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Model Test/Board Question-48

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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Central Women's College ∎ Dhaka

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

Literacy as (a)___ skill was first institutionalized in Mesopotamia, Syria, Egypt and China soon after (b)___ art of writing was invented. Education then was not for (c)___ general people but (d)___ privilege for (e)___ chosen (f)___ few who took on strategic roles in (g)___ running of (h)___ state and in religion. In Greece, education became widespread in about 5th century BC. (i)___ Greeks, however, sent only their (j)___ male children to school.  

Answer (1):

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

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

A good student is never indifferent (a)___ his studies. He always adheres (b)___ his studies. He does not learn things (c)___ notes. He does not hunt (d)___ traditional guide books. Moreover, he has great thirst (e)___ knowledge. For this he does not confine himself (f)___ the traditional studies. He is always aware (g)___ the current affairs (h)___ the world. He abides (i)___ his teacher's advice and jots (j)___ their lectures. 

Answer (2):

(a) to (b) to (c) from (d) for (e) for (f) within (g) of (h) of (i) by (j) down

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

used to	have to	was born	lest	would rather
as long as	It	what if	supposed to	as soon as

(a)___ is really unfortunate for a boy like him to fail in the exam.

(b) His mother being sick, he needs to go home___ possible. 

(c) No one is happy with her result; She___ understand it.

(d)___ you lose your pen in the exam hall?

(e) Homer was a great poet. Nobody knows where he___ .

(f) The west sky is cloudy. We take umbrella with us___ we should be drenched by rain.

(g) Mr. Rand___ walk in the morning. And he did so for keeping good health.

(h) I___ remain guilty than speak ill of others. Because it creates great enmity between friends and relatives.

(i) His behaviour surprised me. Because he was___ to bring a special gift for me, but he forgot it without any hesitation.

(j) The poor will continue to suffer___ they are illiterate.

Answer (3):

(a) It (b) as soon as (c) has to (d) What if (e) was born (f) lest (g) used to (h) would rather (i) supposed to (j) as long as

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

(a) Garment industry in Bangladesh is one of the major sources___ . But this sector is afflicted with many problems.

(b) Success does not come to a man automatically. When a man works in a systematic way___ .

(c) Female education is a crying need for our country. It is a good sign that nowadays___ .

(d) Life should not be considered___ . It is full of sorrows and sufferings.

(e) He is an honest man. Despite having conspiracy___ . 

(f) The film 'Aynabaji' has bagged best film award at Seattle. If you enjoyed the film___ .

(g) Man cannot live alone. He needs company of others. As man cannot live alone,___ .

(h) As it is a difficult task,___ . He is very skilled in doing such work.

(i) Whenever I go to visit the factory, I___ . He must account for his absence.

(j) There are many helpless people. I wish___ .

Answer (4):

(a) Garment industry in Bangladesh is one of the major sources of earning foreign exchange.

(b) When a man works in a systematic way, he is sure to succeed in life.

(c) It is a good sign that nowadays our girls and women are being educated.

(d) Life should not be considered as a bed of roses.

(e) Despite having conspiracy his honesty has been crowned with success.

(f) If you enjoyed the film, you would be overjoyed.

(g) As man cannot live alone, he wants company.

(h) As it is a difficult task, I cannot do it easily.

(i) Whenever I go to visit the factory, I find him absent.

(j) I wish I could help the helpless people.

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

Football is a favourite game in our country. It (a)___ (arrange) between two teams (b)___ (contains) eleven players each. The captains of both teams (c)___ (lead) their groups. This is the most exciting and enjoyable game ever (d)___ (play) across the world. It (e)___ (run) for an hour and a half with an interval after half of the time (f)___ (be) over. Any football tournament (g)___ (arrange) between two strong teams can be very exciting. The result (h)___ (remain) almost unpredictable till the end because any team might win the other team (i)___ (score) a goal within seconds. The referee is to see whether rules and order (j)___ (maintain) by the players.  

Answer (5):

(a) is arranged (b) containing (c) lead (d) played (e) runs (f) is (g) arranged (h) remains (i) scoring (j) are maintained

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

(a) Everybody wants friends. (Make it Negative without changing the meaning)

(b) The heart is formed for love and cannot be happy without the opportunity of giving and receiving love. (Complex)

(c) But you cannot find others to love you unless you love them. (Simple)

(d) Everybody is fastened to each other with love in this world. (Active)

(e) As love is divine, so everybody wants to love. (Compound)

Answer (6):

(a) There is nobody but wants friends.

(b) Since the heart is formed for love, it cannot be happy without the opportunity of giving and receiving love.

(c) But you cannot find others to love you without loving them.

(d) Love fastens everybody to each other with love in this world.

