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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

A village market is (a)___ place in (b)___ village where (c)___ villagers go to buy and sell various things. It usually sits on (d)___ bank of (e)___ river or a canal or by (f)___ side of highways. In a village market, the villagers buy and sell (g)___ different kinds of food grains, all kinds of daily necessaries and (h)___ other commodities. It is, in fact, (i)___ primary centre to meet people's need. It is again a meeting place of (j)___ villagers.

Answer (1):

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

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

A good student never learns things (a)___ rote. He always adheres (b)___ his studies. He does not haunt (e)___ traditional guide books. He abides (d)___ his teachers' advice and jot (e)___ their lectures. He does not mix (f)___ bad boys and while (g)___ his time. He also behaves well (h)___ the superiors and never looks down (i)___ anybody. Everybody is pleased (j)___ his conduct. 

Answer (2):

(a) by (b) to (c) for (d) by (e) down (f) with (g) away (h) with (i) upon (j) at

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

was born	What does ¾ look like	let alone	There	would rather
has to	What's it like	as soon as	as if	had better

(a) Life is full of struggles. Certainly, it has ups and downs. A man___ face innumerable barriers in his life.

(b) The tide of globalization has now entered into other spheres too. The whole world is now___ it were a global village.

(c) Education is the backbone of a nation. It is the crying need of our country. We___ educate our children than keep them illiterate.

(d) Self-employment is a possible solution to the unemployment problem. The Government___ explore avenues for self-employment.

(e) I frequently visit library to read books on different subjects. But now a days many students do not attend the class regularly___ visit library. 

(f) A major influence on American Children's lives is the television shows they watch. TV viewing statistics are staggering___ .

(g) Punctuality is the key to success. A student can do good result___ he becomes punctual.

(h) Sadaf:___ a desert look___ ?

 Samin: A desert looks like a sea of sand. People use ships for travelling by the sea. In the same way for the travelling through desert, camel is used.

(i) Shakespeare is the greatest dramatist of all times. He___ in 1564 in England. 

(j)___ trying to abstain from evil deeds? It is great because evil deeds bring about ruins.

Answer (3):

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

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

(a) Amerigo, a boy of 13 years old___ .

(b) As his mother was separated from his  father___ .

(c) Amerigo used to collect trash so that___ .

(d) But he stopped doing that after___ .

(e) If he did not stay away from the trash   dump___ .

(f) Though Amerigo worked for an ice-cream shop owner___ .

(g) The owner of the shop gave him something to eat and let___ .

(h) Ameriog's friends who work sorting    rubbish___ .

(i) He remained always hungry and did not know where___ .

(j) The nights were very cold as though___ .

Answer (4):

(a) Amerigo, a boy of 13 years old is a street boy.

(b) As his mother was separated from his father he has to live alone.

(c) Amerigo used to collect trash so that he could earn some money.

(d) But he stopped doing that after he had a serious infection.

(e) If he did not stay away from the trash dump he could be seriously affected.

(f) Though Amerigo worked for an ice-cream shop owner, he got no money e×cept food in return.

(g) The owner of the shop gave him something to eat and let him sleep in his hut at night.

(h) Amerigo's friends who work sorting rubbish often suffer from serious diseases.

(i) He remained always hungry and did not know where he would sleep the ne×t night.

(j) The nights were very cold as though they were deadly.

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

Socrates (a)___ (engage) is preaching the truth throughout his life. He tried to make people (b)___ (educate) and know what was good for them. He (c)___ (trouble) by the evil people. In spite of it, he never stopped (d)___ (do) good things. But people around him were so envious that they (e)___ (not, tolerate) it. They made conspiracy against him and finally he (f)___ (have) to die drinking Hemlock. Truth (g)___ (shine) on the world always. Falsehood may be victorious for the time being but it (h)___ (lose) sooner or later. Those who are engaged in preaching the truth  (i)___ (remember) by the people. Those who feel  (j)___ (interest) to tell lies can never prosper in life.

