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Bangladesh
International School & College, Dhaka Test Examination—2023; English : Paper I |
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Part A : Reading Test (50 Marks)
Read
the passage carefully and answer the questions. [Unit—3;
Lesson—3(B)]
21
February is a memorable day in our national history. We observe the day every
year as International Mother Language Day. The day is a national holiday. On
this day, we pay tribute to the martyrs who laid down their lives to establish
Bangla as a state language in undivided Pakistan in 1952. It is know as the
Language Movement. The seed of the Language Movement was sown on 21 March 1948
when Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the then Governor General of Pakistan, at a public
meeting in Dhaka declared that Urdu would be the only state language of
Pakistan. The declaration raised a storm of protest in the eastern part of the
country. The protest continued non-stop, gathering momentum day by day. It
turned into a movement and reached its climax in 1952. The government outlawed
all sorts of public meetings and rallies to stop it. The students of Dhaka
University defied the law and they brought out a peaceful protest procession on
21 February 1952. When the procession reached near Dhaka Medical College, the
police opened fire on the students, killing Salam, Rafiq, Barkat, Saifur and
Jabbar. As a result, there were mass protests all over the country and the
government had to declare Bangla as a state language. This kindled the sparks
of independence movement of Bangladesh.
1. Choose the best answer from the
alternatives. 1´7=7
(a) Jinnah's
declaration raised a storm of protest ——.
(i) in Pakistan (ii) in the eastern
part of Pakistan
(iii) in the western part of Pakistan (iv) all over the country
(b) The word
'protest' here means ——.
(i) praise (ii) revolt (iii)
acceptance (iv) approval
(c) Who
brought out protest procession?
(i) dwellers of Dhaka city (ii) the army
(iii) the people of East Pakistan (iv) students of Dhaka
University
(d) The protest procession was ——.
(i)
peaceful (ii) violent (iii) aggressive (iv) entertaining
(e) The greatest outcome of the Language Movement is ——.
(i)
the status of Bangla as a state language
(ii)
the independence of Bangladesh
(iii)
the International Mother Language Day
(iv)
National Holiday
(f) The word 'declare' is ——.
(i) a noun (ii) a verb (iii)
an adverb (iv) an adjective
(g) What is the main purpose of the author of this passage?
(i) to sketch the significance of
International Mother Language Day
(ii)
to portray the brutal characteristics of Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(iii)
to highlight our culture
(iv)
to highlight the brutal killing of the soldiers of the then East Pakistan
2. Answer the following questions. 2´5=10
(a) Why is
21 February a national holiday?
(b) When was
the seed of Language Movement sown?
(c) Why did
the Pakistani government outlaw meetings and rallies in 1952?
(d) When did
the Language Movement reach its climax?
(e) 'This
kindled the sparks of independence movement of Bangladesh'. Explain.
3. Read the
following text and fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the
information of the text. [Unit—3; Lesson—2(B)]
May
Day or International Workers' Day is observed on May 1 all over the world today
to commemorate the historical struggle and sacrifices of the working people to
establish an eight-hour workday. It is a public holiday in almost all the countries
of the world.
Since
the Industrial Revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe and the US, the workers
in mills and factories had been working a long shift, fourteen or even more
hours a day.
On
May 1st in 1886, inspired by the trade unions, half of the workers at the
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company in Chicago went on strike demanding an
eight-hour workday. Two days later, a workers' rally was held near the
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and about 6000 workers joined it. The rally
was addressed by the labour leaders. They urged the workers to stand together,
to go on with their struggle and not to give in to their bosses. Just at this
moment, some strikebreakers started leaving the meeting place. The strikers
went down the street to bring them back. Suddenly, about 200 policemen attacked
them with clubs and revolvers. One striker was killed instantly, five or six
others were seriously wounded and many of them were badly injured. The events
of May 1, 1886 is a reminder that workers will continue to be exploited until
they stand up and speak out to gain better working conditions, better pay and
better lives.
Question : 5
May
day is (a) —— all around the world on 1st May. Before May Day, the condition of
the working class people where (b) ——. They used to work 14 hours or more a
day. But on 1st May 1886, all this (c) ——. The workers came out and demanded their
(d) ——, after protests and bloodshed the workers were (e) ——. This day is a
reminder that if we stand up against evil and injustice, we will be successful
no matter what.
Read
the following text carefully and answer question 4 and 5.
Your
hair and every cell in your body contain your unique DNA. It can tell you a lot
about your family, health and personality. DNA was discovered by a German
Scientist, Friedrich Miescher in 1869, but nobody realized its importance then.
Other scientists though that it was too simple to contain the map of how we are
made. In 1953, a group of British Scientists of Cambridge University finally
discovered the structure of DNA and how it worked. They were given the Nobel
Prize for Medicine in 1962. Gradually, scientists learned to 'read' more and
more of the information in DNA. In 1986, for the first time, DNA test was used
by the police. Some DNA are usually left by a criminal at the place where the
crime was committed. This can be matched with DNA from a suspect. The test
shows if the suspect is guilty.
4. Complete the table below with information from the passage. 1´5=5
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When |
Who/Where |
Event/Action |
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1869 |
(i)
................ |
(ii)
................ |
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1962 |
(iii)
.............. |
were
given Nobel Prize for medicine |
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(iv)
.............. |
police |
used
DNA test for the first time |
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Criminal |
(v)
...................... |
5. Write a
summary of the above passage in your own words. 10
6. Match the
parts of sentences in column 'A', 'B' and 'C' to make five complete sentences. 1´5=5
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Column A |
Column B |
Column C |
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(a) Early rising means |
(i) rises early |
(i) finds time to exercise |
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(b) The man who |
(ii) is the source |
(ii) of health, wealth and wisdom |
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(c) This gives one |
(iii) the habit of |
(iii)
getting early in the morning |
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(d) The habit of early rising |
(iv) both the body |
(iv) and the mind of a person |
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(e) The morning air refreshes |
(v) an opportunity to |
(v) enjoy the beauties of nature |
7. Rearrange
the following sentences in correct order. 1´8=8
(a) This
house is to be given to the first man who can prove that he is contented'.
(b) On the
front of the house, he wrote the words.
(c) The
nobleman said in reply, "But there is certainly no trace of that quality
in you.
(d) One day,
a stranger knocked at the gate and desired to speak to the nobleman.
(e) If you
were contented, you would not wish to get possession of my house".
(f) Saying
this he turned the man out.
(g) Once
upon a time, a nobleman built a grand house.
(h) "I
have come," said he, "to take possession of this house because I can
prove that I am contented".
Part
B : Writing Test (50 Marks)
8. Write a paragraph on 'Traffic Jam" in about 250 words
answering the following questions. 10
(a) What is traffic jam? (b) What
are the causes of traffic jam? (c) What are the effects of traffic jam? (d)
What is your feeling about traffic jam? (e) How can we remove this problem?
9. Read the beginning of the story. Write 10 new sentences to
complete the story in a way you would like. 10
Nila, a young girl of 14 is a
student of class 9 of Noapara Girls' High School. She is a poor girl but had an
aspiration to help her family for a better life. On her way to school, a boy
named Alam used to tease her very often. But she didn't get frustrated, rather
.............
10. The graph below shows the number of people using Internet from the
year 2014 to 2018 in Bangladesh. Describe the graph in 150 words. You should
highlight and summarize the information given in the graph. 10
Number
of Internet Users (%)
11. Suppose, you are Kajol. Write an email to your friend Labib/Labiba
about your plan after the SSC exam. 10
12. Suppose,
you are Tamal and your friend is Asif. Now, a dialogue between you and your
friend about deforestation and its consequences. 10