Welcome to your Aptitude national exam 2013
choose the best answer from the given alternatives
1.
Before were in they all packed room interrogation tiny started.
2.
The elsewhere is of unfriendly town people full from
3.
They who are kwon do you?
4.
A take half it one days to may and cure.
5.
His bet would I heart she win.
SECTION TWO: Paragraph coherence (6-9)
Precious: When put in the correct order, sentences a-e/f in ache of the questions from 6-9 make up a complete paragraph. From the alternatives given in each case, choose the letter that contains the correct order of the sentences and blacken the corresponding letter provided in the separate answer sheet.
6.
a. But issues of access and quality loom large. h. About 50 million children remain out of school.
- c. Apparently, it is also this section of the population who have the lowest access to education.
d. Africa is also the only region where the number of out-of school adolescents has risen in recent years.
e. Africa has the largest return on education, with each additional year of schooling raising earnings by 11 percent for a males and 14 percent for females.
f. This is partly because of rapid population growth among the poorest.
7.
a. You should appreciate this perfect system for cleaning your room
b. Now find a location for the items you had
placed in the center.
c. Then, take of the trash and any other thing you have not used recently.
d. for any remaining items, see if you can stuff
them into the back of your closet.
e. Start with moving items that do not have a
proper place to the center of the room.
8.
a. Finally, they advise that continued efforts are required to strengthen the other financial sectors.
b. However, these reforms should include the development of a market for government securities with market determined interest rates.
c. Experts argue that financial sector reforms would increase the effectiveness of monetary policy and support development goals.
d. Until this market develops, they argue, National Bank of Ethiopia bills should to used solely to manage liquidity in The banking system.
e. In addition to this, they state that the gradual opening of the financial sector to foreign investors could improve services and transfer technology and know-how.
f. Moreover, they recommend that channeling the payment of taxes through banks could deepen financial intermediation , reduce opportunities for corruption and improve the business climate.
9.
a. But that has never been true at all.
b. Lately, however, I decided to get more
serious.
c. People think I am smart because I do well in school.
d. To tell you truth, I usually struggled in my school Me.
e. First, I decided to become interested in whatever I was taught.
SCTION THREE: Reading Comprehension
(10-23)
DIRECTIONS: There are two passages in this section. Read each of then carefully and answer the questions according to the information therein. Each question has four, choices, A-D
the best alternative and blacken the letter of your choice in the separate answer sheet provided.
I
Reasons
and solution to Student Exam and Essay
Cheating comes in many variations. Just because you are leaning over and peaking at somebody else's exam, it does not mean that you are not cheating. Cheating includes any dishonest action used by a student 10 complete an assignment without actually having to complete it themselves. Some of the most common forms of cheating are looking at someone else's exam., using materials without permission, collaborating with other students without permission, and not reporting another student if you see that he or she is cheating. Students cheat for all types of reasons: pressure to succeed, lack of time to study, peer pressure, laziness, and the list goes
on.
While
schools claim that a student can be
expelled for cheating, many cheating students escape the consequences to not think that it’s
possible to set consequences based on the reason why a person cheated because the severity of a reason can be relative, but it's more logical to base consequences on the method in which the cheating was done. Perhaps the most classic form
of cheating on the exam is taking a quick peek at the exam of the person sitting next to you or in front of you. Oftentimes it's easy to see answers in the corner of your eye and the teacher seldom notices. I believe that this type of cheating should result in automatic failure of the exam, no questions asked. Likewise’the student tries to
cheat again then he you're putting forth no effort to complete the work, and you're benefitting from someone else’s hard work. Students generally do this when they re not confident in their own answers and they Want confirmation of the correct answer, but that doesn't make it acceptable. Not enforcing consequences for this type of cheating will result m the student feeling as if he or she never has to study or do work, because there will always be someone to copy off. One possible way to solve this problem is to have the exam questions in different orders is that a student would have to really try in order to steal someone’s answer, and it would make it more noticeable for the teacher. Using restricted
material is another common form of cheating. Students find ways to sneak in note-cards, write answers on their hands, peek at a textbook, or store information in electronic devices. Students usually do this to ensure that they don't forget any information while taking the test. The best to prevent any of these actions from happening is for the teacher to walk around the room and make sure that there is no material present.
Unfortunately, technology makes this difficult. If a student is taking a math test then oftentimes a graphing calculator is needed, but these calculators have the capabilities to store material. I feel that if a student tries to cheat in this manner then the consequences should be that they are no longer able to use a calculator in future exams and they will fail the current test.
Not allowing calculators during future exams would be a drastic consequence because many algebra and geometry tests require calculators.
Obviously, if this type of cheating occurred again then the student should fail the course. If this type of cheating is not stopped, then students will see no need to study or read their textbooks because they can just record the information.
