extremely,

fascinated,

extraordinarily,

consensus,

emerged,

consider,

purpose,

function,

researchers,

emotional

(a) pleasant

(b) nightmare

(c) color

(d) silvery

(e) day-dream

(f) define/say

(g) vivid

(h) unraveling

(i) real

(j) dreaming

alarming

climate

undergoing

significant

increase

climatologists

greenhouse

catastrophically

warming

(a) strong

(b) that

(c) warming

(d) by

(e) around

(f) believe/predict

(g) cause

(h) beings

(i) reduce

(j) ability

persona

treatment

literature

Besides

character

featured

unyielding

slightly

character

(a) curious

(b) important

(c) arts

(d) fascinating

(e) movie

(f) named

(g) manic

(h) devoted

(i) code

(j) severity

proverb

nation

fundamental

rouse

talent

environment

mentally

spiritually

developed

(a) father

(b) future

(c) lead

(d) country

(e) development

(f) duty/resonsibi1ity

(g) hidden/latent

(h) required

(i) grow

(j) possible

species 

maintaining

ecological 

environment

spoilt

therefore

wildlife

mankind

(a) important

(b) gone

(c) suffers

(d) protect

(e) our/the

(f) taking

(g) vulnerable

(h) protect/save

(i) lives

(j) kind

In Britain road and transport rules are (a) — followed by the drivers. Consequently it has the best road (b) — record in Europe. All transports must strictly (c) — by the rules (d) —by the government. Coaches and minibuses (e) — carry children under 16 must be (f) — with seatbelts. There the law (g) — agencies are (h) —. So, the buses and coaches have become the (i) — form of road (j) —.

species 

maintaining

ecological 

environment

spoilt

therefore

wildlife

mankind

(a) strictly/duly

(b) safety

(c) abide

(d) prescribed/set

(e) that

(I) equipped

(g) enforcing

(h) strict

(i) symbolic

(j) road

Adolescents (a) — on their (b) —, their communities, schools, health services and their workplaces to (c) — a wide range of skills that can (d) — them to cope with the (e) — they face and make a successful transition from (f) — to adulthood. Parents, members (g) — the community, service providers, and (h) — institutions have the (i) — to both promote adolescent development and adjustment and to intervene (j) — when problems arise.

Adolescents

communities

successful

transition

adulthood

community

adjustment

(a) depend (b) families (c) learn (d) help/assist (e) pressures/problems (f) childhood (g) of (h) social (i) responsibility (j) effectively

Diaspora is an age-old (a) —. In recent times, Rohingya (b) — has attracted a lot of attention. More than one million Rohingyas have (c) — from Myanmar to Bangladesh. Their migration is (d) — to the adverse conditions in Rakhine State of Myanmar–the ancestral homeland of the Rohingyas. The government of Bangladesh has (e) — this huge number of refugees on humanitarian (f) —. But these people are a huge (g) — on our economy and on our (h) —. The world community should extend their full support to the (i) — Rohingyas so that they can (j) — return to their homeland.

attracted

attention

migration

ancestral

refugees

humanitarian

huge

economy

community

return

(a) issue/phenomenon

(b) diaspora

(c) fled/migrated

(d) due

(e) accepted

(f) ground

(g) burden

(h) environment

(i) migrated

(j) safely/easily

In our country, women are the worst sufferers in every stage of life. Social prejudices and customs tend to (a) — their position. When a female child is born. it is not regarded (b) — a happy event. She is not welcomed with the deep (c) — of heart. Instead of being delighted, most of the members of the family think that she has come to add to their (d) —. Even the mother of the female child is not welcomed cordially for giving (e) — to a female child. Rather the mother of the female child is (f) — for this. In the most cases, women are the victim of gender (g) —. In fact the life of our women is not smooth (h) — If we want lasting development of the country, we have to (i) — the dignified status of (j) — women of our country. The government is conscious of this matter.

worst

sufferers

stage

prejudices

customs

tend to

position

regarded

delighted

cordially

lasting

conscious

(a) degrade

(b) as

(c) feeling  

(d) suffering  

(e) birth

(f) condemned  

(g) discrimination

(h) at all /  

(i) ensure  

(j) all / the

Dream is a series of thoughts, images and sensations occurring in a person’s mind during sleep. Dream is a (a) — of unconscious wishes, thoughts and imaginations. It (b) — be sweet or horrible. When we dream (c) — pleasant, we call it a sweet dream. (d) — when we dream something extremely bad, we (e) — it a nightmare. Dream is meaningless if (f) — is a day dream. But dream has also (g) — real purpose as it is related to our (h) —, emotional and physical well-being. The main benefit (i) — dream is that it produces new thoughts (j) — ideas in brain and helps to clean up clutter from mind.

thoughts

sensations

occurring

unconscious

imaginations

horrible

pleasant

extremely

emotional

(a) representation

(b) can/may

(c) something

(d) but

(e) call

(f) it

(g) a (h) mental

(i) of

(j) and

Rabindranath Tagore was a man of (a) — genius. He was (b) — a poet and a novelist (c) — a playwright, a composer, a painter and a philosopher. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for (d) — ‘Gitanjali’ into English. Those translations earned him a great (e) — in the West. As a humanist, Tagore accused the British (f) — and pleaded for the (g) — of India from Britain, Tagore was highly influential in (h) — the best of Indian culture to the West and Vice-versa. He (i) — himself to literature at a very early age. After coming back from England, he began to write (i) — in all branches of literature.

