Border Guard Public School & College, Rangpur (c) River erosion has . Pre-Test Examination-2020 i. cruel impact on people ii. benefits ClassTen iii. natural beauty iv. adverse effects on wild life st (d) The dancing flame reminds Meherjan of the in her life. Subject – English 1 Paper i. joy ii. sympathy Time – 3 hours Full marks100 iii. kindness iv. sufferings (e) What does the expression 'the turmoil in her life' in the 1st paragraph PartA : Reading Test [50 Marks] mean? Read the passage. Then answer the questions below. i. the pleasures of her life ii. the thunderstorm in her life Meherjan lives in a slum on the Sirajgonj Town Protection Embankment. iii. the pangs and pains of her life iv. the dreams of her life Her polythene roofed shelter looks like a cage. She is nearly 45 but looks (f) Once Meherjan was . more than her age. In front of her shelter, she is trying to make a fire to i. solvent ii. insolvent cook the day's only meal. Her weak hands tremble as she adds some fallen iii. poor iv. impoverished leaves and straw to the fire. The whispering wind from the river Jamuna makes the fire unsteady. The dancing of the flames reminds Meherjan of (g) According to statistics, people become shelter less every year due the turmoil in her life. to river erosion. Not long ago Meherjan had everything--- a family, cultivable land and i. one lac ii. ten lac cattle. The erosion of the Jamuna consumed all her landed property iii. three lac iv. one hundred lac gradually. It finally claimed her only shelter during the last monsoon. It 2. Answer the following questions. 2 5 = 10 took the river only a day to demolish Meher's house, trees, vegetable (a) Why does Meherjan look more than her age? garden and the bamboo bush. She had a happy family once. Over the (b) What happened to Meherjan after the erosion of Jamuna? years, she lost her husband and her family to diseases that cruel hunger (c) What happens to the villages near rivers during the monsoon? and poverty brought to the family. Now, she is the only one left to live on (d) Who are the worst sufferers of climate change? with the loss and the pain. The greedy Jamuna has shattered her dreams (e) What will happen if we cannot control river erosion? and happiness. 3. Read the following text and fill in each gap with a suitable word based There are thousand others waiting to share the same fate with Meherjan. on the information of the text. 1 5 = 5 Bangladesh is a land of rivers that affect its people. Erosion is a harsh Today there are many jobs where we need English. This is because the world has become smaller. We can talk to a person thousands of reality for the people living along the river banks. During each monsoon kilometers away on the phone or the Internet. So we can communicate many more villages are threatened by the roaring of rivers like the with the whole world easily. English has made this communication easier. Jamuna, the Padma and the Meghna. It is estimated that river erosion There are many countries in the world with many languages, but to makes at least 100,000 people homeless every year in Bangladesh. In fact, communicate with them, we cannot speak all the languages. So we need a river erosion is one of the main dangers caused by climate change. If we common language that we can use with more or less all the people in the can't take prompt actions to adapt to climate change, there will be world. English is that common language. So, if you learn, you have the thousands of more Meherjans in our towns and villages every year. best opportunity to find a good job both within and outside the country. 1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives. 1 7 = 7 The world is getting smaller day by day. Now, we can (a) (a) Meherjan lives in a slum the Sirajgonj town protection communication with a person on phone or internet. In fact, we can embankment. communicate with the whole world with absolute (b) . To keep in (c) i. close to ii. far away from with them, we need a common language. English is that common iii. deteached from iv. situated on language, no doubt, so, by (d) English, we can have the best (b) "Greedy Jamuna" means the of the river. opportunity to find a good job. Actually, necessity of learning English (e)
i. instability ii. generosity iii. cruelty iv. charity no bound
Read the following text carefully and answer the question no. 4 and 5; (c) She brought with her two garlands of flowers one natural and the Munshi Abdur Rouf was a Lance Nayek in East Pakistan Rifles during the other artificial. Bangladesh Liberation War. Munshi Abdur Rouf was born on 1 May, (d) Pondering he noticed some bees humming for honey on a withered 1943 at Salamatpur village under Boalmari thana (currently Madhukhali rose. He asked the windows to be opened. thana) in Faridpur district. Rouf had to stop his education at his eighth (e) Attracted by such reports, she came to test the King. grade. He joined the East Pakistan Rifles on 8 May, 1963. He had to (f) She placed them before the king to take the natural one. increase his age three years in order to get the job. After the preliminary (g) Solomon was puzzled for a time. training at the EPR Camp at Chuadanga, Rouf went to West Pakistan to (h) Everyone has heard the name of Solomon, the king of the Jews, who receive advanced training. He was enlisted in the East Bengal Regiment was famous all over the world for his wealth and wisdom. The Queen of on May 1963 and was attached with a regular infantry unit during the War of Liberation. Munshi Abdur Rouf embraced martyrdom on 18 April 1971 Sheba has heard much about Solomon's court and wisdom at Kurighat in Chattogram Hill tracts after causing extensive damage to PartB : Writing Test [50 Marks] Pakistan Army with his MG and forcing them to retreat. He was buried at 8. Answer the following questions to write a paragraph on 'The Naniarchor upazilla in Rangamati district. He was awarded Birsreshtho, International Mother Language Day'. You should write about 200 which is the highest recognition of bravery in Bangladesh. words : 10 4. Complete the table below with information from the passage. 1 5 = 5 (a) Which day is the International Mother Language Day? (b) What Who/ What Event Year Place/ Where happened on the day? (c) Who embraced martyrdom and why? (d) How is Munshi Abdur (i) 1943 Faridpur the day observed nationally and internationally? (e) What is the Rouf significance of the day? He joined 1663 (ii) 9. Read the beginning of a story. Write ten new sentences to complete He enlisted 1963 (iii) the story. 1 10 = 10 He (iv) 1971 at Kurighat in Chattogram Hill Once there were two friends. They loved each other very much. One day Tracts they were walking through a forest..... He (v) 1971 Rangamati 10. Look at the following graph. It shows the choice of professions by 5. Write a summary of the above passage in your own words. 10 different educated youth in Bangladesh. Now, describe the graph in 6. Match the parts of sentences given in column 'A' 'B' and 'C' to write about 150 words. You are advised to highlight and summarize the five complete sentences. 1 5 = 5 information given in the graph : 10 35% 30% Column 'A' Column 'B' Column 'C' 30% 25% (a) Wild life i. is one of the reasons i. day by day day by day. 25% 20% (b) The wild animals of the extinction Ii of many animals. 15% 15% 12% (c) Many wild animals ii. should be saved iii. for our own safety. 10% (d) Man's greed iii. is essential for iv. ecological balance. 10% 8% (e) Wild creatures maintaining v. from the world. 5% 0% Govt. Job Private Foreign Business ICT related Agro iv. have extricated Jobs Jobs jobs based v. are decreasing 11. Suppose you are Raihan. You are an SSC candidate. Your exam is
7. Put the following parts of the story in correct order to make the whole very close to you. Now, write an e-mail to your father informing him story. Only the corresponding numbers of the sentences need to be about your preparation for the examination. 10 written. 1 8 = 8 12. Mobile phone is a very recent invention of modern science. We all (a) The bees came in and settled on the natural one. know the uses and benefits of it. But it has some demerits too. Now, (b) The Queen was surprised and went away admiring the king's Wisdom. write a dialogue between you and your friend about the uses and abuses of mobile phone. 10