Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions 1-12 according to

the information given in the passage.

1. At one time in the far distant past, the scientists tell us, most of the land surface of the
earth must have been covered with trees. It is not so now. Whenever man has spread and
multiplied he has cleared space for himself, his animals and his crops, and in course of
time forests have been destroyed at a much faster than nature can replace them. It is only
the present century that man, warned by the results of his own thoughtless action, has
seriously concerned with the problem of replanting forest lands on a large scale, and so
repairing some of the damage that has been done.
2. Wood has always been amongst the most valuable of raw materials because of its
widespread usefulness as fuel and in building. It is employed today in countless ways and
is being manufactured in to various products. Our houses, our ships, our mines, our
furniture, require immense quantities, and though it is true that metals and cool are new
replacing wood for several purposes there is still a continuous demand for regular and
cheap supplies of timber. We manufacture most of our paper from it. In addition to
timber, we need the special products of the forests-rubber, medicine, cork etc. And there
is always the effect of the forests belts on climate and soil to be considered.

Source: Anonymous
1. Which sentence is the main idea of the first paragraph?
A. Man has cleared the forest fat himself.
B. The present century man is careless and thoughtless.
C. According to the scientist most of the land surface of the earth must have covered
with trees.
D. Replacing forest on the land are the common problems.
2. What is meant by “replanting forest lands”
A. It means destroying the forest land as our ancestors
B. It means planting the forest land as it was
C. It means dismissing the forest land
D. It means clearing the forest land as it was
3. One of the following sentence is not the cause of clearing forest
A. Man has spread and multiplied from time to time
B. Man, in general, clears the forests for his animals and his crops
C. Man has been destroyed forests as much faster than nature
D. Man has condciously concerned himself how to replace the forest
4. According to the passage, which idea is correct about the forest?
A. Most of the earth surface had been covering with trees now
B. Forests have been destroyed by themselves
C. Man, general, wasn’t seriously concerned hum self with the problem of replacing
forests.
D. Forests have destroyed more by man himself compared with the destruction made by
nature itself.
5. What are the special products of forests?
A. Medicine, rubber, cork and the like.
B. Metal and coal
C. Our houses, our ships, our mines.
D. Timber and paper
6. The pronoun “them” in paragraph 1, line 4 refers to --------------------
A. Forests C. Crops
B. Scientists D. Animals
7. The pronoun its in paragraph 2, line 1 refers to ----------------
A. Raw material B. Fuel C. building D. wood
8. The pronoun it in paragraph 2, line 6 refers to ----------------
A. Wood C. paper
B. timber D. demand
9. The word present in paragraph 1 line 4 means --------------
A. Gift C. return of something
B. new era D. without expectation
10. The word valuable in paragraph 2 line 1 means -----------------------
A. Having great use fullness C. without value
B. Less common D. haven’t great use
11. The word immense in paragraph 2 line 4 means ------------------
A. Less in amount C. not massive
B. Enormous D. Extremely small
 12. The word thoughtless action in paragraph 1,line 5 means --------------------
A. targetful action C. mindful action
B. aimless action D. careful action

Part two: Grammar and usage

Direction: For item 13-37, choose the correct alternatives that completes each of the following
sentence

13. The man ________ son you met yesterday is the company manager.
A. who C. whom
B. whose D. which
14. Samrawit is ____________ beautiful _________ she attracts everybody’s attention.
A. such a… that C. such…. that
B. such an … that D. So…. that
15. The rules are ___________ vague for me_________ understand.
A. to/ too C. too/to
B. to/to D. enough/ too
16. Do you know that ________ Addis Zemen is the best newspaper in Ethiopia.
A. the C. a
B. an D. __
17. Every morning, the sun ___________ in my bedroom window and ___________ me up.
A. shines /wakes C. shine /wake
B. shinning / waking D. shinned /woke
18. I _________ round the world if I had had time and money.
A. will travel C. would have travelled
B. would travel D. am traveling
19. Hana couldn’t blame anyone except __________ for the delay.

A. herself C. hers

B. her D. himself

20. I thought this exam would be difficult, ________ it is the easiest which I have ever taken.

A. and C. because

B. although D. but
21. Meron is learning French. She ___________ by a lecturer from a university.

A. is teaching C. has taught

B. is being taught D. was being taught

22. Last night, while we _________ a walk around Meskel Square, we________ a car accident.

A. was taking / saw C. took / had seen

B. were taking / saw D. saw / were taking

23. __________ his parents ___________ his teacher was happy with his poor grades.

