Today there are many jobs where
Today there are many jobs where
Part-A : Reading Test (50 Marks)
Read the passage carefully and answer the
questions following it.
“Today
there are many jobs where you need English. This is because the world has
become smaller. Vast distances are shortened by speedy transport. We can talk
to a person thousands of kilometres away on the phone or the Internet. So we
can communicate with the whole world easily. English has made this
communication easier.
There
are many countries in the world with many languages, but to communicate with
them, you cannot speak all the languages. So you need a common language that
you can use with more or less all the people in the world. English is that
common language. You can talk to a Chinese toy maker, a French artist, an Arab
ambassador or a Korean builder in one language —English.
English
for us in Bangladesh is all the more important. As we have seen earlier, we are
too many people in a small country. So if you learn English, you have the best
opportunity to find a good job, both within and outside the country. And that
is good news for millions of our unemployed youths.”
“But
Miss, we learn English for 12 or 14 years, yet we do not find good jobs, “ says
Rumi. She then tells the class about what happened to her brother. “Could you
please tell us why?” Rumi asks.
“This
is a very important question, Rumi. We should learn how to use English both
orally and in writing for doing things as needed in our work, such as
communicating with others at personal, social, national and international
levels. But unfortunately, at the moment we are learning English mainly for our
exams,” continues Miss Choudhury. “Remember, English can greatly help you to
become skilled workforce.”
“But where and how can we learn this kind of
English, Miss?” asks Ratan. Ms Choudhury says, “We can learn this communicative
English both in and outside the classroom. Side by side with your textbook, the
radio, television, newspapers, magazines, computers and other supplementary
materials will greatly help you. And during our classroom activities, we’ll see
how we can learn this English.” [Unit-4;
Lesson-5(D)]
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1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives. 1 ´ 7 = 7
(a) Ms Choudhury and her students are talking about —.
(i) learning ABC (ii)
learning a language
(iii) learning unusual (iv)
learning earning
(b) English has made the communication —.
(i) difficult (ii) more difficult (iii) easier (iv) ease
(c) The word 'assist' means —.
(i) aid (ii) need (iii) care (iv) look after
(d) English creates the — to get a good job.
(i) problem (ii) opportunity (iii) pleasure (iv) sorrow
(e) The synonymous word of 'communicate' is —.
(i) understand (ii) write (iii) speak (iv) convey
(f) International levels require —
(i) spoken English (ii)
listening skill
(iii) oral English (iv)
both oral and writing English
(g) We usually learn English for —
(i) getting good jobs (ii) communication (iii) exam purposes (iv)
upgrading prestige
Extra Questions :
(h) English is very necessary to ¾ mainly at
present.
(i) want (ii) communicate (iii) help (iv) jobs
(i) English helps us to become ¾.
(i) skilled workforce (ii) English teacher (iii) manager (iv)
engineer
(j) There are lots of opportunities where ¾ is mandatory.
(i) Math's (ii) Spanish (iii) French (iv) English
(k) Rumi says to the Miss that we learn English for ¾ .
(i) 12 - 14 years (ii)
14 - 16 years (iii)
16 - 18 years (iv)
18 - 20 years
(l) That we can get a good job by learning English is a good news for
million of our ¾ youth.
(i) educated (ii) uneducated (iii) employed (iv) unemployed
(m) At the moment we are learning English mainly for ¾.
(i) passing our exam (ii) upgrading (iii) keeping pace with others (iv)
showing personality
(n) One can learn English from ¾.
(i) many sources (ii) radio (iii) school (iv)
newspaper
2. Answer the following
questions : 2 ´ 5 = 10
(a) How has the world become
smaller today?
(b) Why should we learn English?
(c) What do you mean by a common
language? Why is it needed in the present world?
(d) What does a good job require
along with good qualification? Where should English be used?
(e) What is the good news for our
unemployment youths? How can they become skilled workforce?
Extra Questions :
(f) Why should we learn a common
language and what is that?
(g) How should we learn English?
How can English help us?
(h) What has made the
communication easier? What opportunity do we find by learning English?
(i) What has Ms Choudhury said
about learning this communicative English?
(j) How can a person talk to
others thousands of kilometres away? How can vast distances be shortened?
Mohammad Shahjahan
Teacher(English)
Kurmitola High School and College
English Language Trainer (Pavers Point, ETAB)
Executive Member , ETAB
Contact : 01683288352
