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।
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Part-I: Reading Test (60 Marks)
1. Read the passage and answer the questions A and B.
Valentina Tereshkova was born in the village Maslennikovo, Tutayevsky District, in Central Russia. Tereshkova's father was a tractor driver and her mother worked in a textile plant. Tereshkova began school in 1945 at the age of eight, but left school in 1953 and continued her education through distance learning. She became interested in parachuting from a young age, and trained in skydiving at the local Aeroclub, making her first jump at age 22 on 21 May 1959. At that time she was employed as a textile worker in a local factory. It was her expertise in skydiving that led to her selection as a cosmonaut.
After the flight of Yuri Gagarin (the first human being to travel to outer space in 1961), the Soviet Union decided to send a woman in space. On 16 February 1962, "proletaria" Valentina Tereshkova was selected for this project from among more than four hundred applicants. Tereshkova had to undergo a series of training that included weightless flights, isolation tests, centrifuge tests, rocket theory, spacecraft engineering, 120 parachute jumps and pilot training in MiG-15UTI jet fighters.
Since the successful launch of the spacecraft Vostok-5 on 14 June 1963, Tereshkova began preparing for her own flight. On the morning of 16 June 1963, Tereshkova and her back-up cosmonaut Solovyova were dressed in space-suits and taken to the space shuttle launch pad by a bus. After completing her communication and life support checks, she was sealed inside Vostok 6. Finishing a two-hour countdown, Vostok-6 launched faultlessly.
Although Tereshkova experienced nausea and physical discomfort for much of the flight, she orbited the earth 48 times and spent almost three days in space. With a single flight, she logged more flight time than the combined times of all American astronauts who had flown before that date. Tereshkova also maintained a flight log and took photographs of the horizon, which were later used to identify aerosol layers within the atmosphere.
Vostok-6 was the final Vostok flight and was launched two days after Vostok-5, which carried Valery Bykovsky into a similar orbit for five days, landing three hours after Tereshkova. The two vessels approached each other within 5 kilometers at one point, and from space Tereshkova communicated with Bykovsky and the Soviet leader Khrushchev by radio.
Much later, in 1977 Tereshkova earned a doctorate in Engineering from Zhukovsky Air Force Academy. Afterwards she turned to politics. During the Soviet regime she became one of the presidium members of the Supreme Soviet. Now this living legend is a member in the lower house of the Russian legislature. On her 70th birthday when she was invited by the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, she expressed her desire to fly to Mars, even if for a one-way trip.
[Unit-1; Lesson-3]
[Feni Girls' Cadet College, Feni- '16]
