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-35
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.
My name is Amerigo. I am 13 years old and I live on the street, alone. My mother, who is separated from my father, doesn't want me. She told me to go away ... Now she is married to another man. My father lives very far away. I want to go to him, but he won't take me either. I begged him to send me some money so that I could buy a bus ticket. I am still waiting. He hasn't answered.
The streets are now my home. Sometimes I find work. I used to collect trash and sell it to a vendor. I stopped doing that after I had a serious infection and a doctor told me to stay away from the trash dump. Once I worked for an ice cream shop owner and sold ice cream on the beach. But I got no money in return. The owner of the shop gave me something to eat, and let me sleep in his hut at night. The work was difficult and painful. The ice cream box is quite heavy when it is full. I had to walk for hours, offering my ice cream to whoever wanted to buy. There were days when I could not even sell one ice cream.
In a way, I am lucky because I am alive. My friends who work sorting rubbish in dumps often suffer from serious diseases. One of them was recently killed after he fell into a hole that opened up in the pile of trash. Many of us work for 10 to 12 hours, and get so little in return that we can't even buy food.
Shoe-shining is very popular among the street kids. A few of my friends also work in factories and workshops. A boy I know lost one of his eyes after a piece of hot glass flew into his eye at the glass factory where he worked. The owner refused to pay for medical help and fired him.
For me, like all other children on the street, it is very hard. I am always hungry, and I don't know where I will sleep the next night. I would like to live in my own home and sleep there in peace. The nights are very cold in the winter. You can die of cold in the street.
[Unit-7; Lesson-4]
[CB '17; Rajshahi Cadet College- '16; Rajuk Uttara Model College, Dhaka- '16; Viqarunnisa Noon School & College, Dhaka- '16; Government Bangabandhu College, Gopalganj- '16; Rajshahi College- '16; BIAM Model School & College, Bogra- '16; Bogra Cantonment Public School College- '16; IBN Taimiya School & College, Comilla- '16; Bangladesh College Teachers' Association, Barisal- '16; Amanullah Degree College, Pirojpur- '16]
বাংলা অনুবাদঃ
আমার নাম অ্যামেরিগো। আমার বয়স ১৩ বছর এবং আমি রাস্তায় একাকী বসবাস করি। আমার মা, যে আমার পিতা থেকে পৃথক থাকে, আমাকে চান না। তিনি আমাকে চলে যেতে বলেছিলেন..... এখন তিনি অন্য একজনকে বিয়ে করেছেন। আমার পিতা অনেক দূরে বাস করেন। আমি তার কাছে যেতে চাই, কিন্তু তিনি আমাকে নেবেন না। আমি কিছু টাকা পাঠানোর জন্য তাকে অনুরোধ করেছিলাম এজন্য যে আমি যাতে একটি বাস টিকিট কিনতে পারি। এখনও পর্যন্ত আমি অপেক্ষা করছি। তিনি কোনো উত্তর দেননি।