A. Either …. or C. Neither … nor

B. Not only …. but also D. Neither … or

24. Would you mind ___________ me some money, please?

A. to lend C. lent

B. lend D. lending

25. Solomon is ___________ honest boy ________ we trust him.

A. such an… that C. such a… that

B. so…. that D. such … that

26. Selam is ________ her sister by three years.

A. older than C. elder than

B. the eldest D. the oldest

27. Where is the computer ____________ your mother gave you?

A. who C. whom

B. whose D. which

28. The students went to class but _________ were late and the teacher punished____________.

A. you / them C. they / them

B. they / themselves D. we / our

29. When he was young man, he ___________ tennis.

A. uses to play C. used to play

B. used to played D. used to playing

30. ___________ is essential to improve our skills.

A. Reading C. Read

B. To read D. Reads

31. How many syllables have the word communication?

A. five C. four

B. Six D. three

32. Mr. John had been an author before he ________ a journalist.

A. becomes C. became

B. has become D. has been becoming

33. The president______________ many parties since she came here.

A. have attended C. had attended

B. attended D. has attended

34. What would you do if you________ the 2020 Nobel prize?

A. win C. would win

B. won D. will win

35. He prefers Dubai to the other once. It’s _________________.

A. more comfortable C. most comfortable

B. the most comfortable D. less comfortable

36. The tourists want to ___________ the restaurant which is built on the _________.

A. sea/see C. see/sea

B. Sight/site D. pray/prey

37. Which one is the correct segmented form of the word “imaginative?”

A. ima-gi-na-tive C. i-ma-gi-native

B. i-ma-gi-na-tive D. i-magi-na-tive
Part three: Conversation

Direction: - For the item 38-43, choose the best option to complete the following dialogues

38. X: _________ do you stay in the hotel?

Y: For three days

A. How often C. How long

B. How many D. when

39. Selam: I wrote the poem last week.

Dawit: ______________________.

A. so did I C. Neither did I

B. so do I D. Neither did I

40. Teacher A: Do you think the students have passed the exam?

Teacher B: I think they have passed the exam, ________?

A. have they C. do they

B. haven’t they D. don’t they

41. Boy: I haven’t visited the National museum.

Girl: _______________________.

A. so have I C. Neither have I

B. Neither haven’t I D. so did I

42. Teacher: I am reading the fiction now.

Student A: what did he say?

Student B: He said that __________________

A. he was reading the fiction then. C. I was reading the fiction then.

B. he was reading the fiction now. D. I was reading the fiction now.

43:- Dagmawit: would you mind drinking special tea?

Saron: No, thanks. I have just__________.

A. drank C. drunk
B. drink D. drinking
Part four: vocabulary

Direction: For item 44 & 45, find the synonym meaning of the words that is written in bold and
underlined in each sentence.

44. People living urban area are more exposed to pollution disease than country side.
A. protected C. secured
B. wide open D. saved
45. Corruption has a negative impact on once country development.
A. attitude C. influence
B. behavior D. value
Direction: For item 46& 47, find the antonym meaning of the words which are written in bold and
underlined in each sentence.

46. According to scholars’ suggestion, the children who watch horror action films on the television are
more aggressive than other children

A. quarrelsome C. offensive
B. friendly D. forceful
47. The lecturer refused my research on the defense day.
A. accepted C. denied
B. rejected D. turned down
Part five: Mechanics

Direction: For item 48-51, choose the sentence which is correct in punctuation and capitalization

48. A. what a fine day it is? C. what a fine day it is!

B. What a fine day it is! D. what a fine day it is.

49. A. abel said, “Do you like swimming”? C. Abel said, “do you like swimming?”

B. Abel said “Do you like swimming?” D. Abel said,“Do you like swimming?”

50. A. Jemila didn’t study. Therefore, she failed the exam.

B. Jemila didn’t study,therefore, she failed the exam.

C. Jemila didn’t study therefore she failed the exam.

D. Jemila didn’t study. Therefore she failed the exam.

51. A. Yohanne’s mother is a medical doctor.

B. Yohannes’s mother is a medical doctor.

C. Yohannes’ mother is a medical doctor.

D. Yohannes mother is a medical doctor.

Part six: word order

Direction: For item 52-55, choose the correct sentence made from the jumbled words.

