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Feni
Govt. Pilot High School, Feni Test Examination—2023; English : Paper II |
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Part
A : Grammar (60 Marks)
1. Fill in
the blanks with the words from the box. You may need to change the forms of
some of the words. .5´10=5
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from |
bring |
greed |
inferior |
against |
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considered |
degrade |
children |
mental |
marriage |
Dowry
means property or money (a) ¾¾
by a bride to her husband when they (b) ¾¾. Usually, in our society, female (c) ¾¾ are considered (d) ¾¾ to male children. They are
(e) ¾¾ to be of no use to the family.
So, during marriage ceremony, a section of (f) ¾¾ people claim much wealth or money (g) ¾¾ guardians of the brides. But
time has come to say 'No' against dowry. The young generation should be dead
(h) ¾¾ this dowry system. It (i) ¾¾ the dignity of a girl or a
woman. Besides, it indicates the lower (j) ¾¾ of a man.
2. Fill in
the blanks with suitable words. .5´10=5
Adopting unfair means in the examination is (a) ——
offence. It degrades (b) —— standard of education. If the students of (c) ——
country do not acquire (d) —— education, there will be no development for the
(e) ——. An examinee should (f) —— seriously so that he can cut a good (g) —— in
the examination. To acquire true education should be (h) —— only aim in the
lives of all students. An educated man cannot (i) —— adopting any unfair means
in the examination (j) ——.
3. Make five
meaningful sentences using the parts of sentences from each column of the table
below. 1´5=5
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Unemployment |
should not depend |
idle after completing their studies |
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It |
remain |
a curse |
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There |
is |
on the government to provide them with jobs |
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Educated
youths |
are |
the body and mind of our young population |
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They |
weakens |
more people in our country than jobs |
4. Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given
in the box. .5´10=5
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make |
reduce |
come |
grow |
be |
include |
got |
throw |
burn |
pollute |
Waste
or rubbish ¾¾ what we ¾¾ away everyday. It ¾¾ everything from unwanted old
cars to cigarette packets. As the amount of waste ¾¾ rapidly all over the world and ¾¾ the environment. The time has ¾¾ to think about it very
seriously. We cannot altogether. ¾¾ rid of our waste, but a proper management of it can
certainly ¾¾ it. If we think of ¾¾ burying, recycling and thus
reducing our waste, we can save our environment to a large extent. We can use
some waste as fuel. We can use vegetable waste soil ¾¾ compost to improve our soil.
5. Change the narrative style of the following text. 5
"What is the time by your
watch?" he said. "It is half past nine," I said. He said,
"I want to go to the college. Would you accompany me, please?" No, I
am sorry" replied I.
6. Change the sentences according to directions. 1´10=10
(a) The
students studying regularly can expect a good result. (Complex)
(b) But most
of the students are inattentive to their studies. (Negative)
(c) They
waste their valuable time idly. (Passive)
(d) Wasting
time is harmful to them. (Interrogative)
(e) If they
repeat this activity, they will make a poor result. (Simple)
(f) Who does
not know it? (Voice)
(g) They are
treated badly even by their family members. (Voice)
(h) By
failing in the examination, a student suffers from inferiority complex.
(Complex)
(i) No other
student in the class is as bad as failed student. (Superlative)
(j) So, a
student should be aware of studying regularly and attentively so that he can do
well in the examination. (Simple)
7. Complete the following sentences. 1´5=5
(a) Trees
are our best friends because ¾¾.
(b) They
provide us with oxygen which ¾¾.
(c) But some
greedy people cut down trees so that ¾¾.
(d) If there
are no trees left in the forest ¾¾.
(e) So, it
is high time we ¾¾.
8. Complete
the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the
parentheses. .5´10=5
Newspaper
carries (a) ¾¾ (inform) ¾¾ and news. Sometimes it becomes a
(b) ¾¾ (propaganda) ¾¾ and publishes a propaganda.
Thus, it (c) ¾¾ (bitter) ¾¾ relation among different
parties. Moreover, yellow (d) ¾¾ (journal) ¾¾ in very harmful. The journalists should be (e) ¾¾ (biased) ¾¾ while collecting news. All
journalists must maintain (f) ¾¾ (honest) ¾¾ and (g) ¾¾ (neutral) ¾¾. They should not try to (h) ¾¾ (fool) ¾¾ the public by publishing false
news. Any (i) ¾¾
(representation) ¾¾
or (j) ¾¾ (exaggerate) ¾¾ of news is not welcome.
9. Make tag questions of these statements. 1´5=5
(a) Few know
about true friendship, ¾¾?
(b) Having
true friends may change one's life, ¾¾?
(c) A real
friend seldom quits you, ¾¾?
(d) Everybody
loves to be loved by his/her friends, ¾¾?
(e) None of
us can live without friend, ¾¾?
10. Complete the passage using suitable connectors. 1´5=5
In our society, we find a group
of people (a) ¾¾
are fond of sky-high talking. They often say that they can do so or better (b) ¾¾ that. In fact, they are good for
nothing. They want to hide their inability through their sky-high talking. (c) ¾¾ such kinds of people are asked
to show their performance, they quarrel with their tools. (d) ¾¾, a man of action need not talk
about his ability (e) ¾¾
he is not an empty vessel.
11. Use capitals and punctuation marks where necessary in the following
text. 5
but
one day i shot the albatross the sailor told the marriage guest it was a
terrible thing to do and everyone said i had killed the bird which made the
wind blow i had brought bad luck to the crew
Part
B : Composition (40 Marks)
12. Suppose,
you are Toma/Tomal. You have completed BSc and are looking for a job. You have
seen a vacancy advertisement in 'The News Nation' for the post of an 'Office
Assistant' of a company. Now, write a CV with a cover letter for the post.
(Your CV should not exceed one page.) 8
13. Write an
application to the Headmaster of your school for setting up a canteen in your
school campus. 10
14. Write a
paragraph on 'Early Rising'. 10
15. Write a composition in 300 words on 'Tree
Plantation'. 12