Complete the passage
using suitable connectors
1. We live in environment
(a)----------includes everything around us. A good environment creates good
inhabitants (b)----------a polluted environment creates bad inhabitants.
(c)---------people live in the environment, they can bring about changes in it.
(d)----------we do not like pollution, we pollute the environment. (e)-------we
should be aware of environment pollution.
Ans: (a) that (b) but (c) As/Since (d) Though
(e) so
2. There are six seasons in the
year. Winter season is a remarkable season of the year. A winter morning is
cool. (a)----------I get up from bed early in the morning. (b)---------I get up
early in the winter morning, I have to face some problems. Nature looks pale
(c)-----------the sun rises. (d)-------the sun rises, the fog disappears
gradually. (e)--------there are some difficulties, I like it very much.
Ans: (a) But (b) As (c) until (d) When
(e) Though
3. There is hardly anybody
(a)-------does not like flowers. Flowers are symbols of beauty and purity.
Flowers are of many kinds. (b)---------of them the rose is the best one. People
like it most (c)---------it has sweet fragrance beauty. (d)-------flowers
bloom, nature wears a charming look. We cannot help gazing at them. Flowers
always charm and amuse us with their beauty and sweet scent. (e) ---------, flowers
are very necessary for human life.
Ans: (a) who (b) All (c) because (d)
When (e) However
4. The paragraph and the essay are
different from each other. (a)--------there are some similarities between them.
(b)---------the paragraph has a topic sentence to introduce main idea. Secondly
it has a number of sentences in the middle to develop that main idea.
(c)----------there is a concluding sentence in it to bring the main idea to a
close. (d)---------the essay also consists of a beginning, a middle and an end.
It is, (e)--------- obvious that the paragraph and the essay share some common
features in respect of the structures.
Ans: (a) But (b) Firstly (c) Finally (d) Similarly (e)
certainly
5. Dengue fever is a serious
disease (a)----------is caused by a kind of virus called "Dengue
Virus". (b)---------,this virus was identified in Africa. (c)---------now
it has spread all over the world. (d)--------in most cases dengue fever has its
remedy, it is better to prevent it. (e)---------we keep our houses clean and
people are conscious of it, we can easily avoid this disease.
Ans: (a) which (b) At first (c) But
(d) Though (e) If
6. Teaching is such a profession
(a)-----------helps to build a nation. A teacher is (b)----------a guide
(c)---------a pioneer. He has to dedicate to this noble profession in order to
guide the nation. (d)----------he is called an architect of a new society.
(e)----------he neglects his duties, social discipline will break down.
Ans: (a) that (b) both (c) and (d)
So (e) If
7. (a)----------solve the problem
of copying in the examination, the govt has taken some preventive measures.
(b)---------the govt is trying to raise public awareness. Recently the govt has
announced a law that if any student is
found copying in examination hall, he/she will be expelled from the hall.
(c)--------any invigilator is found helping any examinee, legal action will be
taken against him/her. (d)---------outsiders are also found involved in helping
any examinee in copying, they will also be punished. (e)---------the govt has
interchanged examination centers and formed invigilator team to monitor the
overall condition of the examination centers.
Ans: (a) In order to (b) Besides(c)
If (d) If (e) For this
8. Most of our students cannot read
out their examination paper fairly. (a)----------they cannot understand the
questions properly. They often beat about the bush and cram their answers with
irrelevant and unnecessary details. (b)------their teachers suggest
(c)--------their answers should be brief and precise, they often lengthen these
unnecessarily. (d)--------get expected marks, you all should understand the
questions well and answer them to the point. Don't worry (e)--------your answer
are fairly short.
Ans: (a) Besides(b) Though (c) that
(d) In order to (e) if
9. English is the most widely used
international language. (a)-------communicating with the foreigners, we cannot
but use this language. There are certain jobs in the country (b)---------the
jobs of a pilot, a postman, a telephone operator etc. where English is very
essential. (c)------a student wishes to go abroad, he must learn English.
(d)---------the importance of learning English in our country cannot be ignore.
(e)--------we should put high importance on learning English.
Ans: (a) For (b) such as (c) If (d) So (e) That is why
10. Trees are very useful to us.
They help us in many ways. They give us oxygen, food and shade. (a)-------,
they protect us from air pollution. (b)-------many people are not aware of
this. They are cutting down trees every moment without consideration.
(c)---------they continue to do it, one day we will
(d) .... be at stake. (e)----------we should stop this practice immediately and
grow more and more trees for our own survival.
Ans: (a) Besides (b) But (c) If (d)
surely (e) So
11. (a)----------a student does
not learn his/her lessons properly, the examination is tough for him/her.
