এইচএসসি পরীক্ষার্থীদের ইংরেজি দ্বিতীয় পত্র টিউটোরিয়াল -০৭

এইচএসসি পরীক্ষার্থীদের ইংরেজি দ্বিতীয়পত্র

প্রভাষক, ঢাকা রেসিডেন্সেয়াল মডেল কলেজ, ঢাকা

Right Form of Verbs

1. Water (a) · (be) an important element of our environment. People (b) · (not, ignore) the importance of water. But it (c) · (pollute) in various ways. Man (d) · (pollute) water by (e) · (throw) waste into it. Farmers use chemical fertilizers and insecticides in their fields. When rain and floods (f) · (wash) away some of these chemicals, they get (g) · (mix) with water in rivers, canals and ponds. Mills and factories also (h) · (throw) their poisonous chemicals and waste products into rivers and canals and they (i) · (pollute) the water. Insanitary latrines and unsafe drains (j) · (stand) on river and canal banks are also responsible for further pollution.

Answer : (a) is; (b) cannot ignore; (c) is being polluted ; (d) pollutes ; (e) throwing; (f) wash ; (g) mixed ; (h) throw; (i) pollute; (j) standing

2. Long long ago, there (a) · (live) a widwo in a certain village of Bustam. She (b) · (have) a son. He was nine years old. She (c) · (love) him dearly. The boy also loved and (d) · (obey) her very much. One night when the entire village was in deep sleep, the boy was awake and busy in studies. His beloved mother also (e) · (sleep). All on a sudden, she (f) · (wake) up and (g) · (feel) very thirsty. She (h) · (tell) her son with (i) · (doye) eyes to give her a glass of water. He went there and (j) · (find) it empty.

Answer : (a) lived; (b) had; (c) loved ; (d) obeyed ; (e) slept; (f) woke ; (g) felt ; (h) told; (i) doying; (j) found.

3. Dowry (a) · (regard) as a great curse in our society. It may (b) · (compare) to cancer that (c) · (increase) in our society at a great speed. The fathers of the brides (d) · (victimize) for dowry. If steps (e) · (take) against those greedy people, it (f) · (grasp) our society. It is mainly (g) · (notice) among the rich who demand dowry with a viwe to (h) · (fulfill) their greed. So, we have to (i) · (develop) morality. The culprits should (j) · (punish) to put an end to this social curse.

Answer : (a) is regarded; (b) be compared; (c) is increasing ; (d) are victimi“ed ; (e) are not taken; (f) will grasp ; (g) noticed ; (h) fulfilling; (i) develop; (j) be punished

4. The benefits of newspaper reading (a) · (be) maû. It (b) · (give) you both pleasure and information. The news of all that happens in the world (c) · (reach) us through newspapers. The conditions of various people of the world (d) · (tell) through them. The economic situation of a country (e) · (describe) in them. The achievements of great men of science are given publicity through newspapers. Newspaper also (f) (contain) views on current topics. The speeches and comments on the nwe measures (g) · (take) by the †overnment (h) · (publish) timely in newspapers. There is also news about trade and commerce, games and sports. Newspapers also (i) · (inform) you of all important matters and (j) · (help) you to form opinion on them.

Answer : (a) are; (b) gives; (c) reaches ; (d) are told ; (e) is described; (f) contains ; (g) taken ; (h) are published; (i) inform; (j) help

Preposition

1. Unsafe levels of pesticides are present (a) ··· around half of the vegetables and more than a quarter of fruits sold (b) ··· the capital's markets, a recent survey has found. A 15-member team (c) ··· the National Food Safety Laboratory, (d) ··· support from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), came up with the findings (e) ··· collecting and testing food samples (f) ··· the capital's Gulshan, Karwanbayar and Mohakhali markets. The survey report, a copy of which was acquired (g) ··· the Dhaka Tribune, read that nearly 40% of 82 samples of milk, milk products, fish, fruits and vegetables contained banned pesticides such as DDT, Aldrin, Chlordane and Heptachlor. The amounts of pesticide (h) ··· these samples were found to be 3 to 20 times greater than the limits set (i) ··· the European Union. Around 50% vegetables and 35% fruits were found to be contained (j) ··- unsafe level of pesticides.

Answer-2: (a) in (b) in (c) of (d) with (e) after (f) from (g) by (h) in (i) by (j) with

2. Nelson Mandela guided South Africa (a) ··· the shackles of apartheid to a multi-racial democracy, as an icon (b) ··· peace and reconciliation who came to embody the straggle (c) ··· justice around the world. Imprisoned for nearly three decades for his fight (d) ··· white minority rule, Mandela never lost his resolve to fight (e) ··· his people's emancipation. He was determined to bring (f) ··· apartheid while avoiding a civil war. His prestige and charisma helped him win the support (g) ··· the world. 'I hate race discrimination most intensely and (h) ··· all its manifestation. I have fought it all (i) ··· my life; I will fight it now, and will do so until the end of my days,' Mandela said in his acceptance speech on becoming South Africa's first black president in 1994, ... 'The time (j) ··- the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come.'

Answer : (a) from (b) of (c) for (d) against (e) for (f) down (g) of (h) in (i) during (j) for