Cantonment Public School and College, Saidpur Home Test-1/2020 Class: VIII (BV+EV) Subject: English Time: 3 hours Full Marks: 100 [Figure in the right margin indicates full marks] Part- A: Seen Part [Marks-20] Seen Passage [Marks: 15] Read the text and answer questions 1 and 2. Bangladeshi cuisine is rich and varied with the use of many spices. We have delicious and appetizing food, snacks, and sweets. Boiled rice is our staple food. It is served with variety of vegetables, curry, lentil soups, fish and meat. Fish is the main sources of protein. Fishes are now cultivated in ponds. Also we have fresh water fishes in the lakes and rivers. More than 40 types of fishes are common. Some of them are carp, rui, katla, magur (catfish), chingri (prawn or shrimp). Shutki or dried fishes are popular. Hilsa is very popular among the people of Bangladesh. Panta ilish is a traditional platter of pantabhat. It is steamed rice with soaked in water and served with fried hilsa slice, often together with dried fish, pickles, lentil soup, green chilies and onion. It is a popular dish on the Pohela Baishakh. People of Bangladesh are very fond of sweets. Almost all Bangladeshi women prepare some traditional sweets. ‘Pitha’ a type of sweets made from rice flour, sugar syrup, molasses and sometimes milk, is a traditional food loved by the entire population. During winter PithaUtsab, meaning pitha festival is organized by different group of people. Sweets are distributed among close relatives when there is good news like births, weddings, promotions etc. Sweets of Bangladesh are mostly milk based. The common ones are roshgulla, sandesh, rasamalai, gulapjamun, kaljamun and chom- chom. There are hundreds of different varieties of sweet preparations. Sweets are therefore an important part of the day to day life of Bangladeshi people. 1. Choose the correct answer to each question from the alternatives given and write the corresponding number of the answers in your answer script. 1×7=7 (a) What does the word ‘cuisine’ mean- (i) the style of eating (ii) the style of cooking (iii) the style of drinking (iv) the style of hiking (b) The use of many spices ______ made Bangladeshi cuisine rich. (i) has (ii) has been (iii) have (iv) have been (c) What does the word ‘relative’ mean? (i) kith and kin (ii) related (iii) known (iv) acquainted (d) How are the sweets of Banglsdesh? (i) flour based (ii) spice added (iii) milk based (iv) colourful (e) The steamed rice that is soaked in water is called- (i) boiled rice (ii) panta bhat (iii) stale rice (iv) mixed rice (f) Fish contains a lot of ______. (i) carbohydrate (ii) vitamins (iii) protein (iv) minerals (g) During winter, pitha utsab is _______ in our country. (i) arranged (ii) organise (iii) hold (iv) prepared 2. Answer the following questions from your reading of the above text. 2×4=8 (a) What has made Bangladeshi food so special? (b) Where do we get fishes of fresh water? (c) Which ingredients do you need to make pitha? (d) “Panta illish is a traditional platter of panta bhat.” Do you agree? Give your reasons. 3. Read the following text and fill in the gaps with contextual appropriate words. 1×5=5 In this ordinary village, there lives an (a) _____ woman named Shamima Akhter. Shamima’s willpower and (b) _____ have made her extraordinary. She has seen (c) _____ most cruel aspect of life. But the (d) _____ could not defeat her spirit. She has (e) _____ out as a winner, defying all the odds of life. Part-B: Unseen Part [Maks-25] Unseen Passage [Marks: 10] Read the following text carefully and answer questions 4 and 5. 1×5=5 George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin in July 26, 1856. At his ten he was sent to school but he received from there a scanty education. Most of his educational background he owed to his mother. At the age of 15 Shaw worked for five years as a clerk in a land office. Then he went to London with his mother where he now and then earned a few shillings but never a living. Here he became an active member of Fabian society which was founded in 1884. From 1873 to 1883 Shaw tried to become a novelist by writing four novels. But there was a failure and failure made him a playwright. His play ‘Widower’s Houses’ published in 1893 made a mild hit. Afterward Shaw wrote play after play. Among them Arms and the Man (1895), Candide(1895), Man and Superman (1903), Saint Joan (1923) are famous. In 1925 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for his great contribution in literature. Three weeks after his ninety fifth birthdays George Bernard Shaw died. 4. Complete the table below. Write not more than three words and/or numbers for each answer. 