HSC-English 1st paper: Model Question 4।। শিক্ষার্থীরা NCTB সিলেবাস অনুযায়ী এইচএসসি HSC-English 1st paper Part I: Reading Test Model Test সহ বেশকিছু নতুন Exclusive Suggestion বিষয় যুক্ত করা হয়েছে। জাগোরিকে আমাদের নতুন যুক্ত হওয়া উত্তরণ আলোকে Exclusive Suggestion With Answer Sheet প্রকাশ করেছি। এরই ধারাবাহিকতায় এই পোস্টে তোমরা এইচএসসি HSC-English 1st paper Part I: Reading Test Model Test. সম্পর্কে জানতে পারবে। এই প্যাসেজটি নেওয়া হয়েছে, সম্পূর্ণ Exclusive Suggestion (With Answer Sheet) টি তোমরা উত্তরসহ পাবে।
- আরো পড়ুন: HSC-English 1st paper: Model Question 1
- আরো পড়ুন: HSC-English 1st paper: Model Question 2
- আরো পড়ুন: HSC-English 1st paper: Model Question 3
- আরো পড়ুন: HSC-English 1st paper: Model Question 4
English First Paper
Full marks-100; Time: 3 hours
Part-I: Reading Text
Read the following text and answer the questions A and B:
Unit-4: Lesson-3
I had not failed my country
Brojen Das
I could hear very faint voices as if coming from the other side of the world. The time was about 4:00 in the morning and the date September 22, 1961. I was feeling tired and exhausted and was encountering stuff opposition from the strong tide. I looked towards my accompanying motorboat carrying my manager Quazi Mohammad Ali, skipper Len Hutchinson and the official observer. Mr. J. U. Wood. They were all pointing towards the Kent shore. As I looked up, I could see flashes. I realized I was very close to the shore.
I asked what the time was and how far I had still to go. They told me that if I put the last ounce of energy into my swimming. I would set a new world record for France to England swim. This electrified me. The goal for which I had been striving for the past four years could be mine. The aim, which goaded me to swim the Channel six times, each time risking my life and reputation, was so close. Yet it could be far…
Treachery of Weather
The Channel, with its cold biting water, the winds, the waves and the tides does not make things easier. The unpredictable weather changes for the worse after a swimmer jumps in. It has never, to my knowledge, changed for the better for anyone yet… Apart from stamina and practice of long-distance swimming, one must have the frit, determination and courage to subdue the Channel. Weather and ill luck have conspired and joined hands many a time to defeat Channel swimmers. They had defeated me no less than five times….
- Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 1×5=5
(a) Brojen Das was fatigued and exhausted for———.
(i) sleeping a lot more than usual (ii) swimming for an hour
(iii) swimming wildly in the ocean (iv) encountering the strong tide
(b) Quazi Mohammad Ali, skipper Len Hutchinson and Mr. J. U. Wood were pointing towards the Kent shore as———-.
(i) they were close to their destination
(ii) they were happy to get back home
(iii) Brojen Das was close to his goal
(iv) Brojen Das needed food and help
(c) The hope of a new world record for France to England swim———–.
(i) could not impress Brojen Das
(ii) spirited Brojen Das
(iii) made Brojen Das hopeless
(iv) made Brojen Das rest for while
(d) What could prove worse when a swimmer jumps in ?
(i) The unpredictable weather change
(ii) The unpredictable loss of energy
(iii) The shimmering waves
(iv) Swimming for a long hours
(e) Brojen Das was disheartened for five times due to———-.
(i) unforgiving loss of stamina
(ii) weather and coarse waves
(iii) climate and support staff
(iv) weather and bad luck
- Answer the following questions. 2×5=10
(a) “I could hear very faint voices as if coming from the other side of the world.” Why did the voices seem so faint to Brojen Das?
(b) Who were in the motorboat accompanying Brojen Das?
(c) Why was Brojen Das electrified? Explain in your own words.
(d) How long had Brojen Das been striving to set a new world record for France to England swim?
(e) Write down the obstructions that stand between the Channels swimmers and their dreams.
- Read the passage and complete the table below with the given information. 1×10=10
Unit-4 : Lesson-3
I had not failed my country
Brojen Das
I could hear very faint voices as if coming from the other side of the world. The time was about 4:00 in the morning and the date September 22, 1961. I was feeling tired and exhausted and was encountering stuff opposition from the strong tide. I looked towards my accompanying motorboat carrying my manager Quazi Mohammad Ali, skipper Len Hutchinson and the official observer. Mr. J. U. Wood. They were all pointing towards the Kent shore. As I looked up, I could see flashes. I realized I was very close to the shore.
