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Grade 12 English national exam, 2009 E.C. (2017 G.C.)

104 questions · 120 minutes. The first 5 answers are shown with explanations; sit the whole paper timed in the app to get your score and the textbook page behind every question.

1. 1.You I you say to for did want for all us thank.
   • A. I want to say thank you for all you did for us.
   • B. you want to say I thank you for all did for us.
   • C. I did want you for all for us to say thank you.
   • D. you say I want to thank you for all did for us.
   Answer: A. The question tests word order in a sentence. The correct order is “I want to say thank you for all you did for us.” B puts “you” before the speaker's message and omits “you” after “all”; C puts the words in the wrong order; D also puts “you” before “I” and leaves out “you” after “all.” Textbook: Grade 10, unit 9 · section 9.5.
2. 2.the work for she twenty- two she company to when was started.
   • A. She for the company started to work when she was twenty two.
   • B. She when was twenty- two she started to work for the company.
   • C. She started to work for the company when she was twenty -two.
   • D. When she started to work for the company, she was twenty-two.
   Answer: C. Option C presents the standard, natural English sentence structure (independent clause followed by an adverbial time clause: 'She started to work for the company when she was twenty-two'). Textbook: Grade 11, unit 7 · section 7E.
3. 3.in my hospital sister a works.
   • A. My hospital works in a sister.
   • B. My sister in a hospital works.
   • C. My sister works in a hospital.
   • D. In a hospital works my sister.
   Answer: C. The key idea is putting the words in normal English sentence order. “My sister” is the subject, “works” is the verb, and “in a hospital” tells where she works. A puts the words in the wrong order; B puts the place before the verb; D uses an unusual order that is not correct here. Textbook: Grade 11, unit 7 · section 7E.
4. 4.any to don't us seem more understand they.
   • A. To understand us they don't seem any more.
   • B. They don't seem to understand us any more.
   • C. Any more they don't seem to understand us.
   • D. They seem to don't understand us any more.
   Answer: B. This question tests the usual order of words in a negative sentence. B places “they,” “don't seem,” “to understand us,” and “any more” in the correct order. A puts “to understand us” before the subject and negative verb. C puts “any more” in an unnatural position. D wrongly uses “don't” before “to understand.” Textbook: Grade 11, unit 7 · section 7E.

1. 5.Research has proven that humans are distinctly uncomfortable with events or phenomena without clear cause, and when we do not know something, we tend to fill in the gaps ourselves.
   • A. a d b f c e
   • B. b a e f d c
   • C. f e b a c d
   • D. d c b e a f
   Answer: D. The key idea is to put the sentence parts in an order that makes their ideas connect. D gives the clearest flow: it is easy to dismiss people, but we should examine their beliefs; the cause is not ignorance but psychology, and shared human principles explain it. A, B, and C place the reason or explanation before the idea it explains, so the flow is less clear. Textbook: Grade 10, unit 3 · section 3.2.
2. 6.a. Hundreds of millions of people can recognize a Coke bottle by its shape. b. And the famous Coca- Cola logo is the most famous logo in the world. c. Do you know the most recognizable object in the world? d. Unlike any other famous commercial logos. It has not changed in 100 years. e. The Coca- Cola bottle is the most recognized object in the world.
   • A. d b a c e
   • B. c e a b d
   • C. c d b e a
   • D. e a c d b
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1. 7.Adapted form: More Reading Power (1996): Addison - Wesley Publishing Company Which of the following has the potential to turn millions into environmental refugees?
   • A. allowing unchecked growth of human population
   • B. conserving soil, water and forests
   • C. changing the patterns of production and consumption
   • D. enabling the poor nations to slow down population growth.
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2. 8.Adapted form: More Reading Power (1996): Addison - Wesley Publishing Company From the following sentences, identify one potential consequence if population growth continues at the current rate.
   • A. There will be a large number of new supplies of food and energy.
   • B. Humankind will be able to reduce the burden placed on the earth.
   • C. Humankind will exterminate the species and ruin the ecosystem.
   • D. There will be no collision between rising demand and diminishing resources.
