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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-7

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.

Chawla was born in Karnal, India. She completed her earlier schooling at Tagore Baal Niketan Senior Secondary School, Karnal. She is the first Indian-born woman and the second person in space from this sub-continent. After graduating in Aeronautical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College, India, in 1982, Chawla moved to the United States the same year. She obtained her Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas in 1984. Later she did her Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering in 1988 from the University of Colorado.

Determined to become an astronaut even in the face of the Challenger disaster 1986 that broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members, Chawla joined NASA in 1988. She began working as a Vice President where she did Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) research on vertical take-off and landing. In 1991 she got U.S citizenship and started her career as a NASA astronaut in 1995. She was selected for her first flight in 1996. She spoke the following words while travelling in the weightlessness of space, "You are just your intelligence." She had travelled 10.67 million miles, as many as 252 times around the Earth.

Her first space mission (Mission STS 87) began on 19 November 1997 with six other astronauts on the Space Shuttle Columbia. On her first mission that lasted for 15 days, 16 hours, 34 minutes and 4 seconds, she travelled 6.5 million miles. She was responsible for deploying the Spartan Satellite which however malfunctioned, necessitating a spacewalk by Winston Scott and Tako Doi, two of her fellow astronauts, to retrieve the satellite.

In 2000 she was selected for her second space mission STS 107. This mission was repeatedly delayed due to scheduling conflicts and technical problems. On 16 January 2003, Kalpana Chawla finally started her new mission with six other space crew on the ill-fated space shuttle Columbia. She was one of the mission specialists. Chawla's responsibilities included the microgravity experiments, for which the crew conducted nearly 80 experiments studying earth and space science, advanced technology development, and astronaut health and safety.

After a 16 day scientific mission in space, on 1 February 2003, Columbia disintegrated over Texas during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. All the crew in Columbia including Chawla died only 16 minutes prior to their scheduled landing. Investigation shows that this fatal accident happened due to a damage in one of Columbia's wings caused by a piece of insulating foam from the external fuel tank peeling off during the launch. During the intense heat of re-entry, hot gasses penetrated the interior of the wing, destroying the support structure and causing the rest of the shuttle to break down.

[Unit-1; Lesson-3]

[Baroiyahat College, Chittagong- '16; MC College, Sylhet- '16]

বাংলা অনুবাদঃ 

চাওলা ভারতের কারনালে জন্মগ্রহণ করেন। সে কারনালের ট্যাগোর বাল নিকেতন সিনিয়র স্কুলে প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা সম্পন্ন করেন। তিনি হচ্ছেন ভারতে জন্মগ্রহণকারী প্রথম মহিলা এবং এই উপমহাদেশ থেকে মহাকাশভ্রমণকারী নারীদের মধ্যে দ্বিতীয়। ১৯৮২ সালে ভারতের পাঞ্জাব ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং কলেজ থেকে অ্যারোনটিক্ল্ ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং থেকে স্নাতক পাস করার পর, চাওলা একই বছর যুক্তরাষ্ট্রে চলে যান। ১৯৮৪ সালে টেক্সাস ইউনিভার্সিটি থেকে তিনি অ্যারোস্পেস ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং এর উপর স্নাতকোত্তর ডিগ্রী অর্জন করেন। পরবর্তীতে তিনি ১৯৮৮ সালে কলোরাডো বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় থেকে মহাকাশযান প্রকৌশল বিদ্যার উপর পি.এইচ.ডি. ডিগ্রী অর্জন করেন।

১৯৮৬ সালে চ্যালেঞ্জার এর দুর্যোগের সময় ৭৩ সেকেন্ডে ফ্লাইটটি ভেঙে যাওয়ার পর, এর সাতজন বৈমানিকের মৃত্যুর পর, চাওলা ১৯৮৮ সালে নাসায় যোগদান করে। তিনি একজন ভাইস প্রেসিডেন্ট হিসাবে কাজ করেন যেখানে তিনি লম্বালম্বিভাবে উড্ডয়ন এবং অবতরণের উপর কম্পিউটেশান্ল ফ্লুইড ডিনামাকস গবেষণা করেন। ১৯৯১ সালে তিনি যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের নাগরিকত্ব লাভ করেন এবং ১৯৯৫ সালে নাসার একজন নভোচারী হিসাবে চাকরিজীবন শুরু করেন। ১৯৯৬ সালে তাকে প্রথম ফ্লাইটের জন্য নির্বাচন করা হয়। ওজনহীন মহাকাশযানে ভ্রমণের সময় তিনি বলেন “তোমার বুদ্ধিমত্তাই হচ্ছে তুমি”। তিনি ১০.৬৭ মিলিয়ন মাইল ভ্রমণ করেন, যা পৃথিবীর চারিদিকে ২৫২ বার ঘুরে আসার সমান।