genius

novelist

playwright

composer

philosopher

translations

accused

influential

literature

(a) Versatile

(b) not only

(c) but also

(d) translating

(e) popularity/ name

(f) rulers

(g) freedom

(h) transporting

(i) turned/attached

(j) profusely/copiously

Bangladesh is a land of (a) — beauty. Its beauty is so captivating that a stranger cannot but be (b) — looking at this endless variety. Nature has (c) — showered its blessings on this country. The rivers, hills and forests are rich in natural (d) —. The people of this country feel a strong (e) — for their motherland. They love their motherland from the (f) — of heart. They work hard to (g) — its economic condition and to remove poverty. Most of them toil hard from dawn to dusk to accelerate the pace of (h) —. The progress of this country lies in the (i) — of common people. They are the (j) — of a beautiful and prosperous Bangladesh.

captivating

stranger

variety

economic

toil

dawn

dusk

accelerate

prosperous

(a) natural

(b) overwhelmed

(c) generously

(d) beauty

(e) love/attraction

(f) core

(g) develop

(h) development

(i) hands

(j) makers

The long and wide beach at Kuakata has a (a) — natural setting. This sandy beach slopes b) — into the Bay of Bengal and bathing there as (c) — as is swimming or diving. Kuakata is truly a (d) — beach and a (e) — for migratory winter birds. Fishing boats (f) — in the Bay of Bengal with colourful (g) — surfing waves and the lines of coconut trees add to the (h) — colours of Kuakata. The (i) — culture of the Rakhaine community and hundred year old Buddhist temple indicate the age-old tradition and cultural (j) — of this area.

setting

sandy

slopes

bathing

colourful

surfing

community

indicate

(a) unique

(b) gently

(c) pleasant

(d) virgin

(e) sanctuary

(1) plying

(g) sails

(h) vibrant

(i) indigenous

(j) heritage.

A peace movement is a social movement that (a) — to achieve ideals such as the (b) — of a particular war (or all wars), minimize inter-human violence in a particular (c) — or type of situation, including ban of guns, and is often linked to the (d) — of achieving world peace. Means to achieve these (e) — includes advocacy of (f) — nonviolent resistance, diplomacy, boycotts, demonstrations, (g) – camps, supporting anti-war political (h) — and banning guns, creating (i) — government, direct democracy, supporting people who (j) — warcrimes or conspiracies to create wars, and making laws

movement

achieve

particular

situation

linked

achieving

advocacy

nonviolent

diplomacy

boycotts

demonstrations

warcrimes

conspiracies

(a) tends (b) ending (c) place/area (d) goals (e) include (f) pacifism (g) peace (h) candidate (i) open (j) wage.

The Sundarbans is known for vanishing (a) — but the scientists said the current (b) — of the mangrove forests on the southern coastline in not normal. “The causes for increasing coastline retreat, other than direct anthropogenic ones, include increased frequency of (c) — surges and other extreme (d) — events, rises in (e) and increased salinity which increases the (f) — of mangroves’, said Pettorelli.” Our results indicate a rapidly retreating (g) — that cannot be accounted for by the (h) — dynamics of the Sundarbans. Degradation is happening (i) — weakening this natural (j) — for India and Bangladesh.

vanishing

scientists

current

mangrove

coastline

retreat

anthropogenic

salinity

Pettorelli

weakening

Degradation

(a) Islands

(b) retreat

(c) storm

(d) natural

(e) sea

(f) vulnerability

(g) coastline

(h) regular 

(i) fast

(j) shield

Dreams have fascinated philosophers for thousands of years but only (a) — have dreams been subjected to (b) research and scientific study. Chances are that we often find ourselves puzzling over the (c) — of a dream or perhaps we (d) — why we dream at all. A dream can (e) — any of the images, thoughts and (f)—that are experienced during sleep. Dreams can be extraordinarily (g) or very (h) filled with joyful emotions or (i) — emotions, focused and understandable or unclear and (j) —.

fascinated

philosophers

subjected

scientific

puzzling

perhaps

extraordinarily

emotion

understandable

unclear

(a) recently

(b) empirical

(c) content

(d) wonder

(e) include

(f) emotions

(g) vivid

(h) vague

(i) frightening

(1) confusing.

Orpheus was presented by his father with a (a) — and taught to play upon it which he did to such (b) — that nothing could (c) — the charm of his music. Not only his (d) —but wild animals also were (e) — by his music. The very trees and rocks were (f) — by him. The former (g) — around him and the latter (h) — somewhat of their (i) — softened by his (j) —.

Orpheus

presented

taught

charm

former

somewhat

softened

(a) lyre

(6) perfection

(c) withstand

(d) fellow-mortals

(e) softened

(f) charmed

(g) crowded gathered

(h) relaxed

(i) hardness

(j) notes/music.

The term ‘Diaspora’ is used to (a) — to people who have left their homelands and (b) — in other parts of the world, either because they were (c) — to do so or (d) — they wanted to leave on their (e) —. The word is increasingly (f) — Sundarbans for such people as a (g) — group and/or a community. The world has seen many (h) — but scholars have been studying the (i) — with great interest only in (j) — decades.

Diaspora

parts

community

interest

decades

(a) refer

(b) settled

(c) forced

(d) because

(e) own

(f) used

(9) collective

(h) diasporas

(i) phenomenon

(j) recent

Among

forced

ancient

Subcontinent

attracted

attention

Palestinians

reason

attention

globalization

(a) Jewish

(b) leave

(c) movement

(d) noteworthy

(e) unclear

(f) Palestinian

(g) concern

(h) plight

(i) massive

(j) ravages

Migration

predominantly

particular

geographical

illiterate

belonged

encouraged

plentiful

(a) started

(b) phenomenon

(c) employed

(d) process

(e) largely

(f) peasant

(g) shortage

(h) former

(i) cheap

(j) recruited.

signs

resembling

visual

specially

Storefronts

frozen

Surma

(a) Bengali

(b) colour

(c) see

(d) presence

(e) advertise

(f) formed

(g) sign

(h) state-own

(i) advertising

(j) river.