মডেল টেস্ট (মান : ৩৫) Part : A Read the following text and answer the questions : 1-4. It’s a beautiful spring day. Maria gets up early. She feels happy. She knows that it’s a nice day because she puts her hand on the glass of the window. It is warm. She opens the window and the singing of the birds fill the room. She can smell the flowers outside her home. They smell sweet and fresh. After Maria gets dressed and has her breakfast, she puts her books in her bag. She is ready for school. Maria is not like any other students in her neighbourhood. She goes to school and likes to be with her friends. But Maria cannot see the beautiful spring day. She cannot see the flowers, the blue sky or the singing birds. She cannot see these because she is visually impaired. She has been unable to see since she was born. 1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives : 10×1=10 a) This passage is based on ........... season. i. summer ii. autumn iii. winter iv. spring b) ‘Maria feels happy.’ The underlined word is a ............ i. noun ii. pronoun iii. verb iv. adjective c) The window in this passage is made of ................ i. Wood ii. iron iii. glass iv. silver d) The flowers smell .............. i. sweet ii. bad iii. fresh iv. sweet and fresh e) How is the spring season? i. Ugly ii. disgusting iii. boring iv. enjoyable f) The girl in this passage is blind by ................ i. birth ii. accident iii. intention iv. all the above g) ‘She cannot see the flowers.’ The underlined word is ............. verb. i. To be ii. to do iii. to have iv. model h) What is Maria? i. a student ii. a teacher iii. a doctor iv. a nurse i) Maria is happy to go to .............. i. college ii. university iii. madrasha iv. school j) Visually impaired stands for ........... . i. Physically weak ii. physically strong iii. blind iv. colour blind Answers a)+ iv. spring b)+ iii. verb c)+ iii. glass d)+ iv. sweet and fresh e)+ iv. enjoyable f)+ i. birth g)+ iv. model h)+ i. a student i)+ iv. school j)+ iii. blind 2. Match the words of both column with their similar meaning. There are more words than necessary. 5×1=5 Answers Column - A Column - B a) Beautiful i. Sound b) Happy ii. Dinner c) Fresh iii. Morning meal d) Open iv. Gorgeous e) breakfast v. Nice vi. Unlock vii. Pleased a)+v : Beautiful........Nice b)+vii : Happy........Pleased c)+i : Fresh........Sound d)+vi : Open........Unlock e)+iii : Breakfast........Morning meal 3. Answer the following questions : 5×2=10 a) How are the days of Spring season? b) What does she open and smell? c) How does Maria get ready for the school? d) Why does she like to go to school? e) Why can’t she see anything? Answers a) Spring days are beautiful. b) She opens the window and can smell the flowers outside her home. c) After Maria gets dressed and has her breakfast, she puts her books in her bag. This is how she is ready for school. d) Maria likes to go to school because she likes her school and her friends there. e) Maria can’t see anything because she is visually impaired since her birth. 4. Write a short composition on ‘A Visually Impaired Person’ 10 Answer A Visually Impaired Person The person who is a born blind is called a visually impaired person. This person cannot lead a simple life like others. We should be very co-operative towards him. He can go a long way for the helping hands of others. None should underestimate such persons. They can lead a happy life if they get enough support from all of us.