Unit-4, Lesson-4
1. Read the passage and answer question A.
Nishat Mazumder, a Bangladeshi woman in her early forties, is a sports icon. She comes of a modest background; her father is a businessman and her mother is a housewife. She is the second of four siblings. She is not very tall or very well built or does not have a very charming princess look, but this apparently ordinary girl has three that she can be proud of. These are: she has extraordinarily supportive parents who accepted her dreams as real; her father was a freedom fighter in the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971 and she scaled the highest peak in the world as the first Bangladeshi girl in 2012. Nishat’s life presents an inspirational story that the youth in Bangladesh needs to know. Nishat was born on 5 January 1981 in a village called Teory which is situated in Ramganj upazila in Lakshmipur District. She completed her schooling from Bottomley Home Girls’ High School in 1997 and passed HSC from Shahid Anwar Girls’ College in 1999. She earned her bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Accounting from Dhaka City College and currently works for Dhaka WASA as an accountant. She is also interested in different languages and cultures of the world and has enrolled for her MA in Japanese Studies at Dhaka University. For us, Nishat’s life story comes across as especially significant because it tells us how the influence of one person can motivate someone to dream big. As the daughter of a freedom fighter, Nishat had to face many obstacles in her life, but her mother, her role model, gave her courage and determination to overcome them and pursue her dreams.
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives.
(a) Nishat has --- siblings.
i. two ii. three
iii. four iv. five
Ans: ii. three.
(b) according to the passage, the word ‘modest’ means ---.
i. lofty ii. base
iii. ordinary iv. somber
Ans: iii. ordinary.
(c) The synonym of ‘apparently’ is ---.
i. seemingly ii. physically
iii. outwardly iv. really
Ans: i. seemingly.
(d) Nishat’s parents have --- view toward her dreams.
i. discouraging ii. tolerant
iii. critical iv. liberal
Ans: iv. liberal.
(e) The word ‘scale’ may be replaced best by ---.
i. climb ii. mount
iii. run iv. flow
Ans: i. climb.
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(f) Nishat’s story may --- as a good example for the young people.
i. come ii. suit
iii. play iv. work
Ans: iv. work.
(g) Her workplace is ---.
i. Dhaka City College ii. Dhaka WASA
iii. Shahid Anwar Girls College iv. Teory
Ans: ii. Dhaka WASA.
(h) In ‘to dream big’, the word ‘dream’ is ---.
i. an adverb ii. an adjective
iii. a noun iv. a verb
Ans: iv. a verb.
(i) ‘Nishat had to face many obstacles in her life’ means her life has been ---.
i. colorful ii. difficult
iii. hazardous iv. challenging
Ans: iii. hazardous.
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