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-23
HSC English First Paper
Question with Answer pdf download
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.
Shilpi was only 15 years old when she married Rashid in 2008. Marrying off daughters at an early age is a standard practice for many families living in rural Bangladesh. After her wedding, Shilpi joined a local empowerment group that provides adolescent girls with the tools needed to gradually change cultural practices, particularly those pertaining to early marriage and pregnancy. The group's activities include discussions on how to most effectively change behaviour related to reproductive health as well as one-on-one counselling. It also offers peer-to-peer support and life skills training that help adolescents say no to early marriage. The empowerment group is one of more than 10,000 groups supported by some local Non Government Organizations (NGOs) working all over Bangladesh. These NGOs work through Canada's Adolescent Reproductive Health Project which also aims to increase access to quality health services for adolescents. During one of the group sessions, Shilpi came to understand the potentially harmful effects of early marriage and pregnancy.
While maternal mortality in Bangladesh has declined by nearly 40 percent since 2001, the rate remains high with 194 maternal deaths per 1,00,000, live births in 2010- dropping from 322 in 2001 with a projected decrease to 143 by 2015. Girls who get pregnant are at risk of serious health complications. These include dangerous hemorrhage and fistula, a painful internal injury caused by obstructed childbirth that commonly leads to serious maternal morbidities and social exclusion.
When Shilpi heard about those risks, she invited her husband, Rashid, to discuss pregnancy with a counsellor. After hearing about the risks, Rashid agreed to delay having children for five years despite pressures from his parents and neighbours to produce an offspring. Together, the couple met with a female health care provider, who informed them about the various family planning options available.
Shilpi's mother-in-law and neighbours continued to pressurize the newlyweds. Deeply rooted cultural practices and traditions caused a rift between Shilpi and Rashid and their extended family, some of whose members insulted and criticized the couple. Unable to convince their close relatives of the risks, Shilpi and Rashid returned to the counsellor. They took the help of a parent peer who has been trained to speak to other parents about adolescent issues. Shilpi's mother-in-law and neighbours eventually came to understand the harmful effects of early pregnancy on mother and child.
Today, the village no longer pressurizes the couple; their parents and neighbours now support them and speak out against early marriage and pregnancy.
[Unit-5; Lesson-4]
