Half Year Examination: English 1st Paper Class - 10

Paschim Charkakra Ponditerhat High School

Half Year Examination-2017

Class:10 

   English 1st Paper(  Sub code:  107)                                                  Time:3:hours                                                                                           Full Marks:100

Part A : Reading  Test (50 Marks)

Read the text carefully and answer the following questions:

In a speech at the 90th Science Congress, internationally acknowledged scientist and former Indian president Mr APJ Abdul Kalam mentioned a very important aspect of mankind’s future energy crisis. He pointed out that the era of wood and bio-mass has almost come to an end. The age of oil and natural gas would soon be over within the next few decades. Massive burning of world’s coal reserves may lead to a worldwide ecological disaster because coal burning emits the highest amount of carbon in the atmosphere. Ukraine’s (former Soviet Union) Chernobyl disaster in 1986 has exposed that nuclear energy can be potentially dangerous too. So according to Kalam, the only solution that mankind can look to is the massive use of solar energy in future because it has some advantages over other forms of renewable energies.

Now why has Kalam put so much importance to the issue of energy? The energy sources have always been a major factor of change throughout history. The world’s petroleum consumption has increased from annually 3 billion barrels in 1930 to annually 50 billion barrels today. In the next quarter century, the world’s population is expected to be about 8 billion which is 30 percent higher than today. Developing countries will grow their economies about two times faster than industrialised

countries. Global economic growth is expected to continue at 3 percent per year.Consequently, the global demand for energy will grow at about 1.7 percent per year on an average. It indicates a 50 percent rise of energy consumption by 2030. If the world’s daily petroleum consumption is 220 million barrels now, it will rise to 335 million barrels by that time. The present reserve of hydro-carbon energy resources is limited and it will not be sufficient to meet the future energy challenges of the world. And hence, leading industrial countries have taken initiatives to tap alternative energy sources mainly known as green or renewable energy sources. The bottom line of Kalam’s speech indicates that concern of mankind in the 21st the century.

1.Choose the best answer from the alternatives:                                                                        7

a.What did Mr APJ mention about at the 90^th Science Congress?

                                 i.            Future energy problem 

                               ii.            Future energy cost

                              iii.            Future energy elements

                             iv.            Future energy necessity

b.Green energy can be got from __

                                    i.            The ocean

                                   ii.            The sun

                                 iii.            The hydro-carbon

                                 iv.            Natural gas

c.Here wood indicates__

                                 i.            Furniture wood

                               ii.            Wood of science

                              iii.            Fire wood

                             iv.            Wood fossil

d.What  will the global demand for energy grow_

                                  i.            3 percent

                                 ii.            1.7 percent

                               iii.            30 percent

                               iv.            50 percent        

               .              

e.The present reserve of hydro-carbon_

                                 i.            Is sufficient

                               ii.            Is much

                              iii.            Is not  unlimited

                             iv.            Is more than our need     

f.The world needs__

                                                         i.            Green energy

                                                       ii.            Water

                                                      iii.            Gas

                                                     iv.            Tree

g. in 2030 the rise of energy consumption will be __million barrels.

                                                         i.            50

                                                       ii.            117

                                                      iii.            220

                                                     iv.            335

2.Answer the following questions:                                                                                                                                 10

a.What is the scientist Kalam concerned about?
b. Why do you think the massive burning of coal may lead to an ecological            disaster?
c. What do you mean by the potential danger of nuclear energy?
d.. What according to Mr Kalam is the solution of future energy crisis?
e.Why does Mr Kalam put so much importance to the issue of energy?

3.Now write the summary of the passage in your own words.                                                              10

4.Read the passage on Jhon Milton.Complete the table below with the information from the passage.

Milton was a great poet after Shakspeare.His father early decided that Milton was to have a literary career. At the age of 7,in 1615, he got himself admitted in Star Palace School .But Milton could not pay attention to his school. After a pair of years, he left the school and studied at St. Paul’s School till 1624. In the succeeding year Milton entered Christ College in Cambridge. He took his M.A degree at the age of 24 and went to his father’s house in the village of Horton. Milton’s father’

however faith in his son and allowed him continue his studies at Horton from 1632 to 1638. During this time he made himself master of everything worth knowing in the literature of Rome,Greece,Italy,France ,Spain and the Bible. In 1643 Milton met Mary Powwell in Occasion and married her.But this great poet became blind in 1652.  “Paradise Lost” saw the light of day in the year 1665.After 9 years of its publication great artist of England died.                                                       5

Who/What	Event	Place/Time/Creation/Award/Others
Milton was	born	i.
i.	Got himself in Star Palace School	In 1615.
He took his MA degree	At the age of	ii.
iii.	Met Mary Powell	In 1643.
This great poet	Became blind	iv.

5.Read the above passage and fill in the blanks with the suitable words.Use only one word in each blank.                                                                                                                                                                                  1*5 Jhon Milton (a)    a great poet of English literature. His father early (b)    that he would be a writer. At the age of 7,he got (c)      admitted in Star Palace School.Milton could not pay (d)       to his studies in this school. After a pair of years,he (e)      the school and studied at St.Paul’s School till 1624.               

6.match the parts of sentences given in column ‘A’,Column ‘B’ and column ‘C’ to write five sentences.                                                                                                                                                     1*5=5

Column A	Column B	Column C
Paper	is our best	of modern civilization.
It is	do for a moment	first made paper.
It was	that the Egyptian	daily companion
We cannot	the part and parcel	in China.
Some bileve	first invented	without paper.
		of human skill.

7.Put the following  parts of the story in correct order to write the whole story:                                 8

a. He graduated from the Government School of Art in Kolkata.

b.He is recognized as the most valuable painter of Bangladesh.

c. He died of lungs cancer.

d.Zainul Abedin was born in 1914 in Kishoregonj.

e.Still now he is referred with great respect as Shilpacharja in Bangladesh.

f. He is also pioneer of Bangladeshi modern art.

g. He is highly admired for his ‘Bengal Femine Sketches.

h. He is also appointed as a teacher there.

8. Write a paragraph on ‘Traffic Jam’ by  answering the following questions.                        10           a. What is Traffic Jam?

b. Why is Traffic Jam occur?

c. What happens when a Traffic Jam occurs?

d. Who are the worst sufferers of traffic jam?

e. How Traffic Jam may be removed?

9. Read the beginning the story . Write ten new sentences to complete the story and give a suitable title it.                                                                                                                                                         10

                Once there was a farmer  who was taking some sacks of wheat to a mill.The mill was a few kilometres away. On the way the horse stumbled and one of sacks fell to the ground.The farmer became very unhappy.

10.Write a report on the pic chart about the indicated percentage of the types of books in a school library. 

                                                                                                                                                          10

11.Suppose ,you are Hasan /Hasna living in Natore town. Your friend Nabil/Nabila lives in Chittagong .He/She made an excellent result in the last S.S.C examination and that result impressed you greatly.Now,write a letter to your friend congratulating him /her on his success in the examination.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    10

12. Suppose ,you are Anik / Anika and your friend  is Amin/ Amin .Your S.S.C examination is near at the door and you are passing a busy time doing various things regarding your preparation for a good result.Now, write a dialogue between you and your friend Limon/Lima on your preparation the ensuing SSC examination.