Subject : English Ist Paper
Time : 3 hours. Marks: 100
Part - A : Seen Comprehension (40 Marks.)
Read the passage below and answer questions. 1-4
Electronic mail, popularly known as 'e-mail' , is the communication of textual message via electronic means. Although telex communication is also electronic in nature, there are differences between a telex and e-mail. While telex communication is terminal-to-terminal, electronic mail communication is user- to- user via the computer. In telex, messages destined to a number of users are sent to the same terminal from where it is distributed in a printed from by an operator. On the other hand, e-mail is delivered to individual electronic mail boxes based in computers. In order to operate an e-mail system we need a personal computer, a modem and a telephone connection.
An important advantage of e-mail is its ability to reduce the consumption of paper in the office. Internal mos and reports can be exchanged electronically without using paper. Being a computer- based messaging system, files prepared on computer's can be instantly copied and easily exchanged as e-mail. This facility has the potential of improving office efficiency considerably.
Being a person-to-person communication, e-mail turns out to be cheaper alternative to telephone conversation and eliminates the time spent in establishing phone calls. For a telephone conversation to materialise, both the caller and the called must be present simultaneously. Some studies indicate that as much as 70 percent of the business phone calls during business hours do not succeed in the first attempt due to unavailability of the party being called. E-mail permits communication between two partners without the parties actually being present simultaneously. Privacy is ensured as the mail is delivered to an individual's mail box which can be accessed or opened only by the intended recipient.
E-mail has brought about a revolution in modern communication. Messages can be transmitted from one country to another within seconds. It is far cheaper than telephone calls. Trade and commerce has become greatly dependent on this speedy mode of communication. It has, however, not reached everyone, especially in developing countries like ours, as most people cannot afford to have a personal computer. But even here people have started using commercially operate e-mail facilities for important purposes.
a) Objective questions.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence. 1x5=5
a) E-mail is the communication of textual messages via telephone/television/computer.
b) A personal computer, a modem and a telephone connection is necessary in facsimile/fax/fax/e-mail.
c) The consumption of paper in the offices can be reduced by using e-mail/cell-phone/telex.
d) Failure of telephone calls during business hours is about sixty/seventy/eighty percent.
e) Privacy cannot be ensured in a telex/e-mail/electronic mail.
2. True/False ? If false, give the correct information. 1x5=5
a) Electricity is not necessary for e-mail.
b) Telex is distributed in a printed form.
c) E-mail is a computer based messaging system.
d) E-mail is dearer than telephone conversation .
e) In Bangladesh e-mail is accessible to all.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of words. Add any preposition if necessary. 1x5= 5
a) Electronic mail is one of the modern (device) --
b) It (brings) a revolution in trade and commerce.
c) Telex and e-mail are electronic in nature but there are many (differ) between them.
d) Privacy (not ensure) in a telex message.
e) It (distribute) a printed form.
4. Match the words/phrases of column A with column B and put them in complete sentences. 1x5=5
a) Email is an electronic medium
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i) easily transmitted.
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b) Information exchanged through faxes
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ii) can be received in text.
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c) Hand-written texts can be
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iii) speedy mode of communication.
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d) E-mail is a person-to-person.
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iv) communication
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e) Present world largely depends on this.
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v) for communication
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vi) in a telex message
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vii) hampered without e-mail
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Read the passage below and answer questions .5-8
Document exchange through facsimile (popularly known as fax) systems is emerging as a major application of telecommunication due to its speed of transmission. A telephone connection is necessary for operating it. The fax machine is capable of transmitting and receiving printed matter, which may include graphics, drawings, pictures, handwritten texts etc. This is highly suitable for business and official purposes which deal mostly with paper documents.
There are two types of fax systems -- the photographic and the document. In photographic fax, black and white as well as Grey level information is transmitted and printed. Typically there are 8 and 16 levels that can be recognized by the system. The document system handles only black and white levels, Generally the document facsimile is more popular than the photographic system.
