HSC model test first paper
HSC ENGLISH
Model Test – R
English first paper
Total marks -100 Times:
2.50 min
Part A: Seen Comprehension (40 Marks)
Read the passage
below and answer questions 1-4:
His name was Jerry; he had been at the orphanage since he
was four. I could picture him at four, with thesame grave grey-blue eyes and
the same independence? No, the word that comes to me is “integrity”. It isembedded
on courage, but it is more than brave. It is honest, but it is more than
honesty.The axe handle broke one day. Jerry said the orphanage wood shop would
repair it. I brought money to pay for the job and he refused it. “I‟ll
pay for it,” he said, “I brought the axe down careless.” “But no one hits
accurately every time,” I told him. “The fault was in the handle.” “It was only
then that he would take the money. He was standing back of his own
carelessness. He was a freewill agent and he chose to do careful work; and if
he failed, he took the responsibility without subterfuge. And he did for me the
unnecessary thing, the gracious thing that we find done only by the great of
heart. Things no training can teach, for they are done on the instant, with no
predicated experience. He found a cubby-hole beside the fireplace that I had
not noticed. There, of his own accord, he put wood, so that I might always have
dry fire material ready in case of sudden wet weather. A stone was loose in the
rough walk to the cabin. He dug a deeper hole and steadied it, although he
came, himself, by a shortcut over the bank.
1. Choose the right
word to complete each sentence. 1
x 5 = 5
(a) Jerry‟s sense of (duty/courtesy/integrity) impressed the
authoress.
(b) Jerry wanted to get the axe-handle (repair/repaired/repairing).
(c) Jerry‟s courtesy was (formal/artificial/inborn).
(d) Jerry came to the orphanage at the age of
(eight/four/twelve).
(e) The phrase „of his own accord‟ means
(willingly/at random/freely).
2. True/False? If
false, give the correct information. 1
x 5 = 5
(a) Jerry steadied the loose stone for his own use.
(b) Jerry had been at the orphanage for four years.
(c) The axe-handle broke because Jerry brought the axe down
careless.
(d) Integrity is embedded on courage.
(e) Jerry did for me the necessary things.
3. Fill in the gaps
with the correct form of the words in brackets. Add any preposition if
necessary. 5
(a) Jerry (be) —— at the orphanage since he was four.
(b) He took the (responsible) —— breaking the axe-handle.
(c) He chose to do work (careful) ——.
(d) He was an orphan boy (live) —— the orphanage.
(e) (Dig) —— a deeper hole, Jerry steadied a loose stone.
4. Make a list of
five points describing Jerry’s character. 1
x 5 = 5
Read the passage below and answer questions 5-8:
Television has become the most common and widespread source
of entertainment of the present world. A wide range of programmes of varied interest
is telecast on numerous channels. Almost every middle class and even working
class families have a television set today. Television programmes are not only entertaining;
they can be highly educative too. For example, television is used for distance
learning. Courses run by the Open University are shown on BTV. Several channels
like the Discovery Channel and the National Geographic Channel telecast highly informative
programmes. Watching TV, however, has become an addiction for many. Satellite
telecasting has added new dimensions to television but it has sometimes been
branded as a cultural assault on developing nations. The East is being exposed more
and more to Western music, entertainment and modes of life. As a result, young
people‘s tastes are gradually being influenced by them.
5. Write short
answers to the following questions. 1
x 5 = 5
(a) Why is television so popular in the present world?
(b) What do numerous channels do?
(c) What is cultural assault?
(d) What are the good effects of television?
(e) How are the young people being influenced?
6. Fill in the gaps
with suitable word/words. 1
x 5 = 5
Television has become the most (a)---------- source of
entertainment in the modern world. Almost every middle class family of Bangladesh
(b)---------- a TV set. Television not only entertains (c)---------- but also
educates them. Satellite channels of television have added a new (d)----------
in the field of entertainment. (e)---------- television has become an addiction
for many.
7. Summarise the
passage in five sentences. 1
x 5 = 5
8. Based on your
reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart
showing the merits and demerits of watching television. (No. 1 has been done for you) 1 x 5 = 5
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Television has both good and bad sides
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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Part-B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box
(make any grammatical change if necessary). There are more words in the box
than you need. 1x10=10
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Investment in education (a) —— girls increases the economic
and social (b) —— of development investment in all other sectors. Educating
girls contributes (c) —— wealth through its impact on economic development.
Educated women have a higher income (d) —— than those who have (e) —— no
schooling. Educated mothers are more (f) —— to send both their boys and girls
to school. It is important to realise that (g) —— in girl‟s
education generally results (h) —— an integrated approach to community
development. Thus (i) —— to educate girls results in a tremendous waste of
potential human (j) ——.
10. Fifi in the gaps with an appropriate word in each
gap. 1 x 10 = 10
Computer is one of the latest important and most
(a)--------- inventions of science. A computer performs three important
(b)---------. It receives data, processes data (c)--------- various
computations and emits data. Computer now (d)---------- us in various ways. In
a (e)--------- minutes a computer can perform calculations that trained
mathematicians would need years to complete. Now computers are (f)---------
used in agricultural farms. Trains and planes are run by the (g)---------.
(h)--------- results can be accurately given by computer within the shortest
span of time. The computer has become very sophisticated and can perform
(i)--------- complicated tasks. This is why many people call the computer ―an
electronic (j)---------.
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.
2×6=12
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A
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B
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C
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D
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(i)
Water
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feel
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most of
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our crops
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(ii)
But it
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helps
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water
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bumper crops
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(iii)
Moderate rainfall
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do not get
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essential for
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water for
irrigation
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(iv)
Excessive rainfall
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can be
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the dire need
of
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in a proper way
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(v)
Our farmers
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is
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produce
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and a curse
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(vi)
They
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destroys
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both a blessing
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our agriculture
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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) He made up his mind to step down the throne and divide
his kingdom.
(ii) Goneril declared, “Sir, I love you more than I can
say”.
(iii) But first, he wanted to know how much they loved him.
(iv) Lear was satisfied.
(v) He called for the map of his kingdom and drew his finger
round one-third of it.
(vi) He was tired of ruling and needed rest.
(vii) Then it was the turn of Cordelia, the youngest and
most loved daughter.
(viii) Lear was shocked and said, “Nothing will come of
nothing”.
(ix) When asked, his second daughter Regan said, „My love
for you shall never change‟.
(x) At first Lear asked his eldest daughter, “How much do
you love me?”
(xi) He had three daughters Goneril, Regan and Cordelia.
(xii) Lear was pleased and gave her a third of his kingdom.
(xiii) When asked Cordelia said, “Nothing”.
(xiv) Long ago there was a mighty old king of England named
Lear.
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. 14
(a) Where is Bangladesh located?
(b) When did she get her freedom?
(c) Where is the capital of Bangladesh?
(d) What are the different religions here?
(e) What are some of the customs and traditions that people
follow here?
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