I asked what the time was and how far I had still to go. They told me that if I put the last ounce of energy into my swimming. I would set a new world record for France to England swim. This electrified me. The goal for which I had been striving for the past four years could be mine. The aim, which goaded me to swum the Channel six times, each time risking my life and reputation, was so close. Yet it could be far…
| Who/What | Event/Activity | Where/Place | When/How long |
| (i)————— | could hear very faint voices as if coming from | the other side of the world | at (ii)————- on September 22, 1961 |
| Brojen Das | was feeling tired and (iii)———– | in strong tide | while (iv)———- stiff opposition |
| The manager, the skipper and the (v)————- | were going alongside Brojen Das | in a (vi)————– | ——— |
| They | were all pointing towards | (vii)————— | at that time |
| Brojen Das | realized he was very close to (viii)———— because he could see flashes | at the shore | when he looked up |
| The (ix)———— for which Brojen Das | had been striving for the past (x)———– could be his | ———- | at any moment |
Or, Based on Your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing activities about Brojen Das on September 22, 1961. (No.1 has been done for you). 2×5=10
- Felt tired and exhausted
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
- Summarize the following text. 10
Unit-4 : Lesson-3
I could hear very faint voices as if coming from the other side of the world. The time was about 4:00 in the morning and the date September 22, 1961. I was feeling tired and exhausted and was encountering stuff opposition from the strong tide. I looked towards my accompanying motorboat carrying my manager Quazi Mohammad Ali, skipper Len Hutchinson and the official observer. Mr. J. U. Wood. They were all pointing towards the Kent shore. As I looked up, I could see flashes. I realized I was very close to the shore.
I asked what the time was and how far I had still to go. They told me that if I put the last ounce of energy into my swimming. I would set a new world record for France to England swim. This electrified me. The goal for which I had been striving for the past four years could be mine. The aim, which goaded me to swum the Channel six times, each time risking my life and reputation, was so close. Yet it could be far…
Treachery of Weather
The Channel, with its cold biting water, the winds, the waves and the tides does not make things easier. The unpredictable weather changes for the worse after a swimmer jumps in. It has never, to my knowledge, changed for the better for anyone yet… Apart from stamina and practice of long-distance swimming, one must have the frit, determination and courage to subdue the Channel. Weather and ill luck have conspired and joined hands many a time to defeat Channel swimmers. They had defeated me no less than five times….
- Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word from the box. There are more words than needed. Make any grammatical change if necessary. 0.5×10=5
| arrows | different | country | shoulders | task | slay |
| fight | strength | hands | terrible | people | son |
Hercules was the (a) ———— of Jupiter and Alcmena. Eurystheus, the King if Mycenae and his cousin, made him undergo some difficult (b) —————-. The first involved a (c) ———– with a lion. The valley of Nemea was being disturbed by a (d) ———— lion and so Eurystheus ordered Hercules to (e) ———- the beast and bring him his skin. At first, Hercules tried to fight the lion with his club and (f) ————- but this took him nowhere. Then Hercules attempted a (g) ———– tactic: he decided he would use his (h) —————-. He thud managed to slay the animal on his own, relying entirely on his immense (i) ————-. Victorious, he returned to Mycenae carrying the dead lion on his ((j) ———-, a sight that terrified the King.
- Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap. 1×10=10
Courtesy means polite (a) ——— or modesty. It also denotes courteous (b) ————–. It is a great (c) ————- of a man. To be well-behaved, or good-natured, we (d) ———- not spend money or health. We have to (e) ————- willingness to attain civility. We have to (f) ————– some code of conduct and (g) —————— the norms of etiquette of the society. It (h) ———– from society to society. However, one has to (i) ————— good manner in one’s character from an early age. No expenditure (j) ————- consciousness is required.
- Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. 10
(i) He was nine years old.
(ii) The boy also loved and obeyed her very much.
(iii) Long long ago, there lived a widow in a certain village of Bustam.
(iv) She loved him dearly.
(v) She had a son.
(vi) One night the entire village was in deep sleep.
(vii) She told her son with dozing eyes to give her a glass of water.
(viii) His beloved mother was also sleeping.
(ix) All on a sudden, she woke up.
(x) The boy was awake and busy in students.
