English 1st Paper ঢাকা কলেজ 2024

1. Read the following text and make short notes in each of the boxes showing the natural environment the narrator experienced. (one has been done for you)

We travelled Intermediate class in a cross-country train not uncomfortably crowded, through a country of shadowy loveliness. It was a moonlit night of broken soft clouds; the land was mostly under water, with paddy and coco-palms growing from it, and a few raised cart-tracks and groups of cottages islanded among clumps of bushes, all reflected among shadows. Here and there was the red glow of a cooking-fire or the lantern of a fisherman's boat in open water. At dawn we reached Sonaimuri, a small canal-side station among wide fields, from there we had eight more miles by country boat, some of it along the canal, some of it across the flooded paddy fields.

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2. Fill in the gap with suitable words from the box (make any grammatical change if necessary.) There are more words in the box than you need.

continent	colonial	advocate	spend	imprison	enemy
oppress	warfare	prison	regime	resist	gradual

Mandela was among the first who (a) ― armed (b) ― to apartheid, going underground in 1961 to form the ANC's armed wing. He left South Africa and made a (c) ― journey where he studied guerrilla (d) ― and built support for the ANC. Branded a terrorist by his (e) ― Mandela was handed with a life (f) ― in 1964. He was isolated from millions of his countrymen as they suffered (g) ― violence and forced resettlement under the apartheid (h) ― of racial segregation. He was imprisoned on Robben Island, a penal (i) ― of Cape Town, where he spent the next 18 years before being moved to mainland (j) ― . 

3. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.

(i) During his stay, he received an unpaid letter from his friend, which contained nothing but some words.

(ii) With a great hope in mind, he opened the box. 

(iii) He wanted to teach his friend a good lesson.

(iv) An English poet was staying in Italy for the benefit of his health.

(v) To his utter surprise, he found nothing but an ordinary stone.

(vi) Thus the poet taught his friend a good lesson.

(vii) So, he procured a heavy stone and packed it up in a fine box.

(viii) His friend thought that the contents of the parcel were valuable. So, he paid the high charge for carrying. 

(ix) The poet had to pay double postage. So, he became very annoyed.

(x) Then he sent it to his friend with the words on it "Carriage to be paid on delivery".

4. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words.

When a girl gets married, she usually (a) ― out of school and starts working full-time in her in-laws' (b) ― . In the in-laws' house, she is marginalised. She (c) ― all forms of abuse, including violence related to (d) ― . In Bangladesh, a bride's family paying dowry is a very common (e) ― though taking dowry is a (f) ― offence. Dowry demands can also continue after (g) ― . An adolescent bride, even having supportive in-laws, confronts greater health risks when she becomes (h) ― and gives birth to a child. The majority of adolescent brides and their families have little (i) ― of reproductive health and contraception. The mortality rate among (j) ― mothers is double the national rate. 

5. The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your words.

From the very boyhood, Bayazid Bostami was very devoted to his mother. He was also very interesting event took place one night. He was studying..............