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-28
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.
...........But when we go to borrow help from a foreign neighbourhood we overlook the fact.... that among the Europeans the living spirit of the University is widely spread in their society, their parliament, their literature, and the numerous activities of their corporate life. In all these functions they are in perpetual touch with the great personality of the land which is creative and heroic in its constant acts of self-expression and self-sacrifice. They have their thoughts published in their books as well as through the medium of living men who think those thoughts, and who criticise, compare and disseminate them. Some at least of the drawbacks of their academic education are redeemed by the living energy of the intellectual personality pervading their social organism. It is like the stagnant reservoir of water which finds its purification in the showers of rain to which it keeps itself open. But, to our misfortune, we have in India all the furniture of the European University except the human teacher...
A most important truth, which we are apt to forget, is that a teacher can never truly teach unless he is still learning himself. A lamp can never light another lamp unless it continues to burn its own flame. The teacher who has come to the end of his subject, who has no living traffic with his knowledge, but merely repeats his lessons to his students, can only load their minds; he cannot quicken them. Truth not only must inform but inspire. If the inspiration dies out, and the information only accumulates, then truth loses its infinity. The greater part of our learning in the schools has been waste because, for most of our teachers, their subjects are like dead specimens of once living things, with which they have a learned acquaintance, but no communication of life and love................
[Unit-6; Lesson-1]
বাংলা অনুবাদঃ
............. কিন্তু প্রতিবেশী দেশগুলো থেকে সাহায্য নেওয়ার বেলায় আমরা তা এড়িয়ে যাই............. ইউরোপীয় বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়গুলোর প্রাণবন্ত উচ্ছ্বাস তাদের সমাজ, আইনসভা, সাহিত্য ও তাদের জীবনের নানামুখী কর্মকাণ্ডে ব্যাপকভাবে বিস্তৃত। এসব কার্যক্রমে তারা সবসময় তাদের নিজেদের মহৎ ব্যক্তিবর্গের সংস্পর্শে থাকেন যা আত্ম-অভিব্যক্তি ও আত্ম-উৎসর্গের স্থায়ী কর্মে সৃজনশীল ও বীরত্বসূচক। তারা তাদের চিন্তা-চেতনা বইয়ে এবং যেসব জীবিত ব্যক্তিবর্গ সেসব চিন্তাকে ধারণ করেন, সমালোচনা করেন এবং সেগুলোর বিস্তার ঘটিয়ে থাকেন তাদের মাধ্যমে প্রকাশ করে থাকেন। প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক শিক্ষার অপূর্ণতার অন্তঃত কিছু জায়গায় সামাজিক কাঠামোতে পরিব্যপ্ত বুদ্ধিজীবী ব্যক্তিত্বের ক্ষমতা দ্বারা রক্ষা পেয়েছে। এটা বদ্ধ জলাধারের মতো যা বৃষ্টির ঝরণাধারার মধ্যে তার পরিশোধন খুঁজে যেখানে এটি নিজেকে মুক্ত রাখতে পারে। কিন্তু আমাদের দুর্ভাগ্য আমাদের ভারতবর্ষের ইউরোপীয় বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়গুলোর সব রকম সুবিধা আছে, শুধু অভিজ্ঞ শিক্ষক ছাড়া।
একটি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ সত্য, যা আমাদের ভুলতে সক্ষম করে যে, একজন শিক্ষক নিজের পড়াশোনা চালু না রেখে কখনও পরিপূর্ণভাবে শিক্ষা দিতে পারে না। একটি বাতি নিজের শিখা না জ্বালালে অন্য বাতিকে আলো দিতে পারে না। যে শিক্ষক তার বিষয়ে জানার অন্তিম পর্যায়ে এসেছে, যার জ্ঞানের সাথে সংশ্লিষ্টতা নেই, কিন্তু বার বার একই বিষয় শিক্ষার্থীদের কাছে উপস্থাপন করেন তিনি শুধু তাদের মনের ওপর চাপ প্রয়োগ করতে পারেন, তাদেরকে প্রাণবন্ত করতে পারেন না। সত্য শুধু জানানো হয় না অনুপ্রেরণাও যোগায়। যদি অনুপ্রেরণা শেষ হয়ে যায়, তথ্য শুধু জমা হয়, তখন সত্য তার অসীমতা হারিয়ে ফেলে। আমাদের স্কুল শিক্ষার বেশির ভাগ অপচয় হয়েছে কারণ আমাদের অধিকাংশ শিক্ষকের নিকট তাদের বিষয়গুলো এক সময়ের জীবন্ত বিষয়ের মৃত নমুনার মতো যার সাথে তাদের শিক্ষা বিষয়ক পরিচিতি রয়েছে, কিন্তু জীবন ও ভালোবাসার সাথে কোনো যোগাযোগ নেই।...........
