HSC English 1st Paper Model Test 01 (2025) PDF

HSC English 1st Paper Model Test 01 (2025)

Part -A: Reading Part (HSC English 1st Paper Model Test 01)

01.Read the passage and answer the questions A and B.

Valentina Tereshkova was born in a village in Central Russia on 6 March 1937. Her father was a tractor driver and her mother worked in a textile plant. At the age of eight she began her schooling but did not enjoy it much. She left the school within a few years. Afterwards she completed her education through distance learning. She became interested in parachuting from a young age, and trained in skydiving at the local Aeroclub, making her first jump at age 22 on 21 May 1959. It was her expertise in skydiving that led to her selection as a cosmonaut.
After the flight of Yuri Gagarin, the first human being to travel to outer space in April 1961, the Soviet Union decided to send a woman in space. On 16 February 1962, “proletaria” Valentina Tereshkova was selected for this project from among more than four hundred applicants. Tereshkova had to undergo a series of training that included weightless flights, isolation tests, centrifuge tests, rocket theory, spacecraft engineering, 120 parachute jumps and pilot training in MiG-15UTI jet fighters.
Since the successful launch of the spacecraft Vostok-5 on 14 June 1963, Tereshkova began preparing for her own flight. On the morning of 16 June 1963, Tereshkova and her back-up cosmonaut Solovyova were dressed in spacesuits and taken to the space shuttle launch pad by a bus. After completing her communication and life support checks, she was sealed inside Vostok 6. Finishing a two-hour countdown, Vostok-6 launched faultlessly.
Although Tereshkova experienced nausea and physical discomfort for much of the flight, she orbited the earth 48 times and spent almost three days in space. With a single flight, she logged more flight time than the combined times of all American astronauts who had flown before that date. Tereshkova also maintained a flight log and took photographs of the horizon, which were later used to identify aerosol layers within the atmosphere. Vostok-6 was the final Vostok flight and was launched two days after Vostok-5, which carried Valary Bykovsy into a similar orbit for five days, landing three hours after Tereshkova. The two vessels approached each other within 5 kilometers at one point, and from space Tereshkova communicated with Bykovsky and the Soviet leader Khrushchev by radio.

A.Choose the correct answer from the alternatives:

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(a) What does the phrase “expertise in skydiving” refer to?

(i) competency in skydiving
(ii) delinquency in skydiving
(iii) diving into the icy weather
(iv) all of the above

(b) Which of the following has the closest meaning of “employ”?

(i) serve
(ii) engage
(iii) spend
(iv) finish

(i) Vostok-6 orbited for 5 days.
(ii) Vostok-6 orbited for only 2 days.
(iii) Vostok-6 was the last Vostok flight.
(iv) none of the above

(d) Vostok-6 launched faultlessly. Here the word “faultlessly” stands for-

(i) defectively
(ii) flawlessly
(iii) imperfectly
(iv) reproachfully

(e) Who was Tereshkova’s back up cosmonaut?

(i) Solovyova
(ii) an ordinary pilot
(iii) Bykovsky
(iv) nobody

(f) Tereshkova made her first jump at the age of _.

(i) 21
(ii) 22
(iii) 23
(iv) 24

(g) How many applicants were there for the project?

(i) not more than 300
(ii) 400
(iii) more than 400
(iv) 550

(h) The word “proletaria” refers to __

(i) the aristocratic people living in Russia
(ii) people with special needs
(iii) common people
(iv) the working class people

(i) Tereshkova was enthusiastic about parachuting since her _.

(i) early childhood
(ii) child age
(iii) young age
(iv) father’s death

(j) The word “isolation” means __.

(i) to be exclusive
(ii) to be concerned
(iii) to stand aside
(iv) seclusion

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B.Answer the following questions. (HSC English 1st Paper Model Test 01)

(a) Give a brief account of Tereshkova’s birth and family.
(b) What do you know about Valentina Tereshkova’s education before joining the flight project?
(c) Which trainings have Valentina taken after joining the flight project?
(d) Who was the first human being to go into outer space? What do you know about Vostok-5?
(e) How was Tereshkova’s experience in Vostok-6 and what did she do on that journey?

