SSC Model Test 2018

English First Paper

Full Marks: 100 Time: 2:30 Hours
Reading Text (Seen Passage)

Read the following passage and then answer the questions below it

Steven Paul Jobs (24 February 1955 – 5 October 2011), most popularly known as Steve Jobs was the co-founder, chairman and
chief executive officer of Apple Inc. He was the pioneer of the personal computer revolution. He was famous for his career in the
electronic field of computers and consumers. This became possible through the marketing of Apple computers.

In 1985, Jobs left Apple after losing a power battle with the board of directors. He then founded NeXT, a computer platform
development company specializing in the higher education and business market. On the other hand, Apple failed to bring up any
new operating system during Job’s absence. Jobs returned to Apple as an adviser, and took control of the company as an interim
CEO. By 1998, Jobs brought back Apple to profitability from the verge of bankruptcy. He supervised the development of iMac,
iTunes, iPod, iPhone and iPad. These devices are so simple and user friendly that even a child can operate them.

He supervised the company’s Apple Stores, iTunes Store and the App Store too. The success of these products and services
brought about steady financial returns for several years and pushed Apple to become the world’s most valuable publicly traded
company in 2011. This triumph is regarded as the greatest turnarounds in the business history. Steve Jobs has been highly
acclaimed as a visionary leader. Jobs has changed people’s perspective computer, and how they use it, consume personal media,
and how they communicate with each other. Hence i-Books, i-Phones, i-Pods and i-Pads have become extremely
popular. Jobs saw and felt the need of Wi-Fi in laptops. It is who made Wi-Fi a standard feature of every laptop and of many other
devices worldwide. So Jobs’ dream to be anywhere anytime became a reality. Jobs also co-founded and served as chief executive
of Pixar Animation Studios. He became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, when Disney
acquired Pixar.

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

a) Steven Paul Jobs was the chief ______ officer of Apple Inc.

i) assistant ii) executive iii) accountant iv) marketing

b) Steven Paul Jobs was the founder of ______.

i) Google ii) Microsoft iii) NeXT iv) Apple

c) Steven Paul Jobs was the ______ of the personal computer

revolution.

i) pioneer ii) master iii) student iv) teacher

d) In _____, Jobs left Apple.

i) 1998 ii) 1985 iii) 1955 iv) 1958

e) By 1998, Jobs improved the condition of ——.

i) Orange ii) Apple iii) NeXT iv) iTunes

f) He became one of the ______ of the Walt Disney Company.

i) managers ii) professors iii) directors iv) epicureans

g) He made ______ for every laptop.

i) Wi-Fi ii) TV iii) Microphone iv) iMac

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

a) Who was Steven Paul Jobs?

b) Who was the founder of NeXT? When did he found it?

c) When did Steven Paul Jobs leave Apple and why did he leave?

d) Was Jobs a visionary? Why do you think so?

e) What is the main theme of the passage?

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions following it.

Mainul Islam and his brothers are great people. They all are educated. But they are different from many higher educated people of
our country. Mainul took his higher education from Bangladesh Agricultural University in Mymensingh. But after completing his
graduation, he did not seek for job and leave his home. Rather he took the profession of farming using his knowledge. His
younger brother graduated from Rajshahi University. He too returned to his village and took a job in a local school as a science
teacher. His youngest brother is a social science graduate and would like to start an NGO to work for his village. In fact, this
family can be an ideal family for many of us. We often forget our roots, with our soul.

3. Fill in the gap in the following passage with a suitable word of your own based on the information from the text: 1×5=05

We can take the (a) ___ of Mainul Islam and his (b) ___. They are really great people. (c) ___ completing their education, they
did not seek for jobs leaving their family, their village. (d) ____ they stayed in their village and found out their jobs there. By (e)
___ this they have set a new example for others.