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 1☓5 = 5
(a) A teacher can never teach without —.
(i) maintaining students (ii) drawing attention of students
(iii) learning himself (iv) none of these
(d) What does the phrase 'as well as' mean?
(i) moreover (ii) actually (iii) and (iv) but
(c) "But, to our misfortune, we have in India all the furniture of the European university except the human teacher"– what does it mean?
(i) our teachers are not human being (ii) having lack of proper teacher
(iii) teachers are unable to teach (iv) having lack of proper educative environment
(d) The word 'neighbourhood' means —.
(i) locality (ii) region (iii) area (iv) town
(e) The meaning of 'overlook' is —.
(i) concentrate (ii) ignore (iii) stress (iv) damage
❤ Extra Questions:
(f) The word 'numerous' means —.
(i) several (ii) some (iii) many (iv) infinite
(g) The synonym of the word 'corporate' is —.
(i) government (ii) collaborative (iii) joint (iv) federal
(h) The meaning of the word 'perpetual' is —.
(i) general (ii) eternal (iii) usual (iv) daily
(i) The meaning of 'function' is —.
(i) work (ii) duty (iii) fluctuation (iv) notion
(j) Here the word 'personality' means —.
(i) popular (ii) celebrity (iii) unknown (iv) important
(k) 'Criticise' means —
(i) evaluate (ii) praise (iii) tell bad (iv) dishonour
(l) What is the meaning of the word 'disseminate'?
(i) contrast (ii) spread (iii) ignore (iv) stress
(m) The meaning of 'drawback' is —.
(i) withdrawal (ii) look back (iii) disadvantage (iv) to draw by hands
(n) The word 'academic' means —.
(i) personal (ii) joint (iii) collegiate (iv) institutional
(o) The word 'redeem' means —.
(i) recover (ii) rescue (iii) recall (iv) response
(p) 'Pervade' means —.
(i) spread through (ii) persecute (iii) invade (iv) breakthrough
(q) The actual meaning of 'social organism' is —.
(i) social conflict (ii) social structure viewed as a living organism
(iii) social movement (iv) different organs
(r) The meaning of 'stagnant' is —.
(i) unhygienic (ii) dirty (iii) stinky (iv) still
(s) 'Flame' means —.
(i) smoke (ii) fog (iii) vapour (iv) fire
(t) The living spirit of a European university is spread in their —.
(i) literature (ii) society (iii) parliament (iv) all of them
(u) "It is like the stagnant reservoir of water which finds its purification in the showers of rain to which it keeps itself open." What does it imply?
(i) importance of knowledge (ii) greatness of educational institution
(iii) building of important institution (iv) importance of education
(v) What is the duty of 'Truth'?
(i) to inform (ii) to inspire (iii) to inform and inspire (iv) none of these
(w) Universities of India have all the furniture of........ University.
(i) the European University (ii) the Asian University
(iii) the Indian University (iv) University of Asia Pasific
Answer (A):
(a) (iii) learning himself (b) (iii) and (c) (iv) having lack of proper educative environment (d) (i) locality (e) (ii) ignore (f) (iii) many (g) (ii) collaborative (h) (ii) eternal (i) (i) work (j) (ii) celebrity (k) (i) evaluate (l) (ii) spread (m) (iii) disadvantage (n) (iv) institutional (o) (ii) rescue (p) (i) spread through (q) (ii) social structure viewed as a living organism (r) (iv) still (s) (iv) fire (t) (iv) all of them (u) (i) importance of knowledge (v) (iii) to inform and inspire (w) (i) the European University
B. Answer the following questions. 2☓5 = 10
(a) What do the Indian universities lack?
(b) How should be a teacher?
(c) Why has the greater part of our learning in the school been wasted?
(d) What do you mean by 'human teacher'?
(e) Do you agree with Tagore when he says that the training we get in our schools makes us believe that we must borrow rather than produce?
❤ Extra Questions:
(f) When can a teacher truly teach a student?
(g) When can a lamp light another lamp?
(h) When does the truth lose its infinity?
Answer (B):
(a) The Indian universities have all European furniture but they do not have the teachers like Europe.
(b) A teacher should never come to the end of his subject. He should not repeat his lessons to his students. He should not load the minds of the students but quicken them.
(c) The greater part of our learning in the school has been wasted because for most of our teachers their subjects are like dead specimens of once living things.
