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(a) —— parliament house of Bangladesh is (b) —-- exquisitely designed building. In fact, it is (c) —— wonder of modern architecture and technology. It is one of (d) -— largest and most spectacular parliament buildings in (e) —- world. It is (f) —- highly expensive building. (g) —- maintenance cost of the parliament house is about 50 million taka per year. An American architect (h) —— Louis I. Kahn designed this (i) —-- building. Every day many (j) —-- visitor comes to visit the building.

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I have (a) ——uncle who has just retired from (b) ——-army. He used to be (c) ——ABI agent, and everybody says he has been an honest man all his life. As a child, I loved him for his stories. He once told me that he met (d) —-one-eyed alien from (e) ——- space. (f)—— alien did not need any oxygen. And it did not have (g)—— nose. I now understand that it was (h) ——-hard story to believe. I am not sure he was telling me (i) ——- truth. Maybe, he is not so (j) ——- honest, after all.

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Mr. Bright is (a)——— - European. As he is (b)——— Englishman, he knows (c)———English well. He is (d)——honourable to everyone though he is (e) ——-- one-eyed man. One day having (f)———-SOS, he went to (g) —-- USA.

His brother, Johnson living there joined (h) ——-- Army last year. He is (i)——-younger of the two brothers. When Mr. Bright met his brother, he could not but shed (j) ——- tears.

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An honest man is true to his (a) — words. He does not deviate from (b) —- path of honesty. He knows that true happiness consists of (c) ——- honesty. He does not fall victim to (d) —— greed. He does not hanker after (e) — worldly property. (f) ——- honest man abstains himself from corruption. He does not mix with (g) —— corrupt people. He is (h) —— man who tries to get pleasure from good deeds. (i) —— greed for wealth does not touch him. People should follow the path of $(\mathrm{j})$ —— honest people of the society.

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Childhood or boyhood is (a) —— man's formative period. During this period (b) —— child receives training from its mother. (c) —— mother's tender heart always looks to (d) —— welfare and well-being of (e) —— child. If during this period (f) —-— mother tries to bring (g) —-— child up carefully and according to her (h) —— best ideas (i) —— child is sure to grow with its superiors, parents and teachers and love (j) —— all irrespective of caste, creed and colour.