4. Read the following passage carefully and complete the table below with information from the passage.
1×5=5

Louise Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist. He is remembered for his remarkable invention of the causes and
preventions of diseases. He was born on December 27, 1822 in Dole, Jura, French. He entered primary school in 1831. In 1838he
left for Paris to join the Institution of Barbet but became homesick and returned home. In 1839 he got into the college Royal de
Beasancon and received B.A. degree in 1840. He did his B.Sc. in Chemistry from the Dijon in 1842. He received his medical
license in 1845 as a doctor. He was appointed Professor of Physics at the Dijon Lycee in 1848. He invented the vaccines for
Rabies in 1886. He died on September 28, 1895 at the age of 72.

Event Place Year/Time Contribution

Born i) ——

Received B.Sc in Chemistry ii) —— iii) ——

Received medical license iv) ——

in 1886 v) ——

5. Write a summary of the passage in no more than 60 to 70 words. 10

6. Match the parts of sentences given in column ‘A’ and column ‘B’ to write five complete sentences. There are more
parts of sentences in column ‘B’ than requi 1×5=5

Column A Column B Column C

a) We should i) persons are not only dishonest i) but also harmful for our society

b) Corrupt ii) high time we ii) we do not think of the welfare of our country

c) Now it is iii) so self-centered that iii) did something against corruption

d) We should iv) say ‘no’ to corruption iv) because it is a serious social crime

e) But we are v) work together if v) we want to control corruption

7. Put the following parts of the story in correct order to rewrite the whole story. 8

a) The woman rushed from door to door for the mustard seed.

b) The Buddha told her that since death is a common affair she could not grieve over her son’s death.

c) He asked the widow to bring a handful of mustard seed from a house where death had not entered.

d) One day a widow who had lost her son came to Buddha.

e) The widow requested Buddha to restore her dead son to life.

f) But she found no house where someone had not died.

g) Buddha felt pity for the bereaved woman but could do nothing.

h) Being disappointed she came back to Buddha and told him about the result of her search.

Writing Test

8. Answer the following questions to write a paragraph on “A Winter Morning” You should write about 250 words. 10

a) How is a winter morning? b) How do creatures feel? c) When do people get up? d) What kind of food do people eat? e) What
are the sufferings and the enjoyments of a winter morning?

9. Read the beginning of the story. Write new ten sentences to complete the story. Give a title of it. 10

Once upon a time there live two rats they worked together to collect their food. One day they found a piece of bread………….

10. The graph below shows “The increase of rice production in Bangladesh.” Describe the graph in 150 words. You should
highlight and summarize the information given the graph. 10

11. Suppose you are Joy/Joya and you live at 32 Mirpur, Dhaka. You have a friend named Arian/Ariana who lives in
Ramgonj, Luxipur and he wants to know the importance of learning English. Now write a letter to your friend about it.
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12. Write a dialogue between you and your friend about “Advantages and Disadvantages of Town Life and Village Life”
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 SSC Model Test – 2017 (12)
English 1st Paper

Full Marks: 50 Time: 1 Hour

Reading Text (Seen Passage) (Marks-50)

Read the following passage and then answer the questions below it

Human can neither change the sun’s radiation nor the earth’s orbit around the sun. But humans can control the
increase in the amount of greenhouse gases and its effect on 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, move cars and airplanes or to produce electricity.
Nowadays, about 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
human beings. 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 duel problems. Trees that are burned down release a
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 best answer from the alternatives: 1×7=7

a) The main cause of the increase in carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere is ——-

i) deforestation ii) the burning of fossil fuels iii) afforestation iv) desertification

b) Which of the following indicates ‘concentration has been raised alarmingly?’

i) oxygen ii) radiation iii) atmosphere iv) carbon dioxide

c) Carbon dioxide gas is ——–.

i) toxic ii) lucid iii) hazy iv) pure

d) The word ‘enormous’ means ———-.

i) massive ii) small iii) few iv) some

e) Combustion means the process of ——

i) burning ii) planting iii) using iv) processing

f) What do the factories require?

i) water ii) air iii) energy iv) sunlight

g) What part of speech is ‘changing’?

i) verb ii) adjective iii) noun iv) adverb

2. Answer the following questions. 1×5=05

a) From your reading of the first paragraph how we are responsible for

the increase of greenhouse gases.

b) “Human can neither change the sun’s radiation nor the earth’s orbit

around the sun.” Why? What they can?

c) What is the main cause of the increase in carbon dioxide level in the

atmosphere? Describe in brief.

d) Briefly describe why enormous areas of forests are destroyed by

people every year.

e) What is the main theme of the passage?

