Govt. Hazi Mohammad Mohsin College ∎ Chittagong
HSC English Second 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)___ healthy body is (b)___ one that is fit and working well. Disease and injury prevent the normal working of (c)___ body. While it is not always possible to prevent (d)___ illness, the chances of developing a disease is reduced by adopting (e)___ healthy lifestyle. If a person becomes ill, a doctor has to work out exactly what (f)___ problem is. Then he decides on (g)___ suitable course of treatment. This might include drugs, surgery, or other means to return the person to (h)___ full health. As part of making a diagnosis, (i)___ doctor asks his patient about the symptoms and the patient's medical history. Next, the doctor looks for (j)___ signs to help identify the illness.
Answer (1):
(a) a (b) × (c) the (d) × (e) a (f) the (g) a (h) × (i) the (j) the
2. Complete the text with suitable preposition: 0.5 × 10 = 5
Flowing all around your body, blood carries food, oxygen and other essentials (a)___ trillions of cells. Blood also defends your body (b)___ infection. Blood is also made (c)___ of plasma (d)___ which float blood cells. Red blood cells pick up oxygen (e)___ the lungs. There is an affinity (f)___ the white cells and the army (g)___ that both perform the act of defending. The heart pumps blood around the body (h)___ three types of blood vessels. Arteries carry blood (i)___ the heart while veins return blood (j)___ the heart.
Answer (2):
(a) for (b) against (c) up (d) through (e) from (f) between (g) since (h) through (i) from (j) to
3. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/ words given in the box. 0.5 × 10 = 5
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but for |
used to |
was born |
scarcely |
had better |
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as though |
it |
what do you
mean |
has to |
would rather |
(a)___ the agile action of the police, the victim could have died. Everybody appreciated the rescue mission of the police force.
(b)___ had the Bangladesh Team won against England when the fans exploded with joy. It was a welcome relief for the local team.
(c) You___ apply to the Principal of your college for granting you a stipend. He will surely see on it.
(d) The lady guest advised him to eat one thing. He retorted that he___ eat nothing.
(e) One evening I got a bad headache. Still, I pretended___ nothing had happened.
(f) Walt Whitman___ in New York. He was a great poet of individualism.
(g) -? How can a crow carry away such a big boy? It's unbelievable.
(h) He___ read a lot of books during his childhood. He was a book worm.
(i)___ requires nothing but goodwill to do good to people. And it is said that charity begins at home.
(j) A good citizen___ obey the rules of law. This obedience will make him disciplined.
Answer (3):
(a) But for (b) Scarcely (c) had better (d) would rather (e) as though (f) was born (g) What do you mean (h) used to (i) It (j) has to
4. Complete the sentences using suitable clauses/ phrases: 0.5 × 10 = 5
(a) As the students were unruly in the absence of the teacher,___ .
(b) There were fifty boys in the class. Each of the boys who___ .
(c) When a child remains close to its mother,___ . It is natural that every child tries to remain close to its mother.
(d) Even though Israt made frantic efforts,___ . We felt sorry for her failure.
(e) The road to success is too___ . The lazy can't make it.
(f) Had I a car___ . I am fond of travelling.
(g) He came to my room while___ . He did not disturb me.
(h) Raquib waited until___ . He left after talking to his father.
(i) He went to the Sunderbans so that___ . He was a lover of wildlife and wilderness.
(j) He confessed that___ . So the teacher forgave him.
Answer (4):
(a) As the students were unruly in the absence of the teacher, they were making hue and cry in the class.
(b) Each of the boys who were disciplined was highly praised by the teachers.
(c) When a child remains close to its mother, it picks up some of the qualities of the mother.
(d) Even though Israt made frantic efforts, she failed in the exam.
(e) The road to success is too tough to be easily achieved.
(f) Had I a car, I would travel across the country.
(g) He came to my room while I was deeply engaged in study.
(h) Raquib waited until his father arrived.
(i) He went to the Sundarbans so that he could enjoy the natural beauty of the place.
(j) He confessed that he had made the mistake.
5. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context: 0.5 × 10 = 5
Last month a 20-year dream (a)___ (come) true: we (b)___ (visit) Italy. There we (c)___ (see) some Bangladeshis. They (d)___ (do) business in different places. They (e)___ (be) kind to us. During conversation, they revealed that they somehow managed (f)___ (save) some money though (g)___ (do) business was very difficult. I (h)___ (inspire) by their entrepreneurship and (i)___ (touch) by their generosity. Finally I (j)___ (bid) them adieu.
Answer (5):
(a) came (b) visited (c) saw (d) were doing (e) were (f) to save (g) doing (h) was inspired (i) touched (j) bade
6. Read the text and change the sentences as directed: 5
(a) Higher education shall be made equally accessible to all on the basis of merit. (Active)
(b) I begged him to send me some money so that I could buy a bus ticket. (Compound)
(c) The work was difficult and painful. (Negative)
(d) Mitu was one of the most meritorious students. (Comparative)
(e) I am lucky because I am alive. (Simple)
Answer (6):
(a) The government will make higher education equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
(b) I begged him to send me some money and I could buy a bus ticket.