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3. 9.1. The state of the environment in the later part of the 21st century will be determined largely by one factor: human population. If the species doubles its number by 2050 to nearly 11 billion, humanity may complete the devastation that has been accelerating over the last few decades. Such unabated expansion would continue to soak up poorer nations from making the necessary investments that might deter continued population growth. 2. If the worst occurs, countless millions become environmental refugees, swamping the nations that tried to conserve their soil, water and forests. The great- grand- children of today's young people would have to share the planet with only a ragged cohort of the adaptable species dominated by rats, cockroaches, weeds, microbes. The world in which they survived would consist largely of deserts, patches of tropical forests, eroded mountains, barren oceans, all buffeted by extremes of weather. 3. The best hope for humanity and other life- forms would be to cut human propagation in half. So that the world's number would not exceed 8 billion by mid- century. The only event in which the earth would achieve zero population growth or even shrinkage would be some environmental or social catastrophe. Donella Meadows, systems analyst, contends that the huge run- up in human numbers has fore closed most options and shortened the amount of time available to come to grips with rising threats to the environment. In the past Meadows argues, there were always new frontiers for exploding population as well as for empty lands to accept wastes. This is no longer true. Most suitable areas have been colonized. Many- easy - to find resources are already being exploited. Most dumping grounds have also filled up. Meadows believers that much work is waiting ahead to make the world look better than it does now. 4. For centuries humanity has confounded doomsayers by finding new supplies of food and energy. In the early 1970s some environmentalists interpreted temporary rises in food and oil prices to mean mankind was again pushing the earthly resources, yet surpluses returned in later years. This according to Julian Simon, revealed a basic problem with the limits- to - growth argument. Price rises caused by scarcities will always stimulate human ingenuity to improve efficiency and find new resources. 5. In the intervening years, however, there has been evidence that the market often fails to react as quickly as problems demand. In addition, market often work perversely to hasten the demise of species and resources. The increasing appetite for Bluefin tuna among sushi lovers and health conscious dinersahs vastly increased the market price of the fish. Instead of dampening demand, the principal effect came to be extended fishing. This led to a marked decrease in the number of fish in the Atlantic. 6. Demographers refer to such collisions between rising demand and diminishing resources as "train wrecks". As the world adds new billions of people in even shorter periods, such potential conflicts happen almost everywhere. With most of the world's good land already under the plow, a population of 11 billion human beings would probably have to make do with less than half the arable land per capital that exists today. That would set the stage for disaster, as farmers stripped nutrients from the soil, exacerbated erosion and gobbled up water and wild lands. 7. If population keeps building at the current rate, the most ominous effect is that millions of life -forms become extinct. Humans, no matter how well behaved, cannot help crowding out natural systems. A survey of 50 countries by environmental researchers showed that habitat loss, the most important factor leading to extinction, rises in direct proportion to the density of the individuals that make up various species. Big animals often range over hundreds of square miles and increasingly collide with settlements. Smaller species, which make up most of nature's diversity, are badly affected by human activities in countless ways. 8. The crucial question is whether humankind can afford to exterminate large numbers of other species without ruining the ecosystems that also sustain us. Whether or not humankind can afford to do this is unknown. However, reducing the burden placed on the earth by rising human numbers and the lifestyle of rich nations may have a promising end. To achieve this, the affluent nations must move their economies toward patterns of production and consumption that recognize the limits of what the earth can provide and what wastes it can accommodate. The poorer nations, on the other hand, require better education and improved family planning to stabilize their numbers. Adopting coercive measures to stabilize their family is also among the alternatives available to the poorer nations. Adapted form: More Reading Power (1996): Addison - Wesley Publishing Company What does they as used in ... the world in which they survived... (Paragraph 2) refer to?
   • A. millions who will become environmental refugees
   • B. today's young people
   • C. our great - grand - children
   • D. great-grand-children of today's young people
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4. 10.1. The state of the environment in the later part of the 21st century will be determined largely by one factor: human population. If the species doubles its number by 2050 to nearly 11 billion, humanity may complete the devastation that has been accelerating over the last few decades. Such unabated expansion would continue to soak up poorer nations from making the necessary investments that might deter continued population growth. 2. If the worst occurs, countless millions become environmental refugees, swamping the nations that tried to conserve their soil, water and forests. The great- grand- children of today's young people would have to share the planet with only a ragged cohort of the adaptable species dominated by rats, cockroaches, weeds, microbes. The world in which they survived would consist largely of deserts, patches of tropical forests, eroded mountains, barren oceans, all buffeted by extremes of weather. 3. The best hope for humanity and other life- forms would be to cut human propagation in half. So that the world's number would not exceed 8 billion by mid- century. The only event in which the earth would achieve zero population growth or even shrinkage would be some environmental or social catastrophe. Donella Meadows, systems analyst, contends that the huge run- up in human numbers has fore closed most options and shortened the amount of time available to come to grips with rising threats to the environment. In the past Meadows argues, there were always new frontiers for exploding population as well as for empty lands to accept wastes. This is no longer true. Most suitable areas have been colonized. Many- easy - to find resources are already being exploited. Most dumping grounds have also filled up. Meadows believers that much work is waiting ahead to make the world look better than it does now. 4. For centuries humanity has confounded doomsayers by finding new supplies of food and energy. In the early 1970s some environmentalists interpreted temporary rises in food and oil prices to mean mankind was again pushing the earthly resources, yet surpluses returned in later years. This according to Julian Simon, revealed a basic problem with the limits- to - growth argument. Price rises caused by scarcities will always stimulate human ingenuity to improve efficiency and find new resources. 