(b)----------an examination is easy if she/he takes proper preparation. The
night before the examination is not always joyous. Feelings of course, differ
from examinee to examinee. (c)-------, it is something like a bad dream,
(d)---------most of our students are negligent in their studies.
(e)---------there is much hurry, suspense and tension among the students the
night before the examination.
Ans: (a) If (b) But (c) However (d)
But (e) So
12. Water is an important element
of the environment. (a)---------it is essential for living, it is called life.
But polluted water is harmful (b)-------it causes dangerous diseases. Polluted
water causes not only diseases (c)----death. (d)----------polluted water is
dangerous. Illiterate people drink it ignoring the consequence. We should
prevent water pollution (e)--------we may get safe and sound environment.
Ans: (a) As (b) because (c) but
also (d) So (e) so that
13. The craft of folding paper to
give them different shapes without any cutting (a)----------pasting is called
origami. Origami has been practiced in the orient for centuries (b)-------not
much is known about its origin. In fact, it has taken the form of sophisticated
art in Japan (c)---------it is specially prized for ceremonies. As a from of
decorative plaything, origami takes the form of birds, fish, insects, animals
(d)--------geometrical figures, sometimes with flexible parts to imitate the
movement of real life objects. In the west it was introduced first in Germany
by Friedrich Frobel as an art form to be used in German kindergarten Schools by
children (e)----------it was nineteenth century.
Ans: (a) or (b) yet (c) that (d) and (e) when
14. Every citizen has some duties
and responsibilities for his nation. (a)--------, most of the people are
careless in this respect. The people of this country have achieved national
identity by dint of a great sacrifice (b)-------is still evaluated nationally.
(c)---------some selfish people never want to give their recognition.
(d)----------we all should do some benevolent activities. (e)---------we will
remain indebted to the nation.
Ans: (a) But (b) that (c) On the other hand (d) So
(e) Otherwise
15. Electronic mail is popularly
known as E-mail. (a)-------telex communication is also electronic in nature,
there are differences (b)---------a telex and E-mail. Electronic mail
communication is used to use via a computer (c)--------telex communication is used
terminal to terminal. In telex, messages are sent to the same terminal box from
(d)---------it is distributed in a printed form by an operator.
(e)----------E-mail is delivered to individual electronic mail boxes based on
computers.
Ans: (a) Though (b) between (c) but
(d) what (e) On the other hand
16. (a)----------we have many
things to perform on this earth, we should be kind and sympathetic to our
parents (b)---------they are the best gifts of God to their issues.
(c)---------we should remember that they are next to God.
(d)----------everybody should be careful of them. (e)-----God will not be kind
to us.
17. None can deny the importance
of tree plantation (a)---------our lives on earth directly and inevitably
depend on it. (b)-------it is a matter of sorrow that we are cutting down trees
indiscriminately. (c)---------trees are planted, soon our country will turn
into desert (d)---------there will be an adverse change in the climate.
(e)----------we should pant more and more trees for our own sake.
18. The rapid growth of population
must be controlled. (a)--------all sorts of attempts to solve food problem will
fail. (b)--------we have to increase our food production very rapidly. We may
mostly solve our food problem by changing our traditional food habit.
(c)-------we can take potato instead of rice. (d)---------it is high time we
changed our eating habit. (e)-----knowledge of nutritive value of food can help
to solve our food problem to a great extent.
19. The Japanese love to take part
in sports in their free time. Baseball, golf and martial arts such as judo
(a)--------karate are specially popular with them. Most students do not have
much free time. But during their holidays they join English clubs
(b)---------art clubs. They also love skate boarding (c)--------involves riding
on a flat piece of wood (d)-------has wheels under it. A lot of practice is
needed to keep your balance of the board (e)---------it moves.
20. (a)-----------a king is the
most happiest man in the world (b)----------he suffers from no want.
(c)-------uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. A king remains in tension
about the safety of his throne. (d)--------he enjoys the least peace of mind.
(e)----------we see peace and affluence are different things.
21. Men of great place have many
limitations. (a)-------, they can not think and judge independently.
(b)-------, they have to show that they are happy. (c)---------in reality they
are not. (d)----------they are strangers to themselves, and (e)----------they
are in he puzzle of business, they find little time to look after their own
body and mind.
22. (a)-------I were a rich man. I
would help the country develop. People living in the poverty line are in the
hope of better days (b)--------often they do not get (c)--------they dream of.
(d)--------their condition is getting from bad to worse. The only thing
(e)---------they need to tide over the present situation is nothing but
education.
