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-22
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.
Children's right to education also implies that the school they go to will have a pleasant and learning-friendly environment where everyone will have an enjoyable time. Teachers will be kind, caring and supportive and children will feel relaxed. No harsh words will be spoken to them and special care will be taken of children with learning disabilities.
That, unfortunately is not the general picture in our schools. The system of education in our part of the world does not allow children much freedom, and classrooms look more like cages where they are pent up for hours. Rabindranath Tagore (read his "An Eastern University" in Unit Six) found it unacceptable; so did William Blake (1757-1857), an English poet and painter, whose favourite subjects included children. In his poem "The School Boy" Blake writes about a young boy who is unhappy with his school where dour-faced teachers give joyless lessons. He would rather like to be outdoors and enjoy the summer day. He pleads with his parents to rescue him from the drudgery of school.
[Unit-5; Lesson-3]
[Mirzapur Cadet College, Tangail- '16]
বাংলা অনুবাদঃ
শিশুদের শিক্ষার অধিকার এও ইঙ্গিত করে যে তাদের স্কুলে আনন্দময় ও শিক্ষা বান্ধব পরিবেশ থাকবে যেখানে প্রত্যেকে উপভোগ্য সময় কাটাবে। শিক্ষকরা হবেন সদয়, যত্নশীল ও সহায়তাপূর্ণ এবং শিশুরা স্বাচ্ছন্দ্য বোধ করবে। তাদেরকে কোনো রূঢ় বাক্য বলা হবে না আর দুর্বল শিক্ষার্থীদের বিশেষ যত্ন নেয়া হবে।
দুর্ভাগ্যজনকভাবে এটি আমাদের স্কুলের সাধারণ চিত্র নয়। বিশ্বের এ প্রান্তের শিক্ষা-ব্যবস্থায় শিশুরা যথেষ্ট স্বাধীনতা পায় না, আর শ্রেণিকক্ষগুলোকে মনে হয় খাঁচার মত যেখানে তারা ঘণ্টার পর ঘণ্টা দীর্ঘশ্বাস ফেলে। রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর (ইউনিট ছয়-এ তাঁর “প্রাচ্যীয় বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়” নামের প্রবন্ধ পড়) একে অগ্রহণযোগ্য বলে ধরে নিয়েছিলেন; অনুরূপ চিন্তা করেছিলেন ইংরেজ কবি ও চিত্রশিল্পী উইলিয়াম ব্লেইক (১৭৫৭-১৮৫৭), যাঁর প্রিয় বিষয়গুলোর অন্তর্ভুক্ত ছিল শিশুরা। ব্লেইক তাঁর “The School Boy” কবিতায় একজন কিশোরের কথা লিখেছেন যে তার স্কুল নিয়ে অসুখী, যেখানে কঠোর চেহারা ধারণ করা শিক্ষকরা আনন্দহীন পাঠদান করেন। সে বরং ঘরের বাইরে গ্রীষ্মের দিন উপভোগ করতে চাইবে। স্কুলের একঘেয়েমি থেকে মুক্তি দিতে সে তার মা-বাবাকে অনুরোধ জানাচ্ছে।
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 1☓5 = 5
(a) Children should have a — environment at school.
(i) strict (ii) serious (iii) challenging (iv) friendly
(b) Teachers should be —.
(i) strict (ii) harsh (iii) supportive (iv) joking
(c) — words should be spoken to children.
(i) Harsh (ii) Study-related (iii) Mild (iv) Funny
(d) Blake's "school-boy" is — with his school.
(i) angry (ii) happy (iii) unhappy (iv) excited
(e) Teachers usually give — lectures in class.
(i) inspiring (ii) joyless (iii) ridiculous (iv) terrifying
❤ Extra Questions:
(f) Education is a/an — for children.
(i) obligation (ii) right (iii) burden (iv) game
(g) Children need to be — in class.
(i) relaxed (ii) disobedient (iii) pressurized (iv) captive
(h) The word 'enjoyable' best means —.
(i) happy (ii) mocking (iii) irritating (iv) encouraging
(i) The meaning of 'supportive' is —.
(i) fan (ii) helpful (iii) disturber (iv) voter
(j) What is the synonym of 'harsh'?
(i) handsome (ii) hard (iii) cruel (iv) pleasing
(k) What does the word 'disability' mean?
(i) inability (ii) difficulty (iii) laziness (iv) i & ii
(l) 'Dour-faced' means —.
(i) friendly (ii) amicable (iii) caring (iv) harsh
(m) The word 'plead' best means —.
(i) interrogate (ii) plot (iii) ask (iv) please
(n) What is a synonym of 'drudgery'?
