<p>Fill in the gaps</p> <p>পরীক্ষায় ৫ নম্বর প্রশ্নটি হলো Cloze Test without clues. এটি English For Today বই থেকে থাকবে। বইটি ভালো করে পড়া থাকলে সঠিক উত্তর দেওয়া সম্ভব। প্রশ্নটিতে a থেকে j পর্যন্ত মোট ১০টি Gap থাকবে এবং প্রতিটিতে ০১ করে মোট নম্বর ১০।</p> <p>[Fill in the gaps with suitable words. Cloze Test without clues (Extracted From EFT)]</p> <p> </p> <p>1. An ideal university should not be made (a) _ collecting and distributing (b) _ it should be made an (c) _ organization so that people can (d) _ their intellectual hospitality (e) _ it. Rabindranath Tagore (f) _ that India (g) _ such universities. The (h) _ universities here (i) _ people to make a foolish display of (j) _ composed of borrowed feathers.</p> <p>Answers :</p> <p>(a) for (b) knowledge (c) open (d) offer  (e) through (f) said (g) lacks</p> <p>(h) existing/very (i) encourage</p> <p>(j) decorations.</p> <p> </p> <p>2. In the Bengali language there is a modern (a) _ which can be (b) _ ‘He who learns to read and write rides in a (c) _ and pair. It is an offer of a (d) _ bribe to the student, a promise of an</p> <p>(e) _ reward which is (f) _ important than knowledge (g) _. Unfortunately, our very education has been successful</p> <p> </p> <p>in (h) _ us of our real (i) _ and our</p> <p>(j) _ of thought.</p> <p>Answers :</p> <p>(a) maxim/proverb/saying (b) translated (c) carriage (d) prospective (e) ulterior (f) more  (g) itself (h) depriving (i) education (j) courage.</p> <p> </p> <p>3. Man’s intellect has a natural pride in its own aristocracy, which is the pride of its culture. Culture only acknowledges the (a) _ whose criticism is in its inner (b) _, not in any external success. When (c) _ pride succumbs to some compulsion of (d) _ or lure of material advantage, it (e) _  humiliation to the intellectual man. Modern (f) _, through her very education, has been (g) _ to suffer this humiliation. Once she (h) _ provided her children with a culture (i) _ was the product of her own (j) _ of thought and creation</p> <p>Answers :</p> <p>(a) excellence (b) perfection (c) this (d) necessity (e) brings (f) India (g) saving (h) made (i) herself  (j) ages.</p> <p> </p> <p>4. The report says that the river had a glorious past. Once it a) _ a tributary of the mighty Ganges and b) _ into the  Bay of Bengal through the  river  Dhaleshwari. Gradually, it c) _ its link with  the Ganges and  d) _ the name  Buriganga. The Mughals e) _ at  the tide level of the  Buriganga and  f) _ their capital Jahangirnagar on its bank  in 1610. The river g) _ drinking   water and h) _ trade and commerce. Jahangirnagar i) _ Dhaka which </p> <p>j) _ into a heavily populated city with a chronic shortage of space.</p> <p>Answers :</p> <p>(a) was (b) flowed (c) lost (d) got        (e) marveled (f) founded (g) supplied (h) supported (i) was renamed (j) grew.</p> <p> </p> <p>5. Bangladesh is (a) _ with huge inland open water resources. It has</p> <p>(b) _ rivers, canals, beels, lakes and vast areas of (c) _ Hakaluki haor is one of the major (d) _ of Bangladesh. It supports a rich (e) _ and provides direct and indirect (f) _ benefits to</p> <p>(g) _1,90,000 people. These include fish production, rice production, cattle and buffalo (h) _ and collection of grasses, reeds and aquatic (i) _. For different reasons, the haor was declared an Ecologically (j) _ Area in April 1999 by the government of Bangladesh.                                                                                </p> <p>Answers :</p> <p>(a) blessed (b) numerous / many (c) floodplains (d) wetlands (e) bio-diversity (f) livelihood  (g) nearly (h) rearing (i) plants  (j) critical.</p> <p> </p> <p>6. Hakaluki Haor is a good (a) _ land in winter. People from villages (b) _ the Haor and also from distant areas send their (c) _ for grazing. During this time, the herders make (d) _ shelters near the beels and (e) _ their animals for a period of 4-5 months. The Haor had very dense swamp forests in the past, but deforestation and lack of (f) _ practices have virtually destroyed this unique forest in the last two decades. With the exception of these two swamp forest patches, the (g) _ surrounding area is unique. It (h) _ both swamp forest as well as mixed evergreen rain forest. Thatching material is the most useful (i) _ wetland product of the area. The Haor system provides a wide range of economic and non-economic (j) _ to the local people as well as to the people of Bangladesh.</p> <p>Answers :</p> <p>(a) grazing (b) around (c) herds/cattle (d) temporary (e) graze/feed</p> <p>(f) conservation (g) entire (h) includes (i) natural (j) benefits.</p> <p> </p> <p>7. The Hakaluki Haor is a very important (a) _ place for (b) _ waterfowls flying in from the north. The most (c) _ species is the Bar-headed Goose, which is now hardly (d) _ in fresh water wetlands. Many other important species of waterfowls (e) _ the Haor their temporary home. Unfortunately, (f) _ poaching has been a (g) _ to the waterfowl population in this vast wetland. The unique Haor system (h) _ to the beauty of the (i) _ both during the monsoon and (j) _ season.</p> <p>Answers :</p> <p>(a) resting (b) migratory (c) important (d) seen (e) make (f) illegal (g) threat (h) adds/contributes (i) landscape</p> <p>(j) dry.</p> <p> </p> <p>8. The name kuakata takes its (a) _ from the story of ‘Kua’ or well-dug on the seashore by the early Rakhaine</p> <p>(b) _ for collecting drinking water. The Rakhaines had (c) _ on Kuakata coast after being (d) _ from Arakan by the Mughals. Following the first well, it became the (e) _ to dig wells in the neighbourhood of Rakhaine homesteads for fresh water supply. Kuakata is one of the unique (f) _ which allow a visitor to watch both</p> <p> the sunrise and the g) _ from the beach. Those perhaps make kuakata one of the world’s most (h) _ beaches. Kuakata is also a (i) _ land for the Hindus and Buddhists. Each year thousands of devotees come here to       (j) _ the festivals Rash Purnima and Maghi Purnima. On these two days, pilgrims take holy bath and enjoy going to the traditional fairs.</p> <p> </p> <p>Answers :</p> <p>(a) origin (b) settlers (c) landed</p> <p>(d) expelled (e) tradition (f) spots</p> <p>(g) sun-set (h) attractive (i) holy </p> <p>(j) attend.</p>