Primary School Certificate Exam Preparation 2014 Sub: English Update: GEE Bangladesh, 04 June 2014 প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা সমাপনী পরীক্ষার প্রস্তুতি ইংরেজি লেসন-১০ প্রিয় শিক্ষার্থী, আজ ইংরেজির লেসন-১০ থেকে প্যাসেজ ও প্রশ্নোত্তর দেওয়া হলো। Read the text carefully and answer the questions 1, 2 and 3: Once upon a time, there lived a poor farmer named Abul Mia. He lived in a village. He grew vegetables and sold them in the market. But the money he got was not enough. One day he bought a goose. He thought, ‘I’ll sell eggs and earn some money. Then with that money, I’ll buy some more geese. I can earn more money by selling more eggs.’ He kept the goose inside his room. It was a magic goose. Next morning. Abul Mia saw a golden egg beside the goose. He was very happy. ‘I don’t have to worry any more. Now I can buy enough food for all of us. ‘From then on everyday the goose laid a gold egg. Abul Mia sold it in the market at a good price. Soon he became rich. He bought a big house. He lived there with his wife and children. They had good food to eat. They had fine clothes to wear. But Abul Mia was not happy. He became very greedy. He wanted to live in a palace like a king. He wanted to be very rich. He thought and thought. Then an idea came into his head. He said to himself. ‘If I kill the goose, I will get all the eggs a time. I don’t have to wait for an egg every morning. I’ll sell all the eggs and become very rich.’ One morning. Abul Mia killed the magic goose. He cut the belly open. There were no eggs inside. Abul Mia went mad with grief. He hit his fore head with his hand and said, ‘What have I done, What have I done!’ The goose is bead and there will be no more gold eggs. I’ll be poor again!’ 1. Write only the answer on the answer paper. (i) How was the farmer? (a) Good (b) Well off (c) Poor (d) Rich (ii) One day Abul Mia bought ?. (a) A goat (b) A cow (c) A horse (d) A goose (iii) It was a— goose. (a) lazy (b) barren (c) unproductive (d) magic (iv) How many eggs did Abul Mia have in the first day? (a) One (b) Two (c) Three (d) Four (v) Why did Abul Mia become happy? (a) To have gold egg (b) To have enough wealth (c) To see his friend (d) To meet his wife (vi) Where did Ahul Mia want to live? (a) In a hotel (b) In a cottage (c) In a palace (d) In an inn (vii) Abul Mia killed the goose ?. (a) for getting all gold eggs (b) for meat (c) for feathers (d) for blood (viii) What did Abul Mia get in the belly of the goose? (a) Two gold eggs (b) Three gold eggs (c) Many gold eggs (d) Nothing (ix) Abul Mia became— having no eggs. (a) happy (b) glad (c) cheerful (d) mad (x) Why did the goose die? (a) For having no food (b) For cutting its belly (c) For being in hot condition (d) For jumping into hot condition water. Answer no. 1 (i) c) Poor (ii) d) a goose (iii) d) magic (iv) a) One (v) a) To have gold egg (vi) c) In a palace (vii) a) For getting all gold eggs (viii) d) nothing (ix) d) mad (x) b) For cutting its belly. 2. Fill in the blanks with the given words (3 more words are there): poor—gold—mad—goose—money— eggs—magic—happy (a) One day he bought a — from the market. (b) It laid a — egg everyday. (c) He wanted more —. (d) There were no — inside the goose. (e) Abul Mia went — with grief. Answer no. 2 (a) goose (b) gold (c) money (d) eggs (e) mad. 3. Answer the following questions in sentence(s). (a) Why was Abul Mia happy? (b) What did he do with the egg? (c) Why was Abul Mia unhappy after becoming rich? (d) What did he do one morning? (e) What did he find after cutting the belly of the goose? (f) Why did Abul Mia cut the belly of the goose? (g) How does greed lead a man to ruin? (h) How is Abul Mia? (i) Who cut the belly of the goose? (j) Who killed the magic goose? (k) Who was greedy? (l) What is the moral of the story? Answer no. 3 (a) He was happy, because he thought that he didn’t have to worry anymore. He could buy enough food for all. (b) He sold it in the market at a good price. (b) Because Abul Mia was very greedy. He wanted to be very rich and live like a king in a palace. (d) One morning, he killed the goose. (e) He found that there were no eggs. (f) Abul Mia cut the belly of the goose to get all the golden eggs at a time to be very rich like a king. (g) Greed leads any man to ruin. Abul Mia was very greedy, so he was ruined. Abul Mia got the goose and had gold eggs. But he wanted to have all the eggs at a time. So, he cut the belly of the goose as he was excessively greedy. After cutting the belly. he got no eggs. So, he was mad. Thus, Abul’s greed leads him to ruin. (h) Abul Mia is greedy. (i) Abul Mia cut the belly of the goose. (j) Abul Mia killed the magic goose. (k) Abul Mia was greedy. (l) The moral of the story is: ‘Grasp all, lose all.’ ইংরেজি পাঠ্যবই বহির্ভূত প্যাসেজ Read the text and answer the questions 1, 2 and 3: Once a hare and a tortoise lived in a jungle. The tortoise was very slow to run. So, the hare always made fun of him. One day the hare invited the tortoise to a race. The tortoise agreed. All other animals of the jungle came to see the race. Race started. The hare ran fast and soon was far ahead of tortoise. He looked back and there was not race of the tortoise. “The tortoise is too slow”, thought the hare. “He will take a long time to reach hare. Let me have some rest. When the tortoise comes I shall run fast and win the race.” The hare lay down in the shade of a tree. It was summer and the sun was very hot. But it was cool under the tree. The hare fell felt asleep. After a short sleep the hare woke up and ran very fast. But he was too late. The tortoise had already reached the finishing