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English Grade 11 Unit 1: Environmental Hazards

national exam questions have come from this unit. It runs 32 pages; one careful study pass takes about 3.4 hours, and its difficulty is moderate among English units. Each section below lists the questions set from it, with the year, and opens the page that teaches it.

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1A Listening Skills · read p. 2
Not asked in a national paper yet.
1B Speaking Skills · read p. 4
  • 2017 E.C., Q62 – Friend: What do you think unemployment will be like in the future? You: _______________________
  • 2017 E.C., Q70 – Ararso: What is your opinion about the need for college education? Jirata: ___________________
  • 2017 E.C., Q3 – What does the expression 'I would rather report otherwise' indicate in the context it is used in paragraph 3?
  • 2015 E.C., Q94 – The war between Russia and Ukraine cannot be solved through discussion; both countries only need joint negotiations among groups with vested interests.
  • 2014 E.C., Q49 – Which one of the following is a reason why vegetarianism eventually gained public acceptance?
1C Reading Skills · read p. 9
  • 2018 E.C., Q54 – According to the fourth paragraph, nonpoint pollutants come from which one of the following?
  • 2008 E.C., Q26 – Natural Calamity has become a challenge to most nations in developing countries. Mankind can no more ignore the issue.
1D Vocabulary Skills · read p. 13
  • 2011 E.C., Q25 – A substantial number of refugees from the Middle East have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to cross to Europe.
  • 2007 E.C., Q43 – In my opinion, he has________________come in contact with her. Listen! He could not have raped her.
  • 2006 E.C., Q6 – a. This is the planet Venus. b. Venus is our nearest neighbour. c. However, no plants or animals could exist on Venus. d. There is no oxygen in the air and the planet is without water. e. in the evening just after sunset
1E Grammar Skills · read p. 18
  • 2018 E.C., Q29 – We __________ go fishing on Lake Hawassa when we were children.
  • 2018 E.C., Q30 – __________ she had recovered from the accident, she did not work very long hours.
  • 2017 E.C., Q36 – He________ his children to school five days a week.
  • 2016 E.C., Q24 – When we were in Gambella, every day after work, we _________________ sit by the river watching fishers caught the big fish called 'gur' and made a lot of money out of it.
  • 2015 E.C., Q30 – _________ prices are still on the rise, we hope they will come down in the near future.
  • 2015 E.C., Q31 – She was packing all morning as her flight was scheduled for the evening of that same day, _________ her husband was arranging stuff in his office.
  • 2014 E.C., Q72 – "Just a moment, please!" "The room _______," said the teacher.
  • 2014 E.C., Q74 – We ______ study in small groups when we were in the secondary school.
  • 2014 E.C., Q81 – ______ my grade was satisfactory, I feel I studied hard this semester.
  • 2014 E.C., Q7 – a. They make their home in buildings, gardens, etc. b. Ants are found everywhere in the world. c. In the summer, ants collect food for the winter season. d. They are very hardworking insects.
  • 2011 E.C., Q29 – Despite all attempts to bring about peace and stability, things are going very slow and in some places, they are even getting worse.
  • 2011 E.C., Q51 – I ____________ with you, Abel; irregular class attendance isn't the cause of your failure.
  • 2010 E.C., Q38 – I completely ________ with you; taxi drivers and waiters shouldn't expect tips.
  • 2009 E.C., Q39 – Many children often enjoy listening to such an _____________story of adventure.
  • 2007 E.C., Q59 – Not all the seats in the exam hall_______________ taken yet.
  • 2006 E.C., Q61 – It is now generally accepted that in the future robots will take over many of our tasks, especially the more_____________type of jobs.
  • 2006 E.C., Q45 – I turned round to find a man__________ a knife at me.
  • 2005 E.C., Q58 – Caffeine ____________ to cause withdrawal symptoms such as headache and irritability.
  • 2005 E.C., Q42 – Rains cause soil erosion,_______________away millions of tones of precious top soil every year.
1F Writing Skills · read p. 27
  • 2018 E.C., Q39 – Abebe is so lazy; __________, he knows how to manage the database software package.
  • 2017 E.C., Q49 – Choose the sentence that is correctly punctuated and capitalized.
  • 2017 E.C., Q51 – Choose the sentence that is correctly punctuated and capitalized.
  • 2015 E.C., Q5 – is their students like passing who actually failed in killing have a generation exams.
  • 2011 E.C., Q92 – Which one of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?
  • 2011 E.C., Q96 – Which one of the following sentences has a correct punctuation?
  • 2008 E.C., Q86 – which one of the following sentences has a correct punctuation?
  • 2007 E.C., Q108 – Which one of the following sentences has a correct punctuation?