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St.
Joseph Higher Secondary School, 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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a |
by |
to |
everybody |
day |
in |
for |
the |
better |
with |
(a) ——
knows that death is inevitable (b) —— all. No matter how much one tries to
avoid it, it comes only once in (c) —— lifetime. Still fear of death is (d) ——
greatest fear (e) —— man. It is (f) —— to die nobly than to live (g) ——
dishonour. We cannot think of mortality (h) —— a cowardly death. So, every man
must act keeping (i) —— mind that he has to die one (j) ——.
2. Fill in the blanks with suitable words. .5´10=5
21 February is (a) —— memorable day in
our life. On this day (b) —— 1952, the martyrs sacrificed their lives (c) ——
the mother tongue. We remember this day (d) —— great honour. The day is a
government (e) ——. (f) —— this day our national flag is kept half-mast.
Meetings and assemblies (g) —— different kinds are (h) ——. Shaheed Minar is
covered (i) —— flowers. Those (j) —— laid down their lives for the mother
tongue are immortal.
3. Make five
sentences using parts of sentences from each column of the table below. 1´5=5
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True friends |
never |
a
form of selfless love and sympathy between them |
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Friendship |
leave |
away
in danger |
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It |
is |
same
tastes and beliefs |
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have |
a
divine relationship between two persons |
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far
beyond of the struggle of worldly interests |
4. Complete the following text with right forms
of the verbs given in the box. .5´10=5
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come |
lie |
think |
pass |
climb |
say |
know |
see |
touch |
answer |
Robin and Rafiq are intimate friends. One
day, they (a) —— through a forest. Suddenly, they (b) —— a bear (c) —— towards
them. "Do you (d) —— how to climb a tree?" Rafiq said to Robin.
"No," Robin like a (e) ——. "I (f) —— up a tree. You better run
away," (g) —— this, Rafiq climbed up the nearby tree. "I (h) —— down
on the ground like a dead because a bear does not (i) —— a dead body," Robin
(j) —— to himself.
5. Change the narrative style of the following
text. 5
I said
to the old man, "What are you doing?" "I'm watching the boys
swimming in the pond," he said. "How happy they are! May Allah bless
them." "Let me sit by you and enjoy the scene." I said.
6. Change the sentences according to
directions. 1´10=10
(a) Everybody knows a day labourer. (Make it
interrogative)
(b) He is not a rich man. (Make it affirmative)
(c) He always obeys his employer. (Make it
negative)
(d) Very few men in our society are as
industrious as a day labourer. (Make it superlative)
(e) But he is more neglected than any other
person in our society. (Make it positive)
(f) It is a very bad tradition. (Make it
complex)
(g) Day labourers provide great services to the society.
(Make it compound)
(h) If there is no day labourer, we have to do
all sorts of works ourselves. (Make it simple)
(i) They lead a very honest life. (Make it
passive)
(j) Dishonest officers and ministers are not as
respectable as they. (Make it comparative)
7. Complete the sentences. 1´5=5
(a) The man who teaches in an educational
institution ——.
(b) He is an important person because ——.
(c) He helps students if ——.
(d) He teaches his students not only academic
lesson ——.
(e) There is nobody but ——.
8. Complete
the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the
parentheses. .5´10=5
There
are (a) —— (differ)
—— sorts of birds in the world. Owls are one of them. They may be ugly in their
(b) —— (appear) ——. But they are not (c) —— (total) —— useless rather they help
in (d) —— (farm) ——. Farmers grow many kinds of-crops in fields. But these
crops are often attacked by many (e) —— (harm) —— insects, rats and mice. Owls
eat them up and help our farmers. Many of us do not know that owls help in our
(f) —— (cultivate) ——. (g) —— (actual) —— they are not our (h) —— (enemy) ——.
We should not (i) —— (look) —— them. They are also our (j) —— (use) —— friends.
9. Make tag
questions of these statements.
1´5=5
You are
going abroad, (a) ——?
No, not
yet, unless I can manage money, I cannot go, (b) ——?
I admit
you can't. But you have much money, (c) ——?
You don't know our present state. Now, my father has to
maintain a very large family, (d) ——?
I admit.
Your father can manage it if he wishes, (e) ——?
10. Complete the
passage using suitable connectors. 1´5=5
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whenever |
however |
firstly |
in short |
finally |
secondly |
as a result |
There are a good number of reasons why students in Bangladesh
fail in English. (a) ——
English is a foreign language. In other words, students have no good feeling
with English. (b) —— teaching a foreign language becomes very difficult when
the learners are not mentally prepared to receive it.
(c) —— a teacher of English can hardly find out a technique suitable for all.
They fail to convince their learners that they must learn four skills of
language. (d) ——, they fail to make the language learning interesting. (e) ——,
the motto of the questions in public examinations inspires memorising rather
than learning the language.
11. Use capitals and punctuation marks where
necessary in the following text. 5
how is
your father bilkis? said mr rahman he is very well thank you bilkis replied. i
am glad to hear that he is in good health said mr rahman
Part B : Composition (40 Marks)
12. Look at
the following advertisement published in the Economist. 8
Suppose,
you are Yasir Zarif. You are looking for a job. Recently you have noticed a job
opportunity in a newspaper for the post of a Medical Representative in Mystic
Pharma Ltd., Dhaka. Now, write a CV with a cover letter to the General Manager
for the above post.
13. Suppose,
you are Ahsan, a student of class X in Cumilla Zilla School. Write a complaint
to the Principal against the quality of foods in your school canteen. 10
14. Suppose,
one of your neighbours has been suffering from dengue fever. Now, write a
paragraph on 'Dengue Fever and Its Possible Remedies'. 10
15. Write a
composition on any one of the following topics within 300 words. 12
(a) Environment Pollution; (b) Uses and
Abuses of Internet.
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