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-20
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.
Adolescents constitute a nation's core resource for national renewal and growth. Adolescence is a period in life when transition from childhood to adulthood takes place and behaviours and life styles are shaped. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), adolescence is the period which shapes the future of girls' and boys' lives. There are 28 million adolescents in Bangladesh; 13.7 million of them are girls and 14.3 million boys.
The situation of adolescent girls in Bangladesh is characterised by inequality and subordination within the family and society. This inequality leads to widespread practice of child marriage, marginalisation or exclusion from health, education and economic opportunities, and vulnerability to violence and sexual abuse.
In Bangladesh, the legal age of marriage is 18 for girls and 21 for boys. However, 33 percent of adolescent girls are married before the age of 15 and 60 percent become mothers by the age of 19. Research finds that adolescents with higher level of education and from more affluent families tend to marry at a later age. Boys, however, become ready for marriage only after several years of adolescence and young adulthood...................
[Unit-5; Lesson-2]
[DinajB '17; Rajuk Uttara Model College, Dhaka- '16; Gulshan Commerce College, Dhaka- '16; Shachindra College, Habiganj- '16]
বাংলা অনুবাদঃ কিশোর-কিশোরীরা জাতীয় নবায়ন ও প্রবৃদ্ধির ক্ষেত্রে একটি জাতির মূল সম্পদ। বয়ঃসন্ধিকাল জীবনের এমন একটি পর্ব যখন শৈশব থেকে প্রাপ্তবয়স্কতায় রূপান্তর ঘটে এবং মানুষের আচার-আচরণ ও জীবনধারার রূপলাভ ঘটে। বিশ্ব স্বাস্থ্য সংস্থা (WHO) এর মতে, বয়ঃসন্ধিকাল হচ্ছে সে’ সময় যা ছেলে-মেয়েদের ভবিষ্যৎ জীবনকে রূপায়িত করে। বাংলাদেশে ২৮ মিলিয়ন তরুণ তরুণী রয়েছে। তাদের ভেতর ১৩.৭ মিলিয়ন মেয়ে ও ১৪.৩ মিলিয়ন ছেলে।
বাংলাদেশের পরিবারে ও সমাজে কিশোরীদের অবস্থা অসমতা ও দাসত্ব দ্বারা চিহ্নিত। এ অসমতা ব্যাপক বাল্য বিবাহ, প্রান্তিক অবস্থান কিংবা স্বাস্থ্য, শিক্ষা ও অর্থনৈতিক সুযোগ-সুবিধা থেকে বঞ্চনা এবং সহিংসতা ও যৌন নির্যাতনের শিকার হওয়ার দিকে চালিত করে।
বাংলাদেশে মেয়েদের জন্য বিয়ের আইনসম্মত বয়স ১৮ এবং ছেলেদের জন্য ২১। যা হোক, ৩৩ শতাংশ কিশোরীর ১৫ বছর বয়সের আগেই বিয়ে হয় এবং ৬০ শতাংশ কিশোরী ১৯ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে মাতৃত্ব লাভ করে। গবেষণায় প্রাপ্ত তথ্য অনুযায়ী উচ্চতর শিক্ষা ও অধিক অবস্থাসম্পন্ন পরিবারের কিশোর-কিশোরীরা বেশি বয়সে বিয়ে করে। যা হোক, ছেলেরা বয়ঃসন্ধিকাল ও প্রাপ্তবয়স্কতা প্রাপ্তির বেশ কিছু বছর পরই বিয়ের জন্য প্রস্তুত হয়ে যায়।..................
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 1☓5 = 5
(a) Which of the following has the closest meaning of the word "constitute"?
(i) add (ii) undo (iii) form (iv) remove
(b) Adolescence is the period of — from childhood to adulthood.
(i) reduction (ii) transition (iii) increase (iv) decay
(c) The word "behaviour" refers to —.
(i) talks (ii) thoughts (iii) conduct (iv) belief
(d) The closest meaning of the word "violence" is —.