[Motijheel Model School & College, Dhaka- '16; Ghatail Cantt. School & College, Tangail- '16; Baroiyahat College, Chittagong- '16]
বাংলা অনুবাদঃ
২০০৮ সালে রশিদকে বিয়ে করার সময় শিল্পীর বয়স ছিল মাত্র ১৫ বছর। গ্রাম বাংলায় বসবাসকারী বহু পরিবারের জন্য কম বয়সে মেয়ে বিয়ে দেওয়া একটি নিয়মিত অভ্যাস হয়ে দাঁড়িয়েছে। বিয়ের পর শিল্পী একটি স্থানীয় ক্ষমতায়ন গ্রুপে যোগদান করেন যা সাংস্কৃতিক রীতিনীতি, বিশেষ করে যেগুলো বাল্যবিবাহ ও অকালে গর্ভধারণের সাথে সম্পৃক্ত, সেগুলো ক্রমান্বয়ে পরিবর্তন করতে কিশোরীদের প্রয়োজনীয় জিনিসের যোগান দেয়। এ গ্রুপের কার্যাবলির মধ্যে রয়েছে, প্রজননগত স্বাস্থ্য ও এককভাবে পরামর্শদানের সাথে সম্পৃক্ত আচরণ কীভাবে সবচেয়ে কার্যকরভাবে পরিবর্তন করা যায় তার উপর আলোচনা। এটি পারস্পরিক সমর্থন ও বাস্তব জীবনে দক্ষতা বৃদ্ধিরও প্রশিক্ষণ দেয় যা কিশোর-কিশোরীদের বাল্য-বিবাহকে ‘না’ বলতে সাহায্য করে। ক্ষমতায়ন গ্র–পটি ১০,০০০ এর চেয়ে বেশি সংখ্যক গ্রুপের একটি যেগুলো সারা বাংলাদেশে কাজ করা কিছু স্থানীয় বেসরকারি উন্নয়ন সংস্থা (এনজিও) দ্বারা সমর্থিত। এসব এনজিও কানাডার Adolescent Reproductive Health Project এর মাধ্যমে কাজ করে যার আরও একটি লক্ষ্য হচ্ছে কিশোর-কিশোরীদের মানসম্মত স্বাস্থ্য সেবা দান। দলীয় আলোচনার একটিতে শিল্পী বাল্য-বিবাহ ও অকালে গর্ভধারণের সম্ভাব্য ক্ষতিকর প্রভাব অনুধাবনে সক্ষম হলেন।
যখন বাংলাদেশে মাতৃ-মৃত্যুহার ২০০১ সাল থেকে প্রায় ৪০ শতাংশ কমে এসেছে, ২০১০ সালে প্রতি ১,০০,০০০টি জীবিত শিশুর ভেতর ১৯৪টি নিয়ে মাতৃ-মৃত্যুহার এখনও উচ্চই আছে, ২০০১ সালের ৩২২ থেকে নেমে ২০১৫ সালে পরিকল্পনা অনুযায়ী যা ১৪৩ এ হ্রাস পেয়েছে। গর্ভবতী মেয়েরা মারাত্মক স্বাস্থ্যগত জটিলতার ঝুঁকিতে আছে। এগুলোর মধ্যে আছে ভয়াবহ রক্তক্ষরণ ও ফিস্টুলা, যা সন্তান জন্ম প্রতিরোধ থেকে সৃষ্ট শরীরের ভেতরের এক ব্যথাপূর্ণ আহতাবস্থা যা সাধারণভাবে মারাত্মক মাতৃমৃত্যু ও সামাজিক বিচ্ছিন্নতার দিকে চালিত করে।
যখন শিল্পী এসব ঝুঁকির কথা শুনলেন, তিনি তার স্বামী রশিদকে একজন পরামর্শকের সাথে গর্ভধারণ নিয়ে কথা বলতে বললেন। ঝুঁকিগুলোর কথা শোনার পর সন্তান নিতে পরিবার ও প্রতিবেশীদের চাপ সত্ত্বেও রশিদ সন্তান নিতে পাঁচ বছর দেরি করতে সম্মত হলেন। একসাথে সে দম্পতি এক নারী স্বাস্থ্য সেবা দানকারী প্রতিষ্ঠানে গেলেন, যারা তাদের বিভিন্ন সহজলভ্য পরিবার পরিকল্পনা নীতির কথা বললেন।
শিল্পীর শাশুড়ি ও প্রতিবেশীরা নববিবাহিত দম্পতিকে চাপ প্রয়োগ অব্যাহত রাখলেন। গভীরভাবে প্রোথিত সাংস্কৃতিক কার্যকলাপ ও ঐতিহ্য শিল্পী ও রশিদ ও তাদের সম্পস্রারিত পরিবারের মধ্যে ব্যবধান সৃষ্টি করল, যাদের ভেতর কয়েকজন সদস্য দম্পতিকে অপমান ও সমালোচনা করল। নিকটাত্মীয়দের এসব ঝুঁকি সম্পর্কে বোঝাতে ব্যর্থ/ অসমর্থ হয়ে শিল্পী ও রশিদ পরামর্শকের কাছে ফিরে গেলেন। তারা মা-বাবার সমতুল্য একজনের সহায়তা নিলেন যিনি অন্যের মা-বাবাদের বয়ঃসন্ধিকালের বিভিন্ন বিষয় সম্পর্কে বলতে প্রশিক্ষণপ্রাপ্ত। শিল্পীর শাশুড়ি ও প্রতিবেশীরা অবশেষে মা ও শিশুর ওপর অকালে গর্ভধারণের ক্ষতিকর প্রভাব বুঝতে পারলেন।
এখন আর গ্রামবাসীরা ঐ দম্পতির ওপর চাপ সৃষ্টি করে না; তাদের মা-বাবা ও প্রতিবেশীরা এখন তাদের সমর্থন করেন এবং বাল্য-বিবাহ ও অকালে গর্ভধারণের বিরুদ্ধে উচ্চ কণ্ঠে কথা বলেন।
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 1☓5 = 5
(a) The word "standard" refers to —.
(i) good (ii) over-estimated (iii) bad (iv) accepted
(b) The closest meaning of the word "wedding" is —.
