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19. Dr. Abdur Razzak Municipal College, Jessore
Test Examination-2017; English 2nd Paper
Part A: Grammar: (60 Marks)
- Fill in the blanks in the following texts with articles (a/an/the) as necessary. Some of the blanks may not require an article. Put a cross (´) in those blanks. 0.5´10=5
When (a) — great poet, Ferdousi, began to write (b) — Shahanama, the Sultan promised him (c) — piece of gold for each (d) — verse. When (e) — epic was finished, it contained sixty thousand (f) — verses. Instead of giving gold coins, he offered the poet only sixty thousand silver (g) — coins. The poet refused to take the silver coins and left the court with (h) — broken heart. He was (i) — aggrieved man. Later on the Sultan realised that he had made (j) — blunder.
- Complete the text with suitable preposition. 0.5´10=5
Do you have any idea (a) — a cyber cafe? It is a place teeming (b) — information. It is network (c) — all networks. It is a place (d) — computers (e) — which customers can use the internet and send e-mail and so on. A cyber cafe is closely associated (f) — internet communication system. A customer sitting (g) — the cafe can communicate (h) — people (i) — the world. In fact, a cyber cafe is not prejudicial (j) — our development.
- Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/words given in the box. 0.5´10=5
| need not | as fast as | was born | wish | would you mind |
| in case | would rather | have to | what if | used to |
(a) A: I’ll go with you to visit your village.
B: — your parents do not permit?
(b) He is able to carry the light luggage. He — take the help of a porter.
(c) There is a big playground in our college. I — play in the field everyday when 1 studied there.
(d) Guava is cheaper than apple. I — eat guava than apple.
(e) A bird can never fly — an airplane. You have to keep it in your mind.
(f) There are many helpless people in our country. I — I could help them.
(g) This car is not running well. I — buy a new one.
(h) Tomorrow I will go home. I will give you my phone number — you need to contact me.
(i) A: I see you’ve got too many bags with you
B: — offering my hand?
(j) William Blake, poet and artist — in London in 1757. During his early years, he showed himself a dreamer and visionary.
- Complete the sentences using clauses/phrases. 0.5´10=5
(a) He was strong enough —.
(b) There is hardly any person —.
(c) Had I been there —.
(d) It was long since —.
(e) The old man was too weak to —.
(f) 10 p.m. is the time —.
(g) A railway station is the place —.
(h) This is the house that —.
(i) He donates money as if —.
(j) He could not catch the bus although —.
- Read the text and fill in the gaps with correct form of verbs as per subject and context. 0.5´10=5
After long months of work (a) — (come) the holidays. Text books and college notes (b) — (make) the days very tiring. The holidays (c) — (appear) as a welcome relief. But they also (d) — (bring) with them the problem of how to use them in a proper way and where to go for a change. I (e) — (advise) by my father to spend the holidays fruitfully. So 1 was (f) — (leave) to make my own plans. My friends and I (g) — (meet) one evening. We (h) — (discuss) how we usefully (i) — (spend) the vacation. We (j) — (decide) at last to start a night school and voluntary reconstruction work.
- Read the text and change the sentences as directed. 1´5=5
(a) Robert Frost lives in a small apartment in the capital city Toronto. (Complex) (b) His wife Catherine loves gardening (Negative). (c) Toronto is one of the most expensive cities of the world. (Positive) His relatives often come to stay with him. (d) They don’t realize the high cost of living in Toronto. (Interrogative) (e) However, he loves his relatives a great deal. (Passive)
- Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. 5
“Where did you go yesterday?” said Lipi.
“I went to Chittagong to see my mother,” said Mina “She has been suffering from high blood pressure.”
“Is she sound now?” said Lipi.
“No,” said Mina.
- Identify the unclear pronoun references in the following paragraph. Where necessary, rewrite the sentences so that all pronoun references are clear. 1´5=5
Once there was a cowboy who was a liar. Sometimes it would cry out, “Tiger! Tiger!” People would come to its help. Then he would burst out laughing and make fun of them. One day a real tiger came. Then he shouted at the top of him voice. But this time nobody came to help him. It killed him. Nobody believes a liar.
- Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces. 0.5´10=5
Drug addiction is a curse of (a) — (pre-modify the noun) civilization. Drug is usually used as medicine (b) — (use an infinitive phrase to post-modify the verb) diseases and an excess of taking drug for no disease is called drug addiction. The drug addiction has grasped the young generation (c) — (post-modify the verb). They take drugs to forget their (d) — (pre-modify the noun) past or memories. People (e) — (pre-modify the verb) take heroine, opium, morphine, cocaine, phencydiyl etc. for drug addiction. There are some people who first take drugs as a fun but it rums into an addiction (f) — (post-modify the verb). Drug addiction causes (g) — (pre-modify the noun) harms to human body. (h) — (use a participle phrase) we can remove this curse from our country. All concerned should take initiative (i) — (use an infinitive phrase to post modify the verb) it. Suppliers should be punished (j) — (post-modify the verb).
- Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passage. 0.5´10=5
(a) — the creation of living beings in the earth, man has a close relation with Nature. (b) — man has established friendship with Nature. (c) —, Nature helps man in many ways. Among the elements of Nature, trees play an important role in human life and economy. (d) —, they are a great source or food, vitamins and money. (e) —, they provide us with oxygen without which we can not survive. (f) —, trees keep the soil tight and save people from flood and other natural calamities. (g) —, they keep balance of Nature, add beauty to Nature and provide habitation to many birds and beasts. (h) —, it prevents river erosion. (i) — dishonest people are cutting down trees randomly and indiscriminately leading the country to a desert. (j) — it is high time we all should come together to resist these inhuman beings for the safety and protection of our country.
- Read the passage and then write the synonym or antonym of the words as directed below: 1´5=5
Jerry was an orphan boy of 12. He was very sincere in his work. The axe handle broke one day while he was chopping wood for the authoress. So, he held himself responsible and refused to take money to repair it. But impressed with his integrity, the writer convinced him that the problem had been in the handle.
Now write synonyms or antonyms as directed and make sentences with them:
(a) break (antonym) (b) responsible (antonym) (c) repair (antonym) (d) impress (synonym) (e) convince (antonym)
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- 12. There are ten errors in the use of punctuation marks in the following text. Rewrite the text correcting the errors. 5´10=5
Jerry : I can chop some wood today.
Writer : But I have a boy coming from the orphanage.
Jerry : Im the boy
Writer : You but youre small
Jerry : Size doesnt matter chopping wood. Some of the big boys don’t chop wood. Ive been chopping wood at the orphanage for a long time.
Writer : Very well Theres the axe. Go ahead and see what you can do.
Part B: Composition: (40 Marks)
13 Write an e-mail to your friend describing the annual prize giving ceremony of your college. 8
14 Suppose, you are the Jessore Correspondent of the BTV. Write a report on the reception accorded to the GPA-5 recipients by the district administration. 8
15 Write a Paragraph on ‘The uses and abuses of Mobile Phone’. Use 100-150 words. 10
16 Write a short composition about ‘Female Education in Bangladesh’. Write at least 200 words but don’t exceed 250 words. 14
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