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SSC English First Paper Model Question- 9

English First paper

Total Marks - 100

Time : 3 Hours

Part - A Reading - 70 Marks

Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.    

 Mainul Islam is a qualified  farmer in  Naogaon. Mr Islam was very brilliant as a student. He took his  higher education from Bangladesh Agricultural University in Mymensingh. He then came back home and started advanced farming. He has two other brothers who are graduates in different disciplines. The specialty of the Islam family is that they all are living in their village and all are renowned in their own fields. Mr. Islam's younger brother, who is a Rajshahi University graduate, is a science teacher in a local school. His youngest brother is a social science graduate who likes to start a local NGO to work for this area. When asked "What makes you decide to stay here in this village?" Mr Islam smiled and said, "Look, it's true that we could leave this village for city life. I could be a banker or my brothers could be bureaucrats. But it didn't attract us. We are sons of this soil. Yes, we have education but does education prepare a person only to be an officer? Don't we have any obligation to the soil that has made us what we are?" He also added that not every educated individual should be a job seeker. He added that since his discipline was agriculture, after his education he took the occupation of a farmer. In response to the question whether they had any frustration living in a village, he confirmed that they were indeed very pleased with their life. He said, "I work in my own farm, stay with my family members, pass time with my old friends, and sleep at my own home. All these count a lot."

Mr Islam is right. Many people go to cities and forget or loosen their roots knowingly or unknowingly. Mr Islam and his brothers are great - they haven't forgotten their roots. They not only stuck to their own roots, they have been torch bearers for others to be respectful of their roots.

1.      Choose the best answer from the alternatives.                          1 X7 = 7

(a)         Mr. Islam ¾¾ in the roots.

i.   works                                  ii. studies                               iii. trains                                iv. believes

(b)         Mr. Islam and his brothers had - opportunity or quality to lead a city life.

i.   few                                      ii. every                                  iii. improbable                      iv. no

(c)          What should the individual be?

i.   Should  be job seeker                                                     ii. Should be employed

iii. Should be a doctor                                                       iv. Should be self-employed

(d)         According to Mr. Islam, - should not be the only motto of education.

i.   aquisition of knowledge                                                 ii. to be aware of responsibilities

iii. job seeking                                                                      iv. fellow feeling

(e)          Mainul along with his brothers - in a village.

i.   live                                       ii. work                                   iii. studies                              iv. lives

(f)           Mainul and his brothers are - with their present life.

i.   frustrated                                                                          ii. dissatisfied

iii. satisfied                                                                            iv. annoyed

(g)          Which quality of Mainul describes him best in the passage?

i.   He is a graduate                                                              ii. He is an educated farmer

iii. He does not like conventional jobs                         iv. He shows responsibility to his root

2.      Answer the following questions in your own words :                                 2 X 5 = 10

(a)         "It's true that we could leave this village for a city life."-What does Mainul Islam want to mean      by this?

(b)         Why did Mainul become a farmer?

(c)          Why are the three brothers great?

(d)         Why didn't Mr Islam go to the city for living?

(e)          How do you consider Islam brothers as great men?

3.      Read the following text and fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the information of the text. 1X5 = 5

Let's imagine a citizen's ordinary day at work. The morning probably starts with a cup of coffee/tea, followed by greeting the colleagues. Then comes the inevitable, which is the logging in the computer. For many of us the third step has become an automatic behaviour and it dominates the rest of our work day, receiving and sending dozens of e-mails.

An e-mail is an electronic mail. It is a computer-aided way of exchanging digital text messages from   a sender to one or multiple recipient/s. Emails operate through a network of computers linked by the Internet. There are commercial server agencies such as Yahoo, Gmail, Ymail, Hotmail, etc that accept the text message from the sender, forward it and deliver instantly to the digital mailbox of the recipient. If the recipient is not online, the message is stored and delivered later when the recipient is online. It works instantly just with the click of your mouse. It has been a powerful communication tool in modern life.                                    

The role of email is vital in modern age because it is the age of communication.  (a) —  a  powerful tool of communication, email (b) — a  revolution  in  this  sector. A citizen's ordinary  day at work has become an automatic behaviour and the rest of our work day is (c) —— by  it which is to (d) — and send dozens of emails. Yahoo, Gmail, Ymail, Hotmail etc. are the commercial servers that (e) — the text message from the sender, forward it and  deliver  instantly to the digital mailbox of the recipient.

Read the following text carefully and answer the question no. 4 and 5 :

Andrew John Young was a clergyman and poet. He was born in 1885 and educated at Royal High School, Edinburgh University. Originally he was a school teacher. After 35 years of his birth he moved to Hove in Sussex, England. He became the Vicar of Stonegate in 1941. He was made a canon of Chicheslester Cathedral seven years later. Andrew John Young made his mark with his nature poems. His published works include 'Songs of Night' 1910 and 'Booz and Ruth' 1920, 'The Bird of Cage' 1926, 'The Shepherd' 1931, 'The Winter Harvest' 1933, The White Blackbird' 1935, 'The Green Man' 1947 and 'Into Hydes'. Edinburgh University conferred an honoray LL.D. on him in 1951 and in 1952 he was awarded the Queen's Medal for poetry. He died on November 25, 1971.

