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BAF Shaheen College Dhaka Half- Yearly Examination-2020
Class-ix Sub-Eng 1
stPaper
Time: 3:00 hours Marks-100
Part A : (50 MarksRead the passage. Then answer the questions below.
May Day or International Workers Day is observe of d on May I all over the world today to commemorate the historical struggle and sacrifices of the working people to establish an eight-hour workday. It is a public holiday in almost all the countries of the world.
Since the Industrial Revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe and the US, the workers in mills and factories had been working a long shift, fourteen or even more hours a day..
On May 1st in 1886, inspired by the trade unions, half' of the workers at the McCormic Harvester 1 Company in Chicago went on strike den-landing an eight-hour workday. Two days later, a workers' rally was held near the McCormic Harvester Company and about 6000 workers joined it. The rally was addressed by the labour leaders. They urged the workers to stand together to go on with their struggle and not to give in to their bosses. Just at this moment some strikebreakers started leaving the meeting place.
The strikers went down the street to bring them back. Suddenly about 200 policemen attacked them with clubs and revolvers, One striker was killed instantly fire or six others were seriously wounded and many of them were badly injured.
The events of May 1, 1886 is a reminder that workers will continue to be exploited until they stand u and speak out to gain better working conditions, better pay and better lives.
1. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 1x7=7 (a) Which of the following has the closest, meaning of the word 'bosses' -used in the 5th -
line of the 2nd pars?
(i) masters (ii) friends (iii) colleagues (iv) officer'
(b) What does the expression "Inspired by trade union' in line 1 of pars-2 mean?
(i) Inspired by labour leaders (ii) Asked by the members of the union (iii) Inspired by trade and commerce (iv) Inspired by the cabinet
(c) Which one of the following is not true?
(i) Workers in mills and factories had to work for a long shift.
(ii) Working hours lasted for fourteen or even more hours.
(iii) The workers of Europe went on strike.
(iv) Working class demanded an eight-hour workday.
(d) Which of the following best describes bloodshed and killing on the events of May 1?
(i) A workers' rally was held near the McCormic Hervester Company (ii) The workers' rally 'was addressed by the labour leaders.
(iii) The strikers went down the street to bring them back and suddenly about 200- policemen attacked them.
(iv) One striker was killed, five or-six others were seriously wounded and many of thorn were badly injured.
(e) Which of the following words describes the workers' movement to protect their demands?
(i) regression (ii) remission (iii) weakening (iv) rally
(f) In paragraph 2, it is said, "some strikebreakers started leaving the meeting place." What is meant by this sentence?
(i) The police force failed to stop the movement of the workers.
(ii) The workers urged the police officers to stay there in order to protect them.
(iii) The police force gathered around the place where the strikers wire going on their movement.
(iv) Some strikebreakers began to leave in the place where the workers were having a meeting:
(g) What is the purpose of the author of this passage?
(i) To portray the brutality and atrocity of the owners of mills and factories.
(ii) To state the short history of May Dayand ' the significance of it.
(iii) To highlight the violent roles of about 200 policemen.
(iv) To heighten the kind and sympathetic roles of some of strikebreakers.
2. Answer the following questions. 2x5 =10
(a) From your reading of paragraph 1 of the passage, write down why and how- International Workers Day is observed.
(b) What is Industrial 'Revolution? Where and when did Industrial Revolution take place?
(c) Describe in brief how the policemen attacked the workers and the effect of the attack.
(d) "The events of May 1,1886 is a reminder"—Who says this? Why does s/he says this? Explain in 2/3 sentences.
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(e) Do you support the attitude, "Workers will continue to be exploited until they stand up and speak but to gain better working conditions, better pay and better lives?" Why/Why not? Explain in 2/3 sentences.3.
3. Read the following text and fill in the gaps with a suitable word based on the information of the
text. 1x5=5
In the next class Ms Choudhury tells her students the story of Lipi.
