প্রিয় শিক্ষার্থী বন্ধুরা, NCTB প্রণীত সর্বশেষ প্রশ্নকাঠামো ও মানবণ্টন অনুযায়ী ১, ২ ও ৩ নং প্রশ্নের জন্য পরীক্ষায় ৩টি Seen Passage থাকবে। সুতরাং পরীক্ষায় একই Passage ১নং বা ২নং বা ৩নং প্রশ্নের জন্য Set করা হতে পারে। তাই অনুশীলনের সুবিধার্থে বিশেষজ্ঞ শিক্ষকগণ ও মাস্টার ট্রেইনারদের পরামর্শ অনুযায়ী একই Passage এর অধীনে ১, ২ ও ৩ নং এর ওপর প্রশ্ন প্রদান করা হল। এগুলো নিয়মিত অনুশীলন করলে উপকৃত হবে, ইনশাআল্লাহ।
Model Test-14
HSC English First Paper
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Time: 3 hours Full Marks:100
[N.B. The figures in the margin indicate full marks.]
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Part-I: Reading Test (60 Marks)
1. Read the passage and answer the questions A and B.
..........Well, it was early in the year for salmon and it was not on the bill of fare, but I asked the waiter if there was any. Yes, a beautiful salmon had just come in, it was the first they had had. I ordered it for my guest. The waiter asked her if she would have something while it was being cooked.
"No," she answered, "I never eat more than one thing unless you have a little caviare, I never mind caviare."
My heart sank a little. I knew I could not afford caviare, but I could not very well tell her that. I told the waiter by all means to bring caviare. For myself I chose the cheapest dish on the menu and that was a mutton chop.
"I think you are unwise to eat meat," she said. "I don't know how you can expect to work after eating heavy things like chops. I don't believe in overloading my stomach." Then came the question of drink.
"I never drink anything for luncheon," she said.
"Neither do I," I answered promptly.
"Except white wine," she proceeded as though I had not spoken.
"These French white wines are so light. They're wonderful for the digestion."
"What would you like?" I asked, hospitable still, but not exactly effusive.
She gave me a bright and amicable flash of her white teeth.
"My doctor won't let me drink anything but champagne."
I fancy I turned a trifle pale. I ordered half a bottle. I mentioned casually that my doctor had absolutely forbidden me to drink champagne.
"What are you going to drink, then?"
"Water."
She ate the caviare and she ate salmon. She talked gaily of art and literature and music. But I wondered what the bill would come to. When my mutton chop arrived she took me quite seriously to task.
"I see that you're in the habit of eating a heavy luncheon. I'm sure it's a mistake. Why don't you follow my example and just eat one thing? I'm sure you'd feel ever so much better for it."
"I am only going to eat one thing." I said, as the waiter came again with the bill of fare. She waved him aside with an airy gesture..............
[Unit-3; Lesson-2]
বাংলা অনুবাদঃ
...............আচ্ছা, এটা স্যামন মাছের মৌসুমের শুরুর সময় ছিল এবং এটা খাবারের তালিকায় ছিল না, কিন্তু আমি পরিবেশককে বললাম যদি থাকে। হ্যাঁ একটি স্যামন মাছ মাত্র এসেছে, যা তারা প্রথমবারের মত পেয়েছে। আমি আমার অতিথির জন্য তা অর্ডার করলাম। পরিবেশক তাকে জিজ্ঞেস করল স্যামান মাছটি রান্না হতে হতে তিনি অন্য কিছু খাবেন কিনা।