Faxed messages are received immediately after being sent and has thus become an important tool for correspondence in the world of business, trade and commerce. It is also used for many different types of personal and official correspondence. It is cheaper than using the telephone. It takes less than a minute to fax an A4 size page of written message from Dhaka to Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal, or any other town in Bangladesh, and it costs about 25 taka for that. The same message would take about 5 minutes over the telephone and would cost 3-4 times more than what it take to fax. That is why people prefer the fax to the telephone.
5. Write short answers to these questions about fax.
a) What is fax ?
b) How many types of fax systems are there ?
c) Which one is more popular ?
d) How has it become an important tool ?
e) How much does one A4 size page of written fax message cost ?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words : 1x5 = 5
We live in the computer age. Computer, e-mail, fax touch everyone in (a) life. We are (b) in the era of information technology. Information technology, specially after the wide (c) of e-mail, fax recently has really entered in our daily activities. We are still on the darker (d) of digital device. Many of us do not know that fax and e-mail are (e) to use and low in cost.
7. Summarise the process of facsimile in five short sentences. 1x5 = 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing the characteristics of fax and its benefits. No I has been done for you.
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Part - B : vocabulary (20 marks.)
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box. (Make any grammatical changes, if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need. 1x10=10
Spark
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Spreading
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Danger
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Sweep
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Cause
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Careless
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Practically
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Fire
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Fall
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Device
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Natural
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Intentional
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Take place
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Prevent
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Prairie fire is a (a) disaster. It is a (b) to the people living in the areas where the fire (c) . Fire (d) over the Prairies any time. It is (e) by lighting, (f) of greenhorns, sparks from the railroads and (g) .malice people adopt a number of (h) _____ to (i) ______ the fire from (j) _______.
10. Fill in the blanks with a appropriate word in each gap. 1x10=10
Bangladesh (a) in the active earthquake (b) . It is a (c) natural disaster. It occurred in the country (d) times during the recent years. If a earthquake occurs in Dhaka city, (f) will happen is unthinkable. So, experts are paying more (g) to the issue of earthquakes in (h) times. People should be (i) about earthquake to (j) the loss if it occurs.
Part - C : Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentence in full.
A
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B
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C
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D
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i) World population report-2001
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is projected
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the population of Bangladesh
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that of the male child.
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ii) The report
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female child mortality
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265.4 million by 2050
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in the year 2002
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iii) It
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has been published
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is still bigger than
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developing countries.
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iv) The world population
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will take place
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to grow by 50 percent
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is now 140.4 million.
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v) All the projected growth
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shows that
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by UNFPA
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while correct population growth is 2.1 percent.
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vi) The under five
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is expected to grow
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in today's
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to 9.3 billion by 2050
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12. Make a story re-writing the following jumbled sentences into a continuous paragraph. 14
i) He travelled for more than thirty years visiting many Asian and African countries.
ii) He boarded a ship for chittagong.
iii) Outside the town of Sylhet two persons met him.
iv) Ibne Batuta became very pleased hearing it.
v) It took him almost six months to reach Chittagong.
vi) They said that they were sent by Shah Jalal to receive him.
vii) From there he had to walk another month to reach Sylhet.
viii) You might have heard the name of Marco Polo.
ix) He was a great Muslim explorer.
x) Once on a voyage to China he lost his way and found himself in the Maldive islands.
xi) He was a native of Morocco and lived in the 14th century.
xii) He wrote down all that he saw.
xiii) He feared the name of Shah Jalal and decide to visit him.
xiv) Ibne Batuta travelled even more than Marco Polo.
13. Write a paragraph in about 100 words based on the following questions. You'r answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible within the limit.
i) When did you make your train journey last ?
ii) How did you make it ?
iii) What did you observe in it ?
iv) What experience did you gather from it ?
v) Do you like this journey ?
vi Why do people make train journey in your opinion ?
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