Ashuganj Tap Bidyut Kendra High School

Model Test Examination-2020

Class – Nine

Subject : English First Paper , Date-12/10/2020, Monday.

Subject code-107

Marks : 100                                                                                                  

Time : 3 Hours

Part A : Reading Test (50 marks)

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions below:

Zahir Raihan was one of the most talented film makers in Bangladesh. He was born on 19 August 1935 in the village Majupur, in Feni district. He was an active worker of the Language Movement. He was one of the ten students to go out in a

procession on 21 February 1952 despite a ban on such activities. As a result, he and many others were arrested and taken to prison. Zahir was also present at the historical meeting of Amtala on February 21, 1952. He also took part in the mass movement in 1969. In 1971, he joined the Liberation War.

All through his life, Zahir dreamt for a democratic society, a society that will ensure freedom of speech and will. He had many dreams about our film industry too. He a legendary film Jibon Theke Neya based on the Language Movement of 1952. It was a revolt against the then autocratic government. The family presented in that film was a miniature East Pakistan ruled by an autocrat who had to go to the prison for her conspiracy. During the liberation war this film was shown outside

Bangladesh. Critics like Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, and Ritwik Ghatak appreciated this film. Zahir gave all his money to the Freedom Fighters’ trust that he got from his film shows. Besides, his great documentary on Pakistani atrocities, Stop Genocide, helped create world sentiment in favour of our liberation war.

On 30 December 1971, someone informed Zahir about an address somewhere at Mirpur, where he might find his brother, the famous writer Shahidullah Kaiser. Shahidulla was captured and killed by the Pakistani army and the local collaborators

during the last days of the war. Accordingly Zahir left home to get his brother back and he never returned. Zahir’s dream was fulfilled. He could see the inception of a free independent Bangladesh though he did not get back his brother. And it’s a pity that this dreamer was missing at such a time when his dream came true.

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

(a) The word that describes Zahir best is- (i) polite (ii) brilliant  (iii) revolutionary  (iv) energetic .

(b) ‘autocrat’ means-(i) aristocratic  (ii) warmonger (iii) dictator  (iv) liberal.  

(c) The mass movement took place in- (i) 1969 (ii) 1948  (iii) 1971 (iv) 1952.

(d) ‘Stop Genocide’ is- (i) a film on Liberation War (ii) a documentary (iii) a short film  (iv) a feature.

(e) Who was informed about Shahidullah’s whereabouts?-  (i) his daughter (ii) Zahir (iii) his wife (iv) his friend.

(f) Zahir dreamt for a  ____  society.- (i) eutopean (ii) democratic (iii) autocratic  (iv) rigid.  

(g) Zahir was a- (i) dreamer  (ii) activist  (iii) revolutionary  (iv) all of them.  

2. Answer the following questions:                                                                       25=10

(a) What was the effect of ‘Stop Genocide’?

(b) How was the country liberated?

(c) Why did he look for his brother?

(d) Give a short note of this dreamer?

(e) In what sense was Zahir Raihan unique?

Read the passage carefully and fill in each gap with a suitable word:                            5

Lake Baikal is the deepest and one of the biggest and most ancient lakes of the world. It is situated almost in the centre of Asia. Lake Baikal is a gigantic bowl set 445 meter above sea level. This grand, enormous, unusual and charming miracle of nature is located in the south of Eastern Siberia, in the Buryat Autonomous Republic and region of Irkutsk, Russia.

The lake covers 31,500 sq.km. It is 636 km long and an average of 48 km wide. The widest point of the lake is 79.4 km. The water basin occupies 557,000 sq. km. And contains 23,000 cu.km.(cubic kilometer) of water, which is about one fifth of the

world’s reserves fresh surface water.

