শহীদ সৈয়দ নজরুল ইসলাম কলেজ ২০২৬

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শহীদ সৈয়দ নজরুল ইসলাম কলেজ ২০২৬

১২টি প্রশ্ন রয়েছে। নিচে কয়েকটি নমুনা দেখো; সব প্রশ্ন, উত্তর ও ব্যাখ্যা পেতে সাবস্ক্রাইব করো।

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of 'interposition' and 'nullification', that one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together."

This is our hope. This is the faith that I will go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day......

And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true. So, let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania...

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, and when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"
১.

Choose the best answer from alternatives.

(a) The word 'despair' refers to —.
(i) rejection (ii) attraction (iii) hopelessness (iv) inspiration

(b) What does the word 'Oasis' mean?
(i) A hottest place in desert (ii) A cool place on the hilltop (iii) A fertile place with water in a desert (iv) A hot place in the polar region

(c) The word 'vicious' mentioned in the passage means —.
(i) joyful (ii) generous (iii) ruthless (iv) auspicious

(d) What is the synonym of 'sweltering'?
(i) soothing (ii) tranquil (iii) scorching (iv) pleasing

(e) The word 'prodigious' in the passage implies -.
(i) talented (ii) gigantic (iii) impotent (iv) unproductive
উত্তর

(a) (iii) hopelessness

(b) (iii) A fertile place with water in a desert

(c) (iii) ruthless

(d) (iii) scorching

(e) (ii) gigantic

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of 'interposition' and 'nullification', that one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together."

This is our hope. This is the faith that I will go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day......

And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true. So, let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania...

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, and when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"
২. Answer the following questions.
(a) When will all of God's children sing in the words of the old Negro Spiritual?
(b) What does the speaker dream for his four children?
(c) "This is the faith that I will go back to the south with." What is the faith of Martin Luther King Jr.?
(d) What is the dream of Martin Luther King Jr. expressed in the first four lines of the text?
(e) Martin Luther King Jr. was a born optimist. Do you agree? Why?
উত্তর

(a) All of God's children will sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual when all of them i.e. black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to sing the song of freedom together.

(b) The speaker dreams for his four children that they will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of the skin but by the content of their character.

(c) Here the faith of Martin Luther King Jr. is that one day the glory of the Almighty will get revealed through the establishment of equal rights and the removal of racial oppression and injustice.

(d) The dream of Martin Luther King Jr expressed in the first four lines of the text is that one day the state of Mississippi where the Negroes are suffering tremendously in the sweltering heat of injustice and oppression, will be turned into an oasis of freedom and justice. Then, his four children will, as the author dreams, live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the qualities of their character.

(e) The speech shows strong optimism, although it cannot establish that he was born that way. All through the text, though he put up the Negroes as the victims of extreme injustice and oppression, he did not lose the hope of seeing America as a great nation of justice and equality. He had a firm belief that one day all of God's children, black men and white men. Jews and gentiles Protestants and Catholics will be able to live in a land of freedom, equality and justice.
When a girl gets married, she usually drops out of school and begins full-time work in-her in-laws' household. In the in-laws' house, she is marginalized. She becomes vulnerable to all forms of abuse, including dowry-related violence. In Bangladesh, it is still common for a bride's family to pay dowry, despite the practice being illegal. Dowry demands can also continue after the wedding. For an adolescent bride, even if her in-laws are supportive, there are significant health risks in terms of pregnancy and childbirth. The majority of adolescent brides and their families are uninformed or insufficiently informed about reproductive health and contraception. The maternal mortality rate for adolescents is double the national rate.
When adolescent girls are pulled out of school, either for marriage or work, they often lose their mobility, their friends and social status. The lack of mobility among adolescent girls also curtails their economic and non-formal educational opportunities. Moreover, they lack information about health issues. According to a study, only about three in five adolescents have even heard of HIV. It is also reported that more than 50 percent of adolescent girls are undernourished and suffer from anaemia. Adolescent fertility is also high in Bangladesh. The contribution of the adolescent fertility rate to the total fertility rate increased from 20.3% in 1993 to 24.4% in 2007. Moreover, neonatal mortality is another concern for younger mothers.
While the situation for adolescent boys is somewhat better, many are vulnerable and lack the power to make decisions about their own lives. Many boys who are unable to go to school, or are unemployed, remain unaware of social or health issues. They are at considerable risk of being drawn into criminal activities. They are also more likely to get exposed to drugs and alcohol.
৩.

Read the passage and make a flow chart showing the conditions of adolescent girls in Bangladesh. One is done for you.

  1. Pulling out of school → 2. ______ → 3. ______ → 4. ______ → 5. ______ → 6. ______
উত্তর
  1. Pulling out of school → 2. Losing mobility, friends and social status → 3. Being deprived of economic opportunities → 4. Being deprived of non-formal educational opportunities → 5. Lacking information about health issues → 6. Suffering from anaemia
One of the sources of water in our country is the rivers. Rivers are everywhere in our life. literature, economy and culture. But are the rivers in good shape? Unfortunately, they are not. A few are already dead and several are going through the pangs of death. The River Buriganga is an example of a dying river. A report published in the Daily Sun describes what has happened to the river Buriganga and why. Its water is polluted and a perpetual stench fills the air around it. But that is not what it was like before.
The report says that the river had a glorious past. Once it was a tributary of the mighty Ganges and flowed into the Bay of Bengal through the river Dhaleshwari. Gradually, it lost its link with the Ganges and got the name Buriganga. The Mughals marveled at the tide level of the Buriganga and founded their capital Jahangirnagar on its banks in 1610. The river supplied drinking water and supported trade and commerce. Jahangirnagar was renamed Dhaka which grew into a heavily populated city with a chronic shortage of space.
The city paid back the bounty of the river by sucking life out of it! According to newspaper reports, the Buriganga is dying because of pollution. Huge quantities of toxic chemicals and wastes from mills and factories, hospitals and clinics and households and other establishments are dumped into the river every day. The city of Dhaka discharges about 4500 tons of solid waste every day and most of it is directly released into the Buriganga. According to the Department of the Environment (DoE), 20,000 tons of tannery waste, including some highly toxic materials, are released into the river every day. Experts identified nine industrial areas in and around the capital city as the primary sources of river pollution: Tongi, Tejgaon, Hazaribagh, Tarabo,
Narayanganj, Savar, Gazipur, Dhaka Export Processing Zone and Ghorashal. The river would need a monster's stomach to digest all the wastes mentioned above.
There is a limit up to which it can put up with its cruel and thoughtless treatment. There are other rivers in the country that are suffering the same fate. Unless we take care of our rivers, there may come a time when we will cry 'water, water' and find it nowhere.
৪. Write a summary of the passage in your own words.
উত্তর
Rivers play an important role in our life, literature, economy and culture. But they are not treated well now. Human atrocities have made their fate miserable. A report of 'The Daily Sun' describes the deplorable condition of the Buriganga River. Attracted by her mighty stream and lovely beauty, the Mughals made their capital Jahangirnagar on its bank which was later on renamed as Dhaka. But sadly, the Buriganga has lost its glorious past owing to people's inconsiderate and cruel treatment to it. Its water is polluted by huge amounts of wastes from various industries. Many rivers are now victims of this cruel treatment. Unless we are careful about our rivers, we are bound to face severe water crisis in course of time.

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