mark and won the race. 1. Write only the answer on the answer paper. i. The hare and the tortoise lived in a —. a) field b) house c) jungle d) garden ii. How was the tortoise in moving? a) fast b) normally c) slowly d) rapidly iii. Who did the hare make fun of? a) A tiger b) A cat c) A tortoise d) A crow iv) The here invited the tortoise to —. a) party b) function c) ceremony d) race v. — of the jungle came to see the race. a) a few animals b) some goats c) some cats d) all other animals vi. What did the hare want to have? a) food b) rest c) waters d) fun vii. The hare lay down —. a) under a tree b) in the shade of a tree c) under a roof d) under a bush viii. what was the season? a) winter b) summer c) fall d) autumn ix. It was — under the tree. a) hot b) cool c) sunny d) warm x. Who won the race at last? a) the tiger b) the hare c) the tortoise d) the goat. Answer no. 1 i) c. jungle ii) c. slowly iii) c. A tortoise iv) d. race v) d. All other animals vi) b. rest vii) b. in the shade of a tree viii) b. summer ix) b. cool x) c. tortoise. 2. Fill in the blanks with the given words (3 more words are there): soon—shade—tortoise—asleep— tree—always—rest—race a. The hare — made fun of him. b. All animals came to see the —. c. The hare ran fast and — went a long way. d. The hare wanted to take —. e. The hare fell —. Answer no. 2 a) always b) race c) soon d) rest e) asleep. 3. Answer the following questions in sentence(s). a. Where did the hare and the tortoise live? b. Who made fun of the tortoise? c. Who invited the tortoise to a race? d. Who came to see the race? e. Where did the hare take rest? f. What do you think the causes of the winning of the tortoise? Answer no. 3 a) The hare and the tortoise lived in a jungle. b. The hare made fun of the tortoise. c. The hare invited the tortoise to a race. d. Animals of the jungle came to see the race. e. The hare took rest under a tree. f. There are two causes of the winning of the tortoise. These are as follows: i. The tortoise was insulted by the hare, so it wanted to prove it. ii. The tortoise was steady. So, it won the race. লেসন-১২ প্রিয় শিক্ষার্থী, আজ ইংরেজির লেসন-১২ থেকে প্যাসেজ ও প্রশ্নোত্তর দেওয়া হলো Read the text and answer the questions 1, 2 and 3. Once a lamb went to a stream to drink water. As he was drinking water, a wolf also came there for drinking water. He saw the lamb and thought, “The flesh of this little one must be soft, sweet and testy. I should catch him for my food by any means.” So he went closer to the lamb and said, “You fool, why are you making my drinking water dirty.” The lamb said, “No, it can’t be so because the water is flowing down to me from your end.” The wolf said, “Don’t argue with me. Perhaps you are the same rude fellow who abused me last month.” The lamb strangely said, “I was not even born last month.” The wolf said, “In that case, it must be your mother who abused me. “So saying the wolf jumped upon poor lamb and killed him. 1. Write only the answer on the answer paper. i) Where did the lamb go to drink water? (a) house (b) stream (c) forest (d) canal ii) Whom did the lamb meet? (a) a deer (b) a tortoise (c) a wolf (d) a goat iii) How was the wolf? (a) critic (b) cruel (c) kind (d) helpful iv) What did the wolf want? (a) to eat the lamb (b) to help the lamb (c) to punish the lamb (d) to chase the lamb v) From whose side did the water come? (a) wolf (b) lamb (c) forest (d) deer vi) How was the lamb? (a) guilty (b) innocent (c) aged (d) bad vii) Who killed the lamb at last? (a) the crow (b) the lion (c) the wolf (d) the dog viii) Who was blamed to abuse the wolf last month? (a) lamb’s father (b) lamb’s mother (c) lamb’s uncle (d) lamb’s aunt the accusation of the wolf.ix) The lamb (a) acknowledged (b) denied (c) agreed (d) accepted .x) At last the wolf (a) killed the lamb (b) left the lamb (c) helped the lamb (d) sympathized with the lamb. Answer no-1 (i) b) stream (ii) c) a wolf (iii) b) cruel (iv) a) to eat the lamb (v) a) wolf (vi) b) innocent (vii) c) the wolf (viii) b) lamb’s mother (ix) b) denied. (x) a) killed the lamb 2. Fill in the blanks with the given words (3 more words are there): closeflesh lamb strangely from drinkendsweet even water.(a) The lamb went to the stream to to the lamb. and testy. (c) The wolf went (b) The wolf thought the flesh of the lamb must be soft, the wolf’s end.(d) The water was flowing down born last month.(e) The lamb strangely replied that it was not Answer no-2 (a) drink (b) sweet (c) close (d) from (e) even. 3. Answer the following questions in sentence(s). (a) Who went to the stream first? (b) Why did the wolf come to the stream? (c) What did the wolf think about the lamb’s flash? (d) Why did the wolf want to catch the lamb? (e) What did the wolf say at first to the lamb? (f) How did the lamb react? (g) What is the moral of the story? Answer no-3 (a) The lamb went to the stream first. (b) The wolf came to drink water. (c) The wolf thought that the flesh of the lamb must be soft, sweet and testy. (d) The wolf wanted to catch the lamb for his food. (e) The wolf at first said to the lamb, “You fool. Why are you making my drinking water dirty?” (f) The lamb reacted strangely saying that it was not even born last month. (g) The moral of the story is that we should keep away from the evil persons. An evil always makes excuse with others to fulfill its ill-motive. In the story, the wolf made lamb excuse. It was unacceptable. So he forcibly killed the lamb and ate its flesh. ইকবাল খান, শিক্ষক বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ মুন্সী আব্দুর রউফ পাবলিক কলেজ, ঢাকা
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