Model Test 18: SSC English 2nd Paper

1. Fill in the blanks with words from the box1 × 10 = 10

• fund
• draw
• disease
• well
• rich
• until
• agency
• federation
• provide
• to
• from
• poor

You may need to change the forms of some words. You may need to use one word more than once.

Water-borne (a) ______ such as cholera are a serious threat (b) ______ public health in Bangladesh. (c) ______ the 1970s, many people became sick (d) ______ drinking polluted water (e) ______ from surface rivers. Aid (f) ______ such as the United Nations Children's (g) ______ built shallow (h) ______ throughout the country to help (i) ______ a safe source of drinking water to the (j) ______.

2. Make five sentences using parts from each column1 × 5 = 5

Choose the correct phrase from the options to complete each sentence.

• to possess a clear view of the problems of physics.
• that enabled him to visualize the main stages on the way to his goal, the solutions.
• his major achievements as mere stepping-stones for the next advance.
• his dwelling much in intellectual solitude.
• the Presidency of the State of Israel, which he declined.

1. a. Albert Einstein always appeared ______
2. b. He had a strategy of his own ______
3. c. He regarded ______
4. d. Einstein’s gifts inevitably resulted in ______
5. e. After World War II, he was offered ______

3. Complete the text with the right form of the verbs1 × 10 = 10

• need
• experience
• consist
• save
• sense
• begin
• decide
• pick
• relate
• think

You may need to change the form. Use negative if necessary.

Memories are (a) ______ to mental records of past events. As such, they (b) ______ of recollections of our personal experiences. Memory (c) ______ with the senses, since that is how we (d) ______ the world. If you (e) ______ about it, the memories are the remembrances of things you have (f) ______ in the form of touches, tastes, sounds, sights, and smells. As you experience the world around you, your brain (g) ______ which information (h) ______ to be (i) ______. Instead of remembering every little thing, your brain (j) ______ and chooses what is important.

4. Change the sentences according to directions1 × 10 = 10

1. a. Internet is a computer-based networking system. (Interrogative)
2. b. It is a speedy transmitting system of information. (Complex)
3. c. Its functions are smooth and rapid. (Negative)
4. d. A man has an internet connection and gets a link soon according to his expectation. (Simple)
5. e. Many educational institutions are greatly benefited through the use of internet. (Complex)
6. f. A student can visit all the renowned libraries of the world without going there. (Compound)
7. g. It plays an effective role in the field of trade and commerce. (Exclamatory)
8. h. E-commerce has become one of the most popular topics to the customers. (Interrogative)
9. i. It helps the customers to buy or choose anything without going to market. (Compound)
10. j. What an amazing milestone it is in the modern world of communication! (Assertive)

5. Make tag questions of these statements1 × 5 = 5

Write the tag question at the end of each sentence.

1. a. Nothing is certain, ______?
2. b. He has little idea what will happen today, ______?
3. c. He seldom gets panic though, ______?
4. d. You had rather wait here a moment, ______?
5. e. Let me predict the possibilities, ______?

6. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or both1 × 5 = 5

Write the correct form of the word in parentheses.

1. a. _______ (Physical) speaking, it is impossible to be someone else.
2. b. It is unmanageable to _______ (complete) understand the complexity of other's world.
3. c. Literature, as an _______ (alternate), is the closest thing the world has to being able to understand another person totally.
4. d. For _______ (stance), a novel about a deceitful war, written in the perspective of a soldier, allows the reader to...
5. e. ...allows the reader to _______ (vision) their memories, their pain, and their emotions without actually being the person.

7. Fill in the blanks with suitable preposition1 × 5 = 5

In a study conducted in 2012, actually the Zoological Society of London found (a) ______ that the Sundarban coast was retreating (b) ______ to 200 meters in a year. Agricultural activities had destroyed (c) ______ 17,179 hectares of mangroves within three decades (1975-2010). Shrimp cultivation had destroyed another 7554 hectares. Researches estimated the annual rises (d) ______ sea level to be 8 mm in 2010. It had doubled from 3.14 mm recorded in 2000. The rising sea levels had also submerged around 7500 hectares (e) ______ forest areas.

8. Complete the passage using suitable connectors1 × 5 = 5

(a) ______, he remains very calm. (b) ______ today the tension of the war is making him restless. (c) ______, the electronic media is worsening his mental strength, (d) ______ they continuously broadcast the devastating conditions of the border areas of the country. (e) ______ he had the experience of fighting against treacherous enemies in the battle field so many times in the past, the inevitable threat to the life of his son is arresting his mind under unbearable worries and fear.

9. Use capitals and punctuation marks where necessary5

people in south asia are still family oriented we either live together as an extended family or frequently visit our parents and relatives in vacations and weekends respecting elders is a norm here in very major occasion of our lives we have our parents and relatives playing a major role

Rewrite the passage with correct capitals and punctuation marks.

10. Write a paragraph about “Tree Plantation”10

Write a paragraph about “Tree Plantation” by answering the following questions: (a) What is tree plantation? (b) How are trees our friends? (c) How do trees maintain ecological balance? (d) What may happen in absence of trees? (e) What should be our final attitude towards trees?

11. Write an application for increasing common room facilities10

Suppose, you are Labib. You read in Hasan Ali Government High School, Chandpur. Your school has a beautiful common room but it lacks modern facilities. Now, write an application to your Headteacher for increasing common room facilities.

12. Write a composition on “Your Aim in life”20

You are a student of class ten. You have an aim in your life. Now, write a composition on “Your Aim in life”.