Part-II: Writing Test
- Write a paragraph on “Our National Flag” in about 200 words based on the answers to the following questions.
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(a) What does it symbolize?
(b) What is its size?
(c) What are its colors?
(d) What do the colors indicate?
(e) Where is it hoisted?
(f) When is the national flag kept half mast?
(g) How can you uphold its honor?
- The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words. 7
Once upon a time, there lived two families in a village. The two families lived side by side. Two women of the two families were not in good term with one another on different issues. By chance, they became pregnant and were about to bear children. At the eleventh hour of their bearing children, they were taken to the same houses. A nurse was there —————.
- Suppose you are Nahid/Nahida and you are a candidate of S.S.C. Examination. Now, send an email to your father telling him about your progress of studies.
- Study the following flow chart on the population growth of the last four decades and five your personal opinions about it in at least 80 words and tell about the problems created due to this and also suggest possible solutions for it.
- Write down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words).
Amidst killer speeds I stand
Facing the traffic, stretching my hand.
I am seen on kid’s books and as cartoons everywhere
Educating people and asking them to beware
Of the erratic traffic and the signboards
Seen on almost all t he reads.
So that you’re safe I see each one of you
But my sweat, my plight on the road sees who?
Be it sunny or rainy,
For your safely I must be
Vigil and agile, on the middle
Standing erect, as fit as a fiddle.
Oh! My ear hurts! Oh! My head aches!
Oh! Look at the weather… such unpredictable days!
But I cannot swerve; I must be on duty.
I care for your safety.
Be it noisy or dusty; Be it sunny or rainy;
I must be on duty. I care for your safety.
Solution
- A. (a) (iv) encountering the strong tide (b) (iii) Brojen Das was close to his goal (c) (ii) spirited Brojen Das (d) (i) The unpredictable weather change (e) (iv) weather and bad luck.
- (a) Brojen Das was feeling tired and exhausted. So, the voices seemed very faint to him. They seemed to be coming from the other side of the world.
(b) The manager of Brojen Das, Quazi Mohammad Ali, the skipper Len Hutchinson and the official observer, Mr. J. U. Wood were in the motorboat accompanying Brojen Das.
(c) Brojen Das was electrified when his companions told him that he would set a new world record for France to England swim by putting the last ounce of energy into his swimming.
(d) Brojen Das had been striving for the past four years to set a new world record for France to England swim.
(e) The obstructions that stand between the Channels swimmers and their dreams are ill luck and unpredictable weather.
- (i) Brojen Das (ii) 4am (iii) exhausted (iv) encountering (v) official observer (vi) motorboat (vii) the Kent shore (viii) the shore (ix) goal (x) four years
Or,
- Felt tired and exhausted
- Encountered stiff opposition from the strong tide
- Looked towards his accompanying motorboat
- Saw flashes from the shore
- Enquired about time and location
- Electrified by the thought of making a record
- It was about 4am on September 22 1961, when Brojen Das felt exhausted because of strong tide of the Channel. The persons in his accompanying motorboat pointed towards the shore. They told him to engage the last drop of his energy so that he could set a new world record for France to England swim. But the Channel always make things more difficult for the swimmers with its unpredictable weather. Brojen Das wished that he would reach the goal he had been seeking for the last four years.
- (a) son (b) tasks (c) fight (d) terrible (e) slay (f) arrows (g) different (h) hands (i) strength (j) shoulders
- (a) behavior (b) manner (c) virtue (d) need (e) require (f) maintain (g) follow (h) varies (i) form (j) but
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| iii | v | i | iv | ii | vi | x | viii | ix | vii |
Long long ago, there lived a widow in a certain village of Bustam. She had a son. He was nine years old. She loved him dearly. The boy also loved and obeyed her very much. One night the entire village was in deep sleep. The boy was awake and busy in students. His beloved mother was also sleeping. All on a sudden, she woke up. She told her son with dozing eyes to give her a glass of water.
উক্ত বিষয় সম্পর্কে কিছু জানার থাকলে কমেন্ট করতে পারেন।
আমাদের সাথে ইউটিউব চ্যানেলে যুক্ত হতে এখানে ক্লিক করুন এবং আমাদের সাথে ফেইজবুক পেইজে যুক্ত হতে এখানে ক্লিক করুন। গুরুত্বপূর্ণ আপডেট ও তথ্য পেতে আমাদের ওয়েবসাইটে ভিজিট করুন।
