Class 8 | English Model Question with Answer 17-20 | PDF

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17. Read the text and answer the questions 1, 2 and 3. (Unit–8, Lesson–01)

A six-year-old boy from Bangladesh is hoping to become the world’s youngest computer expert. Wasik Farhan-Roopkotha turned six in January 2012. He is hoping his skills will be recognised by Microsoft and Guinness World Records. Wasik started to show a talent for computers since early childhood. Before the age of four, he mastered playing video games and typing in Microsoft Word. His mother Cynthia Farhan-Risha said, “I knew he was very different since his birth.

I couldn’t believe my eyes when he began computing as a seven-month-old child.” At his local primary school, Wasik was above the average level. So his parents decided that he should be taught at home. According to his mother, Wasik’s English is still limited. However, he has a few words to say in Bengali. “I really enjoy playing on the computer and learning new skills,” Wasik told say the BBC.

“My ambition is to be a computer expert at a big computer firm in the future” Wasik is a computer-nerd. But he still enjoys mixing with other children, playing football and listening to music. However, computers are his main passion. Farhan-Risha hopes that Wasik will be mentioned in Guinness World Records.

They have not yet listed anyone as the youngest computer programmer in the world. Guinness World Records said, “We do not monitor such a record in our database at the moment. But Wasik’s family is welcome to make a claim on our website,”

Set 1

1. Guess the meaning of the following words and choose the correct meaning closest to the text :

a)Average:
i. exceptional
ii. remarkable
iii. extreme
iv. medium

b)Talent:
i. inability
ii. dullness
iii. genius
iv. weakness

c)Limited:
i. restricted
ii. prescind
iii. pleasant
iv. mandate

d)Skill:
i. denature
ii. grande
iii. incident
iv. expertness

e)Welcome:
i. appreciated ii. rejected iii. discouraged iv. undesirable

2. Answer the following questions :
a)How old will be Wasik in 2015?
b)Why was he taught to teach at home?
c)What are his enjoyments?
d)Shy do Guinness World Records welcome Wasik’s family?
e)What did Wasik master before the age of four?

3. Summarize the above text in around 85 words.

Answer

1. (a) (iv) medium;
(b) (iii) genius;
(c) (i) restricted;
(d) (iv) expertness;
(e) (i) appreciated.

2. (a) Wasik will be nine years in 2015.
(b)He was taught to teach at home because he was above the average level at his local primary school.
(c)He enjoys playing on the computer and learning new skills.
(d)Guinness World Record welcomes Wasik’s family to make a claim on their website.
(e)Before the age of four, he mastered playing video games and typing in Microsoft Word.

3. Wasik Farhan is six years old. He hopes to be the world’s youngest computer expert. From his early childhood, he is good at computer. At four, he was a master of playing video games and typing in Microsoft Word. At seven he began computing. His wants to be a computer expert at a big computer firm in future. His mother hopes that Wasik will be mentioned in Guinness World Records. Guinness World Records welcomes Wasik’s family to make a claim on their website.

Set 2

1. Guess the meaning of the following words and choose the correct meaning closest to the text.

(a)started
i. stopped
ii. spoilt
iii. began
iv. startled

(b)records
i. song
ii. disk
iii. situation
iv. example

(c)local
i. urban
ii. village
iii. upashahar
iv. district

(d)hopes
i. expects
ii. thanks
iii. thinks
iv. rise

(e)make
i. ruin
ii. destroy
iii. damage
iv. build

2. Answer the following questions.

(a)How old was Wasik when he began computing?
(b)What is his ambition?
(c)Why did his parents decide to teach him at home?
(d)What does his mother hope?
(e)What does he enjoy?

3. Summarize the text in section A in your own words (around 85 words).

Answer

1. (a) (iii) began;
(b) (iv) example;
(c) (ii) village;
(d) (i) expects;
(e) (iv) build.

2. (a) Wasik began computing at the age of seven months.
(b)His ambition is to be a computer expert at a big computer firm.
(c)His parents decided to teach him at home because he was above the average level at his local primary school.
(d)His mother hopes that Wasik should be enlisted as the youngest computer programmer in the world.
(e)He enjoys mixing with other children, playing football and listening to music.

3. Same as Set 1

18. Read the text and answer the questions 1, 2 and 3. (Unit–8, Lesson–03)

With only 2,500 taka in her pocket, Rona Begum began her small business. She also had a sewing machine from her sister. She attended a six-month vocational training run by the Department of Youth Development before that. Rona’s Utsab Tailors Training and Sales Center began in 1997.

Fifteen years later, she now owns a small production house of fashion garments. Traditional items, block print works and embroidery are done at her production house. “Despite serous trouble in my personal life, I worked very hard to survive,” said Rona.

She supported herself by working at three places. At a time she worked at a local diagnostic centre, at a private medical college, as well as at her own training and boutique center. She continued this till 2007.