রাস্তা-ই এখন আমার বাসা। মাঝে মাঝে আমি কাজ পাই। আমি আবর্জনা সংগ্রহ করি এবং এটি ব্রিকতোর কাছে বিক্রয় করি। আমার ভয়ানক একটি সংক্রমণ হওয়ায় একজন ডাক্তার আমাকে আবর্জনা স্তুপ থেকে দূরে থাকতে বলায় আমি এগুলো করা বন্ধ করেছিলাম। একদা আমি একটি আইসক্রীমের দোকান মালিকের হয়ে কাজ করতাম এবং সমুদ্রতীরে আইসক্রীম বিক্রি করতাম। কিন্তু বিনিময়ে আমি কোন টাকা পেতাম না। দোকানের মালিক আমাকে কিছু খেতে দিতেন এবং রাতে তার কুঁড়েঘরে ঘুমাতে দিতেন। কাজটি খুবই কঠিন এবং বেদনাদায়ক ছিল। আইসক্রীম বক্সটি খুবই ভারী হত যখন এটি পূর্ণ থাকত। যারা আইসক্রীম নিতে চাইতো তাদের দেওয়ার জন্য আমাকে ঘণ্টার পর ঘণ্টা হাটতে হত। এমনও দিন গেছে যেদিন আমি একটা আইসক্রীমও বিক্রি করতে পারতাম না।
এভাবে আমি ভাগ্যবান যে আমি বেঁচে আছি। আমার বন্ধুরা যারা আবর্জনা আলাদা করার কাজ করে তারা প্রায়ই মারাত্মক রোগে ভোগে। তাদের মধ্যে একজন কিছুদিন আগে একটি গর্তে পড়ে মারা গিয়েছিল যা ময়লার স্তুপে ভরা ছিল। আমাদের অনেকেই ১০ থেকে ১২ ঘন্টা কাজ করি এবং বিনিময়ে খুব কম মূল্য পাই যা দিয়ে আমরা এমনকি খাবারও কিনতে পারি না।
পথশিশুদের জন্য জুতা পালিশ করা খুবই জনপ্রিয়। আমার কিছু বন্ধু কলকারখানা ও ওয়ার্কশপ-এ কাজ করে। তার কারখানায় এক টুকরা গরম কাচের টুকরা উড়ে এসে চোখে পড়ায় আমার পরিচিত এক ছেলে একটি চোখ হারিয়েছিল। মালিক তাকে কোনো চিকিৎসা সেবা দিতে অস্বীকার করে এবং চাকরি হতে বরখাস্ত করে।
আমার মতো রাস্তার অন্যান্য শিশুদের জন্য এটি খুবই কঠিন কাজ। আমি সর্বদা ক্ষুধার্ত থাকি এবং আমি এটি জানি না যে পরবর্তী রাতে আমি কোথায় ঘুমাব। আমি আমার নিজের ঘরে থাকতে এবং শান্তিতে ঘুমাতে পছন্দ করতাম। শীতকালের রাত খুবই ঠান্ডা। তুমি ঠাণ্ডাতে রাস্তায় মারা যেতে পার।
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 1☓5 = 5
(a) What is the meaning of the word 'separate'?
(i) waste (ii) divide (iii) serious (iv) busy
(b) The word 'vendor' refers to —.
(i) dealer (ii) suffer (iii) friend (iv) relative
(c) Amerigo's present residence is —.
(i) hill (ii) forest (iii) slum (iv) street
(d) Which word describes the word 'refuse' best?
(i) accept (ii) decline (iii) serious (iv) important
(e) The expression '... can die of cold...' in the context means —.
(i) may die because of cold weather (ii) may be sick because of cold weather
(iii) may get cold (iv) may suffer from fever
❤ Extra Questions:
(f) The phrase 'far away' refers to —.
(i) field (ii) close (iii) afar (iv) nearby
(g) Amerigo's parents are —.
(i) egocentric (ii) selfless (iii) benevolent (iv) self-centered
(h) Where did Amerigo sell ice cream?
(i) sea shore (ii) sea beach (iii) coast (iv) all the above
(i) Amerigo is a/ an —.
(i) adult (ii) teenager (iii) child (iv) all of the above
(j) What does the word 'fire' mean in the passage?
(i) flame (ii) force out from job (iii) fuel (iv) both (i) and (ii)
(k) Amerigo begged money from his father for —.
(i) buying food (ii) arranging a shelter (iii) buying bus ticket (iv) all the above
(l) Which statement is not true about Amerigo?
(i) a street urchin (ii) does odd jobs (iii) lives in streets (iv) works in a factory
(m) What is more popular among the street kids?
(i) working in factories (ii) collecting trash (iii) shining-shoes (iv) selling ice-cream
(n) The streets are considered as — to Amerigo.
(i) working place (ii) school (iii) home (iv) workshop
(o) The street children work almost —.
(i) half of the day (ii) two third of the day (iii) the whole day (iv) one third of the day
(p) Which work causes infection?
