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-64
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.
Beauty is easy to appreciate but difficult to define. As we look around, we discover beauty in pleasurable objects and sights- in nature, in the laughter of children, in the kindness of strangers. But asked to define, we run into difficulties. Does beauty have an independent objective identity? Is it universal, or is it dependent on our sense perceptions? Does it lie in the eye of the beholder?– we ask ourselves. A further difficulty arises when beauty manifests itself not only by its presence, but by its absence as well, as when we are repulsed by ugliness and desire beauty. But then ugliness has as much a place in our lives as beauty, or may be more– as when there is widespread hunger and injustice in a society. Philosophers have told us that beauty is an important part of life, but isn't ugliness a part of life too? And if art has beauty as an important ingredient, can it confine itself only to a projection of beauty? Can art ignore what is not beautiful?
Poets and artists have provided an answer by incorporating both into their work. In doing so, they have often tied beauty to truth and justice, so that what is not beautiful assumes a tolerable proportion as something that represents some truth about life. John Keats, the romantic poet, wrote in his celebrated 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' by which he means that truth, even if it's not pleasant, becomes beautiful at a higher level. Similarly, what is beautiful forever remains true. Another meaning, in the context of the Grecian Urn- an art object- is that truth is a condition of art.
Poetry in every language celebrates beauty and truth. So does art. Here are two poems from two different times that present some enduring ideas about beauty and truth. The poems are by Lord Byron (1788-1824), an English poet of the Romantic tradition, and Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), an American poet who wrote about the human scene, love and death.
[Unit-14; Lesson-1]
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বাংলা অনুবাদঃ
সৌন্দর্যের প্রশংসা করা সহজ কিন্তু সংজ্ঞায়িত করা কঠিন। আমাদের চারদিকে তাকালে আনন্দদায়ক বস্তু এবং দৃশ্যের মাঝে আমরা সৌন্দর্যকে আবিষ্কার করতে পারি- প্রকৃতিতে, শিশুর হাসির মাঝে, অপরিচিতদের দয়ার মাঝে। কিন্তু সংজ্ঞায়িত করতে বললে, আমরা সমস্যায় পড়ে যাই। সৌন্দর্যের কি স্বাধীন কোনো পরিচয় আছে? এটা কি বিশ্বজনীন অথবা এটা কি আমাদের ইন্দ্রিয়ের উপর নির্ভরশীল? এটা কি যার চোখে দেখা হয় তার উপর নির্ভর করে?- আমরা আমাদেরকে জিজ্ঞাসা করি। আরো সমস্যা দেখা যায় যখন সৌন্দর্য শুধুমাত্র এর উপস্থিতি দ্বারাই নিজেকে প্রমাণ করে না বরং এর অনুপস্থিতি দ্বারাও, যেমন যখন আমরা অসুন্দর দ্বারা বিরক্ত হয়ে পড়ি এবং সুন্দরের আকাগুক্ষা করি। কিন্তু এরপরও আমাদের জীবনে অসুন্দরের জায়গা ততটুকুই যতটুকু সুন্দরের অথবা সম্ভবত আরো বেশি- যেমন যখন সমাজে ব্যাপক ক্ষুধা এবং অবিচার থাকে। দার্শনিকরা আমাদেরকে বলেছেন যে সৌন্দর্য আমাদের জীবনের গুরুত্বপূর্ণ অংশ কিন্তু অসৌন্দর্যও কি জীবনের অংশ নয়? এবং সৌন্দর্য যদি শিল্পের একটি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ উপাদান হয়, এটি কি শুধুমাত্র সৌন্দর্যের অভিক্ষেপনেই নিজেকে সীমাবদ্ধ রাখতে পারে? যা সুন্দর নয় তা কি শিল্প অবহেলা করতে পারে?
