JSC English First Paper Model 7

English 1^st paper

Time- 3 hours                                                 Marks-100

Read the passage and answer the following questions: 1, 2 & 3

The ethnic people in Bangladesh hold a very important place in the culture of the country. The majority of these people live in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The others live in the regions of Mymensingh, Rajshahi and Sylhet. They live in forest areas, in the hills and in rural areas. They practice Jhum cultivation. They clear a piece of land in the forest, prepare it and sow seeds in it. They are mostly farmers. By religion they are Hindus, Christians or Buddhists. They speak their own mother tongues. Some of them are the Chakmas, the Marmans, the Tipperas and the Moorangs who live in the Hill Tracts. The Santals live in Rajshahi. The Khasias and the Monipuries live in Sylhet and the Hajangs and the Garos in Mymensingh.

Most of these ethnic people living in Bangladesh have some common characteristics. They have their own lifestyles. They build their houses on bamboo or wooden platforms called ‘machang’. Rice is their staple food. They eat vegetables, maize and fish, poultry and meat. Their kitchen utensils are bamboo, wooden and earthen pots which they make themselves. Men wear lungis and women wear thamis or sarongs and angis. Women weave their own clothes. Hunting and fishing are their favourite pastimes. They are fond of songs, music, dances, theatre and fair. Traditional musical instruments used are bugles made from buffalo horns, drums and bamboo flutes. Wrestling is a popular sport for them.

1. Choose the correct meaning closest to the text:                                        5

(i) Ethnic-                           a) unban    b) aboriginal  c) folk  d) rural

(ii) Tongue-                        a) language b) talk c) utterance d) idiom

(iii) Their main food.         a) vegetables      b) maize     c) fish    d) rice

(iv) They …cultural activities. a) dislike   b) hate c) like d) avoid

(v) Staple refers to……     a) minor     b) negligible    c) insignificance       d) main

2. Answer the following questions:                                                             10

(a) What is ‘machang’?

(b) What is their staple food?

(c) What is their favourite sport?

(d) What is the occupation of most of the ethnic people?

(e) How do they do Jhum cultivation?

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.

The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower, located in Paris. It was named after Gustave Eiffel, a Frenchman who built the tower. He was born in a prosperous family in 1832. The construction of the tower began in January 1887. Forty engineers and designers under Eiffel’s direction worked for two years. The tower was completed in March 1889. The tower is 324 meters tall. To protect the tower from rust 50 tonnes of paint is used every seven years. Three separate colours are used on the tower to enhance the impression of height. The tower has two restaurants-Lee 58 tours Eiffel on the first floor and the Le Jules Vernes on the second floor. About million people visit the tour annually.

4. Complete the follow table with the information given the passage. 1×5=5

Location	Paris
Builder of the Tower	(i)……
construction started	(ii)……..
Height	(iii)…….
Construction complete	(iv)…….
Visitors	(v)……..

5. True or false. If false, write the correct information.                        1×5=5

a) The Eiffel tower is made of steel.

d) Gustave Eiffel designed it.

c) Forty engineers and designers worked for ten years.

d) The Empire State Building is situated in New York.

e) Empire State Building was designed by Gustave Eiffel.                                                      6.

6.Fill in the gaps with appropriate words.   1×5=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.