PART-A : Reading
(60 Marks)
1. Read the passage and answer the questions A and
B.
The term ‘Diaspora’
is used to refer to people who have left their homelands and settled in other
parts of the world, either because they were forced to do so or because they
wanted to leave on their own. The word is increasingly used for such people as
a collective group and a community. The world has seen many diasporas but
scholars have been studying the phenomenon with great interest only in recent
decades.
Among the great diasporas of history is that of the Jewish
people, who were forced to leave their lands in ancient times. The movement of
Aryans from Central Europe to the Indian Sub-continent thousands of years ago
is also a noteworthy diaspora, although the causes of this diaspora are
unclear. In the twentieth century history, the Palestinian Diaspora has
attracted a lot of attention and been a cause of concern for world leaders
because of the plight of Palestinians. There have been massive diasporas in
Africa too, over the centuries, either because of war or because of the ravages
of nature. But the chief reason why the phenomenon of diaspora is attracting so
much attention now is globalization.
A.
Choose the correct answer from the
alternatives.
1×5=5
a. What does ‘diaspora’ mean?
i) People leave their own country.
ii) People go abroad
iii) People work in other countries
iv) People leave their own countries and settle in other parts of the world.
b) The word ‘decade’ refers to —.
i) thirty years ii) Fifty
years
iii) ten years iv) five years
c) The synonym of ‘noteworthy’
is —.
i) noticeable ii)
invaluable
iii) Appreciable
iv) Insignificant
d) The Aryans came to the Indian sub-continent from —.
i) America ii)
Africa iii)
Central Europe iv) Europe
e) In Africa there have been —.
i) Massive diaspora ii) a little diaspora iii) no
diaspora iv) very little diaspora
B. Answer the following
questions. 2×5=10
a) Why do people leave their own countries?
b) What problems have the people of Africa been facing for
years?
c) Why did the Aryans leave their land?
d) Why is diaspora attracting so much attention?
e) Why have the scholars been studying about the Diasporas with
great interest?
2. Read the following text and make a flow chart
showing the means to achieve the ends of a peace movement. (No. 1 has been done
for you) 10
A peace movement is a social movement that seeks to achieve
ideals such as the ending of a particular war (or all wars), minimize
inter-human violence in a particular place or type of situation, including ban
of guns and is often linked to the goal of achieving world peace. Means to
achieve these ends includes advocacy of pacifism, non-violent resistance,
diplomacy, boycotts, demonstrations, peace camps, supporting anti-war political
candidates and banning guns, creating open government, direct democracy,
supporting people who expose war-crimes or conspiracies to create wars and
making laws. Different organizations involved in peace movement may have some
diverse goals, but one common goal is sustainability of peace.
3. Write a summary of the following
text. 10
Universities should never be made into mechanical organization
for collecting and distributing knowledge. Through them the people should offer
their intellectual hospitality, their wealth of mind to others and earn their
proud right in return to receive gifts from rest of the world. But in the whole
length and breadth of India there is not a single University established in
modern time where a foreign or an Indian student can properly be acquainted
with the best products of the Indian mind. For that we have to cross the sea
and knock the door of France and Germany. Educational institutions in our
country are Indian’s alms –bowl
of knowledge; they lower our intellectual self-respect; they encourage us to
make a foolish display of decorations composed of borrowed feathers.
4.
Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable words from the
box. There are more words than needed. Make any grammatical change if
necessary.
0.5×10=5
The report says that the river had a glorious past. Once it a) —
a tributary of the mighty Ganges and b) — into the Bay of Bengal through
the river Dhaleshwari. Gradually, it c) — its link with the Ganges and d)
— the name Buriganga. The Mughals e) —
at the tide level of the Buriganga and f) — their capital Jahangirnagar on
its bank in 1610. The river g) — drinking water and h) —
trade and commerce. Jahangirnagar i) — Dhaka which j) —
into a heavily populated city with a chronic shortage of space.
5. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1×10=10
Kuakata is truly a a) — beach and it is b) —
as a sanctuary for the c) — winter birds. Fishing boats d) —
in the bay of Bengal with colourful sails. The lines of coconut tree contribute
to e) — the beauty of kuakata. The f) — culture of the Rakhine
community indicates the g) — old tradition and cultural h) —
of this area. Kuakata is also i) — a remarkable place for the
Hindus and Buddhists. Each year the place is j) — by thousand of devotees.
6. Rearrange the following sentences to make a
coherent order.
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i) Porus came forward with his people and fought courageously,
but unfortunately he was defeated in the battle.
ii) Alexander, the conqueror of the world, once crossed the
Khyber pass and reached India.
iii) Alexander was pleased with Porus for his prompt and bold
reply and allowed him to rule his country as before .
iv) 'Like a King', was the reply of Porus.
v) Then he came to the plain of Punjab.
vi) There ruled a king called Porus.
vii) He wanted to conquer the land of Porus.
viii) Then he was taken prisoner by the soldiers of Alexander.
ix) Alexender asked him how he would like to be treated by him.
x) He was brought before Alexandar.
Part-B Writing (40 Marks)
7. Write a paragraph on 'Dream' in about 200 words based on the
answers to the following
questions.
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a) What is dream?
b) Does a dream have any meaning?
c) Is there any relation between dream and reality?
d) What are the benefits of dreaming?
e) Do you have any dream?
8. The following is the beginning of a story.
Complete it in your own words.
Sheikh Sa'adi was a great Persian poet. He used to put on
ordinary dress. Once, he took a shelter in a house of nobleman………..