5. In the intervening years, however, there has been evidence that the market often fails to react as quickly as problems demand. In addition, market often work perversely to hasten the demise of species and resources. The increasing appetite for Bluefin tuna among sushi lovers and health conscious dinersahs vastly increased the market price of the fish. Instead of dampening demand, the principal effect came to be extended fishing. This led to a marked decrease in the number of fish in the Atlantic. 6. Demographers refer to such collisions between rising demand and diminishing resources as "train wrecks". As the world adds new billions of people in even shorter periods, such potential conflicts happen almost everywhere. With most of the world's good land already under the plow, a population of 11 billion human beings would probably have to make do with less than half the arable land per capital that exists today. That would set the stage for disaster, as farmers stripped nutrients from the soil, exacerbated erosion and gobbled up water and wild lands. 7. If population keeps building at the current rate, the most ominous effect is that millions of life -forms become extinct. Humans, no matter how well behaved, cannot help crowding out natural systems. A survey of 50 countries by environmental researchers showed that habitat loss, the most important factor leading to extinction, rises in direct proportion to the density of the individuals that make up various species. Big animals often range over hundreds of square miles and increasingly collide with settlements. Smaller species, which make up most of nature's diversity, are badly affected by human activities in countless ways. 8. The crucial question is whether humankind can afford to exterminate large numbers of other species without ruining the ecosystems that also sustain us. Whether or not humankind can afford to do this is unknown. However, reducing the burden placed on the earth by rising human numbers and the lifestyle of rich nations may have a promising end. To achieve this, the affluent nations must move their economies toward patterns of production and consumption that recognize the limits of what the earth can provide and what wastes it can accommodate. The poorer nations, on the other hand, require better education and improved family planning to stabilize their numbers. Adopting coercive measures to stabilize their family is also among the alternatives available to the poorer nations. Adapted form: More Reading Power (1996): Addison - Wesley Publishing Company Whose principal effect is implied in ... the principal effect came to be ... (Paragraph 5)?
   • A. the increase in appetite for fish
   • B. the rise in quantities of encouraged fishing
   • C. the falling demand for fish
   • D. the mismatch between demand and supply
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5. 11.Adapted form: More Reading Power (1996): Addison - Wesley Publishing Company Which of the following statements is true according to the information in paragraph 3?
   • A. human population will not exceed 8 billion by 2050.
   • B. the time needed to respond to the rising environmental threats has now become short before.
   • C. making the world a better place for living requires more strenuous efforts now than ever before.
   • D. the world looks better if zero population growth is achieved through environmental catastrophe.
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6. 12.Adapted form: More Reading Power (1996): Addison - Wesley Publishing Company Which one of the following is not an example of rising threats to the environment?
   • A. cutting human propagation in half
   • B. exterminating species and the ecosystem
   • C. stripping nutrients from the soil.
   • D. creating mismatches between production and consumption.
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7. 13.Adapted form: More Reading Power (1996): Addison - Wesley Publishing Company Which of the following words is close in meaning to soak up as used in paragraph 1?
   • A. stop
   • B. accelerate
   • C. absorb
   • D. extend
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8. 14.Adapted form: More Reading Power (1996): Addison - Wesley Publishing Company What does this in the statement? This is no longer true (Paragraph 3) refer to?
   • A. finding new frontiers and empty lands
   • B. finding exploding population
   • C. achieving zero population growth
   • D. gripping threats with environment
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9. 15.1. The state of the environment in the later part of the 21st century will be determined largely by one factor: human population. If the species doubles its number by 2050 to nearly 11 billion, humanity may complete the devastation that has been accelerating over the last few decades. Such unabated expansion would continue to soak up poorer nations from making the necessary investments that might deter continued population growth. 2. If the worst occurs, countless millions become environmental refugees, swamping the nations that tried to conserve their soil, water and forests. The great- grand- children of today's young people would have to share the planet with only a ragged cohort of the adaptable species dominated by rats, cockroaches, weeds, microbes. The world in which they survived would consist largely of deserts, patches of tropical forests, eroded mountains, barren oceans, all buffeted by extremes of weather. 3. The best hope for humanity and other life- forms would be to cut human propagation in half. So that the world's number would not exceed 8 billion by mid- century. The only event in which the earth would achieve zero population growth or even shrinkage would be some environmental or social catastrophe. Donella Meadows, systems analyst, contends that the huge run- up in human numbers has fore closed most options and shortened the amount of time available to come to grips with rising threats to the environment. In the past Meadows argues, there were always new frontiers for exploding population as well as for empty lands to accept wastes. This is no longer true. Most suitable areas have been colonized. Many- easy - to find resources are already being exploited. Most dumping grounds have also filled up. Meadows believers that much work is waiting ahead to make the world look better than it does now. 4. For centuries humanity has confounded doomsayers by finding new supplies of food and energy. In the early 1970s some environmentalists interpreted temporary rises in food and oil prices to mean mankind was again pushing the earthly resources, yet surpluses returned in later years. This according to Julian Simon, revealed a basic problem with the limits- to - growth argument. Price rises caused by scarcities will always stimulate human ingenuity to improve efficiency and find new resources. 5. In the intervening years, however, there has been evidence that the market often fails to react as quickly as problems demand. In addition, market often work perversely to hasten the demise of species and resources. The increasing appetite for Bluefin tuna among sushi lovers and health conscious dinersahs vastly increased the market price of the fish. Instead of dampening demand, the principal effect came to be extended fishing. This led to a marked decrease in the number of fish in the Atlantic. 