(d) By the phrase 'human teacher', I mean a teacher who does not teach in a conventional way, i.e just distribution of knowledge. He/she does not make his/her teaching like an artificial food, rather he/she is creative and attaches some human spirit to his/her teaching technique.
(e) Yes, I agree with Tagore, because our education system is based on the copying of foreign-education system. As it is a passing examination based education system, we feel little interest to produce rather we borrow and try to pass the obstacle of examination.
(f) A teacher can truly teach a student if he is still learning and he has connection with his knowledge. He never loads students' minds repeating his lessons to them.
(g) A lamp can only light another lamp when it continues to burn its own flame.
(h) When the inspiration dies out and the information only accumulates, then the truth loses its infinity.
2. Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the effects of teaching of a European university. (One has been done for you.) 2☓5 = 10
1. The living spirit of university → 2. → 3. → 4. → 5. → 6.
Answer (2):
A flow chart showing the effects of teaching of a European University is given below:
1. The living spirit of university → 2. Spreading in their society → 3. Spreading in the parliament → 4. Spreading in their literature → 5. Influence on their corporate life → 6. Acts of self-expression by the great personality
3. Write a summary of the above text. 10
Answer (3):
We only learn to borrow help from foreign universities. But we do not observe the fact that unlike Indian universities, European universities have much influence on European society, parliament, literature and the numerous activities of their corporate life. We have all the furniture of European universities except the human teacher. A teacher is compared to a lamp. A teacher can never truly teach if he does not go on learning. His subjects are dead specimens of once living things. They have a learned acquaintance, but no communication of life and love.
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
right freedom fight took respect take
sacrifice be pride proud honoured times
People of all sectors contributed in our Liberation War. The people who (a) — part in the war of independence are called freedom fighters. They (b) — in all lands and in all (c) —. Freedom is the birth (d) — of man and it (e) — the sweetest above everything. Our freedom fighters (f) — for long nine months and many of them (g) — their lives to bring (h) — for our nation. They are our (i) —. We all should show proper (j) — to them.
Answer (4):
(a) take (b) are honoured (c) times (d) right (e) is (f) fought (g) sacrificed (h) freedom (i) pride (j) respect
5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap. 1☓10 = 10
Many events took place in the last century. The most (a) — event for Bangladesh in the last century has been its birth as an (b) — nation. Prior to that, it experienced British (c) — rule until 1947, followed by an (d) — existence as East Pakistan from 1947 to 1971. The life of our people has often been shaped by tragedy. Floods have (e) — our land and tidal waves from the sea have (f) —away thousands of lives. (g) — has been an ever-present spectre. As a result, nearly seventy percent of the population suffer from various degrees of (h) — . Rapid population growth has added to this problem. Although the growth rate has slowed down to some extent, the population has almost (i) — since independence. On the other hand, turbulent politics and (j) —, and the rise of terrorism and crime are adversely affecting society.
Answer (5):
(a) significant (b) independent (c) colonial (d) oppressive (e) devastated (f) swept (g) Poverty (h) malnutrition (i) doubled (j) instability
6. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. 1☓10 = 10
(a) At the age of 26 he got PhD in Cosmology from Cambridge University.
(b) At the age of thirty-two, he received the prestigious Albert Einstein Award for theoretical physics.
(c) Stephen Hawking was born in 1942.
(d) He wrote the book "A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to the Black Holes".
(e) He became very famous for this.
(f) In it he explained cosmology for the general public which established him as a great scientist.
(g) He made investigations into the origin of the universe.
(h) He is considered to be the greatest physicist after Einstein.
(i) He was very skilled in mathematics from an early age.
(j) In 1979 he joined Cambridge University.
Answer (6):
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
c h I a b j d f g e
N.B: For Answer to Questions No. 7-11 See Composition Part.
Part-II: Writing Test (40 Marks)
7. Write a paragraph on "Folk Music" on the basis of the answers to the following questions given below. 10
(a) What is Music? (b) What is Folk Music? (c) What are the features of folk music? (d) What are the different genres of folk music? (e) What are the subject matters of folk music? (f) What different folk music is there for different regions?
8. The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words. 7
Once there lived a poor man in a village. He had a peculiar goose which laid a golden egg every day. The poor man earned his livelihood by ......................
9. Suppose, one of your friends has made a brilliant result in the final examination. Now, congratulate him on his brilliant success by using email. 5
10. The graph below shows the Foreign Money Exchange Rate in Bangladesh in 2014. Describe the graph. You should highlight the information and report the main features given in the graph.
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11. Write the theme of the following text. (Not more than 50 words). 8
... ... (T)he Negro is still not free... ... the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination... (T)he Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of the vast ocean of material prosperity... (T)he Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition...
I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is dream deeply in American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
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