ইংরেজি ১ম পত্র

* Part-1, Question no. 2
প্রিয় শিক্ষার্থী, আজ ইংরেজি ১ম পত্রের Part-1-এর ২ নম্বর প্রশ্ন নিয়ে আলোচনা করব। প্রশ্নগুলো তোমরা আগে নিজেরা চেষ্টা করবে, তারপর উত্তরের সঙ্গে তা মিলিয়ে নেবে।

Set-3
2. Read the passage and complete the table below with given information. 10
This was the Orient. Scents of coco-nut oil and sandalwood, cinnamon and turmeric, floated across the water on to Mount Lavinia where they bathed in a lukewarm sea that foamed like Coca-Cola. She came back to the ship in the evening and they reached Rangoon a week later. North of Mandalay the train, fuelled with wood, crawled at twelve miles an hour across a vast parched plain bounded at its remote edges by blue rings of hills. White egrets stood poised, motionless, like herons, and piles of drying chillis gleamed crimson in the sun. Sometimes a white pagoda rose from the plain like the breast of a supine giantess. The early tropic night settled down, and the train jolted on, slowly, stopping at little stations where barbaric yells sounded from the darkness. Half-naked men with their long hair knotted behind their heads moved to and fro in torchlight, hideous as demons in Elizabeth’s eyes. The train plunged into the forest, and unseen branches brushed against the windows. It was about nine o’clock when they reached Kyauktada, where Elizabeth’s uncle and aunt were waiting with Mr. Macgregor’s car, and with some servants carrying torches. Her aunt came forward and took Elizabeth’s shoulders in her delicate, saurian hands. ‘I suppose, you are our niece Elizabeth? We are so pleased to see you,’ she said, and kissed her. Mr. Lackersteen peered over his wife’s shoulder in the torchlight. He gave a half-whistle, exclaimed, ‘Well, I’ll be damned!’ and then seized Elizabeth and kissed her, more warmly than he need have done, she thought. She had never seen either of them before.

Who/What Event/Activity Where/Place When
(i) ......... came back to the ship (ii) .........
They (iii) ......... a week later.
The train fuelled with wood, crawled at twelve miles an hour (iv) .........
(v) ......... gleamed crimson in the sun
The train (vi) ......... at little stations (vii) .........
(viii) ......... plunged into the forest.
They reached (ix) ......... at about nine o’clock.
(x) ......... were waiting with Mr. Macgregor’s

2. Or, Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing the sights and sounds of the orient described in the passage. 10
1. Scents of coco-nut oil and sandalwood, cinnamon and
turmeric, floated across the water 2 3 4 5 6

Answer
2. Ans. (i) Elizabeth (ii) in the evening (iii) reached Rangoon (iv) North of Mandalay (v) piles of drying chillis (vi) jolted on slowly and stopped (vii) early tropic night (viii) the train (ix) Kyauktada (x) Elizabeth’s uncle and aunt.
2. Or. Ans.
1. Scents of coco-nut oil and sandalwood, cinnamon and turmeric, floated across the water 2. A lukewarm sea that foamed like Coca-Cola 3. A vast parched plain 4. Blue rings of hills 5. Piles of drying chillis 6. Barbaric yells sounded from the darkness
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