(i) birthday (ii) marriage (iii) funeral (iv) marriage anniversary
(c) Most of the families living in the — marry off their daughters at an early age.
(i) town (ii) city (iii) village (iv) slums
(d) The word "pressurize" means —.
(i) request (ii) force (iii) ask (iv) order
(e) "Shilpi was only 15 years old when she married Rashid in 2008"— What does it indicate?
(i) Shilpi was married off early (ii) Shilpi was married off at an exact
(iii) Shilpi was 15 in 2008 (iv) None of the above
❤ Extra Questions:
(f) What is the meaning of the word 'empowerment' used in the text?
(i) refusal (ii) veto (iii) blessing (iv) authorization
(g) The word 'adolescent' means —.
(i) mature (ii) juvenile (iii) support (iv) boyish
(h) The word 'reproductive' in the text refers to —.
(i) generative (ii) birth (iii) production (iv) destroy
(i) 'peer to peer' means —.
(i) one end to another (ii) everyone (iii) mutual (iv) social
(j) What is the meaning of the word 'potentially'?
(i) ability (ii) possibility (iii) capability (iv) talent
(k) The phrase 'health complication' means —.
(i) health related complexity (ii) health issues
(iii) dieting (iv) health security
(l) The word 'morbidity' refers to —.
(i) animation (ii) lively (iii) depression (iv) death
(m) Shilpi decided to have children after reaching —.
(i) 15 years (ii) 25 years (iii) 20 years (iv) 26 years
(n) What is the meaning of the word 'counsellor'?
(i) representative (ii) advisor (iii) conductor (iv) thinker
(o) The phrase 'parent peer' means —.
(i) parents like arbitrator (ii) make someone understand
(iii) a counselor (iv) a guide for parents
(p) Shilpi's in-laws at last understand —.
(i) harmful effects of immature pregnancy (ii) harmful effects of pregnancy
(iii) effects of being pregnant (iv) late pregnancy
(q) The word 'eventually' in the text means —.
(i) finally (ii) in the beginning (iii) all on a sudden (iv) carefully
(r) Which of the following has the closest meaning of the word 'access'?
(i) outlet (ii) approach (iii) exit (iv) skill
(s) What is the most acceptable meaning of "adolescent"?
(i) old (ii) child (iii) adult (iv) teenager
(t) Shilpi joined a — empowerment group after her marriage.
(i) national (ii) local (iii) international (iv) tribal
(u) What does the word 'return' mean?
(i) come again (ii) go again (iii) come back (iv) come twice
(v) The word "offspring" refers to —.
(i) child (ii) beginning of spring (iii) end of spring (iv) family
(w) Fistula is —.
(i) internal injury (ii) external injury (iii) food poisoning (iv) a simple disease
(x) The closest meaning of the word 'rift' is —.
(i) prick (ii) bloom (iii) tear (iv) cleft
Answer (A):
(a) (iv) accepted (b) (ii) marriage (c) (iii) village (d) (ii) force (e) (i) Shilpi was married off early (f) (iv) authorization (g) (ii) juvenile (h) (i) generative (i) (iii) mutual (j) (ii) possibility (k) (i) health related complexity (l) (iii) depression (m) (iii) 20 years (n) (ii) advisor (o) (i) parents like arbitrator (p) (i) harmful effects of immature pregnancy (q) (i) finally (r) (ii) approach (s) (iv) teenager (t) (ii) local (u) (iii) come back (v) (i) child (w) (i) internal injury (x) (iv) cleft
B. Answer the following questions. 2☓5 = 10
(a) "Marrying off daughters at an early age is a standard practice for many families living in rural Bangladesh"- explain it in 2/3 sentences.
(b) How does the local empowerment group most effectively change behaviour related to reproductive health?
(c) What did Shilpi come to understand and how?
(d) What are the activities of the local empowerment group?
(e) What do you know about the NGOs?
❤ Extra Questions:
(f) Write about maternal mortality.
(g) What is fistula?
(h) What is the outlook of the villagers in the story now?
(i) What is the standard practice for girls' marriage in rural Bangladesh?
(j) What health complications do the pregnant girls have?
(k) What are the past and present notions of Shilpi's in-laws' about early marriage and pregnancy?
(l) When did Rashid decide to delay having children for five years?
