Sunday, May 6, 2012

MODEL TEST:ENG-1ST PAPER FOR HSC EXAM

Set-1 :
Read the following passage and answer the questions 1-4:
Communicative competence refers to the ability to use language appropriately in different circumstances. There are two ways of developing communicative competence in a language. The first is acquisition which is similar to the way people develop ability in their mother tongue. It is a natural, subconscious process in which users are not usually aware of acquiring a language. They are aware only of the fact that they are using the language to communicate in non-technical terms, acquisition is ‘picking up a language spontaneously. It may also be called ‘implicit’ learning. On the other hand, the second way of developing communicative competence in a language is learning that language. It refers to conscious knowledge of a language, knowing the rules of language use, being aware of using them, and being able to talk about them. In non-technical terms, learns is to know consciously about a language. It may be described as ‘explicit’ learning. Language specialists believe that acquiring a language is more successful and longer lasting than learning. Therefore, teachers these days encourage learners of a second language to practice and experience the language in different situations where they are involved in communicating with others. And that is exactly what the tasks in this book are designed to do.
1. Choose the right word and complete each sentence: 5
(a) Communicative competence indicates/defers/discourages the ability to use language appropriately.
(b) Communicative competence can be developed/mastered/ development in two ways.
(c) Language specialists believe that learning a language is not so successful as/like/than acquiring it.
(d) Acquisition likens/clashes/relates to the way people develop ability in their mother tongue.
(e) Learning is something natural/explicit/implicit.
2.True/False? If false, give the correct information: 5
(a) We are acquiring English.
(b) People learn a second language unconsciously.
(c) The passage shows the difference between acquisition and learning.
(d) Acquisition is easier than learning.
(e) Explicit learning is a subconscious process.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets. Add prepositions if necessary: 5
(a) The power of (use)  language properly means communicative competence.
(b) Every person learns his or her mother tongue (natural) .
(c) Learners of a second language are (encourage)  their teachers.
(d) Picking up means (spontaneously)  learning of a language.
(e) The (believe)  the language specialists is right.
4. Make a list of five things about developing communicative competence in a second language. 5
Answer to the Question No. Set-1:
1. (a) indicates (b) developed (c) as (d) relates (e) explicit
2. (a) False, Correct answer: We are learning English. (b) False, Correct answer: People learn a second language consciously. (c) True (d) True (e) False, Correct answer: Explicit learning is a conscious process.
3. (a) using (b) naturally (c) encouraged by (d) spontaneous (e) belief of
4. A list of five things about developing communicative competence in a second language:
(a) acquiring (b) learning (c) using the language (d) knowing the rules of the language (e) experiencing a language through different situation
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set-2
Read the following passage and answer the questions 1-4:
In the past, the common form of marriage among the various cultural groups in Kenya was polygamy and the polygamous families were embedded in extended family units consisting of a man, his several wives and their married sons and children. But in line with the modern world, things are now changing there. The old custom of polygamous marriage is yielding to the new practice of monogamy, although many polygamous families can still be found in the rural areas of Kenya. Many monogamous Kenyans are now living in nuclear families with their single spouses and their children. Many of them have given up their pastoral lives and have become wage-earners in cities. But they can hardly give up their extended family and lineage connections back in their villages. Some families have to maintain two households, one in their extended-family home in the village and the other in the city. This often poses a dilemma for them.
1. Choose the right world/expression to complete each sentences: 5
a. Even today many monogamous Kenyans (maintain/struggle/abdicate) two families.
b. In Kenya things are now changing because of the (modern/narrow/shallow) of the Kenyans.
c. Now the Kenyans want to (keep abreast with/lag behind/fall behind) time.
d. Now monogamy is (in vogue/out of date/back dated) in Kenya.
e. Now polygamy is (encouraged/out of date/on the increase) in Kenya.
2. True/false? If false, give the correct information: 5
a. In Kenya some families face problems in maintaining two families.
b. Ties of big families are disintegrating.
c. The Kenyans are in favour of polygamy.
d. The Kenyans have retrained their age old marriage system.
e. The Kenyans are disinclined to live in a nuclear family.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words. Add any preposition if necessary: 5
a. In the past a Kenyan (marry)  several women.
b. In the past there (be)  various cultural groups.
c. There was (various)  culture among the Kenyans.
d. Marriage of different (cultural)  was in vague among the Kenyans.
e. Life in Kenya is going to be (modernize) .
