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Khulna Public College, Khulna
Test Examination-2017; English 2nd Paper
Part A: Grammar: 60 Marks
- Fill in the blanks in the following text 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
Unfair means in the examination is (a) ¾ offence. It degrades (b) ¾ standard of education. If the students of (c) ¾ country do not acquire true (d) ¾ education, there will be no (e) ¾ development for the country. (f) ¾ examinee should read seriously so that he/she can cut (g) ¾ good figure in the examination. To acquire true education there should be (h) ¾ only aim in life of all the students. (i) ¾ educated man can not support (j) ¾ unfair means in the examination at all.
- Complete the text with suitable prepositions. 0.5´10=5
Patriotism is the quality inherent (a) ¾ man. He feels a natural attachment (b) ¾ his motherland. It is essential (c) ¾ the progress of a country. The patriotic people are noted (d) ¾ their patriotic zeal. They are different (e) ¾ other people. Their memories don’t sink (f) ¾ oblivion. They are worthy (g) ¾ praise. They lay (h) ¾ their lives for the good of the country. They are aware (i) ¾ their position in the society. They are celebrated all (j) ¾ the world.
- Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/ words given in the box. 0.5´10=5
| there | as soon as | it | have to | ||
| as if | would rather | let alone | |||
| was born | what’s it like | what does … look like | |||
(a) In China most of this students ¾ join English club. Is it the same in Bangladesh?
(b) I ¾ go abroad than join student politics. In our country students politics is like committing suicide.
(c) I’m a university student. But he behaves with me ¾ I were a baby.
(d) Asif is very idle. He can’t get up early in the morning, ¾ taking exercise.
(e) Alexander was a great king of Macedonia. He ¾ in 356 BC.
(f) ¾ living beside a river? It seems you are enjoying the life of a fisherman.
(g) All the students stood up ¾ the teacher entered the class room. The teacher became very pleased with them.
(h) The sailor became very terrified. ¾ were no birds or animals in that snow covered country.
(i) In cold countries, people lead their life through hardship. ¾ snows everywhere all the year round.
(j) Student : Sir, ¾ an octopus ¾?
Teacher : It’s very colourful and strange.
- Complete the sentences using suitable clauses/ phrases. 0.5´10=5
(a) Trees are our best friends. But dishonest people cut trees and it should be stopped so that ¾.
(b) The maid asked the old man why he could not work. The man said that he could not work because of illness and ¾.
(c) An old man had three sons. They quarrelled among themselves. The old man often told them not to quarrel, but ¾.
(d) One day the old man told his sons to break a bundle of sticks individually, but none of them could break it because ¾ which gave them a moral teaching
(e) Once there was a fox who lived near a forest. One day he entered into a vineyard so that —.
(f) The fox saw some grapes hanging from the vines. The grapes were so high that ¾.
(g) Hazi Mohammad Mohsin was a very kind man. People loved him as his kindness ¾.
(h) One night a thief entered the room of Hazi Mohammad Mohsin when he was sleeping. He woke up because ¾.
(i) The piped piper went to the street and took out a pipe from his pocket. When he began to play the pipe, ¾.
(j) Bangladesh is a populous country. The area of Bangladesh is so small that ¾.
- Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context. 0.5´10=5
Most of the students of our country (a) ¾ (find) to be expert in (b) ¾ (memorize) answers. They (c) ¾ (habituate) to prepare notes themselves. They get them (d) — (prepare) by their tutors. Their tutors exercise their brain for the students. So, the (e) ¾ (think) power of the students (f) ¾ (not develop). They (g) ¾ (not have) any command over the language. They, of course, do well in the examination but their quality (h) ¾ (not improve) and for this they can (i) ¾ (claim) any credit of their own. So, the system (j) ¾ (develop) so that they can be quality product.
- Read the text and change the sentences as directed. 1´5=5
(a) Foyot’s is a restaurant at which the French senators eat. (Simple)
(b) It was so far beyond my means that I had never even thought of going there. (Compound)
(c) Panic seized me. (Passive)
(d) I had eighty francs to last me the rest of the month. (Complex)
(e) The lady was one of the most cunning women in the world. (Positive)
- Change the narrative style by using direct/ indirect speeches. 5
The old man told his sons to listen to him. Then he proceeded that a great treasure lay hidden in the land. He added that he was going to leave it to them. The sons wanted to know how they would find it. The old man replied that they had to dig the land for it.
