Read the text and answer the questions 1 and 2.
Health is the condition of our body and mind. It may be good or bad. Good health means healthy body free from diseases. It is essential for everyone to lead a happy life. If we are not in good health, we cannot concentrate on any activity in our life.
A proverb goes, ‘Health is Wealth’. It means health is equally valuable as gold or any other personal possessions. We may have vast wealth and property, but if we are not healthy, we cannot enjoy them. To keep ourselves healthy, we have to do certain things. We have to take a balanced diet. We must exercise regularly to keep our body fit for work.
There is an old proverb ‘Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.’
So we should not keep late hours. We should go to bed early at night and rise early in the morning. Peace of mind is another condition for good health. So we must not worry over small things of life.
Important vocabulary :
lead- পরিচালনা করা
concentrate- মনোযোগ দেওয়া
possessions- সম্পত্তি
proverb- প্রবাদ`
wealth- সম্পদ`
certain- নির্দিষ্ট
fit- উপযুক্ত
1. Choose the correct answer to each question from the alternatives given and write the corresponding number of the answers in your answer script. 1×7=7
(a) The word ‘possession’ in line 5 of the text means
(i) estate
(ii) foundation
(iii) state (iv) step
(b) The word ‘essential’ in line 2 of the text means
(i) rare
(ii) avoidable
(iii) uncommon
(iv) necessary
(c) The phrase ‘to keep late hours’ means
(i) to go to bed late
(ii) to wake up late in the morning
(iii) to do things late always
(iv) to be late for the class
(d) We need to eat —.
(i) rich food
(ii) balanced diet
(iii) little food
(iv) lot of food
(e) Disease-free body is recognized as
(i) ill health
(ii) poor health
(iii) sound health
(iv) bad health
(f) To keep ourselves healthy, we have to take —.
(i) physical exercise
(ii) balanced diet
(iii) rich food
(iv) both (i) and (ii)
(g) What is another condition for good health?
(i) vast property
(ii) peace of mind
(iii) money and power (iv) rich relatives
2. Give short answer to the following questions.
2×4=8
(a) What do you understand by ‘good health’?
(b) Why is good health essential?
(c) Why should we not worry over small things of life?
(d) What is essential for everyone to lead a happy life?
3. Read the following text and fill in the gaps with appropriate words to make it a meaningful one. 1×5=5
The word ‘hygiene’ means the practice of keeping ourselves clean. It also means to (a) —.
home and work places clean. It is (b) —. for our good health. Hygiene is (c) —. to be next to godliness. It is because we cannot achieve anything physically, mentally or spiritually if we are
(d) —. in our body, mind and soul. Nobody likes an unclean person either. So we must (e) —.
the rules of hygiene.
Answers
1. Multiple choice
(a) (i) estate
(b) (iv) necessary
(c) (i) to go to bed late
(d) (ii) balanced diet
(e) (iii) sound health
(f) (iv) both (i) and (ii)
(g) (ii) peace of mind.
2. Open-ended
(a) By good health we understand healthy body free from diseases.
(b) Good health is essential for us to lead a happy life.
(c) We should not worry over small things of life, because it snatches away our peace of mind
which is an important factor of good health.
(d) Good health is essential for everyone to lead a happy life.
3. Filling in the gaps without
clues
(a) keep
(b) important
(c) thought
(d) unclean
(e) follow
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