6. Demographers refer to such collisions between rising demand and diminishing resources as "train wrecks". As the world adds new billions of people in even shorter periods, such potential conflicts happen almost everywhere. With most of the world's good land already under the plow, a population of 11 billion human beings would probably have to make do with less than half the arable land per capital that exists today. That would set the stage for disaster, as farmers stripped nutrients from the soil, exacerbated erosion and gobbled up water and wild lands. 7. If population keeps building at the current rate, the most ominous effect is that millions of life -forms become extinct. Humans, no matter how well behaved, cannot help crowding out natural systems. A survey of 50 countries by environmental researchers showed that habitat loss, the most important factor leading to extinction, rises in direct proportion to the density of the individuals that make up various species. Big animals often range over hundreds of square miles and increasingly collide with settlements. Smaller species, which make up most of nature's diversity, are badly affected by human activities in countless ways. 8. The crucial question is whether humankind can afford to exterminate large numbers of other species without ruining the ecosystems that also sustain us. Whether or not humankind can afford to do this is unknown. However, reducing the burden placed on the earth by rising human numbers and the lifestyle of rich nations may have a promising end. To achieve this, the affluent nations must move their economies toward patterns of production and consumption that recognize the limits of what the earth can provide and what wastes it can accommodate. The poorer nations, on the other hand, require better education and improved family planning to stabilize their numbers. Adopting coercive measures to stabilize their family is also among the alternatives available to the poorer nations. Adapted form: More Reading Power (1996): Addison - Wesley Publishing Company Which word from the given alternatives can be the best substitute for demise as used in ... hasten the demise of species and resources ... (paragraph 5)?
   • A. propagation
   • B. population
   • C. dampening
   • D. death
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10. 16.1. The state of the environment in the later part of the 21st century will be determined largely by one factor: human population. If the species doubles its number by 2050 to nearly 11 billion, humanity may complete the devastation that has been accelerating over the last few decades. Such unabated expansion would continue to soak up poorer nations from making the necessary investments that might deter continued population growth. 2. If the worst occurs, countless millions become environmental refugees, swamping the nations that tried to conserve their soil, water and forests. The great- grand- children of today's young people would have to share the planet with only a ragged cohort of the adaptable species dominated by rats, cockroaches, weeds, microbes. The world in which they survived would consist largely of deserts, patches of tropical forests, eroded mountains, barren oceans, all buffeted by extremes of weather. 3. The best hope for humanity and other life- forms would be to cut human propagation in half. So that the world's number would not exceed 8 billion by mid- century. The only event in which the earth would achieve zero population growth or even shrinkage would be some environmental or social catastrophe. Donella Meadows, systems analyst, contends that the huge run- up in human numbers has fore closed most options and shortened the amount of time available to come to grips with rising threats to the environment. In the past Meadows argues, there were always new frontiers for exploding population as well as for empty lands to accept wastes. This is no longer true. Most suitable areas have been colonized. Many- easy - to find resources are already being exploited. Most dumping grounds have also filled up. Meadows believers that much work is waiting ahead to make the world look better than it does now. 4. For centuries humanity has confounded doomsayers by finding new supplies of food and energy. In the early 1970s some environmentalists interpreted temporary rises in food and oil prices to mean mankind was again pushing the earthly resources, yet surpluses returned in later years. This according to Julian Simon, revealed a basic problem with the limits- to - growth argument. Price rises caused by scarcities will always stimulate human ingenuity to improve efficiency and find new resources. 5. In the intervening years, however, there has been evidence that the market often fails to react as quickly as problems demand. In addition, market often work perversely to hasten the demise of species and resources. The increasing appetite for Bluefin tuna among sushi lovers and health conscious dinersahs vastly increased the market price of the fish. Instead of dampening demand, the principal effect came to be extended fishing. This led to a marked decrease in the number of fish in the Atlantic. 6. Demographers refer to such collisions between rising demand and diminishing resources as "train wrecks". As the world adds new billions of people in even shorter periods, such potential conflicts happen almost everywhere. With most of the world's good land already under the plow, a population of 11 billion human beings would probably have to make do with less than half the arable land per capital that exists today. That would set the stage for disaster, as farmers stripped nutrients from the soil, exacerbated erosion and gobbled up water and wild lands. 7. If population keeps building at the current rate, the most ominous effect is that millions of life -forms become extinct. Humans, no matter how well behaved, cannot help crowding out natural systems. A survey of 50 countries by environmental researchers showed that habitat loss, the most important factor leading to extinction, rises in direct proportion to the density of the individuals that make up various species. Big animals often range over hundreds of square miles and increasingly collide with settlements. Smaller species, which make up most of nature's diversity, are badly affected by human activities in countless ways. 8. The crucial question is whether humankind can afford to exterminate large numbers of other species without ruining the ecosystems that also sustain us. Whether or not humankind can afford to do this is unknown. However, reducing the burden placed on the earth by rising human numbers and the lifestyle of rich nations may have a promising end. To achieve this, the affluent nations must move their economies toward patterns of production and consumption that recognize the limits of what the earth can provide and what wastes it can accommodate. The poorer nations, on the other hand, require better education and improved family planning to stabilize their numbers. Adopting coercive measures to stabilize their family is also among the alternatives available to the poorer nations. Adapted form: More Reading Power (1996): Addison - Wesley Publishing Company Which of the following words is close in meaning to doomsayers, as used in ... humanity had confounded doomsayers ... (Paragraph 4)?
