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Time Allowed: 2:15 hrs May, 2011

General Directions; Read the instruction for each part carefully. Write all your answers in the question paper itself.

PART I: DIALOGUE
Here is a dialogue between two students: Abebe, an Ethiopian, and Ahmed, a foreign student. Match Abebes questions with the most appropriate responses to make the whole dialogue meaningful. Abebe ___ 1. Where do you come from? ___ 2. Oh! Sudan. Why did you come to Ethiopia? ___3. Great. What is your field of Study? ___ 4. How long have you been here? ___ 5. How long will you stay? D Political science E. Im a student. C. From the Sudan B. For three years. Ahmed A. Almost a month.

PART II: READING COMPREHENSION Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow it.
1. A married womans first duty is to her family. One wholeheartedly agrees. Therefore, the argument directly concludes, no married woman should take an outside job. Mothers place is in the home, twenty-four hours a day. 2. This reminds us one of Mussolinis arrogant saying: Every woman desires a child. Therefore, she should have as many as she can bear. 3. Of course, no one who values home life and understands how deeply small children in particular need security and love can feel happy about the kind of job which keeps the mother of a young family away from home from morning till night every working day 2

of the year, and condemns her children to pass most of their waking hours in the impersonal, even if efficient, atmosphere of a day nursery. 4. Matters are still worse if the youngsters must be left to dubiously reliable baby minders, and they are not much better even when the children are older and must come back from school to fend for themselves in a cold empty house till evening. 5. But this is not the only possible sort of outside work. Halftime; one day a week; an occasional full-time substitution of a holiday maker or an invalid for a short time of period while the children do a family visit; homework collected on periodical basisthese can fit in perfectly with family life, and enrich it in more ways than the merely material. 6. The professional woman who, with a young family, contrives to keep her career just continue is not merely earning a little butter for the family bread: she is keeping herself mentally alive and supple, fit to be the wife of a civilized husband and the companion and educator of future civilized citizens. 7. Less obviously perhaps, but just as genuinely, the woman with less specialized and intellectual abilities benefits by keeping her hand in home and by retaining friendships and interest in the world outside the four walls of home. Her family gains not merely by her earnings, which may make all the difference to its standards, but by her livelier, happier and more contented feeling. 8. Always, indeed, the familys claims must settle where the balance can be struck between home and job. Children in such situation would be emphatically the better for a bit less maternal brooding though ones special need for security overrides everything else. Outside home job is a refreshing change that reduces its holders nervous wreck. That is why Mrs. A is as strong as two horses, Mrs. B is fragile. Certainly there are women whose circumstances would make any venture into outside work extremely

unwise, both for themselves and for their families. But that does not mean that no one should venture. 9. After all, there are women whose circumstances make it extremely unwise, both for themselves and for their families, to have more than one baby. No one argues, therefore, that a family of three or four must always be a mistake. 10. If too often the woman seeking an outside interest and better living standards for her family faces an all-or-nothing choicethe choice between an exacting full-time job which deprives her children of their birthright, and a full-time domesticity which wastes and frustrates her energiesthen the answer is not to impose all- round frustration. 11. It is to organize more jobs in such a way that women can do them with a clear conscience, to the benefit of their own happiness, their childrens upbringing and national prosperity.

A) True/False Write TRUE if the statement is correct, or FALSE if the statement is not correct according to the passage. _______6. The writer argues that a woman with children should not take a job outside
their homes. ________ 7. The argument that goes, every woman desires a child. Therefore, she should have as many as she can bear, is arrogance and ignorance. ________ 8. Children who pass most of their waking hours in the impersonal and efficient atmosphere of a day nursery are happier and more alert than those who stay at home with their mothers. ________ 9. Baby minders are the best guardians of children. _______ 10. Professional women who keep their career outside home are not good mothers.

