দশম শ্রেণির ইংরেজি প্রথমপত্র

প্রিয় শিক্ষার্থী বন্ধুরা, আজ তোমাদের practice এর জন্য ইংরেজি প্রথম পত্রের একটি seen comprehension (Unit-7, Lesson- 3: Power of the Media) দেওয়া হলো। তোমরা মনযোগ সহকারে এটি পড়বে এবং সমাধানের চেষ্টা করবে। Part-A: Reading Test (40 marks) Read the passage carefully and answer the questions following it. It was the eve of World War II, October 1938. Mrs. Smith sat on her favourite rocking chair and closed her eyes. It was a long tiring day. She looked out of the window; it was dark-quite dark. The tension of the war hung in the air. Mrs. Smith was restless. Her husband William Smith and son William Smith Junior were off the border. She switched on the radio and a deep male voice floated in. It was an invasion alarm! What actually happened on that night was Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre presented a radio adaptation of HG Well’s novel ‘War of the Worlds’ on the air. Welles meant the programme to be a Halloween joke. But the beginning of the programme was missed by many listeners. They mistook it for news coverage of an actual invasion of the USA. Panic spread from one end of the country to the other. It drove many people frenzy. They fled by car from the invaded area. A number of people died as a result of accidents or by suicide. People had believed the invasion because they heard it on the radio at a time of fear and also because the invasion was put across as a current news programme. 1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives given after each question. (a).The incident took place on the……..of World War II. (i).entrance (ii).verge (iii).edge (iv).point (b). Mrs. Smith switched on the radio to listen to the……… (i).music (ii).drama serial (iii).news bulletin (iv).ads (c).“On the air” means……… (i).be alive (ii).being broadcast (iii).be living (iv).be real (d).In dramatic terms, the……..of the drama on the air was missed by many listeners. (i).exposition (ii).beginning (iii).climax (iv).denouement (e).The reaction of the people who had missed the beginning of the programme was……… (i).frightening (ii).recreational (iii).frivolous (iv).suicidal 02. Write, whether the statements are true or false. If false, give the correct answer. (a).The radio programme was broadcast on the day of World War II started. (b).Mrs. Smith was in comfort on her lousy swinging chair. (c).Mrs. Smith switched on the radio sometime after the programme had started. (d).H.G. Well’s novel “War of the Worlds” was retold in a radio broadcast. (e).On hearing the invasion alarm, some people committed suicide as they were unable to escape from the invaded area.