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14. Qudirabad Cantt Sapper College, Natore
Test Examination-2017; English 2nd Paper
Part A: Grammar: 60 Marks
- Use articles where necessary. Put cross (×) where an article is not needed: 0.5´10=5
Today, Bangladesh faces (a) ¾ number of (b) ¾ problems. Of them (c) ¾ population problem is (d) ¾ most acute. Population of a country can, not doubt, be (e) ¾ asset to (f) ¾ country. However, if it fails to feed and provide them with suitable jobs, they become burden to it. It is only through imparting (i) ¾ proper training to (j) ¾ unemployed that we can solve the acute problem of unemployment with.
- Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions: 0.5´10=5
A woman succumbed (a) ¾ her burns (b) ¾ Dhaka Medical College Hospital the day (c) ¾ yesterday. Two days ago she was set (d) ¾ fire allegedly (e) ¾ her in-law (f) ¾ an ownership conflict. Her in-laws were claiming the share (g) ¾ ownership (h) ¾ a two-storey building which was reportedly funded and owned (i) ¾ the husband (j) ¾ the deceased.
- Complete the sentences with suitable phrase/words given in the box: 0.5´10=5
| What if | Let alone | Have to | Was born | It |
| As if | What’s it like | Had better | There | As soon as |
(a) The authorities ¾ conform to the law because the PM earlier directed them to do so.
(b) He speaks¾ he were the president of Bangladesh.
(c) Albert Einstein, a German-born theoretical physicist and philosopher of science¾ in March 14,1879, who developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics.
(d) He was too tired to walk,¾ run fast.
(e) ¾ the robbers will storm into their house at dead of night?
(f) He is an honest man and ¾ is known to all.
(g) We ¾ hospitalize him soon to save his life.
(h) We were going to Chittagong by train. ¾ we reached the station, my uncle received us warmly.
(i) ¾ should be some special arrangements in the programme for the diplomats.
(j) ¾ sleeping at day time when you are ambitious?
- Complete the sentences using suitable clauses/phrases. 0.5´10=5
(a) You cannot prosper in life unless ¾.
(b) ¾ where there is life there is hope.
(c) Would that I ¾.
(d) Ten years passed since ¾.
(e) A man who leads an idle life ¾.
(f) There is hardly any person ¾.
(g) Would you mind ¾.
(h) I went to London with a view to ¾.
(i) He underwent hard work in order to ¾.
(j) It is high time ¾.
- Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context: 0.5´10=5
Today, we (a) ¾ (b) a free nation. We (b) ¾ (have) to take great pains to achieve freedom. Our war of liberation (c) ¾ (take) place in 1971. People of all walks of life (d) ¾ (come) forward and got (e) ¾ (involve) in the war directly or indirectly. Many a man (f) ¾ (kill) in the battle field. They (g) ¾ (not flee) from the battle field (h) ¾ (show) their backs. Rather, all of them (i) ¾ (contribute) much to (j) ¾ (achieve) independence.
- Read the text and change the underlined sentences as directed. 1´5=5
(a) Child labour is one of the greatest crises of the 21 century (positive). (b) It is a gross violation of human rights. Unfortunately, most civilized people of our society exert this unjust labour (complex). (c) Only poverty is held responsible for this crisis (negative). (d) In most poor families, parents send their minor children to work so that they can earn something for the family (simple). (e) Though these helpless children have to undergo bone-breaking work all day, they are rewarded with all kinds of abuse in return (compound).
- Re-write the following text in indirect speech: 5
“When will you start for Dhaka and why?” said father.
“Tomorrow. To buy some essential books,” said Ratan.
“What do your require? Only money?”
“Yes, father.”
“Don’t go alone. Now time is not going well. Go with a friend and come back soon.”
“OK, father, we will come back soon”
- Identify the unclear pronoun references in the following paragraph. Where necessary, rewrite the sentences so that all pronoun references are clear. 5
The countries of the world have their own histories. They are recorded through the researches of scholars in various ages. They are called historians. It is done very carefully with proof of diverse ways. As clouds cannot hide the sun forever, lies cannot envelope it for a long time. Today or tomorrow, it must flee away and truth will reign the ages.
- Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces. 0.5´10=5
Tea is the most ¾ (a) ¾ (pre-modify noun) drink in the modern world. It is ¾ (b) ¾ (pre-modify adjective) refreshing. Tea plants grow ¾ (c) ¾ (post modify verb) on the slope of the hills. In the garden, tea plants are ¾ (d) ¾ (pre modify verb) planted in rows. ¾ (e) ¾ (pre modify noun) leaves are plucked for times a year. ¾ (f) ¾ (participle phrase to pre modify subject), they are processed in a machine and then dried in a cauldron over a furnace. After ¾ (g) ¾ (determiner to pre-modify noun) process, tea is ready for consumption. As a drink, tea is prepared in a ¾ (h) ¾ (pre modify noun) way. Now, it is a common drink ¾ (i) ¾ (infinitive phrase to post modify noun). However, taking too much tea is harmful ¾ (j) ¾ (prepositional phrase post modify adjective)
- Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passage: 0.5´10=5
My teacher Mr. Anam obtained his graduation from Chittagong University. ¾ (a) ¾, he completed MA from Dhaka University. ¾ (b) ¾, he got his PhD from the same institution. His parents expected him to join some administrative service. Mr. Anam ¾ (c) ¾ had a knack for teaching. he (d) ¾ joined a government college through civil service examination. Throughout his education life Mr. Anam saw the difficulties that poor students suffer. ¾ (e) ¾, he vowed to help the need students started working accordingly. ¾ (f) ¾, he gives monetary help to some students who direly need it. ¾ (g) ¾, he helps some with clothes, and some with books and other education aids. Mr. Anam believes that students must be provided with minimum requirements. ¾ (h) ¾, they cannot study properly and reach the desired level. He has built up a forum comprising of teachers, students and guardians ¾ (i) ¾. ¾ (j) ¾, he has taken the forum to such a stage that all concerned are happy today.
- Read the passage and then write synonym or antonym of the words as directed. .0.5´10=5
Illiteracy is a curse. It retards all development activities of a country. It is said that an illiterate nation gropes in the darkness with no definite goal. In fact, an illiterate person is conservative, superstitious and blind. He can contribute very little to his country. He is unconscious and unaware of his rights and responsibilities. The whole country is responsible for this. Most of our people are illiterate and poor. In fact, illiteracy, caused by poverty, stands in the way of success. All should be practical and pragmatic while addressing this problem. Effective measures should be taken by all concerned to remove illiteracy and thus make the nation enlightened.
(a) curse (antonym), (b) retards (synonym), (c) darkness (antonym), (d) conservative (antonym), (e) unaware (synonym), (f) most (antonym), (g) practical (synonym), (h) measures (synonym), (i) remove (synonym), (j) enlightened (synonym)
- 12. There are ten errors in the punctuation marks in the following text. Rewrite the text correcting the errors. 5´10=5
The superintendent said “Nobody would drive in the fog” Jerry said I came just before bedtime last night and you hadn’t come. Then, I brought Pat some of my breakfast this morning I wouldn’t have let anything happen to him I was sure of that therefore I didn’t worry the authoress replied.
Part B: Composition: 40 Marks
13 Write a n application to the principal of your college seeking permission to raise some money from the students to help a classmate who has been hospitalized with a fatal disease. 8
14 Suppose, you are correspondent of a renowned daily of the country. Recently Dhaka University authority has held several suspects on the ground of forgery in the under graduation admission test. Now, prepare a report on this issue for your newspaper. 8
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15 Write a paragraph answering the following questions. Your answer should give as much detail as possible. 10
(a) What do you know of village life?
(b) What do you know of city life?
(c) What are the benefits of the type of life you prefer?
(d) What are the constraints of the type of life you detest?
(e) What do you think are the essential things that can make life comfortable wherever you live?
16 Write a short composition on The College I Read in. 14
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