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Ashek Mahmud College, Jamalpur

Test 2025 of Class XII
Subject: English Paper-I (Code-107)
Time-3 hours Total Marks-100
[N.B.-The figures in the right margin indicate full marks]
Part-I: Reading (60 Marks)
1. Read the passage and answer the questions A and B.
Ecotourism is broadly defined as low impact travel to endangered and often undisturbed locations. It is different from traditional tourism
because it allows the traveller to become educated about the areas-both in terms of the physical landscape and cultural characteristics. It
often provides funds for conservation and benefits the economic development of places that are often impoverished.
Principles of Ecotourism:
Due to the growing popularity of environmentally-related and adventure travel, various types of trips are now being classified as
ecotourism. Most of these are not truly ecotourism, however, because they do not emphasize conservation, education, low impact travel,
and social and cultural participation in the locations being visited.
Therefore, to be considered ecotourism, a trip must meet the following principles set forth by the International Ecotourism Society (TIES:
2015):
*Minimize the impact of visiting the location (i. e. the use of roads).
*Build respect and awareness of the travellers for the environment and cultural practices.
*Ensure that the tourism provides positive experiences for both the travellers and the hosts.
*Provide direct financial aid for conservation.
*Provide financial aid, empowerment and other benefits for local peoples.
*Raise travellers' awareness of the host country's political, environmental and social climate.

A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives: .5x10=5

a. What is meant by ‘endangered’ in the context of the passage?
(i) ferocious (ii) jumbled (iii) threatened (iv) dangerous
b. What part of speech is the word ‘growing’ in the passage?
(i) noun (ii)adjective (iii) verb (iv)adverb
c. ‘Impoverished’ in the passage refers to--
(i) obstructed by a power (ii) characterized by extreme poverty
(iii) improved in quality (iv) enriched in assets
d. Ecotourism helps a visitor ---
(i) to have knowledge about all tourist spots (ii) to build environmental awareness of a tourist destination
(iii) to work with local people (iv) to travel to a remote area
e. What does the phrase ‘set forth’ mean in the passage?
(i) declared (ii) imposed (iii) empowered (iv)allotted
f. Ecotourism is------ to traditional tourism.
(i) away (ii)dissimilar (iii) removed (iv) safe
g. The word ‘impact’ means—
(i) influence (ii) increase (iii)intensity (iv) interaction
h. The word ‘landscape’ is a---
(i)noun (ii) conjunction (iii) verb (iv) preposition
i. What is the antonym of the word ‘benefit’?
(i) profit (ii)comfort (iii)drawback (iv)merit
j. Ecotourism provides funds for -----
(i) preservation (ii)natural beauty (iii) animals (iv)natural calamity

B. Answer the following questions: 3x5=15

a. What is ecotourism?
b. What is the difference between ecotourism and traditional tourism ?
c. What opportunities does ecotourism create for travellers ?
d. Why are most of the trips not truly ecotourism?
e. How can a trip be considered as ecotourism?
2.Read the following text and make a flowchart showing the function of education as mentioned in the passage(one is done for
you). 1x5=5
Education gives us knowledge and a set of abilities to function meaningfully in life, such as the ability to decide things rationally and
make the right choices. As we learn how to read, write and do the basic operations of arithmetic, we gain a degree of self-confidence. We
learn to think for ourselves and articulate our thoughts; we pick up skills to communicate with others and manage our affairs well.
Education helps us think independently and make our own opinions. As we know more about the world, we not only appreciate the good
things it offers us but also become critical of the deviations from the values it imparts and the rise of hatred or conflict that follows.
The first thing education does is to give us an awareness about ourselves which leads to the development of our personality. As we begin
school, we feel the need to belong to the class and make friends. We then expand our sense of belonging to include the school at large,
our community and finally our country. Education thus prepares every child to become an active member of the community and work for
its welfare.

1.Providing
2 3 4 5 6
knowledge
3. Summarize the following text. 10
The streets are now my home. Sometimes, I find work. I used to collect trash and sell it to a vendor. I stopped doing that after I had a
serious infection and a doctor told me to stay away from the trash dump. Once I worked for an ice cream shop owner and sold ice cream
on the beach. But I got no money in return. The owner of the shop gave me something to eat, and let me sleep in his hut at night. The
work was difficult and painful. The ice cream box is quite heavy when it is full. I had to walk for hours, offering my ice cream to
whoever wanted to buy. There were days when I could not even sell one ice cream.
In a way, I am lucky because I am alive. My friends who work sorting rubbish in dumps often suffer from serious diseases. One of them
was recently killed after he fell into a hole that opened up in the pile of trash. Many of us work for 10 to 12 hours, and get so little in
return that we can't even buy food.

4. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box. There are more words than necessary. Make
any grammatical changes if necessary. .5x10=5
joyous food become remain gift favourite
eager want flood invite festive elders

Children are very fond of festivals. They become very (a) __ on a day of festival. If it is their birthday, their joys become over (b) __.
They become very (c) __ to have wishes from their beloved persons. The whole day they (d) __ to spend times in joy. Usually a child on
its birthday gets up early and tries to (e) __ close to its parents. It (f) __ a nice day if it is presented anything very (g) __ to it. Children
also want to have their friends (h) __to their house on a festival. They expect to have a party. Their joys give pleasure to their (i) __. We
should try to keep the children always in a (j) __ mood.

5. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate word in each gap. 1x 10=10

Adolescents (a) ___ on their (b) ___, their communities, schools, health services and their workplaces to (c) ___ a wide range of skills
that can (d) ___ them to cope with the (e) ___ they face and make a successful transition from (f) ___ to adulthood. Parents, members (g)
___ the community, service providers, and (h) ___ institutions have the (i) ___ to both promote adolescent development and adjustment
and to intervene (j) ___ when problems arise.
6. The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them to make a coherent order. 10
(a) All the servants were called and interrogated.
(b) In order to find out the thief, the judge chalked out an intelligent plan.
(c) Once a gold necklace was lost from a rich man’s house.
(d) The servants were summoned to the court but they denied having stolen the necklace.
(e) When the servants came to the court the next day, the thief had already cut off an inch of his stick.
(f) But nobody confessed their guilt.
(g) So, the owner of the house lodged a complaint in the court.
(h)The judge found one of the sticks shorter than the others and in this way he could easily catch the thief.
(i) Naturally, it was suspected that one of the servants had stolen the necklace.
(j) He gave each of the suspects a stick of equal length and said that one of the sticks would increase by an inch the next day.

Part-II:Writing(40 Marks)
7.The graph below shows the data of internet users in a country from 2005 to 2013. Describe the graph in 150 words. You should
highlight the information given in the graph. 15

8. The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words and give a suitable title to it. 15
Once an old but hard-working farmer had three sons who were very lazy. To teach his sons a good lesson, he called them and said that he
had hidden a treasure in his farming land. Then……

9.Suppose, you are Sumon and your friend is Labiba. You are going to sit for the HSC exam this year. Now write a letter to your
friend about your plan after the HSC exam. 10