4. Make a list of five changes about the marriage and family of the Kenyans.5
Answer to the Question No. Set-2
1. (a) maintain (b) modern (c) keep abreast with (d) in vague (e) out of date
2. (a) True (b) True (c) False, Correct answer: The Kenyans are in favour of monogamy. (d) False, Correct answer: The Kenyans are giving up their age old marriage system. (e) False, Correct answer: The Kenyans are inclined to live in a nuclear family.
3. (a) married (b) were (c) variety of (d) culture (e) modernized
4. A list of five changes about the marriage and family of the Kenyans: (a) Polygamy system is changing into monogamy. (b) Many monogamous Kenyans are living in nuclear families. (c) Many Kenyans have given up their pastoral lives. (d) Many Kenyans have become wage earners in the cities. (e) Many families maintain two households.
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Set-3
PART-A (Seen Comprehension)
Read the following passage and answer the questions 1-4:
The present age is marked not only by the importance of the family as an economic and welfare institution but also by its increasing importance as an arrangement for socializing and raising children and for the psychological support of adults. There has been a wide disintegration of large kin groups and an intensification of relationships within the nuclear family. Moreover, the world is seeing an increasing association of women with earning and out-of-home activities. In the pre-industrial feudal society, both husbands and wives worked in the fields outside the home. However, in the industrial period, women were segregated from out-of-home productive work. The hearth became the place for them, so cooking, cleaning, washing, giving birth and rearing children became their jobs. Men became the wages-earners and all other outdoor activities became their responsibility. In the post-war period, women started joining the workforce, contributing to family income, and thus started exercising an influence on family affairs. Previously, authority in the family rested on the husband who was the decision-marker in all matters. But women, with their economic power, started influencing decisions about important family matters. In developed countries now, household work is shared by both husbands and wives, and outdoor activities like shopping and taking children to school, to doctors or for recreation are done equally by both husbands and wives. Large extended families have given, and are still giving place to small, nuclear families. Even in developing countries, with the process of industrialization and urbanization, extended families are breaking down. Kinship is declining. In the west, marriages now often break up. So, the number of single-mother or single-father families is over on the increase. The psychological problems of children in such families are also increasing in modern times.
1. Choose the right word/expression to complete each sentences:5
(a) Large extended families are (yielding/producing/produce) to nuclear families.
(b) Women began to (exercise/practice/practice) an influence on family by their income.
(c) Day by day the importance of women is (on the wane/on the rise/on the bank of ruin)
(d) In the industrial period women were (separated/liberated/ freed) from productive work.
(e) Today the importance of the family lies in (financial/frugal /fragile) activities.
2. True/false? If false, give the correct information:5
(a) The family ties are breaking because of communication gap.
(b) Women began to exercise hold on family affairs by their financial support.
(c) Men became the only earning members in the post war period.
(d) All types of activities are shared by husbands and wives in the developed countries.
(e) Psychological problems of children are increasing in rich families.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words. Add any preposition if necessary:5
(a) Men began (earn) .
(b) Men were (responsibility)  outdoor activities.
(c) In the post war period women (joining)  the work force.
(d) Women began to (contribution)  family income.
(e) Women started to (influence)  family affairs.
4. Make a list of five points about the importance of family.5
Answer to the Question No. Set-3
1. (a) yielding (b) exercise (c) on the rise (d) separated (e) financial
2. (a) False, Correct answer: The family ties are breaking because of intensification of the nuclear family. (b) True (c) False, Correct answer: Men became the only earning members in the industrial period. (d) True (e) False, Correct answer: Psychological problems of children are increasing in single mother family.
3. (a) earning/to earn (b) responsible for (c) joined (d) contribute to (e) influence about
4. A list of five points about the importance of family: (a) for socializing children (b) for raising children (c) for the psychological supports of the adults (d) a welfare institution (e) an economic institution
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SET
et-4
Read the following passage and answer the questions 1-4:
Statistics show that about 350 million people speak English as a language and another 300 million use it as a second language. It is the official or semi-official language in more than 60 countries and of many international organizations. The International Olympic Committee, for example, always holds meetings in English. English helps the international community and the business world to communicate across national borders. Today, more than 80% of all the information in the world’s computers is in English, so organizations frequently need employees who speak and write a standard form of English. In fact some companies provide English language training for their staff. It is therefore little wonder that job advertisements now a days often ask for a ‘good working knowledge’ of English. Many believe now that English usually helps them to get good jobs and better salaries.
1. Choose the right word/expression to complete each sentences:
a. First language means the important/main/natural language.
b. A second language is one that is taught and learnt regarding it as next in importance to the mother tongue/a foreign language/a dead language.
c. The number of people who use English as a second language is about 300/350 million.
d. International Olympic Committee always holds its meetings in French/English /Spanish.
e. English is used as, official or semi-official language in more than 60/50/70 countries.