02.Read the following text and make a flow chart showing the advantages of meditation. (one is done for you.)

Meditation in our time is practiced by people to reduce stress and tension, and improve focus. There are trainers who help beginners with some exercises such as improved breathing and progressive relaxation. One of the most common approaches to meditation is concentration.
To develop concentration one needs to focus on a single point. Since focusing the mind is challenging, a beginner might meditate for only a few minutes and then work up to longer durations.
Meditation releases anxiety and brings a state of calmness. It increases the thinking ability of human brain so that people have a better control of their emotions. Those who practice meditation can work tirelessly for a longer period of time. Meditation helps improve blood circulation in the brain and other parts of the body. Finally, meditation improves creativity, self-awareness and tolerance.

1.Reducing stress and tension, and improving focus → 2. → 3. → 4. → 5. → 6.

03.Summarize the following text.(HSC English 1st Paper Model Test 01)

Nishat was born on 5 January 1981 in a village called Teori, which is situated in Ramganj upazila in Lakshmipur District. She completed her schooling from Bottomley Home Girls’ High School in 1997, and passed HSC from Shahid Anwar Girls’ College in 1999. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from Dhaka City College, and currently works for Dhaka WASA as an accountant. She is also interested in different languages and cultures of the world, and has enrolled for her MA in Japan Studies at Dhaka University. For us, Nishat’s life comes across as especially significant because it tells us how the influence of one person can motivate someone to dream big. As the daughter of a freedom fighter, Nishat had to face many obstacles in her life, but her mother, her role model, gave her courage and determination to overcome them and pursue her dreams. Ashura Mazumder, Nishat’s mother, is a hardworking and understanding woman, who has been a pillar of support for her family in the direst of situations. Nishat learned from her mother how to keep mental strength in calamitous moments of life. Learning from her, Nishat began her dream of conquering mountains.

04.Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word from the box. There are more words than needed. Make any grammatical change if necessary.

The body and mind are (a) _ intertwined to each other. To follow the one (b) affects the other. He who is (c) ill loses all mental comfort as well. Only a healthy person (d) a healthy mind. The human body has been created in the (e) stature. It has also been (f) _ well for its proper functioning (g) and for its proper adjustment (h) to the environment. It’s our duty to keep the body fit taking healthy and (i) foods obeying (j) ___ rules keeping the environment free from pollution.

05.Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap.

Every year the Nobel Prize is awarded for outstanding (a) _ to the fields of science, literature, economics and for the (b) _ of peace. It is the world’s most (c) prize. If there is more than one recipient, the prize money is (d) equally among the winners. The prize was (e) by Sir Alfred Nobel, the father of the science of destruction. He (f) dynamite. Though Nobel was born in Sweden, he was (g) in Russia. For this important invention, he became (h) all over the world. He earned a (i) amount of money. The prize is given from the interest of the money. The winners of the Nobel Prize are (j) __ with great respect across the globe.

06.Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.

(a) “Please let me go to my country as you know everything now.”
(b) An English boy was making a small boat.
(c) “I shall cross the sea and go to my country by this boat.”
(d) He made all arrangements to send him to his country.
(e) Suddenly, he noticed a wonderful thing.
(f) Napoleon was charmed by the words of the small boy.
(g) “Cause, I haven’t seen my mother for a long time.”
(h) The boy said, ‘”My country is on the other side of the sea.'”
(i) One day Napoleon, the king of France, was walking along the seashore.
(j) The boy was brought before him and he asked him what he would do with such a small boat.

Part-B: Writing Test (HSC English 1st Paper Model Test 01)

07.The graph below shows the number of people in percentage, living below the poverty line from 1990 to 2010. Describe the graph in 150 words. You should highlight and summarize the information given in the graph.

8.The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words and give a title.

In a small village, there lived an old man with his pet animals. He was happy to live a peaceful life. But suddenly, a war broke out. He was ………

09.Suppose, you are Muhib from Dhaka, Bangladesh. You have a cousin named Mahin in Mumbai, India. Recently while visiting India, you had a great time at his place in India. Now, write a letter to your cousin thanking him for the hospitality offered to you there.

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