ENGLISH 1ST PAPER MODEL TEST- 1 for CLASS HSC

 

 

Subject: English 1^st paper  

                                                                                                                                                                                   

1Read The passage and answer questions A and B

  Shilpi was only 15 years old when she married in 2008. Marrying off daughters at an early age is standard practice for many families living in rural Bangladesh. After her wedding, Shilpi joined a local empowerment group that provides adolescent girls with the tools needed to gradually change cultural practices, particularly those pertaining to early marriage and pregnancy. The group’s activities include discussions on how to most effectively change behavior related to reproductive health as well as one–on–one- counseling. It also offers peer-to-peer support and life skills training that helps adolescents say ‘no’ to early marriage. The empowerment group is one of more than 10000 groups supported by some local Non Government working all over Bangladesh. These NGOs work through Canada’s Adolescent reproductive health project which also aims to increase access to quality health services for adolescents. During one of the group sessions, Shilpi came to understand the potentially harmful effects of early marriage and pregnancy.

While maternal mortality in Bangladesh has declined by nearly 40 percent since 2001, the rate remains high with 194 maternal deaths per 100000 live births in 2010- dropping from 322 in 2001 with a projected decrease to 143 by 2015. Girls who get pregnant are at risk of serious health complications. These include dangerous hemorrhage and fistula, a painful internal injury caused by obstructed childbirth that commonly leads to serious maternal morbidity and social execution.

When Shilpi heard about those risks she invited her husband, Rashid, to discuss pregnancy with a counselor. After hearing the risks, Rashid agreed to delay having children for five years despite pressures from his parents and neighbors to produce offspring. Together, the couple met a female health care provider, who informed them about the various family planning options available.

A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives? 1*5= 5

a.    The word ‘ offspring’  means –

i)spring ii) offering iii) Children iv) offset

b. The word 'decline' means in the passage –

              I) rise ii) increase iii) lesson iv) lessen

 c. The word ‘morbidity’ refers to –

              i) cheer ii) happiness iii) malaise iv)discord

 d. what do you understand by ‘social exclusion?

           i) attachment to society ii) Removal from society

          iii) social barriers               iv) social bonding

 e. In the passage ‘cultural practice’ refers to –

          i) rules sustaining in the community

          ii) customs prevailing in the culture of a society

          iii) celebrations existing in the society

          iv) regulations existing in the community

B. Answer the following question:-           2*5=  10

a) When and to Whom was Shilpi married off? Was Shilpi’s marriage early?

b) what were the activities of Shilpi's empowerment group? describe it in 2 and 3 sentences?

c) where did Shilpi join after her wedding?

d) what is hemorrhage? What is its effect?

e)Mention some of the risks of the pregnancy and what did Shilpi do when she heard about the risk of it?

 

2.  Read the passage and make a flow chart showing the things that we are taught as a child.( one is done for you)         10

As a child, you must have been told to greet your elder and visitors to your home according to your culture and tradition. You must also have been taught to be polite in the company, and keep quiet while others especially your elder spoke. Possibly you at times grudged such schooling. Possibly at times you even protested disciplining. Now certainly you know that you can’t always behave the way you want especially in the presence of others. they are also behavior you have to follow in a company. we are social beings and have to consider the effect of our behavior on others, even we are at home and dealing with our family members,.

we have two terms to describe our social behavior- 'etiquette' and 'manners'. Etiquette is a French word and it means the rules of correct behavior in society. the word ' Manners' means the behavior that is considered to be polite in a particular society and culture. Manners can be good or bad. For example, it is a bad manner to speak with food in one's mouth. No one likes a bad-mannered person. Remember that Etiquette and manners vary from culture to culture and from society to society

•        Elders to be greeted warmly.

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 3. Summarize the following text.                                      10

Children's right to education also implies that the school they go to will have a pleasant and learning-friendly environment where everyone will have an enjoyable time. teachers will be kind, caring, and supportive and children will feel relaxed. no harsh words will be spoken to them and special care will be taken of children with learning disabilities. that unfortunately is not the general picture in our school. the system of education in our part of the world does not allow children much freedom, and classrooms look more like cages where they are spent for hours. Rabindranath Tagore ( read his 'an Eastern University' in unit six) found it unexpectable; so did William Blake ( 1757- 1857), an English poet and painter whose favorite subjects included children. in his poem ' the school boy ' Blake writes about a young boy who is unhappy with his school where dour-faced teachers gives a joyless lesson. He would rather like to be outdoors and enjoy the summer day. He pleads with his parents to rescue him from the drudgery of school.

 4. Read the following text and fill in the blank with a suitable word from the box. Make any grammatical changes if necessary.                                                        5

Spiritual	proper	learn	educate	but	And
make	He	of	Well-mannered	do	develop

A student or learner can improve all his latent talent through the proper channel of proper education. Proper education aims at a) – him not only physically b) – also mentally. Such education c) – him an ideal man. D) – can lead both himself e)- society to the way (f) – happiness and prosperity. A g) – educated man is sympathetic, h) – and kind. Indeed proper f) – makes him mentally and j) – developed.

5. Read the following text and fill in the blank with a suitable word from the box. Make any grammatical changes if necessary.                                                          10

Hospitality has long been a part of our culture in Bangladesh. Although many other things are changing a) - , people are still quite polite and b) – towards foreigners. They like speaking to c) – even if they have not been d) - . it is quite common for the e) – to ask personal questions about family, f) – and the income which visitors from g) – might find awkward. However, it should – be understood that no harm is i) – by such questions. On the other j) - , they express a genuine interest in the foreigner’s state of affairs.

6. The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in proper sequence.                                                          10

i) The police officer again inquired “ Have you any objection if we take you under the custody of the police?

ii) There lived a dull-headed man who wanted to learn English.

 iii) after returning to the village, he used those words whenever somebody asked him anything

Iv) One night a theft took place and police were informed to inquire about the matter.

v) So, he went to the teacher, but could only learn ‘Yes’ ‘No’ and ‘very good’ without knowing their meaning.

vi)The man proudly said “very good”

vii) Thus he was arrested and put to jail.

viii) Then the police officer said ‘we will arrest you now

ix) He answered ‘No’.

x) When the police officer asked the man if he was the thief. The man then and there said ‘Yes’.

7. Write a paragraph of about 200 words based on the following questions. Your answers to  the questions should give as much detail as possible:                          10

a) What does Adolescence refer to?

b) What are the noticeable feature of Adolescence?

c) What are the risk factors of Adolescence?

d) What is the role of families, communities, and schools?

e) How can they help Adolescents?

8. Complete the following story with the clue?                8 

It was twenty years ago when I was living in an apartment overlooking a cemetery. I was just living from hand to mouth. At that time a lady wrote a letter to praise one of my writing just published in the newspaper. It made me so ……………..

9. Suppose you are Fahim/ Fathima. You have recently made a Study tour from Sylhet Science and Technology College to Madobkhndo. Now describe it to your overseas friend through an e-mail.    7

10. Look at the following Chart. It shows the source of Bangladesh electricity in 2010. Now analyze the chart focusing on the main aspects (At least in 80 words)

 

                                                                            

 

11. Write down the theme of the following poem? 8

 

Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That can not fly.

Hold fast to dreams

For when dreams go

Life is a barren field

Frozen with snow