HSC Board Question English 1st Paper-2023
Chattogram Board
English First Paper
Chattogram Board-2023
1.Read the following text and answer the questions A and B. [Unit—6; Lesson—1(D)]
Dreams have fascinated philosophers for thousands of years, but only recently have dreams been subjected to empirical research and scientific study. Chances are that you’ve often found yourself puzzling over the content of a dream, or perhaps you’ve wondered why you dream at all.
First, let’s start by answering a basic question : What is a dream? A dream can include any of the images, thoughts and emotions that are experienced during sleep. Dreams can be extraordinarily vivid or very vague; filled with joyful emotions or frightening images, focused and understandable or unclear and confusing.
Why do we dream? What purpose do dreams serve? While many theories have been proposed about the reason and function of dreams, no consensus has emerged.
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Considering the time, we spend in a dreaming state, the fact that researchers do not yet understand the purpose of dreams may seem baffling.
However, it is important to consider that science is still unravelling the exact purpose and function of sleep itself. Some researchers suggest that dreams serve no real purpose, while others believe that dreaming is essential to mental, emotional and physical well-being.
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Next, let’s learn more about some of the most prominent dream theories.
Consistent with the psychoanalytic perspective, Sigmund Freud’s theory of dreams suggests that dreams are a representation of subconscious desires, thoughts and motivations.
According to Freud, people are driven by aggressive and sexual instincts that are repressed from conscious awareness.
While these thoughts are not consciously expressed, they find their way into our awareness via dreams.
In his famous book, The Interpretation of Dreams, Freud wrote that dreams are “….. disguised fulfillments of repressed wishes.”
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A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 1´5=5
(a) The word ‘fascinated’ mentioned in the passage means ——.
(i) unattractive (ii) ugly
(iii) repulsive (iv) captivated
(b) The word ‘puzzling’ mentioned in the passage means ——.
(i) witty (ii) genuine
(iii) confusing (iv) enlightening
(c) The word ‘vivid’ means ——.
(i) dull (ii) weak
(iii) vague (iv) clear
(d) The word ‘unravel’ mentioned in the passage means ——.
(i) knot (ii) disclose
(iii) hide (iv) challenge
(e) The word ‘repressed’ mentioned in the passage means ——.
(i) suppressed (ii) inspired
(iii) encouraged (iv) assist
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A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 1´5=5
(a) The word ‘fascinated’ mentioned in the passage means ——.
(i) unattractive (ii) ugly (iii) repulsive (iv) captivated
(b) The word ‘puzzling’ mentioned in the passage means ——.
(i) witty (ii) genuine
(iii)confusing (iv) enlightening
(c) The word ‘vivid’ means ——.
(i)dull (ii) weak
(iii)vague (iv) clear
(d) The word ‘unravel’ mentioned in the passage means ——.
(i) knot (ii) disclose
(iii) hide (iv) challenge
(e) The word ‘repressed’ mentioned in the passage means ——.
(i) suppressed (ii) inspired
(iii) encouraged (iv) assist
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B. Answer the following questions. 3´5=15
(a) What purposes do dreams serve according to the researchers? Explain.
(b) Define dream in your own words?
(c) What is the difference between dream and nightmare?
(d) What are the characteristics of dream according to the passage?
(e) What is Sigmund Freud’s theory of dreams consistent with? What does it suggest?
2. Read the following text and make a flow chart showing the situation of adolescent girls in Bangladesh. (No. 1 is done for you.) [Unit—9; Lesson—2 (B-iii+iv)] 1´5=5
In Bangladesh, the legal age of marriage for girls is 18. However, 33 percent of our girls get married before they are 15 and 60 percent of them become mothers by the time they reach 19.
When a girl gets married, she usually drops out of school and thus loses her mobility.
She gets confined to full-time work in her in-laws’ household.
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She loses social status and all the opportunities of economic independence.
In her in-laws’ house, she gets marginalized. She becomes vulnerable to all sorts of abuse, including dowry-related violence.
In Bangladesh, it is still a common practice for the bride’s family to pay dowry. Dowry demands can also continue even after marriage.
An adolescent bride, even if her in-laws are supportive, faces enormous health risk during pregnancy and childbirth.
Majority of our people are uninformed or insufficiently informed about contraception and reproductive health.
This leads to increased mortality rates among adolescent brides during childbirth.
1. Getting married early | ® | 2 | ® | 3 | ® | 4 | ® | 5 | ® | 6 |
3. Summarize the following passage. [Unit—5; Lesson—3(C)] 10
Education aims to bring about positive changes in our behavior. It helps us try to change our lives as well as the society we live in.
Education that does not illuminate our minds or does not inspire us to work for the community is not complete at all. Education is not all about getting grades or receiving certificates.
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We use education to make life better. We are expected to apply the knowledge, skills and values that we learn in a classroom in our engagement with the world that lies outside. And we can do so in many different ways. Let’s have a look at how education works.
Learners’ civic engagement is highly appreciated all over the world.
Civic engagement means working to make a difference in the civic life of the community using knowledge, skills, values and motivation.
Civic engagement promotes the quality of life in a community by contributing to the improvement of health and well-being of the people.
4. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box. There are more words than needed. Make any grammatical change if necessary. .5´10=5
different; suffer; fertilizers; appear; environment; cause; diseases; afflicted; rural; severely; substances; alarm
Many diseases are rising at an (a) —— rate which experts believe is due to increased pollution of the environment. Some specialists believe that pollution (b) —— to be greater in urban areas. Though (c) —— societies too are (d) —— by increased use of chemical (e) —— and insecticides. Nevertheless, today city people appear to suffer from many more diseases and (f) —— more (g) —— than country people. Now, let us see how life in cities (h) —— from that in the country. Harmful
(i) —— in water and air are (j) —— environment pollution.
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5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words in each gap. 1´10=10
Education is one of the basic needs of a human being. It is (a) —— for the (b) —— of mind. Many illiterate people do not have any (c) —— of health. If they (d) —— educated, they could live a
(e) —— and planned life. Education teaches us how to live well. It (f) —— us to make the right
(g) —— in life. It enhances our (h) —— to perform our duties properly and (i) —— our everyday problems. In fact, it is education (j) —— brings positive change in our life.
6. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. 1´10=10
(a) He asked him where God is.
(b) He praised him highly.
(c) Once a lad went to a famous teacher.
(d) The teacher thought highly of the boy’s understanding.
(e) The lad replied that he would answer if he would tell where He is not.
(f) The boy devoted himself to earning knowledge.
(g) He begged to instruct him in the arts and science.
(h) He agreed to teach the lad.
(i) He expressed his desire to acquire knowledge.
(j) The teacher wished to find out the ability of the boy.
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Part II : Guided Writing (40 Marks)
- The pie chart below shows the percentage of travellers in Bangladesh travelling in different transportation ways per day. Describe the pie chart in at least 150 words. 15
- The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words. 15
There was a boy hailed from an obscure background. But he was brilliant, diligent and innovative. He ………………………….
- Suppose, you are Mushfiq/Musfiqa and your friend is Sharif/Sharifa. Now, write a letter to your friend telling him/her what you intend to do after the HSC Examination and why. 10
Solution to HSC Examination’s Question
Chottogram Board
English First Paper
Part I : Reading
1.A. Multiple choice questions
(a)Þ(iv) captivated; (b)Þ(iii) confusing;
(c)Þ(iv) clear; (d)Þ(ii) disclose; (e)Þ(i) suppressed.
B. Open-ended
(a) Though some researchers suggest that dreams serve no purpose, others believe that dreaming is vital to mental, emotional and physical well-being. According to Sigmund Freud, people are motivated by aggressive and sexual instinct that are repressed from conscious awareness. These thoughts not getting consciously expressed find their way into awareness via dreams. In fact, suppressed thoughts or desires being harmful for our physical and mental health, dreaming as a natural process is beneficial to us.
(b) A dream can be defined as any of the images, thoughts and emotions that are experienced during sleep. Dreams are disguised fulfillments of repressed wishes. More clearly, people are driven by aggressive and sexual instincts that are repressed from consciousness, and these repressed thoughts or instincts naturally get revealed via dreams.
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(c) Dream is a series of images, events and feelings that we experience during sleep. Dream may be sweet or horrible. And nightmare is a very frightening or unpleasant dream experienced in sleep. Thus, nightmare is a part of dream. The reasons of nightmare can be stress, anxiety, mental health disorder, etc.
(d) According to the passage, a dream can include any of the images, thoughts and emotions experienced during sleep. Dreams can be extraordinarily vivid or very vague. They can be filled with joyful emotions or frightening images; focused and understandable or indistinct and baffling.
(e) Sigmund Freud’s theory of dreams is consistent with the psychoanalytic perspective. It suggests that dreams are an exposure or representation of repressed desires, thoughts and motivations. According to Freud, people are motivated by aggressive and sexual instincts that are repressed from conscious awareness. These thoughts not getting consciously expressed get revealed through dreams. Thus, dreams are disguised fulfillments of repressed wishes.
2. Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)
1.Getting married early
2. Droping out of school and losing mobility.
3. Losing social opportunities of economic independence.
4. Being vulnerable to a abuse and dowry related violence.
5. Facing health risks during pregnancy and childbirth.
6. Lacking information about reproductive health.
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3. Summary
Education plays a vital role in bringing about positive changes in human behaviour. It helps us try to change our life as well as our society. Complete education not only illuminates our minds but also involves a learner to work for the community. The purpose of education is not getting grades and receiving certificates. The main objective of education is to make life better. Civic engagement of the learners is highly appreciated all over the world nowadays. A civically engaged person works to create a difference in the civic life taking action or raising voice against injustice, discrimination and other forms of social ills.
4. Cloze test with clue
(a) alarming; (b) appears; (c) rural; (d) afflicted; (e) fertilizers; (f) suffer; (g) severely; (h) differs (i) substances; (j) causing.
5. Cloze test without clues
(a) important; (b) development; (c) knowledge; (d) were; (e) healthy; (f) enables; (g) choice/choices; (h) ability; (i) face; (j) which.
6. Rearranging
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(e)®(d)®(b)®(h)®(f)
Once a lad went to a famous teacher. He expressed his desire to acquire knowledge. He begged to instruct him in the arts and science. The teacher wished to find out the ability of the boy. He asked him where God is. The lad replied that he would answer if he would tell where He is not. The teacher thought highly of the boy’s understanding. He praised him highly. He agreed to teach the lad. The boy devoted himself to earning knowledge.
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