MODEL
: 9
English First Paper
Time
: 3 hours Full Marks : 100
[Figures in the right margin indicate full marks.]
Section A : Reading
Read the text and answer the questions
1, 2 and 3.
Human
beings have invented many important things so far. They have brought great
civilization to the world through these inventions. Do you know which invention
is the greatest? It is ‘the wheel’. A wheel is a circular object. It can rotate
around its axis and help easy movement of things across a surface. The
wheels are, in fact, everywhere. They are on our cars, trains, planes, wagons
and so on. Besides, they are on most factory and farm equipment. Fans,
propellers, turbines are also other types of wheels. So the wheel is very important. We cannot imagine
modern life without wheels. But do we know exactly who made the first wheel? [Unit-9, Lesson-1 (B)]
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives. 1 ´ 5 = 5
(a) Various
inventions have made the modern civilization ¾.
(i)
possible (ii)
available
(iii)
worthy (iv) attractive
(b) Wheel
is a ¾ shaped object.
(i)
flat (ii)
round
(iii)
curve (iv) wide
(c) The
invention of wheel ¾ the easy movement of things across a surface.
(i)
enables (ii) bars
(iii)
assists (iv) denies
(d) The
term ‘equipment’ refers to ¾.
(i)
ratio (ii) needs
(iii)
belongings (iv) apparatus
(e) Modern
life ¾ wheel is impossible.
(i)
with (ii)
adding
(iii)
without (iv) including
2. Give short answers to the
following questions. 2 ´ 5 = 10
(a) How are
human beings by nature?
(b) What is
wheel?
(c) How is our
life influenced by wheel?
(d) Mention
some different types of wheels.
(e) How is
wheel important?
3. Read the
text in A again. Now, write the summary of it in around 50 words. 10
Read the following text carefully and answer the
questions 4 and 5.
Mother Teresa was the
youngest child of Nikola and Drane Bojaxhiu and was originally named 'Agnes
Gonxha Bojaxhiu'. Agnes received her first communion at the age of five. From
her childhood, she attended prayers and devoted herself to the worship of the
Almighty. When Agnes was eight years old, her father died and the family faced
financial crisis. Drane Bojaxhiu, then, assumed the dual role of being a mother
and a father - and helped her children develop a good character. Under the
influence and guidance of her mother and a priest, Agnes decided to carry out
missionary work. She
decided to become a Catholic nun, in order to do missionary work and spread the
message of love and compassion in the world. In 1928, she became a Catholic nun
and changed her name from Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu to Teresa. Later on, she joined
the Irish community of nuns called 'The Sisters of Loretto'. In order to carry
out missionary work in India Calcutta 6th January 1929 ,
where she was appointed as a teacher at St. Mary's High School. Sister Teresa
became Mother Teresa on 24th
May 1937 , when she made final Profession of Vows to become the
‘Spouse of Jesus for Eternity’. She continued to work as a teacher. In 1944,
she was made the Principal of the school. [Open Source]
4. Complete the following table with the information
given in the passage. 1 ´ 5 = 5
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Who
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Information
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Time
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Place
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Mother Teresa
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became a catholic nun
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(i) .....
|
|
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She
|
(ii) ......
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1929
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(iii) ....
|
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She
|
(iv) ........
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(v) ....
|
|
5. Read the passage again and write True or False beside the
following statements. Give answers for the false statements. 1 ´ 5 = 5
(a) Agnes
Gonxha Bojaxhiu was the original name of Mother Teresa.
(b) At the age of five, Mother Teresa lost her father.
(c) Mother
Teresa devoted herself to the worship of Almighty at the age of 45.
(d) Mother Teresa's father died when she was eight.
(e) After her
father's death the family faced no crisis.
6. Fill in the gaps with appropriate words. 1 ´ 5 = 5
Thomas Alva
Edison was (a) ¾ in 1847 in Ohio America New York
7. Rearrange
the following sentences in correct order. 1´10 = 10
(a) Being at
his old age, he decided to give up his throne and to divide his kingdom among
his three daughters.
(b) Regan also
echoed her sister's opinion.
(c) He called
for the map of his kingdom and drew his finger round one-third of it.
(d) His elder daughter Goneril said, "I love you
with all my heart and I shall always love you so."
(e) Those
praising words satisfied the old king.
(f) He loved
them very dearly.
(g) King Lear
was the ruler of England
(h) It was then
Cordelia's turn and her words did not please the king.
(i) He had
three daughters.
(j) Before the
division of his kingdom, he wanted to know how her daughters love him.
8. Fill in
the gaps using clues from the boxes. There are more words than necessary. 0.5 ´
10 = 5
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invited
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want
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night
|
a
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favourite
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flooded
|
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festive
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eager
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wow
|
on
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elders
|
remain
|
Children
are very fond of festivals. They become very joyous (a) ¾ a day of festival. If it is their birthday, their
joys become over (b) ¾. They become very (c) ¾ to have wishes from their beloved persons. The whole day they (d) ¾ to spend times in joy. Usually a child on its
birthday, gets up early and tries to (e) ¾ closed to their parents. It becomes (f) ¾ nice day, if it is presented anything very (g) ¾ to it. Children also want to have their friends (h) ¾ to their house on a festival. They expect to have a
party. Their joys give pleasure to their (i) ¾. We should try to keep the children always in a (j) ¾ mind.
9. The phrases
in Column A are the beginnings of some sentences. The phrases in column B are
the endings. Match the phrases in column A with the phrases in column B to make
complete sentences. 1 ´ 5 = 5
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Column A
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Column B
|
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(i) Aristotle was born
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(a) great
thinker Plato from his childhood.
|
|
(ii) He was a
son
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(b) him to be
a physician.
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(iii) His father wanted
|
(c) in
|
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(iv) But he
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(d) wanted to be a free thinker.
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(v) So he studied under a
|
(e) of a royal
physician.
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Section B : Writing Test
10. Suppose, you
are Sumon/Sumona and your friend is Rashed/Rasheda. Make a dialogue in 100
words between you and your friend about your preparation for the J.S.C
Examination to be held in November. 10
11. Write a paragraph on 'Tree Plantation
(a) What does
tree plantation mean?
(b) Why is tree
plantation important?
(c) What is the
best time for tree plantation?
(d) Where can
we plant trees?
(e) How can we
make the tree plantation programme successful?
12. Read the
beginning of a story. Now, complete it in 150 words. 10
Once upon a time there was a farmer who
had a wonderful goose. Every morning she laid a golden egg. He used to sell the
golden egg to the market. He became rich. But by the time the man became very
greedy and impatient to have all the eggs at a time..........
13. Suppose, you
are Anwar/Anwara studying outside your home district. Now, write an e-mail to
your father asking for some money. 10
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