<p>পরীক্ষার প্রশ্নপত্রে ২টি প্যাসেজ থাকবে। প্রতিটি প্যাসেজের অধীনে ৪টি করে ৮টিসহ মোট ১৪টি প্রশ্ন থাকবে। প্রথম প্যাসেজটি বই থেকে আসবে। এখানে বইয়ের UNIT-24, LESSONS 2-3 থেকে ১টি প্যাসেজ ও ৪টি প্রশ্ন (প্রশ্নপত্রের প্রথম প্যাসেজের নমনুা) দেওয়া হয়েছে—</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Read the passage and answer the questions 1, 2, 3 and 4.</strong></p> <p>Babul and his family live on the island of Dublar Char. Life is good for the family now, but that wasn’t true after cyclone Aila. Babul doesn’t remember cyclone Aila, but his parents often talk about that night in 2009. Babul’s father had a grocery shop and his mother worked in a fish farm. They had a small house that they shared with Babul’s grandparents. Babul was just a baby, but his sister Nipa was six years old.</p> <p>Babul’s father told him what happened that day. There was light rain in the morning on 25 May, In the afternoon, the wind started to blow and people began to run for their homes, Babul’s father closed his shop and his mother came home. His grandparents checked the family’s emergency kit. Their torch was working and they had extra batteries. They put the torch batteries and first aid kit in plastic box. By the evening, the river was rising. The winds of cyclone Aila shook the walls of the house as if there was an earth quake. Everyone was afraid. Nipa began to cry. Suddenly, there was an awful noise and the family’s roof blew away! The sky was dark, but the family could see trees flying over their heads. Grandmother still says she saw fish flying through the sky.</p> <p><strong>1. Match the words of column A with their meaning that is mentioned in the text in the column B.    1×5=5</strong></p> <p><img alt="" src="/ckfinder/userfiles/images/print/Print- 2018/08 August/15-08-2018/khobor-15/kalerkantho-2a-2018-08-15-1.jpg" style="height:287px; width:451px" /></p> <p><strong>Or,  Fill in the blanks with the best word from the box. There are extra words which you do not need to use.   </strong>         1<strong>×</strong>5=5</p> <p>live told checked shook rising light working cry</p> <p>a) Babul and his family — on the island of Dublar char.</p> <p>b) His grandparents — the family’s emergency kit.</p> <p>c) Babul’s father — him what happened that day.</p> <p>d) There was — rain in the morning on 25 May.</p> <p>e) By the evening, the river was —.</p> <p><strong>2. write true in your answer script if the statement is true, write false if the statement is false. If false give the correct answer.   </strong>                     1<strong>×</strong>6=6</p> <p>a) Babul lives on an island named Dublar char.</p> <p>b) Babul can remember the cyclone Aila.</p> <p>c) Babul’s father had a grocery shop.</p> <p>d) Life was good for the family after cyclone Aila.</p> <p>e) Everyone was afraid.</p> <p>f) Babul’s father closed the shop and his mother came home.</p> <p>3. Answer the following questions       2x6=12</p> <p>a) Where does Babul live with his family?</p> <p>b) How is the life for the family now?</p> <p>c) what happened because of cyclone Aila?</p> <p>d) Have you any experience about a cyclone? write in two sentences.</p> <p>e) What did Babul’s grandparents do when the wind started to blow?</p> <p>f) When did cyclone Aila happen in the island of Dublar char?</p> <p>4. Write a short composition about ‘cyclone Aila’ answering the questions in at least 5 sentences. [Remember to use capital letters, full stop and correct spelling.]</p> <p>a) What do you mean by Aila?</p> <p>b) When did it happen?</p> <p>c) What was the result of cyclone Aila?</p> <p>d) What did it kill?</p> <p>e) What do you  think of cyclone Aila?</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><strong>Answers</strong></span></p> <p>1. (a+ii) House - A place where people live to protect themselves from hot, cold and wild animals.</p> <p>(b+iii) Torch - One kind of electronic device that gives light.</p> <p>(c+i) Check - examine.</p> <p>(d+iv) Afraid - frighten.</p> <p>(e+v) Island - a piece of land that is completely surrounded by water.</p> <p><img alt="" src="/ckfinder/userfiles/images/print/Print- 2018/08 August/15-08-2018/khobor-15/kalerkantho-2b-2018-08-15-1.jpg" style="float:right; height:464px; margin:10px; width:456px" />1 <strong>(Or) </strong>: a) live b) checked c) told d) light</p> <p>e) rising.</p> <p>2 : a) True</p> <p>b) false. <strong>Correct answer</strong> : babul can’t remember the cyclone Aila.</p> <p>c) True.</p> <p>d) false. <strong>Correct answer </strong>: Life wasn’t good for the family after cyclone Aila.</p> <p>e) True. f) True.</p> <p>3 : a) Babul lives on the island of Dublar char with his family.</p> <p>b) The life is good for the family now.</p> <p>c) Because of cyclone Aila many people lost their houses, some trees were up rooted by the cyclone.</p> <p>d) Yes, I have experienced a cyclone which happened on 25 May 2009. I had to lose my house because of the cyclone.</p> <p>e) When the wind started to blow, Babul’s grandparents checked the family’s emergency kit.</p> <p>f) Cyclone Aila happened in the island of Dublar char on 25 May, 2009.</p> <p><strong>4 : Cyclone Aila</strong></p> <p>Aila is a cyclone which brought great sufferings in Bangladesh. It happened on 25 May, 2009. The result of cyclone Aila was very devastating. Many people lost their houses. It destroyed crops. cyclone Aila killed thons ands of people. I think cyclone Aila was a curse for Bangladesh.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>