I. Passage comprehension
Read the following passage carefully. then answer the questions which follow it.
Ought women to have the same rights as men? A hundred years ago the answer in every country in the
world would have been, “No”. If you asked “Why not?”, you would have been told, scornfully and
pityingly, that women were weaker and less clever than men, and had worse characters. Even now, in the
twentieth century, there are many countries where women are treated almost like servants, or even slaves.
It is certainly true that the average woman has weaker muscles than the average man. Thousands of
years ago, when men lived in caves and hunted animals for goof strength of body was the most important;
in the twentieth century brains are more important. Strength of body is still needed for a few kinds of work,
but the fact that such kinds of work are not well paid shows that the twentieth century does not think that
muscles are of very great importance.
What about women‟s brains? Of course, in countries where girls are not given as good an education as
boys they know less. But in countries where there is the same education for both, it has been clearly shown
that there is no difference between the brain of the average woman and that of the average man. There have
been women judges, women ambassadors, women ministers and women professors in many countries. And
among the greatest and strongest rulers of England were Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria.
But women can do one thing that men cannot; they can produce children. Because they, and not men,
do this, they usually love their children more, and are better able to look after them, since they are more
patient and understanding with small children. For this reason, many women are happier if they can stay at
home and look after their house and family than if they go out and does the same work as men do, it is their
own choice and not the result of being less clever than men.
Directions: decide on the basis of the passage which one of the four choices best completes each of the
following sentences. Then mark the letter of that choice next to the question number on your answer
sheet.
- The author believes that women
A. are not as clever as men. C. should have the same rights as men.
B. should stay at home and raise children D. should not have the same rights as men - One hundred years ago most people believed that
A. Women and children should have equal rights.
B. Women were less clever and weaker than men.
C. Women could be university professors and ambassadors.
D. any woman could be Queen of England.
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Full Name ________________ Grade – 11 Section 4
th Quarter Final Exam
Subject – English Year: 2012 E.C Exam. Room: Time allowed:1:45 - The intelligence of the average man and woman
A. is the same C. is the same when they have the same education.
B. is different, the man is smarter. D. is different; the woman is smarter. - A large number of women choose to stay at home because
A. they know that they are as smart as men.
B. they are happiest when they look after their home and family.
C. they know how they would be good if they become professors and businessmen.
D. their body strength is less than that of men - Body strength was important thousands of years ago because .
A. men and women of them of the twentieth century do not need to use their muscles.
B. life in the twentieth century is harder than the lives of cave men.
C. women are more patient and understanding with small children.
D. people were living in caves and having a harder time.
Vocabulary: Directions: study the way the following words are used in the passage. Then decide which
word is most appropriate in each of the following sentences. Then mark the letter for that word next to
the number of the question on your answer sheet
ought to average usually stay
scornfully caves look after choice
characters few patient the result of
treated well-paid understanding - Whenever I ask him any question, he looks at me as if my question was foolish.
A. patiently B. scornfully C. usually D. understandingly - Kebede is both at study and extra-curricular activities.
A. few B. choice C. stay D. average - He his wife very badly as if she were a slave
A. treats B. caves C. choices D. characters - You drive your car very carefully in order to avoid accidents.
A. look after B. scornfully C. ought to D. patiently - Only very women become weight lifters.
A. cave B. few C. patient D. chartered - The most important thing a teacher should do is to his students thoroughly.
A. stay B. well-pay C. treat D. understand - Though he was the best student in the class, he scored low marks in the examination his
carelessness.
A. as a result of B. ought to C. usually D. looking after - How long are you going to with your uncle?
A. choice B. look after C. stay D. treat - Of all the qualities of a person, I give first preference to his .
A. treatment B. character C. understanding D. treat - is very essential when we deal with small children.
A. patience B. choice C. Scorn D. Cave
Grammar in use
II. Directions: Answer the following questions by choosing the right choice from the given alternatives. - I know that he in the library at this moment.
A. is studying B. has studied C. studies D. was studying - Alemu the examination it he had worked hard.
A. would have passed B. will have passed C. will pass D. none - He on his history essay all yesterday morning.
A. was working B. has been working C. has worked D. used to work - Two thousand years ago Latin in Italy.
A. was spoken B. had been spoken C. is spoken D. is being spoken - At this moment I that we have a good chance of victory.
