Final Model Test - 2025 English First Paper Subject Code:107 Full time:3 hrs Full Marks 100
Part-A Reading Test(60 Marks)
1. Read the passage below and answer the following question A & B
Shilpi was only 15 years old when she married Rashid in 2008. Marrying off daughters at an early age is a standard practice for many families living in rural Bangladesh.
After her wedding, Shilpi joined a local empowerment group that provides adolescent girls with the tools needed to gradually change cultural practices, particularly those pertaining to early marriage and pregnancy. The group's activities include discussions on how to most effectively change behaviour related to reproductive health as well as one-on-one counselling. It also offers peer-to-peer support and life skills training that help adolescents say no to early marriage. The empowerment group is one of more than 10,000 groups supported by some local Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) working all over Bangladesh. These NGOs work through Canada's Adolescent Reproductive Health Project which also aims to increase access to quality health services for adolescents. During one of the group sessions, Shilpi came to understand the potentially harmful effects of early marriage and pregnancy.
While maternal mortality in Bangladesh has declined by more than 50 percent since 2001, the rate remains high with 173 maternal deaths per 100,000, live births in 2017-dropping from 322 in 2001. Girls who get pregnant are at risk of serious health complications. These include dangerous hemorrhage and fistula, a painful internal injury caused by obstructed childbirth that commonly leads to serious maternal morbidities and social exclusion.
When Shilpi heard about those risks, she invited her husband, Rashid, to discuss pregnancy with a counsellor. After hearing about the risks, Rashid agreed to delay having children for five years despite pressures from his parents and neighbours to produce an offspring. Together, the couple met with a female health care provider, who informed them about the various family planning options available.
Shilpi's mother-in-law and neighbours continued to pressurize the newlyweds. Deeply rooted cultural practices and traditions caused a rift between Shilpi and Rashid and their extended family, some of whose members insulted and criticized the couple. Unable to convince their close relatives of the risks. Shilpi and Rashid returned to the counsellor. They took the help of a parent peer who had been trained to speak to other parents about adolescent issues. Shilpi's mother-in-law and neighbours eventually came to understand the harmful effects of early pregnancy on mother and child.
After that, the villagers no longer pressurized the couple; their parents and neighbours began to support them and speak out against early marriage and pregnancy.
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 0.5×10=5
(a) Why did Shilpi join the empowerment group?
i) To learn cooking skills
ii) To get financial help
iii) To bring changes in cultural practices like early marriage
iv) To become a health worker
(b) How old was Shilpi when she got married?
i) 13
ii) 15
iii) 17
iv) 18
(c) What kind of support did the group offer to the girls?
i) Legal support only
ii) Employment opportunities
iii) Peer-to-peer support and life skills training
iv) Political training
(d) What did Shilpi and Rashid decide after counselling?
i) To move away from their family
ii) To have a child immediately
iii) To delay having children for five years
iv) To return to school
(e) Why did Shilpi and Rashid face criticism from their relatives?
i) Because they were poor
ii) Because they wanted to delay pregnancy
iii) Because they went abroad
iv) Because they disrespected elders
(f) What helped Shilpi’s relatives understand the risks of early pregnancy?
i) Government laws
ii) Social media posts
iii) Peer parent counselling
iv) Doctor's strict warning
(g) Which word from the passage means ‘slowly or step-by-step’?
i) Eventually
ii) Gradually
iii) Instantly
iv) Immediately
(h) What part of speech is the word “support” in the sentence: “...offers peer-to-peer support and life skills training”?
i) Verb
ii) Noun
iii) Adjective
iv) Adverb
(i) What does the phrase “speak out against” mean in the passage?
i) Talk in a low voice
ii) Refuse to comment
iii) Publicly oppose
iv) Shout loudly
(j) Choose the correct antonym of the word “harmful” from the options below:
i) Risky
ii) Fatal
iii) Dangerous
iv) Beneficial
B. Answer the following questions 3×5=15
(a) Why did Shilpi and Rashid delay having children after marriage?
(b) How did the empowerment group help Shilpi?
(c) What risks are associated with early pregnancy, according to the passage?
(d) What lesson can we learn from the actions of Shilpi and Rashid?
(e) Do you think the couple's decision to resist social pressure was effective? Why or why not?
2. Read the following lowing passage and make a flow chart showing the names of junk junk foods (one is done for you): 1x5=5
Junk foods are processed foods consisting of high calories, but that is considered only as a broad umbrella. These foods are prepared in a way that they look appealing and are enjoyable so you are chemically programmed to ask for more. According to Dr. Sunali Sharma, a Dietician & Nutritionist, "Commercial products including salted snack foods, chewing gum, candy, sugary deserts, fried fast food and sweetened carbonated beverages that have little or no nutritional value but are high in calories, salt and fats may be considered junk foods. Though not all fast foods are junk foods, a great number of them are. For instance, a salad may be fast food but is definitely not junk food. Some foods like burgers, pizzas, and tacos may alternate between junk and healthy categories depending on the ingredients, calories and process of manufacturing.
3. Write a summary of the following poem : 10
All people dream, but not equally.
Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their mind,
Wake in the morning to find that it was vanity.
But the dreamers of the day are dangerous people,
For they dream their dreams with open eyes,
And make them come true.
5. Fill in the gaps using suitable words: 1×10=10
We all know what a dream is. Generally we dream during our sleep. Some dreams are sweet or (a) ---------. When we dream something extremely bad, we call it a (b) --------- Dreams have no (c) ---------. They are soft and (d) ---------. The dream we have during the day time is called (e)---------. Dreams have fascinated philosophers for thousands of years, but none could (f) --------- specifically what dream actually is. Dreams can be extraordinarily (g) --------- or very vague. While many theories have been proposed, no consensus has emerged. It is important to consider that science is still (h) --------- the exact purpose and function of sleep itself. Some researchers suggest that dreams have no (i) --------- purpose, while others believe that (j) --------- is essential to mental, emotional and physical well-being6 The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rearrange them in a proper order: 10
(i) All the servants were called and interrogated.
(ii) In order to find out the thief, the judge chalked out an intelligent plan.
(iii) Once a gold necklace was lost from a rich man's house.
(iv) The servants were summoned to the court but they denied having stolen the necklace.
(v) When the servants came to the court the next day, the thief had already cut off an inch of his stick.
(vi) But nobody confessed their guilt.
(vii) So the owner of the house lodged a complaint in the court.
(viii) The judge found one of the sticks shorter than the others and in this way he could easily catch the thiet.
(ix) Naturally it was suspected that one of the servants had stolen the necklace.
(x) He gave each of the suspects a stick of equal length and said that one of the sticks would increase by an inch the next day.
Part-B Writing Test(40 Marks)
7. The ple-chart below shows the percentage of a family's household income distributed into different categories. Describe the pie-chart in 150 words. 15
8. Read the beginning of the following story and complete it in your own way. Give a title to the story: 15
Once upon a time, a crow was very thirsty. It flew from place to place....................
9. Suppose, you are Ratul living in Newmarket, Jashore. Write a letter to your younger brother, Rana who lives in Mohakali, Dhaka narrating the benefits of reading newspapers daily. 10
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