    • A. people who predict disaster
    • B. environmentalists who lived in the 1970s.
    • C. people who cause price rises that lead to Scarcity.
    • D. people who find new supplies of food and energy.
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11. 17.Adapted form: More Reading Power (1996): Addison - Wesley Publishing Company From the words given below, identify the one close in meaning to collision , as used in paragraph 6
    • A. coercion
    • B. influence
    • C. reaction
    • D. conflict
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1. 18.and everybody wins," (the last paragraph, the last sentence) implies that
   • A. Businesses will face the challenges.
   • B. Both workers and businesses will satisfy their needs.
   • C. The public will be the beneficiary.
   • D. Businesses will establish high quality institutions of training.
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1. 19.Source: John Rice, Vice Chairman of GE, TIMED December 12, 2016 When is it proper, according to the passage, to focus on training and up skilling?
   • A. As soon as we start the business
   • B. When we decide to introduce digitalization.
   • C. After all arrangements for the establishment of the company have been made.
   • D. Before we secure the money for investment.
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2. 20.Source: John Rice, Vice Chairman of GE, TIMED December 12, 2016 One of the following is NOT a mutual goal between private companies and the public regarding the tasks of the business.
   • A. Providing employment to all citizens.
   • B. Supporting those whose jobs are affected by technology.
   • C. Enhancing the training of those in developing markets.
   • D. Pipelining resilient workers with flexible skills.
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3. 21.Source: John Rice, Vice Chairman of GE, TIMED December 12, 2016 What do modern education set ups lack according to the above passage?
   • A. Facilities and skilled personnel
   • B. Preparation for future skills challenge
   • C. Digitalization
   • D. Optimism
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4. 22.Source: John Rice, Vice Chairman of GE, TIMED December 12, 2016 Which one of the following titles best suits the above passage?
   • A. Industry Education Partnership
   • B. The Validity of Education
   • C. Businesses as Models of Education
   • D. Building Workforces Business Need
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5. 23.People who live on an island in a sea will most probably need to ____________ their water. Otherwise they cannot drink it.
   • A. Filter
   • B. Desalinate
   • C. Detoxify
   • D. Denitrify
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6. 24.I don't like people who beat around the bush. I want them to ___________
   • A. Stop blaming others for their own mistakes
   • B. Come to an agreement
   • C. Stop avoiding the issue
   • D. Look for the hidden point
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7. 25.________________Your shoes or you will trip over and fall down.
   • A. Embrace
   • B. Lace up
   • C. Brace
   • D. Bump into
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8. 26.As mistake is to eraser so is constitution to ___________________
   • A. Revolution
   • B. Draft
   • C. Concise
   • D. Amendment
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9. 27.I understand it is taking them years to________________ the shock of their son's death. I really pity them.
   • A. Get over
   • B. Put over
   • C. Go over
   • D. Get down
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10. 28.For reasons unknown to us it is now the third month he stopped paying his contributions. So, we can now ______________________ his name from the membership list.
    • A. Erase out
    • B. Cancel out
    • C. Rub out
    • D. Write out
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11. 29.The carpenter accidentally hit his thumb with a hammer and __________________ in pain.
    • A. Whispered
    • B. Whistled
    • C. Winced
    • D. Wiped
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12. 30.Many of my friends were in heated argument about which team would win the game last night; in fact, i was ______________ and simply enjoyed watching the game.
    • A. Discouraged
    • B. Unwise
    • C. unfair
    • D. Indifferent
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13. 31.After waiting for two hours, mom grew ________________ with my sister and decided to call her.
    • A. Irresponsible
    • B. Unfriendly
    • C. unkind
    • D. Impatient
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14. 32.I didn't ring off until he said he didn't love me. Once i heard that, i forced myself to completely erase him out of my mind.
    • A. Hang up
    • B. Hold on
    • C. Ring up
    • D. Shut down
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15. 33.It is believed that with experience my sister will be proficient at the task.
    • A. Adapt
    • B. Adopt
    • C. Adept
    • D. Novice
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16. 34.Old shanty parts of Addis Ababa are pulled down and new modern high rising buildings are erected.
    • A. Repaired
    • B. Demolished
    • C. replaced
    • D. Extracted
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17. 35.Heavy shellings in several cities of Syria have turned buildings into rubbles. It would obviously take a lot of resource to reconstruct them
    • A. Debris
    • B. Rubbish
    • C. Desert
    • D. Wilderness
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18. 36.My sister is such a little nuisance; she often like to ask too many silly questions.
