English Grammar

Barisal Board-2012

Part B: Vocabulary Test

9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box (make any grammatical changes if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need.                               1 × 10 = 10

spend	commit	when	unbearable	nature	earn	gender
world	depend	suicide	married	very	cost	because

           

            It is very (a) _______ that man loves his life most of all things and he wants to live or survive a bit longer at any (b) _______. However, every year thousands of people (c) ______ suicide in Bangladesh. It is seen that most of the people committing suicide are those

(d) _______ women who (e) _______ on their husbands for their living. But why they commit suicide when people love their lives most? Most probably, they decide to kill themselves (f) _______ they feel entirely helpless and meaningless to live. The bitterness and sufferings of life become totally (g) _______. However, the incident of suicide among the self-reliant women is (h) _______ rare. So, can’t we say that the unfortunate women would not have committed (i) _______ if they had been self-reliant and had an independent way of (j) _______ their livelihood without being dependent on their husbands?       

Answer

9. Cloze test with clues:

(a) natural;   (b) cost;   (c) commit;   (d) married;   (e) depend;  (f) when/because; 

(g) unbearable;  (h) very;  (i) suicide;  (j) earning.