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Barishal Cadet
College, Barishal Test Examination—2023; English : Paper I |
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Part A :
Reading Test (50 Marks)
Read
the following text and answer the questions 1 and 2. [Unit—3; Lesson—5(B)]
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March, our Independence Day, is one of the most important state festivals. The
day is celebrated every year in the country with great enthusiasm and fervour.
It is a national holiday. All offices, educational institutions, shops and
factories remain closed on this day. The day begins with a 31 gun salute.
Early
in the morning the President and the Prime Minister, on behalf of the nation,
place floral wreaths at the National Mausoleum at Savar. Then other leaders,
political parties, diplomats, social and cultural organisations, educational
institutions and freedom fighters pay homage to the martyrs. People from all
walks of life also go there in rallies and processions. There are many cultural
programmes throughout the day, highlighting the heroic struggle and sacrifice
in 1971.
In
Bangabandhu National Stadium, school children, scouts and girl guides take part
in various displays to entertain thousands of spectators. Educational
institutions also organise their individual programmes. Sports meets and
tournaments are also organised on the day, including the exciting boat race in
the river Buriganga. In the evening, all major public buildings are illuminated
with colourful lights. Bangla Academy, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy and other
socio-cultural organisations hold cultural functions. Similar functions are
also arranged in other places of the country.
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives. 1´7=7
(a) What does the expression "people from
all walks of life" in the passage mean?
(i)
all the ordinary people (ii)
all the rich people
(iii)
all the poor people (iv)
all categories of people
(b) 'Illuminate' stands for ——.
(i)
put out (ii) light on (iii) put on (iv) put off
(c) What is the meaning for 'homage'?
(i)
modesty (ii) earnestness (iii) respect (iv) consecration
(d) Various displays are arranged to —— the
spectators.
(i)
sadden (ii) irritate (iii) annoy (iv) amuse
(e) A diplomat is a person who ——.
(i)
presents his/her own country
(ii)
represents his/her own family in a foreign country
(iii)
create anarchy among the people of foreign countries
(iv)
highlights their political and social interest to the world community
(f) "Freedom fighters pay homage to the
martyrs" means that they ——.
(i)
highlight the sacrifice of martyrs
(ii)
praise highly of the martyrs
(iii)
show due respect and gratitude to the martyrs
(iv)
maintain silence at the programmes
(g) What is the main purpose of the author of
the passage?
(i)
to highlight the celebration of Independence Day
(ii)
to show us the way of arranging programmes
(iii)
to describe our tradition
(iv)
to show our nationalism and Bengali culture
2. Answer the following questions. 2´5=10
(a) What does 26 March remind us?
(b) Who pay homage to the martyred freedom
fighters?
(c) Why does the nation observe 26 March?
(d) How is the Independence Day observed?
(e) When and who place floral wreaths at the
National Memorial on behalf of the nation?
3. Read the
following text and fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the
information of the text. 1´5=5
Meherjan
lives in a slum on the Sirajganj Town Protection Embankment. The dancing of the
flames reminds Meherjan of the turmoil in her life. Not long ago Meherjan had
everything — a family, arable land and cattle. The erosion of the Jamuna
gradually consumed all her land property. It finally claimed her only shelter
during the last monsoon. It took the river only a day to demolish Meher's
house, trees, vegetable garden and the bamboo bush. She had a happy family
once. Over the years, she lost her husband and her family to diseases that
cruel hunger and poverty brought to the family. Now, she is the only one left
to live on with the loss and the pain. The greedy Jamuna has shattered her
dreams and happiness.
Meherjan lives in a slum on the
Sirajganj Town Protection Embankment. She is a (a) —— of river erosion. The
dancing of the flames reminds Meherjan of the turmoil in her own life. (b) ——
Meherjan had everything – a family, arable land and cattle. But the erosion of
the Jamuna consumed all her land property (c) ——. It finally claimed her only
shelter during the last (d) —— season. The river (e) —— Meher's house, trees,
vegetable garden and the bamboo bush in/within only a day. Thus, the greedy
Jamuna has shattered her dreams and happiness.
