Test Examination-2015
STD: VIII Subject Code-107
English First Paper
Time-3 hours Total marks-100
[N.B.
The figures in the right margin indicate full marks]
Read the
following text carefully and answer the questions 1, 2 and 3.
Bangladesh cuisine is rich and
varied with the use of many spices. We have delicious and appetizing food,
snacks and sweets.
Boiled
rice is our staple food. It is served with a variety of vegetables, curry,
lentil soups, fish and meat. Fish is the main source of protein. Fishes are now
cultivated in ponds. Also we have fresh-water fishes in the lakes and rivers.
More than 40 types of fishes are common. Some of them are Carp, rui, katla, magur (catfish), chingri (prawn or shrimp). Shutki or
dried fishes are popular. Hilsha is very popular among the people of Bangladesh.
Panta ilish is a traditional platter of Panta bhat. It is steamed rice soaked in
water and served with fried hilsha
slice, often together with dried fish, pickles, lentil soup, green chilies and
onion. It is popular dish on the Pahela
Boishakh.
The
people of Bangladesh are very fond of sweets. Almost all Bangladeshi women
prepare some traditional sweets. Pitha a
type of sweets made from rice flour, sugar syrup, molasses and sometimes milk,
is a traditional food loved by the entire population. During winter Pitha Utsab, meaning pitha festival is organized by different
groups of people.
Sweets
are distributed among close relatives when there is good news like births,
weddings, promotions etc.
Sweets
of Bangladesh are mostly milk based. The common ones are roshgulla, sandesh, rasamalai, gulap jamun, kal jamun and chom-chom. There are hundreds of
different varieties of sweets preparations. Sweets are therefore an important
part of the day-to-day life of Bangladeshi people.
1. Choose the best answer from the
alternatives:- 1×5=5
(a)
Which
of the following is not the example of hygiene?
(i) to take a bath with soap (ii) to comb hair
(iii) to wear shoe (iv) to keep our room dusty
(b)
What
is the correct meaning of ‘properly’
(i) well (ii)
correctly (iii) best
(iv) nicely
(c)
Everybody
………an unclean person.
(i) likes (ii) Dislikes (iii) wants (iv) abhors
(d)
Our
drinking water must be----------
(i) Refresh (ii) polluted (iii) dirty (iv)
uncontaminated
(e)
The
passage deals with ……….
(i) cleanliness (ii) dirtiness (iii) pollution (iv)
exercise
2. Give short
answers to the following questions : 2×5=10
(a)
How
can we keep our body clean?
(b)
When
should we brush our teeth and how times?
(c)
Why
should we wear socks and shoes?
(d)
What
kind of water should we drink?
(e)
Why
is hygiene important?
3. Read the text in
A again. Now, write the summary of it in around 60 words. 10
Reading Test (Unseen Passage)
Read the following text carefully
and answer questions 4 and 5:-
Our national poet, Kazi Nazrul
Islam, was born of poor parents in 1899. He used to lead a bohemian life. At
the age of 10, he completed his primary education and joined a local Muktab as
a teacher in the same year. Nazrul again got himself admitted in Mathrun School
of Bardwan in class 6. But he could not prosecute his studies for financial
crisis and left for Asansole. Nazrul came in contact with a police
Sub-inspector, Kazi Rafizullah. Nazrul requested him to make arrangements for
his education. In 1914 Kazi Rafizullah sent Nazrul to his village home at
kazirshiml in Mymensingh. There he got admitted in Dariapur High School in
class seven. Nazrul read in that school only for one year and left Kazirshimla.
On returning home Nazrul got himself admitted in Raniganj Siarsole High School
in class eight in 1915 and continued his studies in 1917. While he was a
student of class ten in 1917, he joined the Army putting to an end of his
formal education. After the Second World War, Nazrul came back to Calcutta in
1920.
At the age of 22, he edited the biweekly paper
“Dhumketu”. He was sent to jail for writing ‘Agnibina’. But he did not stop
writing. His contribution to Bengali literature is unfathomable.
But it was a pity that our beloved poet had an
attack of a strange disease in 1942 which made him silent and self forgetful.
