ASSURE ACADEMY

Class - vi

Subject: English 1^st Paper

Full Marks: 20                                                                   Time: 30 Minutes

1. Read the following text and answer the question that follows.

Flood is a natural calamity. Bangladesh is a low-land. It has many rivers. It rains heavily in the monsoon period. So, floods are very common in our country.

Damage of floods:

Almost every year flood visits our country. It causes a heavy damage to our life and properties. Houses are destroyed, cattle are washed away, corps are greatly damaged and trees are uprooted. Thousands of people become homeless. They remain without food for many days on house tops or on the branches of trees.

Condition of communication:

All communications from the outside world is cut off. Then people move by boats. The after effects of floods are more serious.

Diseases :

Famine breaks out in the flood affected areas and many people die for want of foods. The prices of all necessary things grow up. Many dangerous diseases like cholera, typhoid and dysentery etc breakout in an epidemic form. Scarcity of pure drinking water causes great suffering. It ruins the economy of a country. During and after the flood the relief should go on. Otherwise miseries of the affected people will increase.

Merits of floods:

Floods do a little good to man, too. During floods our rivers carry a great deal of silt which makes the land fertile.    

Guess the meaning of the following words used in the text above.                                        25 = 10

i. The word ‘natural’ means -

(a) abnormal              (b) regular                 (c) conscious              (d) unusual  

ii. The word ‘calamity’  means -

(a) disaster                (b) blessing               (c) usual                     (d) comfort

iii. The word ‘suffering’  means -

(a) pleasant               (b) happiness             (c) pain                      (d) alluring  

iv. The word ‘homeless’  means -

(a) shelter less           (b) tent                      (c) habitation             (d) harbor

v. The word ‘dangerous’  means -

(a) helpful                 (b) beneficial             (c) harmful                (d) advantageous   

vi. The word ‘famine’  means -

(a) natural                 (b) scarcity                (c) enormous             (d) sufficient

vii. The word ‘epidemic’  means -

(a) widespread          (b) limited                 (c) short                     (d) scarcity

viii. The word ‘misery’  means -

(a) happiness            (b) sadness                (c) illness                   (d) agony  

ix.  The word ‘go up’  means -

(a) increase               (b) decrease              (c) reduce                   (d) fall

x. The word ‘essential’  means -

(a) unnecessary         (b) needed                (c) extra                      (d) trivial

2.Read the text and answer the questions.                                                                                  25 = 10

Once upon a time there was a farmer. He was old and weak, but clever. He had two sons. They were young and strong, but lazy.

One day the old farmer called his sons to his bed. " Now, my sons ", he said, " I’m very old and sick and soon I will die. But I’m rich so you can also be rich." The two sons were surprised. " Where are all your riches?" They asked. " You’ll find all my riches in our fields", the old man replied, and a few days later he died.

The two sons were very sad, but they were also greedy. " We can be rich", they said. " We have riches in our fields." So, they quickly began to dig and dig.

(a) How were the two sons of the old farmer?

(b) Where did the old farmer called his sons?

(c) Where were the riches of the old farmer?

(d) What did the sons asked the old man?

(e) What did the sons do after the death of the old man?