2. True/false? If false, give the correct information:
a. Nowadays more than eighty percent of all the information in the world’s computers is in English.
b. Many nowadays get good jobs because they know English.
c. Many international organizations often use different languages.
d. A good knowledge of English is necessary for a good job.
e. No companies arrange training for their staff to make them able to use English well.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words. Add any preposition if necessary:
a. Statistics show that English is (speak)  as a first language by 350 million people.
b. The International Olympic Committee (use)  English in its meetings.
c. English (help)  communication across national borders.
d. More than 80% of all the information in the world’s computers (be)  in English.
e. Employers nowadays want applicants (have)  a good working knowledge of English.
4. Make a list of five reasons why English is important.
Answer to the Question No. Set-4:
1. (a) main (b) mother tongue (c) 300 (d) English (e) 60
2. (a) True (b) True (c) False, Correct answer: Many international organizations always use English languages. (d) True (e) False, Correct answer: Many companies arrange training for their staff to make them able to use English well.
3. (a) spoken (b) uses (c) helps to (d) is (e) having
4. A list of five reasons why English is important: (a) is spoken as the first language by 350 million people. (b) is used as the second language by 300 million people. (c) holds meeting by the International Olympic Committee in English. (d) more than 80% of all the information in the world’s computers is in English (e) helps us to get good jobs and better salaries.
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Set-5
Read the following passage and answer the questions 1-4:
His name was Jerry; he had been at the orphanage since he was four. I could picture him at four, with the same grave gray-blue eyes and the same-independence? No, the word that comes to me is ‘integrity.’ It is embedded on courage, but it is more than brave. It is honest, but it is more than honesty. The axe handle broke one day. Jerry said the orphanage woodshop would repair it. I brought money to pay for the job and he refused it. ‘I’ll pay for it,’ He said, ‘I brought the axe down careless.’ ‘But no one hits accurately every time,’ I told him, ‘The fault was in the handle.’ It was only then he would take the money. He was standing back of his own carelessness. He was a freewill agent and he chose to do careful work; and if he failed, he took the responsibility without subterfuge. And he did for me the unnecessary thing, the gracious thing that we find done only by the great of heart. Things no training can teach, for they are done on the instant, with no predicated experience. He found a cubbyhole beside the fireplace that I had not noticed. There, of his own accord, he put wood, so that I might always have dry fire material ready in case of sudden wet weather. A stone was loose in the rough walk to the cabin. He dug a deeper hole and steadied it, although he came, himself, by a shortcut over the bank. I found that when I tired to return his thoughtfulness with such things as candy and apples, he was wordless. ‘Thank you’ was, perhaps, an expression for which he had no use, for his courtesy was instinctive. He only looked at the gift and at me, and a curtain lifted, so that I saw deeper into the clear well of his eyes; and gratitude was there, and affection, soft over the firm granite of his character.
1. Choose the right word and complete each sentence:
(a) Jerry’s sense of duty/courtesy/integrity impressed the authoress.
(b) Jerry wanted to get the axe-handle repair/ repaired/repairing.
(c) Jerry’s courtesy was formal/artificial/inborn.
(d) Jerry came to the orphanage at the age of eight/four/twelve.
(e) The phrase of his own accord means willingly/at random/freely.
2. True/false? If false, give the correct information:
(a) Jerry steadied the loose stone for his own use.
(b) Jerry had been at the orphanage for four years.
(c) The axe-handle broke because Jerry brought the axe down careless.
(d) Integrity is embedded on courage.
(e) Jerry did for the authoress the necessary things.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the word. Add prepositions if necessary:
(a) Jerry (be)  at the orphanage since he was four.
(b) He took the (responsible)  breaking the axe-handle.
(c) He chose to work (careful) .
(d) He was an orphan boy (lived)  the orphanage.
(e) (Dig)  a deeper hole, Jerry steadied a loose stone.
4. Make a list of five points describing Jerry’s character.
Answer to the Question No. Set-5
1. (a) courtesy (b) repaired (c) inborn (d) four (e) willingly
2. (a) False, Correct answer: Jerry steadied the loose stone for the authoress. (b) False, Correct answer: Jerry had been at the orphanage since he was four. (c) False, Correct answer: The axe-handle broke because there was a fault in the wood of the handle. (d) True (e) False, Correct answer: Jerry did for the authoress the unnecessary things.