কবি এবং চিত্রশিল্পী উভয়েই তাদের কর্মের মাঝে সমন্বয় ঘটিয়ে একটি উত্তর প্রদান করেছেন। এটি করতে গিয়ে তারা প্রায়ই সত্য এবং ন্যায়বিচার এর সাথে সৌন্দর্যের বাঁধন সৃষ্টি করেছেন, যাতে যা সুন্দর নয় তা জীবনের কিছু সত্যের কিছু অংশের প্রকাশ করে। রোমান্টিক কবি জন কিটস্ তার নন্দিত ''Ode on a Grecian Urn' এ লিখেছেন ''Beauty is truth, truth beauty' ' (সুন্দর হচ্ছে সত্য, সত্য সুন্দর) যার অর্থ হচ্ছে সত্য যদিও তা আনন্দদায়ক নাও হয়, তা সর্বোচ্চ পর্যায়ের সুন্দরে পরিণত হয়। একইভাবে, যা সুন্দর তা আজীবন সত্য থাকে। Grecian Urn এর প্রসঙ্গে আর একটি অর্থ হচ্ছে- একটি শিল্প বস্তু-সত্য হচ্ছে শিল্পের একটি শর্ত।
প্রত্যেক ভাষার কবিতা সৌন্দর্য এবং সত্য উদ্যাপন করে। শিল্পও তেমনটি করে। এখানে দুটি ভিন্ন সময়ের ভিন্ন দুটি কবিতা দেওয়া হলো যা সুন্দর এবং সত্য সম্পর্কে চমৎকার ধারণা প্রদান করে। কবিতাগুলো রোমান্টিক ধারার ইংরেজ কবি লর্ড বায়রন (১৭৮৮-১৮২৪) এবং আমেরিকান কবি এমিলি ডিকিনসন (১৮৩০-১৮৮৬) মানবীয় দৃশ্য, ভালোবাসা এবং মৃত্যু নিয়ে লিখেছেন তাদের লেখা।
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 1☓5 = 5
(a) What does the word "perception" mean?
(i) perfect (ii) conception (iii) concept (iv) perchance
(b) Which of the following has the closest meaning of the word "appreciate"?
(i) associate (ii) praise (iii) inappropriate (iv) estimate incorrectly
(c) The word 'manifest' refers to -.
(i) bewilder (ii) form (iii) express (iv) endure
(d) The word 'desire' in the text means —.
(i) wish for (ii) define (iii) request (iv) need
(e) Lord Byron is a — poet.
(i) Victorian (ii) Romantic (iii) Modern (iv) Neoclassical
❤ Extra Questions:
(f) The word 'define' refers to —.
(i) describe (ii) detect (iii) degrade (iv) fine
(g) What does the word 'identity' means?
(i) integrity (ii) unity (iii) brevity (iv) particularity
(h) What is the closest meaning of 'universal'?
(i) beautiful (ii) university (iii) common (iv) unique
(i) The word 'confine' refers to —.
(i) contract (ii) limit (iii) define (iv) context
(j) What is the closest meaning of the word 'widespread'?
(i) wide (ii) spread (iii) wonderful (iv) extensive
(k) What does the word 'hunger' mean?
(i) danger (ii) anger (iii) appetite (iv) hamper
(l) What does the word 'stranger' mean?
(i) exploiter (ii) unknown (iii) traitor (iv) believer
(m) What is the closest meaning of 'ignore'?
(i) respect (ii) neglect (iii) love (iv) observe
(n) The word 'provide' refers to —.
(i) protect (ii) prevent (iii) give (iv) take
(o) The best synonym of 'ingredient' is -.
(i) integral (ii) integrated (iii) factor (iv) constitute
(p) 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty' is written by —.
(i) B Shelley (ii) John Keats (iii) Lord Byron (iv) Emily Dickinson
(q) When did Lord Byron die —.
(i) in 1788 (ii) in 1830 (iii) in 1886 (iv) in 1824
(r) Emily Dickinson was a/ an — poet.
(i) British (ii) Irish (iii) American (iv) Russian
(s) Emily Dickinson was born —.
(i) in 1788 (ii) in 1824 (iii) in 1830 (iv) in 1886
(t) Who wrote the poem 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'?
(i) PB Shelley (ii) Jonh Keats (iii) Lord Byron (iv) Emily Dickinson
(u) Which of the following has the closest meaning of the word "pleasurable"?
(i) dissatisfaction (ii) pain (iii) offend (iv) delightful
(v) What is the closest meaning of the word "incorporate"?
(i) embody (ii) corporation (iii) incorporeal (iv) intangible
(w) 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is written by —.
(i) Lord Byron (ii) John Keats (iii) Wordsworth (iv) PB Shelley
(x) "Can art ignore what is not beautiful?"— What does it mean?
(i) art cannot ignore ugliness (ii) art can ignore beauty
(iii) art can ignore what is not beautiful (iv) beautiful thing is art.
(y) What does the word 'tolerable' mean?
(i) not so good (ii) bad (iii) moderately good (iv) tolerant
(z) What could be the closest meaning for 'beholder' in the first paragraph?
(i) tourist (ii) viewer (iii) judge (iv) investigator
(aa) The word 'confine' refers to -.
(i) to bound (ii) to disappear (iii) to appear (iv) to limit
(bb) Ugliness is an - part of human life.
(i) indefinite (ii) inseparable (iii) inner (iv) indivisible
(cc) What does the expression "Beauty is easy to appreciate but difficult to define" mean?
(i) approval of beauty is trouble free whereas its definition is troublesome
(ii) we can appreciate beauty easily but explain it in a difficult way
(iii) appreciation of beauty is necessary but there is no need to define it
(iv) we enjoy beauty but we don't define it
(dd) What could be the closest meaning for 'beauty' in the passage?
