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HSC English Model Test on Final Exam



H.S.C English Coaching Center
Time 3 hours                                         1st  paper                                                                Full Marks 100
 Read the passage and answer to the question:
Shilpi was only 15 years old when she married Rashid in 2008. Marrying off daughters at an early age is a standard practice for many families living in rural Bangladesh. After her weeding, Shilpi joined a local empowerment group that provides adolescent girls with tools needed to gradually change cultural practices, particularly those pertaining to early marriage and pregnancy. The group’s activities include discussion on how to most effectively change behavior related to reproductive health as well as one on one counseling. It also offers peer- to peer support and life skills training that help adolescent say no to early marriage. The  empowerment group is one of more than 10000 groups supported by some local Non Government Organization (NGOs) working all over Bangladesh. These NGOs work through Canada’s Adolescent Reproductive Health Project which also aims to increase access to quality health services for adolescents. During one of the group seasons, Shilpi came to understand the potentially harmful effects of early marriage and pregnancy. While maternal mortally in Bangladesh has declined by nearly 40 percent since 2001, the rate remains high with 194 maternal deaths per 10000 live births in 2010 dropping from 322 in 2001 with a projected decrease to 143 by 205. Girls who get pregnant are at risk of serious health complications. These include dangerous hemorrhage and fistula, a painful internal injury caused by obstructed childbirth that commonly leads to serious maternal morbidities and social exclusion.
 A. Choose the best answers from the alternative:                                                                                                                                                                            5
(a) The word’ adverse’ in the text means_____.
(i) favorable                                                (ii) positive                                                       (iii) hostile                                         (iv) belong
(b) The word’ Pertain’ in the text means----.
(i) be relevant                                 (ii) to one                                                         (iii) atune                                                                   (iv) Lock
(c) ‘Exclusion’ refers to---
(i) intrusion                                                             (ii) prohibition                         (iii) notification                        (iv) twains
(d) The word’ decline’ stands for
(i) increase                                                  (ii) decrease                             (iii) intensify                                         (iv) mulling
(e) ‘Off spring’ in the text means-----.
(i) child                                                                               (ii) bud                                                                                   (iii) heir                                                                                   (iv) forefather


B. Answer to the following questions:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       10
(a) What is early marriage?
(b) Why did Shilpi become a victim of early marriage?
(c) What did Shilpi do after her marriage?
(d) What is the aim of empowerment group?

(e) How did Shilpi come to learn about the adverse effects of early marriage
                   and  pregnancy?
2. Write summarize of the following text.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              10
The term Diaspora is used to refers to people who have left their homelands and settled in other parts of the world, either because they were forced to do so or because they wanted to leave on their own. The word is increasingly used for such people as a collective group and a community. The word has seen many diasporas but scholars have been studying the phenomenon with great interest only in recent decades. Among the great diasporas of history is that of the Jewish people, who were forced to leave their lands in ancient times. The movement of Aryans from Central Europe to the  Indian sub-continent thousands of years ago is also a noteworthy Diaspora , although the causes of this Diaspora are unclear. In twentieth century history, the Palestinian  Diaspora has attracted a lot of attention and been a cause of concern for  world leaders because of the  plight of Palestinians. There have been massive Diasporas in African, too over the centuries, either because of war or because of the ravages of nature. But the chief reason why the phenomenon of Diaspora is attracting so much attention now is  globalization
Read the passage and answer to the question:                                                                                                                                                                                                          10
According to the some myths and legends, Gazi pir was a Muslim saint who is said to have spread Islam in the parts of Bengal close to the sunder bans. He was created with many miracles. For example, he could supposedly clam dangerous animals and make them docile. He is usually depicted in paats or scroll paintings riding a fierce bangle tiger, a snake in his hand, but in no apparent danger. According to some stories, he also fought crocodiles who threaded the people of a region full of canals and creeks, indeed a kind of watery jungle bordering the bay of bangle. Because of his alert and vigilant presence, all predatory animals were said to have been kept within bounds. It was also believed that he enabled villagers to live close to forests and jungles and cultivate their lands. Consequently, people of these regions would pray to him for protection. The story of Gazi Pir has been preserved in folk literature as well as art has been been performed in indigenous theater. In fact, some Gazi paat scrolls are part of the collection of the British Museum.
3. Make a flow chart showing the miracles of Gazi Pir. (No  1 has been done for you)
1.Being credited with many miracles
2
3
4
5
6





4. Fill in the gaps with correct answer with box:                                                  5

regard
call
comprise
active
safety
alarm
amplification
another
take
to
straight
sufficiency
the
lie
belief
How (a)_____ building in the city of Dhaka be in the event of an earthquake? Experts give no (b)_______answer to this questions, but (c)_____for taking (d)_____ precautions to minimize losses. That Bangladesh (e)_____in the active earthquake zone is not unknown to Bangladeshis. There are two schools of experts (f)____earthquakes. One school (g)______of engineers and geologists is of the view that the recurrence of quakes in recent years should be (h)_____as a signals for a major earthquake. However, (i)______ that the concern should not be (j)____because although there are a number of fault lines in the geographical area comprising Bangladesh, none of them is active enough to pose a major threat.
5. Fill in the gaps with correct answer:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   10
Self employment means to create (a)_____opportunity for (b)_____by one’s own effort. Various government organizations are trying to (c)_____a congenital atmosphere for self employment. Different NGOs have (d)____rendered their help. Livestock (c)____, agricultural (f)____, poultry (g)_____are some of the (h)____. There are many (i)_____for self employment in Bangladesh. One can (j)_____engage oneself in these jobs.
6. Re arrange the following sentences to make coherent order.                                                                     10
(a) When the water came to the month of the jar the crow drink it.
(b) Once a crow was very thirsty and wanted to drink water.
(c) As each people went down, the water in the jar rose up by little.
(d) He hit upon an pane then and took some pebbles.
(e) It flew from one place to another place in search of water and at last
                  found a jar in a garden.
(f) As it was leaving the jar, it noticed a heap of pebbles nearby.
(g) Then it decided to fly away in despair.
(h) There was some water in the jar but it was too low down and out of its
                  reach.
(i) The crow tried to turn the jar over and over again but it had no effect.
(j) Then it dropped the pebbles into the jar.
7. Write a paragraph of about 200 words based on the following
questions:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   10
(a) What is the necessary of plantation?
(b) How do trees help us?

(c) how does a country become desert?(d) What is your idea of tree plantation?
(e) Why should people grow more trees?

 8.        His name was jerry. He had been at the orphanage since he was for
                                    I could -------------                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        07
9. Write a letter to your friend describing how you will spend time after
                        your H.S.C year change examination.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              5
10. Write down the theme of the following poem:(Not more than 50 words)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    =8
I sit  on one of the divers
On fifty- second Street
Uncertain and afraid
As the clever hopes expire.
Of a low dishonest decade:
Waves of anger and fear
Circulate over the bright
And darkened lands of the earth,
Obsessing our private lives;
The unmentionable  odour of death
Offends the September night.
11.The pie chart below shows the percentages of the ways of news collecting by a group of 241 people who use internet. Now, write a paragraph describing the pie chart.
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