Test Examination-2023

Govt. Adamjeenagar M.W. College, Narayanganj

English First Paper Subject Code- 107
Full Marks- 100 Time – 3 Hours
Part-A Reading (60 Marks)
1. Read the passage and answer the questions A and B
Education gives us knowledge and a set of abilities to function meaningfully in life, such as the ability to decide things
rationally and make the right choices. As we learn how to read, write and do the basic operations of arithmetic, we gain a
degree of self-confidence. We learn to think for ourselves and articulate our thoughts; we pick up skills to communicate
with others and manage our affairs well. Education helps us think independently and make our own opinions. As we know
more about the world, we appreciate the good things it offers us but also become critical of the deviations from the values
it imparts and the rise of hatred or conflict that follows.
The first thing education does is to give us an awareness about ourselves which leads to the development of our
personality. As we begin school, we feel the need to belong to the class and make friends. We then expand our sense of
belonging to include the school al large, our community and finally our country. Education thus prepares every child to
become an active member of the community and work for its welfare.
Education, it is believed, releases our potentials and our inner strengths. It sharpens our intellect and develops our
creativity. As we are taught to reason well and find solutions to the problems of life we become productive members of
society. Education by definition is progressive and liberal, teaching us to respect human diversity and cultural and
religious differences. If all of us practise these values in life, the world becomes a much happier place.
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 0.5×10=5
(a) What does education do?
i) enables us to earn a lot
ii) enriches our knowledge
iii) makes our life meaningful
iv) gives us knowledge and capabilities for judgment.
(b) The word ‘rationally’ means-
i) foolishly ii) by logical means
iii) by a ratio of two numbers iv) by illogical means
(c) What does the word ‘deviation’ mean?
i) aberration ii) conformity
iii) regularity iv) instability
(d) What does ‘critical thinking’ mean?
i) extremely serious ii) extremely important
iii) extremely dangerous iv) careful judgment
(e) What are “the basic operations of arithmetic”?
i) the study of algebra
ii) sums involving geometry
iii) sums (adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing etc.)
iv) of doing complex sums
(f) What does “a degree of self-confidence” mean?
i) a course of study
ii) the amount, level or extent of something
iii) a unit of measuring temperature
iv) a unit of measuring angles
(g) What does it mean by “articulate our thoughts”?
i) an article about our thinking
ii) collecting our ideas
iii) expressing our ideas
iv) learning to think independently
(h) The word ‘imparts’ in the passage is used as—
i) a Noun ii) a Verb
iii) an Adjective iv) an Adverb
(i) Education does not give us----
i) awareness about ourself ii) development of our personality
iii) selfishness iv) sense of belonging
(j) An educated person can never be—
i) disrespectful ii) productive
iii) progressive iv) liberal
B. Answer the following questions. 3x5=15
(a) What does education offer us?
(b) What are the abilities that help to gain self-confidence?
(c) Why do we need to be critical in gaining knowledge?
(d) How do schools teach us to be a poet of the community?
(e) How diversity can create a happier world?
2.Read the following text and make a flow chart showing the condition of a street child. (No.1 has been done for you) 1x5=5
My name is Amerigo. I am 13 years old and I live on the street, alone. My mother, who is separated from my father,
doesn't want me. She told me to go away….Now she is married to another man. My father lives very far away. I want to
go to him. but he won't take me either. I begged him to send me some money so that I could buy a bus ticket. I am still
waiting. He hasn't answered.
The streets are now my home. Sometimes I find work. I used to collect trash and sell it to a vendor. I stopped doing that
after I had a serious infection and a doctor told me to stay away from the trash dump. Once I worked for an ice cream
shop owner and sold ice cream on the beach. But I got no money in return. The owner of the shop gave me something to
eat, and let me sleep in his hut at night. The work was difficult and painful. The ice cream box is quite heavy when it is
full. I had to walk for hours, offering my ice cream to whoever wanted to buy. There were days when I could not even sell
one ice cream.
In a way. I am lucky because I am alive. My friends who work sorting rubbish in dumps often suffer from serious
diseases. One of them was recently killed after he fell into a hole that opened up in the pile of trash. Many of us work for
10 to 12 hours, and get so little in return that we can't even buy food.

1.Homeless 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

3. Summarize the following poem 1x10=10

All people dream, but not equally.
Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their mind,
Wake in the morning to find that it was vanity.

But the dreamers of the day are dangerous people,

For they dream their dreams with open eyes,
And make them come true.

4. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word from the box. There are more words than needed.
Make any grammatical change if necessary: .5x10=5

disease fertilizers although increase environment alarm

severely suffer chemical believe greater afflict

Many diseases are rising at an (a)_____ rate, which experts believe is due to (b)____ pollution of the (c) ____. Pollution
appears to be (d)_____ in urban areas (e)_____ rural societies too are (f)____ by increased use of (g)_____ fertilizers and
insecticides. Nevertheless, today city people appear to suffer from many more (h)____ and (i)____ more (j)____ than
country people.
5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap: 1x10=10
E-mail has brought about (a)____ in modern (b)____ up. Messages can be transmitted from one country to another within
a few (c)____ . It is far cheaper than telephone calls. Trade and commerce has become greatly (d)___ on this speedy mode
of communication. It has, (e)___ not reached everyone, especially in (f)____ countries like ours, as most of the people
cannot (g)____ to have personal computer. But (h)___ of the people have started (i)____ commercially operated e-mail
for important (j)_____ .
6. The following sentences are jumbled. Re-arrange them in a proper sequence: 10
(i) He asked him where God was.
(ii) He praised him highly.
(iii) Once a lad went to a famous teacher.
(iv) The teacher thought highly of the boy’s understanding.
(v) The lad replied that he would answer if he would tell where He is not.
(vi) The boy devoted himself in earning knowledge.
(vii) He begged to instruct him in the arts and sciences.
(viii) He agreed to teach the lad.
(ix) He expressed his desire to acquire knowledge.
(x) The teacher wished to find out the ability of the boy.

Part-B Writing (40 Marks)

7. Look at the chart below. It shows the time allocation of students’ daily activities. Now analyze the chart in at least 150
words focusing the main aspects. 15

Time Allocation of Daily Activities of College

Students

Sleep
Online 20%
28%

Play
5% School
25%
Recreation
12% Study
10%

Sleep School Study Recreation Play Online

8. Read the beginning of the following story and complete it in your own way. Give a title to the story: 15
A number of mice lived in an old house…………

9. Suppose you are Kamal of Chakdev, Naogaon. You are currently living in Dhaka. Your younger brother Kushol is
mixing with the bad boys of the locality. They were caught stealing flowers from neighbours gardens in the eve of 21 st
February. Now write a letter to your younger brother advising him to avoid the bad company. 10