1.
Read the passage and answer the questions A and B
Education gives us knowledge and a set of abilities to function meaningfully in life, such as the ability to
decide things rationally and make the right choices. As we learn how to read, write and do the basic
operations of arithmetic, we gain a degree of self-confidence. We learn to think for ourselves and
articulate our thoughts; we pick up skills to communicate with others and manage our affairs well.
Education helps us think independently and make our own opinions. As we know more about the world,
we appreciate the good things it offers us but also become critical of the deviations from the values it
imparts and the rise of hatred or conflict that follows.
The first thing education does is to give us an awareness about ourselves which leads to the development
of our personality. As we begin school, we feel the need to belong to the class and make friends. We then
expand our sense of belonging to include the school al large, our community and finally our country.
Education thus prepares every child to become an active member of the community and work for its
welfare.
Education, it is believed, releases our potentials and our inner strengths. It sharpens our intellect and
develops our creativity. As we are taught to reason well and find solutions to the problems of life we
become productive members of society. Education by definition is progressive and liberal, teaching us to
respect human diversity and cultural and religious differences. If all of us practise these values in life, the
world becomes a much happier place.
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 0.5×10=5
(a) What does education do?
i) enables us to earn a lot
ii) enriches our knowledge
iii) makes our life meaningful
iv) gives us knowledge and capabilities for judgment.
(b) The word ‘rationally’ means-
i) foolishly ii) by logical means
iii) by a ratio of two numbers iv) by illogical means
(c) What does the word ‘deviation’ mean?
i) aberration ii) conformity
2. Read the following text and make a flow chart showing the condition of a street child. (No.1 has been
done for you)
My name is Amerigo. I am 13 years old and I live on the street, alone. My mother, who is separated from
my father, doesn't want me. She told me to go away….Now she is married to another man. My father
lives very far away. I want to go to him. but he won't take me either. I begged him to send me some
money so that I could buy a bus ticket. I am still waiting. He hasn't answered.
The streets are now my home. Sometimes I find work. I used to collect trash and sell it to a vendor. I
stopped doing that after I had a serious infection and a doctor told me to stay away from the trash dump.
Once I worked for an ice cream shop owner and sold ice cream on the beach. But I got no money in
return. The owner of the shop gave me something to eat, and let me sleep in his hut at night. The work
was difficult and painful. The ice cream box is quite heavy when it is full. I had to walk for hours,
offering my ice cream to whoever wanted to buy. There were days when I could not even sell one ice
cream.
In a way. I am lucky because I am alive. My friends who work sorting rubbish in dumps often suffer from
serious diseases. One of them was recently killed after he fell into a hole that opened up in the pile of
trash. Many of us work for 10 to 12 hours, and get so little in return that we can't even buy food.
1.Homeless 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
3. Summarize the following poem
All people dream, but not equally.
Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their mind,
Wake in the morning to find that it was vanity.
But the dreamers of the day are dangerous people,
For they dream their dreams with open eyes,
And make them come true.
4. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word from the box. There are more words
than needed. Make any grammatical change if necessary:
disease fertilizers although increase environment alarm
severely suffer chemical believe greater afflict
Many diseases are rising at an (a)_____ rate, which experts believe is due to (b)____ pollution of the (c)
____. Pollution appears to be (d)_____ in urban areas (e)_____ rural societies too are (f)____ by
increased use of (g)_____ fertilizers and insecticides. Nevertheless, today city people appear to suffer
from many more (h)____ and (i)____ more (j)____ than country people.
5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap:
E-mail has brought about (a)____ in modern (b)____ up. Messages can be transmitted from one country
to another within a few (c)____ . It is far cheaper than telephone calls. Trade and commerce has become
greatly (d)___ on this speedy mode of communication. It has, (e)___ not reached everyone, especially in
(f)____ countries like ours, as most of the people cannot (g)____ to have personal computer. But (h)___
of the people have started (i)____ commercially operated e-mail for important (j)_____ .
6. The following sentences are jumbled. Re-arrange them in a proper sequence:
(i) He asked him where God was.
(ii) He praised him highly.
(iii) Once a lad went to a famous teacher.
(iv) The teacher thought highly of the boy’s understanding.
(v) The lad replied that he would answer if he would tell where He is not.
(vi) The boy devoted himself in earning knowledge.
(vii) He begged to instruct him in the arts and sciences.
(viii) He agreed to teach the lad.
(ix) He expressed his desire to acquire knowledge.
(x) The teacher wished to find out the ability of the boy.
7. Look at the chart below. It shows the time allocation of students’ daily activities. Now analyze the
chart in at least 150 words focusing the main aspects.
Time Allocation of Daily Activities of College
Students
Sleep
Online 20%
28%
Play
5% School
25%
Recreation
12% Study
10%
Sleep School Study Recreation Play Online
8. Read the beginning of the following story and complete it in your own way. Give a title to the story:
A number of mice lived in an old house…………
9. Suppose you are Kamal of Chakdev, Naogaon. You are currently living in Dhaka. Your younger
brother Kushol is mixing with the bad boys of the locality. They were caught stealing flowers from
neighbours gardens in the eve of 21st February. Now write a letter to your younger brother advising him to
avoid the bad company.