(i) toil (ii) hard work (iii) dreadful work (iv) monotonous work
Answer (A):
(a) (iv) friendly (b) (iii) supportive (c) (iii) Mild (d) (iii) unhappy (e) (ii) joyless (f) (ii) right (g) (i) relaxed (h) (i) happy (i) (ii) helpful (j) (iii) cruel (k) (iv) i & ii (l) (iv) harsh (m) (iii) ask (n) (iv) monotonous work
B. Answer the following questions. 2☓5 = 10
(a) What does children's right to education imply?
(b) What did Rabindranath find our education system to be?
(c) Who was William Blake?
(d) What do you know about his poem "The School Boy"?
(e) What should the teachers be?
Answer (B):
(a) Children's right to education imply that their school will have a pleasant and learning friendly environment where they will be able to enjoy.
(b) Rabindranath found our education system unacceptable.
(c) William Blake was an English poet and painter. He was born in 1757 and died in 1857.
(d) In Blake's poem "The School Boy", the poet writes about a young boy who is unhappy with his school life as the teachers there give joyless lecture. He likes to be outdoors and enjoy the summer day. He asks his parents to relieve him from the drudgery of school.
(e) Teachers should be kind, caring and supportive to the students in the classroom.
2. Read the following text and make a flow chart showing how the schools should be for children. (No. 1 has been done for you) 2☓5 = 10
1. A friendly and pleasant environment → 2. → 3. → 4. → 5. → 6.
Answer (2):
A flow chart showing how the schools for children should be is given below:
1. A friendly and pleasant environment → 2. Kind teachers → 3. Friendly teachers → 4. Teachers' care → 5. Teachers' support → 6. Special care for weak students
3. Write a summary of the above text in your own words. 10
Answer (3):
It is children's right to get a caring and friendly environment at their school. They should not feel afraid at school. The teachers should also be aware of this issue. They should be caring and friendly with the students. But it is a matter of regret that the environment of the school of our country is totally different. Here, they feel like they are in cages. Great poets like Rabindranath Tagore and William Blake also found it unacceptable. So, it is high time to take proper steps to make the environment of the school more students' friendly.
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
brand support move study apartheid isolate
leave imprison advocacy regime move oppress
Mandela, the South African leader (a) — for armed resistance to (b) —. (c) — his country, he travelled the continent and Europe, (d) — guerilla warfare and building (e) — for the African National Congress. He (f) — a terrorist by his enemies and was sentenced to life (g) — in 1964. He (h) — from millions of his countrymen as they suffered (i) —, violence and forced resettlement under the apartheid (j) —.
5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap. 1☓10 = 10
Bangladesh is blessed with huge inland open water resources. It has (a) — river canals, beels, lakes, (b) — vast areas of floodplains. Hakaluki (c) — is one of the major (d) — of Bangladesh. With a land (e) — of 18,386 hectres, it supports (f) — rich biodiversity and provides (g) — and indirect livelihood benefits to (h) — 190,000 people. This haor was (i) — an Ecologically Critical Area (j) — April 1999 by the government of Bangladesh.
6. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. 10
(a) They looked for him here and there for some time but understandably, they failed to find him out.
(b) Einstein, however, walked the whole way with a suitcase in one hand and a violin in the other.
(c) The officials also expected to see somebody who was rich and aristocratic.
(d) Once the queen of Belgium invited Einstein to Brussels.
(e) "I did not think that anybody would send a car for me," replied the great scientist with a smile.
(f) So, they went back to the queen and informed her that Einstein had not come by train.
(g) He travelled to Brussels by train and got down at the station.
(h) They never imagined that this shabby man would be Einstein himself.
(i) But he could not think that many gorgeously dressed officials had come to receive him at the station.
(j) When he reached the destination the queen said to him, "I sent a car for you Dr. Einstein."
Part-B: Composition (40 Marks)
7. Write a paragraph on "Diaspora" in about 200 words based on the answers to the following questions. 10
(a) What is diaspora? (b) What are the causes of diaspora? (c) When has the study of diaspora started to attract scholars? (d) What were the major diasporas in the past? (e) What is the relation between diaspora and globalization?
8. The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words. Give a suitable title to your story. 7
We had a neighbour named Md. Abdul Gofur. He was a very honest person. But Mrs. Gofur was always in favour of discovering ways to quick success. One day their eldest son bought a goose from the nearby hut. Next morning they were astonished to find that the goose had laid a golden egg................
9. Suppose, you are Disha. Now, write a letter to your friend Ritu telling her about the co-curricular activities of your college. 5
10. The graph below shows 'Infant Mortality Rate' in Bangladesh from 2005 to 2012. Now describe and analyze the graph in around 80 words. 10
Per 1000 infants
11. Write down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words). 8
O father and mother if buds are nipped,
And blossoms blown away;
And if the tender plants are stripped
Of their joy in the springing day,
By sorrow and care's dismay,-
How shall the summer arise in joy,
Or the summer fruits appear?
Or how shall we gather what griefs destroy,
Or bless the mellowing year,
When the blasts of winter appear?