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Thursday 26 March 2015

ENGLISG 1ST HSC--2015



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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