3. (a) had been (b) responsibility of (c) carefully (d) living in (e) digging
4. A list of five points describing Jerry’s character: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
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Set-6
Read the following passage and answer the questions 1-4:
In recent years, there have been many alarming reports that the world’s climate is undergoing a significant change. All these reports provide strong evidence that world temperatures are increasing day by day. This increase in global warming is caused by increased amounts of carbon di-oxide around the earth. Most climatologists believe that the greenhouse effect is the likely cause of this global warming. What is the greenhouse effect? It is the gradual warming of the air surrounding the earth as a result of heat being trapped by environment pollution. This is exemplified by the destruction and burning down of tropical rain forests, by traffic that clogs up city streets, by the rapid growth of industry, the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in packing and manufacturing commercial products, the use of detergents such as washing powder and washing-up liquid and so on. The oceans are also said to be affected both because of human waste and because of pollution caused by industrial waste products, oil seeping from damaged supertankers and from other maritime disasters. However, the main culprits for global warming are carbon di-oxide gas, produced by the burning of fossil fuels and forests, and pollutants such as methane and chlorofluorocarbons. Climatologists predict that midway through the next century, temperatures may have risen by as much as 4 C. This could catastrophically reduce mankind’s ability to grow food, destroy or severely damage wildlife and wilderness, raise sea levels and thereby flood coastal areas and farmland. The alarming news about Bangladesh is that as a result of the rise of the sea level, the lower southern part of the country may one day go under water.
1. Choose the right word and complete each sentence:
(a) According to majority of the climatologists, the greenhouse effect is the plausible/probable/prime cause of the global warming.
(b) The global warming may have a disastrous/magnificent/heinous effect on life on earth.
(c) The burning of fossil fuels, forest and various pollutants is the effect/root/source of carbon di-oxide gas.
(d) The dumping of industrial wastes and waste-products in to the ocean affects/causes/diminishes environmental pollution.
(e) The rise of temperature may one day damages/swallow /submerge the lower southern part of Bangladesh.
2. Write whether the following statements are true/false. If false, give the correct information:
(a) Carbon di-oxide gas is the only culprit for global warming.
b) The greenhouse effects is a global phenomenon.
c) Fossil fuels and forests are some of the main culprits for global warming.
d) The greenhouse effect can be diminished if we can reduce the environmental pollution.
e) Global warming is good for the cold countries of the world.
3. Fill in the gaps with correct form of words. Add appropriate prepositions if necessary.
a) The greenhouse effect may be the cause of (distract)  wildlife and wilderness.
b) According to the (believe)  the climatologists, the greenhouse effect is the most likely cause of the global warming.
c) If the sea level rises abnormally, we have reason to be (worry) .
d) Carbon di-oxide is (produce)  the burning of fossil fuels an forests.
e) Even the oceans are getting (pollution) .
4. Make a list of five causes of global warming.
Answer to the Question No. Set-6:
1. (a) probable (b) disastrous (c) source (d) causes (e) submerge
2. (a) False, Correct answer: Carbon dioxide gas is one of the main culprits for global warming. (b) True (c) False, Correct answer: The burning of fossil fuels and forests are some of the main culprits for global warming. (d) True (e) False, Correct answer: Global warming is harmful for the whole world.
3. (a) destruction of (b) belief of (c) worried (d) produced by (e) polluted
4. A list of five causes of global warming:
(a) Increasing carbon dioxide (b) Cutting down of forests
(c) Burning of fossil fuels (d) using CFC gas (e) using of detergents.
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Set-7
PART-A (Seen Comprehension)
Read the following passage and answer the questions 1-4:
Humans, animals, and plants are all important elements of the natural environment. But humans are cruelly destroying plants and animals and thereby creating a danger for us all. The destruction of forests and other habitats is causing the extinction of various plants and animals every day. These losses are particularly severe in the areas of tropical forests which cover only 7% of the surface of the globe, but which provide the living space for between 50% and 80% of all our wildlife. Many wild animals and birds such as pandas, bears, tigers, alligators, whales, wolves, eagles, falcons, kites and buzzards are faced with the threat of extinction today. Their decline has been accelerated by the destruction of their feeding and nesting places, by the collection of eggs, and above all by the widespread use of chemicals and pesticides which enter their food chains leading to sterility and mass deaths. Hunting of birds and animals is another cause of their extinction. Men kill birds for food and feathers, hunt big cats to make fur coats and slaughter alligators and other reptiles for shoes and bags. In addition, whale hunting has also drastically reduced the number of blue whales in the Atlantic ocean.
1. Choose the right word/expression to complete each sentences: 5
(a) Human are destroying plants and animals which are good/useful/dangerous to us.
(b) The tropical forests cover about 70/17/7 percent of the surface of the earth.
(c) Most of the wild animals live in the tropical/subtropical/ coastal forests.