________11. Mothers should be given a kind of job opportunity that enables them to balance family and job. ________12. Because men and women are equal, mothers should not quit their career to take care of their children. B) Multiple Choice Choose the most appropriate answer from the given

alternatives and write the letter of your choice on the spaces provided against each question.
_______13.Which of the following reflects the attitude of the writer? A. Mothers place should be in the home twenty four hours. B. An outside job that keeps childrens mother out of home for long time is not recommended. C. A mother should wait at home even her older children when they come from school D. B&C ________14.The advantage of a professional woman keeping her career outside home is that: A. she can earn income. B. she keeps herself active. C. she can educate and create civilized citizens. D. All ________15.Which of the following could be the best title of the passage? A. Civilized men should marry educated women B. Should a woman with children take a job? C. Children should learn to be away from their mothers when they are small. D. None _________16. Having three or more children is not appropriate for women who venture outside home. A. True B. False

_________17.Which of the following is correct according to the passage? A. A full time job of a mother outside home violates childrens fundamental rights. B. Keeping mothers totally at home wastes their energy. C. Mothers with children should strike a balance between family and job. D. All _________18. The pronoun themselves in paragraph 4, line 3 refers to: A. Youngsters B. older children C. baby minders D. mothers __________19. The pronoun which in paragraph 7, line 4 refers to A) her family B. her earnings A. circumstances B. families C. women D. babies C. livelier D. happier __________20.The pronoun their para.9, line 2 refers to:

C) Match the words under column A that are taken from the passage with their contextual meanings under column B A
_____21. dubiously (para.4) _____22. enrich (para.5) _____23. a little butter (para.6) _____24. fragile (para.8) _____25. conscience (para.11)

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A. support B. income C. doubtfully D. mind E. weak

PART III: UNDERSTANDING MEANING

Section A: Sentence Comprehension Four statements are made about each of the following sentences. Choose the ones that have similar meaning. 26 The guard takes pride in his work. A. The guard is proud of his ability to work. B. The guard enjoys doing his work well. C. The guard is arrogant D. He is proud of being a guard. 27. The two leaders, kebede and Almaz, were the people who were present at the meeting A. Four persons were in attendance. B. Two persons were in attendance C. Three persons were in attendance D. No one was in attendances 28. Lets not get up as late as we did yesterday. A. Dont allow us to get up late. B. I suggest we don not get up late. C. Lets not get up either earlier or later than yesterday. D. Shall we not get up until a later hour as yesterday? 29. I would not write nonsense if I were you. A. I advise you not to write nonsense. B. You are not permitted to write nonsense. C. Because I am different, I do not write nonsense. D. Since I am different from you, I ought not to write nonsense. 30. Ahmed, why have you done all the work by yourself? 7

A. I have helped Ahmed. B. I did not help Ahmed. C. I will help Ahmed . D. I might help Ahmed. 31. Despite his average intelligence, Alemu got the first rank because of his hard work A. Alemu secured the first rank due to his average intelligence. B. Alemu stood first because of his hard work though he was of average intelligence. C. Alemus average intelligence and hard work enabled him to become first. D. Alemu became first for his talent

32. It seems a great pity that, as more and more children are educated, so many of them fail to grow up with a respect for their elders. What seems a great pity? A. The fact that more and more children are educated B. The fact that educated children lack proper respect for their elders. C. The failure of numbers of children to retain proper respect for their elders. D. The failure of increasing numbers of children to grow up as educated people, respectful to their elders. 33. I dont like her. She is a snake A. She is ugly. B. She hurts other people. C. She is attractive D. She walks like a snake. 34. When she saw her mother, her face lit up. A. She looked very pleased. 8

B. She seemed too sad astonished. C. Her face became very ugly D. The light shone on her face 35. Mary is so intelligent that she does not have to study very hard. A. Intelligent students do not study. B. Mary does not like to study. C. Mary is not obliged to study very hard as she is intelligent. D. Intelligent people are usually not required to study hard.