“না,” সে উত্তর করল, “আমি কখনো একটার বেশি খাই না যদি না তোমার কাছে সামুদ্রিক মাছের ডিম থাকে, আমি সামুদ্রিক মাছের ডিম খেতে পারি।”
আমার হৃদয় খানিকটা দমে গেল। আমি জানতাম আমি সামুদ্রিক মাছের ডিমের খরচ বহন করতে পারব না। কিন্তু আমি তাকে তা বলতে পারছিলাম না। আমি পরিবেশককে বললাম যেভাবেই হোক সামুদ্রিক মাছের ডিম নিয়ে আসতে। আমার জন্য আমি মূল্য তালিকা থেকে সবচেয়ে কম মূল্যের খাবার খাসির মাংসের চপ পছন্দ করলাম।
“আমি মনে করি, মাংস খেতে চেয়ে তুমি অনভিজ্ঞের কাজ করলে”, সে বলল। “আমি জানি না চপের মত ভারী জিনিস খাবার পর তুমি কীভাবে কাজ করার আশা কর। আমি পেট ভরে খাবার বিষয়টি বিশ্বাস করি না।” তারপর পানীয়র বিষয়টি আসল।
“আমি দুপুরের খাবারে কোনো পানীয় পান করি না,” সে বলল।
“আমিও না,” আমি অবিলম্বে উত্তর করলাম।
“হোয়াইট ওআইন ছাড়া,” সে বিষয়টি এগিয়ে নিল যেহেতু আমি কথা বলছিলাম না।
“এসব ফরাসি ওয়াইট ওআইনগুলো খুবই হালকা। এগুলো হজমের জন্য খুব সহায়ক।”
“আপনি কি নেবেন!” আমি তখনও অতিথিপরায়ণতার সাথে জিজ্ঞেস করলাম কিন্তু ততটা উচ্ছ্বাসের সাথে নয় ।
সে তার সাদা দাঁতের একটি উজ্জ্বল ও সৌহার্দ্যপূর্ণ হাসি দিল।
আমার ডাক্তার আমাকে শ্যাম্পেন ছাড়া কিছুই পান করার অনুমতি দেবেন না।
আমি সম্ভবত খানিকটা ফ্যাকাসে হয়ে গিয়েছিলাম। আমি অর্ধেক বোতল অর্ডার করলাম। আমি আকস্মিকভাবে উল্লেখ করলাম যে আমার ডাক্তার আমাকে শ্যামপেইন পান করতে একেবারে নিষেধ করেছেন।
“তাহলে তুমি কী পান করতে যাচ্ছ?”
“পানি।”
সে সামুদ্রিক মাছের ডিম খেল এবং সে স্যামন মাছ খেল। সে সাহিত্য, সঙ্গীত ও কলা নিয়ে উল্লাসের সাথে কথা বলল, কিন্তু আমি ভাবছিলাম কী ধরনের বিল আসতে পারে তা নিয়ে। যখন আমার খাসির মাংসের চপ আসল সে আমাকে কিছুটা তিরষ্কার করল।
“আমি দেখছি তোমার দুপুরের খাবারে ভারী জিনিস খাবারের অভ্যাস রয়েছে। আমি জানি যে এটা ভুল। কেন তুমি আমার উদাহরণ অনুসরণ কর না এবং শুধু মাত্র একটি জিনিস খাও না? আমি নিশ্চিত যে তুমি এতে খুব ভালো অনুভব করবে।”
“আমি শুধুমাত্র একটি জিনিসই খাচ্ছি।” আমি বললাম, যেহেতু পরিবেশক আবারও মূল্য তালিকা নিয়ে আসছিল। সে পরিবেশককে হাত নেড়ে ইশারা করে এক পাশে নিয়ে গেল।................
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 1☓5 = 5
(a) What does the word 'early' mean in this passage?
(i) easily (ii) quickly (iii) after (iv) initial
(b) The lady guest expressed her view about the writers having the habit of heavy —.
(i) weight (ii) dress (iii) breakfast (iv) luncheon
(c) What does the word 'promptly' mean?
(i) quickly (ii) costly (iii) unkindly (iv) slowly
(d) The phrase 'by all means' refers to —.
(i) at any cost (ii) in a simple way (iii) in fair (iv) in terms and conditions
(e) What fish did the lady choose?
(i) salmon (ii) cat fish (iii) dolphin (iv) eel
❤ Extra Questions:
(f) What was the cheapest dish on the menu?
(i) caviare (ii) coffee (iii) mutton chop (iv) peach
(g) What drink did the lady choose for herself?
(i) scotch (ii) champagne (iii) water (iv) tea
(h) The colour of champagne is —.
(i) red (ii) green (iii) white (iv) blue
(i) The flash of her teeth was —.
(i) dazzling (ii) amicable (iii) unattractive (iv) ugly
(j) What is true about the writer?
