COMMUNICATION OF IDEAS

1. Subject: English Full marks: 70 Time: 1 hour 45 minutes Marks for individual items are mentioned next to the test items. A: Seen part Read the text and answer questions 1 and 2. Communication of ideas is at the centre of civilization. It needs written records. Most of our records in the modern age are on paper. Though writing was invented very early, paper is a more modern invention. For long in history, people transferred ideas through speaking and listening. Then there came the art of writing. But to record thoughts in writing was difficult. Writing material was not available. People used surface of stone, metal, wood, bark, leaves, etc. for writing. Those things were not easy to carry. Then for ages, people looked for easy writing materials. Finally, paper was invented in China in 105 AD. Before paper age, knowledge was very restricted. Can you think of that time? There were very few books in the world. Maybe, they were written on stone or on heavy wood plunks or on metal sheets. Suppose, one page was a heavy stone block. So think of a hundred page book! In our age, you can carry the entire world of knowledge in digital form in your laptop bag. You can even carry a huge volume of paper encyclopedia. But who could produce and carry tons of heavy stone books and documents in those paperless days? In fact, paper has made publication and the spread of knowledge and information easy. So you can see how paper has changed our life. 1. Choose the correct answer to each question from the alternatives given and write the corresponding number of the answers in your answer script. 1x7=7 (a) The term ‘material’ refers to_____ . (i) need (ii) solution (iii) equipment (iv) requirement (b) Paper made the spread of knowledge_____ . (i) easy (ii) comfortable (iii) sure (iv) complex (c) Writing has a/an____ origin. (i) modern (ii) ancient (iii) tough (iv) simple (d) The writing materials were ____ enough to carry in the past. (i) heavy (ii) light (iii) portable (iv) smooth

2. (e) The word ‘centre’ means____ . (i) part (ii) important (iii) edge (iv) hub (f) ‘Spread’ refers to____ . (i) transplant (ii) distract (iii) scatter (iv) wrap (g) Writing material was hardly____ . (i) available (ii) unavailable (iii) carried (iv) sold 2. Answer the following questions from your reading of the above text. 2x4 =8 (a) Why was knowledge restricted in pre-paper age? (b) How has paper changed our life? (c) Why was it difficult to record thoughts in writing in the past? (d) What do you mean by ‘Encyclopedia’? 3. Read the following text and fill in the gaps with appropriate words to make it a meaningful one. 1x5=5 The invention of paper was an important event in history. There started a (a) ____ change in the area of writing. Before the invention of paper people wrote on the surface of stone, metal (b) _____leaves etc. but as soon as paper was invented writing become easier. Books began to be (c) _____ more easily. Today a huge quantity of paper is being (d)______ and (e)_____ in the publishing world. B: Unseen part Read the following text and answer questions 4 and 5. May 1st, International Workers Day, commemorates the historic struggle of working people throughout the world, and is recognized in most countries. All the privileges workers enjoy today - a minimum wage, safety laws and eight-hour work day came about due to the sacrifice of the workers in 1886. On May 3, 1886, police fired into a crowd of strikers at the McComick Harvest Machine Company, Chicago, killing at least one striker, seriously wounding five or six others and injuring an undetermined number. From the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, people in factories have worked very long shifts. Lasting up to fourteen or even more hours a day. In the 1880s a new movement calling for an eight-hour day inspired both Labor Unions and unorganized workers. The events of May Day 1886 is a reminder that workers will continue to be exploited until they stand up and speak out to gain better working conditions, better pay and better lives. 4. Complete the table below. Write no more than three words and/or numbers for each answer. 1x5=5

3. Who/ what Event /activity Place/ where Time/ year Working class people commemorates (a)______ May 1st International Workers Day (b)______ Police the McComick Harvest Machine Company On May 3, 1886 (c)______ Called a new movement (d)_____ The events of May Day (e)_____ 1886 5. Read the passage again and write, whether the statements are true or false. Give correct answers, if the statement is false. 1x5=5 a) May 1st is a red letter day. b) Workers enjoy today a minimum wage. c) May 1st is recognized all over the world. d) About half dozen people were injured. e) May day teaches to fight against exploitation. 6. Read the text below and fill-in the gaps using the clues given in the boxes. There are more words than necessary. One word can be used once only. ½ X10=5 rise unnecessarily alarm evidence destroy catastrophically gradual The world is getting (a) —– because of pollution. Every year million of people all over the world die (b) ——- as a result of pollution. In the recent years there have been (c) ——- reports that the worlds (d) — —- is undergoing a significant (e) ——– . All these reports provide strong (f) ——– that world temperatures are (g) ——– day by day . Climatologists (h) ——– that midway through the next century temperatures may have (i)—— as much as 4 c. This could raise sea-levels and thereby (j) ——. 7. Read the text below and fill in the gaps using suitable words to make it a meaningful text. 1x5=5 Industry is at the (a) _____ of all success. It is not possible to do any noble deed without (b) _____ our Bangladesh is a poor country, but we take pride in calling her (c)____ Bengal. It requires hard labors to build golden Bengal in the true sense of (d) _____term. The people of the developed countries are very industrious. Many of us, on the other hand, are lazy and (e) _____to work. 8. Match the part of sentences from columns A and B to make five complete sentences. Colum B has one more options than required. 1x5=5 Column A warmer prediction severely change increase Column B

4. (a) Education in our country (b) Campus violence has (c) It appears that (d) The impact of such violence (e) It may easily be said (i) become almost a daily affairs. (ii) Bangladesh is already educationally challenging position. (iii) is passing through a stage of crisis. (iv) have been facing a great crisis. (v) students are in colleges and universities only to be engaged in violence. (vi) after the academic career of our students. C: Grammar part 9. Read the text below and fill in the gaps with the root words in the brackets adding suitable suffix, prefix or both. ½ x10= 5 Of the four language skills, listening is the first and (a)—— (fore) one. It is (b)—— (cause) a child learns its mother tongue first by listening to its mother. Then with the (c)—— (grow) of age, a child comes in contact with others and learns the vocabulary and how to use them (d)—— (practical) . Thus it learns (e)—— (speak) to mother and then to others. It is (f)—— (scientific) observed that speaking is the second skill of the four. A child is first a (g)—— (listen) . Then it becomes a (h)—— (speak) while mother listens. Thus they both (i)—— (change) their ideas and (j)—— (eventual) the child learns its mother tongue. 10. Fill-in the gaps in the following text with appropriate articles (a, an or the). Put a cross (x) where no article is used. ½ x10=5 Bangladesh is (a) _____ world’s most densely populated country. Our development efforts are frustrated because of (b) _____ great size of our population. (c) _____ population explosion is (d) _____ constant threat to our environment and (e) _____ society. Her population is growing at such (f) _____ high rate that (g) _____ environment may soon fail to supply (h) _____ people with their minimum necessities. It is indeed (i) _____ alarming situation. Something should be done to change (j) _____ situation. 11. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets. 1x5= 5 (a) Every moment is important.(Interrogative) (b) Knowledge is power.(Complex) (c) He is sincere to his duties. (Negative) (d) It was not invented overnight. (Active) (e) Only a wicked person uses it for evil purpose. (Passive) 12. Rewrite the following passage changing the form of speech: 5 I asked Nisha, ‘What’s your mother’sname?’ I know my mother’s name but I won’t tell you that. I don’t tell my mother’s name to anybody whom I don’tknow’, said she. ‘What a clever girl you are!’ 13. Use capital letters and punctuation marks as needed in the following passage. ½ X10=5 Ill pay for it he said i broke it i brought the axe down careless but no one hits accurately every time Jerry moreover the fault was in the wood of the handle