    • A. Annoying
    • B. Sad
    • C. Exciting
    • D. Stupid
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19. 37.The teacher asked us to hand in the homework this Friday.
    • A. Transmit
    • B. Transfer
    • C. Admit
    • D. Submit
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20. 38.You__________________ look like a gentleman nor speak like one.
    • A. Never
    • B. Ever
    • C. Either
    • D. Neither
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21. 39.Many children often enjoy listening to such an _____________story of adventure.
    • A. Excited
    • B. Exciting
    • C. excitement
    • D. Amusement
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22. 40.Doctors_________________ help you unless you tell them what's worng.
    • A. Can't
    • B. Couldn't
    • C. Shouldn't
    • D. Mustn't
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23. 41.I found the news from the doctors________________; they said mom is in a good condition today.
    • A. Initiating
    • B. Entertaining
    • C. Encouraging
    • D. Exciting
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24. 42.Had there been no trace of evidence for his involvement in the death of the old lady in the neighborghood, the police __________________ so serious about keeping him in custody.
    • A. Won't have been
    • B. Would have been
    • C. Wouldn't have been
    • D. Was not going to be
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25. 43.Don't say anything like that to me;_________________ again!
    • A. Forever
    • B. Whatever
    • C. Never
    • D. Ever
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26. 44.___________________ Was the bus that i was almost late for this exam.
    • A. Very slow
    • B. Too slow
    • C. So slow
    • D. As slow
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
27. 45.I don't understand why he suspected us. ____________________ From among us would want his money.
    • A. No one
    • B. Anyone
    • C. No anyone
    • D. Not someone
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
28. 46.If the media reported that nobody died in the crash, then ______________________ of them should be alive. You don't have to cry.
    • A. Either
    • B. Neither
    • C. Both
    • D. None
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
29. 47.Classes begin only after you __________________ registration.
    • A. Completed
    • B. Complete
    • C. Will complete
    • D. Had completed
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
30. 48.Next week this time, I________________ all my examinations.
    • A. I am finishing
    • B. Have finished
    • C. Will finish
    • D. Will have finished
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
31. 49.___________________ You come around, i see you making troubles. That is really intolerable.
    • A. Always
    • B. Sometimes
    • C. All time
    • D. Every time
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
32. 50.None of the furniture we bought last week ________________ yet.
    • A. Has arrived
    • B. Arrived
    • C. Have arrived
    • D. Will have arrived
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
33. 51.Did you know that Mary and Bedlu________________ married next week?
    • A. Are going to get
    • B. Will be getting
    • C. Will get
    • D. Get
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
34. 52.Experts agree that neither sex is more intelligent than the other: their brains are_________________
    • A. Also different
    • B. Just the same
    • C. Just different
    • D. Also the same
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
35. 53.If anything goes wrong with this plan you_______________ held responsible.
    • A. Would be
    • B. Would have been
    • C. Will be
    • D. Will have been
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
36. 54.It is hard to imagine what life was like ___________________ there were no computers or mobile phones.
    • A. While
    • B. When
    • C. Where
    • D. During
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
37. 55.I'm delighted _______________ you in such a good health.
    • A. I see
    • B. Seeing
    • C. To see
    • D. For i see
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
38. 56.I just heard on the radio that the company is selling goods at a big discount. I___________________ go and check if there is anything i might need.
    • A. Will
    • B. Would
    • C. may
    • D. am going to
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
39. 57.She seems to be so much spoiled. She is rude ______________ everyone.
    • A. To
    • B. On
    • C. At
    • D. With
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
40. 58.________________Are so fallible as those who are sure they are always right.
    • A. Many
    • B. None
    • C. Some
    • D. Several
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
41. 59.Zeritu worked really hard __________________ she could pass her university entrance exam and study medicine.
    • A. So as to
    • B. Because of
    • C. So that
    • D. In order to
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
42. 60.Jorgo has a very old mum can hardly do anything. He ___________________ take care of her as he is her only son.
    • A. May
    • B. Must
    • C. Shall
    • D. Ought to
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
43. 61.According to a recent survey, young drivers are_______________ likely to have an accident.
    • A. The worse
    • B. The more
    • C. The worst
    • D. The most
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
44. 62.I'm not good at mathematics, but I __________________any problem with my English.
    • A. Had never have
    • B. Have never had
    • C. Never have
    • D. Had never had
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
45. 63.I was very sad to hear that your mother________________.
    • A. Had died
    • B. Had died
    • C. Dies
    • D. Would die
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
46. 64.I was passing ___________________ when i saw her talk like someone mad. I don't think she is stable and alright.
    • A. By
    • B. Along
    • C. To
    • D. On
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
47. 65.I have now been admitted to the university of Mello and i am expected to be there in August. The semester __________________ half way there by the time the academic year beings here.
    • A. Will be
    • B. Would be
    • C. Will have been
    • D. Would have been
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
48. 66.___________________ Would i say about this exam later at home.
    • A. Not a word
    • B. Nothing word
    • C. None a word
    • D. Not word
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
49. 67.Student: We went to Sodere for the weekend. Teacher________________?
