ENGLISH PRACTICE TEST One

2. Buying food items from open markets is not———-that of the super markets.

3.———–, I will definitely get the job .

4. He bought aToyota car ————is the latest model and very expensive.

5.Professor Lakew,————-, is the dean of our college.

6. The professor ———like if he was consulted on the matter.

7.———-you happen to meet Deribsa, please ask him to call me.

8.Damene:  COVID-19 is curse….

    Taitu: Oh!————————–

9. Did you attend the discussion on election held at the city hall?

10. Chairman: Have you talked with the instructor about your case?

11. I enjoyed my lunch yesterday . My children and wife also liked it The soup was well prepared. The “injera” was soft. The tea was delicious.—————–

12.If you want to succeed as a university student, you should study regularly.———,you should not miss lectures.

13. Chaltu loves her father more than her mother————he supported her to go to school

14.Rahel is artistically talented; she has——–our house.  

15.The president has invited me to write the final five year report——–has to transfer 25% of the  agreed pay to my account first

16. The writing courses you took are helpful. You——write your school story.

17.We will discuss the matter——-the director comes.

18. You would have scored at least a pass grade——-

19. I————English as my major field since I finished my first year at university.

20.We have collected reliable and valid data.If it is carefully analyzed, it ———show why students at university are not doing well in their fields of study.

21.Although Egypt has been intimidating Ethiopia militarily not to start the second round of filling the Grand Renaissance Dam,—————–it is coming back to the negotiating table.

22.Although I love talking to people on different issues,—————I prefer to stay alone 

23. Abdissa is determined to finish his academic studies quickly and get married. According to his plan he——————-his PhD by 2025

24. We seem to agree on the importance of agricultural transformation for our development.————at the beginning of my discussion. Education is a key to development and we need to focus on that .

25. Our director is—————to drink tea in the staff room.

26.The Ministry  of Health gives us regular education on Covid19—————-help ourselves from contracting the virus.

27. Ahmed: The University should not enroll students whose English is weak.

        said:    ——————–English should be given such importance. We can give refresher courses for those that need it.

28.Belay: It is getting late in the evening 

       Aster: ——————-

29. Gebru irritates me because he does not like to work.—————-, I like him because he is honest.

30. The chairman is busy. You —————-see him after lunch.

31.Dr.Kiflu—————–will lecture on HIV/AIDS.

32.Kilile——————–in hospital since last week.

33. If I————————help you I would be happy.

34. Tesfay: Adamu was not selected for the job although he did very well in the qualifying                                                                                     examination.

       Yared: Yes, he is excellent; this—————–.

35. Tesfaye: Many youngsters attended today’s meeting held at our wereda.

       Sara:—————————-

36.I am fun of Tesfaye——————-book you are reading just now.

37. I am sure you know that young woman.——————where she works?

38.I know you love that tea room.—————-do you go there?

1. Comprehension

                            Section one: sentence comprehension.

DIRECTIONS: Foritems 39 and 40, from the four alternatives given, choose the sentence with the closest meaning to the head sentence and blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer sheet provided.

39. The falls in coffee prices have a serious effect on farmers’ incomes and that is why Ethiopia’s Coffee Farmers’ Cooperative Union (ECFCU) was set up.

40.  The reformatory means much more to these difficult teenagers than their medicine.

DIRECTIONS: There are two passages in this section. Read each of them carefully and answer items 41-60 according to the information therein. From the four choices, A-D, given for each question ,choose the best answer and blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer  sheet provided.

                       Section Two:  Reading Passage One

1. Peace is a fundamental component of community development, personal growth, and survival of our planet.At the heart of every faith community, and culture.lies a need advance peaceful co-existence to enhance productive,meaningful lives sustainable societies. Peace underlies our quality of life and the fabric of our communities; and as our weaponry becomes ever more powerful, our very survival as people on this planet depends on it.

2. The modern world is becoming highly fragmented, less peaceful and unsafe for both present and future generations.The world today is engulfed by an environment of tension, violence, declining values, injustices, reduced tolerance and respect for human rights, threatening the future of the youth who deserve a peaceful and better quality of life.

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3. Today, the world faces different types of conflicts and the worst form is terrorism, which has resulted in catastrophic loss of property and human life, ultimately hindering peace between communities, nations and religions. The core issue driving these conflicts and extremist actions is intolerant thought processes, violent narratives, and society’s attitudes, which have provided an enabling environment for terrorism to spread rapidly. Violent extremism is an emerging challenge being witnessed in the society.