তার প্রথম মহাকাশ অভিযান (মিশন STS ৮৭) শুরু হয়েছিল ১৯৯৭ সালের ১৯ নভেম্বর অন্য ছয়জন নভোচারীর সাথে মহাকাশযান কলম্বিয়ায়। তার প্রথম অভিযানে তিনি ১৫ দিন, ১৬ ঘণ্টা, ৩৪ মিনিট এবং ৪ সেকেন্ড, ৬.৫ মিলিয়ন মাইল ভ্রমণ করে। তাকে স্পাটানন স্যাটেলাইট চালনার জন্য নিয়োগ করা হয় যা অবশ্য অকেজো হয়ে পড়েছিল, তার দুইজন সহকারী নভোচারী উইনসটন স্কট এবং টাকো দুই এর সাহায্যের প্রয়োজন হয়েছিল স্যাটেলাইট উদ্ধারের জন্য।

২০০০ সালে তাকে দ্বিতীয় মহাকাশ অভিযান এসটিএস ১০৭ এর জন্য বাছাই করা হয়। এই মিশনটি বার বার বিলম্বিত হয়েছিল সিডিউল বিপর্যয় এবং যান্ত্রিক সমস্যার কারণে। ২০০৩ সালের ১৬ জানুয়ারি, কল্পনা চাওলা অবশেষে তার নতুন অভিযান শুরু করেছিল অন্য ছয়জন মহাকাশ নাবিক এর সাথে মহাকাশযান কলম্বিয়ার মাধ্যমে যা দুর্ভাগ্যের শিকার হয়েছিল। তিনি ছিলেন অভিযান বিশেষজ্ঞদের মধ্যে অন্যতম। চাওলার দায়িত্বসমূহের মধ্যে রয়েছে সুক্ষ্ম অভিকর্ষ পরীক্ষা, যে কারণে তিনি পৃথিবী এবং মহাকাশ বিজ্ঞান গবেষণার উপর প্রায় ৮০টি পরীক্ষা চালানো হয়, উন্নত প্রযুক্তিগত উন্নয়ন এবং নভোচারীদের স্বাস্থ্য ও নিরাপত্তা।

২০০৩ সালের ১ ফেব্রুয়ারি, মহাকাশে ১৬ দিন বৈজ্ঞানিক অভিযানের পর, কলম্বিয়া পৃথিবীর পরিবেশে পুনরায় প্রবেশের পর টেক্সাসের উপর এসে নানা খণ্ডে বিভক্ত হয়ে পড়ে। চাওলাসহ কলম্বিয়ার সকল নাবিক ভূ-পৃষ্ঠে অবতরণের নির্ধারিত সময়ের ১৬ মিনিট পূর্বে মৃত্যুবরণ করে। তদন্তে দেখা যায় যে, এই মর্মান্তিক দুর্ঘটনা ঘটেছিল কলম্বিয়ার একটি ডানার ত্রুটি থাকার কারণে যা যাত্রা শুরুর সময় বাইরে স্থাপিত একটি তেলের ট্যাঙ্কে অবস্থিত বিচ্ছিন্নকরণ বস্তু খুলে ফেলার সময় ঘটেছিল। পুনরায় প্রবেশের সময় প্রচন্ড তাপ থাকার কারণে, ডানার ভেতরে উত্তপ্ত গ্যাস প্রবেশ করেছিল, যা সাহায্যকারী কাঠামোকে ধ্বংস করে দিয়েছিল এবং মহাকাশযানের অবশিষ্টাংশকে ভেঙে পড়তে বাধ্য করেছিল।

A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 1☓5 = 5

(a) Chawla graduated in —.

 (i) 1985 (ii) 1982 (iii) 1983 (iv) 1972

(b) In — Chawla moved to the United States.

 (i) 1982 (ii) 1992 (iii) 1980 (iv) 1983

(c) After — of going to the United States, she obtained her master's degree.

 (i) one year (ii) three years (iii) two years (iv) four years

(d) Kalpana Chawla started her career as —.