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9. Write an email to your friend congratulating her
on her success in an international extempore speech
competition.
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10. The graph below shows young people's changing
attitude to pastimes from 2000 to 2015. Describe the graph in 120 words. You
should highlight the information given in the graph.
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11. Write down the theme of the following poem (not
more than 50
words).
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Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
মডেল টেস্টের উত্তর
PART-A : Reading
1. A. (a+iv)-People leave their own countries and settle in other
parts of the world.
(b+iii)-ten years
(c+i)-noticeable
(d+iii)-Central Europe
(e+i)-Massive diaspora.
B. (a) People leave their own countries either by force or
willingly to lead a better live.
(b) The people of Africa have been facing war as well as hunger
and famine.
(c) The Aryans left their land for an unknown reason. But I
think, the left their land for seeking better life and livelihood.
(d) Because of the plight of the Palestinians for their becoming
diaspora is attracting so much attention.
(e) Because of globalization and the increasing diasporic trend
the scholars have been studying about the Diasporas with great interest.
2. FLOW-CHART
3. Summary:
Universities should not be a mechanical organization for having
and distributing knowledge rather the people should have the ability the to
offer their intellectual hospitality, their wealth of mind to others, and earn
their proud right in return to receive gifts from rest of the world. But it is
an irony of fate that in modern time there is an absence of such university and
for that we have to cross the sea and knock the door of France and Germany.
Educational institutions in our country as if lower our intellectual self-respect
and encourage us to make a foolish display.
4. (a) was (b) flowed (c) lost (d) got (e) marveled (f) founded
(g) supplied (h) supported (i) was renamed (j) grew
5. (a) virgin (b) known (c) migratory (d) ply
(e) increase (f) local/indigenous (g) age (h) heritage (i)
religiously (j) visited
6.
Alexander and Porus
Part-B Writing
7. DREAM :
Dream can include any of the images, thoughts and emotions that
are experienced during our sleep. In fact, dreams are a representation of
unfulfilled desires that may happen in sleep. It is the repressed intention of
one’s conscious desires that may find their way in dream and
satisfied one’s intention. Dreams may be sweet or pleasant. Dreams
may be soft, shadowy and may be horrible. Dreams have no colour. Though dreams
have no real purpose, they help us to reach a fruitful conclusion. It is not
possible to dream all night and it is deemed that dreams have no connection
with reality. There is a difference between imagination and dream. Dream can be
lively or vague. However dreams have an important role in our life. They serve
to ‘clean up’ clutter from our mind to
prepare well for the next day. Dreams are not meaningless rather during dreams
the cognitive power of our brain produce new ideas.
8. DRESS DOES NOT MAKE A MAN GREAT
Sheikh
Sa’adi was a great
Persian poet. He used to put on ordinary dress. Once, he took a shelter in a
house of nobleman. The nobleman could not recognize him and treated him as an
ordinary man as he was wearing an ordinary dress. The poet got upset but did
not say anything. But deep in his mind he bore the incident and decided to
teach the man a good lesson. As he was on the way of the King’s palace he did not
disclose the matter. A few days later, while returning from his visiting the
king he again took shelter in that noble man’s
house. This time he was wearing a gorgeous dress. This time he was dully
respected and honoured by the man and his people. They give him rich food. The
poet did not eat the food but he began to put the food in his pocket. Seeing
this, the rich man was astonished. He asked the poet about this type of
behavior. Then the poet said, ‘My
dress deserves these rich foods. Had it not been so, I would have been treated
in the same manner when I was poorly dressed.’ The noble man got the point and begged apology for
the blunder he did with the great poet.
9.
To: nargis
From: ratul@gmail.com
Sent : Monday, 2 April, 2018; 10.00 am
Subject : Regarding congratulations on success.
Dear Nargis,
I am very much delighted to hear that you have won a prize in an
international Extempore Speech competition. It is a grand success that you have
achieved. It has become a praiseworthy event for your college as well as
Bangladesh. We feel proud of you for having the prize. Please receive my
heartiest congratulation on your outstanding success. My parents are also very
happy to hear of your success and they, from the core of their heart pray for
you and wish you good luck. I hope, you will be able to keep it up and this
award will give you inspiration in every walk of your life.
Yours ever,
Ratul
10. The graph illustrates young people’s
changing attitude to pastimes in a community. In 2000, the most interesting
pastime of the young people was sports and 50% youth pursued it. The second one
in the list was watching TV and 41%young people enjoyed this pastime. At the
same time only 9% young was interested in online activity. In 2010 48% young
was interested to watching TV while 38% was in sports and at the same time the
online users were rising and it was 14%. In 2015, 52% young people were
interested in watching TV which was only 2% more than the year 2000 and 4% more
than the year 2010. Only 25% young people used to spend their time in sports
and the interest drastically shifted to online activity. In 2015, 23% young
people enjoyed online activity which was nearly three times more than the year
2000. So, from the graph we can easily say that young people are gradually
becoming addicted to online activity which is very alarming.
11. Dreams-Langston
Hughes
Theme : The theme of the poem is the importance of having dreams
and how miserable a life without dreams be. In the poem the poet shows the
contrast between a life with dreams and a life without dreams. The poet
inspires the readers to go on dreaming and never to give up because without
dreams life is a total futility. So one has to have dreams and to make the
dreams come true. The poet further advises the reader to have tight grip on
their dreams. Without dreams, he says, life is like a bird whose wings are broken.
A broken-winged bird cannot fly and just like that a man without a dream having
no destination. Without dream life will turn into a barren land covered with
snow which cannot grow any crop.
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