The average water level in the lake is never higher than 456m. The average depth of Lake Baikal is 730 m., and its maximum depth in the middle is 1,620 m. It would take about one year for all the rivers of the world to fill Baikal’s basin, and would take four hundred years for all the rivers, streams and brooks now flowing into Siberian lake-sea to do the same. There are hot springs in the surrounding area of Lake Baikal. The quality of the water of these springs is excellent. The lake acts as a powerful generator and bio filter producing this water. Baikal is a stormy lake. Autumn is the most stormy time. The wind blows various directions. The weather depends on the wind. If it is blowing from the north, the weather is bright and sunny. The water of the lake looks green and dark blue. But if the winds get stronger, Baikal turns black, waves rising high with white crest. The beauty of Lake Baikal is exceptional.

3. The …(a)…  position of this great lake is nearly in the heart of Asia. The lake Baikal is …(b)… by many hot springs which are excellent …(c)… of water. Due to the wind blowing into several directions, lake Baikal always  …(d)… a stormy look. Green and dark blue colours of the lake water are  natural  …(e)… there are the fury of the wind.

4. Read the passage on. Complete the table below with information from the passage.                                             5

Tipu Sultan was born on November 20, 1750, to military officer Hyder Ali of the Kingdom of Mysore and his wife, Fatima Fakhr-un-Nisa. They named him Fath Ali but also called him Tipu Sultan after a local Muslim saint, Tipu Mastan Aulia.

His father Hyder Ali was an able soldier and won such a complete victory against an invading force of Marathas in 1758 that Mysore was able to absorb the Marathan homelands. As a result, Hyder Ali became the commander-in-chief of Mysore's army, later the Sultan, and by 1761 he was the outright ruler of the kingdom.

While his father rose to fame and prominence, young Tipu Sultan was receiving an education from the finest tutors available. He studied such subjects as riding, swordsmanship, shooting, Quranic studies, Islamic jurisprudence, and languages such as Urdu, Persian, and Arabic. Tipu Sultan also studied military strategy and tactics under French officers from an early age, since his father was allied with the French in southern India.

 

The life of Tipu Sultan
Tipu Sultan		His father
Birth	(i)	Father’s profession	(ii)
Expert in language	(iii)	Father was ally of	(iv)
Tipu learnt military tactics from	(v)

 5. Write a summary of the passage.                                                                                                                      10

6. Make five sentences from the table.                                                                                                                    5

 

Column A	Column B	Column C	Column D
A large number of the people	demand for slave labour	were women in	transatlantic slave business.
The biggest numbers of slaves	controlled	increased sharply	lawlessness and violence
In the seventeenth century,	promoted	about 50% of the	during the eighteenth century.
The British  and French traders	taken captive	an environment of	with the growth of sugar plantations in the west Indian islands.
The slave business	were taken to	the USA	their childbearing years.

 

 

7. Rearrange the following jumbled sentences and put them in a whole story. You need not to rewrite the whole story. Write only the corresponding numbers of the sentences.                                                   8

(a) The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?”

 (b) During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face.

(c) The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him.

(d) They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath.

(e) Without saying anything, wrote in the sand, “Today my best friend slapped me in the face.”

(f) The one who got slapped was hurt.

(g) After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone, “Today  my best friend saved my life.”

(h) Once two friends were walking through the desert.

Part B : Writing Test ( 50 marks)

8. Paragraph :     Load Shedding                                                                                        10

9. Read the beginning of a story. Now, write at least ten new sentences to complete the story.     10

One day a rickshaw puller was very tired after a lot of hard work. He was taking rest under the shade of a tree. Then a passenger came to him and requested to go to the nearby bank. As he was tired, he refused to go. But the woman urged him repeatedly, so he agreed. After leaving the passenger at the bank, he went home to take rest. His wife said, ‘There is leather bag in your rickshaw.’  ...……..

10. The column chart below shows the unemployment rate in the USA according to obtained education. Describe the chart in 150 words.                                               10

 

11. Suppose, you are Bahadur/ Ruksana and your cousin is Askar/ Rashida.  Now, write a letter to your brother/ sister about the annual prize giving ceremony held in your school.         10

12. Write a dialogue between two students about importance of education.                      10

 

 

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