Read the following passage to answer the question number 3

Meherjan lives in a slum on the Sirajgonj Town Protection Embankment. Her polythene roofed shelter looks like a
cage. She is nearly 45 but looks more than her age. In front of her shelter, she is trying to make a fire to cook the
day’s only meal. Her weak hands tremble as she adds some fallen leaves and straw to the fire. The whispering wind
from the river Jamuna makes the fire unsteady. The dancing of the flames reminds Meherjan of the turmoil in her life.
Not long ago Meherjan had everything — a family, cultivable land and cattle. The erosion of the Jamuna consumed
gradually all her landed property. It finally claimed her last shelter during the last monsoon. It took the river only a day
to demolish Meher’s house, trees, vegetable garden and the bamboo bush. She had a happy family once. Over the
years, she lost her husband and her family to diseases that cruel hunger and poverty brought to the family. Now, she
is the only one left to live on with the loss and the pain. The greedy Jamuna has shattered her dreams and happiness.
There are thousand others waiting to share the same fate with Meherjan. Bangladesh is a land of rivers that affect its
people. Erosion is a harsh reality for the people living along the river banks. During each monsoon many more villages
are threatened by the roaring of rivers like the Jamuna, the Padma and the Meghna. It is estimated that river erosion
makes at least 100,000 people homeless every year in Bangladesh. In fact, river erosion is one of the main dangers
caused by climate change. If we can’t take prompt actions to adapt to climate change, there will be thousands of more
Meherjans in our towns and villages every year.

3. Fill in the gap in the following passage with a suitable word of your own based on the information from the
text: 1×5=05

Meherjan, a homeless woman, lives in a (a) ___ on the Sirajgonj Town Protection Embankment. She lost her shelter
and properties (b) ___ of the erosion of the Jamuna. Her husband died of diseases caused by poverty and (c) ___.
River erosion is still (d) ___ threats to the lives and properties of thousands of people. Meherjan’s life is only an
example of the (e) ___ of climate change in our country.

4. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions following it.

Today the Olympic Games are the most exciting and amusing games all over the world. Each time it comes with new
excitement and expectations. From the very beginning, different countries have been participating in the games to
prove their athletic capabilities. If we look at the number of medals won by each country, we can find it easy to judge
which the best one is. In the last Olympic Games the USA won 121 medals in total which include 46 gold, 37 silver
and 38 bronze. Great Britain won 67 medals in total including 27 gold, 23 silver and 17 bronze. China won 26 gold, 18
silver and 26 bronze making the total of 70 medals.
Recipient Gold Medals Silver Medals Bronze Medals Total Medals
Countries

America 46 (i) —– 38 (ii) —–

Great Britain (iii) —– 23 17 67

China 26 (iv) —– 26 (v) —–

5. Write a summary of the above passage in your own words. 10

6. Match the parts of sentences given in column ‘A’ and column

‘B’ to write five complete sentences. There are more parts of

sentences in column ‘B’ than required. 1×5=5

Column A Column B Column C

a) Bangladesh is blessed i) an ecologically critical area i) and Kulaura railway to the

west

b) Hakaluki haor is ii) the Khshiara river to the north ii) open water resources

c) With a vast land area it iii) one of the major iii) in April 1999 by the govt.

d) This haor was declared iv) with huge inland iv) hand livelihood to many
people

e) It is bounded by v) supports a rich biodiversity v) wetlands of Bangladesh

7. Put the following parts of the story in correct order to rewrite the whole story.
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a) He was born in 1256 in Venice, Italy.

b) Actually at that time journey was very difficult because of no speedy vehicles.

c) He was accompanied by his father and uncle.

d) For transport they used ships, camels, horses and donkeys.

e) Marco Polo was an adventurous man.

f) It took the Polos over three years to reach China.

g) In 1271, he set out from Venice to China.

 h) They had travelled by land and sea, over mountains and across deserts.

SECODARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE (SSC) EXAMINATION

SAMPLE ENGLISH FIRST PAPER

Full marks: 100

Time: 3 hours

[N.B.—The Figures in the margin indicate full marks.]

Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.

21 February is a memorable day in our national history. We observe the day every year as International Mother
Language Day. The day is a national holiday.

On this day, we pay tribute to the martyrs who laid down their lives to establish Bangla as a state language in
undivided Pakistan in 1952. This is known as the Language Movement.

The seed of the Language Movement was Sown on 21 March 1948 when Mohammad Ali Zinnah, the then Governor
General of Pakistan, at a public meeting in Dhaka declared that Urdu would be the only official language of Pakistan.
The declaration raised a storm of protest in the eastern part of the country. The protest continued non-stop, gathering
momentum day by day. It turned into a movement and reached its climax in 1952. The government outlawed all sorts
of public meetings and rallies to prevent it.

The students of Dhaka University defied the law and they brought out a peaceful protest procession on 21 February
1952. When the procession reached near Dhaka Medical College, the police opened fire on the students, killing
Salam, Rafiq, Barkat and Jabbar. This enkindled the sparks of independent movement of Bangladesh.

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

(i) 21 February is a memorable day for all Bangladeshi because this is the day when:

(a) Urdo was declared as the only state language of Pakistan b) we pay tribute to the martyrs of Liberation War

(c) some great people laid down their lives to establish Bangla as a state Language

(d) students protested against Mohammad Ali Zinnah’s declaration

(ii) The seed of the Language Movement was sown by:

(a) Salam (b) Martyrs (c) Zinnah (d) students

(iii) The phrase “storm of protest” means:

(a) mild protest (b) strong protest (c) moderate protest (d) symbolic
protest
 (iv) The gap between the beginning the beginning and the climax of Language Movement:

(a) 2 years (b) 3 years (c) 4 years (d) 5 years

(v) The greatest outcome of Language Movement:

(a) status of Bangla as a state language of Pakistan (b) independence of Bangladesh

(c) International Mother Language Day (d) mass protest all over the country

(vi) Salam and Barkat were the citizen of:

(a) Bangladesh (b) Nepal (c) India (d) Pakistan

(vii) Pakistani government declared Bangla as a state Language because they were:

(a) compelled to do that (b) requested to do that (c) urged to do that (d) advised to do
that

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

(a) Why did the martyrs sacrifice their lives in 1971?

(b) What is “undivided Pakistan”?

(c) Why did Pakistani government outlaw meeting and rallies in 1952?

(d) Why did police kill Salam, Rafiq, Barkat and Jabbar?

(e) How is Language Movement related to the independence of Bangladesh?

3. Read the following text and fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the information of the text. 1×5=5

Everyone wants to share his / her happiness with their near and dear ones.
That’s why people rush for their home despite serous hazards. This is the
pull of the roots. Do human beings have roots like the trees? The answer is
‘yes’ but unlike the roots of the trees they are invisible, they lie in our minds.
It’s the roots that make a bond between us and family members, in-laws,
friends, neighbors or even between us and the land where we were born
and grew up. Wherever we stay, we have a continuous pull of our roots. It’s
our roots that develop our identity making us what we are. When we lose
that bond, we become rootless. Without roots we are non-entity. Such
persons are devoid of values, humanity, and social responsibilities. They
 don’t know where they are from, and/or where they are heading towards.
This often makes them feel empty and lost.

By nature, human being loves (a) ⸺ to share his / her feeling with near and dear ones. This invisible (b) ⸺ for each
other lies in our hearts. It always pulls us to (c) ⸺ back to our roots. It develop our identity and (d) ⸺ to know who we
are. If we deny our roots, we will deny our existence. So, we can’t but (e) ⸺ our roots.