4. Gaps in social, political, and engagement are grievances, which create opportunities for extremist groups to manipulate youth in to engaging in violent extremist activities. Violent extremists take advantage of increased unemployment, especially among youth  who are economically vulnerable, out of school, idle, and socially frustrated with out having any public platforms to express themselves. The violent extremist narratives come in the form of ideological messages which are carefully crafted to target young and impressionable minds, particularly those who are willing to join their ‘struggle’ -often misrepresented as ‘Jihad’ by the violent extremist groups. The youth end up getting radicalized in the process, and as a result , begin to harbor extreme and violent views. This has enabled the extremists to sale the rhetoric of a better life when one migrates to their turf. Conflict often severs young people’s ties with community, creating a sense of loss and lack of belonging. The increases the need for genuine interfaith dialogue, tolerance and harmony that will lead to a deeper understanding and relationship building with other faiths and beliefs.

         Slightly modified from http;//gnrc.net/en/blog/3942-the-need-for-

         Peaceful-coexistence, Retrieved 30 May 2022

41.  Which one of the following is NOT among the impacts of terrorism implied in paragraph 3?

42.  Which one of the following words/phrases in paragraph 2 shows that people are no more patient with one another?

43.  How does the writer characterize the modern world?

44.   Which one of the following is a serious threat to our survival on this planet?

45.  What does the phrase these conflicts in paragraph 3, line 4, refer to?

46.  What is the main idea conveyed by the last sentence in the passage?

47..What, according to the extremists, would the young gain from joining them?

48“… – often misrepresented  as  ‘ Jihad ‘  …”  ( paragraph 4). What is misrepresented as Jihad?

49.  Which one of the following is NOT among the opportunities that violent  extremists exploit to get the youth involved in extremist activities?

50.  According to the passage, which one of the following is true about peace?

                                  Section Three : Reading Passage Two

                                 The Father of Vaccination

1. In a small town in England,in the middle of the eighteenth century, an eight year-old boy named Edward Jenner was intentionally infected with deadly disease. He was then locked in a barn with other children who had been similarly infected. There they remained until they either died or recovered. Fortunately for humanity, Jenner survived. The doctors were doing variolation. A common practice in the eighteenth century, variolation involved deliberately infecting a healthy person with smallpox, a highly contagious disease that killed one in three (about 3%) infants and young children . it was believed that healthy people infected with the pus of patients sick with mild cases of smallpox would develop only a mild form of the disease. Those  individuals would then be protected from smallpox for the rest of their lives. Although variolation was the only effective means of fighting smallpox at the time, it was quite dangerous. About 10% of those variolated came down with a severe case of smallpox.

2. Edward Jenner would never forget his terrible days in the barn. Perhaps that was what led him to choose medicine as a career. In 1761, at just 13, Jenner began his medical studies. By 1770, he was studying anatomy and surgery under John Hunter at St. George’s Hospital in London . After two years in London, Jenner returned to his hometown. He was a popular doctor due to his gentle personality and surgical skill. One common request was for variolation. Jenner performed the procedure many times although he used a less severe method than the one that he had suffered through as a child. Jenner observed that some of his variolated patients never developed even a mild case of smallpox. Because of his training in the scientific method, he wanted to understand why these particular individuals were able to resist the disease. He discovered that they had all previously had cowpox,a mild illness passed from cows to humans. Jenner observed that cowpox, while much less severe than smallpox, was in many ways similar to it. He was also aware of a traditional belief that people who had had cowpox never got smallpox.

3.   Based on his observations, Jenner came up with a theory. He believed that cowpox not only protected against smallpox, but could be passed from one human being to another as a deliberate means of protection. In May 1776, Jenner finally got the chance to test his theory . He learned that a young woman from a local farm, Sara Nelmes, had cowpox. Junner asked the parents of an eight-year-old boy named James Phipps for permission to conduct a risky experiment on their son. Jenner chose Jemes because he had never had cowpox or smallpox. Jenner removed pus from Sarah’s hand and spread it on scratches he had made on the boy’s arms. As expected, the boy developed a mild case of cowpox, but recovered rapidly. Jenner was now ready for the second, much riskier stage of his experiment. On July 1, 1796, Jenner variolated Phipps with pus from a smallpox patient. Jenner and other scientists and physicians waited anxiously for the results. Some were excited about Jenner’s experiment, but many others accused him of taking too great a risk.

4. In fact,James Phipps never developed smallpox. This was clear evidence to support Jenner’s theory, but more data were needed. Jenner experimented successfully on 13 other patients, and at the end of 1796 he wrote a report describing his work for the Royal Society. However ,it was turned down for publication. According to those who reviewed it, Jenner’s theory was too much of a challenge to the accepted medical beliefs of the time. Jenner ignored the criticism and continued experimenting. In 1798 he published his own book based on 23 cases in which vaccination (named for the vaccinnia: virus of cowpox) resulted in lasting protection against , or immunity to , smallpox. Although many people continued to criticize Jenner, some well -known London physicians were starting to vaccinate their patients. By the beginning of the nineteenth century, the practice of vaccination had spread throughout the world and in 1980, the World Health Assembly announced that “the world and its peoples” were free of smallpox. 
5.   51.  What makes Jenner different from the rest of the children?

