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প্রাক্তন শিক্ষক
হলি রোজারি হাই স্কুল, ঢাকা
Read the following text and answer the question that follows:
Shahana’s Husband Mr. Zamil Huda works in a company office. His firm has a vacant post. On several days he told Shahana, “I want you to apply for the post.” But Shahana said, “Please don’t insist. I’m joining the local high school as a teacher.” “What do you find in a teaching job, Shahana? I don’t want you to do it.” Her in-laws were also on his side. Yet Shahana joined the school against the will of the family.
Weeks, months went by. Every day Shahana helps with the household work. Every day she works hard to prepare her lessons. Every day she goes to school, teaches her students and helps both weak and bright ones. They often come to her in the teachers’ room, in the corridor and even on the road, and talk to her about any academic or personal problems.
Within a year Shahana becomes a very good teacher. Students give her salam wherever they see her. Teachers, even the Head teacher, admire her. Parents and other people in the community come to see her at home and at the school and pay her great respect. One day her husband said, “You’ve opened my eyes,” Shahana. Teaching is more than a job. I didn’t it.
Congratulations! “Thank you,” she smiled. “Tell me Shahana, how you could be such a great teacher! Zamil wanted to know. “l don’t only teach my subject, I care for my students. I love them. I myself demonstrate good behaviour and inspire them to be good. That’s all do,” replied Shahana.
Now choose the correct answer to each question from the alternatives given.
(a) His farm has a vacant position. Here ‘farm’ means.
(i) work- school
(ii) work-place
(iii) work – culture
(iv) work-behaviour
Answer : (ii) work-place
(b) Which one of the following words has a similar meaning of ‘vacant’?
(i) newly (ii) tasty
(iii) guilty (iv) empty
Answer : (iv) empty
(c) But Shahana said, “Please don’t insist”. What does “insist” mean?
(i) inspire (ii) request
(iii) refuse (iv) force
Answer : (iv) force
(d) Her in-laws also in his side. What does ‘in-laws’ mean?
(i) lawful relatives
(ii) loyal relatives
(iii) relatives by marriage
(iv) distant family members
Answer : (iii) relatives by marriage
(e) They often come to her in the teacher’s room, in the corridor and even on the road........... Here ‘corridor’means?
(i) passage (ii) room
(iii) field (iv) market
Answer : (i) passage
2. Read the passage and answer the question:
Helen Keller is a great Humanitarian. She deeply cared for the people who were sick and injured. These disabled people could not use a part of their body. Helen worked for these disabled people all through her life. Helen Keller was born in 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Her father was Captain Arthur Keller and mother Katherine Adams Keller. Her family was not rich and its main source of income was cotton plantation. Helen was quine healthy when she was born. But in 1882 she had a high fever and she became blind, deaf and dumb. At that time her father was a newspaper editor. He told Alexander Graham Bel about Helen. Bell, the inventor of telephone, was working with deaf children at that time. Later Bell met Helen and her parents. He suggested Perkins School for the Blind in Boston for Helen. Captain Arthur went to the director of the school Michael Anaganos. Mr. Anaganos sent one of his best students called Annie Sullivan to help Helen in
1887. Annie greatly helped Helen to communicate.
(a) List the important persons in Helen’s life.
Answer : (a) Captain Arthur Keller, Katherine Adams Keller, the director, Annie Sullivan
(b) Who did Helen help during her life ?
Answer : (b) During her life Helen helped the disabled people. Or, Helen helped the people who could not use a part of their body.
(c) What was the occupation of the Kellers?
Answer : (c) Their occupation was cotton plantation. Or, The occupation of the Kellers was cotton plantation.
(d) How did Helen lose her eye sight as well as speech?
Answer : (d) When Helen was two years old, she had a fever that made her blind, deaf, and dumb. Or, When Helen was two years old, she had a fever. Gradually she lost her eye sight as well as speech.
(e) Do you agree that Annie Sullivan gave Helens a new life? Why / why not?
Answer : (e) Helen lost her eye sight as well as speech only at the age of two. At one stage her father contacted Perkins School for the Blind in Boston. They sent Annie Sullivan for Helen’s help. Annie taught Helen how to communicate with others without using speech. Therefore, definitely Annie gave Helen a new life.
