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Model Test/Board Question-21

HSC English 2nd 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-A : Grammar (Marks 60)  

1. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles. Put a cross (×) where an article is not needed. 0.5 × 10 = 5

Mean fear (a)___ death as (b)___ children fear to go in (c)___ dark and as that natural (d)___ fear in children is increased with tales, so there is (e)___ other. Certainly (f)___ contemplation of (g)___ death as (h)___ wage of sin and (i)___ passage to another (j)___ world is holy and religious, but the fear of it as a tribute due unto nature, is weak.

Answer (1):

(a) × (b) × (c) the (d) × (e) the (f) a (g) × (h) a (i) a (j) ×

2. Complete the text with suitable preposition: 0.5 × 10 = 5

Gender discrimination (a)___ Bangladesh begins (b)___ birth. Most parents want (c)___ have children so that they can, when they are older, supplement their family income. (d)___ the existing socio-economic set up male children are best suited (e)___ this purpose. So, girls are born (f)___ an unwelcome world. However, they are assigned, rather confined (g)___ , domestic chores. Some (h)___ these girls may be (i)___ school. But all their work domestic or academic stops as soon as they are married (j)___ .  

Answer (2):

(a) in (b) at (c) to (d) According to (e) for (f) to (g) to (h) of (i) at (j) off

3. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/ words given in the box. 0.5 × 10 = 5

there	what does ¾ look like	let alone	as soon as	was born
have to	what's it like	would rather	as if	had better

(a) We___ be conscious about environment pollution. It's our duty to keep the environment clean and danger free. 

(b) You___ go to the concert than stay at home. The concert is always enjoyable. 

(c) We___ stop cutting down trees. Deforestation is detrimental to environment. 

(d) He can't recall the incident,___ the cause of it. He became a victim of it.

(e) It looks___ it's going to rain, Everybody expects rain.

(f) I plan to move___ I find another apartment. I want to live in an apartment.

(g)___ listening to others? You don't want to talk to others.

(h) Daughter: Mon,___ an albatross___ ?

 Mother: My dear, an albatross is a very large white bird with long wings that lives in the Pacific and Southern Oceans.

(i)___ seemed to be no doubt about it. It is wonderful.

(j) Sir Walter Scott was both a poet and novelist. He___ in 1771.

Answer (3):

(a) have to (b) would rather (c) had better (d) let alone (e) as if (f) as soon as (g) What's it like (h) what does ...... look like (i) There (j) was born

4. Complete the sentences using suitable clauses/ phrases: 0.5 × 10 = 5

(a) Once there lived a king who was fond of___ from astrologers.

(b) One day it so happened that___ .

(c) The king called him in___ . But the astrologer foretold him something unpleasant. 

(d) -, the kings got angry and condemned him to death.

(e) The astrologer was thinking___ .

(f) Before execution, the king asked him how long___ .

(g) Promptly, the astrologer said, "The stars declare that___ ."

(h) The astrologer used his ready wit so that___ .

(i)___ the king drove him away. Thus the astrologer saved his life.

(j) So, we can overcome the difficulties easily if___ .

Answer (4):

(a) Once there lived a king who was fond of knowing his future from astrologers.

(b) One day it so happened that a famous astrologer came to the city.

(c) The king called him in his court.

(d) Hearing it the king got angry and condemned him to death.

(e) The astrologer was thinking how he could save himself from the danger.

(f) Before e×ecution, the king asked him how long he would survive.

(g) Promptly, the astrologer said, "The stars declare that I will die only a week before your death."

(h) The astrologer used his ready wit so that he could save his life.

(i) Hearing the astrologer's reply, the king drove him away.

(j) So, we can overcome the difficulties easily if we are a bit witty and self confident.

5. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context: 0.5 × 10 = 5

Conflict (a)___ (come) naturally; the clashing of thoughts and ideas (b)___ (be) a part of the human experience. It (c)___ (be) true that it can be destructive if left (d)___ (uncontrol). However, it shouldn't (e)___ (see) as something that can only (f)___ (cause) negative things to (g)___ (transpire). It is a way (h)___ (come) up with more meaningful realizations that can certainly (i)___ (is) helpful to the individuals (j)___ (involve). 

Answer (5):

(a) comes (b) is (c) is (d) uncontrolled (e) seen (f) cause (g) transpire (h) to come (i) be (j) involved 

6. Read the text and change the sentences as directed: 5

The name of our motherland is Bangladesh. It is a land of rivers. (a) The Jamuna is one of the biggest rivers in Bangladesh. (Make in comparative) (b) When it is summer, it becomes emaciated. (Make it simple) (c) During the rainy season, it assumes a terrible shape. (Make it complex) (d)  Everyday knows it. (Make it interrogative) (e) Tourists from home and abroad visit its shore. (Make it passive)

Answer (6):

(a) The Jamuna is bigger than most other rivers in Bangladesh.

(b) During the summer it becomes emaciated.

(c) When it is the rainy season, it assumes a terrible shape.

(d) Who does not know it? Doesn't everybody know it?

(e) Its shore is visited by tourists from home and abroad.

7. Change the narrative style of the following text: 5

The stranger said to the boy, "Will you tell me the way of the nearest hotel" "Yes, I will. Do you want a residential one in which you can spend the night?" the boy said, "I do not want to stay here, but I only want a meal," the stranger replied. The boy said, "Follow me." 

