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Sylhet Board-2017
English First Paper
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Part A : Reading
Read the passage. Then answer the
questions below.
Mother
Teresa was born in Skopje , Macedonia 26 August, 1910 . From her early age,
she was an extraordinary child. At the age of 12, she heard a voice from within
her that urged her to spread the love of Christ. She decided that she would be
a missionary. She left her father’s home at the age of 18. Then she joined the
Irish Community of nuns called the Sisters of Loretto, which had missions in India
Mother
Teresa was moved to see the sick and dying people on the streets of Kolkata.
She opened a home for the dying destitute and named it 'Nirmol Hridoy', meaning
'Pure Heart'. She ensured an environment of love and kindness for them. She
emphasizes the commitment to family.
All
her work has been recognized throughout the world and she was properly
rewarded. These include the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize (1971), the Nehru Prize
(1972), the Balzan Prize (1978), the Nobel Peace Prize (1979) and the Bharat
Ratna (1980). She died on 5
September 1997 . Till now people salute her love and compassion for
humanity.
1. Choose the best answer from the
alternatives. 1´7=7
(a) Why did Mother Teresa want
to become a missionary? Because she heard ¾
(i) the voice of her parents
(ii)
a voice in her dream
(iii) a voice within herself
(iv) the voice of her teachers
(b) When did
Mother Teresa join the missionary of the Sisters of Loretto?
(i) in
1925 (ii) in 1926 (iii) in 1927 (iv) in 1928
(c) Where was her father’s home?
(i) America London
(iii)
Japan (iv) Macedonia
(d) What does 'Nirmol Hridoy' stand for?
(i) Soft
Heart (ii) Pure
Heart
(iii)
Kind Heart (iv) Cruel
Heart
(e) In the
passage the word 'destitute' has been used as a/an ¾
(i)
adjective (ii) noun (iii)
verb (iv) adverb
(f) What is the passage about?
(i) About
Mother Teresa’s education
(ii) About Mother Teresa’s childhood
(iii) About Mother Teresa’s love for humanity
(iv) About all these things
(g) Which of the following describes Mother Teresa best?
(i)
Common (ii)
Simple
(iii)
Extraordinary (iv) Ordinary
2. Answer
the following questions. 2´5=10
(a) Where and when was Mother Teresa born?
(b) Why did she decide to be a missionary?
(c) Why was Mother Teresa moved and what did she
do for the dying people?
(d) How did Mother Teresa become famous?
(e) What are the things that we have learnt from
Mother Teresa?
3. Write
a summary of the passage in not more than 90 words. 10
4. Read
the following passage carefully and complete the table below with information
from the passage. 1
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Jibanananda Das was born in
a small town of Barisal Calcutta City
College Ramjash College Delhi B.M.
College Barisal 1935. In 1947 when India Bangladesh India
In 1951 he joined the Kharagpur
College
He got Rabindra award in 1953. He died on October 22, 1954 .
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Who/
What
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Activities
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Place
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When/
Time
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Jibanananda Das
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born
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(i) .....
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in 1899
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He
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M.A.
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English
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(ii) .....
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Career
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(iii) ....
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(iv) .....
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Jibanananda
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migration
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(v) .....
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in 1947
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5. From
the reading of the above passage, fill in the blanks with suitable words. Use
one word only in each blank. 1´5=5
Jibanananda Das (a) ¾ was born in a small town of Barisal Ramjash College
6. Match
the parts of 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. Water is so vital of all natural resources
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i. need
proper solutions.
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b. It
is water
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ii. depends
largely on it does not get it timely.
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c. If
the rainfall is timely
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iii. unsafe drains are responsible for this.
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d. Though
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iv. we get various crops.
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e. Our
agriculture which
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v. we cannot use them for irrigation.
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vi. which is next to air.
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vii. that it is called life.
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7. Put
the following parts of the story in correct order to rewrite the whole story. 1´8=8
(a) In the evening a lion entered the cave.
(b) One day he fled from his master’s house and
took shelter in a cave.
(c) Once upon a time there lived a young man
named Androcles.
(d) He came near Androcles and lifted his paw.
(e) He was caught by a slave merchant who sold
him to a rich man in another country.
(f) The lion seemed wounded as he was groaning.
(g) His master was very bad and inflicted heavy
torture on him. Androcles was very home sick.
(h) He took the
lion’s paw in his hand and removed a big thorn from it. The lion was relieved
of his pain.
Part B : Writing Test (50 Marks)
8. Write
a paragraph on 'A Winter Morning' by answering the following questions: 10
(a) How is a winter
morning?
(b) Why do
people cannot see things from distance in a winter morning?
(c) What do the
old people and children do to make themselves warm?
(d) What are
the interesting food of people in a winter morning?
(e) Do you like
winter morning? Why?
9. Read
the beginning of a story. Write ten sentences to complete the story. 10
One day a crow became very
thirsty. He flew from place to place in search of water. But he found no water.
He continued his search for water............
10. The
graph below shows the result of JSC examination of DBC Secondary School
11. Suppose,
you are Shahin/Shahina living at Green Road, Dhaka -1205. Recently you have made friendship
with Alin/Alina, a non-Bangladeshi friend, who lives at Park Street , Tokyo , Japan Bangladesh Bangladesh
12. Suppose,
you are Tamim and your friend is Shishir. You met your friend in the tiffin
period. Now, write a dialogue between you and your friend about the good and
bad sides of mobile phone. 10
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