SSC English Model Test-1

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Time: 3 Hours Full Marks: 100

Read the passage. Then answer the questions no. 1 and 2:

Humans can neither change the sun's radiation nor the earth's orbit around the sun. But they can control the increase in the amount of greenhouse gases and its effect on the atmosphere. Only during the last hundred years the carbon dioxide concentration has been raised alarmingly in 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, run 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 humans. 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 dual problems. Trees that are burned up release large volumes 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.

1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives. 1×7 =07

(a) Cutting down trees is not called¾¾.
i. deforestation

ii. afforestation

iii. disappearance

iv. forestation

iv. desertification

(b) Human being can control the ----amount of greenhouse gases.
i. decreasing

ii. risen

iii. curbing

iv. growing

(c) The word 'responsible' means.
i. reasonable

ii. accountable

iii. enable

iv. countable

(d) The level of carbon dioxide increases for the burning of --- fuel.
i. mining

ii. burnt

iii. alternative

iv. bio

(e) Industrial activities in the increasing amount of carbon dioxide.
i. lead

ii. result

iii. succeed

iv. regulate

(f) The source of carbon dioxide is burning of ---- fossil fuels.
i. potential

ii. partial

iii. minimum

iv. alternative

(g) The word 'generated' means.
i. produced

ii. modified

iii. accelerated

iv. organized

2. Answer the following questions in your own words: 2×5=10
(a) What is the greenhouse effect?

(b) How can man be held responsible for the greenhouse effect?

(d) What are the impacts of increasing greenhouse gases?

(e) "The loss of the forest causes dual problems."- Explain it in 2/3 sentences.

Read the following text carefully and answer the question no. 3 and 4:

Ernest Hemingway was a famous American writer and journalist. He wrote most of his books from 1920 to 1950. He won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1954. He published seven novels and six short story books. Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois in Chicago. From 1913 to 1917, he attended Oak Park and River Forest High School. He first wrote in the school newspaper in 1916. He was a journalist before becoming a novelist. After leaving high school, he started writing for the Kansas City Star as a reporter. In 1918, he joined the Italian Army as an ambulance driver during World War 1. He was wounded in the war in July 1918. So, he returned to the U.S.A. in January 1919. 'The Old Man and the Sea' was published in 1952. He drew much attention of readers and critics. He committed suicide in 1961 in his summer house.

3. Read the passage and complete the following table with information from the passage.1 ´ 5 = 5

Events	Place	Year/time	Awards
Born	(i)-----	(ii)----
Joined the army		(iii)----
(iv) ---		1952
		1954	(v)----

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

5. Put the following parts of the story in the correct order to make the whole story. Only the corresponding numbers of the sentences need to be written. 1 ´ 8 = 8

(a) The king followed the advice of the physician and became slim and fully cured.

(b) He advised the king to move a heavy club into the air till he got tired.

(d) The doctor was very wise.

(e) He became bulky and could not move or do anything.

(f) Once there was a king who was very idle.

(g) He did not prescribe any medicine.

(h) He called in a doctor.
6. Complete the following text with the right forms of the verbs given in the box: 0.5 ×10 = 05

make	See	originate	live	have
kill	throw	ensure	work	be

Rivers generally (a) --- from a mountain or a lake. They (b) --- very much important for our existence and economy. But unfortunately, we are (c) --- our rivers, choking it with toxic wastes from dyeing and textile factories. Most of the industries (d) --- waste treatment plants. This kind of industries are (e) --- releasing untreated liquid waste directly and (f) --- the water polluted. Our unconscious people also (g) --- different kinds of waste materials into the rivers directly. So, to keep existence of fishes and other species (h) --- in the water is impossible. It is high time the government and the conscious people (i) --- together to save the rivers. Otherwise, a happy, prosperous, and pollution-free environment for the next generation can't be (j) ---.
7. Change the narrative style of the following text: 05
“What are you reading?” Rana said to Eva. “I am reading an interesting drama written by Shakespeare. What an interesting drama it is! I have collected it from our school library,” said Eva. “Please lend me the book”, said Rana.
8. Change the Sentences according to the directions in the brackets. 1×10 = 10
a) Corruption is one of the worst evils. (Positive)
b) A corrupted man can do anything against morality. (Complex)
c) People hate a corrupted man. (Passive)
d) Nobody respects him. (Interrogative)
e) The man who takes bribe is next to devil. (Simple)
f) Though we have strict law, we are still affected by this evil. (Compound)
g) No other person is as hated as a corrupted man. (Superlative)
h) We hope that Bangladesh will be free from this evil. (Simple)
i) Everybody avoids a corrupted man. (Negative)
j) A corrupted man leads a very unhappy life. (Exclamatory)
9. Complete the text by adding suffixes, prefixes or both with the root words given in the parenthesis: 0.5 ×10 = 05
People are (a) --- (general) fond of glittering things. They are (b) --- (love) of surface. They are concerned with the (c) --- (out) show of things and beings. They (d) --- (hard) bother about intrinsic value. Gold is a very (e) --- (value) thing. But there are (f) --- (vary) metals in nature that look like gold. They fade soon and become less (g) --- (beauty). So, the surface of anything should not be the key for its (h) --- (measure). We all should be (i) --- (care) about this truth. Otherwise, we will have to be (j) --- (repent) long run.
10. Make tag questions of the following statements: 1×5 = 05
a) His name was Jerry, ----?
b) They waste their valuable time, ----?
c) Everyone knows this, -----?
d) He can never help people of the society, -----?
e) Everybody dislikes him, -----?

11. Suppose, you are Jamil/Juma and you have completed your honors and masters degrees in English and you are looking for a job. Recently you have seen an advertisement for the post of an Assistant Teacher in English at Dhaka Model High School, Dhaka. Now, write a CV with a cover letter for the post. Your CV should not exceed one page. 10

12. Suppose, you are Tamim/Tamima, a student of Dhaka Model High School. You are interested in going on a study tour. Now, write an application to the Headteacher of your school seeking permission to go on a study tour. 10

13. Suppose, you are Tarun/Tanima and your friend is Raima/Rupom. Write a letter to your friend describing what you intend to do after your SSC Examination. 10

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