(i) grotesqueness (ii) attractiveness (iii) hideousness (iv) ugliness
(ee) "Poets and artists have provided an answer by incorporating both into their work." What does both indicate in this sentences.
(i) truth and justice (ii) truth and beauty (iii) beauty and ugliness (iv) art and beauty
Answer (A):
(a) (ii) conception (b) (ii) praise (c) (iii) express (d) (i) wish for (e) (ii) Romantic (f) (i) describe (g) (iv) particularity (h) (iii) common (i) (ii) limit (j) (iv) extensive (k) (iii) appetite (l) (ii) unknown (m) (ii) neglect (n) (iii) give (o) (iii) factor (p) (ii) John Keats (q) (iv) in 1824 (r) (iii) American (s) (iii) in 1830 (t) (ii) John Keats (u) (iv) delightful (v) (i) embody (w) (ii) John Keats (x) (i) art cannot ignore ugliness (y) (iii) moderately good (z) (ii) viewer (aa) (iv) to limit (bb) (ii) inseparable (cc) (ii) we can appreciate beauty easily but explain it in a difficult way (dd) (ii) attractiveness (ee) (iii) beauty and ugliness
B. Answer the following questions. 2☓5 = 10
(a) Why is it difficult to define beauty?
(b) "Truth is a condition of art." Explain it in 2/3 sentences.
(c) What is beauty? Explain it in 2/3 sentences.
(d) How do people discover beauty?
(e) Don't you think ugliness has importance in our life? Why?
❤ Extra Questions:
(f) How can we discover beauty in our surroundings?
(g) How does beauty manifest itself by its absence?
(h) How much place does ugliness have in our life?
(i) What does poet want to mean by the line– "Beauty is truth, truth beauty"?
(j) What are the names of poets and their works mentioned in the passage?
(k) "But then ugliness has as much a place as in our lives as beauty, or may be more as when there is widespread hunger and injustice in a society." Do you agree or not? Write your answer in 2/3 sentences.
(l) How does beauty manifest itself?
(m) How do poets and artists deal with beauty and ugliness?
(n) What does Keats say in 'Ode on a Grecian Urn?
(o) Can art ignore what is not beautiful? Explain.
(p) Why does one face problem to explain beauty? Give reason in favour of your answer.
(q) Where does a person can feel the existence of beauty?
(r) How are beauty and truth intra-related? Explain it.
Answer (B):
(a) Beauty is difficult to define because it has no independent objective identity. It is dependent on our sense perceptions. Another reason of its difficulty is that beauty manifests itself not only by its presence but by its absence as well.
(b) "Truth is a condition of art" means that the context of art must be true because truth, even if it's not pleasant, becomes beautiful at a higher level. Similarly, what is beautiful remains true forever.
(c) Beauty is something which is easy to appreciate but difficult to define. We find beauty in pleasurable objects and sights in nature, in the laughter of children, in the kindness of strangers.
(d) People discover beauty in their surroundings such as in nature, in the laughter of children, in the kindness of strangers.
(e) Yes, I think so. Ugliness has also importance in our life because it has as much a place in our life as beauty, or may be more. Moreover, when we are repulsed by ugliness, we desire for beauty and thus beauty manifests itself by its absence.
(f) We can discover beauty in our surroundings such as in nature, in the laughter of children, in the kindness of strangers.
(g) When we are repulsed by ugliness, we desire for beauty and thus it manifests itself by its absence.
(h) Ugliness has as much a place in our life as beauty, or may be more.
(i) By this quote the poet means that truth, even if it's not pleasant, becomes beautiful at a higher level.
(j) John Keats, Lord Byron and Emily Dickinson are the poets that are mentioned in the passage. The 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is written by Keats. 'She Walks in Beauty' is written by Lord Byron and "I died for Beauty" is written by Emily Dickinson.
(k) Yes, I agree with the statement. To seek beauty is very natural to all human beings whether in happiness or sorrows. Those who are happy want beauty and those who are not happy want beauty too. So, the statement is absolutely true.
(l) Beauty manifests itself not only by its presence but by its absence as well.
(m) Poets and artists incorporated both beauty and ugliness into their work. They have often tied beauty to truth and justice, so that what is not beautiful assumes a tolerable proportion as something that represents some truth about life.
(n) In 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' John Keats says 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty'. Keats wants to say that truth, even if it's not pleasant, becomes beautiful at a higher level. Similarly, what is beautiful forever remains true.
(o) No, art cannot. Art cannot ignore what is not beautiful because it is also an important part of our life. What is not beautiful assumes a tolerable proportion in art as something that represents some truth about life.
(p) One faces problem to explain beauty because beauty is easy to appreciate but difficult to define.
