SELIM ENGLISH EDUCATION

Class Seven (Exam on – Model test-1)

Total Marks-45 Time: 1 Hour
1. Read the text first and then choose the best answer to the following questions from the alternatives given. You do not need
to reproduce the whole chunk of the answer. Only the corresponding number of the answers will do.
Farabi is Flora's best friend. They live in the same area. Also they are both in class 7. But they go to different schools. It is a school
holiday. Flora has come to visit Farabi. They are talking. Flora wants to know about the prize-giving ceremony of Farabi's school.
''Yesterday was our school prize-giving day,'' Farabi says. ''On this occasion our school auditorium and its dais were brightly
decorated. Prizes were also neatly displayed on a separate table on the dais. All the students were present at the function. Among
others, the guardians and some eminent persons of the locality attended the function,'' Farabi continues. ''The principal of PN College
was the chief guest.''
"When did the function start?" Flora asked.
"Oh, it started on time-Just at 4 pm," Farabi says. "our Head teacher first read out the annual report. Then the Chief Guest gave a short
speech. He highly praised the Overall performance of the school and its excellent JSC and SSC Exam results. Then he gave away the
prizes among the students for their outstanding activities."
"Did you get any prize, Farabi?" Flora enquires.
"Yes, I did," Farabi replies. "I've got two prizes....one for regular attendance and the other for good results in the last year-ending
exams."
Now choose the correct answer to each question from the alternatives given and write the corresponding number of the
answers in your answer script. 0.510=5
(1) The chief guest gave away the prizes among the students because
(a) they were outstanding in their activities (b) they made brilliant result
(c) they were gentle and serious (d) they obeyed their teachers
(2) What were Farabi and Flora talking about?
(a) They were talking about the holiday. (b) They were talking about the result.
(c) They were talking about the prize-giving ceremony.
(d) They were talking about the JSC Exam.
(3) School auditorium and its dais were brightly decorated because
(a) of Baishakhi Mela (b) of Science Fair
(c) of Prize-giving Ceremony (d) of Book Fair
(4) What were the exams mentioned in the passage?
(a) JSC, SSC and HSC. b) JSC, SSC, HSC and B.Sc.
(c) PEC, JSC and SSC. (d) JSC, SSC and year-ending exams.
(5) Who gave speech on the program?
(a) The Head teacher and the Chief Guest (b) The Head Teacher and Farabi
(c) The Chief Guest, the Head Teacher and Farabi (d) The Head teacher, the Chief Guest and the guardians
6. But they go to different schools. Here 'different' means
(a) alike (b) similar (c) same (d) various
7. The prize-giving ceremony began with
(a) the speech of chief guest (b) the Head teacher reading out the annual report
(c) the announcing of results (d) the distribution of prizes
8. Farabi got the prize because
(a) He helped the other students. (b) He was regular in class.
(c) He respected his teachers. (d) He was serious
9. What is true about Farabi and Flora?
(a) They don't like each other. (b) They live in different areas.
(c) They are in different classes. (d) They go to different schools.
10. Flora has come to visit Farabi because
(a) It is a school holiday. (b) It is a school prize-giving day.
(c) He is sick. (d) He is absent from the school.
2. Read the following text and answer the questions.
"Don't be sad, Farabi, and don't think seriously about what your friend Harun did. .... I know a story about friends. Listen."
Two friends were walking through a desert. After a while they had a quarrel, and one friend slapped the other in the face. The friend
who got slapped was hurt. But without saying anything he wrote in the sand:
Today my best friend slapped me in the face.
They kept walking until they found an oasis. There they decide to take a bath. The one who was slapped before got stuck in the
quicksand and started going down, but his friend saved him. After he was saved he wrote on a stone:
Today my best friend saved my life.
The friend who slapped and saved his best friend asked, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone. Why?"
The other friend replied, "When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand. The wind can erase it away. But when someone
does something good for us, we should engrave it on stone, so no wind can erase it."
"Do you know the moral of the story?" Flora asked.
Farabi nodded and smiled, "Yes, we should forget out hurts, but remember our good deeds forever."
Now write answers to the following questions in your scripts. 25=10
1. Who knows a story about friends?
2. Who was listening to the story?
3. What did the friend do who was slapped?
4. Where did they decide to take bath?
5. Who saved a friend's life!
3. Read the text and answer the following questions.
Dr. Mohammad Shahidullah was the greatest scholar of Bengal. This great scholar was born at 24 Pargana in West Bengal on the 10
July in 1885. He passed the Entrance Examination in 1904. He obtained his B.A. degree in 1910, M.A. in 1912 and B.L. in 1914. He
joined the University of Dhaka in 1921 as a professor of Sanskrit and Bengali. His "Bengal Shaitter Katha' was published in 1953. The
great scholar breathed his last on 13 July, 1969.in Dhaka. We all remember him with gratitude.
A.Complete the following table with the information given in the passage.
15=5
Dr. Mohammad Shahidullah
He was born on (a) .............
He got his graduation (b) .............
In 1921, he joined (c) .............
His "bengal Sahitter Katha' was published (d) .............
He died in (e) ..............
B. Read the text and answer the following questions.
Sir Walter Scott was both a poet and novelist. He was born at Edinburgh in Scotland in 1771. In spite of his being sickly and lame in
his early life, he studied in school and university till he was twenty one. The king and the queen of England requested the poet to stay
in the palace leaving his birth place. In reply to their request, the poet wrote his longest poem "The Lay of the Last Minstrel" in 1802
which was published three years later. The poem made him famous. "The Lady of the Lake" is also a famous poem of the poet. He
died in September, 1832.
Now read the following statements. Write (True) in your answer script if the statement in true. Write (False) if the statement is
false. If false, write the correct answer. You do not need to copy the statement in your script. Only the corresponding number
of the statement will do. 15=5
(i) Sir Walter Scott was not only a poet but also a novelist.
(ii) Scott was very sick in his early life.
(iii) The king of England requested the poet to stay in the palace.
(iv) "The Lady of the Lake" was his longest poem.
(v) "The Lay of the Last Minstrel" mad him infamous.
4. Read the text below and complete it with suitable words given in the box.
0.510=5
easy fourteen childhood all fear
years enjoying mind school compound
Now I am (a) ....... . I am in class ix. At present I cannot recollect all the memories of my (b) ....... . Buy some of the memories of my
childhood school days are still vivid in my (c) ....... . When I was six, my father got me admitted into our village primary (d) .......
where I spent four (e) ....... . On the first day when I entered the school (f) ....... with my father, the children were (g) ....... themselves
here and there. My mind was troubled with (h) ....... that I might not be quite free and (i) ....... in their midst. But the warmth with
which my classmates received me removed (j) ....... my fears.
5. Match the texts given in column 'A' and column 'B' to write five complete sentences. 15=5
A B
(i) It was very glad.
(ii) Many people the Eid-prayer.
(iii) All of them were an Eid day.
(iv) The prophet (S.m) assembled at the Eidgah.
(v) He himself would lead also went to the Eidgah.
6. Writing Part---- (any two) 10
a. Write a Dialogue according to your syllabus . 05
b. Write a Paragraph according to your syllabus . 05
c. Write a E-mail according to your syllabus . 05
d. Write a Application/letter according to your syllabus . 05
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a c c d a d b b d a
Q-B. (a)True. (b)True. (c) False. The king and the queen of England requested the poet to stay in the palace.
(d)False. “The lay of the last Minstrel” was the longest poem. (e) False. “The lay of the last Minstrel” made him
famous
Q4.(a)fourteen (b)childhood (c) mind(d) school(e) years (f) compound (g) enjoying (h) fear (i)easy (j) all