Class 11/12 (HSC) ● English 1st Paper ● Exclusive Suggestion

Topic: Cloze test without clues (With Answer Sheet)

1. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word in each gap.
UNICEF stood originally for the United Nations word in International Children's Emergency
Fund. But now it is the Uited Nations Children's Fund which (a) ----- long-term help to
children of developing nations. It (b) ----- several welfare projects in Bangladesh. It has
established numerous maternity and baby care centres around the country to (c) ---- the
health of babies and child- bearing mothers. It has helped Bangladesh get rid of contagious
childhood diseases. It has (d) ---- training programmes to create rural health workers. Thus,
this organisation has been able to (e) ---- infant mortality rates in Bangladesh. Above all, in
times of natural disasters, it undertakes (f) ---- work to help the distressed people. To (g) ---
- education, UNICEF distributes reading and writing materials among students, trains
teachers and (h) ---- primary education particularly among girls.
Ans: (a) gives (b) runs (c) ensure (d) organised (e) reduce (f) humanitarian (g) facilitate (h)
promotes
2. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word in each gap.
Introverts and extroverts are two kinds of people (a) ---- in the society. An (b) ---- is quite
opposite to an extrovert. Without being extrovert no one can (c) ---- life in the country. What
we have (d) ---- from the (e) ---- of Sohel and Farid gives us the quality of (f) ----. What
Faird has done in the bus (g) ---- introvert. Fahima is (h) ----- the extrovert quality.
Ans: (a) living (b) introvert (c) enjoy (d) learned (e) story (f) introvert (g) is (h) representing
/showing
3. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word in each gap.
Air and water are two important (a) ---- of the environment. These elements are (b) ---- for
life on earth. They are often (c) --- in many ways. Air is polluted by (d) ---- and water by
different kinds of waste and fifth. If we want to live a (e) ---- life, we should (f) ---- the
pollution of the environment. Total prevention may be (g) ---- but we can certainly reduce
pollution by raising (h) ---- among the people.
Ans: (a) elements (b) essential (c) polluted (d) smoke (e) healthy (f) prevent (g) difficult
/impossible (h) awareness
4. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word in each gap.
Bangladesh is a land of (a) --- But nowadays the rivers are (b) --- up. So (c) --- is an urgent
necessity for our country now. The rivers carry silt which makes the land (d) ---- to grow
crops. Besides, they supply us plenty of (e) ---- During the dry season we (f) ---- river water
to the land. At present. the (g) --- of water causes bad harvest. We can easily (h) ---- the use
and utility of the rivers in our life and living .
Ans: (a) rivers (b) drying (c) dredging (d) fertile (e) water (f) supply (g) scarcity / paucity
(lack) / shortage (h) ensure / increase
5. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word in each gap.
E-mail has brought about revolution in modern (a) ----. Messages can be transmitted from
one country to another within (b) ---- It is far cheaper than telephone calls. Trade and
commerce has become greatly (c) ---- on this speedy mode of communication. It has. (d) ---
not reached every one, especially in (e) ---- countries like ours, as most people cannot (f) --
-- to have a personal computer. But some of the people have started (g) ---- commercially
operated e-mail for important (h) ----.
 Ans: (a) communication (b) seconds (c) dependent (d) however (e) developing (f) afford (g)
using (h) purposes
6. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word in each gap.
l things that make up the environment are (a) --- The way in which people, animals and
plants are related to each other and to their (b) ---- is known as (c) ---. The ecosystem is a
(d) ---- web that links animals, plants and every other life (e) ---- in the biosphere. All these
things (f) ---together. The system is in a steady state of (g) ---- balance which means that by
(h) ---- any one part of the web you can affect all the other parts.
Ans: (a) interrelated (b) surroundings (c) ecology (d) complex (e) form (f) hang (g) dynamic
(h) altering
7. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word in each gap.
UNICEF is an international (a) ---- It runs several welfare (b) ---- in Bangladesh. It has
reduced infant (c) ---- rates through raising (d) --- about health and (e) ---- It has organized
training programmes for (i) ---- health workers to (g) --- health help to the rural people. At
present it is trying to (h) ---- primary education particularly among girls.
Ans: (a) organization (b) projects (c) mortality (d) awareness (e) nutrition (f) rural (g) ensure
(h) promote
8. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word in each gap.
