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1. Fill in the blank with appropriate word.

After the War of Independence was over, I (a)------ to meet Kamal in the university. But on his (b)----
- from the army, he became busier and busier in politics, while I took to (c)------ seriously and (d)-----
- the library of the University of Dhaka (e) ---- all day long and into early evenings. Nevertheless,
even in brief (f)------- Kamal, now the son of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, (g)------ me feel that I
was (h)----- to him, for he would not only exchange pleasantries but would also ask about me caringly
and in the (i)------- of manner. Friendliness came (j)----- to Sheikh Kamal and more often than not, he
would greet you with a smile before you could do so.
Answer: (a)continued, (b)return, (c)studying, (d)frequenting, (e)regularly, (f)exchanges, (g)made,
(h)close, (i)friendliest, (j)naturally.
2. Fill in the blank with appropriate word.
When I first met Sheikh Kamal at the end of 1969, he was (a)---- known everywhere in the country as
the (b)------ son of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the (c)------ leader of Bengalis, the man we
love to think of as Friend of Bengal. I, on the other hand, was the son of middle-class parents and not
(d)------- in any sense. And yet when I was introduced to him in front of the (e)----- to Kala Bhaban or
the Arts Building of the University of Dhaka by a mutual friend, he greeted me with the friendliest of
smiles and a warm (f)------. He made me feel instantly that I would be his friend! He was hugely
popular in his own (g)------ by then. I already knew a lot about him from my Dhanmondi friends. For
example, I knew that he was quite good at basketball and cricket, (h)------- interested in music, always
lively and full of good spirits. These qualities never (i)------ him. He was also known to be a (j)-------
organizer -- in student politics, of course, but also in the sports and cultural arenas.
Answer: (a)already, (b)eldest, (c)undisputed, (d)exceptional, (e)entry, (f)handshake, (g)right,
(h)actively, (i)deserted, (j)tireless.
3. Fill in the blank with appropriate word.
Even now I remember (a)----- a number of occasions when I met him up close. One day, for example,
a (b)----- friend invited a few of us to go to a place 30 miles or so (c)---- Dhaka for a day out. This
was also the site of a (d)------ foundation, a fully-funded school and a medical clinic for the people of
the (e)-----. In addition, it had a pond and a playing field. On our way to the place and back,
everywhere in it and all day long, Kamal was the (f)----- of our group. I remember him singing (g)-----
- every now and then, joking and (h)---- into laughter often, playing cricket with us full-spiritedly, and
showing keen interest in the activities of the foundation. I was (i)---- in the belief I had at the end of
our first meeting — he had the (j)----- of friendship and I was one of his friends. And I could see by
the end of the trip that he was good at everything - playing cricket, cracking jokes, music, making
friends and having a good time!
Answer: (a)vividly, (b)mutual, (c)outside, (d)charitable, (e)region, (f)life, (g)spontaneously,
(h)bursting, (i)reinforced, (j)gift
4. Fill in the blank with appropriate word.
I could hear very (a)----- voices as if coming from the other side of the world. The time was about
4:00 in the morning and the date September 22, 1961. I was feeling tired and (b)------ and was
encountering stiff (c)---- from the strong tide. I looked towards my (d)----- motorboat (e)---- my
manager Quazi Mohammad Ali, skipper Len Hutchinson and the official observer, Mr. J. U. Wood.
They were all pointing (f)-----towards the Kent shore. As I looked up, I could see flashes. I realized I
was very close to the shore. I asked what the time was and how far I had still to go. They told me that
if I put the last ounce of energy into my swimming, I would set a new world record for France to
England swim. This (g)------ me. The goal for which I had been (h)------ for the past four years could
be mine. The aim, which (i)----- me to swim the Channel six times, each time risking my life and (j)---
---, was so close. Yet it could be far....
Answer: (a)faint, (b)exhausted(c)opposition, (d)accompanying, (e)carrying, (f)towards,
(g)electrified (h)striving, (i)goaded, (j)reputation
5. Fill in the blank with appropriate word.
Once in water, you get (a)------ of time, distance or direction. The only thought which kept me (b)-----
, was that I must make it and that I must get good (c)----- all the way. The second half of the swim is
always very difficult. And if even little (d)----- develop, it saps the (e)---- energy of the swimmer all
the more. Taking a lesson from my previous swims I kept my speed at a (f)----- pace for I knew I
would need every ounce of my energy towards the close...