(i) selling ice-cream (ii) collecting trash (iii) shoe-shining (iv) working in factories
(q) "I am always hungry, and I don't know where I will sleep the next night."— this statement refers to —.
(i) the uncertainty of Amerigo's life (ii) the certainty of Amerigo's life
(iii) the predictability of Amerigo's life (iv) none of the above
(r) What did he get by selling ice-cream?
(i) money and food (ii) money and shelter (iii) food and shelter (iv) money, food and shelter
(s) What do you understand by "trash dump"?
(i) waste-yard (ii) garbage (iii) dung (iv) beach
(t) The word "owner" refers to —.
(i) a person who owes (ii) a person who owns (iii) a person who buys (iv) all the above
(u) "But I got no money in return'- here 'return' means —
(i) come back (ii) repeat (iii) result (iv) exchange
(v) According to the passage the closest meaning of the word "peace" is —
(i) tranquility (ii) comfort (iii) rest (iv) trouble
(w) "Whoever" is more close to —
(i) whatever (ii) who (iii) whosoever (iv) another
(x) What is the meaning of the word 'trash'?
(i) divide (ii) part (iii) waste (iv) hawker
(y) Amerigo considers himself lucky because he is —.
(i) dead (ii) meritorious (iii) intelligent (iv) alive
(z) Which of the following words describes the word 'pain' best?
(i) sting (ii) serious (iii) divide (iv) garbage
(aa) What does the expression 'refused to pay' in the context refer?
(i) did not agree to pay (ii) agree to pay
(iii) gave loan (iv) wanted to give loan on interest
(bb) "I would like to live in my own home and sleep there in peace." What does it imply?
(i) home is the most peaceful place to live (ii) home is the safe place for living
(iii) everyone wants to have a home of their own (iv) all of the above
Answer (A):
(a) (ii) divide (b) (i) dealer (c) (iv) street (d) (ii) decline (e) (i) may die because of cold weather (f) (iii) afar (g) (iv) self centered (h) (iv) all the above (i) (ii) teenager (j) (ii) force out from job (k) (iii) buying bus ticket (l) (iv) works in a factory (m) (iii) shining-shoes (n) (iii) home (o) (i) half of the day (p) (ii) collecting trash (q) (i) the uncertainty of Amerigo's life (r) (iii) food and shelter (s) (i) waste-yard (t) (ii) a person who owns (u) (iv) exchange (v) (ii) comfort (w) (iii) whosoever (x) (iii) waste (y) (iv) alive (z) (i) sting (aa) (i) did not agree to pay (bb) (iv) all of the above
B. Answer the following questions. 2☓5 = 10
(a) What do you know about Amerigo? Describe in brief.
(b) What was Amerigo's first job? What made him stop doing that job?
(c) How was one of Amerigo's friends killed?
(d) How many hours do the street children work for and how do they earn?
(e) What does Amerigo desire now? Should he deserve such things? Why/ Why not?
❤ Extra Questions:
(f) Why does Amerigo live in street?
(g) Why Amerigo's parents do not accept him?
(h) How was he paid for selling ice-cream?
(i) Who are street children?
(j) What do the street children long for?
(k) What are the popular jobs among the street children?
(l) What is the reason behind Amerigo's sufferings?
(m) "I am lucky because I am alive."- What do you understand by this statement?
(n) Do the street children get hygienic atmosphere to live in? Write the reasons supporting your answer.
(o) What can happen at the nights of winter?
(p) Who is Amerigo and where does he live?
(q) How was the condition of Amerigo's parents?
(r) Why did Amerigo stop collecting trash?
(s) How was Amerigo's experience of selling ice-cream?
(t) What happened to the boy who worked in a factory?
Answer (B):
(a) Amerigo is a boy of 13 years old. He lives on the street. He passes his life in very hardship.
(b) Amerigo's first job was collecting trash and selling it to a vendor. Once he had a serious infection and a doctor told him to stay away from the trash dump so he stopped doing that/ such kind of work.