 (i) an engineer in NASA  (ii) a pilot 

 (iii) a Vice President in NASA (iv) an astronaut

(e) The word 'disaster' means —.

 (i) accident (ii) ruin (iii) trouble (iv) creation

 

❤ Extra Questions:

(f) The word 'crew' refers to —.

 (i) organization (ii) set (iii) workers (iv) lot

(g) 'Her first space mission began on 19 November 1997' here the closest meaning of the underlined word is —.

 (i) job (ii) assignment (iii) business (iv) campaign

(h) Chawla's first mission ended on —.

 (i) 19 November 1997 (ii) 31 November 1997 (iii) 4 December 1998 (iv) 4 December 1997

(i) "She was responsible for deploying the Spartan Satellite —" here 'deploying' means —.

 (i) arrange (ii) cancelling (iii) setting up (iv) disposing

(j) Which is the closest meaning of the word 'malfunction'?

 (i) perfection (ii) wrong (iii) breakdown (iv) slip

(k) 'Retrieve' means —.

 (i) reunite (ii) refund (iii) recover (iv) dispose

(l) After — of her fist mission, Kalpana started her second mission.

 (i) 4 years (ii) 3 years (iii) 7 years (iv) 5 years

(m) ".......Columbia disintegrated over Texas during its reentry into the earth's atmosphere. Here the closest meaning of the underlined word is —.

 (i) corrupt (ii) break down (iii) mould (iv) rot

(n) The word 'intense' means —.

 (i) mild (ii) acute (iii) major (iv) moderate

(o) — died by the disintegration of Columbia.

 (i) 6 people (ii) 9 people (iii) 6 men (iv) 7 people

(p) What does the phrase 'take off' mean?

 (i) imitate (ii) accept (iii) depart (iv) acquire

(q) On her first space mission Kalpana Chawla travelled -.

 (i) 6 million miles (ii) 6.5 million miles (iii) 7 million miles (iv) 7.5 million miles

(r) What does the word 'ill-fated' mean?

 (i) fortunate (ii) lucky (iii) miser (iv) unlucky

(s) What is the closest meaning of 'peeling off'?

 (i) moderate (ii) to remove something (iii) to fix (iv) light

(t) "You are just your intelligence."- What does it mean?

 (i) she was as good as her intelligence (ii) she was very intelligent

 (iii) she was not less intelligent (iv) all of the above statements

(u) Chawla was born in Karnal, —.

 (i) Pakistan (ii) South Africa (iii) India (iv) Middle East

(v) She did her Ph.D in Aerospace Engineering in 1988 from the University of —.

 (i) Texas (ii) Colorado (iii) New York (iv) Dallas

(w) The Challenger disaster took place in —.

 (i) 1986 (ii) 1984 (iii) 1982 (iv) 1991

(x) Chawla joined — in 1988.

 (i) NACA (ii) NASA (iii) WASA (iv) STS107

(y) The synonym of 'intelligence' is —.

 (i) foolishness (ii) advice (iii) capacity (iv) intellect

(z) She started her career as a NASA astronaut in —.

 (i) 1991 (ii) 1993 (iii) 1995 (iv) 1996

(aa)  The word 'mission' means —.

 (i) errand (ii) aim (iii) goal (iv) task

(bb)  She was selected for her — space mission STS107 in 2000.

 (i) first (ii) second (iii) third (iv) none

(cc) The word 'schedule' refers to —.

 (i) agenda (ii) form (iii) plan (iv) time table

(dd)  What is the synonymous word of 'malfunction'?

 (i) go (ii) fail (iii) break down (iv) wrong

(ee) All the crew in Columbia including Chawla died only — minutes prior to their scheduled landing.

 (i) 10 (ii) 13 (iii) 16 (iv) 18

Answer (A): 

(a) (ii) 1982 (b) (i) 1982 (c) (iii) two years (d) (iii) a Vice President in NASA (e) (i) accident (f) (iii) workers (g) (ii) assignment (h) (iv) 4 December 1997 (i) (iii) setting up (j) (iii) breakdown (k) (iii) recover (l) (iv) 5 years (m) (ii) break down (n) (ii) acute (o) (iv) 7 people (p) (iii) depart (q) (ii) 6.5 million miles (r) (iv) unlucky (s) (ii) to remove something (t) (i) she was as good as her intelligence (u) (iii) India (v) (ii) Colorado (w) (i) 1986 (x) (ii) NASA (y) (iv) intellect (z) (iii) 1995 (aa) (i) errand (bb) (ii) second (cc) (iv) time table (dd) (iii) breakdown (ee) (iii) 16

B. Answer the following questions. 2☓5 = 10

(a) What do you know about Kalpana's education?

