expansion (iii)
expelled (iv) expension
(e) profession
(i) professing (ii) witty (iii) aptitude (iv) vocation
2. Answer the
following questions. 2
6=10
(a) Why does
Kartik Poramanik plant trees?
(b) "A man,
who can hardly sign his name, is leaving his signature all around in nature"
explain it.
(c) Is Kartik
Poramanik a philanthropist? How?
(d) What did Kartik's
father tell?
(e) When did
Kartik work? Why?
3. Summarize the text in your own words. (Not more than 90 words)
q Read the
passage carefully and answer the questions following it (4-5).
Jibanananda Das was born in a small town of Barisal in 1899.
He took his Master's Degree | in English at the age of 22. The next year he
started his teaching career as a Professor of 1 English at the Calcutta City
College. He lost the job in 1928 on the charge of publishing a 1 poem in the
Parichaya Patrika. But two years after he joined the Ramjash College, Delhi j
but returned to his place of birth the next year. He got an appointment in
Brajamohan I College, Barisal in 1935. In 1947 when the partition was made,
Jibanananda Das left 1 Bangladesh for India, m West Bengal he started editing
the Swaraj Patrika. In 1951, he j joined the Khargpur College. He was awarded
Rabindra Purashkar in 1953. He met with afl tram accident on the 14th October,
1954. He was hospitalized. After a few days he passed 1 away on October 22,
1954.
4. Complete the following table with the information given in the passage. 1x5=5
Who/What
|
Even/Activity
|
Where
|
When
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Jibanananda Das
|
born
|
(i)...........................
|
in 1899
|
Jibanananda
|
M.A
|
English
|
(ii).........................
|
Career
|
(iii) .......................
|
Calcutta City College
|
in 1922
|
|
migration
|
(iv)........................
|
in 1947
|
(v).....................
|
award
|
|
in 1953
|
5. Read the passage again and write true or false beside the
following statements. Give answers for the false statements. 1x5=5
(a) Jibanananda Das got an appointment at Dhaka
College, Dhaka in 1935.
(b) Jibanananda Das left Bangladesh before
partition in 1947.
(c) Jibanananda Das started editing the Swaraj
Patrika in New Delhi.
(d) Jibanananda Das joined the Khargpur College
in 1951.
(e) Rabindra Purashkar was awarded to Jibanananda
Das in 1953.
6. Fill in the gaps with appropriate
word. 1x5=5
We live
in Bangladesh. We speak in (a)____ . Fifteen crore people live in this countrya
(b) ____of the people Of the country are (c) ____. Besides, there are the
Hindus, the Buddhists, (d) ____ the Christians here. About 90% of the (e) ____live
in the villages.
Agriculture
is the backbone of the economy of this country.
7. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order. 1x10=10
(i) The first friend climbed up a tree.
(ii) Suddenly a bear came there.
(iii) Once upon a time two friends were
passing by a forest.
(iv) The latter could not climb up a
tree.
(v) They were talking about their love
for each other.
(vi) He did not find any way.
(vii) The bear smelt his ears, nose and
face.
(viii) He lay down on the ground and
feigned death.
(ix) Then the bear went away.
(x) He thought him to be dead.
8. Fill in each gap with a suitable word from
the box. There are more words than
necessary. 0.5x10=5
loses
|
both
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continuous
|
real
|
competition
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matched
|
progress
|
loss
|
enjoyment
|
match
|
result
|
win
|
Without
efforts there can be no (a)____in life. Life (b) ____ its interest if there is
no struggle. Games become dull, if there is no (c) ____in them and if the (d) ____can
be easily foreseen. No matter we (e) ____ the game or lose it. The keener the
contest, the greater the (f) ____. A victory is not a (g) ____triumph unless
(h) ____the sides are equally (i) ____Whether we like it or not, life is a (j) ____
competitive examination.
9. The phrases in column A are the beginnings of some sentences.
The phrases in column B are the endings. Match the phrases in column A with the
phrases in column B to make complete sentences. 1x5=5
Column
A
|
Column
B
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(a) The importance of trees
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(i) essential elements
|
(b) It does good to
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(ii) in human life is immense
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(c) It provides us with our
|
(iii) mankind in many ways
|
(d)
The careless and ceaseless cutting down of
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(iv) depends on the contribution of trees
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(e) Our civilization entirely, solely
and vitally
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(v) trees is harmful for us and for our
environment
|
Section B : Writing Test (40 Marks)
10. Suppose, you are Mahfuz and your Mend is
Sabuj. Now, make a dialogue in 100 words between you and your friend about the
importance of learning computer. 10
11. Write a paragraph on 'Pahela Baishakh' in
about 150 words answering the following questions. 10
(a) What is Pahela Baishakh? (b) What is the
significance of the day? (c) How is the day celebrated? (d) What dress do the
men wear on the day? (e) What dress do the women wear on the day? (f) How does
the day go by?
12. The story below is about 'unity is strength'.
Complete the story in 150 words. You can use the given clues. 10
Once there was an old rich fanner in a village.
He had five sons but they were very lazy and did not work at all. They passed
their time in merriment. One day, the old man was $bout to die. He asked all of
his sons and said that there lay the valuable treasure
hidden in his fields……………………………………………..
13. Suppose, one of your
friends has sent you a nice gift on your birthday. Now, write a letter to him
who lives in another city thanking him for the gift.