Answer (5):

(a) was engaged (b) educated (c) was troubled (d) doing (e) did not tolerate (f) had (g) shines (h) loses (i) are remembered (j) interested

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

(a) Cricket is one of the most popular games. (Positive)

(b) The first One day cricket was played in Australia. (Active)

(c) One day Cricket Tournament is introduced to make the game more interesting. (Complex) 

(d) England arranged the first One Day World Cup Cricket Tournament in 1975. (Passive)

(e) The West Indies won the grand trophy. (Complex)

(f) In 1987 Pakistan and India were host countries and that Tournament was quite noteworthy. (Simple)

(g) In 1992 Pakistan won the trophy from Australia and New Zealand. (Complex)

(h) The first Asian Test Final Match was held in 1999 in Bangladesh. (Interrogative)

(i) Bangladesh was lucky enough to be champion in ICC in 1996 in Malaysia. (Exclamatory)

(j) Bangladesh also participated in the World Cup Cricket Tournament of 1999 held in England but could not won the trophy. (Compound)

Answer (6):

(a) Very few games are as popular as cricket.

(b) Two teams played the first One Day cricket in Australia. 

(c) One Day Cricket Tournament is introduced so that it makes the game more interesting.

(d) The first One Day World Cup Cricket Tournament was arranged by England in 1975.

(e) West Indies won the trophy which was grand.

(f) In 1987 Pakistan and India were the host countries of the, quite notewothy tournament.

(g) It was Pakistan that won the trophy from Australia and New Zealand in 1992.

(h) Wasn't the first Asian Test Final match held in 1999 in Bangladesh!

(i) How lucky Bangladesh was to be champion in ICC in 1996 in Malaysia!

(j) Though Bangladesh also participated in the World Cup Cricket Tournament of 1999 held in England, she could not win the trophy.

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

"Hellow, I'm John Matthew" said the officer. "Hellow, I've been referred to you because I'm enquiring about the course that you run. I'd like to find out a bit more about them," said the student. "We run a few different courses for students who are both undergraduate and postgraduate. Are you an undergraduate or a postgraduate? Arts or Science?" said the officer. "Undergraduate, and I'am in the Business Faculty," replied the student.

Answer (7):

Addressing the student the officer said that he was John Matthew. Addressing the officer the student said that he had been referred to him (O) because he (S) was enquiring about the course that they run. He (S) again said that he would like to find out a bit more about them. The officer said that they run few different courses for students who are both undergraduate and post graduate. He (O) asked him (S) if he was an undergraduate or a post graduate. He (O) also asked if he (S) was Arts or sciences. The student replied he (S) was an undergraduate and he was in the Business Faculty.

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

All girls, in our country are not fortunate enough to receive proper education and other such essential facilities from family. Most of us have the idea that firstly, they are less intelligent than boys are and secondly, they are not permanent family members. Since after marriage girls, naturally, leave their parents' house for the in-law. Some parents, despite their sincere love for their daughters think it quite unwise and useless to spend for their betterment. Of course, in these days of quarrels, divorce and death (of the husband) some of them believe education is an insurance, allowing the 'wife' to earn her own living as divorce or widow.

Answer (8):

All girls, in our country, are not fortunate enough to receive proper education and other such essential facilities from family. Most of us have the idea that firstly, girls are less intelligent than boys are and secondly, girls are not permanent family members, Since after marriage, they, naturally, leave their parents' house for the in-law's house. Some parents, despite their sincere love for their daughters think it is quite unwise and useless to spend for their daughters, betterment. Of course, in these days of quarrels, divorce and death (of the husband) some of the girls believe education is an insurance, allowing the 'wife' to earn her own living as divorcee or widow.

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

Once a cook roasted a duck for his master. The roast looked (a)___ (pre-modify the adjective with an intensifier) delicious. So he ate one of the drumsticks. When the master sat down (b)___ (post-modify the verb with an infinitive), he quickly noticed the missing leg. The master asked what happened to the (c)___ (pre-modify the noun) leg. The cook replied that the duck had (d)___ (pre-modify the verb) leg only. The master was not a fool. He said that there was no such thing as a one (e)___ (pre-modify the noun) duck. But the cook insisted that this duck had only one leg. The master was (f)___ (pre-modify the adjective with an intensifier) annoyed. He threatened him (g)___ (post-modify the verb with an infinitive) him from his job. At that moment he looked out of the window and saw some ducks. (h)___ (post-modify the noun with a present participle) outside in the yard. He saw one duck leaning on one leg (i)___ (post-modify the noun with a present participle) the other. And he showed this to the master. The master clapped his hands (j)___ (post-modify the verb) which startled the duck. It put down its other leg and ran off. 