বাংলা অনুবাদঃ
ভেলেন্তিনা তেরেসকোভা মধ্য রাশিয়ার টাটাভস্কি জেলার মাসলোনিকোভা গ্রামে জন্মগ্রহণ করেন। তেরেসকোভার বাবা ছিলেন একজন ট্রাকটর চালক আর তার মা একটি টেক্সটাইল কারখানায় কাজ করতেন। ১৯৪৫ সালে আট বছর বয়সে তেরেসকোভা বিদ্যালয়ে যান, কিন্তু ১৯৫৩ সালে স্কুল ত্যাগ করেন এবং দূরশিক্ষণের মাধ্যমে তার পড়াশোনা চালিয়ে যান। অল্প বয়স থেকেই তিনি প্যারাশূট চালনায় আগ্রহী হয়ে উঠেন, এবং স্থানীয় একটি এরোক্লাবে স্কাইডাইভিঙের প্রশিক্ষণ নেন, ১৯৫৯ সালের ২১ মে ২২ বছর বয়সে প্রথম অভিযান শুরু করেন। ঐ সময় তিনি একটি স্থানীয় কারখানায় টেক্সটাইলের কর্মী হিসাবে কাজ করতেন। স্কাইডাইভিঙে তার নৈপূণ্য তাকে নভোচারী হিসাবে নির্বাচিত হওয়ার পক্ষে সুযোগ তৈরি করে।
ইউরি গ্যাগরিনের মহাকাশ অভিযানের পর (প্রথম মানব যিনি ১৯৬১ সালে মহাকাশ ভ্রমণ করেন), সোভিয়েত ইউনিয়ন মহাশূন্যে একজন মহিলা পাঠানোর সিদ্ধান্ত নেয়। ১৯৬২ সালের ১৬ ফেব্রুয়ারি “প্রলিটারিয়া” ভেলেন্তিনা তেরেসকোভাকে চারশত আবেদনকারীদের মধ্যে বাছাই করা হয়। তেরেসকোভাকে অনেকগুলো প্রশিক্ষণ নিতে হয় সেগুলোর মধ্যে রয়েছে ওজনবিহীন উড্ডয়ন, নির্জনতার পরীক্ষা, তরল পদার্থে বস্তুকণিকাকে ঘূর্ণনগতির দ্বারা পরস্পর থেকে পৃথক করার পরীক্ষা, রকেট চালানোর বিদ্যা, মহাকাশযান প্রকৌশলবিদ্যা, ১২০ প্যারাশূট উড্ডয়ন এবং মিগ-15UTI জেট বিমান চালনার প্রশিক্ষণ।
১৯৬৩ সালের ১৪ জুন মহাকাশযান ভস্টক-৫ এর সফলজনক অভিযানের পর, তেরেসকোভা তার নিজের অভিযানের প্রস্তুতি নেন। ১৯৬৩ সালের ১৬ জুন সকালে, তেরেসকোভা এবং তার সহযোগী নভোচারী সলোভাইওভা নভোচারীর পোশাক পরিধান করেন এবং একটি বাসে করে তাকে মহাকাশযান উড্ডয়নের মঞ্চে নিয়ে যাওয়া হয়। তার যোগাযোগ এবং জীবন রক্ষাকারী সরঞ্জামের পরীক্ষা সম্পূর্ণ করার পর, তাকে ভস্টক-৬ এর মধ্যে নিয়ে যাওয়া হয়। দুই-ঘণ্টা উল্টো গণনার পর, ভষ্টক-৬ ত্রুটিহীনভাবে যাত্রা শুরু করে।
যদিও বিমানে উড্ডয়নের ফলে তেরেসকোভার বমি বমি ভাব হয়েছিল এবং শারীরিকভাবে অস্বস্তি অনুভব করেছিলেন, তিনি ৪৮ বার পৃথিবীকে প্রদক্ষিণ করেছিলেন এবং মহাশূন্যে প্রায় তিনদিন অতিবাহিত করেন। মাত্র একবার উড্ডয়ন করে, তিনি ঐ তারিখের পূর্বে সকল আমেরিকান নভোচারীরা যে সময় ব্যয় করেছিল তার চেয়ে বেশি সময় অতিবাহিত করেন। তেরেসকোভা উড্ডয়নের একটি সময় তালিকা বজায় রাখতেন এবং দিগন্তের ছবি তুলতেন, যা পরবর্তীতে জলবায়ু এরোসলের স্তর সনাক্তকরণে ব্যবহৃত হয়।
ভস্টক-৬ হচ্ছে সর্বশেষ ভস্টক ফ্লাইট যা ভস্টক-৫ উড্ডয়নের দুই দিন পর চালু হয়, যা ভ্যালারি ভাইকভস্কিকে একই পথে পাঁচদিনের জন্য বহন করে, এবং তেরেসকোভা মাটিতে অবতরণের তিন ঘণ্টা পরে অবতরণ করেন। মহাকাশযান দুইটি এক সময় পাঁচ কিলোমিটারের মধ্যে পৌঁছে যায়, এবং মহাকাশযান থেকে তেরেসকোভা ভাইকভস্কি এবং সোভিয়েত নেতা খরুসচেঙ এর সাথে রেডিওর মাধ্যমে যোগাযোগ করেন।
অনেক পরে, ১৯৭৭ সালে তেরেসকোভা জুকোভস্কি এয়ারফোর্স একাডেমি থেকে ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং এর উপর ডক্টরেট ডিগ্রী অর্জন করেন। এরপর, তিনি রাজনীতিতে যোগদান করেন। সোভিয়েত শাসনের সময়কালে তিনি সুপ্রীম সোভিয়েতের একজন প্রেসিডিয়াম সদস্য হোন। এখন এই জীবন্ত কিংবদন্তী রাশিয়ান পার্লামেন্টের নিæকক্ষের একজন সদস্য। তার ৭০তম জন্মদিনে যখন রাশিয়ান প্রধানমন্ত্রী ভ্লাদিমির পুতিন তাকে নিমন্ত্রণ জানিয়েছিল, তিনি মঙ্গল গ্রহে যাওয়ার ইচ্ছা ব্যক্ত করেন। এমনকি যদি তিনি সেখান থেকে ফিরে আসতে নাও পারেন তবুও।
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 1☓5 = 5
(a) Valentina Tereshkova was born in —.