(i) unrest (ii) peace (iii) procession (iv) protest
(e) "— the legal age marriage is 18 for girls and 21 for boys"— what does the sentence mean?
(i) Boys and girls under 18 cannot get married (ii) Boys and girls under 18 can get married
(iii) Girls are married before the age of 15 (iv) Boys are married before the age of 18
❤ Extra Questions:
(f) The word 'abuse' refers to —.
(i) insult (ii) misuse (iii) care (iv) torture
(g) 'Legal' could be the best replaced by —.
(i) appropriate (ii) expected (iii) legitimate (iv) actual
(h) Girls and boys under 18 and 21 cannot get —.
(i) job (ii) married (iii) money (iv) none of these
(i) What is the best synonym of subordination?
(i) domination (ii) supremacy (iii) principality (iv) obedience
(j) What is the meaning of the word 'characterized'?
(i) narrated (ii) mentioned (iii) categorized (iv) described
(k) What is the meaning of the word 'inequality'?
(i) disparity (ii) alikeness (iii) impartiality (iv) parity
(l) What is the meaning of the word 'research'?
(i) ignorance (ii) silliness (iii) inactivity (iv) experiment
(m) What is the closest meaning of the word 'marginalize'?
(i) to treat someone who is exceptional (ii) to treat someone who is mad
(iii) to treat someone as if he is not important (iv) to treat someone who is bad
(n) What is the doorway between childhood and adulthood?
(i) adolescence (ii) youth (iii) community (iv) family
(o) Where do the girls feel weightless?
(i) in the school or college (ii) in the family
(iii) in the community (iv) in the in-laws' house
(p) 'Dowry' stands for —?
(i) collection of girls for a marriage (ii) wedding gift given by the groom to the bride
(iii) wedding gift given by the groom to the bridegroom
(iv) the money or property demanded by the bridegroom from the bride's family
(q) By which words is the situation of adolescent girls characterized in Bangladesh?
(i) equality and cooperation (ii) understanding and admiration
(iii) inequality and subordination (iv) power and domination
(r) More than 50% of adolescent girls suffer from -
(i) diarrhoea (ii) typhoid (iii) malnutrition (iv) anaemia
(s) What do you understand by 'maternal mortality'?
(i) death of the pregnant women (ii) death of the new born baby
(iii) marriages of the girls (iv) death of the sons
(t) What is the synonym of the word 'majority'?
(i) multiplicity (ii) minority (iii) inferiority (iv) all of these
(u) According to the passage 'in the in-laws' house many girls fall a victim to -
(i) independence (ii) maltreatment (iii) comfort (iv) felicity
(v) The practice of dowry should be -
(i) stated (ii) banned (iii) improved (iv) increased
Answer (A):
(a) (iii) form (b) (ii) transition (c) (iii) conduct (d) (i) unrest (e) (i) Boys and girls under 18 cannot get married (f) (iv) torture (g) (iii) legitimate (h) (ii) married (i) (iv) obedience (j) (iii) categorized (k) (i) disparity (l) (iv) experiment (m) (iii) to treat someone as if he is not important (n) (i) adolescence (o) (iv) in the in-law's house (p) (iv) the money or property demanded by the bridegroom from the bride's family (q) (iii) inequality and subordination (r) (iv) anaemia (s) (i) death of the pregnant women (t) (i) multiplicity (u) (ii) maltreatment (v) (ii) banned
B. Answer the following questions. 2☓5 = 10
(a) What type of a period is adolescence in one's life?
(b) What is the notion of WHO toward adolescence?
(c) How many adolescents are there in Bangladesh? What is the proportion of their gender?
(d) What is the legal age of marriage for Bangladeshi boys and girls?
(e) Which adolescent girls tend to marry at a later age?
❤ Extra Questions:
(f) What are the reasons of inequality and subordination of adolescent girls in our family and society?
(g) How do education play a vital role in a girl's life?
(h) Why do the boys get married only after several years of adolescence?
(i) Describe the conditions of in-laws' house of a girl in 2/3 sentences.
(j) Describe the role of adolescence in a person's life in one sentence.
