BAF Shaheen College Dhaka
Practice Preparatory Test Examination (01) -2020 Class—X Paper: English-1st
Total Marks-100 Time—3 Hours Read the passage. Then answer the questions below:–
Countries of the world rely heavily on petroleum, coal and natural gas for their energy sources. There are two major types of energy sources : renewable and non-renewable. Hydro-carbon or fossil fuels are non-renewable sources of energy. Reliance on them poses real big problems. First, fossil fuels such as oil, coal, gas etc. are finite energy resources and the world eventually will run out of them. Secondly, they will become too expensive in the coming decades and too damaging for the environment to repair. Thirdly, fossil fuels have direct polluting impacts on earth’s environment causing global warming. In contrast, renewable energy sources such as, wind and solar energy are constantly and naturally replenished and never run out.
Most renewable energy comes either directly or indirectly from the sun. Sunlight or solar energy can be used for heating and lighting homes, for generating electricity and for other commercial and industrial uses.
The sun’s heat drives the wind and this wind energy can be captured with wind turbines to produce electricity. Then the wind and the sun’s heat cause water to evaporate. When this water vapour turns into rain or snow and flows downhill into rivers or streams, it’s energy can be captured as hydroelectric energy.
Along with the rain and snow, sunlight causes plants to grow. Plants produce biomass which again can be turned into fuels such as fire wood, alcohol, etc. identified as bioenergy scientists have identified Hydrogen as another form of renewable energy source. It is the most abundant element in nature. But it does not exist separately as a gas. It is always combined with other elements, such as with oxygen to make water. Hydrogen, separated from another element, can be burned as a fuel to produce electricity.
Our Earth's interior contains molten lava with tremendous heat. This heat inside the Earth produces steam and hot water which can be tapped as geothermal energy to produce electricity, for heating homes etc.
Ocean energy comes from several sources, Ocean’s force of tide and wave can be used to produce energy. The surface of the oceans gets more heat from the sun than the ocean depths. This temperature difference can be used as energy source too.
1. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives: 17=7 a. Fossil fuels will go into within the next decades,
i) rise ii) increase iii) decline iv) reliance b. Renewable energies are related to
i) water ii) moon iii) star iv) sun c. What is lava?
i) molten stone ii) molten mud iii)hot sand iv) wet mud d. The world 'replenish' refers to
i) omit ii) fill up iii)combined iv) separate e. Which of the following has the closest meaning of the word 'reliance'?
i) existence ii) dependence iii)limited iv) prevalence f. Consumption of fossil fuels .
i) is favourable for our happy life in the world ii) is causing irreparable damage to our environment iii) does not create any problem for us iv)is not likely to lead us towards a crisis
g. Wind and sun’s heat jointly result in
i) distilation ii) replenishment iii)evaporation iv) decantation
2. Answer the following questions:– 25=10 (a) What are fossil fuels?
(b) Why do renewable energy sources never run out?
(c) How does hydrogen exist in nature?
(d) How can the sun’s heat produce electricity?
(e) What are the problems with non-renewable energy sources?
3. Read the following text and fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the information of the text. 15=5 Can you think of a classroom where there is no blackboard or desks? Do you believe that you can be a student without a traditional book or writing pad or even pen/pencil? Are you not thrilled to imagine that you have asked a question and your tutor is answering that while flying midair in a Boeing from California to Tokyo? These are all possible in a ‘virtual campus’ in the system of e-learning. No kidding! For quite a long time, educationists have been utilizing the advantages of computer technology. The social networking services have a huge potential to help educationists in this sector. They have access to millions of people worldwide. Educationists have noticed that a large number of social network users come from young generation and especially belong to student community. So side by side with computer assisted teaching- learning software, online education programmes are evolving fairly rapidly to assist conventional education system. But is that e- learning?
Through the (a) of computer technology benefits, ‘virtual campus' has emerged in the form of (b) system.
Moreover, social (c) have enhanced the scope to (d) a huge number of students (e) .
4. Read the passage on environment pollution. Complete the table below with the information from the passage. 1x5=5 The environment is polluted mainly by four factors air pollution, water pollution, sound pollution and odour pollution.
Air is polluted by smoke which contains carbon dioxide. It is also polluted by CFC and methane which we create. Polluted air causes pneumonia, bronchitis and respiratory diseases. We can prevent air pollution by cutting emission of carbon dioxide, CFC and methane. Water is polluted by waste and filth we throw into it. It is also polluted by insecticides we use in the fields. Polluted water causes water borne diseases like cholera, diarrhoea, typhoid and jaundice. We can prevent water pollution by stopping contaminating water. Next comes sound pollution. Sound is polluted by vehicle horns and microphones. It might cause aggression, heart attack and damage hearing. By controlling vehicle horns we can prevent sound pollution. Lastly, comes odour pollution from dumped or untreated human waste, which causes serious discomfort to our senses of smell and attracts disease-bearing creatures. By treating human waste or other wastes, we can prevent odour pollution.
Environment Pollution Purpose To create awareness of pollution
Factor Mainly environment is made up of (i) factors.
Bad consequences and preventive measures
Name of Pollution Cause Responsible Effect Prevention Victims
Air pollution carbon dioxide CFC, methane
human beings pneumonia, bronchitis and respiratory diseases
(ii) human beings
Water pollution (iii) human beings cholera, diarrhoea, typhoid and jaundice
by stopping contaminating water
human beings (iv) by vehicle horns and
microphones
human beings (v) controlling vehicle horns human beings
5. Write a summary of the above passage in your own words. 10
6. Match the parts of sentences given in column 'A', 'B' and 'C' to write five complete sentences. 15= 5
Column A Column B Column C
a. Education means i. conscious of our rights i. the individual
b. The purpose of education ii. frees a man ii. removing the darkness.
c. Education iii. is to enlighten iii. from restrictions.
d. Education iv. aims at iv. from any educational institution.
e. Education makes us v. the receiving of formal learning v. and responsibilities.
7. Put the following parts of the story in correct order to rewrite the whole story. 18 = 8 a) But his efforts to live economically proved useless for the place was full of ants and land crabs.
b) It took place between him and the farmer.
c) Losing heart, he gave away the seeds to a Chinese farmer who was his neighbour.
d) To save money, he wanted to make a vegetable garden in front of that house.
e) James Norman Hall, an American writer, wrote a story about a strange piece of business.
f) So he rented a one-room house about 22 kilometres from the town.
g) They foiled all his attempts.
h) While in Tahiti, he was once short of money.
Part B – Writing Test (50 Marks)
8. Write a paragraph on "Traffic Jam". Your paragraph should include the answers to the following question. 10 (a) What is traffic Jam? (b) How does it cause a great harm to us? (c) Why is it occurred? (d) What are the root causes of traffic Jam? (e) How can we solve this problem?
9. Read the beginning of a story. Add at least ten new sentences to complete the story. 10
It was a long time ago. There was a town in Germany called Hamelin. Hamelin was a small but beautiful town. There was a river on one side and a mountain on the other. ……….
10. The bar-chart below shows young people's changing attitude to pastimes. Describe the graph in 150 words. You should highlight and summarize the information given in the graph. 10
11. Suppose, you have a friend named Luna. Now, write a dialogue between you and your friend about the importance of reading newspaper. 10 12. Suppose, you are Masum/Masuma living at 16, Purana Paltion, Dhaka. Your friend is Niloy/Nilima who has recently lost his father. Now, write a letter to your friend consoling him/her about his/her father’s death.