    • A. You went where
    • B. When did you go
    • C. Where did you go
    • D. What for
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
50. 68.Lensa: Lilu loves pizza. She could eat the whole thing herself. Lojo: _____________________
    • A. That's why she is gaining weight
    • B. That is why she's cutting down on junk food.
    • C. That is why she's very nice.
    • D. That's why she gets along with her friends very well.
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
51. 69.Teacher: You haven't submitted your assignment have you? Student:____________________
    • A. Yes, I haven't I'm sorry teacher.
    • B. No, I have. I gave you in the morning.
    • C. When? I didn't know.
    • D. No i haven't
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
52. 70.Abraham: You should really apologize to your parents. Tizazu:______________________
    • A. Why? I don't care what they think!
    • B. Mistakes are inevitable.
    • C. It was a crowded classroom.
    • D. Yes, my parents apologized.
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
53. 71.Mother: Get out her way. _________________ You:- what's chasing her?
    • A. She's doing her homework.
    • B. She's in a hurry.
    • C. She has been reading all morning.
    • D. She has a terrible headache.
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
54. 72.Dessalegn: ______________________________ Chaltu: Yes, you are.
    • A. I'm genuine, aren't I?
    • B. I'm working to help you, amn't i?
    • C. There are a number of solutions, aren't there?
    • D. You are trying to help me, aren't you?
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
55. 73.Shashe:______________________ Tollossa: How do you do?
    • A. How are you?
    • B. How do you do?
    • C. Can i speak to you?
    • D. Who are you?
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
56. 74.Nurse: __________________ Patient: Do i have to ?
    • A. Sleep well. I wish you good dreams.
    • B. How do you feel now?
    • C. Don't disturb, please, be quiet.
    • D. Have you taken your medicine?
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
57. 75.Teacher: Beka is one of the most intelligent and gentle students we have. Isn't he? Director:___________________
    • A. I know his dad, Ato Borguda.
    • B. Intelligence is a quality we need.
    • C. He also a good footballer, isn't he?
    • D. He went to Nazareth last week, i was told.
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
58. 76.Abel: she still doesn't want to give me the camera back. You:__________________
    • A. Cameras are very expensive. The cost a fortune.
    • B. What kind of camera does she like? Like this one?
    • C. So disappointing! After all she knows it is not hers.
    • D. She has two very sophisticated cameras, doesn't she?
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
59. 77.Husband:____________________ Wife: love means never having to say you're sorry.
    • A. You never learn to make apologies
    • B. I don't accept your apologies.
    • C. You know i love you.
    • D. I kept you waiting for so long.
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
60. 78.Alemu: can you play the violin? Zewdu: _______________________
    • A. Yes, i can play.
    • B. No, i wish i could.
    • C. Can you?
    • D. Musical instruments are usually.
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
61. 79.You: i always have trouble with my English. What do you advise me to do? Friend: ___________________________
    • A. I wish i could help.
    • B. You shouldn't bother about it.
    • C. Have you thought about seeing a doctor?
    • D. English is an international language.
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
62. 80.Bontu: ____________________________ Chaltu: Sorry, i am not going to the post office.
    • A. What are you going to do after class?
    • B. Do you go to the post office every day?
    • C. Could you mail these letters for me, please?
    • D. Would you perhaps go to the post office today?
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
63. 81.Adugna: They asked us to submit the documents on time. What else is there? Kiros_________________
    • A. What do they do with documents?
    • B. How much time did they give us to do that?
    • C. They also want us to pay the whole amount now.
    • D. They come up with new requirements every year.
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
64. 82.Mekbib: Excuse me, can you lend me a pencil? Zeritu: _________________
    • A. Here you are.
    • B. I've a pen.
    • C. Can you borrow?
    • D. Which one?
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
65. 83.Gennet: Yuk! How disgusting! Lilly: ____________________
    • A. Let me have a look. I'll try to fix it.
    • B. Of course, help yourself.
    • C. Isn't your drink very nice?
    • D. I'm glad you like it.
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
66. 84.Receptionist: _______________ Guest: do you have a room with double bed, please?
    • A. Why are you here, Madam?
    • B. What can i do for you, madam?
    • C. Are you looking for someone, madam?
    • D. Do you want to pass a night here, madam?
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
67. 85.Friend: Globalization is just another way for rich countries to exploit poor countries. You: ________________
    • A. You may be right, but i see it that way.
    • B. Rich countries help the poor ones in many ways.
    • C. Do you remember the beginning of globalization?
    • D. You may be right, but i don't see it that away.
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
68. 86.Smoker: I think somkers deserve the right to smoke in public. Non-Smoker:_____________________
    • A. no, I'm not sure about that.
    • B. I'd say that is not always the case.
    • C. I'd say the exact opposite.
    • D. yes, I'm sure about that.
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
69. 87.Leto: where is the nearest cash point? Bereket:__________________
    • A. do you want to change money or cash a traveller's cheque?
    • B. as a matter of fact, we don't have the nearest cash point around?
