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Shamsul Hoque Khan
School & College, Dhaka Test
Examination–2023; Paper II |
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Part A :
Grammar (60 Marks)
1. Fill in
the blanks with the words from the box. You may need to change the forms of
some of the words. You may need to use one word more than once. .5´10=5
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danger |
wild |
change |
protect |
lost |
balance |
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develop |
protect |
spoil |
save |
ecology |
take |
We know that all species are important for (a) —— balance. If one is (b) —— the
whole natural environment (c) ——. In order to protect the environment from
being (d) —— we should therefore
(e) —— our wild life. The good news is that many countries are now (f) ——
action to protect their
(g) —— wildlife. George Haycock, author of several books on wildlife, writes;
"Mankind must (h) —— concern for (i) —— creatures to (j) —— ourselves. To
be kind to animals is to be kind to mankind.
2. Fill in
the blanks with suitable words. .5´10=5
Adopting
unfair means in the examination is an (a) ——. It degrades the standard of
education. If the (b) —— of a country do not have the basic (c) ——, they hardly
be of any use for (d) ——. A student should work hard and listen to (e) ——
teachers to overcome all his weakness in any (f) ——. This hard work will help
him to (g) —— a good score. A good teacher is a (h) —— educated person with a
very high standard of (i) ——. The honesty of a teacher has a far reaching (j)
—— on the students. An honest teacher never allows unfair means in the
examination hall.
3. Read the
following table and make five sentences from it. 1´5=5
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Discipline |
be |
exist without discipline |
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Lack of
discipline |
can |
reach its goal without
maintenance of discipline |
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No society |
bring
about |
obedience to rules and orders |
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No organization |
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disorder, chaos and confusion |
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The most civilized nation |
means |
the most disciplined people in
the world |
4. Complete
the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box. .5´10=5
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take |
happen |
maintain |
live |
have |
eat |
take |
need |
satisfy |
select |
While
(a) —— food, we have to keep in mind that we don't eat just to (b) —— hunger or
to fill the belly. We are to (c) —— various kinds of food with a view to (d) ——
our health. For good health, a person (e) —— good food. At times, it so (f) ——
that people who (g) —— even in the midst of plenty don't (h) —— the food they need
for good health. Because they (i) —— no knowledge of science and health and a
balanced diet. Moreover, they do not know how to (j) —— a proper diet from the
many foods that are available to them all the while.
5. Change
the narrative style of the following text. 5
The teacher said to the boy, "Why are you disturbing the
class in this way? Don't you know that it is an important class? Get out of the
room and don't come back today." "Excuse me, sir," said the boy.
"I will never disturb in the class," he promised.
6. Change
the sentences according to directions. 1´10=10
(a) Nowadays,
day-to-day life in our country is expensive. (Negative)
(b) The
people of our country lead a miserable life. (Complex)
(c) Both
middle-class and lower class people are suffering a lot. (Negative)
(d) Price
hike is one of the biggest problems for them. (Positive)
(e) The
government has taken necessary steps to keep the price hike under control.
(Compound)
(f) Some
greedy businessmen are responsible for the price spiral. (Interrogative)
(g) It is
not easy to control price hike. (Affirmative)
(h) The
government has to ensure the supply of the products. (Passive)
(i) The
culprits should be punished for their heinous activities. (Active)
(j) We
should be aware of those culprits. (Imperative)
7. Complete
the sentences. 1´5=5
(a) Unless
you study attentively, ——.
(b) It is a
long time since ——.
(c) If I
have seen you ——.
(d) 1971 is
the year when ——.
(e) Dangers
comes where ——.
8. Complete
the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the
parentheses. .5´10=5
(a) ——
(persevere) —— is needed to be (b) —— (success) —— in life. Those who do not
persevere in life become (c) —— (success) —— in their mission and only blame
their lot for their (d) —— (fortune) ——. (e) —— (persevere) —— people always become
successful. (f) —— (sincere) —— is another important virtue which (g) —— (able)
—— a person to accomplish a job (h) —— (fruit) ——. Student life is the (i) ——
(form) —— period of a man's life. One should not (j) —— (use) —— this period of
life.
9. Make tag
questions of these statements. 1´5=5
(a) Everybody
likes better like, ——?
(b) Prosperity
seldom comes unwanted, ——?
(c) Those
who daren't take risk cann't prosper, ——?
(d) Let's
work hard and prosper, ——?
(e) Life is
not a bed of roses, ——?
10. Complete
the passage using suitable connectors. 1´5=5
Teaching is such a profession (a) —— helps to built a nation. A
teacher is (b) —— a guide (c) —— a pioneer. He has to dedicate to this noble
profession in order to guide the nation. (d) —— he is called an architect of a
new society. (e) —— he neglects his duties, social discipline will break down.
11. Use capitals and punctuation marks where
necessary in the following text. 5
the old
woman said can you give me some food i have been starving for three days the
young man said why do you beg can't you work
Part B : Composition (40 Marks)
12. Suppose,
some junior officers will be appointed in Dhaka Bank Ltd. You, Tamim/Tamima are
interested to be a junior officer. Now, write a CV with a cover letter for the
above post. Your CV should not exceed one page. 8
13. Suppose, you are Habib/Habiba, a student of Khulna Zilla School.
You don't have a computer club in your school. Now, write an application to
your Headmaster to set up a computer club. 10
14. Write a
paragraph on "A Road Accident". 10
15. Write a
composition on "Duties of a Student". 12
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