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To encourage female education, the government has taken some (a) —— steps such as giving stipends to girl students, (b) —— more female teachers, etc. (c) —— girls cannot receive the full benefit of education mainly because of the following reasons. (d) —— misinterpretation and social structures (e) —— girls from going to schools. Even in urban schools, girls are not (f) —— by many parents to live in hostels for their daughters' (g) ——. Early marriage and childbirth make women (h) —— to home with no (i) —— of going back to school. Any expenditure for sending girls to school is considered a (j) —— by many parents whereas it is regarded as an investment in case of boys.

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Hakaluki Haor has both economic and non-economic (a) —. It (b) — a wide range of (c) — to the local people. People (d) — here can produce fish and rice, rear (e) —, buffalo and duck. They can also (f) — reeds (g) — grass in the haor. This haor (h) — also provides (i) — place for the (j) — birds.

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The computer is a fairly (a) —— invention. It has now become an (b) —— part of modern life. It has greatly benefited us and brought (c) —— revolutionary changes in our life. Any (d) —— that helps people perform mathematical calculation may be (e) —— a computer. In this sense, the (f) —— is a simple computer. Today, however, the term computer (g) —— to a special kind of electronic machine that can perform mathematical calculations and process (h) —— masses of information at a (i) —— speed. in a few minutes, a computer can perform calculation that (j) —— mathematicians would need years to complete.

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The Padma Bridge is no longer a dream now; it is now a (a) ——. This multipurpose bridge is going to be a (b) —— boon for the southwestern part of Bangladesh. But decades ago, it was rather an (c) —— dream, a daunting challenge to tame the (d) —— Padma. Crossing the river has always been strenuous and sometimes dangerous (e) —— to unreliable and limited ferry connections and long waits for crowded boats and launches. The Padma Bridge that (f) —— Dhaka with 21 southern districts is a potential catalyst for major economic (g) —— in the lives of over 30 million people (h) —— in the region and will give a (i) —— boost to trade and (j) —— activities.

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Education aims at (a) ——-two things: knowledge and skill. The lessons in a (b) ———-prepare a learner for gaining knowledge of certain subjects. When a learner gets a clear (c)———of a subject or topic, it indicates his/her knowledge. Next appears skill that means the (d)——- of doing something with the use of knowledge. Knowledge provides us with (e)——- and skill presents the ability of doing well. (f)——- the two things are important. But here lies a more important (g) ——— education should make a good man. Without (h)——-a good man, no one should be considered fully and fairly educated. Without it all other achievements are (i)———-Therefore, one should at first (j) ———on attaining positive human aspects.