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I felt hungry and (g)------ and shouted for my manager. In reply, I was told that I could not (h)----- to
waste 10 minutes in having the feed! If I have to break the record, I must swim on with all my might.
I am sorry now for it. For if I had gone on, I might have (i)----- the whole swim in less than 10 hours
and 15 minutes(j) ----- a new world record from both sides.
Answer: (a)oblivious, (b)worried, (c)weather, (d)waves, (e)ebbing, (f)steady, (g)famished, (h)afford,
(i)finished, (j) creating.
6. Fill in the blank with appropriate word.
In Bangladesh, mountaineering is a new sport (a)-----, and we are yet to develop a culture that will
(b)----- a woman's mountaineering activities. Nishạt took the (c)-----, and she was supported by her
parents. This is an (d)----- sport, and Nishat and other mountaineers could not have (e)---- if several
organizations did not help them. Nishat was an ambassador of "Because I am a Girl" (f)------ of Plan
International's Bangladesh chapter in her (g)----- to Mount Everest in 2012. She wanted to leave a
(h)message for all people of Bangladesh that a girl can do anything a boy can do, and (i)----- every
girl should have (j)----- from her parents and society in every challenging activity.
Answer: (a)activity, (b)encourage, (c)challenge, (d)expensive, (e)succeeded, (f)campaign,
(g)expedition, (h)message, (i)hence, (j)support
7. Fill in the blank with appropriate word.
In a traditional society like ours, little boys and girls are given (a)----- sets of toys. While toys for boys
include cars, guns or footballs, girls have to be (b)----- with dolls (often Barbie dolls) and dollhouses
or (c)----- cooking utensils. The underlying assumption is that boys are (d)----- and full of vigor, but
girls are naive and lack the (e)------ or energy to match their male counterparts. This false (f)------ has
been (g)------ plenty of times in the recent decades as girls began to show their power and women
began (h)------ with men in almost all areas of life. It has been (i)------ proved wrong most recently by
the girls of Kalsindur, a village in a (j)------ area in Dhobaura upazila in Mymensingh district.
Answer: (a)separate, (b)satisfied, (c)miniature, (d)active, (e)intelligence, (f)assumption,
(g)shattered, (h)competing, (i)conclusively, (j)remote
8. Fill in the blank with appropriate word.
The Bangladesh girls' football team won the AFC Under-14 Regional Football Championship. 2015 in
Nepal and the team was (a)---- by Kalsindur footballers. Do you know the team that won the
championship in AFC Under-14 Regional Football Tournament 2016 in Tajikistan also had eight
Kalsindur girls (b)----- the captain and the highest scorer? Bangladesh National Women's Football
Team was (c)----- in Hong Kong Under-15 Women's Jockey Cup and Kalsindur girls led the match.
They also (d)----- themselves when Bangladesh shared championship (e)---- with Laos in the 1st
Bangamata International Under-19 Woman Tournament in 2019. Who could even think that these
girls would (f)----- the 1st SAFF Under-18 Women Championship in Bhutan in 2018, remaining (g)---
--? The whole nation was so (h)----- at their success that the Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, gave
them a warm (i)----- at Ganabhaban where Tahura (the highest scorer in the tournament) along with
her comrades requested her to (j)----- their secondary school and the desire was fulfilled immediately.
Answer: (a)dominated, (b)including, (c)champion, (d)proved, (e)jointly, (f)seize, (g)unbeaten,
(h)overwhelmed, (i)reception, (j)nationalize
9. Fill in the blank with appropriate word.
Relationships are of different kinds. Some are (a)---- and intimate, (b)---- by blood and by marriage;
some are (c)---- like the ones we have with friends and some are made in school where we form (d)---
- bonds with classmates and teachers. Relationships can also be (e)---- in workplace, which may (f)----
change from professional to social. There are relationships also between human beings and animals,
between children and their toys that they cannot (g)------ with. All these relationships keep us (h)-----
to each other and provide us all kinds of support, love and affection. A person who has no family feels
the pain of (i)---- and isolation. There is no one to laugh or cry with him/her. When we share our joy
with someone, it simply (j)-----, and when we suffer a loss and someone shares our sorrow, it lessens.
Relationships are thus needed for our emotional health.
Answer: (a)familial, (b)formed, (c)social, (d)close, (e)fostered, (f)quickly, (g)part, (h)close,
(i)loneliness, (j)redoubles
10. Fill in the blank with appropriate word.
The orphanage is high in the Carolina mountains. I was there in the autumn. I wanted quiet, (a)----, to
do some troublesome writing. I wanted (b)---- air to blow out the (c)---- from too long a time in the
subtropics. I was (d)---- too, for the flaming of maples in October, and for corn Shocks and pumpkins

