H.S.C final model test
H.S.C
FINAL MODEL TEST
ENGLISH
1ST PAPER
Time:
2.30 Min. Full
marks: 100
Part A: Seen Comprehension (40
marks)
Read the passage below and answer
the questions: 1-4
Bangladesh is a small country but
has a huge population. Most people here live below the poverty line and cannot,
therefore, afford to educate their children. Many poor children either drop out
of school just after a few years or simply do not go to school at all. Despite
this situation, we have far too many students to educate compared to the number
of institutions available. Bangladesh needs more schools, colleges and
universities to provide for the increasing number of students. But owing to
financial and resource constraints, the government cannot fund the requisite
number of educational institution. At present, every educational institution is
over-crowded and class size is unusually large. As a standard education.
Moreover, many educational institutions in Bangladesh are troubled with politics
and between rival groups of students. Such closures badly affect academic
progress.
1. Choose the right
word to complete each sentence.
(a) In educational institutions
politics brings peace/violence /discipline.
(b) Sometimes institutions are
closed down to avoid meeting/dispute/reunion between rival groups of students.
(c) The facilities of education in
Bangladesh are limited/enough/sufficient.
(d) Many students leave school
without setting/ concluding/ completing education.
(e) The academic progress of our
education has been stooped/interrupted/executed by many obstacles.
2. True/False? If
false, give the correct information.
(a) The practice of politics is
developing the standard of our educational institutions.
(b) Though many students drop out of
school, every educational institution of our country is over-crowded.
(c) Facilities in schools and
colleges are poor as we have a shortage of fund.
(d) Most of the people in our country are
deprived of education.
(e) Sudden closure of educational
institutions hampers the study of students.
3. Fill in the gaps
with the correct form of words in brackets. Add any preposition if necessary.
(a) The number of students in
Bangladesh is (increase) ___ day by day.
(b) Sometimes colleges and
universities are closed down wigh a view to (avoid)___ clashes.
(c) Many educational institutions
are (trouble)___ politics and violence.
(d) The government is not
(financial)__ solvent enough to set up sufficient institutions.
(e) Our country will not
(progress)___ education.
4. Make a list of five
problem that hinder our national progress.
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5-8:
Working opportunities for women are
very few in rural areas of Bangladesh. They usually spend their time doing
their household chores. The ILO recently started a project titled “Technologies
for Rural Employment with special Reference to Women and Sustainable
Development”. The aim of this project is to impart training to rural women in
various activities and make them self-reliant.
Sakhina Begum is a beneficiary of
this project. She attended a training course on food processing at the
Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) at Gazipur. Sakina has tow
school- going children. Her husband is a rickshaw puller who does not earn
enough to support the family and pay for the children’s education. Form the
BARI training course, Sakhina learnt how to make jam, jelly, pickles, popcorn
and many other food items. Along with her fellow project beneficiaries, she is
now able to add to her family income. If they continue doing their work,
Shakhina and other women working with her will surely see happier days with the
new employment opportunities created by the ILO project.
5. Write short answers
to the following questions.
(a) What is the title of ILO
project?
(b) What does BARI mean?
(c) What did Sakhina Begum learn to
make?
(d) How many children does Sakhina
Begum have?
(e) Where does Sakhina Begum sell
her products?
6. Fill in the gaps
with suitable words.
1´5=5
The condition of the poor village
women is very (a)___. They do not find any (b)___ for work in the rural areas.
The ILO has recently started a project with a view to (c)___ their condition.
It (d)___ training to rural women. Sakhina Begum is a (e)___ of the ILO
project.
7. Summaries the
passage in five sentences.
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8. Based on your
reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart
showing how Sakhina changes her life. (The first one is done for you).
Part B: Vocabulary (20 marks)
9. Fill in the gaps
with a suitable word from the box (make any grammatical changes if necessary).
There are more words in the box than you need
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established
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transmitted
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simultaneously
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store
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base
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time
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mode
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personal
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communication
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easily
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improve
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sent
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actually
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electronic
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E-mail means (a)____ mail. It is an
electronic (b) ___ of communication E-mail (c)___ is user to user but telex
communication is terminal to terminal. Telephone connection often takes a lot
of time to be (d)___ because both the caller and the called must be present
(e)____. But E-mail is a computer (f)___ system and the messages that are
(g)___ via the computer (h)___ in the mail box of an individual’s (i)____
computer without the need of his being (j)___ present. Thus, e-mail saves both
time and money.
10. Fill in the blanks with
appropriate words:
Sincerity is the best way of
achieving success. One can go a long way if one does anything with sincerity.
People who are sincere to their work are (a)___ of making anything success. The
great men are also sincere because they (b)__ that sincerity is the (c)___ to
success. Those who are not (d)___ can never (e)___ a long way in world. The
poor people are not always sincere, because they do not know the (f)___ of
sincerity. If they knew it, they would (g)___ a good use of it. Sincerity
(h)___ not only to do work properly, but also with dutifulness, honesty,
modesty and good behavior. The people of our country are not still (i)___ of
the (j)___ of sincerity.
Part C: Guided Writing (40 marks)
11. Match the phrases in the
following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the
sentences in full.
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A
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B
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C
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D
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world’s climate
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might
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one of the major causes
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day by day
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Destruction of forests
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are increasing
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a significant change
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of global warming
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world temperatures
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is undergoing
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the likely cause
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in recent years
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Greenhouse effect
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is also
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to a great extent
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in the days ahead
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Global warming
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is
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greater natural disaster
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around the earth
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Such an imbalance
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is
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caused by increased amount of
carbon dioxide
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of this natural disaster
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12. The sentences in the
following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in the proper order and in
a continuous paragraph to make a
story: 14
(i) Androcles was very much afraid.
(ii) So, one day he crept into a cave and fell fast
asleep.
(iii) His master was cruel and unkind.
(iv) He became very weak and sick for want of food.
(v) A lion had entered the cave roaring loudly.
(vi) Once there was a slave named Androcles.
(vii) He felt sure that the beast would kill him.
(viii) He thought that he might die.
(ix) It was crying for pain in its leg.
(x) He held himself in a forest for many days.
(xi) After a while, a great noise woke him up.
(xii) One day he fled away from his master‟s
house.
(xiii) Soon he realised that the lion was not angry.
(xiv) Androcles removed a thorn from the lion‟s
paws.
13. Write a paragraph of about
100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the
questions should provide as much
detail as possible. You must give a title to your paragraph. 14
(a) Where is Bangladesh situated?
(b) When did she get her freedom?
(c) How is the climate in Bangladesh?
(d) Which are the main rivers of the country?
(e) What are the main attractions of the country?
(f)
How do you feel about your country?
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