“At first, I got almost no support from my family. Instead, I faced objections. But I’m happy now and busy with my business. The atmosphere at home has also changed.” said Rona.

Ms Rona has just started several more commercial projects with partners. She decided to expand business earlier. But she did not get support from any bank or financial institutions. Then she joined the Women Business Forum (WBF), Sylhet and things started to change. At present, she is the General Secretary of WBF, Sylhet.

In the last fifteen years, Rona received much appreciation and a number of awards. Along with other awards, she received Jatiya Juba Padak in 2012.

Set 1

1. Guess the meaning of the following words and choose the correct meaning closet to the text :

i)Business:
a)profession
b)commerce
c)trade
d)production

ii)Traditional:
a)hereditary
b)historic
c)remarkable
d)habitual

iii)Diagnostic:
a)picking
b)detecting
c)discovering
d)cornerwise

iv)Atmosphere:
a)climate
b)character
c)context
d)surroundings

v)Appreciation:
a)recognition
b)realization
c)perception
d)improvement

2. Answer the following questions :

(a)Why did Rona get appreciation and awards?
(b)How was vocational training helpful for Rona?
(c)How did Rona overcome problems in her personal life?
(d)Why did Rona leave other two jobs?
(e)What do you think the initiatives of Rona are examples for the poor? Why?

3. Summarize the text in section A in your own words (around 85 words).
Answer
1. (i) (c) trade;
(ii) (d) habitual;
(iii) (b) detecting,
(iv) (d) surroundings,
(v) (a) recognition.

2. (a) Rona got appreciation and awards for her consistent will power and good performance in the business.
(b)Rona started the business earlier but after getting the vocational training she flourished her business gradually and became very successful.
(c)Rona overcame the problems through her persistent devotion to work.
(d)Rona became very busy for the expansion of her own business in the fashion garments centre. So she left the other two jobs.
(e)I think the initiatives of Rona, belong to a series of qualities like will-power, confidence, devotion and hard work. If the poor like Rona possess such qualities, they must be successful.

3. The story was published in The Daily Star about Rona Begum who came from a very poor family. She wanted to start a business and tried to take help from others but none came forward. With 2500 taka and a borrowed sewing machine, she started a business. Then she took vocational training and owned a garments centre through all sufferings. Rather she left the other two jobs and expanded her own business as well as projects with partners. Now she is the General Secretary of Women Business Forum, Sylhet. By 15 years she was given awards and Jatiya Juba Padak 2012.

19. Read the text and answer the questions 1, 2 and 3. (Unit–9, Lesson–01)

Human beings have invented many important things so far. They have brought great civilization to the world through these inventions. Do you know which invention is the greatest? It is ‘the wheel’. A wheel is a circular object. It can rotate around its axis and help easy movement of things across a surface. The wheels are, in fact, everywhere. They are on our cars, trains, planes, wagons and so on.
Besides, they are on most factory and farm equipment. Fans, propellers, turbines are also other types of wheels. So the wheel is very important. We cannot imagine modern life without wheels.
But do we know exactly who made the first wheel?

Set 1

1. Guess the meaning of the following words and choose the correct meaning closest to it.
(a)object
i. think
ii. thing
iii. surrounding
iv. matter

(b)axis
i. earth
ii. orbit
iii. moon
iv. sun

(c)across
i. from one side to another
ii. beside
iii. before
iv. after

(d)equipment
i. dress
ii. tool
iii. foodiv. cloth

(e)sort
i. source
ii. sample
iii. tire
iv. type

2. Answer the following questions.

(a)Why is the wheel greatest invention?
(b)What can we do with the help of wheel?
(c)What are the different types of wheel?
(d)How have human beings brought great civilization to the world?
(e)What kind of object is a wheel?

3. Summarize the passage in around 50 words.

Answer

1. (a) (ii) thing;
(b) (ii) orbit;
(c) (i) from one side to another;
(d) (ii) tool;
(e) (iv) type.

2. (a) The wheel is the greatest invention because without it we cannot imagine our modern life.
(b)We can move heavy things across a surface easily with the help of wheels.
(c)Fans, propellers, turbines are various types of wheels.
(d)Human beings have brought great civilization to the world through inventing many important things.
(e)A wheel is a circular object.
3. The wheel is the greatest invention. They are on our cars, trains, planes, wagons etc. Modern life cannot be thought of without it but we do not exactly know the name of the first inventor of it.

20. Read the text and answer the questions 1, 2 and 3. (Unit–9, Lesson–04)

Human beings conquered the distance on earth by discovering wheels. They endeavored further. Then on December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers in America made the first experiment of flying in a plane. In the experiment, a machine carried a man and rose above by its own power. The machine was called ‘aka airplane’. It flew naturally in a smooth speed, and finally landed without damage.

That was human being’s first real tak-off. And now, they have got a supersonic speed. In a supersonic speed, something travels faster than sound! So the sky’s the limit now! Modern aircraft companies are making revolutions in aviation technology.

