Part A :
Read text A carefully and answer the questions 1 and 2.
‘Heritage’ is what we inherit from the
past, live with them in the present and then pass on to our children or future
generation. Our unique source of life and inspiration is our cultural and
natural heritage. When we speak of ‘World Heritage’, it indicates places and
sites that we got from the past and pass on to the future generation of the
entire world. The ‘Shat Gambuj Mosque’ in Bagerhat is such a heritage. It
became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.
Originally, the historic
Khan Jahan built a network of roads,
bridges, public buildings and reservoirs to make the city habitable. There were
about 360 mosques in the city. Among them the most remarkable is the
multi-domed Shat Gambuj Mosque. The mosque is unique in the sense that it has
60 pillars that support the roof, with 77 low height domes. The 4 towers at 4
corners have smaller domes on the roof as well. The vast prayer hall has 11
arched doorways on the east and 7 each on the north and south for light and
ventilation. It has 7 aisles running along the length of the mosque and 11 deep
curves between the slender stone columns. These columns support the curving
arches created by the domes. The thickness of the arches is
Besides being used as a prayer hall,
Khan Jahan used the mosque as his court too. Today, it is one of the greatest
tourist attractions and one of the best architectural beauties of
1. Choose the correct answer from the
alternatives closest to the text. 1´7=7
(a) The word 'unique' mean ¾.
(i)
universal (ii)
conventional
(iii)
distinctive (iv)
widespread
(b) The word 'outskirts' means ¾.
(i)
periphery (ii)
hub
(iii)
nucleus (iv)
axis
(c) The word 'dense' means ¾.
(i)
translucent (ii)
apparent
(iii)
evident (iv)
impenetrable
(d) The word 'slender' means ¾.
(i) obese (ii) slim
(iii)
well-adjusted (iv) flab
(e) Which of the following describes
khan Jahan Ali best?
(i) kind (ii) warrior
(iii)
philanthropic (iv) pious
(f) What does the author mean by
'The planning of the city was distinctly dominated by Islamic architecture' in
paragraph 2?
(i) The city
has very religious people
(ii) The
planning is Islamic in nature
(iii) The design
of the city resembles the architecture of Islamic countries
(iv) All the
buildings look like mosques
(g) What is the main purpose of the
author of this passage?
(i) To
show the heroism of Khan Jahan
(ii) To
show the infrastructure of Bagerhat district
(iii) To represent Shat Gambuj Mosque
built by Khan Jahan
(iv) To
introduce Khan Jahan Ali to the readers
2. Answer the following questions. 2´5=10
(a) Why is Shat
Gambuj Mosque a World Heritage Site?
(b) 'Our unique source of life and inspiration is
our culture and natural heritage.'¾ What does this sentence signify? Explain it in 2/3
sentences.
(c) How did Khan Jahan make the city habitable?
(d) What makes Shat Gambuj Mosque unique?
(e) Describe the 'mihrabs' of Shat Gambuj Mosque
in 2/3 sentences.
3.
Read the following text B carefully and fill in the gaps below. 5
“Today there are
many jobs where you need English. This is because the world has become smaller.
Vast distances are shortened by speedy transport. We can talk to a person
thousands of kilometres away on the phone or the Internet. So we can
communicate with the whole world easily. English has made this communication
easier.
There are many
countries in the world with many languages, but to communicate with them, you
cannot speak all the languages. So you need a common language that you can use
with more or less all the people in the world. English is that common language.
You can talk to a Chinese toy maker, a French artist, an Arab ambassador or a
Korean builder in one language— English.
English for us in
“But Miss, we learn
English for 12 or 14 years, yet we do not find good jobs,” says Rumi. She then
tells the class about what happened to her brother. “Could you please tell us
why?” Rumi asks.
“This is a very important question,
Rumi. We should learn how to use English both orally and in writing for doing
things as needed in our work, such as communicating with others at personal,
social, national and international levels. But unfortunately, at the moment we
are learning English mainly for our exams,” continues Miss Choudhury.
“Remember, English can greatly help you become skilled workforce.”
“But where and how can we learn this
kind of English, Miss?” asks Ratan. Ms Choudhury says, “We can learn English
both in and outside the classroom. Beside your textbook, the radio, television,
newspapers, magazines, computers and other supplementary materials will greatly
help you. During our classroom activities, we’ll see how we can learn English.”
Man has (a) ¾ distance by (b) ¾ of speedy transportation. So, in this era of
globalization, the world has become a (c) ¾ village. And English has made it easier. Having a
good (d) ¾ over English plays a (e)
¾ role to get a lucrative
job as well. 10
Read the passage on the Titanic and
answer questions 4 & 5.
In 1912, an American Shipping Company
launched a new ship called 'Titanic'. It was the largest and most luxurious
ocean liner of that time. It weighed 46000 tones and could carry about 2200
passengers. Experts said that nothing could make it sink. On
4. Complete
the table below with the information from the passage above : 1´5=5
|
Who/ What |
Situation/Event/ Incident |
Place |
Time/ Date |
|
Titanic |
(i) .... |
|
(ii) ..... |
|
The ship |
struck the
iceberg |
|
(iii) .... |
|
Titanic |
began to sink |
(iv) ... |
(v) ..... |
5. Read the text in C again. Now, summarize
the text in your own words. (around 55/60 words) 10
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
|
Column A |
Column B |
Column C |
|
a. Price hike has added |
i. short
supply of commodities |
i. widespread
corruption and moral degradation. |
|
b. Price hike
is caused by |
ii. leads to |
ii. to the
problems of |
|
c. The vast majority are hard hit |
iii. for the fixed income group of people |
iii. of daily necessities. |
|
d. It is very difficult |
iv. a new dimension |
iv. to meet up
the excessive load. |
|
e. Price hike |
v. by the hike
in prices |
v. and inflation. |
7. Rearrange the following sentences and write
them in a paragraph : 1´8=8
(a) He had been bitten by a mad dog.
(b) He
discovered that many diseases are caused by germs and he also found cures for
several of them.
(c) he found a mad dog and injected some weak
germs of its diseases into its blood.
(d) Pasteur was a French scientist.
(e) One day a boy named Joseph Miester was
brought to Pasteur.
(f) At first, he only treated animals because he
did not want to cause the death of any human being.
(g) Pasteur gave him some injections and the boy
did not get dog's disease.
(h) The dog was cured.
Part B : Writing Test (Marks
50)
8. Write a paragraph on 'A Book Fair'. Your
paragraph should include the answers to the following questions. 10
(a) What is
a book fair? (b) When and where is it held? (c) What do you see there? (d) Who
go there? (e) Of what use is a book fair?
9. Read the beginning of the following story
and complete it using your imagination. Give a suitable title of the story. 10
Once upon a time there was a king called Midas. He was
very rich and loved gold more than anything else. In spite of having a lot, he
............
10. Look at the
chart below. It shows some data on worldwide use of social networks. Now,
describe the chart in your own words. 10
|
Social Networks |
Individual Users |
Percentage (%)
of popularity |
Regions
Covered |
|
Face book |
792,999,000 |
55.1% |
Worldwide |
|
Google+ |
250,000,000 |
17.7% |
Worldwide |
|
Twitter |
167,903,000 |
11.7% |
Worldwide |
|
Linkedin |
94,823,000 |
6.6% |
Worldwide |
|
My space |
61,037,000 |
4.2% |
Asia &
Europe |
|
Others |
67,854,989 |
4.7% |
|
|
Total |
1,434,616,989 |
100.00% |
|
11. Suppose,
you are Protick. You have a friend named Roktim. Now write a dialogue between
you and your friend on the importance of early rising. 10
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