Unit-12, Lesson-2 (D)
Read the passage. Then answer the questions (1-2) below.
Mainul Islam is a qualified farmer in Naogaon. Mr Islam was very brilliant as a student. He took his higher education from Bangladesh Agricultural University in Mymensingh. He then came back home and started advanced farming. He has two other brothers who are graduates in different disciplines. The specialty of the Islam family is that they all are living in their village and all are renowned in their own fields. Mr. Islam’s younger brother, who is a Rajshahi University graduate, is a science teacher in a local school. His youngest brother is a social science graduate who likes to start a local NGO to work for this area. When asked “What makes you decide to stay here in this village?” Mr Islam smiled and said, “Look, it’s true that we could leave this village for city life. I could be a banker or my brothers could be bureaucrats. But it didn’t attract us. We are sons of this soil. Yes, we have education but does education prepare a person only to be an officer? Don’t we have any obligation to the soil that has made us what we are?” He also added that not every educated individual should be a job seeker. He added that since his discipline was agriculture, after his education he took the occupation of a farmer. In response to the question whether they had any frustration living in a village, he confirmed that they were indeed very pleased with their life. He said, “I work on my own farm, stay with my family members, pass time with my old friends and sleep at my own home. All these count a lot.”
Mr Islam is right. Many people go to cities and forget or loosen their roots knowingly or unknowingly. Mr Islam and his brothers are great - they haven’t forgotten their roots. They not only stuck to their own roots, they have been torch bearers for others to be respectful of their roots.
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives.
a. Mr. Islam — in the roots.
i. works ii. studies
iii. trains iv. believes
b. Mr. Islam and his brothers had— opportunity or quality to lead a city life.
i. few ii. every
iii. improbable iv. no
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c. What should the individual be?
i. Should be job seeker
ii. Should be employed
iii. Should be a doctor
iv. Should be self-employed
(d) According to Mr. Islam, — should not be the only motto of education.
i. acquisition of knowledge
ii. to be aware of responsibilities
iii. job seeking
iv. fellow feeling
(e) Mainul along with his brothers — in a village.
i. live ii. work
iii. studies iv. lives
(f) Mainul and his brothers are — with their present life.
i. frustrated
ii. dissatisfied
iii. satisfied
iv. annoyed
(g) Which quality of Mainul describes him best in the passage?
i. He is a graduate
ii. He is an educated farmer
iii. He does not like conventional jobs
iv. He shows responsibility to his root
2. Answer the following questions in your own words.
(a) “It’s true that we could leave this village for city life.”—What does Mainul Islam want to mean by this?
(b) Why did Mainul become a farmer?
(c) Why are the three brothers great?
(d) Why didn’t Mr Islam go to the city for a living?
(e) How do you consider Islam brothers as great men?
Answers : 1. (a) iv. believes, (b) ii. every, (c) iv. Should be self-employed, (d) iii. job seeking, (e) iv. lives, (f) iii. Satisfied, (g) iv. He shows responsibility to his root.
2. (a) Mainul Islam says this. By this he means that by virtue of their higher education, they could manage a good job in the city and lead a comfortable city life. But they did not do so. Rather owing to their great love for the attachment to their village they did not leave their village.
(b) Mainul became a farmer as he took his higher education on agriculture. His passion for his roots also motivated him to become a farmer.
(c) The three brothers are great because in spite of being highly educated, they are living in their village. They have never forgotten their roots. Rather they stick to their own roots which they love wholeheartedly. They have been torch bearers for others.
(d) City life did not attract Mr. Islam. He believes he has a duty to his soil that has made him what he is.
(e) Islam brothers could avail all the opportunities of city life. They could have had an illustrious career but they left to serve their villages to serve their community. So, they can be considered great men.
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