ইন্টারনেটে সংযুক্ত কম্পিউটার নেটওয়ার্কের মাধ্যমে ব্যক্তি ও প্রতিষ্ঠানের ই-মেইল আদান-প্রদান করা হয়। ছবি- সংগৃহীত
Unit-13; Lesson-1 (C)
Read the following text and fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the information of the text.
Let's imagine a citizen's ordinary day at work. The morning probably starts with a cup of coffee/tea, followed by greeting the colleagues. Then comes the inevitable, which is the logging in the computer. For many of us the third step has become an automatic behaviour and it dominates the rest of our work day, receiving and sending dozens of e-mail.
An e-mail is an electronic mail. It is a computer-aided way of exchanging digital text messages from a sender to one or multiple recipients. Emails operate through a network of computers linked by the Internet. There are commercial server agencies such as Yahoo, Gmail, Ymail, Hotmail, etc that accept the text message from the sender, forward it and deliver instantly to the digital mailbox of the recipient. If the recipient is not online, the message is stored and delivered later when the recipient is online. It works instantly just with the click of your mouse. It has been a powerful communication tool in modern life.
Fill in each gap with a suitable word and answer the question no. 3.
The role of email is vital in the modern age because it is the age of communication. (a) --- a powerful tool of communication, email (b) --- a revolution in this sector. A citizen's ordinary day at work has become an automatic behaviour and the rest of our work day is (c) --- by it which is to (d) --- and send dozens of emails. Yahoo, Gmail, Ymail, Hotmail etc. are the commercial servers that (e) --- the text message from the sender, forward it and deliver instantly to the digital mailbox of the recipient.
Read the following text (Unseen) carefully and answer the question no. 4 and 5.
Andrew John Young was a clergyman and poet. He was born in 1885 and educated at Royal High School, Edinburgh University. Originally he was a school teacher. After 35 years of his birth he moved to Hove in Sussex, England. He became the Vicar of Stonegate in 1941. He was made a canon of Chichester Cathedral seven years later. Andrew John Young made his mark with his nature poems. His published works include 'Songs of Night' 1910 and 'Booz and Ruth' 1920, 'The Bird of Cage' 1926, 'The Shepherd' 1931, 'The Winter Harvest' 1933, The White Blackbird' 1935, 'The Green Man' 1947 and 'Into Hydes'. Edinburgh University conferred an honorary LL.D. on him in 1951 and in 1952 he was awarded the Queen's Medal for poetry. He died on November 25, 1971.
4. Complete the table below with information from the passage.
5. Write a summary of the above passage in your own words.
Answer: 3. (a) Being, (b) caused, (c) dominated, (d) receive, (e) accept.
4. (i) was born, (ii) Songs of Night, (iii) 1951, (iv) for poetry, (v) 25 November, 1971.
5. Andrew John Young was both a clergy and a poet. The subject-matter of his poem was nature. His 'Songs of Night', ' The Shepherd', 'The Winter Harvest' etc are some examples of his poems of nature. He achieved the Queen's Medal for poetry in 1952 as a recognition of his poetic genius.
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