HSC English 1st paper । chittagong Board 2025 । Questions with Answer
HSC English 1st paper । chittagong Board 2025 । Questions with Answer
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Read the following text and answer the question A
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of 'interposition' and 'nullification', that one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day every, valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together."
This is our hope. This is the faith that I will go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day __________
And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania ____________
Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.
And when this happens, and when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"
Read the following text and make a flow chart showing the situation of adolescent girls in Bangladesh:
In Bangladesh, the legal age of marriage for girls is 18. However, 33% of our girls get married before they are 15 and 60% of them become mothers by the time they reach 19.
When an adolescent girl gets married, she usually drops out of school and thus loses her mobility. She gets confined to full-time work in her in-law's household. She loses social status and all the opportunities of economic independence. In her in-law's house, she gets marginalized. She becomes vulnerable to all sorts of abuse, including dowry-related violence. In our country, it is still a common practice for the brides family to pay dowry. Dowry demands can continue even after marriage. An adolescent bride, even if her in-laws are supportive, faces enormous health risk during pregnancy and child birth.
Majority of our people are uninformed or insufficiently informed about contraception and reproductive health. This leads to increased mortality rates among adolescent brides during childbirth.
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Summarize the following text :
"He is at the epicenter of our time, ours in South Africa, and yours, wherever you are," Nadine Gordimer, the South African writer and Nobel Laureate for Literature, once remarked.
The years Mandela spend behind bars made him the world's most celebrated political prisoner and a leader of mythic stature for millions of black South Africans and other oppressed people far beyond his country's borders. Charged with capital offences in the 1963 Rivonia Trial, his statement from the dock was his political testimony.
"During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the ave African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination." "I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities," he told the court.
"It is an ideal I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."
Friends adored Mandela and fondly called him "Madiba," the clan name by which he was known. People lauded his humanity, kindness and dignity.
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Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box. There are more words than needed. Make any grammatical change if necessary:
hang sake balance ecology link alter interrelated ecosystem know responsible rise example fixed world All things that make up the environment are (a) _________ .The way in which people, animals and plants are related to each other and to their surroundings is (b)_________ as ecology. The (c) ________ is a complex web that (d) _______ animals, plants and every other life form in the biosphere. All these things (e) ____________ together. The system is in a steady state of dynamic (f) ________ which means that by (g) __________ any one part of the web you can affect all the other parts. For (h) ___________ the destruction of forests may have serious (i) ___________ consequences. It is the (j) ___________ of human beings to prevent the environment from being spoilt.
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Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap.
Bangladesh is a (a) _______ populated country, but a large number of her people are (b) _______ It is not possible for her to ensure (c) _________ to the teeming millions. Self-employment is a possible (d) __________ to this problem. It means that people themselves should (e) __________ avenues for self-employment. Facilities for training in (f) _________ trades and vacations are available (g) _________ the country. The youths, in particular, can train themselves in any of these trades and turn into a useful (h) _________ The Govt. also (i) _________ easy loans and counselling with a view to helping them start an (j) _________ earning activity.
(6)The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in proper sequence :
(a) "Where is my son?" asked the grocer
(b) Then one day, the fruit-seller said to the grocer, "I am going to the town to do some shopping. Please, send your son with me to carry my things."
(c) The grocer said, "The mice ate away your balance and weights. So, I can't return those to you."
(d) "A crow carried your son away," replied the fruit-seller.
(e) One day, a grocer borrowed a balance and weights from a fruit-seller.
(f) The grocer sent his son with the fruit-seller but he came back alone from the town.
(g) "You liar, how can a crow carry away such a big boy?" the grocer shouted angrily.
(h) The lame excuse of the dishonest grocer made the fruit-seller very angry. But he controlled his temper.
(i) "Just the same way as mice can eat away the balance and weights," said the fruit-seller.
(j) After a few days, the fruit-seller asked the grocer to return his balance and weights.
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(8)
The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your words:
One day, I was on the way to my college. It was raining and I took shelter under a shed adjacent to our college. I found an old man groaning
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The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your words:
One day, I was on the way to my college. It was raining and I took shelter under a shed adjacent to our college. I found an old man groaning
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Suppose, you have received a birthday gift from your friend. Now, write a letter to your friend thanking him/her for the birthday gift.
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