Thursday 4 October 2018

English 2nd Paper Preparation, JSC Exam 2018


Question No. 01 Gap Filling Activities (Use of Articles)

01. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross ( ) for zero article:
Lutfur is (a) ____ street boy. He is (b) ____ orphan. He lives in the street of Chattagong (c) ____ city. One day he wants to Newmarket. He saw a fruit-seller selling different kinds of (d) ____ fruit. There he found (e) ____ old man buying some apples. (f) ____ apples looked very fresh.

02. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross ( ) for zero articles:
Truthfulness is (a) ____ greatest of all (b) ____ virtues which makes (c) ____ man really great. If we don’t cultivate (d) ____ habit of speaking (e) ____ truth, we can’t command (f) ____ confidence of others.

03. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross ( ) for zero articles:
Once I went to (a) ____ mango orchard. One of my friends was (b) ____ owner of the orchard. While walking I found (c) ____ mango lying under (d) ____ tree. (e) ____ mango was ripe. Seeing (f) ____ mango in my hand, my friend said, “It will taste sweet”.

04. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross ( ) for zero articles:
Our life is (a) ____ sum total of hours, days and years. But all days are not equally memorable to us. Most of (b) ____ days are forgotten with (c) ____ passage of time. Only (d) ____ few days remain ever fresh in our memory. My first day at (e) ____ school is such (f) ____ amazing day.

05. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross ( ) for zero articles:
The main aim of (a) ____ education is not only to pass the exam and get (b) ____ good job but also to gain knowledge and widen (c) ____ third eye. (d) ____ ideal student should realize (e) ____ real fact. Otherwise, the purpose of education will be (f) ____ incomplete one.

06. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross ( ) for zero articles:
My mother is (a) ____ very religious woman. she always advises me to follow (b) ____ path of (c) ____ truth and honesty. She bears (d) ____ good moral character. She is very kind to (e) ____ poor. She is (f) ____ ideal housewife.

07. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross ( ) for zero articles:
Mr. Hasan is English (a) ____ teacher. He is (b) ____ M.A. in English. He serves in (c) ____ famous institution. He tries to lead (d) ____ honest life. He is (e) ____ most favourite teacher to (f) ____ students.



08. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross ( ) for zero article:
Drug addiction is now (a) ____ global problem. It has spread its poisonous claw all over (b) ____ world. Frustration is (c) ____ main cause of drug addiction. Drugs bear (d) ____ terrible effect on (e) ____ human body. It kills a man little by little. No physician can stop the changes that take place in the organs of (f) ____ addict.

09. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross ( ) for zero articles:
Always speak (a) ____ truth. Never tell (b) ____ lie. Nobody believes (c) ____ liar. even if he is (d) ____ truthful, he is considered to be (e) ____ liar. Nobody in (f) ____ world is as unfortunate as he.

10. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross ( ) for zero article:
Mr. Karim is an English (a) ____ teacher. He is (b) ____ M.A. in English. He serves in (c) ____ famous institution. He tries to lead (d) ____ honest life. He is (e) ____ most favorite teacher (f) ____ to the students.

11. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross ( ) for zero articles:
Each and every student wants to make a good result. But it is not (a) ____ easy task. (b) ____ students have to do something for this. From (c) ____ very beginning, he must be very serious. He should read (d) ____ texts again and again. He must not make (e) ____ notes from (f) ____ common source.

12. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross ( ) for zero articles:
We live in an age of (a) ____ science. Newspaper is (b) ____ wonder of modern science. Newspaper is (c) ____ paper which carries news of (d) ____ whole world. It is such (e) ____ important thing that we cannot go (f) ____ single day without it.
13. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross ( ) for zero articles:
A few days ago I enjoyed (a) ____ interesting football (b) ____ match. It was played between (c) ____ top two teams, Argentina and Germany. On (d) ____ day of the match, I went to (e) ____ Stadium quite early. I stood in the line and bought (f) ____ ticket.

14. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross ( ) for zero article:
A true friend is (a) ____ asset. He stands by his friend in time of (b) ____ danger. Normally he is not (c) ____ greedy person. He always wishes for (d) ____ welfare of his friend. But it is (e) ____ matter of fact that (f) ____ ideal friend is very rare today.
15. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross ( ) for zero articles:
(a) ____ ant is an industrious (b) ____ insect. No other insect is as industrious like (c) ____ ant. If we open (d) ____ pages of history, we shall see that (e) ____ men who have become great in (f) ____ world were industrious.


16. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross ( ) for zero articles:
Dhaka is (a) ____ capital of Bangladesh. It is (b) ____ old city. People of different communities live in (c) ____ city. Their ways of life are (d) ____ quite different. So, their occupations are not (e) ____ same. Most of the people lead (f) ____ very hard life here.

17. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross ( ) for zero articles:
English is (a) ____ international language. It is spoken all over (b) ____ world. So the importance of (c) ____ English cannot be described in words. All (d) ____ books of higher education are written in English. Today organizations need employees who can speak and write (e) ____ standard form of (f) ____ English.

18. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross ( ) for zero articles:
Cricket has become very popular in our country. It is (a) ____ international game. after winning (b) ____ ICC Trophy in Malaysia in 1996, it has become more popular than Football in our country. By defeating (c) ____ Kenya, Bangladesh got (d) ____ first victory in (e) ­­­____ ODI Cricket in 1998. Bangladesh got the taste of winning a test match in January, 2005 defeating Zimbabwe. So far, Bangladesh has won at least one match against almost all (f) ____ test playing countries in ODI and it was our pride that we were one of the most countries for the World Cup Cricket 2011.

19. What is the role of men and women in our (a) ____ society? The common (b) ____ answer would be that a man is the guide for his wife. It was (c) ____ (c) ____ common early (d) ____ belief that man should be (e) ____ earning member and women should be busy at home. But that idea is not cherished in (f) ____ present society.

20. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross ( ) for zero articles:
Eid-ul-Fitr is (a) ____ biggest festival of (b) ____ Muslims. It comes at (c) ____ end of the holy (d) ____ month of (e) ____ Ramadan. It is (f) ____ occasion for thanks-giving to the Almighty.