Boeing as well as Airbus is producing modern passenger airplanes. These planes fly very fast. Boeing 787 flies 950 km/h. However, Air bus 350 is expected to fly in a couple of years. Its speed will be 945 km/h. You find attractive ads on the websites of both Boeing and Airbus planes. Both have excellent features. But in speed, neither could beat the Concorde.

It is the world’s fastest supersonic passenger aircraft. Its normal speed was 2,170 km/h. The Concorde was a joint project by France and Britain. It started passenger flight in 1976. Unfortunately, the Concorde fleet was grounded forever in 2003 after a major accident.

Set 1

1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives :

(a)The invention of wheels cannot help ————– the distance.
i. conquer
ii. conquering
iii. conquered
iv. increase

(b)They endeavored further. Here ‘endeavor’ means ————–.
i. experienced
ii. exercised
iii. tried
iv. failed

(c)The first experiment of flying in a plane was made by the ————–.
i. Asians
ii. Americans
iii. Australians
iv. Chinese

(d)Which one is the first plane of human beings?
i. Boeing
ii. Aka airplane
iii. Boeing 787
iv. The Concorde

(e)”Supersonic speed” means ————–.
i. as fast as sound
ii. faster than sound
iii. less fast than sound
iv. not related with sound

2. Answer the following questions.

(a)Who made the first successful experiment in flying an airplane?
(b)What was the first flying machine called?
(c)What do you mean by ‘supersonic’?
(d)What was world’s fastest passenger airplane?
(e)What is Concorde?

3. Summarize the above text in around 85 words.

Answer

1. (a) (ii) conquering;
(b) (iii) tried;
(c) (ii) Americans;
(d) (ii) Aka airplane;
(e) (ii) faster than sound.

2. (a) Wright brothers made the first successful experiment in flying an airplane.
(b)The first flying machine was called ‘aka airplane’.
(c)Supersonic means a speed which travels faster than the speed of the sound.
(d)The Concorde was world’s fastest passenger airplane.
(e)The Concorde is the world’s fastest supersonic passenger aircraft.

3. Human beings conquered the distance on earth by inventing wheels. But they attempted further on December 17, 1903. The Wright brothers in America made the first experiment of flying in a place called ‘aka airplane’ which landed without any damage. Now they have got a supersonic speed. Now modern planes are flying very fast. But in respect of speed, the Concorde is the fastest whose normal speed was 2,170 km per hour.

Set 2

1. Guess the meaning of the following words and choose the correct meaning closest to the text.

(a)take off
i. torn
ii. adventure
iii. journey
iv. flying

(b)feature
i. picture
ii. characteristic
iii. chart
iv. row

(c)distance
i. remoteness
ii. shortness
iii. smallness
iv. greatness

(d)naturally
i. artificially
ii. whimsically
iii. automatically
iv. particularly

(e)smooth
i. hard
ii. easy
iii. difficulty
iv. harsh

2. Answer to the following questions.

(a)What do Boeing and Airbus produce?
(b)How many persons did “aka airplane” carry?
(c)When did human beings first start to fly?
(d)What is Concorde?
(e)’The Sky’s the limit’ ——- What does this mean?

3. Summarize the above text in around 85 words.

Answer

1. (a) (iv) flying;
(b) (ii) characteristic;
(c) (i) remoteness;
(d) (iii) automatically;
(e) (ii) easy.

2. (a) Boeing and Airbus produce modern passenger airplanes.
(b)’Aka airplane’ carried only one person.
(c)Human being first started to fly on December 17, 1903.
(d)The Concorde is the world’s fastest supersonic passenger aircraft.
(e)It means that there is no limit to what somebody can achieve as the sky has no limit.

3. Same as Set 1

Set 3

1. Guess the meaning of the following words and choose the correct meaning closest to the text.
(a)conquer
i. lose
ii. overcome
iii. go down
iv. drop

(b)experiment
i. test
ii. practice
iii. implement
iv. use

(c)damage
i. repair
ii. mend
iii. renovate
iv. spoil

(d)travel
i. come
ii. arrival
iii. enjoy
iv. move

(e)excellent
i. poor
ii. ordinary
iii. normal
iv. brilliant

2. Answer the following questions.

(a)Who built the Concorde?
(b)What happened to it finally?
(c)What kind of aircraft is the Concorde?
(d)When is Airbus going to fly?
(e)How is the speed of Boeing?

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3. Summarize the above text in your own words (within 80 words).

Answer

1. (a) (ii) overcome;
(b) (i) test;
(c) (iv) spoil;
(d) (iv) move;
(e) (iv) brilliant.

2. (a) France and Britain in a joint project built the Concorde.
(b)It finally met with a great accident.
(c)The Concorde is the world’s fastest supersonic passenger aircraft.
(d)Airbus 350 is expected to fly in a couple of years.
(e)Boeing 787 flies 950 km/h.

3. Same as Set 1

 

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