HSC-2014 eng-1st

UNICEF stood originally for the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. But now it is the United Nations Children's Fund which gives long-term help to children of developing nations. It runs several welfare projects in Bangladesh. It has established numerous maternity and baby care centers around the country to ensure the health of babies and child-bearing mothers. It has helped Bangladesh get rid of contagious childhood diseases. It has organized training programmers to create rural health workers. Through awareness raising activities about health and nutrition, this organization has been able to reduce infant mortality rates in Bangladesh. Besides, in times of disasters like cyclones, flood and famine, it undertakes humanitarian work to help the affected people. To facilitate education, UNICEF distributes reading and writing materials among students, trains teachers and promotes primary education particularly among girls. It also assists a variety of rehabilitation programmers in Bangladesh

1.    Choose the right word to complete each sentence. 1x5=5

a)    UNICEF gives/provides/produces children with necessary elements.

b)    It helps the people of developed/developing /large nations.

c)    It is running/ going/crying on welfare projects in Bangladesh.

d)    It has established huge/some/little baby-care centres.

e)    This organization has increased/lessened/protected infant mortality rate.

2.    Justify the following sentences true or false. If false, write correct one lx5=5

a)    UNICEF helps the United States.

b)    There are many welfare projects of UNICEF.

c)    The name of UNICEF has not been changed.

d)    The organization renders help to the developing nations.

e)    Famine is a natural disaster.

3.    Fill in the gaps with correct form of words. Add any preposition of necessary.

a)    UNICEF (help) ------- the children of developing nations. 

b)    It (run) ------- several welfare projects.

c)    It is working for the (establish) ----- health care centre

d)    The flood affected people should (rehabilitation) ------ immediate after the flood.

e)    The activities of UNICEF (carry) ----- in the developing country.

4.    Make a list of five points about the activities of UNICEF.

The process of globalization obviously requires a common language for international communication. For many different reasons, English has achieved the prestige of being that language. As a result, it has crossed national borders to reach people who speak other languages. It is no longer the unique possession of British or American or other native-speaker people, but a language that belongs to the world's people. In fact, bilingual and multilingual users of English far outnumber its monolingual native speakers. This phenomenon has led to a bewildering variety of English around the world. As more and more people speak English, more and more-varieties have emerged which are strongly influenced by the pronunciation, grammar and idioms of the

Respective mother lounges. World English has now moved away from the control of its native speakers. There is a joke that global English is neither British nor American, rather it is bad English. However, the question of good or bad English is irrelevant now. Today's slogan is mutual intelligibility among users of the language.

5.    The short answers to the following questions.

a)    Why do people need a common language in global communication?

b)    What is your opinion about the slogan “mutual intelligibility”?

c)    What type of English is found in the present world?

d)    How have different varieties of English emerged?

e)    How has English outnumbered the monolingual native speakers?

6.    Fill in the gaps with suitable words.

A common language is obviously (a) --------- for international. Communication, and English has b) --- that language. it has crossed the national borders of the c) -------- speakers. That’s why, the bilingual and multilingual users of English have already (d) ------ its monolingual native speakers. Now global English has e) ----- into bad English for its indefinite variations.

7.    Summarize the above passage in five sentences.

8.    Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing the present status of English as a global language.

 

9.    Fill in each gap with a suitable word from the box (make any grammatical change, if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need.

exceptional	economic	popular	common	colourful	Influence
passenger	useful	Outstanding	Up	illustrated	have

The development of railway in the 19th century has (a) ----- a profound (b) –--- on social and (c) ----- development in many parts of the world. This process is (d) ------ in an (e) fashion by the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. It is the first and still the most (f) - -- model of a (g) ----- train that goes (h) ---- a mountain. It is (i) -- known as toy train perhaps because of its (j) ----- wagons and its slow speed.

10.  Fill in the blanks write an appropriate word in each gap. 1x10 =10

Modern life (a) ---- much on transport. We can very well (b) ----- how important transport is when it is (c) ----- by natural calamities or during, socio-political crises. Intact, transport has made it (d) ---- for us to reach. Places previously (e) ----. It has (f) --- helped the flourish of trade and commerce and to (g) ----- new knowledge and ideas. (h) ---- transport has -- friendship and understanding among nations and people (i) -- the globe.