52. Where / is / I / from / he / know/

A. Where is he from I know.

B. I know where he is from.

C. He know where I is from.

D. I know where from is he.

53. please /mind / the / you / could / closing/ door/

A. Mind you could closing the door please?

B. Could you closing the door mind please?

C. Could you mind closing the door please?

D. You could mind closing the door please.

54. Baboon / they / never / seen / have / the /

A. They have never seen the baboon.

B. They have seen never the baboon.

C. They have seen the baboon never.

D. Never, they have seen the baboon.

55. Wheat flour / cakes / and / eggs / made of / are /

A. wheat flour and eggs are made of cakes.

B. Cakes and eggs are made of wheat flour.

C. Wheat flour are made of cakes and eggs.

D. Cakes are made of wheat flour and eggs.

Direction: For item 56 and 57, read the following paragraph carefully and choose the correct
answer from the given alternatives for the questions that follow.

Sunset is the time of day when our sky meets the outer space solar winds. There are blue, pink
and purple swirls, spinning and twisting, like clouds of balloons caught in a whirlwind. The sun
moves slowly to hide behind the line of horizon while the moon races to take its place in
prominence atop the night sky. People slow to crawl, entranced, fully forgetting the deeds that
must still be done. There is coolness, calmness when the sun does set.

56. What is the topic sentence in the above paragraph?

A. There is coolness, calmness when the sun does set.

B. The sun moves slowly to hide behind the line of horizon.

C. Sunset is the time of day when our sky meets the outer space solar winds.

D. The moon races to take its place in prominence atop of the night sky.

57. What type of the paragraph is it?

A. Argumentative C. Descriptive

B. Expository D. Narrative

D. Part seven: Combination

Direction: For item 58-60, choose the correct combination of the given pair of sentences

58. Abenezer is impolite. He is inactive.

A. Abenezer is both polite and active.

B. Abenezer is neither polite nor active.
C. Abenezer is neither polite or active.
D. Abenezer is either impolite or inactive.
59. The man is my grandfather. He wears a rain coat.
A. The man who wears a rain coat is my grandfather.
B. The man which wears a rain coat is my grandfather.
C. The man whom wears a rain coat is my grandfather
D. The man what wears a rain coat is my grandfather.
60. You will fail the exam. You study hard.
A. If you study hard, you will fail the exam.
B. Unless you study hard, you will pass the exam.
 C. Unless you study hard, you will fail the exam.
D. When you study hard, you will fail the exam.

Section Two: paragraph coherence (6-10)

Direction: When put in the correct order. Sentences 1-5, make up a complete, paragraph. From
the given alternatives, A-D, choose the letter that contains the correct order of sentences and
BLANKEN the corresponding letter on the separate answer sheet provided.
6. 1. On that day in the morning, the weather was foggy and wet.
2. so, in the afternoon they were marching to the stadium.
3. The match between the two teams was announced to be on Sunday.
4. But the spectators or fans were expecting a nice weather in the afternoon.
5. As they arrived the gate of the stadium was opened colorfully.
A. 3,2,5,1,4 B. 5,2,4,1,3 C. 2,3,4,1,5 D. 3,1,4,2,5
7. 1. When I arrived at the school, my friend was shocked because he had lost his keys.
2. I felt sorry for his being rude.
3. while I was walking to school, I found a bunch of keys.
4. I gave the keys back to him, but he said nothing than to snatch the keys from my
hand thinking I stole them.
5. I picked the keys up and walked to the school
A. 3,5,1,4,2 B. 3,5,1,2,4 C. 1,2,3,4,5 D. 4,3,2,5,1
8. 1. As the “Workshop of the World”, Britain was the first home of new machines, new
types of materials, and new ways of producing power.
2. Industrial Revolution is actually one of the largest changes in the history of the
World, not only in the history of Europe.
3. These factories created millions of new jobs.
4. It started in Britain in the 18th century.
5. This was the age of coal and iron, of gas and electricity, of railways and factories.
A. 4,1,3,5,1 B. 4,2,1,3,5 C. 2,3,1,5,4 D. 2,4,1,5,3
9. 1. The first is medical condition which incapacitates them not to continue their studies
Effectively.
2. A lot of students drop out their studies before they graduate for various reasons.
3. This is because at universities the course is too tough.
4. The other is not being able to cope with the course.
5. The students drop out is a very common phenomenon in most universities.
A. 5,3,4,1,2 B. 5,2,1,4,3 C. 1,2,3,4,5 D. 3,2,1,5,4
10. 1. The mother informed the police about the missing girl.
2. More than fifty residents were interrogated.
3. One of the residents disclosed where the girl had been hiding.
4. Three years old girl was rescued by the police last Thursday.
5. She had been kidnapped by a neigbour for ransom.
A. 1,5,4,2,3 B. 4,5,3,2,1 C.4,5,1,2,3 D. 1,2,4,5,3