JSC 2020 Model Test -8; Class- Eight

Subject -English
Time : 3 hours Full Marks : 100
[Figures in the right margin indicate full marks.]
Section-A: Reading Test-1 (20 Marks)
Read the text and answer questions 1 and 2:
The ethnic people in Bangladesh hold a very important place in the culture of the country. The
majority of these people live in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The others live in the regions of
Mymensingh, Rajshahi and Sylhet.
They live in forest areas, in the hills and in the rural areas. They practise Jhum cultivation.
They clear a piece of land in the forest, prepare it and sow seeds in it.
They are mostly farmers. By religion they are Hindus, Christians or Buddhists. They speak their
own mother tongues. Some of them are the Chakmas, the Marmans, the Tipperas and the
Moorangs who live in the Hill Tracts. The Santals live in Rajshahi.The Khasias and the
Monipuries live in Sylhet and the Hajangs and the Garos in Mymensingh.
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives: 17=7
(a) They practise Jhum cultivation. The underlined word is a/an ----.
i. Verb ii. Noun iii. Adjective iv. Adverb
(b) The word "Tribal" is similar to---.
i. local people ii. national people iii. ethnic people iv. regional people
(c) The Monipuries live in-----. i. Sylhet ii. Khulna iii. Rajshahi iv. Dhaka
(d) They clear a piece of land in the forest. The underlined word is a/an---.
i. Adjective ii. Verb iii. Adverb iv. Preposition
(e) Occupation of Ethnic people is mostly----.
i. Nursing ii. Farming iii. Business iv. Fishing
(f) The ethnic people need ------ needs from the Government.
i. modern ii. basic iii. scientific iv. no
(g) They speak in----. i. Arabic ii. their mother tongue iii. English iv. Hindi
2. Give short answers to the following questions: 2  4 =8
(a) Where can we find the Hajangs and the Garos?
(b) What language do the ethnic people speak?
(c) What is Jhum cultivation?
(d) What are the religions of the ethnic people?
3.Fill in each gap with a suitable word of your own base on the
information in the text: 1×5=5
Nakshi kantha is a kind of embroidered(a)---. The name was taken from the Bengali word,
`naksha’ which means artistic pattern. It is a kind of traditional (b)-- and is said to be
indigenous to (c)---- and West Bengal in India. The art has been practised in rural Bengal for
centuries. The name ‘Nakshi Kantha’ became (d)----after the poet Jasimuddin’s poem ‘Nakshi
Kanthar Math’ was (e) ----- in 1929.
 Section -B : Reading Test-2 (10 Marks)
Read the text and answer questions 4 and 5:
The Eiffel Tower in Paris was named after Gustave Eiffel, a Frenchman who built the tower.
He was born in a prosperous family in 1832. He graduated from the Central School of
Engineering in Paris and went to work for a railway construction company. For years, Gustave
made plan after plan of dams, factories, stations and structures of great size. All over Europe
engineers copied them. In the middle of 1880’s a group of French industrialists persuaded the
government to organize a world Fair in Paris. Gustave Eiffel proposed a 989 feet tower of iron
as a symbol of the exhibition. The construction of Tower began in January, 1887. Forty
engineers and designers under Eiffel’s direction worked for two years. The tower was
completed in March, 1889. It was the highest structure yet made by men. No such building
had ever been constructed before. It is still regarded as one of the wonders of the world. About
a million of people visit the tower annually. The Empire State Building of New York,
Buckingham Palace of London are such magnificent buildings.
4.Complete the following table with the information given in the
passage: 15=5
Who/What Event/Activity Where/What When
Gustave Eiffel born (i) .................. in 1832
Gustave (ii) .................. Central School of
Engineering
(iii) .................. organized Paris mid 1880s.
The Tower completed (iv) .........
About a million people visit (v) ..................
5. Read the passage again and write True or False beside the
following statements. Give answers for the false statements: 15=5
(a) Eiffel was an American.
(b) A group of French scientists persuaded the government to organize the World Fair.
(c) Gustave proposed an iron structure for the fair.
(d) The Tower took two years for completion.
(e) About ten lac people visit the Tower annually.
Section -C: Vocabulary Test (15 Marks)
6. Fill in the gaps with appropriate words: 15=5

The little bee flies from flower (a) ⎯ flower. It knows no rest from (b) ⎯ to
evening. It collects honey from (c) ⎯. Thus, it fills its big hive (d) ⎯ little drops
of honey. The whole (e) ⎯ they go about searching for food. We can learn a lot
from the life of insects.
7. Complete the text with the right words in the box: 0510 = 5
Assist physically virtue provides talents knowledge
Society material supposed self-reliant truly genius
Proper education (a) ⎯ a learner with opportunity to improve all his (b) ⎯.
Its aim is to develop him (c) ⎯ and mentally so that he can be useful to himself
and to the (d) ⎯. An educated man is (e) ⎯ but he can also (f) ⎯ others in
attaining this great virtue. He is (g) ⎯ to be well-mannered, kind and
sympathetic. So, a man who has acquired (h) ⎯ and skill cannot be called a
(i) ⎯ educated man only for his (j) ⎯ development.
8. The phrases in Column A are the beginnings of some sentences. The phrases in column B
are the endings. Match the phrases in column A with the phrases in column B to make complete
sentences: 15=5
Column A Column B
(a) The secret of success lies (i) every moment is valuable
(b) Many of us often forget that (ii) when we will die
(c) Life is short (iii) we have to do a lot of works
(d) We don’t know (iv) but art is long
(e) In this short period (v) in the proper use of time
Section -D : Writing Test (30 Marks)
9. Suppose, you are Safwan/Mashrur and your friend is Jarif/Jubayer. Make a dialogue in 100
words between you and your friend about how to make good result. 10
10. Write a paragraph on " Your school library. 10
11. Suppose you are Mahi/Maher. Now write an e-mail your friend Dyan/Daif
congratulating him/her on his/her brilliant success in the JSC Examination. 10
Section-E: Grammar Part(25 Marks)
12. Insert articles in the blanks where necessary. Put (x) where article is not necessary:0.510=5
Our life is (a) ⎯ sum total of hours, days and years. But all days are not equally
(b)-----memorable to us. Most of (c) ⎯ days are forgotten with (d) ⎯ passage of
time. Only (e) ⎯ few days remain ever fresh in our memory. My first day at (f) ⎯
school is such (g) ⎯ amazing day. (h)----- day was (i)----- very significant day in
my life. I couldn't sleep over (j)----- the whole night before my first day at school.
13. Change the following passage into indirect speech: 5
“I came here yesterday from my town,” Fatema said. “Why did you come here?” I
asked. “My mother sent me to you with this letter.” “How is your mother?”
14.Transform the following sentences as directed: 1  5 =5
(a) Everybody likes flowers. (Interrogative) (b) Flowers are used on different
occasions. (Active) (c) The rose is the best of all flowers. (Positive) (d) It is a very
beautiful flower. (Exclamatory) (e) It has both charm and commercial value.
(Negative)
15. Re-write the following passage using capitalization and
punctuation: 5
do you think it is easy to pass english said musa no said rana but why are you so
careless of english i dont feel interest in the subject oh i see
16. Complete the following passage by adding suffix, prefix or both
with the root words: 0.5 10 =5
(a) Deforest is going on in our country. It means (b) destroy of forests. People are
(c)cut down trees for housing or (d) cultivate. Thus, they are making the
environmental (e) pollute. To make up the loss of trees we need (f) afforest. Loss
of trees will be (g) danger for our (h) count. Our (i) develop will be (j) serious
affected if we don’t plant tree.