If we (a) ---- forests and cut (b) --- trees, the effects might eventually (c) ---- us all. If forests
(d) ---- into deserts, what will (e) ---- carbon dioxide? Then the weather pattern will change
and the world will become (f) ---- This is (g) ---- the greenhouse effect. As a result of this
effect the polar ice caps will (h) ---- and this will cause the flood of huge areas of the globe.
Ans: (a) destroy / demolish (b) down (c) affect (d) turn (e) absorb / take in (f) warmer (g)
called (h) melt
9. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word in each gap.
Learning a language is (a) --- riding a cycle. The most (b) ---- thing about any language is
communication. You learn to (c) ---- effectively by using a language, by doing things with
it and by experiencing it. You (d) ---- learn English in the same (e) --- as one learns to ride
a cycle. Do not (f) --- if people laugh at you if you make (g) ---- You can certainly learn (h)
---- mistake.
Ans: (a) like (b) important (c) communicate (d) can (e) way (f) worry (g) mistakes / errors
(h) through
10. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word in each gap.
William Caxton introduced printing into England. His success as a merchant enabled him
(a) --- retire early and (b) ---- himself to literary pursuits. In 1477, he set up his own press
and(c) ---- nearly a hundred books. A (d) ---- of prodigious industry, he translated twenty (e)
---- himself. What is more (f) ---- him is that he published books in English when most works
appeared in French or Latin. Caxton (g) ---- it as his aim to hasten the spread of knowledge
by making books (h) ---- to the public in English.
Ans: (a) to (b) devote (c) published (d) founder (e) books (f) about (g) took (h) available
11. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word in each gap.
In Britain road and transport rules are (a) ---- followed by the drivers. Consequently it has
the best road (b) ---- record in Europe. All transports must strictly (c) ---- by the rules (d) --
-- by the government. Coaches and minibuses (e) ---- carry children under 16 must be (f) --
- with seatbelts. There the law (g) --- agencies are (h) ---- So, the buses and coaches have
become the safest form of road transport.
 Ans: (a) strictly (b) safety (c) abide (d) set (e) that (f) fitted / provided / equipped (g)
enforcing (h) alert / vigilant
12. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word in each gap.
Diaspora is an age-old (a) ----. In recent times, Rohingya (b) ---- has attracted a lot of
attention. More than one million Rohingyas have (c) ---- from Myanmar to Bangladesh.
Their migration is (d) ---- to the adverse conditions in Rakhine State of Myanmar-the
ancestral homeland of the Rohingyas. The government of Bangladesh has (e) ---- this huge
number of refugees on, humanitarian (f) ----, But these people are a huge (g) ---- on our
economy and on our environment. The world community should extend their full support to
the (h) ---- Rohingyas so that they can soon return to their homeland.
Ans: (a) phenomenon / problem / crisis (b) diaspora (c) migrated (d) due (e) rehabilitated /
accepted (f) cause / ground (g) burden / pressure (h) helpless
13. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word in each gap.
Dream is a series of thoughts, images and sensations occurring in a person's mind during
sleep. Dream is a (a) ---- of unconscious wishes, thoughts and imaginations. It (b) ---- be
sweet or horrible. When we dream (c) ---- pleasant, we call it a sweet dream. (d) ---- when
we dream something extremely bad, we (e) --- it a nightmare. Dream is meaningless if (f) --
- is a day dream. But dream has also a real purpose as it is related to our (g) ---- emotional
and physical well-being. The main benefit of dream is that it produces new thoughts (h) ---
ideas in brain and helps to clean up clutter from mind.
Ans: (a) type / sort / kind / state / condition (b) may / can / might (c) something / anything
(d) But / Instead (e) call / deem / consider (f) it / this / that (g) mental / psychological /
cognitive (h) and
14. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word in each gap.
In our country, women are the worst sufferers in every stage of life. Social prejudices and
customs tend to (a) ---- their position. When a female child is born, it is not regarded (b) ---
- a happy event. She is not welcomed with the deep (c) ---- of heart. Instead of being
delighted, most of the members of the family think that she has come to add to their (d) ----
Even the mother of the female child is not welcomed cordially for giving(e) --- to a female
child. Rather the mother of the female child is (f) ---- for this. In the most cases, women are
the victim of gender (g) ----. In fact, the life of our women is not smooth at all. If we want
lasting development of the country, we have to (h) --- the dignified status of all women of
our country. The government is conscious of this matter.
Ans: (a) degrade / lower / deteriorate (b) as / to be (c) warmth / warmness / core (d) suffering
/ misfortune / misery (e) birth (f) blamed / rebuked / criticized / slated (g) disparity / inequity
/ discrimination (h) ensure / secure / confirm / uplift
15. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word in each gap.