Answer (9):

(a) e×tremely (b) to eat (c) missing (d) one (e) legged (f) very (g) to fire/to sack (h) standing (i) hiding (j) instantly

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

Gender discrimination in Bangladesh begins at birth. Most parents want to have children (a)___ they can, when they are older, supplement their family income and for help with the domestic work. In the existing socio-economic set-up, male children are best suited to this purpose. (b)___ girls are born to an unwelcome world. (c) -, they are assigned, (d)___ confined to domestic chores. Some of these girls may be at school. But all their work-domestic or academic stops (c)___ they are married off, which is the prime concern of the parents about their daughters. (f)___ , they are ill-treated by the in laws (g)___ they fail to fulfill their demands. They have to do (h)___ the members of the in law family want and (i)___ they want. (j)___ , the girls can contribute a little to the socio-economic development of the nation. 

Answer (10):

(a) so that (b) So (c) However (d) rather (e) as soon as (f) Even (g) when (h) whatever (i) whenever (j) Thus

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

The pioneer of Bangladeshi modern art Zainul Abedin is widely acclaimed for his Bengal 'Famine Sketches'. Through a series of sketches, Zainul not only documented the harsh famine of 1940 but also showed its sinister face through the skeletal figures of the people destined to die of starvation in a man-made plight. He depicted these extremely shocking pictures with human compassion. He made his own link by burning  charcoal and using cheap ordinary packing paper for sketching. He produced a series of brush and ink drawings, which later became iconic images of human sufferings.

(a) modern (antonym) (b) wide (synonym)  (c) harsh (antonym) (d)  die (antonym) (e) plight (synonym) (f) shocking (antonym) (g) human (antonym) (h) compassion (synonym) (i) cheap (antonym) (j) suffering (synonym)

Answer (11):

(a) ancient (b) ample (c) moderate (d) live (e) disaster (f) pleasing (g) inhuman (h) sympathy (i) expensive (j) distress

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

Asad: Excuse me where is the nearest hospital.

Mizan: its about two kilometers from here you will have to hire a taxi you can also go by bus.

Asad: I see is there a bus station near there.

Mizan: yes there is a bus stop at the corner.

Asad: Thank you

Mizan: Dont mention it

Answer (12):

Asad: Excuse me. Where is the nearest hospital?

Mizan: It's about two kilometers from here. You will have to hire a taxi. You can also go by bus.

Asad: I see. Is there a bus station there?

Mizan: Yes, there is a bus stop at a corner.

Asad: Thank you.

Mizan: Don't mention it.

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Part-B: Composition (Marks 40)

13. Read the following formal letter. Now, write a similar application to the Principal of your college for opening reading room. 8

20 November, 2016

The Principal

Barisal Cadet College, Barisal

Subject: Application for opening a reading room.

Sir,

With due respect, I, on behalf of the students of your college, beg most respectfully to state that our college has a rich library but it does not have any reading room where we can read reference books, newspapers, journals etc. to enrich our knowledge. In order to enrich our knowledge for future practical life a reading room is badly needed.

May we, therefore, pray and hope that you would be kind enough to take necessary steps to open a reading room adjacent to the library.

We remain

Sir,

Yours most obediently

x Islam

On behalf of the students of

Barisal Cadet College.

14. Suppose, you are Redwan, a student of Bogra Azizul Haque College, Bogra. The Freshers' Reception of your college was held with great enthusiasm.  Now, write a report of about 120 words on it. Give it a suitable title of it. 8

15. Write a paragraph on "Water clogging on the Road". (Use 100-150 words) 10

16. Write a composition on "Price Hike". Write at least 200 words but do not exceed 250 words. 14