The internet technology has helped design a large number of websites to facilitate social relations among people around the world. These are known as social networking services or social networks or social media. At present, Facebook is the most popular social media site. Google+, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. are other frequently used social services. Social network services are web-based and hence, provide ways for the users to interact through the internet. These services make it possible to connect people across the borders and they have made the users feel that they really live in a global village.

Why are social networks expanding so fast? The answer is simple. Most of the social services are cost-free. You can make use of them free, paying a very little to your internet service provider. Secondly, you can make your personal profile public before the entire online community. It is like presenting yourself before the entire world. You can also look into other people’s profile if you are interested. It is simple and easy. Thirdly, social networks allow users to upload pictures, multimedia contents and modify the profile. Some services like Facebook allow users to update their profiles. Fourthly, networks allow users to post blog entries. User profiles have a section dedicated to comments from friends and other users. Finally, there are privacy protection measures too. A user himself or herself decides over the number of visitors/viewers, and what information should be shared with others.

1.

Choose the best answer from alternatives.

(a) The internet technology has _________ a large number of websites to facilitate social relations among people around the world.
(i) defined (ii) regained (iii) destroyed (iv) designed
(b) The term "Social Networks" refers to _________.
(i) socialization (ii) networking (iii) media for communicating with others (iv) facebook
(c) In the text, the word ‘frequently’ stands for _________.
(i) recurrently (ii) freely (iii) rarely (iv) hardly
(d) The passage highlights the significance of _________.
(i) electronic media (ii) information technology (iii) social networking services (iv) communication technology
(e) The social networking services work through _________.
(i) computer (ii) Facebook (iii) email (iv) Internet
(f) The social networking services are on the _________.
(i) decline (ii) rise (iii) wane (iv) decrease
(g) There is also assurance of _________ protection on using social networks.
(i) community (ii) privacy (iii) measurement (iv) society

উত্তর

(a) (iv) designed
(b) (iii) media for communicating with others
(c) (i) recurrently
(d) (iii) social networking services
(e) (iv) Internet
(f) (ii) rise
(g) (ii) privacy

The internet technology has helped design a large number of websites to facilitate social relations among people around the world. These are known as social networking services or social networks or social media. At present, Facebook is the most popular social media site. Google+, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. are other frequently used social services. Social network services are web-based and hence, provide ways for the users to interact through the internet. These services make it possible to connect people across the borders and they have made the users feel that they really live in a global village.

Why are social networks expanding so fast? The answer is simple. Most of the social services are cost-free. You can make use of them free, paying a very little to your internet service provider. Secondly, you can make your personal profile public before the entire online community. It is like presenting yourself before the entire world. You can also look into other people’s profile if you are interested. It is simple and easy. Thirdly, social networks allow users to upload pictures, multimedia contents and modify the profile. Some services like Facebook allow users to update their profiles. Fourthly, networks allow users to post blog entries. User profiles have a section dedicated to comments from friends and other users. Finally, there are privacy protection measures too. A user himself or herself decides over the number of visitors/viewers, and what information should be shared with others.

2.

Answer the following questions.

(a) What is social networking service?
(b) How are the social networks making a global community?
(c) How does social network work?
(d) “It is simple and easy.”-Explain the statement in 2/3 sentences.
(e) Why are social networks spreading rapidly?

উত্তর

(a) Social networking service is a web-based service that helps people build social relations and interact with others through the internet.

(b) Social networks are making a global community by connecting people across borders and helping them communicate easily with one another.

(c) Social network works through the internet. Users create profiles, share information, upload pictures or multimedia contents, post comments and communicate with others.

(d) The statement means that social networks are easy to use. A user can create a profile, share contents and interact with others without much technical difficulty.

(e) Social networks are spreading rapidly because most of them are cost-free or very cheap, easy to use and useful for communication, sharing and personal expression.

3.

Read the following text and fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the information of the text.

“Today there are many jobs where you need English. This is because the world has become smaller. Vast distances are shortened by speedy transports. We can talk to a person thousands of kilometers 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 use 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 toymaker, 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.”

Different people use different languages for making (a) ______. But a common language is necessary in (b) ______ to communicate with the people of the whole world. English has achieved the (c) ______ of being that language. It helps to get good jobs and have better (d) ______. So, we should learn English properly as it helps (e) ______ our unemployment problem.

উত্তর

(a) communication
(b) order
(c) status
(d) lives
(e) reduce

Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir was an officer in the Army during the Liberation War of 1971. He was born on 7 March, 1949 at Rahimganj village under Babuganj Thana in Barishal District. He completed his HSC from Barishal BM College. In 1967, he took admission in the department of Statistics in Dhaka University. On October 5, 1967 he joined the armed forces as a cadet in the Pakistan Military Academy. He was Commissioned in the Engineering Corps in 1968. He was promoted to the rank of Captain on August in 1970. He was an officer in sector 7 of the Mukti Bahini. He was given the responsibility to fight at the Chapai Nawabganj border in Rajshahi. On 14 December 1971 he was killed in an attempt to break through the enemy defenses on the bank of the Mahananda River. He was buried near Sona Masjid. In recognition of his valor and sacrifice in the Liberation War, Mohiuddin Jahangir was awarded with the highest state honour of Birshrestho.

4.

Complete the table below with information from the passage.

About Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir (Birshrestho)

Who/What	Event/Activity	Where/Place	When
Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir	Born	Rahimganj	(i) -
Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir	(ii) _______	Dhaka University	1967
He	Joined as a cadet	(iii) _______	1967
He	(iv) _______	in the Engineering corps	1968
He	Was killed	on the bank of Mahananda	(v) -

উত্তর

No.	Answer
(i)	7 March, 1949
(ii)	took admission in the department of Statistics
(iii)	Pakistan Military Academy
(iv)	was commissioned
(v)	14 December 1971

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