Rabindranath Tagore was a man of (a) --- genius. He was (b) --- a poet and a novelist but
also a playwright, a composer, a painter and a philosopher. He was awarded the Nobel Prize
for (c) ---- 'Gitanjali" into English. Those translations earned him a great (d) --- in the West.
As a humanist, Tagore accused the British (e) ---- and pleaded for the independence of India
from Britain. Tagore was highly influential in (f) ---- the best of Indian culture to the West
and Vice-versa. He (g) --- himself to literature at a very early age. After coming back from
England, he began to write (h) ---- in all branches of literature.
 Ans: (a) great / extraordinary (b) not only (c) translating (d) fame / reputation/name (e) rulers
/ govt / colonialism (f) advocating / representing / upholding (g) devoted / introduced (h)
spontaneously / exclusively
16. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word in each gap.
Sincerity is the best way of achieving success. One can go a long way if one does anything
with sincerity. People who are sincere in their work are (a) --- of making anything success.
The great men are also sincere because they (b) ---- that sincerity is the key to success. Those
who are not (c) --- can never go a long way in the world. The poor people are not always
sincere because they do not know know the (d) ---- of sincerity. If they knew it, they would
(e) ---- a good use of it. Sincerity means not only to do work (f) --- but also with dutifulness,
honesty, modesty and good behaviour. If all of us (g) ---- sincere, our country will (h) ----
be prosperous.
Ans: (a) sure / confident (b) know / believe (c) sincere (d) importance (e) make (f) properly
(g) are (h) surely / definitely / undoubtedly
17. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word in each gap.
Beauty is easy to appreciate but difficult to define. If we look around, we will discover beauty
in (a) ---- objects and sights in nature, in the laughter of children, in kindness of strangers.
But asked to define, we run into (b) ---- . Does beauty have an independent identity? Is it (c)
--- or relative? Is it dependent on our sense (d) ---- ? Does it lie in the eye of the beholder?
Thus there will arise a number of (e) ---- in our mind. However, poets, artists, philosophers
and thinkers (f) ---- always in search of beauty in their works and arts. But most of them
have the common and undisputed opinion that where there is beauty, there is (g) --- that is,
a thing of beauty is a joy (h) ----.
Ans: (a) pleasurable / inanimate (b) difficulties (c) universal / common (d) perceptions / only
(e) questions (f) are / have been (g) truth / pleasure (h) forever
18. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word in each gap.
Bangladesh is a land of natural beauty. Its beauty is so captivating that a stranger cannot but
be (a) --- looking at this endless variety. Nature has (b) --- showered its blessings on this
country. The rivers, hills and forests are rich in natural (c) ----. The people of this country
feel a strong (d) --- for their motherland. They love their motherland from the core of heart.
They work hard to (e) ---- its economic condition and to remove poverty. Most of them toil
hard from dawn to dusk to accelerate the pace of (f) ----, The progress of this country lies in
the (g) ---- of common people. They are the (h) ---- of a beautiful and prosperous Bangladesh.
Ans: (a) attracted / surprised / captivated (b) generously / abundantly / profusely (c) beauty
(d) attachment / love / passion (e) improve / develop (f) development / progress / prosperity
(g) labour / toil / industry (h) makers / builders / architects / contributors
19. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word in each gap.
There goes a saying that child is the (a) --- of the man. Today's child is the (b) --- of a nation.
He will (c) ---- the country. The whole nation depends on their proper (d) ----. It is our
fundamental (e) --- to rouse their latent talent. A sound environment is (f) --- both in the
family and society so that a child can (g) --- up physically, mentally and spiritually. Only
then it will be (h) --- to build up a beautiful and developed country.
Ans: (a) father (b) future / leader (c) lead (d) guidance / care / leadership (e) duty /
responsibility (f) required / essential / needed (g) grow (h) possible
20. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word in each gap.
The proper (a) ---- of study involves regular and proper understanding. In order to get the
best benefit from study, we should read (b) ----" and intelligently. We should not study (c) -
--- for the purpose of passing examinations. We should take genuine (d) ---- in our studies
so that we can enjoy what we (e) ---- This will give us knowledge and wisdom and (f) ----
the horizon of our (g) --- We should, therefore, study not for immediate gains but for (h) ---
- the wealth of our mind.
Ans: (a) way (b) systematically / attentively (c) only (d) interest (e) read (f) widen (g)
outlook (h) enriching