Answer (7):

The stranger asked the boy if he (boy) would tell him (st) the way to the nearest hotel. The boy replied in the affirmative and said that he would. He (boy) asked him (st) if he wanted a residential one in which he could spend the night. The stranger replied that he did not want to stay there but he only wanted a meal. The boy told him (st) to follow him (boy).

8. Identify the unclear pronoun references in the passage to make them clear: 5

Women are nowadays as important as men in society. She constitute nearly half of our total population. No nation can make real progress keeping half of it in the dark. Without the uplift of women, it is not at all possible. Again without education, women cannot be uplifted. proper education should be given to her so that they can work hand in hand with them in all development programmes.  

Answer (8):

Women are nowadays as important as men in society. They constitute nearly half of our total population. No nation can make real progress keeping half of her population in the dark. Without the uplift of women, progress is not at all possible. Again, without education they cannot be uplifted. Proper education should be given to them so that they can work hand in hand with men in all development programmes.

9. Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blanks spaces: 0.5 × 10 = 5

In (a)___ (use a pre-modifier of the noun) years, there have been many (b)___ (use a participle to pre-modify the noun) reports that (c)___ (use a determiner) world's climate is undergoing a (d)___ (use an adjective to pre-modify the noun) change. (e)___ (use a pre determiner) reports provide strong evidence that (f)___ (use a noun adjective to pre-modify the noun) temperatures are increasing (g)___ (use an adverbial phrase to post modify the verb). (h)___ (use a demonstrative) increase in global warming is caused by increased amount of carbon dioxide around the earth. (i)___ (use a quantifier to pre-modify the noun) climatologists believe that the greenhouse effect is (j)___ (use a determiner to pre-modify the adjective) likely cause of this global warming. 

Answer (9):

(a) recent (b) alarming (c) the (d) significant (e) All these (f) world (g) day by day (h) This (i) Most (j) the

10. Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following: 0.5 × 10 = 5

Bangladesh is mainly an agricultural country. (a) ___, her economy and prosperity depend on agriculture. (b) ___, our agriculture depends on the mercy of nature. (c) ___, if there is sufficient rain people can plough their lands and sow seeds in time. (d)___ they can reap good harvest. (e) ___, if it does not rain in time, the farmers cannot grow the crops easily and they do not have good harvest, (f)___ , without water our agriculture is lifeless. The rain is not always beneficial to our agriculture. (g)___ , sometimes it rains so much that it causes floods. (h)___ , our crops go under water and most often they are totally destroyed. (i)___ , the farmers who constitute the most part of our professional people lose everything. (j)___ we can safely conclude that our economy depends on rain.

Answer (10):

(a) Generally (b) In fact (c) Therefore (d) Thus (e) But (f) Truly speaking (g) Rather (h) Then/As a result (i) Consequently (j) So/Hence.

11. Read the passage and write the antonyms and synonym of the words as directed below: 0.5 × 10 = 5

Gender discrimination in Bangladesh begins at birth. Most parents want to have children so that they can, when they are older, supplement their family income or help with the domestic work. In the existing socio-economic set-up, male children are best suited to that purpose. So girls are born to an unwelcome world. However, they are assigned rather confined to, domestic chores. Some of these girls may be at school. But all their work-domestic or academic stops as soon as they are married off, which is the prime concern of the parents about their daughters. This body and mind of the girls children and women in a family. They are given to understood that they should keep the best food available for the male members in the family, that they should eat less than the male members, that they should not raise their voice when they speak, that they should not go out their house without permission from, and without being escorted by the male member, All these shape the girls, thinking about life and the world, and go to establish their relationships with the male members in the family.   

(a) discrimination (anto.) (b) supplement (anto.) (c) domestic (syn.) (d)  purpose (syn.) (e) permission (anto.) (f) confined (anto.) (g) existing (anto.) (h) assign (syn.) (i) treatment (syn.) (j) escort (syn.

Answer (11):

(a) equity (b) deplete (c) household (d) intention (e) prohibition (f) unrestricted (g) non-e×isting (h) allocate/appoint (i) medication (j) guard/protect

12. There are ten errors in the use of punctuation marks in the following text. Re-write the text correcting the errors: 0.5 × 10 = 5

then a terrible thing happened while we were waiting for the coffee the head waiter with an ingratiating smile on his false face came up to us bearing a large basket full of huge peaches they had the blush of an innocent girl; they had the rich tone of an italian landscape.   

Answer (12):

Then a terrible thing happened. While we were waiting for the coffee, the head waiter with an ingratiating smile on his false face, came up to us bearing a large basket full of huge peaches. They had the blush of an innocent girl, they had the rich tone of an Italian landscape.

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Part-B: Composition (Marks 40)

13. Suppose there is no computer lab in your college for want of which the students cannot develop their computer skill properly. Now write an application to your principal seeking permission to set up a computer lab. 8

14. Suppose you are a reporter of a national daily. An accident occurred in front of you yesterday. Now write a report on road accident. 8

15. Write a paragraph on "Premature Marriage". Use 150 words. 10

16. Write a composition in at least 200 words on "Unemployment Problem in Bangladesh". 14