(i) 1936 (ii) 1937 (iii) 1939 (iv) 1935
(b) She studied in school for —.
(i) 7 years (ii) 8 years (iii) 9 years (iv) 6 years
(c) Tereshkova is the — to have flown in space.
(i) third woman (ii) first man (iii) last woman (iv) first woman
(d) Tereshkova was a textile factory worker before her — as a cosmonaut.
(i) cancellation (ii) recruitment (iii) coming (iv) beginning
(e) After the flight of Yuri Gagarin, the Soviet Union — to send a woman in space.
(i) came up with the idea (ii) marched (iii) finalized (iv) fixed
❤ Extra Questions:
(f) Valentina had —.
(i) low social status (ii) high social status (iii) minimum education (iv) sufficient education
(g) Tereshkova was — when she made her first flight to space.
(i) 26 years old (ii) upset (iii) sick (iv) 20 years old
(h) Which of the following statement is false?
(i) Tereshkova left school at an early age (ii) Vostok-6 was launched before Vostok-5
(iii) Valentina was selected from among more than 400 applicants
(iv) Soviet Union recruited Valentina for their mission
(i) The word 'regime' means —.
(i) command (ii) establishment (iii) rule (iv) system
(j) What does the word 'legislature' means?
(i) house (ii) respected (iii) politician (iv) parliament
(k) Vostok-6 was launched on —.
(i) 16 June 1963 (ii) 15 June 1963 (iii) 14 June 1963 (iv) 16 June 1964
(l) Tereshkova left school when she was —.
(i) 15 years old (ii) 16 years old (iii) 17 years old (iv) 9 years old
(m) Tereshkova was selected for Soviet Union's space mission at the age of —.
(i) 22 (ii) 25 (iii) 21 (iv) 26
(n) Tereshkova maintained a — during her orbitting the earth.
(i) a register book (ii) record (iii) diary (iv) time schedule
(o) Which of the following is synonymous to 'horizon' according to the meaning of the text?
(i) prospect (ii) vertical (iii) skyline (iv) scope
(p) What is the closest meaning of 'employ'?
(i) service (ii) engage (iii) spend (iv) use
(q) What does the phrase 'expertise in skydiving' mean?
(i) expertness in skydiving (ii) expert skydiver (iii) skydiving trainer (iv) all the above statements
(r) What is the meaning of 'faultlessly'?
(i) inappropriately (ii) incorrectly (iii) imperfectly (iv) appropriately
(s) This living legend is a member in -.
(i) the lower house of the Russian legislature (ii) the upper house of the Russian legislature
(iii) the Supreme Soviet (iv) Russian Air Force Academy
(t) 'Vostok-6 was the final Vostok flight and was launched two days after Vostok-5.' What does it mean?
(i) Vostok-6 orbited for 5 days (ii) Vostok-5 orbited for 2 days
(iii) Vostok-6 made the last space flight (iv) none of the above statements
(u) Tereshkova's father was a —.
