The Travellers of Middle Age

April 17, 2025 Md. Rokon Uddin (Rumon)

4.Read the passage on Interpol. Complete the following table with information from the passage.

During the Middle Age, from AD 501 to 1500, explorers around the world set off on long journeys to discover new lands. Many, such as Admiral Zheng He of China and Marco Polo from Italy became famous for their travels. As well as foreign goods and ideas, the returned with stories of exciting adventures, fantastic creatures and faraway places. Ibn Battuta was a daring Moroccan Muslim explorer. He travelled through Northern Africa, the Middle East, Southern Spain, India and China from 1325 to 1354. He wrote an account of what life was like in the Muslim world called “The Travels of Ibn Batitta”. Between 1405 and 1433. Admiral Zheng He had led seven long expeditions for the Chinese Emperor Yonglo. He made his journeys in a fleet of large ships, called Junks. His fleet sailed all around the Indian Ocean and into the Red Sea. In 1271, two merchants from Venice of Italy, Niccolo’s and Maffeo polo, left for China. They travelled the old trade routes called the Silk Road. Niccolo’s 17-year-old son, Marco Polo, went too. Marco Polo wrote an account of his long journey and became a famous explorer. He travelled from 1271 to 1295.

	The Travellers of Middle Age
Purpose	To discover new lands
During Middle Age	The travelers travelled for (i) ———– years.
Name	Period	From	To	Achievement	Duration of Travel
Ibn Battuta	1325-1354	Morocco	China	(ii)————-	29 years
Admiral Zheng He	1405-1433	Indian Ocean	(iii) —	led seven expeditions	28 years
Marco Polo	1271-1295	(iv)—–	China	wrote an account of his journey	(v) ———

Write a summary of the above passage in your own words.
Match the parts of sentence given in column “A” “B” and “C” to write five complete sentences.

Column A	Column B	Column C
(a)No living being can live without air	(i) by smoke from mills, factories and from carbon monoxide gases	(i) to maintain natural balance
(b)It is constantly being polluted	(ii) which produce smoke	(ii) by burning diesel and petrol
(c) Big cities have thousands of vehicles plying on the roads	(iii) but it is polluted now	(iii) emitted by motor vehicles
(d) Besides, railway engines and powerhouses burn coal and oil	(iv) to plant trees everywhere	(iv)in different ways
(e) So, it is high time we took proper steps	(v) which produce a lot of smoke	(v) and thus air is polluted

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.08

(a) Hojja was quite curious.

(b) So, he climbed from the roof down the stairs.

(d) He saw there a man standing at the foot of the stairs.

(e) The man was asking him to get down and listen to him.

(f) He thought that the man had something important to say.

(g) Suddenly, he saw someone calling him from below.

(h) One day, Nasiruddin Hojja was mending a hole on the roof of his two-stored house.

English 2^nd Paper.

1.Fill in the Blanks with the words from the box. You may need to change the forms of the words. You may need to use one word more than once.

certain	victim	henious	punish	liable	enact
who	eat	execute	adulterate	cause	inspection

Everybody knows that food (a) ——– is a crime. Adulterated food is poisonous and it (b) —— fatal diseases. People (c) ——— this kind of food fall a (d) ——— to liver diseases, cancer, Kidney failure and so on. Some businessmen are (e) —— for this sort of (f) ———- work. They deserve severe (g) ——–. Sometimes the authority concerned makes occasional (h) ———-. The government has taken (i) ——— steps against them. We hope that the passed laws will be properly (j) ———–.

2. Fill in the blanks with suitable words.

The Sangsad Bhavan Complex located (a) ——- Sher-e- Bangla Nagar of Dhaka is one of (b) —— majestic public buildings. (c) ——– complex was designed (d) ——– the American architect, Louis I Khan. (e) ——construction started (f) ——- 1964 and was (g) —— in 1982 along (h) ——- all services and facilities. The whole complex is surrounded by attractive gardens and lakes. The inaugural session (i) —— the Jatiya Sangsad (j) ——- in this building on 15 February 1982.

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

It		for New York from Southampton
The Titanic	sailed	1316 passengers and a crew of 891
She	was	the largest ship in the world
At that time, she	carried	regarded as unsinkable
So, she		on april 10, 1912

7. Complete the sentences.

(a) We work hard so that ————–

(b) If we are not industrious, —————-.

(d) An idle man can never help people and so ———-

(e) We know the proverb that ————-

8. Make tag questions of these statements.

(a) Some days in our life are so significant that we cannot but remember them. There are many memorable days for us, ———-?

(b) A cool air was entering into the room. Rehana said to her younger brother, “Please, shut the door, ——–?

(d) All the members of the family were gossiping sitting together. Suddenly, Mamun said, “Let’s have a cup of tea, ———?”

(e) Shehab bought a pencil. Then he said to his sister, “Do you cut it into two, ———–?”

5. Change the narrative style of the following text.

“You look a little bit like my mother,” he said, “especially in the dark by the fire.” “But you were only four, Jerry, when you came here. Can you remember how she looked all these years?” said the authoress. “My mother lives in Mannville,” said he.

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

Have you heard the name of george bernard shaw this grea man was born in Dublin in 1856 his fathers family had been small lamdowners he was awarded nobel prize on literature in November 1925 arms and the man is a creation of Bernard shaw here he says romantiv lovers are like colourful butterfly what a great man he was

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