4. Read the passage from the membership of a reading club. Complete the following table with information from
the passage. 1×5=5

Pathok Club aims at developing reading habit among community people

irrespective of ages. It is open 12 hours a day starting from 8.00 am. The
subscription fee varies for the different age groups. If you are between ages
5 to 17, you will have the junior membership. It requires tk. 200 for 3 months
and tk. 300 for 6 months membership. Annual, which will be associated with
one additional facilities like access to the movie show every week, can be
obtained for tk. 600. The membership charge for adult age group (18 to 50)
are quarterly tk. 300 and half yearly tk. 500. Annual membership charge is
tk. 300 more than 6 months membership fee and it comes with the facilities
to access movie library. Senior membership is for the people above 50 who
have to pay tk.100 quarterly and tk. 200 half yearly. Yearly membership
offers free access to movie library and pick up facilities by tk. 300 as the fee.

Pathok Club Details

Aims growing reading habit

Opening Form 8.00am to (1) ….pm

hours

Membership Age group ( Subscription charge and facilities

types in years)
Quarterly Half Annually Additional
yearly facilities for
annual
members

(2) 5-17 Tk. 200 Tk. Tk. 600 Access to

………….. 300 movie show

Adult Tk. 300 Tk. (3) Tk. (4)

500 …. ……………

Senior (5) Tk. 100 Tk. Tk. 300 Free access

…………. 200 to movie
library and
home service

6. Match the parts of sentences give n in the column ‘A’ ‘B’ and ‘C’ to write five complete sentences. 1×5=5

Column A Column B Column C

 (a) Mount Everest (i) George Everest (i) the Himalayas in 1841
which is in who surveyed

(b) It is named after (ii) Edmund Hillary and (ii) mountains always look
an Englishman Tenzing Norkey exciting and challenging
reached the top on to them
May 10 and

(c) Climbing (iii) mountaineers are (iii) is the highest

mountains like not daunted because mountain in the world.
Everest

(d) In spite of all (iv) is difficult and (iv) have gone into the
difficulties and dangerous because history as the conquerors
dangers of the highest mountain in
the world.

(e) after two months (iv) the Himalayan (iv) there is snow all over
of difficulties and mountains to the and there might be snow
dangerous climbing north of India between slides and cracks under
Tibet and Nepal. the ice and snow.

7. Put the following parts of the story in correct order to make the whole story. Only the corresponding numbers
of the sentences need to be written. 1×8=8
(a) The fox said, “What a noble advice it is!” Then he carried the turtle to the river and let it go.

(b) The fox began to shout “you are OK, come now, dear. But the turtle raised his neck and said, “Here are more
cunning animals than you.”

(c) The turtle began to make more distance and by noticing it tears came out on the fox’s eyes.

(d) The shouting of the fox got slower gradually.

(e) Once a hungry fox captured a turtle to eat and said, “How hard your body is”

(f) The fox said, “I am here, don’t waste my time. Come quick while you are soft enough.”

(h) The cunning turtle said “Let me go to the river to soften my body.”

8. Answer the following questions to write a paragraph on “Air Pollution.” You should write about 250 words.
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(a) What is global warming?

(b) What are causes of global warming?

(c) What are the effects of global warming?

(d) What should we do to stop it?

(e) Why do we need a green environment?

9. Read the beginning of a story. Write new ten sentences to complete the story. 10
It was on the first day of Boishakh. Dulal came out of his house in the morning with all his family members. Their first
destination was Ramna Park. In the park, there were people of all ages. Dulal could see a group of foreigner too. One
of them had a camera and he was clicking all the way. All of a sudden, he came near Dulal …………………..

10. The graph below shows the number of computer owners by gender in a city named ‘X’ from the year 2012 to
2016. Describe the chart in 150 words. You should highlight and summarize the information given in the chart.

11. Suppose, your name is Rayna / Afsana. Yesterday something amazing happened to you which you
can’t but share with your friend, Abir / Pranto. Now write an e-mail to Abir / Pranto sharing the fact. 10

12. Farheen is a 15- year’s old girl. She wants to go to Cox’s Bazar with her parents after her final exam. Her
father tells her to book rooms in Sea Star Hotel by telephone. Write a short dialogue that Farheen might have
with the hotel receptionist. 10