BAF Shaheen College Dhaka Practice Exam on Half Yearly-2020
Class: Six Sub : English 1st Paper
Total Marks – 100 Time: 3 hours
[NB—The Figures in the right margin indicate full marks]
Section A: Reading Test (40 marks) Read the text carefully and answer the, questions
Bulbul collects rubbish from the Sankar area in Dhaka. Every morning he wakes up at 5 o’clock and walks along the streets of Sankar to collect rubbish. People of Sankar put their rubbish in plastic bins and leave them in front of their houses. Bulbul walks from door to door to collect them. Sometimes the bins are very dirty and they smell bad. But Bulbul does not mind. He takes out everything from the bins and puts them in a large plastic bag. He believes that all jobs are important. He works hard every day to keep this area clean. Last month Bulbul was sick for two days. So, he could not come to collect the rubbish. The people of Sankar were in great trouble. They got piles of rubbish waiting in front of their houses. The whole area became dirty and unhygienic. When Bulbul got well, he came back to Sanker.
He collected everything from all the bins. Bulbul does not want to fall sick again. He realizes, if he stops working even for a few days only, the whole area will turn into a big dustbin.
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives. 1×5=5 a. Bulbul collects __.
i. water ii. mud iii. waste iv. plastic
b. Which of the following words does not represent the same meaning as the word ‘unhygienic’?
i. Polluted ii. Foul iii. In sanitary iv. Clean c. Bulbul does not mind to __.
i. walk along the road ii. collect the dirty rubbish iii. put the rubbish in his bags iv. work hard d. Bulbul came back to the Sanker area when he __.
i. come ii. felt good iii. was sick iv. was ordered e. Look at the following statements :
i. No job is insignificant ii. A cleaner contributes to make our area unhygienic iii. All jobs are significant
Which of the above statement is/are true?
i. i and iii ii. i and ii iii. i, ii and iii iv. ii and iii Read the text carefully and answer the, questions.
Bangladesh is a country full of natural resources. We are proud of our soil, forests, flowers, fruits and birds. The country is gifted with plentiful of fauna due to its geographical location. Birds are one of them. Today we will read about a bird known as 'Benebau' in Bangla, and 'Blackheaded Oriole' in English.The Balckheaded Oriole is a bird of the plain land of Bangladesh. Its body and head are of a deep yellow colour; its throat, its tail and some part of its wings are black; its beak is red. It looks like a mayna and is about 25cm in length. It is seen in Bangladesh, India, Srilanka, Mayanmar and some other countries. The Blackheaded Oriole is a very sprightly and restless bird. It never stays at one spot for long. It eats all kinds of worms and insects. Its call is quite sweet and pleasant. The Blackheaded Oriole builds round shaped beautiful nests with dry grass and barks of trees. Both the male and the female bird take part in building their nests. The Blackheaded Oriole lays two to three eggs at a time 2. Answer the following question: 10
a. What is the colour of 'Benebau's body?
b. What is meant by natural resources?
c. What is known as "Benebau"?
d. Why are the Bangladeshi proud of their country?
e. Do you like the call of Benebau? Why?
Reading Test (Unseen Passage)
Read the following text carefully and answer answer the questions 3 and 4.
Albert Einstein, one of the greatest scientists of modem age, was born of Jewish parents in Germany in 1879 A.D.
At the age of twenty-one, he graduated from the Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich. Two years later, he joined a service in Bern. He obtained his Doctorate in 1905. Four years after his Doctorate, he took, the post of Associate Professor at the University of Zurich. He resigned the next year to become a full Professor at a German University. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921. When Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, Einstein was in America as a Visiting Professor. For Hitler’s cruelty to the Jews, he did not return to his homeland. Einstein became famous for his Theory of Relativity. At the request of a group of Scientists, he wrote to the American President Roosevelt to use atomic energy in bombs.
3. Complete the following table with the information given in the text above. 1×5=5
Who/What Activity/Event Place/Country Time/Year
Albert Einstein (i) ………….. Germany 1879
His graduation Federal Institute of Technology (ii) ……….
He joined a service (iii)……….. 1902
(iv) ………. was received 1905
Nobel Prize (v)………. 1921
4. Read the passage again and write True or False beside the following statements. Give answers for the false statements. 1×5=5 a) No other scientist is as great as Einstein in modern age.
b) He took the post of Associate Professor at the University of Zurich in 1909.
c) He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
d) He did not return to his homeland because of Hitler’s cruelty towards the Jews.
e) A group of politicians requested Einstein to write to the President Roosevelt to use atomic energy in bombs.
5. Fill in the gaps using clues from the boxes. There are more words than necessary. 5
assist physically virtue provides talents knowledge
society material supposed self-reliant truly genius
Proper education (a)———– a learner with opportunity to improve all his (b)————. Its aim is to develop him (c)——- and mentally so that he can be useful to himself and to the (d) -——-. An educated man is (e)——–—
but he can also (f) ———– others in attaining this great virtue. He is (g) ———— to be well- mannered, kind and sympathetic. So, a man who has acquired (h) ——-— and skill cannot be called a (i)——- educated man only for his (j)——— development.
6. The phrases in column A are the beginnings of some sentences. The phrases in column B are the endings.
Match the phrases in column A with the phrases in column B to make complete sentences: 5
Column A Column B
(i) Drugs bear a terrible effect (a) not very easy.
(ii) They kill them (b) drowsy.
(iii) Drug addicted people feel (c) slowly but surely.
(iv) The remedy for drug addiction is (d) a punishable offence.
(v) Drug business is (e) on human body.
7. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order: 5 a) The woman said to him that they had been starving for three days.
b) He went there.
c) Hearing this his heart was filled with pity.
d) Hazrat Omar (R.) was the second Caliph of Islam.
e) He asked the woman why the children were crying.
f) He went to the royal treasury and brought food for them.
g) He found a woman and three children.
h) At night he used to walk alone in the streets of Medina.
i) One night while he was walking, he heard the sound of crying coming out from a hut.
j) His aim was to see the condition of the people with his own eyes.
Section B – Writing Test (40 Marks)
8. Read the beginning of a story. Now, complete it in 150 words. Give a title to it. 10 Once there was a little boy named Bayazid. One night he was studying by the side of the bed of his mother. His ailing mother was sleeping. All on a sudden, she woke up, raised her head and told her son to give her a glass of water...
9. Suppose, you are Ifti. Write an e-mail to your friend Rabbi asking him to return the book which he borrowed from you a month ago. 10 10. Suppose, you are Nabil/Nabila and you have a friend named Rashed/Rasheda. Now write a dialogue between you
and your friend on how to improve English. 10
11. Write a paragraph about ‘Your National Flag’ by answering the following questions. 10 (a) What does it symbolize?
(b) Where is it hoisted? When is the national flag kept half-mast?
(c) Which memory does the blood red colour bear?
(d) How do you feel for your national flag?
(e) How can you uphold its honor?
Listening (Done in class) 10
Speaking (Done in class) 10