52.  What was the main problem associated with variolation at that time?

 53.  During the time , what was the death rate in percentage of children who caught smallpox?

54.   Where were the children kept after being infected ?

55.  Why were children infected intentionally with a deadly disease? Because….

56.   Why was Jenner’s report rejected for publication?

57.   Why didn’t Phipps develop smallpox after the second variolation?

58.  Why did many of the physicians Jenner was taking too great a risk? Because…

59. What do you think was the response of James Phipps’ parent’s to Jenner’s request?

60. “Jenner performed the procedure many times although he used….”

     (Paragraph 2). What does the phrase “the procedure” refer to?

                                      Section Four : Vocabulary                                     

1. Substitution 

DIRECTIONS: Items 61-68, each has an underlined word or phrase. There are four alternatives A, B, C and D given after each sentence. Choose one Word or phrase that best keeps the meaning of the underlined word or phrase and blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer sheet provided. 

61. China and India reconciled their differences of demarcating the disputed border. 

62. The enrolment of university students has tripled in the last decade.

63. The prosperity  a country shows is an indicator of its development.

64. If teachers are to be effective in their work, they need good accommodation.

65. The car accident impaired his eye sight. 

66. I look forward to meeting you in Addis. 

67. Abebe says the room is untidy and cannot be used to deliver the lecture planned for   government officials.

68 And 69 not clear   (Not see sorry) Just write as you see it even if it is wrong.                                                                                                        68. The chairperson has to balt the meeting because of violent reactions from participants.

1. completion

DIRECTIONS   Items 69-76 are incomplete sentences here are four alternative words or phrases. A, B, C and D given below each question. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence and blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer sheet provided.

   69. The ———is crowded with goods.

70. Children —————-very much on their parents for their education.

71. The Director General is —————-and can resolve all challenges coming from the workers.

72. All people should commit themselves to—————-plants and wild animals.

73. The ———————from the workshop is that students should be considered as     resource people in class. 

74. A college student has to —————–all difficulties he /she faces.

75. Good students are careful not to——————their teachers.

76. Teachers should not ——————-with their students.

                        lll. Writing 

DIRECTIONS: Items 77-94 are related to different types of writing. Read each of them very carefully and choose the best answer from the given alternatives. Then , blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer sheet. 

                                        sectionOne :Spelling 

77. DlRECTIONS: For items 77-78 choose the alternatives with a correct spelling and blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer sheet provided.

78. DlRECTIONS: For items 77-78 choose the alternatives with a correct spelling and blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer sheet provided.

Section Two: Word Order

DIRECTIONS:  The words from items 79-81 are Not in the right order. When put in the right order. They make correct English sentences from the given alternatives (A-D), choose the one that is correct and blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer sheet. 

79. Many take have systems also developed to forms postal.

80. Ice the in has temperatures to led of the increase melting.

81. Is ways important the countryside in life better many in.

Section Three: Punctuation and Capitalization  

DIRECTIONS: For items 82-85,  choose the best alternative that is written in a correct punctuation and capitalization. Then blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer sheet provided.

82. In which one of the following sentences is the comma correctly used?

83. In which one of the following sentences is the capitalization correct?

84. Which one of the following sentences has a correct use of quotation mark?

85. In which one of the following sentences is the full stop correctly used?

  Section Four : Main Idea of a Paragraph

DIRECTIONS: Items 86 and 87 are based on the paragraphs given below. Read each paragraph carefully and from the alternatives given in each case,choose the one that contains the main idea and blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer sheet.

 We must stop killing huge numbers of animals. The situations indicate some of the animals which may die out if we do non stop killings so many of them. We must look after our forests. If we do not, more animals in the world will work hard to die out, including humans. Just like the dodo.

86. Which one of the following is the main idea of the above paragraph?

All animals produce a scent. Some predators. Such as cats, can pick up the trail of potential prey by detecting the scent of urine, facces and sweat. Cats also have scent-producing glands that leave distinctive smells for other members of their species to pick up. These scents can indicate whether a cat  is ready for mate, or mark the boundaries of its territory. 

87. What is the main idea of the above paragraph?

Section Five: Letter Writing 

DIRECTIONS: Items 88-90 are based on letter writing. Read each question carefully and choose the best alternative (A-D) according to the given context. Then blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer sheet provided.