(k) "Adolescents constitute a nation's core resource for national renewal and growth." Do you agree? Why/Why not?
(l) Can you guess the reasons of inequality and subordination of adolescent girls in the family and society?
(m) Describe the plight of adolescent girls in their in-laws' houses in 2/3 sentences.
(n) Why are the adolescent girls at high risk in term of pregnancy and childbirth?
(o) What has a girl to do in her in-laws' house after marriage?
(p) How is the custom of dowry in Bangladesh?
(q) What is the reproductive health service?
(r) Give two negative impact of early marriage of a girl?
(s) What is the condition of the illiterate unemployed boys?
Answer (B):
(a) Adolescence is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood.
(b) The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes adolescence as the period that shapes the future of boys' and girls' lives.
(c) There are about 28 million adolescents in Bangladesh. 13.7 million of them are girls and 14.3 million are boys.
(d) Bangladeshi boys can legally marry at 21 and girls at 18.
(e) The adolescent girls with higher education and from more affluent families tend to marry at a later age.
(f) Girls are always dominated as weaker ones by their parents in the family and society. Most of the members of the family feel burdened with them. They feel girls are not good for anything. For these reasons girls are maltreated and subordinated in the family and society.
(g) Education plays a vital role in a girl's life because an educated girl tends to marry at a later age, On the other hand, an uneducated poor girl is married off at an early age.
(h) In Bangladesh, most of our parents think that boys have to maintain family. So they have to be independent economically. So after taking several years of adolescence they get married.
(i) In the in-laws' house a girl is deprived of majority of her rights. Most of the members of her in-laws' house torture him mentally and physically. Her husband is always a decision maker there. She is neglected by everyone.
(j) Adolescence controls the behaviour and lifestyle of a person that shapes his/her future life.
(k) Yes, I agree with the statement. It is because adolescents are the future of a nation. Adolescents may be the future leaders of a country. So they are very important resource of a country.
(l) There are some important reasons of inequality and subordination of adolescent girls in the family and society. Extreme poverty, traditional gender norms, superstitions, lack of advancement in the field of female education are noteworthy. .
(m) In their in-laws’ houses the adolescent girls are marginalized. They become vulnerable to all forms of abuse, including dowry related violence.
(n) The adolescent girls are at high risk in term of pregnancy and childbirth. This is because they are uninformed or insufficiently informed about reproductive health and contraception.
(o) After marriage, usually a girl drops out of school and begins full time work in her in-laws' household. She is marginalized there and becomes vulnerable to all forms of abuse and violence including dowry.
(p) The custom of dowry in Bangladesh is very miserable. In Bangladesh, a bride's family has to pay dowry at any cost, although it is illegal. Dowry demands continue even after wedding and the bride becomes the victim of dowry related violence.
(q) Reproductive health service means providing information about sexual life and pregnancy related problems to ensure better reproductive health.
(r) Maternal mortality and neonatal mortality are two negative impacts of early marriage of a girl.
(s) The illiterate unemployed boys do not know about right and wrong. Normally, they are quite unaware of their social and health issues. As a result, they are at a great risk to meet with drugs and alcohol and to commit criminal activities like violence, theft and eve-teasing etc.
2. (i) Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the number of adolescents in Bangladesh and the aspects of adolescence. (One has been done for you.) 2☓5 = 10
1. 13.7 million girls → 2. → 3. → 4. → 5. → 6.
❤ Extra Questions:
(ii) Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the situation/ condition of adolescents in Bangladesh. (One has been done for you.) 2☓5 = 10
1. 28 million adolescents → 2. → 3. → 4. → 5. → 6.
Or, Read the above passage and complete the table below with the given information. 1 × 10 = 10
What/ Who Event/Activity How/Where Time
Adolescents (i) .......... a nation's core
(ii) .......... refers adolescence period of shaping the future of girls and boys
(iii) .......... is characterised inequality and subordination
(iv) .......... is 18 and 21 respectively (v) ..........
