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এসএসসি পরীক্ষার প্রস্তুতি : ইংরেজি ১ম পত্র

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সুপ্রিয় এসএসসি পরীক্ষার্থী বন্ধুরা, আজকে তোমাদের প্রস্তুতির সুবিধার্থে বোর্ডের মানবণ্টন অনুযায়ী ইংরেজি ১ম পত্রের উপর একটি মডেল টেস্ট নিয়ে আলোচনা করা হলো। যাতে করে আসন্ন এসএসসি পরীক্ষায় এ বিষয়ে আশানুরুপ ফল করতে পারো।

 

Subject: English 1st Paper Subject Code: 107 Time: 3.00 hours Full Marks: 100

Part A: Reading test (50 Marks)

Read the passage. Then answer the questions below (1-2)

Michael Madhusudan Dutta was a popular 19th century Bengali poet and dramatist. He was born in Sagordari on the bank of the Kopotaksho river, a village in Keshobpur Upozilla under Jessore district.

From an early age, Dutta aspired to be an Englishman in form and manner. Though he was born in a sophisticated Hindu family, he took Christianity as young man, much to the ire of his family, and adopted the first name Michael. In his childhood, he was recognized by his teachers as a precious child with a gift of literary talent. His early exposure to English education and European literature at home and at his college inspired him to imitate the English in taste, manners and intellect.

Since his adolescence, he started believing that he was born on the wrong side of the planet, and that his society was unable to appreciate his intellect. He also believed that the West would be more respective to his creative genius.

Michael was an ardent follower of the famous English poet Lord Byron. So, after adopting Christianity, he went to Europe and started composing poetry and drama almost entirely in English. They showed his higher level of intellectual ability. However, he failed to gain the right appreciation. To his utter frustration, he found that he was not esteemed as a native writer of English literature. Out of his frustration, he composed a sonnet in Bangla “Kopotaksha Nad” which earned him huge reputation in Bangla. Gradually he could realize that his identity lay in Bengal and he was a sojourner in Europe.

Afterwards he regretted his fascination for England and the West. He came to Bengal and devoted himself to Bangla literature from this period. He is the poet to write the first Bangla epic Meghnad Badh Kabya.

1. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives: 1×7 = 07

(a) The word “manner’ in the passage refers to-

(i) appearance (ii) experience

(iii) awareness (iv) personal style or bearing

(b) The word appreciates’ in the passage refers to-

(i) appropriate (ii) accomplishment

(iii) admiration (iv) praise

(c) The word “aspire’ in the passage refers to-

(i) to desire eagerly (ii) to inspire

(iii) to encourage (iv) to attain

(d) The word “ire’ in the passage refers to-

(i) erosion (ii) experience

(iii) irregular (iv) anger

(e) Dutta ____ to be an Englishman.

(i) desired (ii) hated (iii) ignored (iv) acted

(f) Lord Byron was __________.

(i) a renowned English poet

(ii) an infamous English poet

(iii) a famous English dramatist

(iv) a notorious American poet.

(g) Michael Madhusudan Dutta was appreciated by his teachers____.

(i) in school (ii) in college (iii) in youth (iv) in old age

2.Write the answer of the following questions: 2×5 = 10

(a) From your reading of lines 1 and 2, write some details about Michael’s birth.

(b) “Since his adolescence he started believing that he was born on the wrong side of the planet.” What does the sentence mean?

(c) What was the ambition of Michael Madhusudan Dutta in early age?

(d) What do you know about the attitude of the Native English towards Michael and his writings?

(e) Do you support Michael’s attitude that his society was unable to appreciate his intellect? Why/Why not? Explain in 2/3 sentences.

3. Read the following text and fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the information of the text. 05

The advantages of the Internet technology have made a good number of websites to emerge to facilitate social relations among people around the world. These are known as social networking services or social networks. At present, Face book is the most popular. Google+, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. are other frequently used social services. Social network services are web-based and hence, provide ways for the users to internet through the internet. These services make it possible to connect people sharing interests and activities across the borders and thus have a lot for the users to feel that they really live in global village.

Because of active (a) _______ of science and technology, the life of human being has become much

more (b) ______, comfortable and enjoyable. Internet technology which is the (c) ________ invention of

science (d) _________ its helping hands in order to (e) ___________ human dream and it has brought

the entire world in a global village.

4. Read the following passage about William Blake and complete the following table with information

from the passage. 05

William Blake, poet and artist were born in London in 1757. During his early years he showed himself a dreamer and visionary. Beyond learning to read and write, he received no education, but began to copy prints and writes verses at the age of ten. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to an engraver. He married Catherine Boucher at the age of twenty-five and shortly afterwards set up a print shop. Apart from three years (!800-1803) when a patron of him provided him a cottage on the Sussex coast, he spent all his life in London.

“The poet Sketches”, a collection of his early poems, was published in 1783. With the help of his wife he published “Songs of Innocence” in 1789. “Songs of Experience” was published five years after. His only prophetic book in prose named “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell” was published in 1790. His other books Milton was written in 1804-1808. He died at his sixty ninth years.

5. Write a summary of the above passage in your own words. 10

6. Match the parts of sentences given in column ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ to write five complete sentences 05

Column A

Column B

Column C

Who/What?

Event/Activity When William Blake

(i) ——————

in 1757 He wrote verses

(ii) ——————

He

(iii) ——————

In 1782.

(iv) —————

publication

In 1783 “Songs of experience” publication

(v) ——————

(a) The culture of a society can easily (i) in any particular society (i) and the tradition of that society.

(b) In order to know the culture of any society we need (ii) in Bangladeshi culture are (ii) are considered cultural differences.

(c) The modes of behavior and tradition (iii) give a complete picture of life and living (iii) different from those in British culture.

(d) Language, eating habits, etc. (iv) between different cultures (iv) of that specific society.

(e) The differences which exist (v) to study different arenas of life, the behavior of people (v) are not always similar to other societies.

7. Put the following parts of the story in correct order to rewrite the whole story. 1×8=8

(a) When he was a small boy, his father was sent to prison for debt.

(b) He never forgot his hard experience of his boyhood.

(c) Charles Dickens was one of the greatest English novelists of the 19th century.

(d) Even during his life time, he was exceptionally popular.

(e) He could not go to school and receive education.

(f) Dickens had to work in a factory at the age of twelve.

(g) He was born in February 7, 1812 in post mouth.

(h) By the time he was twenty-five years old, he had become well-known as a writer of great talent.

Part B: Writing Test (50 Marks)

8. Answer the following questions to write a paragraph on ‘Social Network Services’ 10

(a) What do social network services mean? (b) What are the examples of social network services? (c) How do social network services influence our day-to-day life? (d) What is the importance of social network services? (e) What are the bad effects of social network services?

9. Read the beginning of the following story. Write ten new sentences to complete the story. Give a suitable title of the story. 10

Once there was a very powerful man in a city. He had everything under his disposal. He always boasted of his money and power. There lived another man in the same city. He had neither power nor money; but what he had was immense love from the common people who used to call him a saint, a great lover of man………….

10. Write an email to your friend thanking him for his nice birthday present. 10

11. The graph below shows ‘The Internet Users’ from 2000 to 2014 (up to May). Describe the graph in 150 words. You should highlight and summaries the information given in the graph. The Internet Users (in lakh) 10

12. Suppose, you are Joy. You have a friend named Bright. He wants to know from you how to improve good command over English. Now, write a dialogue between you and your friend on it. 10

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