JSC English First Paper Model 3
English 1st paper
Time- 3 hours
Marks-100
Read the passage and answer the
following questions: 1, 2 & 3
Health is the
condition of our body and mind. It may be good or bad. Good health means
healthy body free from diseases. It is essential for everyone to lead a happy
life. If we are not in good health, we cannot concentrate on any activity in
our life. A proverb goes, ‘Health is Wealth’ It means health is equally
valuable as gold or any other personal possessions. We may have vast wealth and
property, but if we are not healthy we cannot enjoy them. To keep ourselves
healthy, we have to do certain things. We have to eat a balanced diet. We must
exercise regularly to keep our body fit for work. There is an old saying:
'Early to bed
and early to rise
Makes a
person healthy, wealthy and wise'
So we must
not keep late hours. We should go to bed early at night and rise early in the
morning. Peace of mind is another condition for good health. So we must not
worry over small things of life.
1. Choose
the correct meaning closest to the text: 5
(i) Health means the condition of……..
a) our body. b) our mind. c) our body and mind. d) our environment.
(ii) A healthy person is one who
a) is physical and mentally sound. b) eats good food. c) has a lot of
wealth. d) is overweight.
(iii) We need to eat - a) rich food. b) balanced food. c) little food. d) lot of food.
(iv) The phrase ‘to keep late hours’
means
a) to go to bed late. b) to wake
up late in the morning. c) to do things late always. d) to be late for the
class.
(v) condition refers to…… a) state b) illness c) complaint d) disorder
2. Answer
the following questions: 10
(a) What is good health?
(b) How can we keep ourselves healthy?
(c) What is
compared to gold?
(d) Why is physical
exercise necessary?
(e) Why is good health
essential for us?
3. Read the
text in A again. Now, write the summary of it in your own language. 10
Read the following text carefully and
answer the questions 4 and 5.
Kazi Nazrul Islam is our national poet. He is also a
musician and revolutionary. He was always against fascism and oppression. He
came of a poor family in 1899, west Bengal, India. At his six, Nazrul was
admitted at a local Maktab to receive religious education from there. He lost
his father at the age of eight. And after his father’s death, he worked as
muezzin at a local mosque. At the age of eleven, Nazrul showed his poetic
genius which made him out going in nature. At the age of eleven, Nazrul fled
away from home to Asansol, Bihar and became a backer’s boy. A Muslim
sub-Inspector of police took this extra-ordinary boy to his village home in
Mymensingh. From there, Nazrul went back to Asansol and joined a local
Darirampur High School. When Nazrul was a boy of class ten, the World War 1
broke out and he joined the army at the age of nineteen. After the war he
returned from the battle and began to write famous poem “Bidrohi” was published
in 1920. He was put into jail for writing a poem called ‘Agnibina’, but he did
not stop writing. At the age of twenty two, Nazrul edited the bi-weekly paper
“Dhumketu”.
4. Complete the following table below
with information from the above passage. 5
Name of the events
|
Places
|
Year
|
Nazrul
was born
|
(i)…………
|
|
Admission
in a Maktab
|
(ii)……..
|
|
Showing
poetic genius
|
(iii)
……….
|
|
(iv)………………
|
1910
|
|
(v)
………..
|
In 1920
|
5. Write true or false. Give answers for
the false statements. 5
(a) Kazi Nazrul Islam was rebellious poet.
(b) He wrote poems and songs.
(c) He took part at liberation war of Bangladesh.
(d) Bidrohi was
jailed for writing Bidrohi.
(e) Dhumketu was daily newspaper.
6.
Fill in the gaps with appropriate words.
0
.50×5=5
Air is an important (a).........of our
environment. We cannot live without (b)..........air. But (c).........air is
harmful for our health. The important element which pollutes air is
(d).......So we should (e)..........public opinion about air pollution.
7.
Read the texts and rearrange them in correct order.
1×10=10
a)
Then the leader of the robbers came to Saadi.
b)
The merchants had their goods and a lot of money.
c)
He had a bundle of books and some money with him.
d)
They travelled for twelve days without any trouble.
e)
he ordered Saadi to give all he had to them.
f)
ON the thirteenth day, a gang of robbers attacked them.
g)
Sheikh Saadi handed him the bundle of books and also the little money he had
without any fear.
h)
Once Sheikh Saadi was going to Bagdad with a group of rich merchants.
i)
Saadi then said, “I hope that you will make good use of these books.”
j)
The robbers took away all the goods and money from the merchants.
8.
Fill in the gaps using clues from the box. There are more words than
necessary. 0.5×10=5
year
|
reputation
|
village
|
pictures
|
reason
|
name
|
office
|
thirst
|
into
|
first
|
Joynul
Abedin was born at a (a) ----- in Kishoregong in 1914. His father’s (b) -----
was Jamir Uddin. He was a police (c) ------. He had a great (d) -------for
drawing. For this (e) -----, he got admitted (f) ---- Calcutta Govt. Art
College in 1933. In 1938 he stood first class (g) -----from the college. In the
same (h) ----he was awarded Gold Medal in Art Exhibition. He drew a lot of (i)
------on famine in Second World War that earned worldwide (j) ----for him.
9. Match the phrases in column A with
the phrases n column B.
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Column A
|
Column B
|
(i)
Deforestation means
|
(a) rising rapidly
|
(ii)
The effects of deforestation are
|
(b)
carbon-di-oxide is increasing worldwide.
|
(iii)
Due to deforestation
|
(c)
serious damage to the soil.
|
(iv)
The sea level is
|
(d)
too many to describe.
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(v)
It also causes
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(e)
cutting down of trees in large number.
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Section C: writing Test
10. Suppose, you are Naima and Naim is
your younger brother. You have appeared at the JSC examination this year and
are waiting for your result. you asked him to help you to choose the group of
your study.
Now make a dialogue in 100 words between you and your younger brother
about future plan of your life/your aim in life.
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11. Write a paragraph on “Your
School library” in about 150 words answering the following questions.
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a)
What is a library?
b)
What does a school library contain?
c)
Who are the writers of the school library?
d)
How does it benefit the students?
e)
Why is a school library necessary?
12. Read
the beginning of the story. Now complete it in 150 words.
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Once
there was an old farmer who had three sons. Though they were grown up, they had
no good relation with one another .They always quarreled with one another. This
made the farmer very anxious. So he wanted to teach his
sons--------------------------------------------------------------------------
13. Supposed, one of your friends got golden A+ in the
JSC examination. Now write a letter congratulating him/her for his
brilliant success in the examination.
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