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and black-walnut trees.... I found them all living in a cabin that (e)------- to the orphanage, half a mile
beyond the orphanage farm. When I (f)------ the cabin, I asked for a boy or man to come and chop
wood for the (g)-----. I looked up from my typewriter one late afternoon, a little (h)------. A boy stood
at the door and my pointer dog, my (i)-----, was at his side and had not barked to warn me. The boy
was probably twelve years old, but undersized. He wore overalls and a torn shirt, and was (j)-------.
He said, "I can chop some wood today."
Answer: (a)Isolation, (b)mountain, (c)malaria, (d)homesick, (e)belonged, (f)took, (g)fireplace,
(h)startled, (i)companion, (j)barefooted
11. Fill in the blank with appropriate word.
His name was Jerry... he had been at the orphanage since he was four. I could (a)---- him at four, with
the same (b)--- gray-blue eyes and the same – independence? No, the word that comes to me is "(c)----
--".... It is bedded on courage, but it is more than brave. It is honest, but it is more than honesty. The
ax handle (d)----- one day. Jerry said the woodshop at the orphanage would (e)---- it. I brought money
to pay for the job and he (f) ----- it. "I'll pay for it," he said. "I broke it. I brought the ax down (g)-------
." "But no one hits (h)---- every time," I told him. "The fault was in the wood of the handle. I'll see the
man from whom I bought it." It was only then that he would take the money. He was (i)---- back of
his own carelessness. He was a free-will agent and he chose to do (j)----- work, and if he failed, he
took the responsibility without subterfuge.
Answer: (a)picture (b)grave (c)integrity, (d)broke, (e)repair, (f) refused, (g)careless, (h)accurately,
(i)standing, (j)careful
12. Fill in the blank with appropriate word.
And he did for me the unnecessary thing, the (a)---- thing, that we find done' only by the great of
heart. Things no training can teach, for they are done on the (b)-----, with no (c)---- experience. He
found a cubbyhole beside the fireplace that I had not (d)------. There, of his own accord, he put
kindling and "medium" wood, so that I might always have dry fire (e)----- ready in case of sudden wet
weather. A stone was (f)----- in the rough walk to the cabin. He dug a deeper hole and (g)----- it,
although he came, himself, by a shortcut over the bank. I found that when I tried to return his (h)-----
with such things as candy and apples, he was wordless. "Thank you" was, perhaps, an expression for
which he had had no use, for his courtesy was (i)------. He only looked at the gift and at me, and a (j)--
---- lifted, so that I saw deep into the clear well of his eyes, and gratitude was there, and affection, soft
over the firm granite of his character...
Answer: (a)gracious, (b)instant, (c)predicated, (d)noticed, (e)material, (f)loose, (g)steadied,
(h)thoughtfulness, (i)instinctive, (j)curtain.
13. Fill in the blank with appropriate word.
He became (a) ----, of course, with my pointer, Pat. There is a strange (b)---- between a boy and a dog.
Perhaps they possess the same (c)------ of spirit, the same kind of wisdom. It is difficult to (d)----, but
it exists. When I went across the state for a weekend, I left the dog in Jerry's charge.... My return was
(e)----- and fog filled the mountain passes so (f)------ that ... it was Monday noon before I (g)----- the
cabin. The dog had been fed and (h)----- for that morning. Jerry came early in the afternoon, anxious.
"The superintendent said nobody would (i)----- in the fog," he said. "I came.... last night and you
hadn't come. So I brought Pat some of my breakfast this morning. I wouldn't have let anything (j)------
to him." ... I gave him a dollar in payment, and he looked at it and went away. But that night he came
in the darkness and knocked at the door.
Answer: (a) intimate, (b)communion, (c)singleness, (d)explain, (e)belated, (f)treacherously,
(g)reached, (h)cared, (i)drive, (j)happen
14. Fill in the blank with appropriate word.
He came every day and cut my wood and did small helpful (a)---- and stayed to talk. The days had
become cold, and often I let him come (b)--- the cabin. He would lie on the floor in front of the fire,
with one arm (c)---- the pointer, and they would both doze and wait (d)---- for me. Other days they ran
with a common (e)--- through the laurel, and he brought me back (f)--- maple leaves, and chestnut
boughs dripping with (g)---- yellow. I was ready to go. I said to him. "You have been my friend, Jerry.
I shall often think of you and miss you. Pat will miss you too. I am (h)--- tomorrow." He did not
answer. ... and I watched him go in (i)silence up the hill. I (j)----- him the next day, but he did not
come. ... I closed the cabin and started the car. I stopped by the orphanage and left the cabin key and
money with Miss Clark. "And will you call Jerry for me to say good-bye to him?"

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Answer: (a)favors, (b)inside, (c)across, (d)quietly, (e)ecstasy, (f)vermilion, (g)imperial, (h)leaving,
(i)silence, (j)expected.

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