(i) bus driver (ii) truck driver (iii) can driver (iv) tractor driver
(v) Tereshkova's mother worked in a/ an —.
(i) textile plant (ii) gas plant (iii) electricity plant (iv) jute plant
(w) She made her first skydiving at the age of —.
(i) 20 (ii) 21 (iii) 22 (iv) 23
(x) She was selected for space flight —.
(i) 10.02.1962 (ii) 12.02.1963 (iii) 14.03.1962 (iv) 16.02.1962
(y) The word 'nausea' means —.
(i) aversion (ii) sickness (iii) vomiting (iv) disgust
(z) The synonym of 'communicate' is —.
(i) announce (ii) correspond (iii) fax (iv) notify
(aa) Tereshkova orbited the earth — times.
(i) 40 (ii) 44 (iii) 46 (iv) 48
(bb) Tereshkova earned a doctorate in Engineering from Zhukovasky Air Force Academy in —.
(i) 1877 (ii) 1927 (iii) 1977 (iv) 2000
Answer (A):
(a) (ii) 1937 (b) (ii) 8 years (c) (iv) first woman (d) (ii) recruitment (e) (i) came up with the idea (f) (i) low social status (g) (i) 26 years old (h) (ii) Vostok-6 was launched before Vostok-5 (i) (iii) rule (j) (iv) parliament (k) (i) 16 June 1963 (l) (ii) 16 years old (m) (ii) 25 (n) (i) a register book (o) (iii) skyline (p) (ii) engage (q) (i) expertness in skydiving (r) (iv) appropriately (s) (i) the lower house of the Russian legislature (t) (iii) Vostok-6 made the last space flight (u) (iv) tractor driver (v) (i) textile plant (w) (iii) 22 (x) (iv) 16.02.1962 (y) (iii) vomiting (z) (ii) correspond (aa) (iv) 48 (bb) (iii) 1977
B. Answer the following questions. 2☓5 = 10
(a) What is distance learning?
(b) What do you mean by "proletaria"? Why is Valentina Tereshkova said a 'proletaria"?
(c) What helped Valentina to be a cosmonaut?
(d) What do you know about Vostok-6?
(e) Which record did Tereshkova make during her flight?
❤ Extra Questions:
(f) Describe the preparation that was taken before the launch of Vostok-6.
(g) Explain Tereshkova's flight in 2/3 sentences.
(h) What do you mean by 'living legend'? Is Valentina Tereshkova a 'living legend'? Describe in 2/3 sentences.
(i) Give an account of Valentina Tereshkova's early life.
(j) What do you know about Valentina Tereshkova's education before joining the flight project?
(k) Which trainings did Valentina have to take after joining the flight project?
(l) What is the central idea of the passage relating to Valentina Tereshkova?
(m) What do you know about Vostok-5?
(n) Who is Valentina Tereshkova? Where was she born?
(o) Who is Vladimir Putin? What did Tereshkova desire to do on her 70th birthday?
Answer (B):
(a) Distance learning is the education of students who are not physically present at an institution. It is a way of learning through which students learn remotely without being in regular face-to-face contact with a teacher in the classroom.
(b) "Proletaria" means a member of a working class people in a capitalist society. Valentina Tereshkova is said a "Proletaria" as she was a textile worker in a local factory.
(c) Valentina Tereshkova had interest in Parachuting from young age and she was trained in skydiving. These things helped Tereshkova to be a cosmonaut.
(d) Vostok 6 was the first human spaceflight mission to carry a woman cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova, into space. The spacecraft was launched successfully on June 16, 1963.
(e) Tereshkova orbited the earth 48 times and spent almost three days in space. She made a record of logging more flight time than the combined times of all American astronauts who had flown before that day with a single flight.
(f) Vostok 6 was launched two days later of the successful launch of Vostok 5. On the morning of 16 June, 1963, Tereshkova and her backup cosmonaut Solovyova were dressed in space suits and taken to the space shuttle launch pad by a bus. There held a final checks of communication and life support.