(i) He ate asparagus a lot (ii) He wanted to eat those but avoided for their high cost
(iii) His doctor advised him to eat them (iv) He didn't like asparagus
(k) What does the word 'afford' mean here?
(i) to have courage enough to buy (ii) to have doubt to buy
(iii) to have the ability to buy (iv) to buy for others
(l) What does 'amicable' mean?
(i) hostile (ii) funny (iii) fearsome (iv) friendly
(m) A synonym of 'mistake' is —.
(i) fault (ii) folly (iii) fun (iv) foul
(n) The lady made —.
(i) cool exposure (ii) airy gesture (iii) rude expression (iv) foolish behaviour
(o) What do you mean by nostril?
(i) nose (ii) ear (iii) nasal hole (iv) face
(p) Smell is a sense of —.
(i) ears (ii) eyes (iii) nose (iv) skin
(q) What did the lady not eat at the luncheon?
(i) asparagus (ii) salmon (iii) mutton chop (iv) peach
(r) What food the writer considered good for digestion?
(i) ice-cream (ii) coffee (iii) white wine (iv) mutton chop
(s) The word 'anticipate' means —.
(i) expect (ii) allow (iii) approve (iv) permit
(t) What does the word 'casually' mean?
(i) deliberately (ii) formally (iii) irregularly (iv) friendly
(u) "When my mutton chop arrived, she took me quite seriously to task." What does it imply?
(i) say something appreciating
(ii) said some negative comments about eating habit
(iii) say some encouraging comments to eat
(iv) all the above
(v) What is salmon?
(i) meat (ii) fish (iii) drink (iv) vegetable
(w) What is caviare?
(i) fruit (ii) vegetable (iii) fish (iv) fish-egg
(x) Champagne is a —.
(i) fruit juice (ii) hard drink (iii) soft drink (iv) chocolate milk
(y) What did the lady talk of?
(i) art (ii) literature (iii) music (iv) everything
(z) How much champagne did the writer order?
(i) 1 litre (ii) half litre (iii) one bottle (iv) half a bottle
Answer (A):
(a) (iv) initial (b) (iv) luncheon (c) (i) quickly (d) (i) at any cost (e) (i) salmon (f) (iii) mutton chop (g) (ii) champagne (h) (iii) white (i) (ii) amicable (j) (ii) He wanted to eat those but avoided for their high cost (k) (iii) to have the ability to buy (l) (iv) friendly (m) (i) fault (n) (ii) airy gesture (o) (iii) nasal hole (p) (iii) nose (q) (iii) mutton chop (r) (iii) white wine (s) (i) expect (t) (iii) irregularly (u) (ii) said some negative comments about eating habit (v) (ii) fish (w) (iv) fish-egg (x) (ii) hard drink (y) (iv) everything (z) (iv) half a bottle
B. Answer the following questions. 2☓5 = 10
(a) What do you know about the woman's first choice at Foyot's?
(b) What item of food did the writer choose for himself and why?
(c) How did the woman express her desire to drink?
(d) What did the woman talk about and when?
(e) When did both the writer and the lady mention their doctors' suggestion?
❤ Extra Questions:
(f) What do you think the reason of the lady's being unhappy at the writer's selection of mutton chop?
(g) How did the writer describe the lady's teeth?
(h) What did the lady advise the writer?
(i) How many times did the lady say that she didn't eat much for luncheon?
(j) How did the writer avoid champagne for himself?
Answer (B):
(a) Though the woman refused to eat anything, she ordered many things one by one. Among them her first choice was salmon which was the new arrival of the season.
(b) The writer chose a mutton chop for himself. The lady was choosing costly food one after another. As a result, the writer got panicked whether he would have enough money to pay the bill. So he chose the cheapest dish for himself.
(c) The lady firstly said that she did not drink anything for luncheon but later said that her doctor allowed her to drink champagne.
(d) The woman talked about art, literature and music after eating caviare and salmon.
(e) When it was time for the selection of drink, both of them did so. The lady said that her doctor prescribed only champagne for her drink while the writer said that his doctor had forbidden him to taste that wine.
