Jamalpur Degree College

Year Final Examination, 2024

Class: XI
English First Paper
Full Marks: 100 Time: 3 hours
Part I : Reading (60 Marks)
1. Read the following passage and answer the questions A and B.
Education aims to bring about changes in our behavior. It helps us try to change our lives as well as the
society we live in. Education that does not illuminate or does not inspire us to work for the community is
not complete at all. Education is not all about getting grades or receiving work certificated – we use
education to make life better. We are expected to apply the knowledge, skills and valued that we learn in a
classroom in our engagement with the world that lies outside. And we can do so in many different ways.
Learners’ civic engagement is highly appreciated all over the world. Civic engagement means working to
make a difference in the civic life (the public life of the citizens as contrasted with private or personal life)
of the community using knowledge skills, values and motivation. Civic engagement promotes the quality
of life in a community by contributing to the improvement of health and well being of the people.
Civically engaged individuals recognize themselves as members of a larger social community and are
concerned about civic issues. They consider themselves responsible citizens who take action or raise their
voices against injustice, discrimination and other forms of social ills.
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 0.5 * 10 = 5
(a) True education tries to _____.
(i) gear up individually (ii) brought positive change
(iii) outspread human quality (iv) inspire to learning
(b) Education remains incomplete _____.
(i) without a grade (ii) until getting a good job
(iii) without commitment to society (iv) till being confident
(c) Illuminate does not mean _____.
(i) enlighten (ii) brighten (iii) kindle (iv) obscure
(d) One must apply knowledge _____.
(i) physically (ii) pragmatically
(iii) professionally (iv) passionately
(e) The world that lies outside refers to the _____.
(i) space beyond home (ii) space for living
(iii) space outside institutions (iv) space around the world
(f) Civic engagement is essential for a _____.
(i) standard community (ii) better communication
(iii) improved cooperation (iv) strengthen personality
(g) The word ‘society’ can be synonymous to _____.
(i) civic (ii) community (iii) people (iv) country
(h) ‘Civic issues’ are opposite to _____.
(i) national crisis (ii) social problems (iii) personal problems (iv) communal issues
(i) The phrase ‘take action against’ means _____.
(i) to resist (ii) to reform (iii) to engage (iv) to develop
(j) Civically engages people are concerned about _____.
(i) their own selves (ii) their relatives (iii) high official (iv) all members of the community

B. Answer the following questions. 3 * 10 = 15

(a) What is the purpose of education?
(b) How can education be completed?
(c) What is the appropriate field of using our knowledge?
(d) Why is learners’ civic engagement highly appreciated?
(e) What are the qualities of civically engaged persons?

2. Read the passage below and make a flow chart showing different kinds of relationship in our
society. (One is done for you.) 1*5=5
Relationships are of different kinds. Some are familial and intimate, formed by blood and marriage;
some are social like the ones we have with friends and some made in school when we form close
bonds with classmates and teachers. Relationships can also be fostered in workplace, which may
quickly change from professional to social. There are relationships also between human beings and
animals, between children and their toys that they cannot part with.
1. Familial relationship 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

3. Summarize the following text. 10

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made
low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the
glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together." This is our hope, and this is the
faith that I go back to the South with.
With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith,
we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of
brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together,
to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

4. Fill in the blanks with suitable word in each gap. 1 * 10 = 10

How safe will the buildings in the city of Dhaka be in the event of an (a) _____? Experts give no straight
answer to this (b) _____, but call for taking (c) _____ precaution’s to minimize losses. That Bangladesh
(d) _____ in the earthquake zone is not (e) _____ to Bangladeshis. Alarmed by (f) _____ of quakes
during recent years, experts have called for the (g) _____ of an earthquake resistant building code that
all building should (h) _____ as mandatory. There are two (i) _____ of experts regarding earthquakes.
One school (j) _____ of engineers and geologists is of the view that the recurrence of quakes in recent
years should be taken as a signal for a major earthquake.

5. Fill in the blanks with suitable word in each gap. 0.5 * 10 = 5

husband consider dominated happy protect education
issue beat up law healthy save subservient
Women in our society have always been considered (a) __ to men. The majority of houses are (b) __
dominated usually by husbands and women most often have no say in decision-making. Their opinion
is considered unnecessary even on such important issues as the number of (c) __ they would like to
have, education of their children, (d) __ of their of sons and daughters, issues of finance and property
of even second marriage of their (e) __. In many households, they are (f) __ up by the husbands or
maltreated by the (g) __. But their miseries go unnoticed because women lack (h) __ of their right and
do not know how and where to seek justice. What do you think happen when these women suddenly
find themselves (i) __ of the family through (j) __ divorce or abandonment by their husbands with no
education or financial support?

6. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. 1 * 10 = 10

(a) The lion was relieved of his pain.
(b) To escape torture, one day he fled from his master’s house and took shelter in a cave.
(c) He used to inflict heavy torture on him which was unbearable for him.
(d) Unfortunately, he was caught by a slave merchant who sold him to a rich man in another country.
(e) The lion seemed wounded as he was groaning.
(f) A lion lived in the cave.
(g) He came near the lion and took the lion’s paw in his hand and removed a big thorn from it.
(h) In the evening the lion entered the cave.
(i) The man was very rude and cruel.
(j) Once there lived a young man name Androncles.

Part II : Writing (40 Marks)

7. The graph below shows ‘Population Growth Rate’ from 2009 to 2013. Now, describe the graph.
You should highlight and summarize the information in the graph. 15

Growth Rate (%)

2.5

1.5

0.5

0
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

8. The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words. 15

It was 3 PM, I was taking preparation for my ensuing examination. All the members of my family were
in Dhaka to attend a marriage ceremony. All on a sudden, I heard a hue and cry....

9. Write a letter to your younger brother advising him not to smoke. 10