Read the following comprehensive passage and answer the questions below:
Socrates believed that an angry man was more of a beast than human being. He had a wife who used to lose her temper on the slightest excuse and tried her utmost to irritate Socrates. One day the woman became more furious than ever and began to insult Socrates. He went out and sat on the door step of his house looking out on the public street. The wife finding that he was not paying the least heed to her, went up to him and poured much water over him. The passers-by in the street were much amused at the incident and Socrates joined with them in their laughter and quietly remarked, "I was expecting this ; after hundred comes rain."
a. What was the habit of Socrates' wife?
b. What did his wife do one day?
c. What did Socrates do then?
d. What was the result?
e. What was the remark passed by Socrates?

- মা আমার সবচেয়ে বড় সমালোচক ছিলেন। তিনি আমার সব সেমিনারে যেতেন। আমি সাবলীলভাবে কথা বলতে না পারলেও তিনি বুঝতে পারতেন। আমার কাজে বা কথায় কেউ কষ্ট পেলে তিনি সাবধান করে দিতেন। তিনি বলতেন, ‘মনে রেখো মা, তুমি চলে গেলে মানুষ তোমার ব্যবহারটাই মনে রাখবে।
- The feeling of having seen or experienced something before is called ______.
- A friend mine was elected mayor his small town. Since he still had maintain his regular full-time job,I asked," why the world did you run mayor? He answered,"So I could have my own telephone".
- Translate the following sentence into English:(a) তোমার মোটর গাড়িতে আমাকে তুলিয়ে লইবে কি? (b)তথ্য প্রযুক্তির ক্ষেত্রে বাংলাদেশের সাফল্য আশাব্যঞ্জক নয়। (c)কুকুর টিলেজ নাড়িতে নাড়িতে তার প্রভুর কাছে গেল। (d)আমাদের উন্নতি নির্ভর করে আমরা কতটুকু পরিশ্রম করে তার উপর।
- When we say someone is 'occidental' we mean he/she is associated with :
- polluteswastetoxicbecause ofpaid backDhaka city ______ the bounty of the river Buriganga by sucking life out of it. According to newspaper report, the Buriganga is dying ________ pollution. Huge quantities of ______ chemicals are _____ into the river every day. The city _______ about 4500 tons of solid waste every day and most of it is directly released into this river.
- (a)Happiness consists contentment. (Use Preposition)(c)Just now he (have) his dinner. (Use the correct verb)(e)Who wrote the poem "The Rhyme of the Ancient"?
- Select the word with similar denotation 'Colossal'.
- Choose the correct sentence.
- (b) Fill in the blanks with appropriate word:(i) Ambition supplies stimulus....... industry.(ii) All students should guard.............. mistakes.(iii) I saw him going up ................ the hill.(iv) Hardly had I reached the college............(v) Only the chairman ........... to the proposal.
- In 'The Ancient Mariner' the ship of Death carried a ____________ way.
- If somebody is 'supine in the face of racial injustice', he/she-
- A drug having higher efficacy in treating many types of infection can, at present, be obtained only from the bark of the ibora, a tree that is very rare. It takes the bark of 500 trees to make 100 gram of the drug. It follows, therefore, that continued production of the drug must lead to the ibora's extinction from the planet. Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?
- Potable is most similar in meaning to-
- a) একজোড়া জুতা কিনতে তোমার একশত টাকা লেগেছিল।c) তুমি কতক্ষণ আমার জন্য দাঁড়িয়ে আছ?e) এখন ঘুমাবার সময় হয়েছে।
- Many biologists have attempted to ________ the conditions on earth before life evolved in order to answer questions about the ________ of biological molecules.
- ক) বাংলাদেশ একটি ভূমিকম্প প্রবণ এলাকা। গ) চাঁদ কিংবা তারা কিছুই আকাশে দৃশ্যমান ছিল না।ঙ) আমি তোমাকে সাহায্য করার জন্য চেষ্টার কোনো বাকি রাখব না।
- The lines. "All the world's a stage,! And all the men and women merely' players. are taken from -
- Substitution of an unpleasant or vulgar expression is called:
- The admiral _______ his order to attack when he saw the white flag raised by the enemy sailors; he was relieved that he could bring an end to the ______.