Part I : Reading test(60)

1. Read the passage and answer the questions A and B.

Education aims to bring about positive changes in our behaviour. It helps us try to change our lives as
well as the society we live in. Education that does not illuminate our minds or does not inspire us to
work for the community is not complete at all. Education is not all about getting grades or receiving
certificates- we use education to make life better. We are expected to apply the knowledge, skills and
values that we learn in a classroom in our engagement with the world that lies outside. And we can do
so in many different ways. Let's have a look at how education works. Learners' civic engagement is
highly appreciated all over the world. Civic engagement means working to make a difference in the
civic life (the public life of the citizens as contrasted with private or personal life) of the community
using knowledge, skills, values and motivation. Civic engagement promotes the quality of life in a
community by contributing to the improvement of health and wellbeing of the people.
Civically engaged individuals recognize themselves as members of a larger social community and are
concerned about civic issues. They consider themselves responsible citizens who take action or raise
their voices against injustice, discrimination and other forms of social ills
A Choose the correct answer from the alternatives.
(a) Education aims to positive change in our behavior.
(i) result from (ii) result in (iii) bring down (iv) abound in
(b) It helps society's also.
(i) behavior (ii) custom (iii) change (iv) manner
(c) "Illuminate" means -
(i) make unknown (ii) make visible (iii) bring down (iv) conceal
(d) The synonym of 'inspire' is -.
(i) encourage (ii) provoke (iii) invoke (iv) discourage
(e) "At all" means -.
(i) to what extent (ii) as such (iii) in any way (iv) altogether
(f) Education is for -
(i) an accomplished man (ii) getting a certificate (iii) getting a good grade (iv) a normal life
(g) Education makes our life -.
(i) difficult (ii) complex (iii) liberate (iv) limited
(h) The synonym of "skills" is -.
(i) novice (ii) apprentice (iii) trainee (iv) expertise
(i) Knowledge is applied for…
(i) inner satisfaction (ii) better life (iii) good manner Education acts as.
(iv) involvement in outside world
(j) Education acts as
(i) a limited way (ii) a specified way (iii) multiple ways (iv) some ways
B. Answer the following questions.
(a) What is the aim of education?
(b) What does education play role in our life and society?
(c) Which education is incomplete? And why? (d) How do we connect the outside world?
(e) What does illuminate stand for and how it is related to education?
2. Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the situation of adolescent girls
inBangladesh. (One has been done for you.)
3.Write a summary of the following text.
In Bangladesh, the legal age of marriage for girls is 18. However, 33% of our girls get married before
they are 15 and 60% of them become mothers by the time they reach 19. When an adolescent girl
gets married, she usually drops out of school and thus loses her mobility. She gets confined to
full-time work in her in-law's household. She loses social status and all the opportunities of economic
independence. In her in-law's house, she gets marginalized. She becomes vulnerable to all sorts of
abuse, including dowry-related violence. In our country, it is still a common practice for the bride's
family to pay dowry. Dowry demands can continue even after marriage. An adolescent bride, even if
her in-laws are supportive, faces enormous health risk during pregnancy and child birth. Majority of
our people are uninformed or insufficiently informed about contraception and reproductive health. This
leads to increased mortality rates among adolescent brides during childbirth.
4.Read the following text and fill in the blanks with sultable word from the box. There are more
words than needed. Make any grammatical change If necessary.
all - necessary - budget - use - rise - begins - follow - answer - have - through - careful - -carefully
Student should be strategic about their examination. It is (a).. for an examinee to (b)..some
instructions. He should go (c ).. the whole question before he (d).. to write. He must make a (e)..of his
time so that he can (f)...enough time to answer (g)..questions. He must write his answer (h).. . He
should be (i).. about his handwriting. He can (j)... double spacing if his handwriting is tiny or very
large.
5.Read the following text and fill in the blanks with sultable word.
Sincerity is the best way of achieving success. One can go a long way if one does anything with
sincerity. People who are sincere in their work are (a).. of making anything success. The great men
are also sincere because they (b).. that sincerity is the (c) .. to success.Those who are not (d) …can
never (e)..a long way in the the world.The poor people are not always sincere because they do to
know the (f).. of sincerity.If they knew it, they would (g).. a good
use of it. Sincerity means not only to do work (h).. but also with dutifulness, honesty, modesty and
good behaviour. It all of us sincere (i).. our country will (j)..be prosperous.,
6.The Sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in a proper sequence
(a) He asked him where God was.
(b) He praised him highly.
(c) Once a lad went to a famous teacher.
(d) The teacher thought highly of the boy's understanding.
(e) The lad replied that he would answer if he would tell where He is not.
(f) The boy devoted himself in earning knowledge.
(g) He begged to instruct him in the arts and sciences.
(h) He agreed to teach the lad.
(i) He had expressed his desire to acquire knowledge.
(j) The teacher wished to find out the ability of the boy.
Part II : Writing Test(40)
7. Read the following outlines and develop them into a complete story.Give a suitable title to
it.
An ant lived on the bank of a river. The level of water in the river was increasing gradually. One day
wave stroke at the shore. At that moment the ant was walking. It slipped into water……
8.The chart/graph shows the gradual rise in the internet users in Bangladesh. Now, write
aparagraph analyzing/describing the graph and give a suitable title to it.

9.Write an email to your friend inviting him to join a picnic.