The year before last, Lipi, a 14-year old girl, had been in class 9 in a rural school in Rangpur. Lipi is the eldest of five children—three daughters and two sons. Their father is a day labourer working on other people's land and mother is a homemaker and a part-time worker at other people's homes. The parents, particularly the mother, found it real difficult to raise five children on the small income the father could earn. Perhaps that is why Lipi's father wanted to marry her off. But Lipi was not ready to accept what her parents wanted to impose on her. She wanted to pursue her education. So long her mother stood by her, though secretly. But when her father arranged her marriage with Tara Mia, the only son of a farmer in the same village, she became a little upset. Tara Mia was a widower — illiterate, but well off. His father had a few acres of arable land and was influential in the village. The marriage seemed to be inevitable.
Lipi is a 14-year old girl. She is the eldest child of her parents. She has two (a) ___ sisters and two brothers. Her father is a day labourer who (b) — on other people's land. Her mother is a housewife who is also a part-time worker at other people's houses. With their poor income, they find it (c)___
hard to raise their children. So her father wanted to marry her off. (d) ___ Lipi wanted to continue her education, she was reluctant to marry. But her father arranged her marriage (e) — her will.
4. Read the passage about Titanic. Complete the following table with information from the passage. 1x5=5 In 1912, an American Shipping Company launched a new ship called Titanic'. It was the largest and most luxurious ocean liner of the time. It weighted 46000 tonnes and could carry about 2 00 passengers.
Experts said that nothing could make it sink. On April 10, 1912 the sni_lp sailed on its first voyage across the Atlantic. It sailed from Southampton in England to New York in the United States with 2224 passengers of men, women and children. On April 15, just before midnight the ship struck the ice-berg. The ice-berg tore a great hole in the ship's side and the unsinkable Titanic began to sink.
There was agreat alarm on board. Warning bells rang out. Everyone rushed to the lifeboat but there was not enough room for them all. There was room for only 1178 passengers. The lifeboats took mostly the women and children. It was a terrible scene.
The Great Ship Titanic
Speciality Largest and most luxurious ocean liner of the time
First journey From Southampton in England to (i) in the United States
Who/What Event Place Time Result Reason
An American Shipping
Company launched a ship (ii)
Titanic (iii) across the
Atlantic Ocean
1912
Titanic faced an ice-berg Atlantic Ocean 1912 (iv) (v)
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. 1x5=5
Column A Column B Column C
(a) National flag upholds our identity
( i )
which also stands for ( i )
of hope and aspiration (b) The red circle in our
national flag
( i i )
the source of spirit but also ( i i )
and protect the honour and dignity of our national flag (c) The sun is considered as the
source of life on earth
( i i i )
as an independent country ( i i i )
because it symbolizes the rising sun
(d) Our national flag represents not only
( i v )
to defend our independence at any cost
( i v )
and we achieved it at the cost of a sea of blood
(e) So, it should be our utmost duty
( v )
reminds us of our independence
( v )
the significance of our glorious existence
7. Put the following parts of the story in correct order to make the whole story. 1x8=8 a. Hojja was quite curious.
b. So he climbed from the roof down the stairs.
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c. As he came near, the man said that he wanted some financial help.
d. He saw there a man standing at the foot of the stairs.
e. The man was asking him to get down and listen to him.
f. He thought that the man had something important to say.
g. Suddenly he saw someone calling from below.
h. One day Nasiruddin Hojja was mending a hole on the roof of his two-storey house.
Part B : (50 Marks)
8. Answer the following questions to write a paragraph on "Traffic Jam". 10 (a) What does traffic jam mean? (b) What are the main causes of traffic jam? (c) What are its bad effects? (d) How can we get rid of it?
9. Read the beginning of a story. Write ten new sentences to complete the story. 10 It was a summer hot day. A crow became very thirsty. It began to move ...
10. Look at the following graph. It shows the number of mobile phone users in Bangladesh in d i f f e r e n t y e a r s . N o w , w r i t e a p a r a g r a p h d e s c r i b i n g t h e g r a p h : 1 0 The number of mobile phone users in Bangladesh (%)
100%
90%
80%
90 % 70
%
70%
60
%
60%
50% 45
%
40% 5
/0
30% 25/0 •
20% 15
%
10%
0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
11. Suppose, you have a friend named Tahmid/Tahmina He/She lives at Sonapur in Rangpur district. He/She wants to know about co-curricular acti, ities of your school. Now, write a letter
to him/her about the importance of learning English. 10 12. Write a dialogue between two friends about their hobbies. 10