1×5=5 Who/ What Events/ Activity Where/ institute Time/ When G.B.Shaw born Dublin (i)………… Shaw sent (ii)………… 1966 Widower’s Houses (iii) ……… 1893 (iv)………… publication 1895 Great contribution in literature (v)………….. 1925 5. Read the passage again and write, whether the statements are true or false. Give the correct answer if the statement is false. 1×5=5 (a) George Bernard Shaw is an English writer. (b) He has got education at school. (c) His play ‘Widower’s Houses’ was a great success. th (d) He was awarded the Nobel Prize in the 20 century. (e) He lived a long life. 6. Read the text below and fill in the gaps using clues given in the boxes. There are more words than necessary. One 1 word can be used only once. ×10=5 2 show is examination the tool a gather knowledge the important class such Examination is very important in student life. It justifies (a) ____ student’s quality. No student can be promoted to next (b) ____ without examination. So, every student tries hard to pass (c) ____ examination. There are many ways to do well in(d) ____examination and meritorious students follow these ways. Subject knowledge (e) ____not all things to approach the examination. One may (f) ____much knowledge about his subject. But if he cannot (g) ____ his performance in the examination, his such kind of (h) ____ is valueless. He must be very practical in the (i) ____ hall. Time maintaining in the examination is also an (j)____ thing. 7. Read the text below and fill in the gaps using suitable words to make it a meaningful text. 1×5 The little bee flies from flower (a) _____ flower. It knows no rest from (b) _____ to evening. It collects honey from (c) ____. Thus, it fills its big hive (d) ____ little drops of honey. The whole (e) ____ the bees go about searching for food. We can learn a lot from the life of insects. 8. Match the part of sentence from Column A and B to make five complete sentences. 1×5=5 Column A Column B (a) It is the belief of the climatologists (i) pollute the oceans. (b) When heat is trapped by environmental pollution (ii) may one day go under water as a result of greenhouse effects. (c) Human wastes (iii) it causes greenhouse effect. (d) Oil seeping from super tanker (iv) that greenhouse effect is he likely cause of global warming (e) The lower southern part of Bangladesh (v) also affects the oceans. Part-C: Grammar Part [Marks: 25] 1 9. Read the text below and fill in the gaps with the root words in the brackets adding suitable suffix, prefix or both. ×10=5 2 (a) __(Truthful)__ is a great virtue. A (b) __(truth)__ person is very(c)__(help)__ and pious. On the other hand, people always (d)__(like)__ a liar. A liar may be(e)__(success)__in life but his success doesn’t last for long time. A truthful person may not be (f)_(wealth)_but he leads a very (g)__(peace)_life. He doesn’t run after worldly (h)__(achieve)__but he can (i)__(joy)__ true(j)__(happy)__ in his life. So, we should be truthful in our practical life. 1 10. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles(a, an or the).Put a cross(×)for zero article. ×10=5 2 Kuakata is (a) ___ unique tourist spot. It offers (b) ___ visitors an opportunity to watch both the sunrise and (c) ___ sunset. This unique (d) ___ opportunity makes Kuakata one of (e) ___ world's (f) ___ most attractive beaches. Last year I (g) ___ with some of my friends went to (h) ___ spot. The journey was too long. But our hearts were filled with (i) ___ pleasure when we reached there. Wow! What (j) ___ wonderful place it was! 11. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets. 5 (a) Iron is a very useful metal. (Make it an Exclamatory Sentence) (b) It is used for construction purposes. (Make it an Active Sentence) (c) Bangladesh imports iron. (Make it an Interrogative Sentence) (d) It is a heavy metal. (Make it a Negative Sentence) (e) There is no building without iron. (Make it Affirmative Sentence) 12. Rewrite the following passage changing the form of speech. 5 “Have you killed the rats? Said the Mayor. “Yes, I have,” said the piper. “Give me the promised money.” “How funny you are!” said the Mayor. “We cannot give you so much money. Take only fifty.” 13.