আজকের যায়যায়দিন

Part A : Seen part

Read the text and answer the question no.1 and 2.

The plane landed at Suvarnabhumi Airport at 4:55 p.m. The name ‘Suvarnabhumi’ is pronounced as “su- wan-na- poom”. The mame is derived from Sanskrit, which means golden land. The name was chosen by king Bhumibol Adulyadie. The airport is located in Racha Thewa in the Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan province, 30 kilometers east of Bangkok. The airport has two parallel runways. Both of them are 60 meters wide. One of the runways is 4,000 meters long and the other is 3,700 meters. It can handle 76 flight operations per hour. It can handle 45 million passengers and 3 millions tones of cargo per year.

The airport passenger terminal is 563,000 square meters, that is, 6,060,000 square feet. It is the fourth biggest passenger terminal building in the world. The airport is going through phase2. It will raise its capacity to handle 65 million passengers per year. The airport has two5-storey car park buildings. The buildings can house 5,000 cars.

1. Choose the correct answer to each question from the alternatives given.

a) The plane landed at _.

i) 5:55pm ii) 5:55 am

iii) 4:55 am iv) 4:55pm

ans : iv) 4:55pm

b) Samut Prakan is the name of _.

i) district ii) province

iii) thana iv) upzilla

ans: ii) province

c) The airport has _ parallel runways.

i) four ii) three

ii) two iv) five

ans : iii) two

d) One of the runways is _ meters long.

i) 5000 ii) 2000

iii) 8000 iv) 4000

ans : iv) 4000

e) The airport can handle 45 million passengers per_.

i) year ii) month

iii) week iv) day

ans : i) year

f) The airport will be able to handle _ passengers every year.

i) 65 million ii) 60 million

iii) 65 billion iv) 56 million

ans: i) 65 million

g) The building can accommodate _ cars.

i) 6000 ii) 6 million

iii) 5000 iv) 5 million

ans : iii) 5000

2. Answer the following question from your reading of the above text.

a) Where did the plane land?

ans : The plane landed at Suvarnabhumi Aiirport in Bangkok.

b) How is the word ‘Suvarnabhumi’ pronounced?

ans : The word ‘Suvarnabhumi’ is pronounced as “Su- wan-na- poom”.

c) What is the meaning of the word ‘Suvarnabhumi’?

ans : The meaning of the word ‘Suvarnabhumi’ is golden land.

d) How much are the parallel runways wide?

ans : The parallel runways are 60 meters wide.

3. Read the following text and fill in the gaps with appropriate words.

Kartik Poramanik is a barber by (a) profession but a lover of nature. He is (b) eager to plant saplings. He started planting trees (c) at an early age. He realized the (d) sufferings of people. He also believes that by (e) planting trees, he will earn the blessings of God.

Read the text and answer the question no.1 and 2.

The ethinic people in Bangladesh hold a very important place in the culture of the country. The majority of these people live in the Chattogram Hill Tracts. The others live in the reigions of Mymensingh, Rajshahi and Sylhet. They live in forest areas, in the hills and rural areas. They do Jhum cultivation. For this work, they clear a piece of land in the forest, prepare it and sow seeds in it. They are mostly farmers. By religion they are Hindus, Christians or Buddhists. They speak their own mother toungues. Some of them are the Chakmas, the Marmans, the Tipperas and the Moorangs, who live in the Hill tracts. The Santals live in Rajshahi. The khasias and the Monipuries, live in Sylhet and the Hajangs and the Garos in Mymensingh.