HSC English 2nd paper model test with answer pdf download [34]

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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

In (a)___ history of Islam, many men have arisen who claimed to be (b)___ Mahdi (he who is divinely guided). In (c)___ Sunni Islam, he is (d)___ restorer of (e)___ faith. He will appear at (f)___ end of time to restore justice on earth and establish universal Islam. (g)___ Mahdi will be preceded by al-Dajjal, (h)___ Muslim antichrist, who will be slain by Jesus. This belief is not rooted in (i)___ Quran but has its origins in Jewish ideas about the Messiah and in the Christian belief of (j)___ second coming of Jesus. 

Answer (1):

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

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

Unhealthy eating, especially (a)___ a long term can be a risk factor (b)___ chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, obesity and heart disease. Some estimates say at least 30% of cancers are linked (c)___ poor diet. Healthy eating and drinking is an important principle of looking (d)___ your heart. You'll be surprised (e)___ how easy it is to make some changes that can improve your health. A healthy lifestyle involves many choices. (f)___ them, choosing a balanced diet or healthy eating plan is very important, a diet of fruit and vegetables, (g)___ combination with exercise, extend life expectancy (h)___ women in their seventies. Soft drinks can easily be replaced (i)___ healthier and free water. Why pay for expensive beauty products when you can improve your skin (j)___ your diet.

Answer (2):

(a) for (b) of (c) to (d) after (e) at (f) Among (g) in (h) of (i) by (j) with

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

had better	fed up	how ¾ like	what's it like	up to
feel like	along the way	read between the lines	call it a day	just as well

(a) Urrgh! The washing-up. I'll do it tomorrow. I don't___ doing it now.

(b) Shall we go to the cinema or to the pub? I don't mind. It is___ you.

(c)___ visiting a new place? You seem to be very happy with your recent tour.

(d) It's raining___ I brought my umbrella.

(e) We___ put on light dress. This could give us relief in the hot atmosphere.

(f) Politics! Politics! I am___ with politics.

(g) I am going to enter into university life. I wonder___ it will be___ ?

(h) I am too tired to continue working. Let us___ ?

(i) A: Have you made a plan?

 B: No, we'll arrange things___ .

(j) I think you have reacted totally in a negative way. If you___ , you could understand what he tried to say.

Answer (3):

(a) feel like (b) up to (c) What's it like (d) just as well (e) had better (f) fed up (g) how like (h) call it a day (i) along the way (j) read between the lines

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

(a) Industry is the key to success. If you work hard,___.

(b) Corruption is the main hindrance to development. It is high time___. 

(c) Abdul is an H.S.C candidate. he is studying hard lest___. 

(d) There are a good number of reasons why___. That English is a foreign language is the main reason. 

(e) Bird fly in the sky. I wish___.

(f) No sooner had we reached there than___. Unless we went there earlier, we would miss the beginning of the programme. 

(g) It is not good___. A man is known by the company he keeps. 

(h) Dulal Sheikh is a quack. He behaves as if___. 

(i) It is very cold outside. You had better___. 

(j) My childhood was full of joys and happiness. Would that___. 

Answer (4):

(a) If you work hard, you will succeed in every sphere of your life.

(b) It is high time we checked corruption in our national life.

(c) He is studying hard lest he should miss GPA-5.

(d) There are a good number of reasons why students fail in English in this country.

(e) I wish I could fly like birds.

(f) No sooner had we reached there than the programme started.

(g) It is not good to keep bad company.

(h) He behaves as if he were a qualified doctor.

(i) You had better put on warm clothes.

(j) Would that I could go back to my childhood days.

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

Sumo (a)___ (have) a 2000 history in Japan and (b)___ (be) a professional sport there for 300 years. Its origin stem from folk rituals (c)___ (tie) to good harvests, and it (d)___ (be) particularly popular in rural areas. It emerged as an important part of Japanese American pre war life among the Japanese who migrated from rural parts of Japan. Sumo (e)___ (cross) class and generational lines. Sumo (f)___ (be) particularly prominent in Central California farming communities. There were also several Japanese in America who (g)___ (pursue) professional sumo careers before the war. Though some community leaders (h)___ (attempt) to restart sumo tournament after the war, the sport largely (i)___ (disappear) from ethnic community life after the early 1950s. Hawaii (j)___ (serve) as a partial exception where several Hawaii-born wrestlers used to visit Japan and made many fans there.     

Answer (5):

(a) has (b) has been (c) tied (d) was (e) crossed (f) was (g) pursued (h) attempted (i) disappeared (j) serves 

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

There is a popular saying that health is wealth. (a) Health is the greatest wealth of a person. (Positive) (b) In order to be healthy we have to take a balanced diet every day. (Complex) (c) A balanced diet is a food that contains something from each of the three main groups of food. (Simple) Three groups are: protein, carbohydrate and fat. Protein is the most important for building our bodies. (d)  They help us to build new cells    as old ones die. (Simple) (e) Carbohydrates and fats provide the root of our existence named energy. (Complex)

Answer (6):

(a) No other wealth of a person is as great as health.

(b) We have to take a balanced diet every day so that we can be healthy.

