Subject: English 1st Paper viii) The history of herbal treatment relates to

Time: 2.30 Hours Full Marks: 80 a. rural civilisation b. one civilisation

Section-A: (Reading Test) Marks 40
Seen Passage
1. Read the text first and then choose the best answer to the
following questions from the alternatives given. You do not
need to reproduce the whole chunk of the answer. Only the
corresponding number of the answers will do.
People around the world are slowly changing their attitude
towards medicine. More and more they are turning to natural
cures. Natural cures are made of natural things, most often
herbs and plants. History says that natural or herbal remedies
are nothing new. People used them all along in different ages.
Herbal medicines were used in ancient civilizations like India,
China, Greece, Egypt, and Rome. Some ancient treatment
systems are still in practice today. They have come down
through generations.
For a minor burn injury the doctor may prescribe you a tube
of ointment. But for the same, a rural grandma may put some
aloe vera or use cold water. If children have cold in our
country, grandmas give them honey and tulsi leaves to eat.
And it works too. If you have a minor cut or wound, grown-
ups may put some turmeric, marigold or aloe vera on it. Rural
people usually use garlic, neem or turmeric to cure skin
problems. With experience they have seen that these
remedies work. Moreover, they are easy to get, are cheap and
most often are without any side effect.
Now choose the correct answer to each question from the
alternatives given and write the corresponding number of
the answers in your answer script. 0.5X10=5
i) People around the world are slowly changing their attitude
toward medicine. Here the word ‘attitude’ is similar to
a. altitude b. belief c. believe d. fate
ii) More and more they are turning to natural cures. Here
‘turning’ means
a. shifting b. tuning c. using d. welcoming
iii) More and more they are turning to natural cures. Which of
the following words is not a synonym of the word ‘cure’?
a. disease b. relief c. illness d. care
iv) History says that natural or herbal remedies are nothing
new. The term ‘herbal remedy’ means
a. treatment using chemicals b. treatment using soil
c. treatment using fire d. treatment using plants
v) Herbal medicines were used in ancient civilizations. What
does ‘ancient’ mean?
a. new b. recent c. old d. modern
vi) They have come down through generations. Which of the
following words has opposite meaning to ‘come down’?
a. pass b. transfer c. come back d. move on
vii) People’s tendency to go for natural cures is
a. increasing b. unchanging c. decreasing d. falling
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c. specific civilisation d. many civilisations
ix) Honey with basil leaves is a natural remedy for
a. burn b. cut c. injury d. cold
x) People understand that natural cures
a. gives benefits b. have side effects
c. save rural life d. are useless
2. Read the following text and answer the questions.
Bulbul collects rubbish from the Sankar area in Dhaka. Every
morning, he wakes up at 5 o’clock and walks along the streets
of Sankar to collect rubbish. People of Sankar put their rubbish
in plastic bins and leave them in front of their houses. Bulbul
walks from door to door to collect them. Sometime the bins
are very dirty and they smell bad. But Bulbul does not mind.
He takes out everything from the bins and puts them in a large
plastic bag. He believes that all jobs are important. He works
hard every day to keep this area clean.
Last month Bulbul was sick for two days. So, he could not
come to collect rubbish. The people of Sankar were in trouble.
They got piles of rubbish waiting in front of their houses. The
whole area became dirty and unhygienic. When Bulbul got
well, he came back to Sankar. He collects everything from all
the bins. Bulbul does not want to fall sick again. He realizes if
he stops working even for few days only, the whole area will
turn into a big dustbin.
Now write answers to the following questions in your scripts. 10
i. Where do the people of Sankar put their rubbish?
ii. Why does Bulbul think that all jobs are important?
iii. What happened when Bulbul became sick?
iv. What will happen if Bulbul falls sick again?
v. Why do you think all jobs are important in the society?
Unseen Passage
3. Read the Passage carefully and answer question following
it.
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport is the largest airport in
