Model Test Examination—2015; English : Paper I
Part A : Seen Comprehension (40 Marks)
Read the passage below and answer the questions 1—4 :
[Unit—8; Lesson—3 (B)]
The unit by which the loudness of sound is measured is
called a decibel. According to the United Nations, the normal tolerance limit
of sound is 45 decibels. When the vibration of sound is at atolerable, pleasant
level, it is simply called sound. But when it is sharp and harsh to the
ears it becomes noise. Serious harm can be caused to people if they are
regularly exposed to sounds exceeding 70 decibels. Because of the growth of
urban population and the increasing use of machines in our everyday life there
has been a general increase in the level of sound around us. On an average,
people in the cities are exposed to sounds ranging from 30 to 90 decibels or
even more. A study in Japan has found that housewives who live in the city were
exposed to almost the same amount of sound that a factory worker was exposed to
at his/her workplace. The occupations that the study found to be the noisiest
were factory work, truck driving and primary school teaching. Many developed
countries are trying to control sound pollution by careful town planning and developing
public awareness. In Holland schools are not allowed near airports and houses
which are situated near airports are provided with special types of insulation
to limit the sound heard inside the buildings.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence. 15=5
(a) It is a great benefit/injury/comfort to live in an
environment where sounds exceed 70
decibels.
(b) Industries create soft/quiet/loud sound.
(c) Sound is milder/sharper/more unwholesome than
noise.
(d) The growth of population poses a threat to our
sanitation/economy/health.
(e) The vibration of sound should be at an
acceptable/good/reasonable level.
2. True or false? If false, give the correct
information. 15=5
(a) Sounds exceeding 70 decibels in detrimental to
man.
(b) Noise is beyond control of man.
(c) Sound pollution is not acute in pastoral areas.
(d) Bangladesh does not belong to UN at all.
(e) Actually sound pollution is fatal.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words
in brackets. Add any preposition if
necessary. 15=5
(a) Decibel is the unit of (measure) —— sound.
(b) In Japan housewives (live) —— the city were in
danger of sound pollution.
(c) If it is sharp and harsh to the ears, it (call) ——
wise.
(d) Living in a noisy environment may (harm) —— for
man.
(e) The tolerance limit of sound is 45 decibels
(normal) ——.
4. Make a list of five points mentioning the ways of
checking sound disturbance. 15=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5—8 :
[Unit—12, Lesson—6(C)]
As his reputation as a scientist soared higher and
higher, fate followed with less rewarding things. Stephen Hawking gradually
started losing control over the muscles of his body as he gradually became a
victim of Gehrig’s disease. Since the age of thirty, he has been confined to a wheelchair
with no power to control his body except for some limited movement of his head
and hands only. He can speak only through a computer with a voice synthesiser
that converts his messages into sounds. But such a tremendous physical handicap
has not managed to dishearten or slow him down. Stephen is still a relentless
worker, using his computer to carry out research work as well as deliver
lectures. He lives with his wife and three daughters and is provided with
twenty-four hour nursing facilities by an American organization for his
physical well-being.
English
First Paper : Questions 7
5. Write short answers to the following questions. 15=5
(a) How is fate to Stephen Hawking?
(b) Why has Stephen been confined to a wheelchair?
(c) How does he lecture?
(d) How many daughters does he have?
(e) What is the result of physical handicap on
Stephen?
6. Fill in the gaps of the following passage. 15=5
As Hawking’s reputation gradually (a) ——, fate
followed with less rewarding things. He (b) —
— control over the muscles by degrees and became a (c)
—— of Gehrig’s disease. He is now
(d) —— to the wheelchair and (e) —— no power to
control his body except his head and
hands only.
7. Summarize the passage in five sentences. 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short
notes in each of the boxes in the
flow chart showing conspicuous incidents of Stephen’s
life. 15=5
1. Sky high reputation 2
3
4 5
6
Part B : Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word from the box
(make any grammatical changes if
necessary). There are more words in the box than you
need. 110=10
independence hardly benefit attributed provide
eligibility
belonging dependent medical we grant brought
Our old people are an asset for (a) —— with knowledge
that only experience can (b) —— and
need to feel useful and wanted in society. In the
developed countries, social security is (c) —
— by the government in the form of post-retirement and
old age (d) —— that these people get
free (e) —— facilities and can also be economically
(f) ——. In Bangladesh government
employees are (g) —— a pension and there are a few
facilities at the government hospitals for
the old but these are (h) —— enough. Besides the
majority of our female population are not
(i) —— for any pension on gratuity because they do not
(j) —— to the working class.
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in
each gap. 110=10
A magician shows (a) —— which are (b) —— to us. He
produces a pigeon, a rabbit or a glass
of milk out of (c) ——. He can (d) —— money. He can
make a person (e) —— and then
reappear. He can also cut a person two and then make
him or her (f) ——. A pack of (g) ——
or a piece of rope may be used to produce (h) ——. But
these are (i) —— tricks. A magician
learns these with great efforts and practices them to
(j) ——.
Part C : Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution
table to make sensible sentences.
Write out the sentences in full. 26=12
A B C D
(a) Satellite TV has added various satellite
television
(b) Numerous TV
channels
makes new dimension types of
programmes
(c) But sometimes it telecast more conscious to
television
(d) Sometimes our
younger people
has been branded by to the developing
nation
(e) The exhibition of
violence on TV
should be as a cultural assault in running
television
(f) The guardians are being affected the children more
aggressive
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled.
Rewrite the sentences in the proper
order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story. 114=14
(i) Androcles was very much afraid.
(ii) So, one day he crept into a cave and fell fast
asleep.
(iii) His master was cruel and unkind.
(iv) He became very weak and sick for want of food.
(v) A lion entered the cave roaring loudly.
(vi) Once there was a slave named Androcles.
(vii) He felt sure that the beast would kill him.
(viii) He thought that he might die.
(ix) It was crying for pain in his leg.
(x) He held himself in a forest for many days.
(xi) After a while, a great noise awoke him up.
(xii) One day he fled away from his master’s house.
(xiii) Soon he realized that the lion was not angry.
(xiv) Androcles removed a thorn from the lion’s paw.
8 HSC
English Test Papers
13. Write a paragraph of about 200 words based on the
following questions. Your answers
to the questions should give as much detail as
possible. 14
(a) How do you feel when a guest comes to your house
which is situated in a city? (b) What is
your experience about two particular guests? (c) How
long did they stay in your house? (d)
What kind of problem did you face then? (e) How did
you pass your time with them?
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