A. was feeling B. am feeling C. fee D. had been feeling - If I rich enough, I would get married.
A. had been B. were C. have been D. will be - He a novel when I entered the room.
A. is reading B. was reading C. has read D. had read - I English ever since I came to this school.
A. have been studying B. were being sent C. were sended D. were sent - We shall welcome him if he
A. came B. comes C. had come D. come - Either the old man‟s daughter or sons unable to come.
A. is B. was C. were D. can be - Roza her book aside and rested for a while.
A. lay B. has laid C. lied D. laid - If I were sick like you, I not come to school.
A. will B. would C. would have D. will have - It is useful to listen Ethiopia radio programmes regularly.
A. by B. through C. D. to - The sentence was phrased that it could have two meanings.
A. such way B. in such way C. in such a way D. in way such - The former having eaten his „kolo‟ and hes tella went to bed.
A. drank B. drunk C. drinking D. drink - Which is worse: cheating an examination or stealing money?
A. on B. at C. with D. by - The people in our village enjoyed such a privilege
A. Never almost have C. Almost have never
B. Never have almost D. Almost never have - Which one is incorrect?
A. chaltu is a student and so am I C. Chaltu is not a student and neither am I
B. Chaltu is a student and so am I D. Chaltu is a student and so I am - Since the beginning of our revolution our farmers many new things.
A. had learned B. learned C. are learning D. have learned - Which one of the following sentences is incorrect?
A. I wrote my friend a letter. C. I borrowed my friend a book
B. I made my friend a new dress D. I sold my friend a pencil - I don‟t care whether she loves me or not. I can always find
A. a more beautiful girl C. more beautiful girl
B. one of the most beautiful girl D. most beautiful girl - We wondered the books.
A. where he places C. where did he place
B. where he had placed D. where does he place - Neither the child‟s hands nor his face clean.
A. is B. were C. are D. seem - we will sit on the bench at the bus station and wait until the bus
A. is arriving B. arrive C. arrived D. should arrive - The man you saw the ball is our school director.
A. who was throwing B. throwing C. throw D. was throwing - He behaves like a child but he is to be a father.
A. very young B. too young C. old enough D. too old - My brother as well as my sister present at the meeting yesterday.
A. were B. have been C. has been D. was - There is sugar left than I thought.
A. less B. fewer C. least D. few - That book was intended for Hailu or
A. my self B. my C. me D. mine - Most children can‟t eat lunch, ?
A. do they B. don‟t they C. did they D. didn‟t they - The man did not care a bit about the wellbeing of
A. down trodden poor C. the down trodden poors
B. the many down trodden poors D. the down trodden poor - When I was a child, I a ball out of old pieces of rag by sewing them together.
A. have made B. have been making C. used to make D. have had made - I wanted to drink some water but there was in the jar.
A. none B. no C. not D. not any - Television offers many excellent programmes but it also presents poor sometimes.
A. one B. ones C. once D. one‟s - You should always write your name clearly so that can read it.
A. another B. other C. others D. peoples - Two hours just too long for such a short test that you are now taking.
A. are B. seem C. is D. were - I can see from his face that he what the speaker is saying.
A. is not believing B. was not believing C. does not believe D. did not believe - I went to the dentist .
A. to pull my teeth C. for pulling my teeth
B. to have my teeth pulled D. none - I shall not write to my mother she sends me money.
A. however B. without C. otherwise D. unless - It doesn‟t any difference to me what you say about this test.
A. sound B. do C. matter D. make - She me that the horse belongs to her brother.
A. boasts B. says C. explains D. tells - If he the means, he would have helped you.
A. had B. has had C. had had D. has have - While I for my lost watch, I found a golden ring on the ground.
A. am searching B. was searching C. search D. searched - The president‟s death was announced the radio this morning.
A. in B. by C. with D. on - When I came, Tibebu on the ground.
A. lay B. lied C. laid D. lain E. was lying - The teacher his bag on the table and started teaching.
A. laid B. lain C. lied D. had lain - It was said that food to the drought affected areas the following week.
A. will be flown B. would fly C. would be flown D. will have flown - After the earth quake, the in life and property was found to be tremendous.