(g) Valentina Tereshkova made her first flight to space, carried by Vostok 6, on June 16, 1963. She was the first woman in the history of spaceflight. She spent almost three days in space and orbitted the earth 48 times.
(h) "Living legend" refers to those people who are extremely famous during the time that they are alive. Yes, Valentina Tereshkova is a living legend. She is the first women in the history who made an adventurous flight to space.
(i) Valentina Tereshkova came of a proletariat family in Central Russia. She began schooling at the age of eight but did not continue. Then she received education through distance learning. She became interested in parachuting from a tender age.
(j) Valentina Tereshkova entered school at the age of eight in 1945 but left it in 1953. She continued her education through distance learning. She took training in skydiving at the local Aeroclub before joining the flight project. She made her first jump in 1959 and her expertise in skydiving led to her selection as an astronaut.
(k) After joining the flight project Valentina Tereshkova had to undergo a series of trainings including weightless flights, isolation tests, centrifuge tests, rocket theory, spacecraft engineering, 120 parachute jumps and pilot training in MiG-15UT1 jet fighters.
(l) The passage depicts Valentina Tereshkova's ambitious and courageous struggle of becoming the first ever woman to space although she belongs to a proletariate family.
(m) Vostok-5 is a spacecraft of the then Soviet Union. Valary Bykovsky, a Soviet astronaut flew in space by this spaceship launched two days before Vostok-6. It launched into a similar orbit for five days and landed three hours after Tereshkova.
(n) Valentina Tereshkova is a Russian cosmonaut. She was born in the village Maslennikovo, Tutayevsky District in Central Russia.
(o) Vladimir Putin is the Prime Minister of Russia. Tereshkova expressed her desire to fly to Mars even if for a one way trip on her 70th birthday.
2. (i) Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the life and activities of Valentina Tereshkova. (One has been done for you.) 2☓5 = 10
1. Coming from a working class family → 2. → 3. → 4. → 5. → 6.
❤ Extra Questions:
(ii) Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the incidents happened in different years of Tereshkova's life. (One has been done for you.) 2☓5 = 10
1. 1937: Valentina Tereshkova's birth → 2. → 3. → 4. → 5. → 6.
(iii) Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the series of training that Tereshkova had to undergo. (One has been done for you.) 2☓5 = 10
1. Weightless flights → 2. → 3. → 4. → 5. → 6.
Answer (2):
2. (i) A flow chart showing the life and activities of Valentina Tereshkova is given below:
1. Coming from a working class family → 2. Receiving education through distance learning → 3. Showing interest in parachuting → 4. Being selected as astronaut → 5. Taking pilot training in MiG-15UT1 jet fighters → 6. Orbiting the Earth 48 times
(ii) A flow chart showing the incidents happened in different years in Tereshkova's life is given below:
1. 1937: Valentina Tereshkova's birth → 2. 1945: Began schooling → 3. 1953: Left schooling → 4. 1959: Made first jump → 5. 1962: Selection for Soviet Union's project → 6. 1963: Made first spaceflight carried by Vastok-6
(iii) A flow chart showing the series of training that Tereshkova had to undergo is given below:
1. Weightless flights → 2. Isolation tests → 3. Centrifuge test → 4. Rocket theory → 5. Spacecraft engineering → 6. 120 parachute jumps and pilot training in MIG-15UTI jet fighters
3. Write a summary of the above text. 10
Answer (3):
Valentina Tereshkova dreamt of becoming an astronaut. She was an expert in parachuting and took training in skydiving at the local Aeroclub. After the flight of Yuri Gagarin, the Soviet Union decided to send a woman in space and Tereshkova got the chance. Before going to space she had to undergo a series of training. At last on June 16, 1963, she along with her backup cosmonaut Solovyova launched her space journey in Vostok-6. She orbited the earth 48 times and spent almost three days in space.