(c) One of Amerigo's friends was killed after he fell into a hole that opened up in the pile of trash.
(d) The street children work for 10 to 12 hours and the earn was very little by collecting trash and working in factories and workshops.
(e) Amerigo now desires to live in his own home and sleep there in peace. In my opinion his desire of such things is not illogical because everyone has the right to expect anything from society. It is his basic human right.
(f) Amerigo lives in street because he does not have any home to live in as his parents leave him alone.
(g) Amerigo's parents do not want to accept him because they are self-centered. They cannot allow him to be burdened on them.
(h) For selling ice-cream Amerigo was not paid in money. In stead of money the owner gave him something to eat and let him sleep in his hut at night.
(i) The children who are helpless, rootless and homeless are street children.
(j) The street children long for food to satisfy their hunger and shelter to live in.
(k) Among various kinds of jobs collecting trash, shoe-shining, working in factories are the most popular among the street children.
(l) The reason behind Amerigo's sufferings is his parents self-centeredness. They only think about themselves not for their child.
(m) This statement is an irony. For Amerigo being alive is a matter of luck. Other children like him are killed in many ways. They have very miserable life. They do not get sufficient food, shelter etc. In this case when they find themselves alive in adverse surrounding, they find themselves lucky.
(n) The street children do not get hygienic atmosphere to live in. They have to live in filthy streets because they do not have their own home. They eat unhygienic food which is not good for health. They wear filthy clothes which are hotbeds of germs.
(o) The nights of winter are very cold. The children who live in the street can die of cold in the winter nights.
(p) Amerigo is a thirteen years old rootless street urchin and he lives on the street.
(q) Amerigo's mother and father are separated from each other. His mother married another man and his father lives far away. Amerigo wants to live with them but they do not want him.
(r) Amerigo stopped collecting trash because once he had a serious infection and a doctor told him to stay away from the trash dump.
(s) Amerigo's experience of selling ice-cream was very painful. He had to walk for hours taking/ caring a box full of ice-cream. He offered ice cream to the buyers. Sometimes he could not even sell one ice cream. The owner of Amerigo did not pay him any money in return rather he provides him food and accommodation.
(t) The boy lost one of his eyes after a piece of hot glass flew into his eye at the glass factory where he worked. The owner refused to pay for medical help and fired him.
2. (i) Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the painful experience of a street child has to suffer to survive. (One has been done for you.) [CB '17] 2☓5 = 10
1. Homeless → 2. → 3. → 4. → 5. → 6.
❤ Extra Questions:
(ii) Read the above text and make a flow chart giving information about Amerigo's life. (One has been done for you.) 2☓5 = 10
1. Amerigo' a street child → 2. → 3. → 4. → 5. → 6.
(iii) Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the story of Amerigo's life. (One has been done for you.) 2☓5 = 10
1. Boy of 13 years old → 2. → 3. → 4. → 5. → 6.
Or, Read the above passage and complete the table below with the given information. 1 × 10 = 10
What/ Who Activity How/ Time Where/ When
Amerigo's mother is separated (i) ..........
Amerigo (ii) .......... to his father
Amerigo's doctor told to stay away (iii) ..........
(iv) .......... worked once an ice-cream shop owner
Amerigo's friend worked (v) .......... in dumps
Many of Amerigo's friends worked (vi) ..........
Amerigo (vii) .......... in own house
Amerigo (viii) .......... on street
The nights (ix) .......... cold (x) ..........
