English 1st Paper কুমিল্লা ভিক্টোরিয়া সরকারি কলেজ 2024
1. Write a summary of the passage.
He made simple excuses to come and sit with me .I could no more have turned him away than if he had been physically hungry. I suggested once that the best time for us to visit was before supper, when I left off my writing .After that,he waited always until my typewriter had been some time quite.
He became intimate of course ,with my pointer,Pat. There is a strange communion between a boy and a dog. Perhaps they possess same singleriess of spirit, the same kind of wisdom. It is difficult to explain, but it exists & when I went across the state for a weekend, l left the dog in Jerry’s charge. I gave him the dog whistle And the key to the cabin, and left sufficient food. He was to come two or three times a day and let out the dog, and feed and exercise him. I should return Sunday night, and Jerry would take out the dog for the last time Sunday afternoon and then leave The key under an agreed hiding place.
My returm was belated and the fog filled the Mountain passes so treacherously that I dared not drive at night and it was Monday noon before I reached the cabin. The dog had been fed and cared for the morning, Jerry came early in the afternoon, anxious. “The superdinent said nobody would drive in the fog,” he said. “I came just before bedtime last night and you hadn’t come. So, l bought Pat some of my breakfast this morning. I wouldn’t have let anything happen to him
“I was sure of that. I didn’t worry.”
2. Read the following text and make a flow chart showing the challenges faced by adolescents. (No.1 has been done for you)
The time of adolescence is a period of preparation for adulthood during which one experiences Several key developments. Besides, physical and sexual maturation, these experiences include a Movement toward social. And economic independence, development of identity, the acquisition of Skills needed to carry out adult relationships and roles, and the capacity for abstract reasoning. While adolescence is a time of tremendous growth and potential, it is also a time of considerable Risks during which social contexts exert powerful influences.
Many adolescents face pressure to use alcohol, cigarettes, or other drugs and to initiate sexual Relationships putting themselves at high risk for intentional and unintentional injuries, accrue Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including the Human Immunodeficiency Virus also they experience a wide range of adjustments and mental health problems Behaviour Patterns that are established during this period, such as the use or avoidance of drugs and taking Cts on future health Or abstaining from sexual risk can have long-lasting negative and positive And well-being. As a result, adults have unique opportunities to influence adolescents.
3. The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in proper sequence.
(i)Luther King was a brilliant student but faced segregation in his school
(ii) He was shot dead in 1968 when he was only 39 years old.
(iii) Martin Luther King Ir. Is a great leader in the history of freedom and the rise of the Black people in the USA.
(iv) He was born on 13 January 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia.
(v) Along with his profession, he took part in campaigns for equal legal status of the Black Americanse
(vi) He was awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for advancing the cause of the blacks in a a non-violent and peaceful way
(vii) He married a scholarly woman named Coretta Scott in 1953
(viii) Luther King was appointed a clergyman in the Baptist Church of Alabama in 1954
(ix) He was imprisoned in 1960 for his movement against discrimination on the color of skin
(x) He obtained his Doctoral degree in 1955 from Boston University
4. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word/ words in each blank.
There are many alternatives (a)___ Fossil fuels. Timely (b)___ should be taken to boost the productivity and utility Of these alternatives. They should grow as suitable substitutes before the (c)___ underground energy is depleted. Clean energy deserves (d)___ as an alternative because it poses no (e)___ environment, and (f)___ long. Moreover,it leaves almost no(g)___ hopefully considerable (h)___of clean energy is produced now.(i)___extensive generation is initially expensive, it proves(j)___ after a certain period.
5. Read the following text and fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box. Here more words than needed. Make any grammatical change if necessary.
| Police | Householders | Tactic | Expect | Easily | So |
| Sleeper | Against | Profit | Sake | To | Wait |
Theft is an incident to which our (a)___ are no stranger. Yet the vigilance (b)___ from them is often lacking. Sensible precaution (c)___ theft should precede complaint to the (d)___ Unattended or empty house is an open invitation (e)___ thieves. Because it can (f)___ be broken into and ransacked. (g)___ the resident of a house should not depart it in a body. One or more members must stay in it for the (h)___ of safety. This (i)___ definitely works. It keeps the potential intruder (j)___ until he finds patience of no avail.