(q) A person can feel the existence of beauty in pleasurable objects and sights in nature and in the laughter of children, in the kindness of strangers etc.
(r) Beauty and truth are intra-related because truth, even if it is not pleasurable becomes beautiful at a higher level. Similarly what is beautiful remains true forever.
2. (i) Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the various aspects of beauty. (One has been done for you.) 2☓5 = 10
1. Easy to appreciate but difficult to define → 2. → 3. → 4. → 5. → 6.
❤ Extra Questions:
(ii) Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the effect of beauty on poetry. (One has been done for you.) 2☓5 = 10
1. Incorporating beauty to truth → 2. → 3. → 4. → 5. → 6.
Or, Read the above passage and complete the table below with the given information. 1 × 10 = 10
What/ Who Event/Activity Time/ Year Effect/ Place
(i) .......... easy to appreciate difficult to define
Beauty is found (ii) ..........
(iii) .......... beauty is an important part of life
(iv) .......... tied beauty to truth and Justice (v) ..........
(vi) .......... 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'
Poetry (vii) .......... in every language
Lord Byron date of birth and death (viii) ..........
Emily Dickinson (ix) .......... 1830-1886 (x) ..........
Answer (2):
(i) A flow chart showing the various aspects of beauty is given below:
1. Easy to appreciate but difficult to define → 2. Universal → 3. Important part of life → 4. Manifesting by both its presence and absence → 5. Living in the eye of beholder → 6. Pleasurable objects
(ii) A flow chart showing the effect of beauty on poetry is given below:
1. Incorporating beauty to truth → 2. Strong appeal in poetry → 3. Having relationship among beauty, purity and love → 4. Expressing one's feeling towards beautiful persons → 5. Comparing one's beauty with different natural objects → 6. Finding attachment and kinship between beauty and truth
Or, (i) Beauty (ii) pleasurable objects and sights (iii) Philosophers (iv) Poets and artists (v) represents some truth about life (vi) John Keats (vii) celebrates beauty and truth (viii) 1788-1824 (ix) date of birth and death (x) America
3. Write a summary of the above text. 10
Answer (3):
This passage gives a clear description of beauty comparing with art, truth, ugliness and other natural aspects. Beauty reminds its existence by its presence as well as absence. Ugliness is totally opposite to beauty. Though ugliness is not desirable both ugliness and beauty are part of our life. Poets and artists compared beauty with truth. Truth may be unpleasant but it becomes beautiful at higher level. John Keats, Lord Byron, Emily Dickinson and other poets emphasized about the relationship and kinship between beauty and truth on their writings.
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
lose please suffer select cannot attitude
always injudicious books keep reason harmful
Book is our best friend. It (a) — works like a living person. But many students (b) — enjoy reading books because of (c) — selection of books by the teachers. So they (d) — interest in (e) —. But the (f) — of their reading books is to (g) — their teachers. Such kind of negative (h) — to reading books is very (i) — for them. They (j) — for their teacher's fault.
5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap. 1☓10 = 10
Illiteracy means having no knowledge of reading and writing. It is a (a) — and the root cause of (b) — which frustrates all development efforts of the government and the (c) —. Unless it is eradicated, no (d) — effort can be successful. (e) — of illiteracy in Bangladesh is a (f) — task. No individual, (g) — or organization or even government can solve this problem (h) —. It is a (i) — responsibility of all (j) — people.
6. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. 1☓10 = 10
(i) Anne was sent to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
(ii) Anne Frank's father, Otto Frank, was the only occupant of annex to survive.
(iii) She was born on 12 June 1929.
(iv) Unfortunately she was betrayed and discovered in 1944.
(v) She hid for two years in a secret annex.
(vi) Anne Frank is perhaps the most well-known victim of the Nazi Holocaust.
(vii) In that diary, she chronicled her life from 1942 to 1944.
(viii) Her diary was published by her father as The Diary of a Young Girl.
(ix) She died of typhus in 1945.
(x) Anne's diary is regarded as one of the world's most widely read books.
Part-II: Writing Test (40 Marks)
7. Write a paragraph on "Gender Disparity". 10
8. The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words and give a title to it. 7
There lived a king in a country. His name was Robert Bruce. His kingdom was invaded by enemies. The king fought bravely but lost the battle. He wished to regain his kingdom at any cost. He made six attempts one after another to curb his enemies but failed..........................
9. Suppose, your name is Sumona. Write a letter to your friend Muna describing a picnic you enjoyed.
Or, Write an email to your pen-friend asking him to visit Bangladesh. 5
10. The graph below shows a comparative selling rates of four types of book in Ekushey Boi Mela-2016. Describe the graph in at least 80 words. 10
11. Write down the main theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words). 8
She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes;
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which Heaven to gaudy day denies.
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