88. Which one of the following would you use in closing your application for a job?

89. What would you have at the top right -hand corner of your letter of complaint to a company?

90. Which one of the following lines best best exemplifies a sentence from a formal letter?

Section six: Paragraph Coherence  

DIRECTIONS: When you put in the correct order. Sentences a-d i each of the items from 91-94 make up a complete paragraph. From the alternatives given in each case. Choose the one that contains the correct order of the sentence and blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer sheet.

91. a. Nevertheless , I reached it to hear a gurgle and then a hiss.

      b.It had been left open and was trickling precious water a way.

      c. I thought of going out but went straight back to the yard tap.

      d. That meant the water was gone dashing our hope of getting a drop.

92. a.  One is the revival of ancient tradition of building small dams.

       b. There are many other imaginative ideas that are helping farmers .

       c.   Another scheme in Bangladesh involves the use of treadle pumps.

       d. These create reservoirs for collecting rain water to serve single villages.

93. a.  But governance is about more that just Government.

       b. Companies also use it to manage their interaction and activities.

       c. people use governance in their daily lives to manage human relationships.

       d. When most people hear the word governance they think of the Government.

94.a.  In other words, that is one expected to be the government of the world.

      b. The General Assembly has decided that the problems of the world are so   complex.

      c. In practice this will mean that the UN will make laws, not simply recommendations.

      d. It now seems that a new United Nations with power over national governments is needed. 

1. Communicative Activities

DIRECTIONS: Items 95-120 are presented in the form of a dialogue. The part said by one of the speakers is given, and a blank space is left for the other. For each of the blank spaces,four alternatives, A, B, C and D. are given. Choose the one that is most appropriate to complete the dialogue and blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer sheet provided.

95. Aberash:     You asked me to report to your office.

      Employer:    Your name is Aberash. I learned that you volunteered to help old aged people.

      Aberash:  Yes sir.

      Employer:  We are supporting old people who have no family to support them.———————————–about your parents and family?

96. Abeba: The chairman suggested that we should introduce English language support programs to needy university students.

     Almaz: ————————–provided we have the resources.

97. Keninisa: I am not denying the value of knowledge based courses. What I am  saying is that we need to make our language classes practice oriented.

      Kaseye:—————————–You are right.

98.Gabisa: would you please tell me why you are scared to drive a car:

      Jemal:   ———————————

99. Sara: COVID-19 is putting our health system in a crisis.

      John: yes,——————————-

100. Dinku: the number of people contracting Covid-19 is increasing at an alarming rate. The economy is getting weaker and weaker because people are staying at home. 

       Abdu:-——————————

101. Degu: I am having difficulty to learn English particularly Grammar.

         Alemu:————————–consult grammar work manuals.

102. Abera: Dear students, university education requires you to study regularly.

        Dinkenesh: Sir, what do you advise us to do well in our courses?

        Abera:     I am sure, if you study hard and attend classes regularly

        ——————————————————————.

103. Dean: Dear colleagues this academic year we have delivered all courses required of us. In addition, we have also conducted a number of research works.

        Staff: would you tell us how we are performing in our student and industry linkage?

        Dean: ——————————we have successfully integrated our students with the

   industry and are getting practical skills.

104. Aster: God has given us the most vital thing for free water.

        Beletu: Yes water has many uses for us. We use it for drink, growing plants and cleaning our clothes and houses.

        Aster: Yes, but it needs management; —————————–, it can transmit many water borne diseases such as cholera.

105. Election Board spokesman: Dear journalist all detailed preparations are bing          made for 6th national election.

        Journalist:    It is good to hear that but how about the election process?

        Spokesman:–  ———————-it will be peaceful, fair and democratic.

106. Ashebir:   The Entoto Park is one of the exciting Parks in Addis. The restaurants 

                         are fantastic.

       Tadelle:    I have heard many people saying the same.

       Ashebir:   Anytime of the week is conducive if————————–

107. Suzi:   You see these days skills in information technology is much needed.

108. Adugna: What you are saying on language teaching methodology is simply

                       Unrealistic and more of a dream

        Mohammed: ——————————————————-

109. Nahom: Our company though profitable has weaknesses that we need to address

        Dawit:    ————————————————-

110. Mariam: I am assigned to study accounting, but I am not happy with it.

        Sa’ed:  ——————————————-=====

111. Ademe: Drought victims are increasing in numbers in Ethiopia. We have to do 

                     Something.

       Tafesse: Yes ——————————————————

112. Takele: This jacket is beautiful. What is it made of?

        Shop keeper: Yes ,—————————————————–

113. Chair man: No staff should miss a class without the knowledge of the department.

        Course coordinator:——————————————————