Class XII
English 1st Paper
PART - A : Seen Comprehension
Read the passage below and answer questions 1—4. 5x4=20
Capitalism developed in the European countries as a result of their ' laissez-faire ( hands off) policy. The idea of Global trade which was inherent in capitalism has now become Universalised. Taking advantage of globalisation. Capitalism seems to be on a triumphant march. We see that globalisation is creating more opportunities for capitalist Countries than for developing countries. In the name of help and cooperation, the industrially developed capitalist countries are exploiting the poorer countries by using their cheap labour. The global strategy of development promises greater employment opportunities to the people of poor countries but at the same time it also promises high returns to capital. This actually paves the way for a lasting poverty so that the capitalists can Continue to have a pool of cheap labour to draw from.
The exploited and impoverished workers of the developing countries are no match for a globaliscing powerful capitalism. As a result, the gap between wealth and poverty is ever widening. Globalisation has put the people of the world on the same vessel but in different cabins. Only a trifling minority are travelling in Luxurious cabins furnished with all modern amenities.
They have access to nutritious food, pure drinking water, sophisticated Medicare and a life of Luxury. But the overwhelming majority are travelling in the third class decks and are suffering from hunger and disease. globalisation can bring happiness to everyone only when all passengers of the ship can travel in the same class of cabins in conditions of solidarity, equity and justice. But will the capitalists ever allow this to happen?
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence. 1x5=5
a) Taking advantage of globalisation, capitalism seems to be on a ( Jubilant/ humble / triumphant) march.
b) Globalisation is creating more ( Convenience / inconvenience / awkward) for capitalist countries.
c) In the name of help and Co- operation the industrially developed capitalist countries are ( manipulating /organizing/ controlling ) the poorer countries.
d) The gap between the rich ad the poor countries is ( widening/ shrinking/ contracting).
e) The workers of the developing countries are ( enriched /waged/ deprived )
2. True / false? If false, give the correct information : 1x5=5
a) The capitalist countries enjoy more opportunities for globalisation
b) Very small number of people enjoy modern amenities of life.
c) Globalisation has mitigated the gap between wealth and poverty.
d) The capitalist countries draw high returns through the global strategy of development promises.
e) Capitalism is the result of globalisation
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets. Add any prepositions if necessary. 1x5=5
a) The industrially developed countries ( cooperate) ______ the poorer countries.
b) The poverty created by capitalism and globalisation ( lasting) _____ long.
c) Capitalism ( wide) _____ the gap between the rich and the poor.
d) The ( furnish) _____ the cabin are luxurious.
e) The workers of the developing countries do not (match) _____a globalising powerful capitalism.
4. Make a list of five activities of capitalism. 1x5=5
Read the passage below and answer questions 5-8: 4x5=20
Globalisation is new largely based on a strong technological foundation. The electronic transfer of in formation via the internet has now created an instantaneous and interconnected world of information resulting in a 24 hour trading net work. This technology has largely changed banking and financial activities. world wide money transfer and transaction of businesses have now become a matter of clicking the mouse of a computer. Five out of every six dollars that move in the world economy today travel through the electronic medium. Some products like software and TV. Programmes are also amenable to digital or electronic transmission. We can now buy and sell goods through the electronic screen. Computers have thus brought about a revolutionary change in today's world. Globalisation is now only what technology makes possible.
5. Write short answers to the following questions. 1x5=5
a) What has brought a great change in banking and financial activities?
b) How can goods be bought and sold now a days?
c) What travels through the electronic medium?
d) What has lent speed to the process of globalisation?
e) What has brought about a revolutionary change?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1x5=5
Strong technological foundation is _______ for globalisation. It has brought a great change in the ______ of banking and financial activities by keeping all the necessary ______ in the computer. Now a days most of the dollar ____is being done through electronic medium. Even this media is ______ to buy and sell goods.
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences ( in a passage form) . 1x5=5
8. Based on your reading of the passage make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing activities being done through electronic media. 1x5=5
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technological foundation
PART -B : Vocabulary ( 20 marks)
9. Select a proper word from the list and insert into each blank of the following passage. make any grammatical change if necessary. 1x10=10
| design | look | make | are | location |
| being | election | change | work | house |
A parliament is a house where a group of people sit, after being
a) _______ in a general election for b) ______and changing laws. In a parliament these legislative bodies c) ________responsible for making and d) ______laws between two general elections. 300 members attend our parliament (e) _____ elected in the general election and they (f) _____ as legislative body for five years. Our parliament is (g) _____ in the Sangsad Bhaban (h) ______ at sher-e- Bangla Nagar in Dhaka, (i) _____ by Louis Khan it (j) ____ very beautiful.
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap. 1x10=10
Gender discrimination in Bangladesh begins at birth. Most (a) _____ want to have male children no that they can when they an older, supplement their (b) _____ income with the (c) _____ jobs. In the (d) ____ socioeconomic set up male children are best (e) ____ to this purpose. So girls are born to an unwelcome world. However, they are given, rather confined to, domestic (f) _____. Some of these girls many go to school, but all their work domestic or academic stops as soon as they are (g) ____ off, which is the prime (h) ______ of the parents about their daughters. This discriminatory (i) _____has some long term (j) ______ effects on the body and the mind of the girl children and women in a family.
PART -C : Guided writing ( 40 marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write sentences in full.
2x6=12
| i) once there | was warned | refuse in a cellar | and he escaped. |
| ii) He | had | about a mile | Named sir patric Hume |
| iii) One day he | was | a nobleman | caught |
| iv) He | took | to hide | from his home |
| v) He | lived | nearly | below a church |
| vi) It | - | in time | from the king's men. |
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story. 14
i) But he rejected it as a protest against the atrocities of British government at Jalin walabag.
ii) It brought him the highest honour in the form of the Nobel prize in 1913.
iii) After the completion of his house education he was sent to school.
iv) But he did not like institution al education.
v) He was made a knight by the British government in 1914.
vi) In his thirteenth year, Rabindranath along with his father went to Himalayas.
vii) At the age of eighty, Rabindranath Tagore breathed his last .
viii) But he studied literature with professor Hanry Morley for a few months and then returned home.
ix) In 1911, he translated his poems of the Gitanjali in English.
x) He was born in the renowned Tagore family in march, 1861.
xi) So arrangements were made at house for his proper education.
xii) Rabindranath Taore was one of the most leading poets in the history of the world literature.
xiii) The university of oxford honored the poet with D. lit in 1940.
xiv) He was sent to London to study law.
13. Write a paragraph of about 200 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
What harm do the use and production of poly bags cause?
What harm does Poly bags burnt cause?
How has the use of Poly bags affected our traditional jute and cloth bags? Why is the use of poly bags wastage of money?
What should government do to get rid of the harmful effect of the use of poly bags?
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