Section B: Sentence Completion

The following sentences are incomplete. Choose the best completion for each one. 36. We knew that all the boys, even ______ students, disliked the study hours A. the best B. the better C. the good D. the well 37. You are speaking ____ for us to hear. Speak louder: A. much soft B. too softly C. so soft D. very soft 38. Almaz is ____ to win the scholarship. A. enough clever B. clever enough C. so clever enough D. so enough clever 39. Solomon has made many___ friends in Addis Ababa A. new Ethiopian fine 9

B. Ethiopian new fine C. fine new Ethiopian D. fine Ethiopian new 40. Four is the ___ of the numbers 7,9,4,12,15. A. middle B. center C. smallest D. less 41. I did not eat; he did not eat. In fact, ______ . A. not us didnt eat B. none of us ate C. all of us didnt ate D. nothing of us didnt eat. 42. The boy _____. A. caught a fish by its tail. B. a fish caught by its tail. C. by his tail caught a fish D. a fish by her its tail caught. 43. If I washed your car, ___ me some money? A. will you give B. would you give C. would you have given D. are you going to give 44. Boys and men are____, but girls and women are not. A. adults B. humans C. masculine D. males 45. Ahemed: What are you shouting for? Alemu : ___________________ . A. So that he will hear me. 10

B. In order him to hear me. C. In order he heard D. So him to her me Section C: Reorganizing sentences Section: Reorganizing sentences

Choose the answer that shows the correct order of the following jumbled sentences.
A. Abebe Bikila was born in 1932 and grew up to become one of the worlds greatest long distance runners. B. Sadly he was injured in a car accident in 1969 and died in 1973, aged 41. C. He became very fit and very good at running long distances because he practised running long distances at high altitude in Ethiopia. D. In 1964 he again ran the marathon in the Olympic Games in Tokyo and became the first man to win the event twice. E. In1960 he ran barefoot in the Olympic Marathon in Rome, won the race easily and set a new Olympic record. 46. The correct order is: A. ABCDE B. ACEDB C. DBCEA D. ABCED

PART IV: GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT

Chouse the most appropriate answer to complete the following sentences best. Democratic groups, in order to function properly, must meet to discuss their business. Discussion in large groups can be fruitful only if the meeting is properly __47__. Certain rules ___48_ the order in which people are allowed to speak, what subjects they ___49__ , and when discussions must be ended, and action be taken.

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The rules of organization and procedures that govern the meetings of democratic groups _____50___ at parliamentary level. The parliament of Britain, for many centuries the leading democratic legislative assembly, __51____ its business according to these laws that___52 __ over a period of time. Much the same kind of laws govern the procedure of the United states congress although both the senate and the House of Representatives have modified them for their own use. All kinds of organizations ___53_ the rules of parliamentary law in their meetings. Sometimes these rules __54__, especially if the organization is small with few members and the rules__55__ too cumbersome and time consuming. But the basic rules are essential: they help to guarantee that the democratic process _56____. 47. A. Conducting B. Conducts 48. A. Should to guide B. ought guide 49. A. is known B. are known 50. A . operate B. operates 51. A. are conducted B. conducts 52. A. had evolved C. Conducted D. Conduct C. must guide D. have guide C. Know D. will known C. operating D. is operated C. have conducted D. were conducting C. was evolving

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B. have evolved 53. A. follow B. follows 54. A. can be modified B. can modify 55. A. seem B. seems 56. A. functions B. function

D. are evolving C. will be follow D. is follow C. must be modify D. ought to modify C. has seemed D. to seem C. is function D. was functioned

PART V: PUNCTUATION IN CONTEXT

Choose the most appropriate punctuation mark to complete each blank space best Teacher: Where will you go on vacation Student: I am going to Jimma Teacher: Oh, thats nice 59 Monday 60 58 But when are you leaving? 57

Tuesday, ..?

Student: I am heaving on Sunday. 57. A. ? B. ; 58. A. . B. ! 59. A. , B. ! C. . D. , C. ; D. ? C. ? D. ;

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C. ! D. .

PART VI: WRITING Write a paragraph of about ten lines on one of the following topics:

Education and Development OR A Peaceful World

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