<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">Seen comprehension</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">2.                   Read the passage and answer the questions A and B. (Unit-6, Lesson-2)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">    Adolescents constitute a nation’s core resource for national renewal and growth. Adolescence is a period in life when transition from childhood to adulthood takes place and behaviours and life styles are shaped. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), adolescence is the period which shapes the future of girls’ and boys’ lives. There are 28 million adolescents in Bangladesh; 13.7 million of them are girls and 14.3 million boys. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">    The situation of adolescent girls in Bangladesh is characterised by inequality and subordination within the family and society. This inequality leads to widespread practice of child marriage, marginalization or exclusion from health, education and economic opportunities, and vulnerability to violence and sexual abuse.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">    In Bangladesh, the legal age of marriage is 18 for girls and 21 for boys. However, 33 percent of adolescent girls are married before the age of 15 and 60 percent become mothers by the age of 19. Research finds that adolescents with higher level of education and from more affluent families tend to marry at a later age. Boys, however, become ready for marriage only after several years of adolescence and young adulthood.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"> </p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">A.                  Choose the correct answer from the alternatives.                                        </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">(a)                  The word ‘constitute’ in the first sentence stand for?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">    i. Give       ii. form     </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">    iii. add       iv. make</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">(b)                 What could be the closest meaning for the word ‘Take Place’ in the first sentence?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">    i. occur      ii. consist </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">    iii. go to a place          iv. all of them</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">(c)                  Adolescence is a ___ period from childhood to adulthood.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">    i. transform       ii. transitory           </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">    iii. transitional   iv. transient</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">(d)                 The synonym of affluent is ___.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">    i. lack         ii. poor</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">    iii. poverty iv. well off</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">(e)                  The word ‘economic’ refers to ____</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">    i. economy        ii. economical       </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">    iii. monetary      iv. finance</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"> </p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">B.                  Answer the following questions.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">(a)                  Define adolescence in your own words.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">(b)                 Why is adolescence important?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">(c)                  What do the adolescent girls in Bangladesh usually face?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">(d)                 What are the effects of female inequality in Bangladesh?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">(e)                  How do wealth and education influence a girl’s marriage?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"> </p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">Answers:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"> </p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">A.                  (a) ii. form          (b) i. occur </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">    (c) iii. transitional </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">    (d) iv. well off   </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">    (e) iii. monetary</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">B.                  (a) Adolescence is the period in a person’s life when he or she develops from a child into an</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">    adult. It is the period in human growth and development that occurs after childhood and before adulthood. The age limit of this period is 13 to 18 years.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">(b)                 Adolescence is important as in this period transition from childhood to adulthood takes place and behaviours and life styles are shaped.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">(c)                  The adolescent girls in Bangladesh usually face inequality, subordination, child marriage,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">    marginalization or exclusion from health, education and economic opportunities, and  vulnerability to violence and sexual abuse.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">(d)                 The effects of female inequality in Bangladesh are the widespread practice of child marriage, marginalisation or exclusion from health, education and economic opportunities and prone to sexual abuse and violence.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">(e)                  Wealth and education play a vital role in a girl’s marriage. An educated and wealthy girl</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:19px; text-indent:-.2in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:81.0pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">    tends to marry at a later age whereas an uneducated and poor girl is married off at an early age.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>