(d) Hunting of birds is a cause of their destruction/increase/extinction.
(e) Whale hunting has reduced the number of blue-whales in the Indian/Pacific/Atlantic Ocean.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information. 5
(a) Humans, animals and plants are ordinary elements of natural environment.
(b) Losses of plants and animals are severe in the tropical region.
(c) Men kill birds for food and feathers.
(d) In order to protect environment we should not protect our wildlife.
(e) Sterility among the birds is caused by destruction of forests.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words. Add any preposition, if necessary: 5
(a) (Destroy)forests has a very bad effect on the wild animals.
(b) They (lose)  their breeding places.
(c) Their food chain is also (affect)  the widespread use of chemicals.
(d) Many wild animals (face)  with the threat of extinction.
(e) (Hunt)  animals should be restricted by the government.
4. Make the words/phrases of Column A with Column B and put them in complete sentences: 5
Answer to the Question No. Set-7:
1. (a) useful (b) 7 (c) tropical (d) extinction (e) Atlantic Ocean
2. (a) False, Correct answer: Humans, animals and plants are main elements of natural environment. (b) True (c) True
(d) False, Correct answer: In order to protect environment we should protect our wildlife. (e) False, Correct answer: Sterility among the birds is caused by the widespread use of chemicals and pesticides
3. (a) Destruction of (b) have lost/lose (c) affected by (d) are faced/are facing (e) Hunting of
4. (a) + iv, (b) + v, (c) + i, (d) + ii, (e) + iii
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Set-8
PART-A (Seen Comprehension)
Read the following passage and answer the questions 1-4:
An efficient banking system, although important for economic growth, is often unable or unwilling to lend money to the poorer section of society, hence the need for micro finance institutions. Bangladesh has a long history of micro credit finance, with internationally acclaimed organizations such as the Grameen Bank providing credit to the poor, particularly rural women. These institutions, in addition to providing credit, emphasize the need to develop skills and raise consciousness among the rural poor. There are about 800 micro finance institutions in the country with a total membership of about 7 million of which 82 percent are women. The cumulative disbursement made by these institutions since their inception is estimated at Tk. 44 billion, with current loans at Tk. 9.6 billion. It is estimated that they have created employment for about 54000 people. A recent survey of 1, 798 households in Bangladesh indicates that about 45 percent of eligible households in Bangladesh participate in micro credit programmes and that had positive effect on socio-economic variables, including childrens schooling, childrens nutrition, and family planning. Borrowing by women particularly improved the nutritional status of both male and female children. Consumption by about 5 percent of programme participants increased to the point that their households rose above the poverty line. These findings about the importance of micro credit in poverty reduction have been substantiated by other studies both in Bangladesh and in other countries.
1. Choose the right world/expression to complete each sentences:5
(a) Banking system is important for economic growth if it is (incompetent/competed/proficient)
(b) Banks are (enthusiastic/eager/disinclined) to lend money to the poor section of the society.
(c) ‘Micro-credit programme’ means very (small/large/handsome) credit programme.
(d) The Grameen Bank (commands/demands/defies) international reputation.
(e) The Grameen Bank (removes/alleviates/affords) credit to the poor.
2. True/false? If false, give the correct information: 5
(a) A skilled banking system contributes to the growth of economy of a country.
(b) The poorer section of the society draw loan from micro finance institutions.
(c) In case of providing loan the Grameen Bank sanctions loan to urban women.
(d) Micro credit has been able to reduce poverty to some extent.
(e) The activities of micro credit is confined in Bangladesh.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of words in brackets. 5
(a) Banking system requires (efficient)  play an important role for economic growth.
(b) Banking system shows (unwillingly)  lend money to the poorer section of the society.
(c) Present Banking does not sanction (lend)  the poor.
(d) The Grameen Bank earned international (acclaimed)  as a micro-credit institutions.
(e) (Particularly)  class of people such as women are provided with loan by Grameen Bank.
4. Make a list of five points about the activities of micro finance institutions in Bangladesh. 5
Answer to the Question No. Set-8:
1. (a) proficient (b) disinclined (c) small (d) commands (e) affords
2. (a) True (b) True (c) False. Correct answer: In case of providing loan the Grameen Bank sanctions loan to rural women. (d) True (e) False, Correct answer: The micro credit has introduced its activities both in Bangladesh and other countries.
3. (a) efficiency to (b) unwillingness to (c) loan to (d) acclaim (e) particular
4. (a) provide credit to the poor particularly rural women (b) develop skills (c) raise consciousness among the rural poor about education, nutrition and family planning (d) have created employment (e) have reduced poverty.

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