Bangladesh. It is located in the capital Dhaka and started
operations in 1980. Approximately 4 million international and
2 million domestic passengers, 150,000 tons of freight mail
pass through the airport annually. The airport has a capacity
of 8 million passengers per year.
Suvarnabhumi Airport is located in Racha thewa in the Bang
phli district of Samut Prakan province 30 kilometers east of
Bangkok. It is the biggest airport in Thailand. It started
operations in 2006. The airport has two parallel runways. It
can handle 76 flight operations per hour. It can handle 45
million passengers and 3 million tons of cargo per year. It is
the fourth biggest passenger terminal building in the world.
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 A. Complete the following table with the information given 5. The text in column A are beginnings of some sentences.
in the passage. 5 The extensions are given in Column B and Column C. match
Hazrat Shahjalal Suvarnabhumi the text in column A, B and C to make complete sentence.
Airport Airport 5
Country Column A Column B Column C
Located in jungle in a very hot
started operation Once upon a fell country.
Capacity of time
got out of the trap.
carrying landed on his tail.
passengers per There
lived a very clever fox.
year into a trap while walking
He was
Capacity of through the jungle.
carrying cargo per
year 6. Read the text and rearrange them in correct order. 5
a) He flew to jar.
B. Read the text and answer the following questions. b) A crow became very thirsty.
Rabindranath Tagore was a great Indian poet. He was born on c) It was a summer day.
7th of May in 1861 at Jorasanka, Kolkata. His father was d) He found a jar at a little distance.
Maharsi Debendranath Tagore and mother was Sarada Devi. e) The crow did not lose hope to get water.
He took his early education at home, not from any school. In f) He discovered that the water was too low for him to get.
1878, he went to England for his formal schooling. However, g) All on a sudden, he saw some stones lying near the jar.
he did not complete it. He returned to India and opened his h) It went here and there in search of drinking water but in
own school named Santiniketan in Bolpur. This school later vain.
became a university. He wrote thousands of poems,nsongs, i) But he found that the jar had only a little water at the
plays, short stories, essays and articles. His major works are bottom.
Manasi, Sonar Tori, Gitanjali, Balaka, Gora, Ghare Baire, j) The crow tried to get at the water with his beak but he
Shesher Kobita etc. He is known as Bishwa Kobi. He earned failed.
Nobel Prize in literature in 1913. One of his songs, “Amar
Sonar Bangla”, is the national anthem of Bangladesh. The
national anthem of India was also composed by him. Writing (Total marks – 40)
Now read the following statements. Write (T) in your answer
script if the statement is true. Write (F) if the statement is 7. Complete the following story using the following clue.
false. If false, write the correct answer. You do not need to Robert Bruce was the king of Scotland. His army was defeated
copy the statement in your script. Only the corresponding again and again against king Edward I of England. Being
number of the statement will do. 1X5=5 defeated for six times, he lost all hope………………….
i) Rabindranath Tagore went to London at the age of
seventeen. 8. Suppose the marriage ceremony of your elder sister will be
ii) He had his early education from a local school. held on 5th September 2016. Some of your friends will
iii) Rabindranath Tagore took higher education from England. attend the function. Now send an e-mail to your friend
iv) From the beginning Santiniketan is a university. inviting him on the occasion of the marriage ceremony.
v) Gitanjali is one of his great works.
9. Write a short paragraph about ‘Your national flag’.
4. Complete the text with the right word in the box. 5
ticket card number seat plane 10. Suppose, you are Mahin. You reached school late. Now
departure lounge flight from office write a dialogue between you and your class teacher.
I went to Jessore (a)____ Dhaka by Bangladesh Biman. I
bought a (b)____ from Bangladesh Biman (c)____. I arrived at
the airport about two hours the (d)____ and get cheeked and
waited in the (e)____. I was given a boarding (f)____ on which
the (g)____ of my seat was written. After some the (h)____ of
the flight was announced and we were asked to board the
(i)____. I got on board and found my (j)____.

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