Half Year Examination: English 1st Paper Class - 9

Paschim Charkakra Ponditerhat High School

Class:9

Half Year Examination-2017

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:

21 February has been observed as Shaheed Dibosh every year throughout the country in remembrance of the martyrs of language movement of 1952. The occasion begins at the early hours of the day with mourning songs that recall the supreme sacrifices of our language martyrs. People wear black badges and go to the Shaheed Minarbarefoot in procession, singing mourning songs. They place wreaths at the Minar. Many of them visit the graves of the martyrs at Azimpur graveyard and pray for them. They also attend various programmes organised in remembrance of the language martyrs.

The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) on 17 November in 1999 proclaimed February 21 as the International Mother Language Day in recognition of the sacrifices of the martyrs for the rightful place of Bangla. The day is now annually observed worldwide to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.

1.Choose the best answer from the alternatives:                                                              7

a. Shaheed Dibosh is observed every year all over the country on_?

                                 i.            16 December

                               ii.            21 November.

                              iii.            26 March.

                             iv.            21 February.

b. On this day people put on _and go to Shaheed Minar bare-footed.

                                    i.            new dress

                                   ii.            black dress

                                 iii.            new clothes

                                 iv.            black badges

c. The occasion strats __

                                 i.            at noon.

                               ii.            in the evening.

                              iii.            in the morning.

                             iv.            at an early hour of the day.

d. International Mother Language  Day  is proclaimed by _

                                  i.            UNESCO

                                 ii.            UNDP

                               iii.            UNO

                               iv.            UNICEF               

               .              

e. What does ‘linguistic’ mean ?

                                 i.            language

                               ii.            culture

                              iii.            diversity

                             iv.            promote     

f. What is the synonym of ‘Wreath’ ?

                                                         i.            An arrangement of flowers and leaves in a circular shape energy

                                                       ii.            flower

                                                      iii.            event

                                                     iv.            sea

g. Whom do the people of Bangladesh  remember on 21 February every year?

                                  i.            The martyrs of  independence   

                                 ii.            The martyrs of victory day 

                               iii.              The martyrs of language movement 

                               iv.            None of them

2.Answer the following questions:                                                                                                                      10

a .Why is 21 February memorable?

b. Whom do we pay  tribute away?

c. What was the result of language movement?

d. What does the morning song recall?

e. Why is the celebrated throughout the world?

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

4.Read the passage on Hazrat Ali.Complete the table below with the information from the passage.          5

Hazrat Ali (R)was born on 20 September ,601 AD in Makkah. He was the cousin and son-in-low of the Prophet Hazrat Muhammmad(SM) .The Holy Prophet(SM) took Ali ® in his childhood from his father and brought him up like his son.Hazrat Ali was the first child to accept Islam.He accepted Islam at the age of 10.He ruled the Islamic Caliphate from 655 to 661.In 622, the year of Muhammad’s migration to Madina,Ali risked his life by sleeping in Muhammad’s bed to evade an assassination plot so that Muhammad could escape safely.Ali was attacted one morning while praying in the mosque of Kufa and died two days later on 27 January 661. 

Who/What	Event /Activity	Where/Place	When
Hazrat Ali (R)	born	i.	601 AD
He	accepted	Islam	ii.
He	ruled	iii.	655-661
iv.	migared	Madina	622 AD.
Ali	was attacted	in the mosque of Kufa	v.

5.Read the above passage and fill in the blanks with the suitable words. Use only one word in each blank.                                                                                                                                             5

Hazrat Ali(R) was (a)_ cousin and son-in-law of Hazrat Muhammad(SM) .He was(b)_ by the Holy Prophet(SM) .He accecpted Islam at a very (c)_age .He loved the Prophet so much that he even (d)_his life to (e)_him from assassination in 622.

 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
Democracy	people have right	of speech.
It encourages	is	the rule of general people.
In democracy,	is the precondition	of democracy.
Free and fair election	means	a democratic country.
Bangladesh	freedom	to elect their representatives.

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

  8. Write a paragraph on ‘Face Book’ answering the following questions.             

                a.What is Face Book?

                b.Why do people use it?

                c.What is the importance of it?

                d.What are its bad side?

                e.What is your opinion about it?                                                              

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

                There were two friends .They lived in a certain village. They promised that they would help each other at the time of danger .One day they were passing through a deep forest. Suddenly, they heard a sound.                                                                                                                                                                                              

10.The pie chart shows the percentage of the ways of news collecting by a group of 241 people who use internet. Now write a paragraph describing the pie chart.                                                                                    10

           

 11.Suppose ,you are Hasan /Hasna and Your friend Nabil/Nabila.Your sister’s wedding will take place on Friday at your house.Now,write an e-mail  to your friend inviting him to attend the wedding ceremony of your sister.                                                                                                                                                                 10           12.Suppose ,you are Anik / Anika and your friend  is Amin/ Amin .You know that English is an International Language.Hence,it is very essential for many reasons. Now, write a dialogue between you and your friend Limon/Lima about how to learn English   .                                                                                                            10                                                               .