(c) The work was not easy and painless.
(d) Mitu was more meritorious than most other students.
(e) I am lucky to remain alive.
7. Change the narrative style of the following text: 5
"You know, there's one thing I thoroughly believe in, "she said, as she ate the ice cream. "One should always get up from a meal feeling one could eat a little more."
"Are you still hungry?" I asked faintly.
"Oh, no, I'm not hungry; you see I don't eat luncheon."
"Oh, I see!"
Answer (7):
As she ate the ice cream, she said to the writer that he knew there was one thing she thoroughly believed in. She added that one should always get up from a meal feeling one could eat a little more. I (writer) asked her faintly if she was still hungry. She replied in the negative and said that she was not hungry and added that I (writer) saw she didn't eat luncheon. I expressed my wonder.
8. Identify the unclear pronoun references in the passage to make them clear: 5
Questions are set to assess your ability to make out a passage and answer questions on the basis of what is stated in it. One needs to read it so that you can identify the main idea of the passage. If the learners are not clear of the main idea, it will be difficult for them to answer the questions. It is because most of them are done based on the main idea.
Answer (8):
Questions are set to assess one's ability to make out a passage and answer questions on the basis of what is stated in the passage. One needs to read the passage so that one can identify the main idea of it. If the learners are not clear of the main idea, it will be difficult for them to answer the questions. It is because most of the answers are done based on the main idea.
9. Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces: 0.5 × 10 = 5
On 31 January 1912, a deputation of (a)___ (pre-modify the noun using a noun adjective) leaders led by Nawab Salimullah, Nawab Syed Ali chowdhury and A.K. Fazlul Haq met Viceroy Lord Hardinge to voice (b)___ (use a possessive to pre-modify the noun) demand for a university in Dacca. This was (c)___ (use an intensifier to pre-modify the verb) opposed by other leaderships. A Calcutta Commission (d)___ (post-modify the noun with a participle) with the task of preparing a scheme for establishing a university in Dacca also opposed it. But the (e)___ (pre-modify the noun using a noun adjective) government ignored (f)___ (use a demonstrative to pre-modify the noun) objections and had the Dacca University Act (g)___ (post-modify the noun using a participle). The (h)___ (use an adjective to pre-modify the noun) university started (i)___ (post-modify the verb using a participle) in 1921. Dhaka University, (j)___ (use a noun appositive to post-modify the noun), earned the reputation of being the "Oxford of the East" in the early decades.
Answer (9):
(a) Muslim/great (b) their (c) vigorously/highly (d) charged/formed (e) British (f) these (g) passed (h) new (i) functioning (j) the highest seat of learning/maintaining high academic standards.
10. Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following: 0.5 × 10 = 5
Students at school read books to please their teacher. (a)___ the teacher says that this, that or the other is a good book and that it is a sign of good taste to enjoy it, many students get the book (b)___ they read it. Some students may genuinely like the book. (c)___ they feel grateful to the teacher for recommending the book for reading. (d)___ , many students will not honestly like it. (e) -, they will persuade themselves that they like it. (f)___ that does a great deal of harm, (g)___ , they take a dislike to the writer of the book. (h)___ , they think that there is something wrong with them. (i)___ , the teacher should be tactful while suggesting students regarding their reading of books. (j)___ , the pupils will be misguided.
Answer (10):
(a) When (b) and (c) So (d) Again (e) But (f) In fact (g) because (h) Rather (i) Moreover (j) Otherwise
11. Read the passage and write the antonyms and synonym of the words as directed below: 0.5 × 10 = 5
Come and see how our mothers are being deprived of their children; how my people are being massacred come, observe and only then pass a judgment on what is going on. He has apparently said that I had agreed to attend a Round Table conference on the 10th of March. Didn't I say a long time back; what is the point of another Round Table Conference? Should I sit with those who have shed the blood of my people? He has suddenly dissolved the assembly without carrying out any discussions with me.
(a) deprived (antonym) (b) massacre (synonym) (c) pass (synonym) (d) apparently (antonym) (e) conference (synonym) (f) back (synonym) (g) point (antonym) (h) shed (synonym) (i) dissolve (antonym) (j) assembly (synonym)
Answer (11):
(a) fortunate (b) extermination (c) declare (d) unclearly (e) congress (f) past (g) uselessness (h) scatter/spill (i) retain (j) congress
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
Bartleby quick I am waiting. Soon I saw him standing in front of me. What is wanted said he mildly. The copies the copies, said I hurriedly. we are going to examine them. There and I held towards him the fourth quadruplicate.
Answer (12):
Bartleby quick, I'm waiting. Soon I saw him standing in front of me. "What is wanted?" said he mildly. "The copies, the copies," I said hurriedly. "We are going to examine them." Therefore, I held towards him the fourth quadruplicate.
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