He was sent to England in 1952 for treatment but of no use. One year after the
independence, he was brought to Bangladesh. At the age of 77, he died in
Bangladesh.
4. Complete the following table with
the information given in the passage:
1×5=5
Who/What
|
Event/Activity
|
When/Time
|
Where/Place
|
Kazi Nazrul Islam
|
(i)……..…
|
1899
|
|
He
|
completed primary education
|
(ii)……
|
|
He
|
became a teacher in a Muktab
|
(iii)……
|
|
He
|
(iv)……
|
1915
|
Raniganj
|
He
|
died
|
(v)…..
|
Bangladesh
|
5. Read the passage again and write
True or False beside the following statements. Give answer for the false
statements :- 1×5=5
(a)
Nazrul’’s
education was full of struggling.
(b)
Nazrul
joined the Army at the age of 18.
(c)
Kazi
Rafizullah was a police inspector.
(d)
Nazrul
studied upto class ten.
(e)
Nazrul
was brought to Bangladesh in 1972.
6. Fill in the gaps with appropriate
words :- 1×5=5
Bangladesh is the
most densely (a) _____ country in the (b) _____ Every year more than two
million people are being added to our (c) _____ The problem is now out of (d)
_____ But this can be checked if the government and the people are firmly
determined to control birth and grow more (e) _____ at the same time.
7. Rearrange the following sentences
in correct order :- 10
(a)
He
took the lion’s paw in his hand and removed a big thorn from it.
(b)
His
master was very bad and inflicted heavy torture on him
(c)
Androcles
was very home-sick.
(d)
The
lion seemed wounded as it was groaning.
(e)
One
day he left from his master’s house and took shelter in a cave.
(f)
He
was caught by a slave merchant who sold him to a rich man.
(g)
The
lion was relieved from its pain.
(h)
Once
upon a time there lived a young man named Androcles.
(i)
It
came near Androcles and lifted its paw.
(j)
In
the evening a lion entered the cave.
8.
Fill
in the gaps using clues from the boxes. There are more words than necessary. 0.5×10=5
ever
|
time
|
tomorrow
|
suffer
|
who
|
lost
|
take
|
enough
|
call
|
properly
|
shine
|
good
|
Time and tide waits for none. No
one can (a)…. it back. A man gets back his (b)….. money and wealth but cannot
get back his lost time. Time once lost is lost for (c)…….. So we should make
the (d)….. use of time. We should do our duties (e)…... If we put off our work
for (f)………, we may not get an opportunity to do it at all. There are some
people (g)….. idle away time for nothing. They cannot prosper in life. They
have to (h)….. for it. So we should (i)……… an oath that we must do our duty
properly and in (j)…… .
9.
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 :- 1×5=5
Column A
|
Column B
|
(a)
Early
rising
|
(i)
gets
enough time to perform his tasks.
|
(b)
It
makes
|
(ii)
is
a good habit.
|
(c)
An
early riser
|
(iii)
get
up early from bed.
|
(d)
It
helps
|
(iv)
our
health free from diseases.
|
(e)
We
should
|
(v)
the
persons who are not able to finish his works in time.
|
Section B: Writing
Test
10. Suppose, you are Mishu. You have
a friend named Shahin. Now, make a dialogue in 100 words between you and your
friend about bad sides of illiteracy and how to
eradicate it. 10
11. Write a paragraph on ‘Your School
Library’ by answering the following questions. Your paragraph should not exceed
100 words. 10
(a)
What
is your school library? (b) Why is it needed for you?
(c) What kinds of books are there
in your school library?
(d) Why is it called the store
house of knowledge?
(e) What is the role of a school
library?
12. Read the beginning of the story
below. Now, complete it in 150 words. 10
There lived a
woodcutter nearby a jungle. He was poor but honest. He used to cut wood in the jungle…………………………..
13. Suppose, you are Dipak/Dipika.
You and all your classmates have decided to go on a picnic at Mainamati,
Comilla. Now, write a letter to your friend, Mehedi Hasan, inviting him to join
the picnic you are going to enjoy.
10
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