(f) When the writer chose mutton chop, the lady became unhappy. She thought it was a heavy food and would overload his stomach. So she was unhappy.
(g) The lady's teeth were white, large, more in number than usual, and she gave a bright and amicable flash with her teeth.
(h) The lady advised the writer to take only one thing for luncheon.
(i) The lady said it for four times.
(j) The writer avoided champagne for himself by mentioning that his doctor had completely forbidden him to drink it.
2. Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the food items what the lady took and what she didn't take. (One has been done for you.) 2☓5 = 10
1. Took salmon fish → 2. → 3. → 4. → 5. → 6.
Answer (2):
A flow chart showing the food items that the lady took and what she didn't take is given below:
1. Took salmon fish → 2. Took caviar → 3. Took white wine → 4. Took chamagne as drink → 5. Didn't take water → 6. Didn't take mutton chop
3. Write a summary of the above text. 10
Answer (3):
The lady guest ate different food items one by one showing different excuses. Firstly, she took salmon which was very expensive. Then she took caviare but the writer chose mutton chop for himself. After that, she drank champagne on the pretext that it was wonderful for digestion; while the writer drank only water. In fact, he was very afraid thinking about the bill. It is a matter of irony that she ate a number of food items but she repeatedly said that she never ate more than one thing for luncheon.
4. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word from the box. There are more words than needed. Make any grammatical change if necessary. 0.5☓10 = 5
capability value dutiful know means important punctuality
achieve aware sincere helps think know key
Sincerity is important to get success. In fact, it is the best way of (a) — success. One can go a long way if one does anything with sincerity. People who are sincere to their work are (b) — of making anything a success. The great men are also sincere because they (c) — that sincerity is the key to success. Those who are not (d) — can never go a long way in the world. The poor people are not always sincere because they do not know the (e) — of sincerity. If they (f) — it, they would make a good use of it. Sincerity (g) — not only to do work properly but also with (h) —, honesty, modesty and good behaviour. The people of our country are not still (i) — of the (j) — of sincerity.
5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap. 1☓10 = 10
People have various views regarding earthquake. There are two schools of experts (a) — earthquakes. One school is of the view that the (b) — of quakes in recent years should be taken as a (c) — for major earthquake. Another school, however, believes that the concern should not be (d) —, because although there are a number of (e) — lines in the geographical area comprising Bangladesh, none of them is (f) — enough to pose a major threat. Yet none of the schools (g) — out the possibility of a major quake and the dangers that might be (h) — with it. The RAJUK believes that an earthquake (i) — building code should be developed to (j) — the losses.
6. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. 1☓10 = 10
(a) She complained to the Quazi against the Sultan for justice.
(b) His capital was at Sonargaon near Dhaka.
(c) He was a very kind and just ruler.
(d) The boy was the only son of a widow.
(e) By chance it pierced a boy standing in the jungle and the boy instantly died.
(f) The widow was very much shocked.
(g) Long ago there was a Sultan named Giasuddin Azam Shah in Bengal.
(h) The Quazi summoned the Sultan to his court for trial.
(i) He shot an arrow aiming at a fawn.
(j) One day he was hunting deer in a jungle.
Part-II: Writing Test (40 Marks)
7. Write a paragraph of about 200 words based on the following. Your answer to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 10
(a) What is meant by premature marriage? (b) Who are victims of it? (c) What are the causes of such marriage? (d) What problems does this marriage create in society? (e) What suggestions do you have to solve this problem?
8. The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words. 7
Once the house of a rich man was infested with rats. The house became the town of Hamelin. There were rats everywhere ...............
9. Write a letter to your father telling him about your progress of studies. 5
10. Look at the chart below. It is about the change of economic condition of a certain area. Now, describe the chart in our own words. 1☓10 = 10
Time Lower class Middle class Higher class
2001 70% 20% 10%
2011 60% 25% 15%
11. Write down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words). 8
I died for beauty, but was scarce
Adjusted in the tomb,
When one who died for truth was lain
In an adjoining room.
He questioned softly why failed?
'For beauty,' I replied. 'And I for truth, the two are one;
We brethren are,' he said.
And so, as kinsmen met a-night,
We talked between the rooms,
Until the moss had reached our lips,
And covered up our names.