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Jessore Board-2017
English First Paper
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Part A : Reading
Read the passage 'A' and answer the
question no. 1, 2 and 3.
The secret of success in life lies in
the proper use of time. Many of us are apt to forget that every moment is
precious, life is short. Time is uncertain. We don't know when we shall be
called away from this world by death. During this limited and uncertain period,
we have a lot of things to do. If we waste the precious minutes of our life in
idleness, we will reduce the hours of work available to us. We will suffer and
success will be difficult to achieve. Only by utilizing every minute, we can
hope to achieve success in our endeavour. Time once lost is lost forever. Time
and tide wait for none. The boy who is unmindful to his lessons will realize
his sorrow when he will be a man. He will certainly understand that he has lost
the opportunity of making himself learned. The young man who is afraid of work
and idles away his time, is sure to find himself in later years a burden to
himself and to others. There are some people who say that they have no time for
reading books or for otherwise improving their body and mind. They only deceive
themselves. If they are punctual and industrious, they will find time for doing
everything. The busiest man, in fact, has
the greatest amount of leisure because he does his work regularly and he does
not put off for tomorrow what he can do today. The life of the great scholar
Iswarchandra Vidyasagar is an object of lesson to us. He achieved greatness in
life because he made the use of his time. History tells us that the men who
have left their footprints on the sands of time, made proper use of their time.
1. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 1´7=7
(a) The secret of success in life lies in the proper use of time. What
does the underlined phrase mean?
(i) Abuse (ii) Dissipate
(iii) Wrong use (iv) Right utilization
(b) According to the passage who deceive themselves?
(i)
People who read books
(ii)
People who improve their mind
(iii)
People who abuse time
(iv)
People who think that reading books is a waste of time
(c) What do punctual people do?
(i) put
off their works for the next day
(ii) follow the footprints of the great
people
(iii) don’t put off their work for the next day
(iv) read books all the time
(d) Who have left their footprints on the sands of time?
(i) The
idle people
(ii) The
punctual people
(iii) The
famous people
(iv) The
learned people
(e) Which of the
following has the closest meaning of the word 'precious' used in line 2?
(i)
Valuable (ii)
Economical
(iii)
Worthless (iv)
Insignificant
(f) Which of the statements is true about time?
(i) Time
and tide wait for none
(ii) Time and tide wait for all
(iii)
Time and tide is very slow
(iv) Time and tide is highly related
(g) What is the main purpose of the author of
this passage?
(i) To make people aware of the
right use of time
(ii) To inform people about the waste of time
(iii) To inform people about the
secret of success
(iv) To
alert people about life
2. Answer the following questions. 2´5=10
(a) Why is life short and time uncertain?
(b) What does a punctual student do? What doesn’t
he do?
(c) Who will be a burden to himself and to
others? Why?
(d) What happens to a young man if he neglects time?
(e) Do you support the idea that time once lost
is lost forever? Why or why not?
3. Write a summary of the passage in your own words. 10
Read the passage B, then answer the
questions below.
Dr. Qudrat-E-Khuda, born in 1900 in Birbhum, West
Bengal , was a great scientist. He passed the Matriculation
Examination from Kolkata Madrasha in 1918 in the first division. He obtained his
M.Sc. degree in Chemistry standing first in the first class from Presidency College London University Presidency College Bangladesh Dhaka University
4. Complete the table below with information
from the passage. 1 ´ 5 = 5
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Name of Events
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Place
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Year/ Time
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Awards
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Born
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(i) .......
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Obtained D.Sc.
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(ii) ......
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(iii) .....
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(iv) ......
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1972
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1984
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(v) ......
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5. From your reading of the passage B fill in
the blanks with suitable words. Use one word only in each blank. 1 ´ 5 = 5
Dr.
Qudrat-E-Khuda is a (a) ¾ name in our country. He was famous for his outstanding (b) ¾ to science. He was made the Chairman of National
Education Commission of (c) ¾ after the independence in 1972. He was also (d) ¾ as a visiting Professor of Chemistry in Dhaka University
6. Match the parts of the sentences given in
column 'A' and column 'B' to write five complete sentences. There are more
parts of sentences in column 'B' than required. 1´5=5
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Column A
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Column B
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a. E-mail is a
wonderful invention
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i. data and information within few seconds.
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b. This is a scientific way of sending
messages,
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ii. of
information technology.
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c. Communication through e-mail is made
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iii. and it plays a very important role in this world
of business.
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d. To operate
an e-mail system we need
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iv. money and technical things
and knowledge.
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e. E-mail functions instantly with the help
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v. between two persons on offices or organization.
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vi. a computer with internet connection.
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vii. of a
computer set connected in a network.
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7. Read the following sentences and rewrite
them in correct order. 1´8=8
(a) On the completion of his house education, he
was sent to school, but did not like institutional education.
(b) In 1911, he translated his poems of the
"Geetanjali" into English.
(c) He was given a Knight by the British Government in 1914 but he rejected it
as a protest against the atrocities of the British Government.
(d) Rabindranath Tagore, one of the most leading
poets in the history of world literature, was born in the renowned Tagore
family in March 1861.
(e) He was sent
to London
(f) It brought him the highest honour in the
form of Nobel Prize in 1913.
(g) At the age of eighty, he breathed his last.
(h) In his twentieth year, Rabindranath along his
father went to the Himalayas .
Part B : Writing Test (Marks
50)
8. Write a
paragraph on ‘Traffic Jam’ answering the following questions. 10
(a) What is
traffic jam?
(b) What are
the causes of it?
(c) What are
the remedial measures of it?
(d) What is
your opinion about the problem?
9. Read the beginning of the story. Write ten
new sentences to complete it. 10
Once a
hungry fox was searching for food in the forest. After a while, he came to a
vineyard. He was very tempted at the sight of grapes. But the grapes were
hanging very high.........
10. The graph below shows the choice of profession
by different educated people. Describe the graph in your own words. You should
highlight and summarize the information given in the graph. 10
Choice
of Profession by Educated People
11. Suppose, you
are Sameen/Elma. Shabab/Samia is your younger brother/sister who reads in a
reputed school. He/She cuts a good figure in every examination but does not
participate in any co-curricular activities of school. Now, write a letter to
your younger brother/sister describing the importance of co-curricular
activities in later life. 10
12. Suppose,
you are Asif/Tonu. Rana/Zeba is your friend who wants to improve the skills in
English language. Now, write a dialogue between
you and your friend about how to develop/improve skills in English language. 10
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