SSC English 1st Paper Model Test Question with Answer [18]

Model Question-18

SSC English First Paper

Question with Answer

Part A : Reading Test (Marks-50)

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions following it. Unit-5: Lesson-3(A)

Man can neither change the sun’s radiation nor the earth’s orbit around the sun. But man can control the increase in the amount of greenhouse gases and its effect on the atmosphere. Only during the last hundred years the carbon dioxide concentration has been raised alarmingly in the atmosphere and we humans can be held responsible for this.

The main cause of the increase in carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere is the burning of fossil fuels. Since the end of the 19th century, industrial activities increased rapidly giving rise to many factories. These factories required energy, which was produced through the combustion of coal. Besides coal, other sources of energy such as mineral oil and natural gas were also burned to heat our houses, move cars and airplanes or to produce electricity. Nowadays, about 85 million barrels of crude oil are burned daily. Every time a fossil raw material is burned, it releases carbon dioxide into the air.

Therefore, it is clear that more and more greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide are being generated worldwide by humans. Moreover, we are also strengthening the greenhouse effect by deforestation which means cutting down trees. Every year enormous areas of forests are destroyed by people to obtain wood and to clear regions for mining and to create pasture. This loss of the forest causes dual problems. Trees that are burned down release a large volumes of carbon dioxide gas into the air. On the other hand, an important carbon dioxide storehouse is destroyed with the forests as forests absorb a lot of carbon dioxide from the air and deliver oxygen instead.

1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives. 1×7=7

a. Man can control the effect of the greenhouse gases on ―.

(i) the atmosphere (ii) the moon (iii) the sun (iv) human being

b. Enormous areas of forests are destroyed ―.

(i) weekly (ii) daily (iii) yearly (iv) monthly

c. At present about ― barrels of crude oil are used daily.

(i) 8.5 million (ii) 850 lakh (iii) 850 million (iv) 85 lakh

d. Greenhouse gases are being produced all over the world by ―

(i) human beings (ii) plants (iii) animals (iv) nature

e. A fossil raw material which is burned releases carbon dioxide into the ―.

(i) air (ii) soil (iii) oil (iv) water

f. Industrial activities are giving rise to ―.

(i) many factories (ii) houses (iii) buildings (iv) factories

g. Industrial factories require ―.

(i) air (ii) fire (iii) coal (iv) water

Answer:

1. a. (i) the atmosphere; b. (iii) yearly; c. (ii) 850 lakh; d. (i) human beings; e. (i) air; f. (i) many factories; g. (ii) the air;

2. Answer the following questions. 2×5=10

a. What’s the main cause of the increase in carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere?

b. What can a man control?

c. How the greenhouse effect is strengthened?

d. How many barrels of crude oil are used daily nowadays?

e. How do the factories produce energy?

Answer:

2. a. The main cause of the increase in carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere is the burning of fossil fuels.

b. Man can control the increase in the amount of greenhouse gases and its effect on the atmosphere.

c. The greenhouse effect is strengthened by deforestation.

d. About 85 million barrels of crude oil are used daily nowadays.

e. The factories produce energy through the combustion of coal.

3. Fill in each gap with a suitable word of your own based on the information in the text. 0.5×10=5

i. Humans are (a)___ to change the (b)___ of the sun. To (c)___ the earth’s (d)___ around the (e)___ is also impossible. But (f)___ can control the (g)___ of greenhouse (h)___ on the atmosphere. The (i)___ cause of increasing carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere is the burning of (j)___ fuels.

Answer:

3. i. (a) unable; (b) radiation; (c) change; (d) orbit; (e) sun; (f) humans; (g) effect; (h) gases; (i) main; (j) fossil.

4. Complete the table below with information from the passage. 1×5=5

Alexander Graham bell was born in Scotland in 1847. He became a lecturer in a college at nineteen in 1866. He wanted to do something for the deaf. He established a school for them. He became a professor of vocal physiology. He had very deep interest in telephone. He invented telephone. He died in 1922.

Thomas Alva Edison was born in America in 1847. He went to School in 1855. He invented a telegraph at home in 1857. He invented a machine called ‘Gold Printer,’ He also invented Carbon Transmitter. He was a very hard worker. He worked in American Naval Force. He died in 1931.

Names	Bell	Edison
Country/City	(a) ―	(b) ―
Birth year	1847	(c) ―
Profession/Achievement	Scientist	Scientist
Death year	(d) ―	(e) ―

Answer:

4. (a) Scotland, (b) America (c) 1847, (d) 1922, (e) 1931.

5. Write a summary of the passage in no more than 90 to 100 words. 10

Answer:

5. The inventor of telephone, Alexander Gaham Bell was born in Scotland. As he wanted to do something for the deaf, he established a school for them and became the professor of vocal physiology. The inventor of telegraph, Thomas Alva Edison was an American. He invented Carbon Transmitter. He worked in American Naval Force.

6. Match the parts of sentences given in column ‘A’ and column ‘B’ to write five complete sentence. There are more parts of sentences in column ‘B’ than required. 1×5=5

Column A	Column B
a. Dhaka the capital city of Bangladesh is	i. our drivers, passers-by and passengers are not respectful to the traffic rule.
b. It is a very old city which is	ii. rules for making the city free from traffic jam.
c. A flyover is built at Mohakhali	iii. not only a populous city but also a city of traffic jam.
d. A good number of flyovers are under construction	iv. our life will be at stake.
e. It is a matter of great regret that	v. with a view to reducing the unbearable traffic jam.
	vi. in different parts of the city just to reduce the increasing traffic jam.
	vii. situated on the bank of the Buriganga.