23. (a) He is-------fall in
danger. (b) The convict is---------a culprit. (c) Nipa------her mother (d) The
man is---------in English. (e) I shall of the loss.
24. Do your duty by yourself.
(a)--------you will be attentive to your lessons. you will be able to finish
your course. (b)--------you work hard. you will not succeed. (c)---------do
your duty in the right moment. (d)---------you will fall in danger in the
eleventh hours. (e)---------you do your work in the right time, you will fid
the door of fortune has opened for you.
25. Most students cannot write out
their examination paper fairly. (a)-----they cannot understand the questions
properly. they often beat about the bush and cram their answers with irrelevant
and unnecessary details. (b)-----their teachers suggest (c)--------their
answers should be brief and precise, they often lengthen these unnecessarily.
(d)---------get expected marks. you all should understand the questions well
and answer them to the point. They should not worry (e)--------their answers
are fairly short.
26. Students ate the future leader
of a country. (a)---------being regular students, they can take part in a lot
of welfare work of a country. (b)------in developing countries students render
a great service. (c)------, students are conscious and (d)--------it is their
foremost duty to make the people conscious. (e)----------they go for mass
meeting they should chant slogans for the national interest.
27. (a)-------there are some
differences between practical knowledge and bookish knowledge.
(b)----------they are often thought to be the same. (c)-----man is educated in
the real sense. he will be able to lead a life completely different from
others. (d)-------he can distinguish between right and wrong.
(e)---------education is very important.
28. Kabit is the eldest son of a
poor day labourer. This year he passed the SSC Examination with GPA-5.
(a)--------poverty always haunted him, he was determined to do well in the
examination. (b)-------he did not even get two square meals a day.
(c)--------he could not purchase all his necessary books and other things.
(d)--------he never got disheartened. (e)---------he wants to take admission
into a good college and do well in his HSC Examination.
29. (a)--------I had an accident.
I was taken to hospital. (b)--------I came out, with my head still bandaged.
again net with another accident. I struggled with instinctive fear
(c)---------in vain. (d)---------I made up my mind to vanquish it at
(e)---------cost.
30. It is often said that our
large population is our number one problem, (a)--------it is not true.
(b)---------, large population can be turned into a unique manpower in a
country. (c)-------China can be cited. (d)--------her population is more than
120 million. she is progressing day by day. (e)-----we are lagging behind.
31. Fortune has often been blamed
for blindness (a)-------fortune is not (b)-------blind (c)--------men are.
Those (d)--------look into a particular life will find (e)--------fortune is
usually on the side of the industrious.
32. Patriotism stands for nations
(a)-------does not stand against internationalism or universal brotherhood.
(b)--------there are hatred. bloodshed (c)----------unrest in many countries of
the world under the false cover of patriotism. World peace is not possible
(d)--------we do not stand for human dignity (e)---------is the basic condition
of patriotism.
33. Most of our students cannot
answer the questions well. (a)--------they cannot understand the questions
properly. they often memories their answers. (b)---------they also fail to
arrange their answers really (c)-------they lengthen them unnecessarily. They
have a silly notion (d)---------more they write, the more will be their marks,
(e)----the reality is just opposite. They have to give up the idea of
memorizing.
34. The plants grow well on
hillsides (a)-------the rainfall is abundant (b)------water does not stand. In
rainy season tea seeds are at first sown in a nursery. The seedlings are then
transplanted over vast areas in a row at short intervals. (c)--------a certain
stage in its growth twigs are carefully pruned (d)-------it can not reach the
height more (e)--------three to five feet or so.
35. Population problem is the
burning question of Bangladesh. (a)--------it can be termed as number one
problem. (b)---------the population of a country is an asset. It has already
become a great problem in our country. (c)--------the country cannot afford to
give people the basic necessaries of life. (d)---------food. clothing,
education, medicine and shelter are the basic necessaries of life.
(e)-------our country cannot provide these equally to all.
36. Bonsai is an art of growing
trees and other plants in small containers in such a way (a)-------it becomes
the miniature of a real tree. A Bonsai tree may be 10 years old (b)--------has
a height of one foot only. The art of Bonsai originated perhaps. more
(c)--------1000 years ago in China. Early Japanese aristocrats also showed a
fondness for Bonsai (d)--------contributed greatly to its development. Bonsai
is different from normal port planting (e)--------it is considered and art
form.
37. Three days after my arrival.
(a)--------walking on the north-east coast, I observed in the sea. about one
mile (b)---------a half away, something like a boat overturned. I saw plainly
(d)---------it was a real boat. (e)------I supposed. might have been driven
from a ship by some storm.
