Monday, May 7, 2012

SEEN COMPREHENSION  PART-A for HSC Exam

Set-1
Read the following passage and answer the questions:
In Bangladesh the retirement age for government employees is 59 years and for university teachers 65 years. In the United Nations the retirement age is 65 years. But this does not mean that after this age people suddenly become useless and unfit to work. These people are an asset to society with knowledge that only experience can bring and need to feel useful and want in society. In the developed countries social security is provided by the government in the form of post retirement and old age benefits, so that these people get free medical facilities and can also be economically independent. In Bangladesh, government employees are granted a pension and there are a few facilities at the government hospitals for the old but these are hardly enough. Besides, the majority of our female population does not belong to the working class. They are housewives and are not eligible for any pension or gratuity. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, about 6% of the population of Bangladesh are aged people which came to about 13.3 Million people in 2000. This includes male and female elderly people both from the villages and towns. These people have served their nation and their families through the years. In their old age, it is their right to expect serviced from just in return. Their physical health had started deteriorating and they need as much care and consideration as possible. The government still does not have any system to meet the health and economic needs of this large population. We ourselves however must ensure that the elderly among us are respected and cared for. After all, can we forget that we ourselves are going to grow old one day?
5. Write short answers to the following questions. 5
(a) When does a government employee retire in Bangladesh?
(b) What is the retirement age limit in the United Nations?
(c) Why are the retired people considered an asset?
(d) Who do not belong to the working class? (e) What can’t we forget?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words: 5
In the developed countries the government (a) — social security, free medical facilities and other benefits to the retired old people. But in our country the facilities (b) — to the retired persons are not (c) —. They only enjoy a (d) — and a little medical (e) —.
7. Summarise the above passage in five sentences. 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing the benefits a retired person both in Bangladesh and developed countries enjoy. (No. 1 has been done for you). 5
1. in developed countries social securities provided by the government 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Ans. to the Ques. No. Set-1:
5. (a) A government employee in Bangladesh retires at the age of 59 years. (b) The retirement age limit in the United Nations is 65 years. (c) The retired people are considered an asset because their knowledge and experience are useful in the society. (d) The majority of our female population do not belong to the working class. (e) We can’t forget that we ourselves are going to grow old one day.
6. (a) provide (b) given (c) sufficient (d) pension (e) facilities
7. Summary: In Bangladesh a government employee retires at 59 and the university teachers at 65. In the United Nations the retirement age is 65 years. In our country retired persons are considered useless but they are actually asset to the society with their knowledge and experience. They enjoy little benefit. The only enjoy pension. In developed countries the retired persons are provided with social security and other facilities.
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Set-1
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 socialising 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 industrialisation and urbanisation, 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 world/ expression to complete each sentences.
a. Large extended families are (yielding/producing/produce) to nuclear families.
b. Women began to (exercise/practise/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.
Answer to the question no.-1:
(a) yielding (b) exercise (c) on the rise (d) separated
(e) financial.
2. True/false? If false, give the correct information.
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.
Answer to the question no.-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 fami
ly.
Set-1: 3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words. Add any preposition if necessary:
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.
Answer to the question set-1
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 socialising children (b) for raising children (c) for the psychological supports of the adults (d) a welfare institution (e) an economic institution.
Set-2: 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:
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:
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:
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.
Answer to the question set-2
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 s
ituation.
Set-1
# Read the passage below and answer questions 5-8
A society’s culture is made up of all of its ideas and ways of behaving, language, music, ideas about what is bad and good, ways of working and playing, and the tools and other objects made and used by people in the society- all these are part of a society’s culture. As studying a person’s repeated actions is a good way to find out about that person, studying the important patterns of an entire society is a way to learn about the culture of that group. Patterns of behavior and action vary from individual to individual, class to class, society to society and country to country. These differences are referred to as cultural differences. What is an appropriate mode of behavior in one culture might prove inappropriate or even rude in another culture. For example, when Latin Americans talk to each other, they stand about 18 to 12 inches apart, measured nose to nose. To stand further away from each other while talking seems unfriendly to them. In some Arab countries too, the proper and polite distance for conversation is to be close enough to feel the other person’s breath. But in British or American society, getting so close during a conversation is considered inappropriate.
5. Write short answers to the following questions.
a. What do you mean by culture?
b. What is the way to know about a group’s culture? c. What are the cultural differences?
d. What is Latin American culture?
e. What is inappropriate in British society?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words.
The culture of a society (a) — to all of its activities. Ideas about good and bad may not be (b) — everywhere. Even the tools and objects made and used by a community reflect its (c) —. People of one class are seen to behave and act differently from the (d) — of another class. A mode of behavior in one society may be considered (e) — in another.
Answer to the question no. set-1:
5. (a) Culture means ideas and ways of behaving, language, music, ideas about bad and good, ways of working and playing, and the tools and other objects made and used by the people in the society. (b) Studying the important patterns of an entire society is the way to learn about a group’s culture. (c) Patterns of behavior and action differ from individual to individual, class to class, society to society, and country to country. These are known as cultural differences. (d) Latin Americana stand 18 to 12 inches apart during conversation. (e) Getting very close during a conversation is inappropriate in British society.
6. (a) refers (b) same/similar (c) culture (d) people (e) inappropriate.
7. Summaries the passage in about five sentences.
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing the ways of learning a society’s culture.
1. Learning about a society’s culture 2 3 4 5 6
সঠিক উত্তর: Seen Comprehension: Set-1
7. Summary : A society’s culture consists of its ideas, ways of behaving and actions, language and things. By studying patterns of behavior and actions of a society we can learn about its cultural pattern. Culture varies from person to person and society to society. Cultural differences show how people or a society or a country is different from other group or country. An appropriate mode in one culture might be inappropriate or rude in another culture.
8. Flow chart :
1. Learning about a society’s culture 2. studying the patterns of behavior and action of entire society 3. learning about the ideas about good and bad of a society 4. using language and music 5. using the tools and objects by people in a society 6. learning about ways of working and playing.

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