Fill in the blanks with appropriate words in each gap: — In our country, women are the worst sufferers in every stage of life. Social prejudices and customs tend to (a) — their position. When a female child is born, it is not regarded (b) — a happy event. She is not welcomed with the deep (c) — of heart. Instead of being delighted, most of the members of the family think that she has come to add to their (d) —. Even the mother of the female child is not welcomed cordially for giving (e) — to a female child. Rather the mother of the female child is (f) — for this. In the most cases, women are the victim of gender (g) —. In fact, the life of our women is not smooth (h) —. If we want lasting development of the country, we have to (i) — the dignified status of (j) — women of our country. The government is conscious of this matter.

উত্তর: (a) lower/influence/degrade; (b) as; (c) warmth/affection/contentment; (d) sufferings/woes/miseries; (e) birth; (f) criticized/ rebuked/dishonoured; (g) disparity/discrimination; (h) at all/enough; (i) acknowledge/ensure; (j) the/all.

HSC English 1st Paper Reading : Cloze Test (without Clues) CQ — Prosthuti প্রশ্নব্যাংক