SSC English 1st Paper Model Test 14

1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives1 × 7 = 7

Unit 3, Lesson 5(B) — 26 March, Independence Day

26 March, our Independence Day, is the one of the most important state festival. The day is celebrated every year in the country with great enthusiasm and fervour. It is a national holiday. All offices, educational institutions, shops and factories remain closed on this day. The day begins with a 31 gun salute. Early in the morning the President and the Prime Minister on behalf of the nation place floral wreaths at the National Mausoleum at Savar. Then other leaders, political parties, diplomats, social and cultural organisations, educational institutions and freedom fighters pay homage to the martyrs. People from all walks of life also go there with rallies and processions. There are many cultural programmes throughout the day, highlighting the heroic struggle and sacrifice in 1971. In Bangabandhu National Stadium, school children, scouts and girl guides take part in various displays to entertain thousands of spectators. Educational institutions also organise their individual programmes. Sports meets and tournaments are also organised on the day, including the exciting boat race in the river Buriganga. In the evening, all major public buildings are illuminated with colourful lights. Bangla Academy, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy and other socio-cultural organisations hold cultural functions. Similar functions are also arranged in other places in the country.

1. (a) What is the closest meaning for ‘homage’?
   i. reverence
   ii. house
   iii. modesty
   iv. earnestness
2. (b) Which of the following has the closest meaning of the word ‘enthusiasm’?
   i. unwillingness
   ii. intentness
   iii. dedication
   iv. entertainment
3. (c) Who place floral wreaths first at the National Mausoleum at Savar?
   i. The freedom fighters
   ii. The President and the opposition leader
   iii. The President and Prime Minister
   iv. The President and the Prime Minister
4. (d) Why do the people of our country take part in various displays?
   i. To show respect to the freedom fighters
   ii. To pay homage to the President of this country
   iii. To pay homage to the martyrs
   iv. To remember the relics of the freedom war
5. (e) All major public buildings are ⎯⎯ with colourful lights.
   i. lit
   ii. built
   iii. lit or lighted
   iv. lighted
6. (f) 26 March is observed in a ⎯⎯
   i. a normal way
   ii. a simple way
   iii. a befitting manner
   iv. a common way
7. (g) What is the main purpose of the author of the passage?
   i. To state how our Martyrs Day is observed
   ii. To highlight the celebration of Independence Day
   iii. To show us the way of arranging programmaes
   iv. To portray tradition

2. Answer the following questions in your own words2 × 5 = 10

Answer from the passage above (26 March). Write 1–2 sentences for each.

1. (a) Which leading organizations of our country organize cultural programmes on this day?
2. (b) In 2/3 sentences, describe how 26 March is observed.
3. (c) How does the political authority pay homage to the martyrs? How do the general people of Bangladesh observe the day?
4. (d) Do you support the view that 26 March is a significant day in the history of Bangladesh? Give reasons in favour of your answer.
5. (e) How could you say that 26 March is a great day for the Bangladeshis?

3. Fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the information of the text1 × 5 = 5

Type one word in each gap based on the passage above (26 March).

26 March is certainly an (a) ____ part of our national history. The day is (b) ____ all over the country with due solemnity. The birth of Bangladesh was not so easy. Our heroic sons (c) ____ their lives (d) ____ its independence. We all should (e) ____ hard to materialize their dreams.

4. Complete the following table with information from the passage1 × 5 = 5

Topic: William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth was the second of his fathers' five sons. He was born at Cumberland on April 4, 1770. When he was eight years old, his mother died and in the same year he was sent to the Grammar School of Hawks head. Wordsworth's father died five years after his mother's death. Wordsworth speaks of his father as heaving never recovered his usual cheerfulness after the loss of his mother. In 1787 he entered into St. John's College at the University of Cambridge where he studied four years until he took his B.A Degree. In 1786 two sets of his verses were published and in 1789 he finished writing the 'Evening Walk'. Of his Cambridge friends the chief was Robert Jones with whom he undertook the walking tour in France and Switzerland in 1790. Forty years later, Jones looked back to that journey as golden and sunny sport of his life. At the end of November, 1791, he went to France for learning French and stayed there till the end of November, 1792. Both 'Descriptive Sketches' and 'An Evening Walk' were published in 1793. In the same year England declared war upon. France which shocked him much. In 1795 he began and in 1796 he finished 'The Borderers'. The publications of 'The Lyrical Ballads' in collaboration with Coleridge in 1798 constitute the most important event in the history of English poetry. A new edition of 'The Lyrical...

5. Write a summary of the above passage in your own words10

Write a summary of the passage on "William Wordsworth" in 5–7 sentences.

6. Match the parts of sentences in columns A, B and C1 × 5 = 5

Column A is given. Choose the right part from Column B and Column C.

• is a viral fever transmitted / carries the virus / standing or stagnant water in / bites a healthy man, / begin four or six days after
• virus may get into his body or blood. / through mosquito bite. / infection and lasts up to ten days. / after the rain has stooped / of the disease.

1. (a) Dengue
2. (b) Aedes, a kind of mosquito
3. (c) This mosquito lays eggs on
4. (d) If Aedes mosquito
5. (e) Symptoms of dengue usually

7. Put the parts of the story in correct order1 × 8 = 8

Type 1 to 8 beside each sentence to show its place in the story.

(a) He is considered the greatest physicist after Einstein. (b) He is very skilled in Mathematics from an early age and having a brilliant result, he was able to join Cambridge University as a Lucasian professor of Mathematics. (c) In it the explains Cosmology for the general public. (d) He got married in 1963. (e) He became famous and established his reputation as a great scientist. (f) He got his Ph. D in cosmology from Cambridge University by the time he was 26 years old. (g) Stephen Hawking was born in an educated family. (h) He wrote a book, ‘A brief history of Time, From the Big Dang to the Present Times’.

8. Write a paragraph on “A Book Fair”10

9. Write a story about ‘Two rats and monkey with a piece of cake’10

10. Look at the graph that shows ‘Population Growth Rate’ from 2010 to 2023.10

Describe the graph in 150 words. You should highlight and summarize the information given in the graph.

Population Growing rate in Bangladesh (%) 20101.67% 20122.00% 20141.96% 20162.16% 20182.30% 20202.70% 20212.32% 20222.55% 20232.80%

11. Write a letter to your friend Samit thanking him for hospitality10

12. Write a dialogue between two friends Andy and Smith about the bad effects of drugs10