Famous Bridges

4.Read the passage about the famous bridges. Complete the following table with information from the passage.

There are many kinds of bridges. Some carry motor vehicles or trains. Others allow people to cross rivers on foot. Drawbridges, such as Tower Bridge in London, lift up to let ships pass through them. Modern engineering methods made it possible to build bridges over very wide rivers or widely spaced island. Ponte Vecchio, or Old Bridge, was built over the Arno River, Florence, Italy, in 1345. It has three arches supported by two stone piers. The piers are shaped to allow the river to flow past them easily. The longest span between two piers is 30 meter. The Golden Gate Bridge was built in 1937 in San Francisco, USA. Then it was the longest suspension bridge in the world. The span between the towers is 1280 meters. The bridge has a six-lane road and sidewalks. Towers on either side of the bridge hold up two steel cables from which the bridge hangs. Tower Bridge was built over the Tames River, Lomdon, England in 1894. It has two towers and a drawbridge. When a tall boat needs to pass through, the traffic on the bridge is stopped and roadside is raised. The span between two towers is 270 feet.

 

	Famous bridges of the world
Purpose	To make road link.
Bridge help people	To (i) —————– rivers.
Name	Built	Country	River	Specialty	Span
Ponte Vecchio	1345	Italy	(ii) ————	three arches	30 meters.
Golden Gate Bridge	1937	the USA	San Fransisco	(iii) ————	1280 meters.
Tower Bridge	1894	England	(iv) ————	(v) ———–	270 feet.

5.Write a summary of the above passage in your own words.

6. Match the parts of sentence given in column “A” “B” and “C” to write five complete sentences.

Column A	Column B	Column C
(a)Rabindranath Tagore, one of the most famous poets	(i)and also he was educated informally	(i)not only of Bangla literature but also of world literature.
(b) The poet did not like the strict rules of school	(ii) deep devotion to God, Human desires and love	(ii) Tagore family in May 1861.
(c) His poetic talent got revealed at his	(iii) of literary things which became very valuable assets	(iii) his deep philosophy of life have been exposed.
(d) He, travelling every branch of literature, produced a great deal	(iv) very early age through some literary	(iv) creation, especially Banaphul.
(e) In his literary activities, contemporary society	(v) of world literature, was born into famous	(v) at home in a free environment.

7. Put the following parts of the story in correct order to make the whole story. Only the corresponding numbers of the sentences need to be written.

(a) Socrates met his friends and disciples for the last time.

(b) Then there came a man with a cup in hand.

(c) With eyes full of tears, they bade Socrates a last farewell.

(d) He told them that the soul of man cannot die.

(e) He argued with them about the immortality of soul.

(f) At last, the hour of departure had arrived.

(g) At sunset, the Governor of the Prison arrived.

(h) The cup obtained hemlock, a very strong poison and Socrates took the cup in his hand and drank hemlock without any hesitation.

A.1.Make five sentences using parts of sentences from each column of the table below.

But all foods	have	without food.
No living beings	have taken	to the foods we eat.
The foods we eat	are not	enormous steps in preparing food.
About 80% of our illness	can live	a great effect on our health.
The scientists	is related	safe for us.

 

2. Complete the sentences.

(a) Water is so vital an element ——————.

(b) It is water which —————.

(c) Our agriculture which ——————.

(d) Though Bangladesh is blessed with many rivers ————-.

(e) We can get bumper crops provided that ————–.

3. Make tag questions of these statements.

: Begging is the result of our poor socio-economic system, (a) ———–?

: Beggars do not have any social dignity, (b) ———–?

: Everybody feels pity for them (c) ————?

: Micro-credit organizations can come forward to solve the problem, (d) ———-?

: Government should have social security belt, (e) —————?

 

4. Use capitals and punctuation marks where necessary in the following text.

what is the time by your watch he said its half past nine i replied i want to go to school he said would you accompany me please no i am sorry

 

5. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or both with the root words given in the parenthesis.

(i) Our (a) ———- (Child) memories are full of both (b) ———- (beauty) and sad incidents. For example, I can (c) ———– (easy) remember the (d) ———– ( memory) incidents of my school life. Our teachers told us to read (e) ——— (attentive). We always tried to follow their (f) ———- (instruct) . Now at our mature age, we realize how (g) ———— (effect) their advice was. Therefore, we are (h) ——— (high) grateful to them. This was the role of our teachers in building our character and (i) ——– (moral) is not (j) ———– (deny).

(ii) [Sylhet Board 2019] Those who lead a (a) — (luxury) life, are always (b) — (different) to the miseries of the poor They enjoy life in (c) — (amuse) and (d) — (merry). They are (e) — (centered) people. They have little (f) — (realize) of the (g) — (bounded) sufferings of the poor. They remain indifferent to their (h) — (suffer). They feel (i) — (comfort) to work for their (j) — (better).

(iii) [Dinajpur Board 2019] In ancient time, textbook was the most (a) — (resource) thing for the students. Teachers were the only guides and source of information. The students had to collect all the (b) — (inform) from the lecture of their (c) — (teach). There was no guidebook or other (d) — (refer) books in the market. During that period a teacher had to deliver a lecture by (e) — (study) the textbook. Because of the (f) — (situate) the students used to depend on the teachers (g) — (complete). As a result, there was a great (h) — relate between a (i) — (teach) and a student. Their (j) — (popular) existed among the students in the society.

(iv) [Cumilla Board—2019] Success in life depends on the proper (a) — (utilize) of time. Those who waste their (b) — (value) time in (c) — (idle), reduce the time of their important work. (d) — (punctual) is another great virtue of human beings that (e) — (rich) the (f) — (man) life. If one takes lesson from the (g) — (biography) of successful persons, one will learn that they never kept any work (h) — (do) for the next day. (i) — (obvious), they were true to their words. So, they got a (j) — (respect) position in the society.