ইংরেজি প্রথমপত্র
মোহাম্মদ সারবিন মুন্সী
সহকারী অধ্যাপক, ইংরেজি বিভাগ
বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ নূর মোহাম্মদ পাবলিক কলেজ, ঢাকা।
পরীক্ষার্থী বন্ধুরা, এইচএসসি পরীক্ষার ইংরেজি প্রথমপত্রের আজ Part I-এর শুধু প্রশ্ন নং ১ উপস্থাপন করলাম। এগুলো ভালোভাবে দেখে নিও।
Part I : Reading Test
1. Read the text below and answer the questions A
Nelson Mandela guided South Africa from the shackles of apartheid to a multi-racial democracy, as an icon of peace and reconciliation who came to embody the struggle for justice around the world.
Imprisoned for nearly three decades for his fight against white minority rule, Mandela never lost his resolve to fight for his people’s emancipation. He was determined to bring down apartheid while avoiding a civil war. His prestige and charisma helped him win the support of the world.
“I hate race discrimination most intensely and in all its manifestations. I have fought it all during my life; I will fight it now, and will do so until the end of my days, “Mandela said in his acceptance speech on becoming South Africa’s first black president in 1994, .... “The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come.”
“We have, at last, achieved our political emancipation.”
In 1993, Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, an honour he shared with F.W. de Klerk, the white African leader who had freed him from prison three years earlier and negotiated the end of apartheid.
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. (a) What does ‘apartheid’ stand for?
(i) Apart (ii) Aloofness (iii) Racism (iv) Apartment
(b) F.W. de Klerk freed Mandela from prison in ————-.
(i) 1993 (ii) 1994
(iii) 1990 (iv) 1986
(c) Mandela was the first to advocate ————-.
(i) fighting for independence
(ii) the violation of unity among all
(iii) unarmed resistance to apartheid (iv) the reign of apartheid around the world
(d) Mandela was prisoner for nearly ————-.
(i) 20 years (ii) 36 years
(iii) 30 years (iv) 93 years
(e) The word ‘emancipation’ could be best replaced by the antonym ————-.
(i) participation (ii) encouragement
(iii) bondage (iv) liberation
1. A. Multiple Choice:
(a) (iii) Racism (b) (iii) 1990 (c) (iii) unarmed resistance to apartheid (d) (iii) 30 years (e) (iii) bondage