(b) How did Chawla join NASA?

(c) What did Chawla do at NASA when she first joined there?

(d) Why was Columbia disintegrated?

(e) What happened in 2000?

 

❤ Extra Questions:

(f) What do you know about Kalpana Chawla?

(g) What do you know about Kalpana Chawla's first space mission?

(h) When did she make her second space mission and what was the result?

(i) What was she determined to become and how?

(j) What is Columbia? What has happened to it?

(k) Where was Kalpana Chawla born? Where did she complete her early education?

(l) What do you know about Kalpana Chawla's second space mission?

(m) Who was Kalpana Chawla? When did she start her career as a NASA astronaut?

Answer (B): 

(a) Kalpana Chawla did her schooling from Tagore Baal Niketan. She completed her graduation from Punjab Engineering College, India on Aeronautical Engineering in 1982. She did both her Master's and Ph.D in Aerospace Engineering from University of Texas and University of Colaroda.

(b) In 1988 Chawla joined NASA as Vice President to do Computational Fluid Dynamics research on vertical take-off and landing. Later in 1995 she started her career as a NASA astronaut.

(c) In 1988 Chawla joined NASA as a Vice president. There she did Computational Fluid Dynamics research on Vertical take-off and landing.

(d) Columbia was disintegrated due to damage in one of its wings caused by a piece of insulating foam from the external fuel tank peeling off during the launch. During the intense heat of re-entry, hot gasses penetrated the interior of the wing, destroying the support structure and causing the rest of the shuttle to breakdown.

(e) In 2000, Kalpana Chawla was selected for her second space mission STS 107. But the mission was repeatedly delayed due to scheduling conflicts and technical problems.

(f) Kalpana Chawla is the first Indian-born woman and the second person in space from this sub-continent. After completing her graduation in Aeronautical Engineering, she went to the USA and did her Master's degree and Ph.D in Aerospace Engineering.

(g) Her first space mission called STS87 was launched in 1997. Six other astronauts accompanied her on the Space Shuttle Columbia. It lasted for 15 days, 16 hours, 34 minutes and 4 seconds and she travelled 6.5 million miles.

(h) She made her second space mission named STS107 in the Space Shuttle Columbia in 2003. But after 16 days in space, Columbia disintegrated over Texas during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere and all the crew including Chawla died.

(i) She was determined to become an astronaut and so she studied in Aeronautical Engineering and did Ph.D in Aerospace Engineering. Then she joined NASA and later began working as a NASA astronaut.

(j) Columbia is the name of a Space Shuttle which Kalpana Chawla used in her space mission STS87 and STS107. But unfortunately it disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere killing all the crew including Kalpana Chawla.

(k) Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian born woman astronaut and the second person in space from this subcontinent was born in Karnal in India. She completed her earlier schooling at Tagore Baal Niketan Senior Secondary School in Karnal. 

(l) Kalpana Chawla's second space mission STS107 started on 16 January 2003 after being delayed repeatedly due to scheduling conflicts and technical problems with 6 other space crew. However, it disintegrated only 16 minutes before its landing.

(m) Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian born woman astronaut. She started her career as a NASA astronaut after getting U.S citizenship in 1991.

2. (i) Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the activities of Kalpana Chawla as an astronaut. (One has been done for you.) 2☓5 = 10

1. Determining to become an astronaut → 2. → 3. → 4. → 5. → 6.

❤ Extra Questions:

(ii) Read the above text and make a flow chart showing Kalpana Chawla's education and professional career. (One has been done for you.) 2☓5 = 10

1. Earlier schooling from Tagore Baal Niketan Senior Secondary School → 2. → 3. → 4. → 5. → 6.

Or, Read the above passage and complete the table below with the given information. 1 × 10 = 10

Event/ Name of Activity Subject/ Name of spaceship/ Degree Year/ Time

(i) .......... Aeronautical Engineering (ii) ..........

Move to USA  (iii) ..........

(iv) .......... Master's degree (v) ..........

(vi) .......... in Aerospace Engineering (vii) ..........

(viii) .......... 19 November 1997

(ix) .......... for second mission (x) ..........

