Class 8 English Seen Passages Reading Test (2-5)
Class 8 English 1st Paper Seen Passage Reading Test: Part-2-5
2. Class 8 English Seen Passages
Read the text and answer the questions 1, 2 and 3. (Unit–1, Lesson–03)
The ethnic people in Bangladesh hold a very important place in the culture of the country. The majority of these people live in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
The others live in the regions of Mymensingh, Rajshahi and Sylhet.
They live in forest areas, in the hills and in the rural areas.They practise Jhum cultivation.
They clear a piece of land in the forest, prepare it and sow seeds in it.
They are mostly farmers. By religion they are Hindus, Christians or Buddhists.They speak their own mother tongues.Some of them are the Chakmas, the Marmans, the Tipperas and the Moorangs who live in the Hill Tracts.The Sa...