(c) A balanced diet is a food containing something from each of the three main groups of food.

(d) Due to the dying of the old ones, they help us to build new cells.

(e) Carbohydrates and fats provide the root of our e×istence which is named energy.

7. Change the narrative style of the following text: 1 × 5 = 5

"I have won a lottery and got a prize of forty lac taka," said Samir. "Congratulations!" I said. "What do you intend to do with this large amount of money?" "I want to serve my poor village people. So, I have made up my mind to establish a hospital in our rural area." Samir replied, "Thank you," said I. "I shall also help you in this respect." 

Answer (7):

Samir told me that he had won a lottery and got 40 lac taka. I congratulated him. I asked him what he intended to do with the large amount of money. Samir replied that he wanted to serve his poor village people. He added that thus he had made up his mind to establish a hospital in their rural area. I thanked him and added that I would also help him in that respect.

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

Dr. Shihab, a doctor living in Dhaka, decided one morning to give her cat away. Dr. Shihab thought that it was much better for this to live in the country. So, he put 'Mini' in the car and drove one hundred kilometers out of the city to his brother's house and left the cat with them. A month later he was shocked to hear that it was no longer there! Then one night Mr. Shihab heard a noise at their bedroom window. Unable to sleep he got out of bed and was surprised to see a thin cat looking in. He chased the cat away and went back there. Then just as he was about to fall asleep, something landed on his bed. "It gave me a real fright and then I realized it was the cat and the cat was "Mini"! Now Dr. Shihab says, he will never give it away again.

Answer (8):

Dr. Shihab, a doctor living in Dhaka, decided one morning to give his cat away. Dr. Shihab thought that it was much better for the cat to live in the country. So, he put "Mini" in the car and drove 100 kilometres out of the city to his brother's house and left it with them. A month later he was shocked to hear that it was no longer there! Then one night Dr. Shihab heard a noise at his bedroom window. Unable to sleep he got out of bed and was surprised to see a thin cat looking in. He chased the cat away and went back to bed. Then, just as he was about to fall asleep, something landed on his bed. "It gave me real fright and then I realized it was the cat and the cat was Mini!" Now Dr. Shihab says he will never give it away again.

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

My elder sister is (a)___ (pre-modify the adjective with an intensifier) affectionate to me. She is a very (b)___ (pre-modify the noun) lady. She advises me (c)___ (post-modify the verb with an infinitive) my knowledge and skill. She tells me to go to college (d)___ (post-modify the verb). She encourages me to follow the (e)___ (pre-modify the noun) path. She also advises me (f)___ (post-modify the verb with an infinitive phrase) towards other fellow students. She is really a (g)___ (pre-modify the noun) woman. She teaches me how (h)___ (post-modify the verb with an infinitive) between right and wrong. She advises me to be a (i)___ (pre-modify the noun) human being. (j)___ (pre-modify with a present participle phrase) I want to become a trustworthy man.  

Answer (9):

(a) very (b) intelligent (c) to increase (d) regularly (e) right (f) to move eagerly (g) qualified (h) to distinguish (i) true (j) Being inspired

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

We should always keep in mind (a)___ all kinds of physical exercise are not suitable for all (b)___ 

different people have different capacities. (c) -, harder exercise (d)___ wrestling and gymnastics are suitable for young people (e)___ have energy to perform them. Weaker and old people should take the milder exercise (f)___ walking, jogging and free hand exercise. Over exercise never does good (g)___ breaks down the health. (h)___ , we should always take (i)___ exercises as would suit us. Physical exercise is important for the preservation of good health. It (j)___ builds our character.

Answer (10):

(a) that (b) because (c) For e×ample (d) such as (e) who (f) such as (g) rather (h) So (i) such (j) also

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

Fate plays an important role in the life of the poor and general people alike. They take it as the moderator of their lives. They accept their poverty and suffering in the name of fate. They firmly believe that poverty and disease are destined by God. Finally, they console themselves by saying they will be rewarded in the next world and do not try much to change their lot.

Now write synonyms or antonyms as directed and make new sentences with them:

(a) important (synonym) (b) accept (antonym) (c) suffering (synonym) (d)  believe (antonym) (e) rewarded (synonym) (f) alike (antonym) (g) fate (synonym) (h) firmly (antonym) (i) console (synonym) (j) change (synonym)

Answer (11):

(a) vital/crucial (b) deny/refuse (c) distress/ sorrows (d) disbelieve (e) awarded (f) different (g) destiny/ lot (h) uncertainly/ hesitantly (i) assuage (j) alter

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

oh doctor im so upset said the woman my husband seems to be wandering in his mind don't let that worry you I know your husband he cant go far. 

Answer (12):

"Oh doctor, I'm so upset," said the woman. "My husband seems to be wandering in his mind." "Don't let that worry you. I know your husband. He can't go far."

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Part-B: Composition (Marks 40)

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14. Imagine, you are a reporter of a national daily. Recently a daring robbery has occurred in your locality. Now, write a report on the incident. 8

15. Write a paragraph on "My Idea of a University". 10

16. "Death Penalties should be abolished." Do you agree with this statement? Write a composition on it in 200 to 250 words. 14