এসএসসি পরীক্ষার্থীদের ইংরেজি প্রথমপত্র মডেল টেস্ট-২৭
সহকারী প্রধান শিক্ষক, ইংলিশ ভার্সন, মতিঝিল মডেল স্কুল অ্যান্ড কলেজ
Part A: Reading Test (50 Marks)
Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.
May Day or International Workers' Day is observed on May
1 all over the world today to commemorate the historical struggle and sacrifices
of the working people to establish an eight-hour workday. It is a public
holiday in almost all the countries of the world. Since the Industrial
Revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe and the US, the workers in
mills and factories had been working a long shift, fourteen or even more hours
a day. On May 1st in 1886, inspired by the trade unions, half of the workers at
the McComick Harvest Company in Chicago went on strike demanding an eight hour
workday. Tow days later, a workers' rally was held near the McComic Harvest
Compaû and about 6000 workers had joined it. The rally was addressed by the
labour leaders. They urged the workers to stand together, to go on with their
struggle and not to give in to their bosses. Just at this moment some strike
breakers started leaving the meeting place. The strikers went down the street
to bring them back. Suddenly about 200 policemen attacked them with clubs and
revolvers. One striker was killed instantly, five or six others were seriously
wounded and maû were badly injured. The events of May 1, 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.
1. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 1×7=7
a. Which of the following has the closest meaning of the
word Ôcommemorate'?
(i) forget (ii) disrespect (iii) dishonour (iv) remember
an event
b. Which of the following best describes the workers
before May 1st?
(i) benefited (ii) privileged (iii) solvent (iv) deprived
c. What does the phrase 'give in' in the 7th sentence
mean?
(i) distribute (ii) surrender (iii) complete (iv) give
away
d. What does the expression 'one striker was killed
instantly' mean?
(i) for instance, one striker died
(ii) one striker died in the hospital
(iii) one striker died on the spot
(iv) one striker died later on
e. Which of the following statement is true about the
workers of McComic Harvest compaû?
(i) they were modest
(ii) they raised their voice against deprivation
(iii) they withstood everything
(iv) they were careless of everything
f. 'Death and injury were common at maû workplaces'. What
does the expression mean?
(i) the workplaces were wholesome
(ii) the workplaces were in good condition
(iii) the workplaces were hayardous
(iv) the workplaces were danger free
g. What is the main theme of the passage?
(i) exploitation of the workers
(ii) deprivation
(iii) struggle and sacrifice of the workers
(iv) all these
2. Answer the following questions. 2×5=10
a. Why is May 1st called International Workers Day?
b. Why did the police fire at the crowd?
c. What was the demand of the workers?
d. What happened after the firing?
e. What do the events of May Day remind us?
3. Read the following text and fill in each gap with a
suitable word based on the information of the text. 1×5= 5
Meherjan lives in a slum on the Sirajgonj Town Protection
Embankment. Her polythene-roofed shelter looks like a cage. She is nearly 45
but looks more than her age.
Not long ago Meherjan had everything-a family, cultivable
land and cattle. The erosion of the Jamuna gradually consumed all her landed
property. It finally claimed her only shelter during the last monsoon. She had
a happy family once. Over the years, she lost her husband and her family to
diseases that cruel hunger and poverty brought to the family. Now, she is the
only one left to live on with the loss and the pain. The greedy Jamuna has
shattered her dreams and happiness.
There are thousand others waiting to share the same fate
like Meherjan. Bangladesh is a land of rivers some of whose banks overflwo or
erode during monsoon. Erosion is a harsh reality for the people living along
the river banks. During each monsoon maû more villages are threatened by the
mighty rivers like the Jamuna, the Padma and the Meghna. If we canÕt take
prompt actions to adopt to climate change, there will be thousands of more
Meherjans in our towns and villages every year.
Meherjan lives in a (a)--- in Sirajgonj. She is about 45
but looks more than her actual age. Earlier she had (b)--- a family, cultivable
land and cattle. The erosion of the Jamuna (c)---all her landed property. The
greedy Jamuna has (d)---her dreams and happiness. Erosion is a (e)---reality
for the people living along the river banks.
4. Read the passage on Zahir Uddin Mohammad Babor.
Complete the table belwo with information from the passage. 1×5=5
Zahir Uddin Mohammad Babor, born in 1483 was the founder
of the Mughal dynasty. At the age of 11, Babor lost his father and became the
king of Farghana. When he ascended the throne, Babor was surrounded by enemies
on all sides. Babor was attacked by Ahmed Mirya in 1495 but the attack failed
and he himself died in the same year. In November 1497, Babor was able to
capture Sourate, but soon he lost both Sourate and Farghana and in February
1498 Babor was no more the king of aû place. He had to live a life of a
wanderer for more than one year. In June 1499, he was able to recapture the
capital of Farghana. In 1500, Babor
conquered Samarkand for the second time but he was forced
to vacate it by the Uybegs. In the same year he again lost Farghana. The result
was that in 1502, Babor decided to try his luck somewhere else. So he set out
for Kabul where there was political chaos. He was able to manage the situation
to his own advantage and occupied Kabul in 1504. As the king of Kabul, he ruled
twenty two years when he went into his major offensive against India. He died
in 1530.
6. Write a summary of the above passage in your own
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