Adolescent girls (vi) .......... 33% before the age of 15
Adolescent girls become mother (vii) .......... at the age of 19
Boys (viii) .......... for marriage (ix) ..........
Adolescence is 28 million (x) ..........
Answer (2):
(i) A flow chart showing the number of adolescents in Bangladesh and the aspects of adolescence is given below:
1. 13.7 million girls → 2. 14.3 million boys → 3. Nation's core resource for national renewal and growth → 4. Period of transition from childhood to adulthood → 5. Period of shaping behaviours and life style → 6. Period of shaping future lives of girls and boys
(ii) A flow chart showing the situation/ condition of the adolescent girls of Bangladesh is given below:
1. 28 million adolescents → 2. 13.7 million girls → 3. Facing inequality and subordination → 4. Marginalization and exclusion from health, education and economic opportunities → 5. Girls getting married before proper age → 6. Vulnendbility to violence and sexual abuse
Or, (i) constitute (ii) World Health Organization (iii) Situation of adolescent girls (iv) The legal age of marriage (v) for girls and boys (vi) are married (vii) 60% (viii) are ready (ix) after several years of adolescence (x) at present
3. Write a summary of the above text. 10
Answer (3):
Adolescence is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood. WHO identifies it as the period that shapes the future lives of boys and girls. There are 28 million adolescents in this country. The girls are the victims of inequality and subordination. This inequality leads to child marriage and subjugation to violence and sexual abuse. The girls here legally marry at 18 years of age and boys at 21. Those from affluent families and having higher education get married at a later age.
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
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'My Brother the Traffic Policeman' is the name of a film. It was filmed by Filippos Fylaktos. He was a Greek film (a) ––. He made this film (b) –– 1963. The film deals (c) –– the love affair of (d) ––policeman. The policeman is (e) –– main character of the (f) ––. His name is Antonis. (g) –– is too much devoted (h) –– his respective duties. As (i) –– traffic policeman he follows (j) –– traffic code strictly.
5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap. 1☓10 = 10
When the incident happened the writer was living in Paris. The (a) –– of the writer was barely enough and he (b) –– in a tiny apartment. The writer received a (c) –– of admiration from a woman who wanted to (d) –– him. The woman also asked him whether he (e) –– invite her for a lunch at Foyot’s. The (f) –– agreed to meet her at Foyot's and offer (g) –– a modest luncheon. The writer expected her to (h) –– young and beautiful. But he was not satisfied (i) –– he saw her. When the bill of fare (j) –– brought, the writer was startled.
6. Re-arrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. 10
(a) A married girl usually loses her mobility, her friends and social status.
(b) It is now known that 50 percent of adolescent girls are undernourished and suffer from anemia.
(c) Dowry demands continue even after marriage.
(d) Most girls and their families do not have any idea of contraception.
(e) She is marginalized in her in-laws' house.
(f) Adolescent fertility is high in Bangladesh.
(g) The contribution of adolescent fertility rate to the total fertility rate has also increased.
(h) After getting married, a girl's education ends.
(i) A study tells that only about three in five adolescents have even heard of HIV.
(j) Neonatal mortality is another concern for younger mothers.
Part-II: Writing Test (40 Marks)
7. Write a paragraph on "Street Children in Bangladesh" on the basis of the answers to the following questions in about 200 words. 10
(a) Who are the street children? (b) Where do they live? (c) How do they earn their livelihood? (d) What are they deprived of? (e) What steps should we take for their proper rehabilitation?
8. The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words. 7
One day I was going to college to sit for the terminal exam at 2 pm. I, along with some friends, was walking along the footpath towards college, when suddenly one of my friends fell fainting on the ground............
9. Suppose, you are Nasima/ Irfan. You received a letter from your father yesterday. In the letter, you were advised not to kill your precious time surfing the internet. Now, write a reply to the letter. 5
10. The graph below shows the "The increasing trend in Internet Users in Bangladesh from 2001 to 2011." Describe the graph in at least 80 words. You should highlight the information and the main features given in the graph. 10
11. Write down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words). 8
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
A poor life this if full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.