A. loose B. lose C. loss D. lost - My brother speaks English fluently as any Englishman.
A. more B. less C. most D. as - Unless you study hard, your teachers can‟t help you much, your parents.
A. not even B. nor can C. neither can D. either can - Addis Ababa is the of many international organizations.
A. sight B. sit C. seat D. cite - He apologized the teacher his misconduct.
A. to/for B. for/to C. against/for D. for/because of - My uncle is a farmer. The underlined word is .
A. an object B. a compliment C. predicate D. a modifier - I prefer „dorowot‟ spaghetti.
A. than B. better than C. more than D. to - The mother got angry her son‟s silly remark.
A. at B. with C. for D. against - It is you who for the blunder.
A. is to blame B. has to blame C. have to blame D. is to be blamed - The manger together with his colleagues working hard for five hours nor.
A. has been B. have been C. is D. are - The students their hands whenever they had questions
A. raised B. rose C. risen D. rising - The poor always our constant helps.
A. need B. needs C. have needed D. needed
III. Vocabulary questions
Directions: Choose the word that best completes each sentence. - If I write to my mother my father has to read the letter to her as she is
A. legible B. literate C. illegible D. illiterate - Nelson Mandella is such an important and an interesting person with so much to say that I hope he will
write his own one day.
A. novel B. biography C. fiction D. autobiography - The foot path is only for the use of who are walking.
A. pedestrians B. footers C. cyclists D. drivers - As 85% at all Ethiopians work on the land this is clearly an society.
A. urban B. arable C. aggressive D. agrarian - Mothers normally love their children because they have naturally strong feelings.
A. Mother ling B. paternal C. father ling D. maternal - There was only one actor on the stage for the first ten minutes so the play started with a very long .
A. monologue B. dialogue C. analogue D. catalogue - At the football match there were over 20,000 .
A. spectators B. spectacles C. audience D. observers - As my wife was about to we rushed her to the maternity ward of the hospital.
A. depart B. faint C. deliver D. fall ill - At the end of every month, the couple usually some amount of money for clothing.
A. appropriate B. consume C. set back D. recover - The sun made it difficult for them to cross the desert as planned.
A. scorching B. beautiful C. morning D. clumsy - Some of the books that are kept in that library are to most of the students.
A. in accessible B. display C. filth D. foliage - Our English teacher has a interest in teaching us English.
A. Conscious B. diligent C. keen D. forged - However hard I tried to explain the meaning was to her.
A. obscure B. evident C. profound D. genuine - I wish I _ in a countryside. It‟s so boring and risky in the big city .
A. lived B. had lived C. have lived D. A and B - The of peasants depend on forming.
A. consumption B. livelihood C. dilemma D. subsistence - Most wars are the results of imperialist machination and .
A. prosperity B. dedication C. greed D. decisiveness
IV. Communicative English
Directions: Decide the one that can best complete the following conversations. - Zenit: Assefa, Bulcha, and Alemu are very hard working students.
Hagos: That is why succeed in the examination
A. none of them B. only one of them C. both of them D. all of them - Zenit: Assefa or Bulcha that likes gardening?
Moges: In fact, neither of them
A. are B. are they C. Is it D. Both - Zenit: How about Alemu?
Moges: .
A. Neither does he B. But, hhe doesn‟t C. Either he doesn‟t D. Either he does - Zenit: Has any one of them visited India?
Moges: .
A. Yes, they haven‟t B. I am not sure C. No they have D. No, they did - Zenit: I am told that Assefa likes swimming. How about Bulcha?
Moges: .
A. so does he B. so doesn‟t he C. yes he doesn‟t D. No, he does - Zenit: Do you play football?
Moges: No, but I .
A. use to B. am used to C. have used to D. used to - Zenit: ?
Moges: very much.
A. How many friends do you have? C. How many books have you read
B. How did you like your visit to Lalibela? D. How many kilometers away is Hawassa from Addis? - Teacher: Whom do you adore more a scientist or an athlete?
Student:
A. The former B. secondly C. firstly D. first of all - Teacher: How often do you visit your parents?
Student: .
A. Just last year B. three months ago C. Next year D. Monthly - Teacher: Has Dr. Kitaw the Ethiopian scientist ever visited this school?
Student: .
A. I don‟t think he has ever C. I don‟t think that he never
B. never D. Ever