(m) What happened to the relationship between the couple and her relatives and neighbours?
(n) What is the reason behind the disease- 'Hemorrhage' for women?
(o) Why did Shilpi and Rashid return to the counsellor?
Answer (B):
(a) Bangladesh has a long tradition of marrying off daughters at an early age. This happens mostly in rural areas. It is a very common phenomenon in villages.
(b) The local empowerment group most effectively changes behaviour related to reproductive health by counseling and offering peer-to-peer support to the adolescent girls.
(c) Shilpi came to understand the potentially harmful effects of early marriage and pregnancy. She did so by joining a local empowerment group that provides adolescent girls with the knowledge of health risks of early marriage and pregnancy.
(d) The group discusses on changing behaviour most effectively related to reproductive health as well as one-on-one counselling. It also offers peer-to-peer support and life skills training that encourages adolescents say no to early marriage.
(e) The NGOs work through some foreign health project that aims to increase access to quality health services for adolescents. They also do other welfare tasks.
(f) In Bangladesh, maternal mortality has declined by nearly 40 percent since 2001. The rate is high with 194 deaths per 1,00,000, live births in 2010 dropping from 322 in 2001 with a projected decrease to 143 by 2015.
(g) Fistula is a disease of painful internal injury caused by obstructed childbirth that usually leads to serious maternal morbidities and social exclusion.
(h) Now, the condition has changed in villages. The villagers no longer force the couple to have children at an early age, rather they speak out against early marriage and pregnancy.
(i) Marrying off girls at an early age is the standard practice in rural Bangladesh.
(j) Pregnant girls have serious health complication. These include dangerous hemorrhage and fistula.
(k) Shilpi's in-laws were strongly in favour of early marriage and pregnancy in the past. Later the couple succeeded to change their mindset and they are now deadly against early marriage and childbirth.
(l) Shilpi inspired Rashid to go to discuss about pregnancy with a counsellor who told him about the health risks of an adolescent mother. Hearing all these, she decided to delay having children for five years.
(m) The couple's decision to delay having children made a rift between them and her relatives and neighbours. But later the elders changed their mindset and the relationship turned normal again.
(n) Hemorrhage is a serious disease of internal injury which is usually associated with food habits and life style. But for women, it has been seen that girls who get pregnant at their early age go through obstructed child-birth and this leads them to the serious internal injury of hemorrhage.
(o) Shilpi's mother-in-law and neighbours continued to pressurize the newly weds for child. Unable to convince their close relatives of the risks, Shilpi and Rashid returned to the counselor.
2. (i) Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the works of the NGOs in Bangladesh. (One has been done for you.) 2☓5 = 10
1. Supporting empowerment groups → 2. → 3. → 4. → 5. → 6.
❤ Extra Questions:
(ii) Read the above text and make a flow chart showing what problems Shilpi faced and how she overcame them. (One has been done for you.) 2☓5 = 10
1. Became married at an early age → 2. → 3. → 4. → 5. → 6.
(iii) Read the above text and make a flow chart showing how Shilpi succeeded to convince her in-laws about the bad sides of early marriage and pregnancy. (One has been done for you.) 2´5 = 10
1. Joining a local empowerment group → 2. → 3. → 4. → 5. → 6.
Or, Read the above passage and complete the table below with the given information. 1 × 10 = 10
Who/ What Event/ Activity Where/ When Time/ Year
Shilpi (i) .......... (ii) ..........
Shilpi joining (iii) .......... (iv) ..........
(v) .......... working area (vi) ..........
Maternal mortality (vii) .......... (viii) ..........
Rashid (ix) ..........
