Unit-7: People Who Stand Out
Lesson-2: The Art of Silence
Seen Passage
Part-A: Reading Test (17 Marks)
Read the passage. Then answer the questions no. 1.
Partho Pratim Majumder was born in 1954 in Pabna to a family of artists. He spent most of his early years in his ancestral home, one of the biggest houses, situated in a small locality known as Kalachandpara. At that time Kalachandpara was well known for its cultural activities. There were festivals and various types of cultural shows round the year. Majumder’s father, a photographer by profession, was an art lover. He taught and inspired his son to appreciate different forms of art. Majumder went to live with his aunt in Chandernagar, 30 kilometers away from Kolkata in 1966. It was there that he first came across a mime artiste named Jogesh Dutta. The way Dutta narrated stories without uttering a single word, left Majumder spell bound. He took lessons on mime from Dutto in Jogesh Dutta’s mime academy in Kolkata from 1966 to 1972.
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives. 1x7=7
(a) The word ‘ancestral’ means --------.
(i) ancestor (ii) predecessor
(iii) familial (iv) descendant
(b) Jogesh Dutta was a ---------- artist.
(i) film (ii) mime
(iii) cartoon (iv) vocal
আরো পড়ুন : Unseen Passage-এর ২টি প্রশ্ন ও উত্তর, ২য় পর্ব, নবম শ্রেণির ইংরেজি ১ম পত্র
(c) Kalachandpara is a -------.
(i) big locality (ii) rich locality
(iii) famous locality (iv) small locality
(d) Jogesh Dutta ------- stories without uttering a single word.
(i) narrated (ii) told
(iii) sail (iv) showed
(e) ‘Come across’ means -------.
(i) meet up with (ii) come ahead
(iii) come behind (iv) suddenly leave one
(f) The meaning of ‘photographer’ is ------.
(i) cameraman (ii) painter
(iii) film-director (iv) cartoonist
(g) Who inspired him to value art?
(i) mother (ii) father
(iii) friend (iv) wife
Answer: 1. a. (iii) familial; b. (ii) mime ; c. (iv) small locality; d. (i) narrated; e. (i) meet up with; f. (i) cameraman; g. (ii) father.
লেখক : সিনিয়র শিক্ষক, ইংরেজি
লেক সার্কাস গার্লস হাই স্কুল, কলাবাগান, ঢাকা
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