Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.

Humans can neither change the sun's radiation nor the earth's orbit around the sun. But they can control
the increase in the amount of greenhouse gases and its effect on the atmosphere. Only during the last
hundred years the carbon dioxide concentration has been raised alarmingly in the atmosphere and we
humans can be held responsible for this.
The main cause of the increase in carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere is the burning of fossil fuels.
Since the end of the 19th century, industrial activities increased rapidly giving rise to many factories.
These factories required energy, which was produced through the combustion of coal. Besides coal other
sources of energy such as mineral oil and natural gas were also burned to heat our houses, run cars and
airplanes or to produce electricity. Nowadays, 85 million barrels of crude oil are burned daily. Every
time a fossil raw material is burned, it releases carbon dioxide into the air.
Therefore, it is clear that more and more greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide are being generated
worldwide by humans. Moreover, we are also strengthening the greenhouse effect by deforestation
which means cutting down trees. Every year enormous areas of forests are destroyed by people to obtain
wood and to clear regions for mining and to create pasture. This loss of the forest causes dual problems.
Trees that are burned up release large volume of carbon dioxide gas into the air. On the other hand, an
important carbon dioxide storehouse is destroyed with the forests as forests absorb a lot of carbon
dioxide from the air and deliver oxygen instead.

1. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 1×7= 7

a) The word 'responsible' is—
i) noun iii) adjective
ii) verb iv) adverb

b) 'Combustion' means---
i) the process of burning iii) the process of planting
ii) the process of using iv) none of these

c) Since when does industrialization increase rapidly?

i) Since the beginning of the 19th century
ii) Since the middle of the 20 the century
iii) Since the end of the 19th century
iv) Since the beginning of the 20th century

d) The word 'greenhouse' stands for ---

i) green colored house
ii) painting house
iii) weather preserved house
iv) steel made house

e) The word 'effect' does not refer to ----

i) consequence
ii) aftermath
iii) antecedent
iv) corollary

f) In the last paragraph, it is said that, "This loss of he forest causes dual problem." What is meant by
this? .
 i) Trees produce carbon dioxide and thus strengthens greenhouse effect
ii) Owing to the burning of forests a great amount of carbon dioxide is produced and at
the same time the medium of absorbing carbon dioxide gets lost.
iii) Vehicles are increasing and the environment is being polluted.
iv) Industrial activities are giving rise to a great number of factories and thus are
polluting the environment.
g) The word 'crude' stands for—
i) changed
ii) unchanged
iii) transferred
iv) durable

2. Answer the following questions. 2×5=10

a) What is crude oil?

b) What can humans do or cannot do about atmosphere?
c) How are humans producing a great amount of carbon dioxide daily?
d) How is deforestation strengthening greenhouse effect in the present context?
e) What do you think we should do to keep the atmosphere normal for our living?
Read the following passage.
Fish population is in serious danger from global warming. Climate change is increasing the
water temperature in rivers, lakes and seas. This means there is less food and oxygen
available for fish. It also means the fish may not grow fully and may have fewer offspring.
Some fishes will become extinct if temperatures rise even by one or two degree Celcius.
Climate change increases the pressure on fish population. Fishes are one of the world's most
valuable biological assets. Forty percent of people in the world eat fish as their main source
of protein. If we fail to reduce greenhouse emissions we will increase the pressure on fish. As
a result, people who depend on fish will suffer from hunger and poverty.

3. From your reading of the above passage, fill in the blanks with suitable words. Use one
word only in each blank .05

It is a) _____ from the passage that global warming is b) _____ a great threat for fish
pollution. c) _____ to global warming, food production and oxygen d) _____ in water
decreases. As a result, some fish may be extinct e) _____.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions 4 and 5.
Munier Chowdhury was born in 1925 at Manikganj, Dhaka. He was a Bangladeshi
educationist, playwright, literary critic and political rebel. Chowdhury graduated from Dhaka
Collegiate School in 1941. He attended Aligarh Muslim University and later studied English
literature for his Bachelor degree and Masters at Dhaka University. In 1954, he received a
second Masters degree in Bengali. He was passionately devoted to the Bagla Language
Movement.Munier Chowdhury started his career in teaching at Brojolal College in Khulna
and worked there from 1947 to 1950. After that, he joined Dhaka University in1950 and
 taught both in English and Bangla language departments between 1950 and 1971. He became
a professor in 1970 and theDean of the faculty of Arts in 1971.Munier Chowdhury actively
participated in the Language Movement in 1952 a nd was imprisoned by the Pakistan
government. He wrote his famous symbolic drama 'Kabar' in Bengali during his
imprisonment. On the 14th December 1971 Munier Chowdhury and a large number of
Bengali intellectuals, educators, doctors and engineers were kidnapped from their houses and
later tortured and executed by the Pakistan army and its Bengalui collaborators Al-badar, Al-
shams only two days before the end of the liberation war. His body could not be identified.
4. Complete the table below with information from the above passage. 1×5=5
Who/What Event/Activity Time/When Place/Where
Munier Chowdhury i. ................... 1947 at Brojolal College
He ii. 1950 joined Dhaka
University
He iii. 1954
He iv. during his
imprisonment
He was kidnapped by
Pakistan army

5. Write a summary of the passage in no more than 90 to 100 words. 10

6. Match the parts of sentences given in column A, B and C to write five complete
sentences. 1×5=5
Column A Column B
a) The empowerment of 1)can be turned into an 1) to go forward
women is asset by ensuring
b) So, women development 2) which women have to 2) there is no participation
and the empowerment of overcome of women in all sectors
women are
c) It is a happy news that 3) like Bangladesh is 3)and national
womenfolk impossible if development
d) The overall development of 4) an important aspect in 4) to be graduated in all
some developing countries the concept of both levels of state
global administration
e) But it is true that there are a 5) the inevitable factors 5) their active involvement
lot of hindrances which are in the affairs of the state

7. Rewrite the following sentences in a paragraph according to sequence. 1×8=8

a) He left Pisa without finishing the medical course but in 1589 at the age of 25 he became a
Professor of Mathematics.
b) His father was a musician and scholar.
c) Galelio was born in 1564 at Pisa in Italy.In 1609, Galileo made a small telescope and
when he turned it on the sky, he gradually discovered four moon circling the planet
Jupiter, Craters on the moon, spots on the sun and rings round the Saturn.
d) Galileo himself played the organ and lute but it was his contribution to science that made
him famous.
e) He was the eldest of seven children.
f) All these lead to his firm belief that the earth was not the centre of the universe which
went against the Bible.
g) At first young Galileo had a tutor at home in Pisaand then he went to school monastery in
Florence.