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17. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap.

Everybody has some (a)_ about the street children of Bangladesh. The real picture of these street children is very (b) _. They are (c) _. They have no (d) _ living or sleeping place. They sleep on street. Sometimes they (e) _ aimlessly on the street. Some of them push- carts for earning their (f)_. They are also found (g) on the street. They may have parents. But their parents do not take (h) care of them. They do not get any (i) to go to school. They are completely illiterate. Sometimes, they have to bear physical (j)_.

Answer : (a) idea (b) pathetic (c) shelter less (d) particular (e) move (f) livelihood (g) begging (h) proper (i) opportunity (j) punishment

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The British are very polite and gentle by (a) _ . They know how to (b)_ their emotions. They are also very (c)_ in their (d) _ with other people. They avoid (e) _ gossiping but they are very (f) _ . They are (g) _ . They are very (h) _ but they don’t like sudden arrival of anybody without (i) _. They don’t miss any (j) _ fixed before.

Answer : (a) nature (b) control (c) reserved (d) behavior (e) unnecessary (f) considerate (g) punctual (h) hospitable (i) information (j) appointment

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Communication in Bangladesh (a) _ water-ways, roads, highways and airways. There are also various (b) _ of transport in the country. Of the various means of transport in Bangladesh water (c) _ is the most important. Steamers, launches, and country boats are the (d) _ water transport. These (e) _ people and goods from one place to another. Railways and highways connect all the districts of the country. Goods trains, trucks are (f)_ for carrying goods from one place to another. There are private and public bus (g) _ throughout the country. Besides these, rickshaws, baby-taxis, cycles and carts (h) _ through the streets in the towns and cities. Bangladesh airways are run by Bangladesh Biman. It offers international as well as domestic (i) _ through regular flights. All the important places of the country are connected with the capital city by air. Biman now (j) _ to many countries of Asia, Europe and Africa.

Answer : (a) consist of, (b) means (c) transport (d) common (e) carry (f) used (g) services (h) ply (i) service (j) travels

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Thomas Alva Edison was (a) _ in 1847 in Ohio, America. As a little boy he was very (b)_ . He always wanted to know how things were (c) _. Very early in life, he showed that he was full of curiosity, a quality which is so (d) _ to inventors. In 1869, he went to New York where he (e) _ for some time as a telephone operator. But soon he became (f) _ in inventions. In a very short time they were his chief business. In order to (g) _ his business, which was to become his life’s work he built a laboratory at Menlo Park where he had gone to live. His first great (h) _ was a system of telegraphy. Soon afterwards he invented the phonograph, the first form of the instrument that we now know as gramophone or record (i) _ . By the time Edison Died in 1931, he had about a thousand (j) _ to his credit.

Answer : (a) born (b) inquisitive (c) done (d) important (e) worked (f) interested (g) carry on (h) invention (i) player (j) inventions