Part B: Writing Test (50 Marks)

8. Answer the following questions to write a paragraph on A Winter

Morning.
10
(a) What is a winter morning? (b) How is it different from other mornings? (c)
What are its main features? (d) How do you like it?
9. Read the beginning of the story. Write ten new sentences to complete
the story.
1x 10 = 10
One day two rats stole a piece of bread. They tried to divide it into two equal
parts but failed .
10. The graph below shows the mobile phone users among the teenagers
(13-19) of Rajshahi town. Describe and analyze it.
10

11. Suppose you have a friend named Mahesh / Renuka in Nepal. He/She
has asked you to write about the co-curricular activities of your school.
Write an email to Mahesh /Renuka telling him/her about them.
10
12. Alisha and her friend Niloy are now free after their SSC Examination.
They want to participate in the eradication of illiteracy from the country.
Write a short dialogue that Alisha might have with her friend about how
they can go about it and what they can do about it.
10

Ka Set
ENGLISH (COMPULSORY)

[According to the Syllabus of 2017]

FIRST PAPER
1 0 7
Subject Code:
Time ----3hours
Full marks ----100
[NB--- The figures in the right margin indicate full marks.]

Part A: Reading Test (50 Marks)

Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.
In recent years, there have been many alarming reports that the worlds climate
is undergoing a significant change. All these reports provide strong evidence
that world temperatures are increasing day by day. This increase in global
warming is caused by increased amounts of carbon dioxide around the earth.
Most climatologists believe that the greenhouse effect is the likely cause of
this global warming.
What is the greenhouse effect? It is the gradual warming of the air surrounding
the earth as a result of heat being trapped by the environmental pollution. This
is exemplified by the destruction and burning down of tropical rain forests, by
traffic that clogs up city streets, by the rapid growth of industry, the use of
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in packaging and manufacturing commercial
products, the use of detergents such as washing power and washing-up liquid
and so on. The oceans are also said to be affected both because of human
waste and because of pollution caused by industrial waste products, oil seeping
from damaged super-tankers and from other maritime disasters. However, the
main culprits for global warming are carbon dioxide gas, produced by the
burning of fossil fuels and forests, and pollutants such as methane and
chlorofluorocarbons.
Climatologists predict that midway through the next century, temperatures
may have risen by as much as 4C. This could catastrophically reduce
mankinds ability to grow food, destroy or severely damage wildlife and
wilderness, raise sea levels and thereby flood coastal areas and farmland. The
alarming news about Bangladesh is that as a result of the rise of the sea level,
the lower southern part of the country may one day go under water. (274
words)
1. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives.
1x7=7
A. Which of the following has the closest meaning of the word evidence used
in line 2?
a) symbol
b) symptom
c) recommendation
d) proof
B. What does the expression likely cause in line 4 mean?
a) probable reason
b) future source
c) normal root
d) promising basis

C. Which of the following best describes the reason for the greenhouse effect?
a) the heat absorbed in the atmosphere
b) the cooling of the air around the earth
c) the heat trapped in the atmosphere
d) the heat immersed in the atmosphere
D. Which of the following best describes the effect of the destruction and
burning down of tropical rain forests?
a) decreased amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
b) improved amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
c) increased amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
d) lesser amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
E. In paragraph 2, what is meant by maritime disasters?
a) special catastrophe
b) oceanic calamities
c) atmospheric misfortune
d) distinctive adversity
F. What may befall Bangladesh owing to global warming?
a) falling victim to the decrease in sea level
b) falling victim to the decline in sea level
c) falling victim to the fall in sea level
d) falling victim to the rise in sea level
G. What is the main purpose of the author of this passage?
a) To show the advantages and disadvantages of global warming
b) To show the gains and losses of global warming
c) To show the merits and demerits of global warming
d) To show the causes and effects of global warming
2. Answer the following questions.
2 x5 =10
a) From your reading of paragraph 1 of the passage, mention the change in the
climate and its probable cause. .
b) How is the greenhouse effect defined in the passage?
c) What are mainly responsible for the global warming?
d) Describe the causes of global warming.
e) Describe the effects of global warming.
3. Write a summary of the passage in no more than 90 to 100 words. 10
4. Read the passage on the George Washington. Complete the table below
with information from the passage.
1x5=5
George Washington was the first President of the USA. He was born in 1732
in Virginia. His family used to cultivate tobacco in their estates in Virginia.
When George Washington was twenty years old, he took over these estates
and lived a comfortable life. In 1752 France and Britain started a war. Then
George Washington left his estates and joined the English forces. He soon
made a good name for himself as a brilliant officer. In 1773 the unpleasant
incident known as Boston Tea Party took place between the Americans
and the British. Thirteen colonies formed a Congress in 1774. In 1775 some
English troops were attacked and a war broke out. In 1776 the colonies
formally declared themselves independent. Peace treaty was signed between

America and Britain in 1783. When England and France made peace he went
to his home of Virginia \ to live happily. In 1789 Washington became the first
President of the United States.
Who/What
Place
Activity
Time
George Washington USA
(1) _______
1732
(2) _______
Boston
Unpleasant incident (3) _______
(4) _______
British Empire Formed a Congress (5) _______
5. From your reading of the above passage fill in the blanks with suitable
words. Use one word only in each blank.
1x5 = 5
George Washington, the first President of the USA, (a) ___ from Virginia.
The members of his family were tobacco (b) ___. He joined the war that (c)
___ out between France and Britain. The unpleasant incident known as Boston
Tea Party was behind the (d) ___ of a Congress by thirteen colonies which
subsequently declared themselves (e) ___.
6. Match the parts of sentences given in column A and column B to
write five complete sentences. There are more parts of sentences in
column B than required.
1x 5 =5
A
B
(a) We should say no to (I) but also harmful to our society
corruption
(b) The corrupt persons are (II) we cannot think of the welfare of our
not only dishonest,
country
(c) It is high time we
(III) but it causes serious troubles for us
(d)
We should work (IV) did something against corruption
together if
(e) But we are so self- (V) because it is a serious social crime
centred that
(VI) corruption should be controlled
(VII) we want to control corruption
7. Put the following parts of the story in correct order to rewrite the whole
story.
1x 8 = 8
(a) In 1850 Alfred Nobel joined in his fathers company and after some
years he invented dynamite.
(b) He was an engineer and a chemist.
(c) The Nobel Prize has been given since 1901.
(d) He earned a lot of money from his dynamite business.
(e) This award was named after Alfred Nobel.
(f) Dr Alfred Nobel was born on 21st October, 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden.
(g) He undertook a plan to give an award for encouraging the creative
work for setting up peace in the world.
(h) His father Emanuel Nobel, an architect and a researcher, had
ammunition business at Leningrad.