Degree English Model Test - 01

Degree English Model Test

01

 [N.B.—The figures in the right margin indicate full marks]

1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :

New evidence is emerging that green tea can even help dieters. In November 1999, the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published the results of a study at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Researchers found that men who were given a combination of caffeine and green tea extract burned more calories than those given only caffeine or a placebo.

Green tea can even help prevent tooth decay! Just as its bacteria-destroying abilities can help prevent food poisoning, it can also kill the bacteria that causes dental plaque. Meanwhile, skin preparations containing green tea from deodorants to creams are starting to appear on the market.

Bangladesh produces generally black tea like India and Sri Lanka. However, the country manufactures about 3m kg of green tea annually in one garden, Jagcherra Tea Estate of James Finlay. A major portion of the tea is exported to Pakistan. Due to its astringent flavour it is not popular to western markets. They favour green tea of Mellowed qualities which is produced from small leaf China variety by China and Japan. So the rise of internal consumption would be a key factor for the expansion of green tea in Bangladesh.

 (a)   Write answers to the following questions: 2×2=4
(i) What good things have been talked about regarding green tea?
(ii) What tea is popular to western markets?
(b)    What is the main idea and what are the supporting ideas of the passage? 4
(c) Write down the meanings of the following words/phrases in English and make sentences in your own language (any four) :
evidence; appear on; due to; astringent; favour; consumption.
(d) What is the key-word in the first sentence of the passage? How does it help you understand the meaning of the sentence? 4
(e) Summarise the passage. 4
2. Correct the following sentences : 5
(a) Stay here until I do not come.
(b) The girl resembles to her mother.
(c) This is the best of the two.
(d) Would you mind to have a cup of tea?
(e) You should stick at your principle.
3. Change any five of the following words as directed and make sentences with changed words:
        1×5=5
difficult (noun); pride (adjective); moral (adverb); desirable (noun); beauty (verb): trouble (adjective); production (verb).
4. Supply a suitable word to fill in the blank in each of the following sentences (any five) : 1×5=5
(a) The house is too costly_____me to buy.
(b) Two years have passed_____I saw him.
(c) Barking dogs_____bite.
(d) All that glitters_____not gold.
(e) Necessity is the mother of_____.
5. Correct the form of verbs within the brackets and use them in the gaps : 5
We (to start) – for Dhaka early in the morning. Our bus (to run) – fast. We saw
farmers (to work)-in the fields. The man (to seat)-beside me looked thoughtful. For
his only son (to go)-to leave Bangladesh soon.
6. Give the synonyms of the following words and make sentences of your own (any five) : 1×5=5 destroy, nervous; ugly; quite; faithful; completely; selfish.
Or,  Add prefix or suffix to the following words and make sentences with them (any five) : rich; strength; case; success; examine; implement; little.
7. Frame Wh-questions from the following sentences (any five) : 1×5=5
(a) I want to talk to Mr. Tawhid.
(b) The girl looks like a rose.
(c) ‘Everybody hates a liar.
(d) Our college was built in 1956.
(e) Charity begins at home.
(f) Her elder sister is a magistrate.
(g) He lifted the box carefully.
8. Rearrange the following words to make sentences : 5
(a) towns a problem is in all traffic jam.
(b) 1971 became it in independent.
(c) intends abroad he to go.
(d) martyrs are they called.
(e) letter receive your to very am I glad.
9. Punctuate the following passage : 5 it is this style of clear expressive vitality that won immediate admiration from readers and set the tone for the later essayists
10. Translate into English : 5



11. (a)   Suppose, you are Principal of a college. Your college will be closed on account of Degree Pass Examination. Now, write a notice about it.
Or, (b)   Suppose you own an apartment at Banani. You want to let it. Now, write an advertisement for a daily.
12. Write a paragraph on any one of the following by writing topic sentence and developing ideas : 8
(a) Price hike;
(b) Digital Bangladesh;
(c) Climate change.
Or, Write a report for the newspaper on load-shedding in your locality.
13. Write an application to the Registrar of the National University requesting him to correct the spelling mistake of your name and a subject code in your Registration Card. 8
Or,  Write a letter to your friend informing what you would like to do after your graduation.
14. Write an essay on any one of the following : 15
(a) Natural calamities in Bangladesh;
(b) Students and social service;
(c) Life in a village.