Answer (2):
(i) A flow chart showing the painful experiences a street child has to suffer to survive is given below:
1. Homeless → 2. Working hard in different sectors → 3. Collecting trash and selling it → 4. Living and sleeping in the street in sunshine and rain → 5. Working in Factories or workshops → 6. Selling ice-cream
(ii) A flow chart giving information about Amerigo's life is given below:
1. A street child → 2. 13 years old → 3. Left by parents → 4. Trash collector → 5. Ice-cream seller → 6. No security of life
(ii) A flowchart narrating the story of Amerigo's life is given below:
1. Boy of 13 → 2. Living in the street → 3. Collecting trash and sold to a vendor → 4. Stopping the profession after getting a serious infection → 5. Working for an ice-cream selling owner and sold them on the beach → 6. Feeling always hungry and having no fixed place to sleep on
Or, (i) from his father (ii) wants to go (iii) from the trash dump (iv) Amerigo (v) sorting rubbish (vi) 10-12 hours (vii) would like to live (viii) lives (ix) are (x) in the winter
3. Write a summary of the above text. 10
Answer (3):
The passage narrates the condition of street children. Amerigo is a boy of thirteen years old and lives on the street. His first job was to collect trash and sell them to a vendor. Infected by a serious disease, he stopped doing that job. Then Amerigo started selling ice-cream but this experience was not good either. Still he thinks himself to be lucky because his friends have to do risky jobs. Even one of his friends lost his life and another boy lost one of his eyes. He has a dream for his own home where he would like to live peacefully.
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
and behaviours the risk appearance influences
transition of characterised time to considerable
Adolescence describes the teenage years between 13 and 19. It is a period of life when (a) –– from childhood to adulthood takes place and (b) –– and lifestyle are shaped. WHO identifies adolescence (c) –– be a period which shapes the future (d) –– girls' and boys' lives. Adolescence is a (e) –– of tremendous growth, potential as well as (f) –– risk during which social contexts exert powerful (g) ––. There are 28 million adolescents in Bangladesh. (h) –– situation of adolescent girls in Bangladesh is (i) –– by inequality and subordination within the family (j) –– society. This inequality leads to widespread practice of child marriage, marginalisation or exclusion from society.
5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap. 1☓10 = 10
Bangladeshi folk music has a great variety. (a) –– varieties of folk songs have come from (b) –– variation. Besides the culture and lifestyle of (c) –– tribes of our country have influenced folk (d) ––. Folk songs may be sung individually or (e) –– chorus. Chorus is the group of people (f) –– sing and dance together. Kabigan, Leto, Alkap (g) –– Gambhira etc are performed in chorus. Some (h) –– cross religious boundaries and some do not. (i) –– are also some folk songs on which (j) –– can only participate. Bratagan and Meyeli Git are such kind of songs.
6. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. 10
(a) Besides, it will destroy the biodiversity to a great extent.
(b) We have to think again and again how to save our animals.
(c) Coastline retreat occurs due to extreme natural disasters.
(d) Last of all, it will be a great disaster for us.
(e) Research shows that the Sundarbans shared by both Bangladesh and India is slowly getting destroyed by erosion, rising of sea levels and storm surges.
(f) It is telling why population of the tigers of the Sundarbans is declining in an alarming rate.
(g) It is utterly said that these types of events are nothing but threats to the survival of the majestic animals of our dear Sundarbans.
(h) According to Natalie Pettorelli rapid coastline retreat is the main cause of the forest.
(i) Hence the existence of the tigers is at stake.
(j) The text has given importance on tiger population.
Part-II: Writing Test (40 Marks)
7. Write a paragraph based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 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? (g) How can educated women contribute to the socio-economic development of our country.
8. The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words. 7
Once there lived a happy cobbler who passed his days in working and singing from morning till night. A rich man was his neighbour who asked him one day "How much a year do you earn?" The cobbler laughed and said.................
9. Suppose, you are Ifti. Write an e-mail to your friend Rabbi asking him to give up the habit of taking drugs. 5
10. Look at the following graph. It shows a comparative selling rates of four types of books in Ekushey Boi Mela 2014. Now analyze the graph at least 80 words. 10
11. Write down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words). 8
Alone, alone, all, all alone,
Alone on a wide wide sea!
And never a saint took pity on
My soul in agony. The many men, so beautiful!
The they all dead did lie
And a thousand thousand slimy things
Lives on; and so did I.
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