(e) Love is divine and so everybody wants to love.

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

Puja said to Nipa, "Why are you late for college every day?" "I cannot get up early in the morning, so I don't have enough time to be ready for college," she said. "How lazy you are!" said Puja." Let me speak the truth. If you do not change your habit, you will be a cause of sorrows of your parents. So give up this bad habit immediately. 

Answer (7):

Puja asked Nipa why she (N) was late for college every day. Nipa said in reply that she could not get up early in the morning and so she (N) didn't have enough time to be ready for college. Puja exclaimed with wonder that she (N) was extremely lazy. Puja proposed to her (N) that she might speak the truth. She (P) said that if she (N) did not change her habit, she (N) would be the cause of sorrows of her parents. She (P) advised her (N) to give up that bad habit immediately.

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

Travelling is a part of education. This means going from place to place. One can enhance knowledge by going from place to place. Thus gives one the opportunity to see the unseen and know the unknown. Some people are averse to travelling. This limits his vision. However, by travelling different parts of the world, my knowledge may be enriched.  

Answer (8):

Travelling is a part of education. It means going from place to place. One can enhance knowledge by going from place to place. It gives one the opportunity to see the unseen and know the unknown. Some people are averse to travelling. This averseness limits their vision. However, by travelling different parts of the world their knowledge may be enriched.

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

Most of the people of (a)___ (pre-modify the noun by possessive) country do not know the importance of English. In fact, it is an (b)___ (pre-modify the noun by an adjective) language and we are living in a (c)___ (pre-modify the noun) village. So if you know English (d)___ (post-modify the verb with an adverb), you can communicate with (e)___ (pre-modify the noun) rest of the world. It is surely an important element of your (f)___ (use a noun adjective to pre-modify the noun) skill. Without the knowledge of English, you cannot complete (g)___ (pre-modify the noun by possessive) higher studies because most of the books are written in English in the process of higher education. Poor knowledge of English will also hamper your (h)___ (pre-modify the noun by a noun adjective) development. In short, if you do not have a good command of English, you will suffer (i)___ (post-modify the verb with adverbial). So don't waste your time and try to learn English (j)___ (post-modify the verb with an adverb) from today.  

Answer (9):

(a) our (b) international (c) global (d) well (e) the (f) communication (g) your (h) career (i) in the long run (j) right

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

Feeding the ever-growing population is a big challenge for Bangladesh in the coming decades, (a)___ when the country loses cultivable land every day due to excessive pressure on land for human settlement. (b) -, river erosion and other non-agricultural uses contribute to the loss of agricultural land (c) -, we need some immediate steps to meet the challenge, (d)___ , we need more imaginative and effective organizations of productions. (e) -, we can take up "contract farming" for promoting food production. (f)___ , we can go for land reclamation in the Bay of Bengal. (g)___ , it is essential to improve agricultural production in general, (h)___ , support from the public sector is necessary to generate and promote technologies. (i)___ , we need bio-technology research and development of hybrid crops and animal species. (j)___ , we must develop partnerships with multinational private sector firms and institutions.      

Answer (10):

(a) especially (b) Moreover (c) So (d) Besides (e) For example (f) Again (g) Furthermore (h) For this (i) In this respect (j) Finally

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

We should never call a student weaker. Teachers should never discourage any student frustrating his/her interest, ability and dream. Every teacher should try-his/her best to find out the ways of success for the students and guide them to achieve it. 

(a) never (antonym)  (b) weaker (antonym) (c) discourage (antonym) (d)  frustrating (synonym) (e) interest (synonym) (f) ability (synonym) (g) dream (synonym) (h) best (synonym) (i) success (synonym) (j) achieve (synonym)

Answer (11):

(a) ever (b) stronger (c) encourage (d) disappointing/ disheartening (e) attraction (f) capability/expertness (g) ambition/aspiration (h) utmost (i) fortune/fame (j) accomplish

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

Arif: Hello How are you Zakia?

Zakia: Fine. What about you

Arif: Well I was a bit sick?

Zakia: Really What happened

Arif: Stomach upset. I had outside food. It troubles my stomach.

Zakir: That's why I always try to avoid outside food they are unhygienic

Arif: I'm not going to have it anymore.

Zakia: Anyway you take care bye.

Arif: Bye. 

Answer (12):

Arif: Hello, how are you, Zakia?

Zakia: What about you?

Arif: Well. I was a bit sick.

Zakia: Really! What happened?

Arif: Stomach upset. I had outside food. It troubles my stomach.

Zakia: That's why I always try to avoid outside food. They are unhygienic.

Arif: I'm not going to have it anymore.

Zakia: Anyway, you take care. Bye.

Arif: Bye.

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