4.      Complete the table below with information from the passage.                           1 X 5  = 5

Time	Who/ What	Event
1885	Andrew John Young	(i) --
1910	(ii) --	was published
(iii) --	Edinburgh University	conferred honorary LL.D. on Andrew Young
1952	Queen's Medal	(iv) --
(v) --	the poet	breathed his last

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. 1 X5 =  5

Column 'A'	Column 'B'	Column 'C'
(a)         Feeding the ever growing population (b)         The  major challenge (c)         The task is daunting (d)         Excessive pressure on land (e)         River erosion and other	i.        for the country is to sustain ii.      non agricultural uses iii.     for human settlement and the building of infrastructure iv.     as the country loses 80,000 hectares v.      is a big challenge	i.        contribute to the diminishing of agricultural land. ii.       for Bangladesh in the coming decades. iii.     the current level of agricultural production. iv.     of cultivable land annually. v.       are responsible for this.

7.      Put the following parts of the story in correct order to make the whole story. Only the corresponding numbers of the sentences need to be written.                         1 X 8  = 8

(a)          His father Tamij Uddin was a Police Officer.

(b)         He was born at a village in Kishoregonj in 1914.

(c)          So he drew pictures secretly.

(d)         Do you know Joynul Abedin?

(e)          He was in search of an art school  there.

(f)           At the age of fifteen, he went to Kolkata.

(g)          He was an artist.

(h)         He did not like the hard and fast rule of schools.

8.Answer any 5 (five) of the following questions from poems. (2×5=10)

a)       What is Whitman’s tone at the conclusion of O Me! O Life!?

b)      How does Books suggest the influence of books on children?

c)       How does Two Mothers Remembered portray the strength of women?

d)      Why does The Sands of Dee focus on the tide’s movement?

e)      What does the poet’s plea to time reveal in Time, You Old Gipsy Man?

f)        Why does the poet continue his journey in Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening?

g)       What does Solitude say about the selfishness of human relationships?

9.Answer any 5 (five) of the following questions from stories. 2×5=10

(a) How does Sonabhan’s grief after Moti’s death affect her daily life in Mr. Moti?

(b) What does Ameen’s decision to go to the bazaar symbolize in Mr. Moti?

(c) How does Rosamond’s mistake in The Purple Jar teach an important life lesson?

(d) How does the theme of justice appear in The Merchant of Venice?

(e) How does Bassanio prove he values love more than wealth in The Merchant of Venice?

(f) What does Mrs. Mallard’s reaction to her husband’s return reveal about her thoughts in The Story of an Hour?

(g) How did the storm change the landscape in The Great Derangement?

(h) Why was the storm in The Great Derangement considered unusual?

Part B: Writing Test (30 Marks)

10. Read the beginning of a story. Add at least ten new sentences to complete the story.     15

Once upon a time, there was a boy named Mamun. He was a student of class 10. One day, while he was returning from school, he found a purse on the road. As he was honest ..........

11.    Imagine you are Mahmud and you have a friend named Maruf. Now, frame a dialogue between you and your friend about the uses of abuses of facebook.    15

Key

EXCLUSIVE MODEL TEST-04

04                            English (Compulsory)- First Paper

Part-A : Reading Test

1.    (a) iv. believes (b) ii. every (c) iv. Should be self-employed (d) iii. job seeking (e) iv. lives (f) iii. satisfied

(g) iv. He shows responsibility to his root

2.    (a) Mainul Islam says this. By this he wants to mean that by virtue of their higher education, they

could manage good job in city and lead a comfortable city life. But they did not do so. Rather owing to their great love for the attachment to their village they did not leave their village.

(b)       Mainul became a farmer as he took his higher education on agriculture. His passion for his root also motivated him to become a farmer.

(c)       The three brothers are great because in spite of being highly educated, they are living in their village. They have never forgotten their roots. Rather they stick to their own roots which they love wholeheartedly. They have been torch bearers for others.

(d)       City life did not attract Mr. Islam. He believes he has duty to his soil that has made him what he is.

(e)       Islam brothers could avail all the opportunities of city life. They could have illustrious career but they left to serve their villages to serve their community. So, they can be considered great men.

3.    (a) Being (b) caused (c) dominated (d) receive (e) accept

4.    (i) was born (ii) Songs of Night (iii) 1951 (iv) for poetry (v) 25 November, 1971

5.    Andrew John Young was both a clergy and a poet. The subject-matter of his poem was nature. His 'Songs of Night', The Shepherd', 'The Winter Harvest' etc are some of examples of his poems of nature. He achieved Queen's Medal for poetry in 1952 as a recognition of his poetic genius.

6.    (a) Feeding the ever growing population is a big challenge for Bangladesh in the coming decades.

(b)        The major challenge for the country is to sustain the current level of agricultural production.

(c)        The task is daunting as the country loses 80,000 hectares of cultivable land annually.

(d)        Excessive pressure on land for human settlement and the building of infrastructure are

responsible for this.

(e) River erosion and other non agricultural uses contribute to the diminishing of agricultural land.

7.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
d	g	b	a	h	c	f	e

Do you know Joynul Abedin? He was an artist. He was born at a village in Kishoregonj in 1914. His father Tamij Uddin was a Police Officer. He did not like the hard and fast rule of schools. So he drew pictures secretly. At the age of fifteen, he went to Kolkata. He was in search of an art school there.