- Identify the unclear pronoun references in the following paragraph. Where necessary, rewrite the sentence so that all pronoun references are clear. 1´5=5
The Taj Mahal is surrounded by a beautiful garden and there is a long pool that stretches out in front of the building. He can see the beauty of the Taj Mahal in this reflection in the pool water. Visitors come to see these wonderful building at different times of the day since it assumes a different look at different times. Most people like this best on moonlit nights.
- Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces. 5
Socrates, (a) ¾ (post-modify the noun with an appositive), believed that an angry man was more of a beast than a human being. His wife (b) ¾ (use past participle to post-modify the noun phrase) to lose her temper on the (c) ¾ (use an adjective clause to post-modify the noun phrase) excuse. She tried her utmost (d) ¾ (use infinitive to post-modify the noun phrase) Socrates. One day the woman (e) ¾ (use prepositional phrase to post-modify the noun phrase) became more furious than ever and she began to insult (f) — (use determiner to pre-modify the noun) great scholar of Greece. Socrates went out of his house (g) ¾ (use adverb phrase to post-modify the verb). He sat on the door step of his residence (h) ¾ (use present participle to post-modify the noun phrase) out on the path street. The wife found that (i) — (use possessive to pre-modify the noun) husband was not paying the least heed to her word. She went up to him with a bucket full of water and suddenly she poured much water over him. He (j) ¾ (use an adverb to pre-modify the verb) remarked. “I am expecting this. After thunder comes rain.”
- Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passage. 0.5´10=5
Mobile phone is one of the greatest inventions of modern science. It is useful (a) ¾ in respect of communication (b) ¾ in many other ways. We can enjoy videos, songs etc on it. (c) ¾, we can enjoy the programmes of radio and TV through it. (d) ¾ its price is not so high, common people can buy it easily. (e) ¾ it has proved itself a very important thing in our daily life. (f) ¾ it has dark aspects also. Young boys and girls enjoy pornography as well as obscene things on it (g) ¾ having religious barrier. (h) ¾ they are getting morally depraved. (i) ¾ we must be careful about this thing. (j) ¾it will lead our young generation to the path of darkness.
- Read the following passage and then write the antonym or synonym of the words as directed below. .0.5´10=5
Illiteracy is a curse. It retards all development works of a country. It is said that an illiterate nation gropes in darkness with no define goal. In fact, an illiterate person is conservative, superstitious and blind. He can contribute very little to his society and 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 must be taken by all concerned to remove illiteracy and thus make the nation enlightened.
(a) curse (antonym) (b) retard (synonym) (c) darkness (antonym) (d) conservative (antonym) (e) unconscious (synonym) (f) success (antonym) (g) pragmatic (synonym) (h) effective (synonym) (i) responsible (synonym) (j) enlightened (synonym).
- 12. There are ten errors in the use of punctuation marks in the following text. Rewrite the text correcting the errors. 5´10=5
Abid : Have you heard the latest news
Hasan : No whats happened
Abid : Well it seems Tomal and Topu have broken off their friendship
Hasan : Really I must say it doesn’t surprise me.
Abid : why do you think so?
Hasan : Tomal was very selfish. They were bound to break off today or tomorrow.
Abid : Yes, the sooner, the better
Hasan : But Topu is a good boy. Hes a pretty tough character.
Abid : Im just surprised at the beginning of their friendship. How could they stay together? Two opposite characters.
Hasan : Friendship never follows a rule.
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Part B: Composition: 40 Marks
- Suppose, you are Tamim, a student of City College, in eleven class. There is no sufficient library facilities in your college. Now, write an application to your Principal for increasing library facilities. 8
- Suppose, you are a reporter of an English daily. You have observed that sound pollution is increasing day by day. Now, write a report on ‘The Causes of Sound Pollution and its Solution.’ 8
- Write a paragraph on ‘The Street Children.’ 10
- Write a composition on “Wonders of Modern Science.” 14
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