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
adequacy an factory kill staircase incident
constant emergency because for sufficient garments
A newspaper is a storehouse of knowledge. Newspaper in Bangladesh have (a) — drawn our attention to the (b) — safety measures provided by most (c) — factories. They lack (d) — space, wide (e) —, and (f) — exits. In addition, most of the garment (g) — do not have any training (h) — fire safety. At least 104 garment employees were (i) — in fire related (j) —.
5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap. 1☓10 = 10
Everybody knows about the fame of the Taj Mahal. It is one of the most (a) — buildings in the world. Emperor Shahjahan built it as a (b) — of his (c) — for his wife Mumtaz in Agra. The building is (d) — of fine white marbles. Its inlays are made of coloured marbles. There are a large dome at the centre and four smaller domes (e) — it. The (f) — of the emperor and his wife (g) — in the central room. The (h) — of the Taj beggars description. The Taj Mahal (i) — very beautiful in a moonlit night. Many visitors from home and (j) — come to watch its beauty.
6. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. 1☓10 = 10
(a) The armed forces were deployed in front of the university main gate.
(b) Next morning on Friday 18, tension grew on the campus and the students were preparing to violate section 144 again.
(c) Dr. Zoha, a Professor of Chemistry and Proctor of the university heard this.
(d) As a result, many students were injured.
(e) He rushed to the spot and took the injured students to hospital.
(f) They were locked in a clash with police in front of Rajshahi Medical College.
(g) The students joined the protest and took out a procession.
(h) On February 17, section 144 was imposed in Rajshahi city.
(i) A flame of protest spread out after Sergeant Zohurul Haque was killed.
(j) Dr. Shamsuzzoha, a prominent teacher in Rajshahi University attained martyrdom in the pre-liberation period.
Part-II: Writing Test (40 Marks)
7. Write a paragraph on "The uses and abuses of Facebook" in about 200 words based on the answers to the following questions. 10
(a) What is a Facebook? (b) Who use it? (c) What are the uses of it? (d) What are the abuses of it?
8. The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words. 7
Once I with my friends went out for a long journey during our vacation. We went to a nearby forest one day. With extreme curiosity we all went inside the forest when the sun was about to set in............
9. Suppose, you are Anuradha. You have a friend named Tahini living in Canada. She wants to come to Bangladesh. Now, write an email inviting her to visit the Sundarbans. 5
10. The graph below shows the major reasons for not taking treatment. Describe the graph in at least 80 words. You should highlight the information and report the main features given in the graph. 10
11. Write down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words). 8
It was a sunny day, but the climate was enjoyable. Everyone in the railway station was waiting for the train to arrive. Among the crowd there was a group of friends, youngsters who were on board for vacation.
It was a busy station with juice shop, mobile restaurants, Coffee and tea stalls, newspaper shop etc. The announcement regarding the arrival of the train was made and everyone prepared to get into the train to their appropriate places.
The group of friends made loud noise to welcome the train as it entered the station. They ran to get their reserved seats before anyone could get into the train.
The empty seats were filled and the train whistled to move. An old man with a young boy aged around 15 years came running to catch the train. They entered the train and the train started to move. They had their seats just adjacent to the friends' group.
The young boy was so surprised to see everything.
He acclaimed at his father, "Dad the train is moving and the things are moving backwards." His father smiled and nodded his head. As the train started moving fast the young boy again screamed, "Dad the trees are green in colour and run backward very fast". His father said "Yes, dear" and smiled. Just like a kid, he was watching everything with great enthusiasm and happiness loaded with tons of surprises.
A fruit seller passed selling apples and oranges. The young boy asked his dad, "I want to eat apples." His father bought him apples. He said. "Oh" apple looks so sweet than it tastes. I love this colour." The group was watching all the activities of this boy and asked the boy's father, "Is your son having any problem? Why is he behaving very differently?"
A friend from the group made fun of him and shouted, "His son is mad I think."
The father of the young boy, with patience, replied to the friend group.
'My son was born blind. Only a few days before he was operated and got the vision. He is seeing
various things in his life for the first time."
The young friends became very quiet and apologized to his father and son.
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