    • C. walk down the street and it is on your left before the traffic light.
    • D. take bus number 48 from here and then I actually don't know after that.
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
70. 88.Tutu: Oh, one lasting thing: Solan and I are getting married. Dimberu:_____________________
    • A. congratulations! When is the happy day?
    • B. of course! Solan'll make a good husband.
    • C. yes, but in my opinion, isn't Solan much younger?
    • D. I'd say Sunday is the best day for the wedding.
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
71. 89.Nuru: I didn't like their food. The taste was so odd. Bancho: ______________________
    • A. what was the injera make of?
    • B. did they have a party or what?
    • C. it was too much. We couldn't finish it.
    • D. even the look was somewhat unattractive.
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
72. 90.Nana: We have to leave early morning. Otherwise, It will be congested. Gutiye: _________________
    • A. which car are you going to drive?
    • B. hwo long does it take us to get there?
    • C. how many vehicles use the road per day?
    • D. good idea! Wake me up at 5 o'clock, please.
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
73. 91.Mother: it's hot inside._________________ Daughter: Sure, where is the key?
    • A. will you open the window?
    • B. shall I open the window?
    • C. open the window.
    • D. may I shut the door?
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
74. 92.Sister: mom! Hirut failed her exam again. Mother: ____________________
    • A. I know she is very good.
    • B. so disappointing! Are you sure?
    • C. it should be very difficult, I suppose.
    • D. exams do not measure one's real ability.
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
75. 93.Passenger 1: the weather looks nice, doesn't it? Passenger 2: ___________________
    • A. yeah, but too unpredictable.
    • B. it is too hot this time of the year.
    • C. it is like Bahir Dar, where we are going.
    • D. would it be the same in Bahir Dar also?
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
76. 94.Eldana: it is time we left. It is going to rain later. Friend:________________i_ don 't want to get my hair wet.
    • A. I couldn't agree more.
    • B. should we really go?
    • C. what do you tell me?
    • D. we've been here for long.
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
77. 95.Hanna: _______________________ Kedija: Kind of, I soppose.
    • A. where is your boyfriend?
    • B. here comes your boyfriend.
    • C. do you love your boyfriend?
    • D. what does your boyfriend do for living?
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
78. 96.Which one of the following sentences is most likely taken from a narrative piece of writing?
    • A. everybody ordered a meal and started waiting.
    • B. the food in the restaurant was popular for its taste.
    • C. of all things, I liked the picture hanging from the center.
    • D. the meals weren't as such expensive compared to other places.
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
79. 97.Which one of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?
    • A. send me Ketema, the headmaster, Jira, the unit leader; and Desta, the guard.
    • B. send me Ketema; the headmaster; Jira; the unit leader, and Desta; the guard.
    • C. send me; Ketema, the headmaster; Jira, the unit leader; and Desta, the guard.
    • D. send me Ketema- the headmaster, Jira - the unit leader, and Desta- the guard.
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
80. 98.New situations always made me nervous. Which sentences is like to come next?
    • A. after a couple of minutes the teacher came over.
    • B. my first swimming lesson was no exception.
    • C. I stood timidly by the side of the changing room.
    • D. I changed into my bathing suit.
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
81. 99.Which one of the following sentences has correct capitalizations?
    • A. the United States has a Democratic form of Government just as Great Britain does.
    • B. the United States has a democratic form of Government just as Great Britain does.
    • C. the United States has a democratic form of Government Justas Great Britain does.
    • D. the United States has a Democratic form of government just as Great Britain does.
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
82. 100.Which sentence is appropriately punctuated to avoid any ambiguity in meaning?
    • A. the doctor's wife said her friend is not well.
    • B. the doctors' wife said, her friend is not well.
    • C. the doctor's wife, said her friend is not well.
    • D. the doctors' wife said, her friend is not well.
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
83. 101.Which one of the following sentences is most likely taken from a descriptive writing?
    • A. unlike what they thought, we managed to get there early morning.
    • B. the whole area was wet and smoggy making driving extremely difficult.
    • C. In fact, it is good to start early morning if you want to drive long distance.
    • D. at 9 o'clock, some of the people started appearing form different directions.
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
84. 102.She made me remember Mona Lisa. Her smiles and beauty were indescribable and as she came straight looking into my eyes, all I could do was stand dumbfounded. She got closer and closer and her eyes shone unbearably brighter, this is taken from a piece of writing that is most likely:
    • A. expository
    • B. argumentative
    • C. narrative
    • D. descriptive
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
85. 103.When I looked up from the foot of the hill, I saw someone who was making almost to the tip and I know it was Tesfay. In no later than five minutes he stood on the top and started shouting down to those of us crawling up . This is taken from a piece of writing that is most likely:
    • A. narrative
    • B. argumentative
    • C. descriptive
    • D. expository
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.
86. 104.I have a proven track record of responsibility, integrity and commitment to company objectives." This is most likely taken from.
    • A. a letter of application
    • B. an informal letter
    • C. a business letter
    • D. a letter of enquiry
    Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app.