Answer (2): 

(i) A flow chart showing the activities of Kalpana Chawla as an astronaut is given below:

1. Determining to become an astronaut → 2. Doing Ph.D in Aerospace Engineering → 3. Joining NASA → 4. Making first space mission in 1997 → 5. Becoming first Indian woman and second person from sub-continent in space → 6. Making second mission in 2003

 (ii) A flow chart showing the Kalpana Chawla's education and professional career is given below:

1. Earlier schooling from Tagore Baal Niketan Senior Secondary School → 2. Graduation in Aeronautical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College, India, in 1982 → 3. MA in Aerospace Engineering in 1984 from University of Texas → 4. Achieved Ph.D in Aerospace Engineering from University of Colaroda in 1988 → 5. Joined NASA as a Vice President in 1988 → 6. Became NASA astronaut in 1995

Or, (i) Graduation (ii) 1982 (iii) 1982 (iv) Receiving (v) 1984 (vi) Receiving Ph.D (vii) 1988 (viii) Beginning of first space mission (ix) Selected (x) 2000

3. Write a summary of the above text. 10

Answer (3): 

Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian born woman astronaut. After completing schooling, she graduated in Aeronautical Engineering in India and had her Master's and Ph.D degrees in Aerospace Engineering in the USA. She joined NASA as a Vice President in 1998. She got US. citizenship and started her career as a NASA astronaut in 1995. She was selected for her first flight in 1996. She made her first space mission called STS 87 in 1997 with six other astronauts on the space Shuttle Columbia which was repeatedly delayed due to scheduling conflicts and technical problems. The mission finally started in 2003. But after 16 days in space, Columbia disintegrated over Texas during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere and all the crew including Chawla died.

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

count enter change establish opt acknowledge presence

work reliance education recognized social unnecessary cocoons

One very conspicuous (a) — in our society is the (b) — of working women outside home. Of course it has to be (c) — that women have always worked within the household but this (d) — is not counted as 'work'. It is unfortunate that women's roles in agricultural societies have not been (e) — either whether it is due to economic necessity or the urge to (f) — an individual identity or both. Nowadays many women are (g) — the outside workforce. They are joining in a wide range of professions. Moreover, it is not only (h) — women who are (i) — to work but women with little or no education have come out of their (j) — to earn and become self-reliant.

5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap. 1☓10 = 10

When the incident happened the writer was living in Paris. The (a) –– of the writer was barely enough and he (b) –– in a tiny apartment. The writer received a (c) –– of admiration from a woman who wanted to (d) –– him. The woman also asked him whether he (e) –– invite her for a lunch at Foyot’s. The (f) –– agreed to meet her at Foyot's and offer (g) –– a modest luncheon. The writer expected her to (h) –– young and beautiful. But he was not satisfied (i) –– he saw her. When the bill of fare (j) –– brought, the writer was startled.

6. Re-arrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. 10

(a) This is why human brain is called sophisticated machine. 

(b) For all these reasons, human brain is compared with the CPU of a computer. 

(c) Maintaining traffic rules is very important while driving. 

(d) His body works visibly. 

(e) As conditions in the traffic keep invariable changing, one's brain must be at work while driving.

(f) A driver has to think a lot of things in a single moment. 

(g) It is able to operate on ever-changing condition and standards of judgments. 

(h) He has to hold steering and the horn in hands, to keep his legs on the brake and accelerator.

(i) But his brain works unseen and naturally.

(j) And then, he must keep his eyes open looking ahead, right and left.

Part-II: Writing Test (40 Marks)

7. Complete the following story and add a moral. 7

Once a hungry fox was searching for food in the forest. After a while he came to a vineyard. He was....

8. Write a paragraph on "An Ideal Student" answering the following questions. 10

(a) Who is an ideal student? (b) What are his/ her duties and responsibilities? (c) What makes his/ her different from other students? (d) Why should he/ she be polite in his/ her behaviour? (e) Do you want to be an ideal student? How?

9. Suppose, you have a friend in India named Diba. You have just visited India and had a great time with her at her place in Kolkata. Write an email to Diba thanking her for hospitality offered to you in India. 5

10. The graph below shows the literacy rate from 1995 to 2010. Describe the graph in150 words. You should highlight and summarize the information given in the graph. 10

 

11. Write down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words). 8

Turning and turning in the widening gyre

The falcon cannot hear the falconer;

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;

Mere anarchy is loosed and everywhere

The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere

The ceremony of innocence is drowned;

The best lack all conviction, while the worst

Are full of passionate intensity.

Surely some revelation is at hand;

Surely the Second Coming is at hand.