Unit-4, Lesson-5
1. Read the passage and answer question A.
In a traditional society like ours, little boys and girls are given separate sets of toys. While toys for boys include cars, guns or footballs, girls have to be satisfied with dolls (often Barbie dolls) and doll houses or miniature cooking utensils. The underlying assumption is that boys are active and full of vigour but girls are naive and lack the intelligence or energy to match their male counterparts.
This false assumption has been shattered plenty of times in the recent decades as girls began to show their power and women began competing with men in almost all areas in life. It has been conclusively proved wrong most recently by the girls of Kalsindur, a village in a remote area in Dhubaura upazila in Mymensingh district. The villagers are mostly low-income but hardworking people. Even a few years ago, there was no electricity in the village. But some girls have illuminated the village both literally and metaphorically with their belief in themselves and their skill in the game of football. The village has emerged now as footballer factory and a symbol of girl power. And in recognition of their success, the village was provided with electricity by the government.
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives.
(a) Their success has literally --- the village.
i. ushered ii. introduced
iii. illuminated iv. darkened
Ans: iii. illuminated.
(b) “Girls have to be satisfied with dolls,” refers to a kind of---.
i. discrimination ii. inferiority
iii. weakness iv. deprivation
Ans: i. discrimination.
(c) According to the passage, the synonym of ‘separate’ is ---.
i. same ii. partial
iii. individual iv. different
Ans: iv. different.
(d) Miniature refers to --- appearance of a thing.
i. large ii. small
iii. minor iv. huge
Ans: ii. small.
(e) The old assumption is ---.
i. universal ii. liberal
iii. discriminatory iv. just
Ans: iii. discriminatory.
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(f) The assumption has been shattered by ---.
i. men ii. girls and women
iii. only women iv. only girls
Ans: ii. girls and women.
(g) The villagers possess a ---mentality.
i. negative ii. inactive
iii. poor iv. positive
Ans: iv. positive.
(h) An antonym of ‘illuminate’ may be ---.
i. darken ii. enlighten
iii. flood iv. bar
Ans: i. darken.
(i) The phrase ‘footballer factory’ refers to a place where footballers are ---.
i. produced ii. born
iii. manufactured iv. trained and prepared
Ans: iv. trained and prepared.
(j) According to the passage, the word ‘traditional’ means ---.
i. historical ii. conventional
iii. ritual iv. contemporary
Ans: ii. conventional.
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