Read the
following text and answer the question numbers 4 and 5.
Begum
Sufia Kamal, a poetess, litterateur, social activist and feminist was born on
20 June 1911 in a land owning family of Shayestabad in Barishal. She was the
daughter of Abdul Bari, a lawyer, and Sabera Banu. In accordance with
aristocratic social practice of the time, Begum Sufia Kamal was given education
at home. She learnt Urdu, Arabic and Persian from family tutors. She got
lessons in Bangla from her mother and maternal uncle, Syed Mohammad Hossain. In
1918, Sufia went to Kolkata accompanied by her mother. Here young Sufia met
Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain. in
1923, she wrote her first story 'Sainik Bahadur' which was published in the
'Tarun'. Her first book of poems "Sanjher Maya" was published from
Kolkata in 1938. Kazi Nazrul Islam wrote the foreword of the book. Rabindranath
Tagore also read the book and praised her highly. Authoress of more than a
dozen volume of poetry, Sufia Kamal also wrote several volumes of short stories
and an autobiography named "Ekale Amader Kal". Sufia Kamal received
nearly fifty major awards including Bangla Academy Award (1962), the Ekushey
Padak (1976), the Independence Award (1997). She died in Dhaka on 20 November
1999.
4. Complete the table below with information
from the above passage. 1´5=5
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Who/What |
Event/Activity |
Year/When |
Place/Where |
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Begum Sufia Kamal |
was born |
in 1911 |
(i) .............. |
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She |
went |
(ii) .............. |
to Kolkata |
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(iii) ............... |
was published |
1923 |
in the 'Tarun' |
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"Sanjher Maya" |
was published |
(iv) ................ |
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Begum Sufia Kamal |
(v) ................ |
in 1962 |
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5. Write a summary of the above passage in your own words. 10
6. Match the
parts of the sentences in columns 'A', 'B' and 'C' to write five complete
sentences. 1´5=5
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Column A |
Column B |
Column C |
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(a) The role of woman in nation building |
(i) the only isntrument |
(i) without any dignity and honour |
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(b) It is not possible |
(ii) the outlook and attitude of the world |
(ii) to serve the family affairs |
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(c) There was a time |
(iii) can't be denied |
(iii) towards women has changed |
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(d) They were |
(iv) when women were looked upon |
(iv) any more in the situation of the world |
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(e) But with the of progress |
(v) for any nation to reach its goal |
(v) without allowing the women folk to play
their active role |
7. Put the following
parts of the story in correct order to make the whole story. Only the
corresponding numbers of the sentences need to be written. 1´8=8
(a) She saw
a box marked half crown.
(b) But she
had no money left.
(c) She had
exhausted all her pocket money once in buying some gifts.
(d) Queen
Victoria was taught economical habits when she was a girl.
(e) She was
not permitted to exceed it.
(f) She
thought it would be just the very thing for him.
(g) Suddenly
she remembered she should buy a gift for another cousin.
(h) She had a
set allowance for pocket money.
Part
B : Writing Test (50 Marks)
8. Write a paragraph on 'Multimedia Classroom' by answering the
following questions. 10
(a)
What is meant by a multimedia classroom? (b) What are its salient features? (c)
How can we get benefit from it? (d) What are its far reaching utility? (e) How
can it change our system of learning?
9. Read the
beginning of the story. Add at least ten new sentences to complete the story. 10
Kamrul comes of an extremely poor
family. He has come to Dhaka with his family in quest of a living. His parents
and his elder brother do some odd jobs and he collects waste materials to sell
them for money. One day, he was sifting garbage near Kamalapur Railway Station.
Suddenly, he saw a chunk of gold in the garbage. He could not understand the
value of the precious metal ........................
10. The graph
below shows the choice of profession by differently educated people. Describe
the graph. 10
11. Prize-giving
ceremony was held in your school. You won two prizes. The prize gave you much
charm. Now, write a letter to your friend giving a short account of the annual
prize-giving ceremony of your school. 10
12. Suppose, you are Nabil/Nabila and your friend is
Rafee/Rafa. Make a dialogue between you and your friend about the
dangers of smoking. 10