38. Seed is the mother of a plant
(a)---------the plant lies in its heart. (b)----the seed is buried deep into
the soil, the plant comes out. (c)--------the plant creeps to the light,
(d)--------the plant comes out it hears and sees many things. (e)---------the
world seems to it to be wonderful.
39. A messenger told Hamlet
(a)----------the Queen. his mother, wished to speak to him at once in private.
One his way to the Queen's room Hamlet saw Claudius kneeling there. That time
he could have easily killed claudius (b)--------he did not do it.
(c)----------Hamlet came in the Queen told him that he had deeply offended
claudius. Hamlet caught hold of his mother's wrist to make her confess her
guilt. (d)--------she cried out asking him (e)-------he would kill her. She
also shouted for help.
40. I am writing this letter on a
matter, for (a)---------I must beg your pardon. A son of mine has been lying
ill of fever for the last ten days. (b)------the case is serious. the doctor is
not sure (c)------turn it may take. (d)-------he were a good doctor. I would
have faith in him. We cannot depend on (e)--------we come across.
41. Tea plants grow well on hill
sides (a)---------the rainfall is abundant (b)-------water does not stand. In
rainy season tea seeds are at first sown in a nursery. The seedlings are then
transplanted over vast areas in rows at short intervals. (c)-------a certain
stage in its growth twigs are carefully pruned (d)----------it cannot reach the
height more (e)-------three to five feet or so.
42. He is (a)----------an
administrator, nor a lawyer, nor a physician, nor a politician of the ruling
party. (b)-----in the university and in the playground he is always
enthusiastic about everything he has to do. He is frank and generous, kind and
considerate. He always hels in our difficulties. He is frank and generous, kind
and considerate. He always helps in our difficulties. He knows much more
(c)-------any of us. (d)------this also he knows that there are many things
which he does not know. (e)-------he is meek and humble all the time.
43. Forests are very important
(a)--------trees produce oxygen (b)--------is essential for man and all living
beings. (c)---------trees help us in many ways. (d)--------trees are less in
number, there will be an increased amount of carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere and
(e)----------will enhance greenhouse effect.
44. It is true that new friends
are compared to silver and old friends to gold (a)---------it is a common
knowledge (b)--------gold is more valuable a metal (c)--------silver.
(d)---------old friends are much more important that new ones, (e)---------old
friends have been tried, new ones have not been put to nay test.
45. There lived a poor
(a)--------honest farmer in a village. He lived a very simple life with his
wife (b)-------children. (c)--------he was honest he worked on his farm from
dawn to dusk. One day (d)--------he was walking to his field he suddenly saw a
purse of gold on the road. He carried it home (e)--------he could show it to
his wife and children.
46. Good health is a very hard
thing to measure (a)-------it is one of the most precious things of life.
(b)------people in poor countries have poor health and people in rich countries
have much better health. (c)--------early death and shorter life expectancy are
the common fate of most people in the poor countries. Good health depends on
many different things. (d)-------we need a healthy environment and good medical
care for maintaining good health. (e)---------we need to look after our own
bodies and lives.
47. (a)-------king Lear asked his
eldest daughter Goneril, how much she loved him, She declared in front of the
whole court that she loved him more than her life. (b)--------Lear asked his
second daughter Regan the same question. She replied saying that her only
happiness was in loving him. (c)--------he called his youngest daughter
Cordelia to speak. Lear expected her to speak even more lovingly (d)-------her
sisters had done. (e)--------, Cordelia just stood there and said nothing.
48. It is the law of God
(a)-------no danger comes without giving its first warning, it is for us to
take this warning (b)-------to prevent the danger from falling upon us. It is
better to take preparation (c)-------symptoms of a danger first appear. It may
be prevented (d)----------little care is taken. This little care will save us
from danger. So prevention is a far easier (e)--------less costly than cure.
49. Diseases with fatality break
out sometimes (a)--------engulf some areas (b)--------threat the remaining
areas of the world. (c)--------Swine Flu has become a matter of concern for
poor countries like Bangladesh. (d)--------we should not be panic-stricken.
(e)--------we have to follow some rules of health to prevent this disease.
50. Where there is a will. there
is a way. This proverb is necessarily true. People hate their fate
(a)---------they can not get the result as their wishes. But (b)--------a man
works deliberately for building his future, successful touch him definitely.
There is no magic power. (c)-------it is the magic of hard work. (d)--------when
one gets success, fortune will side him too. The unlucky people rebuked the
fate. (e)--------there is no alternative of hard work.
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