(x) .......... convince relatives of the risks at last
Answer (2):
(i) A flow chart showing the works of the NGOs in Bangladesh is given below:
1. Supporting empowerment groups → 2. Working through foreign organizations → 3. Working through foreign reproductive health project → 4. Aiming to have access to quality health services for adolescents → 5. Telling women of the harmful effects of early marriage and pregnancy → 6. Changing the notion of the people about social prejudices
(ii) A flow chart showing what problems Shilpi faced and how she overcame them is given below:
1. Became married at an early age → 2. Facing probable health risks → 3. Being pressurized for taking children → 4. Joining NGO → 5. Becoming aware of potential harmful effects of early pregnancy → 6. Making husband as well as in-laws understand about the risk of early pregnancy
(iii) A flow chart showing how Shilpi succeeded to convince her in-laws about the bad sides of early marriage and pregnancy is given below:
1. Joining a local empowerment group → 2. Knowing the bad effects of early marriage and pregnancy → 3. Telling her husband to meet a counsellor → 4. Making him understand the evils of early pregnancy → 5. Trying to convince her in-laws of the bad sides → 6. Understanding the problems by the in-laws
Or, (i) married (ii) 2008 (iii) local empowerment group (iv) after marriage (v) NGO (vi) Bangladesh (vii) declined by nearly 40% (viii) 2001 (ix) delay having children (x) Shilpi and Rashid
3. Write a summary of the above text. 10
Answer (3):
Shilpi was married off by her parents while she was only 15 years old. Then she joined an empowerment group where she came to know of the bad effects of early marriage and pregnancy. She asked her husband Rashid to discuss pregnancy with a counsellor. They met a counsellor who convinced Rashid to delay having children. Their family and neighbours at first disagreed and insulted them. But eventually they realized their fault and decided to speak against untimely marriage and childbirth.
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
vehicles roads safety return will ear
much because can many has journey
A traffic police is a very familiar figure in cities and towns. We see him on the (a) ––. The weather is uncertain. None (b) ––predict properly how the day (c) ––be. In any weather, he (d) ––to do his duty. His (e) ––hurts and his head aches (f) ––of the sound of the (g) ––. He always cares for our (h) ––on the roads. He faces (i) ––unfavorable situations to ensure our (j) ––or movement. So, we should respect them.
5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap. 1☓10 = 10
Adolescence means the teenage years between 13 and 19. Adolescents (a) –– different both from young children and adults. (b) ––, adolescents are not fully capable of understanding (c) –– concepts. They don't even understand the relationship (d) ––behaviour and consequences, nor they have the (e) –– to take decisions over health issues. It (f) –– make them vulnerable to sexual exploitation and (g) –– risk behaviours. Laws and customs may also (h) –– adolescents. These issues often restrict adolescents' access (i) –– reproductive health information and services. Parents, community (j) –– social institutions should intervene effectively when problems arise.
6. Re-arrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. 10
(a) It was held at the foot of Mount Olympus.
(b) After that, the games were held after every four years until 394 A.D.
(c) The first Olympic Games were held in 776 B.C.
(d) Then it was not held for a long time.
(e) That is why it is called Olympic Games.
(f) But during the two World Wars the games could not be held.
(g) At the beginning it was only meant for the men.
(h) So the modern Olympic Games began in 1896.
(i) Again, De-Cuobertin a French nobleman, planned to restart the games among world communities.
(j) Later, gradually women were allowed to participate in the games.
Part-II: Writing Test (40 Marks)
7. Write a paragraph on "Female Education" answering the following questions in about 200 words. 10
(a) What is the state of female education in Bangladesh? (b) What is the percentage of female literacy? (c) Why is female education necessary? (d) What are the obstacles women face in receiving education? (e) Why are the women of our country lagging behind? (f) What are the advantages of female education?
8. Read the following outlines and develop them into a complete story. Give a suitable title to it. 7
Once a dog stole a piece of meat from a butcher's shop. He ran away with it and at last went to a stream. There was a plank across the ...................
9. Write an email to your pen friend asking him/her to visit Bangladesh. 5
10. The chart below shows the flow of remittance in Bangladesh during the period 2009-2012. Now describe the chart in your own words. 10
Year Amount of remittance (in millions) Number of Immigrants
2009 $ 3,177.85 2,54,110
2010 $ 4,561.62 2,70,550
2011 $ 4,255.19 2,52,000
2012 $ 5,001.20 3,80,710
11. Write down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words). 8
Fair Daffodils, we weep to see
You haste away so soon;
As yet the early-rising sun
Has not attain'd his noon.
Stay, stay,
Until the hasting day
Has run
But to the even-song;
And, having pray'd together we
Will go with you along.
We have short time to stay, as you We have as short a spring;
As quick a growth to meet decay,
As you, or anything.
We die
As your hours do, and dry
Away,
Like to the summer's rain;
Or as the pearls of morning's dew,
Ne'er to be found again.