Although many students do not realize that unapproved collaboration is a form of cheating, it actually is. Sometimes the teacher will walk out
of the room or the classroom is so big that it's
impossible to hear
Collaborating with
classmates during an exam is ayplosed to be done by each individual is dishonest. The consequence for this type of cheating should he failing the test, being separated from the class for future tests, and failing the class if it happens again.
Collaborating with classmates gives some students an advantage over the ones that are not doing so, and it fails to reflect those skills of each individual. Obviously cheating in this way is a huge disadvantage to the student because they are not always going to have someone there to
help 5.
’Lastly, failing to report someone else s
cheating or allowing someone to copy cheat off you is a form of cheating. Most students are not willing to report a theater because they are concerned about the reactions they will get from their classmates. There are ways to anonymously report a cheater. While you may feel like you are throwing someone under the bus, you will actually be harming a lot more people if you don't tell. If someone in the class gets a perfect score because they cheated, then the curve of the test might he higher, and the expectations for high scores will also be higher. People that are not cheating do not have the same advantage as the ones that are, they did the hard work, and they are going to be the ones that get the short end of the stick. The consequences for not
reporting a theater should not be as severe as the ones for cheating. In fact, the consequences are mostly personal because it‘s nearly impossible to tell if someone knows someone else cheated. The consequences are that you put in a lot of time and effort to study and you have less of a chance of getting a good grade. from
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10.
According to the passage, who could possibly solve the problem of cheating?
11.
What does the phrase,... this type of cheating...(par.3, last sentence) refer to?
12.
According the first paragraph, what consequence do cheaters in schools face?
13.
Which one of the following sentences best summarizes paragraph 2 ?
14.
What would be the possible situation of students who get the short the stick (par.5)?
15.
Which one of the paragraphs below emphasizes the need for showing one's own competence in tests?
16.
What is the writer's view about the consequence of cheating in schools (para.1)?
Paragraph II Our Dogs Are Watching Us
1. A few months ago, I reported a study of the ability of dogs to read the minds of their owners. Well, not exactly. They were not really reading minds; they were reading human body language to figure out which of two containers actually had food hidden in it. Now, experimenters have conducted more research on an attempt to identify the single skill that dogs have but other animal's lack.
2 In experiments reported in November 2002, scientists compared dogs, wolves, and chimpanzees. The tests involved hiding food in one of two containers, then pointing at, looking at, and tapping on the container with the food.
3 While dogs were quick to figure out which container held what they were looking for, neither the wolves nor the chimps understood what the experimenters were trying to communicate. The inability of the chimps to perform better than the dogs was surprising, considering the overall intelligence of chimpanzees. But the differences between dogs and wolves were fascinating because of the relationship between the two.
4 Wolves gave rise to dogs several thousand years ago, and while the physical differences between the two are the most obvious, there are clearly mental differences, too. This experiment suggested those differences are in the areas of social interaction with humans. A team of Hungarian scientists has found that they think is the key: Dog look at people's faces. It sounds simple, but there are experiments to back up the claim.
5.The Hungarian
team made sure that the wolves were socialized to humans by having them live with people 24 hours a day from the time they were four days old. This meant that the dogs and wolvesequally
used to human voices and gestures. By familiarizing the wolves and dogs to humans, the researches hoped to eliminate the effect that the animals' anxiety might have on the experiment. The socialization scems to have worked. Some of the wolves were able to understand some of the human gestures, although overall they still were not as good as the dogs.
6. It was a second
experiment that revealed the key differences between the two animals. Both dogs and wolves were trained to get a piece of meat in two ways. They were taught how to lift the lid of a container to get at the meat inside and how to pull a rope (tied around a piece of meat) out of a cage. When the animals had figured out how to do both, the scientists tricked them. The lid was fastened down and the rope was tied to the cage. It was now impossible for then to get at the food.
7.What is happened? I'm sorry I can't report that the dogs learned to unite the rope or use a screwdriver to open the container, but they did do something the wolves didn't do-they kept looking at the room, apparently waiting for some sort of sign no help
them get in meat .
8. The differences between the two animals were striking. In both tests, seven
out of nine dogs kept checking out the person,
while only the two of se en wolves did. The researchers claim that this act of looking at human faces is a ”genetic predisposition" in dogs. It is one of the inna e differences between two species and therefore must have been one of the first steps in the process of domestication thous ands of yearsg ago.
9.I would like to see this new
piece of evidence applied to previous observations and th zories about how dogs were domesticated. Some researchers have thiorized that as dogs involved, from wolves, their behavior became more immature. ror instance, dogs exhibit submissive behavior that wolves do not, as if adult dogs are more like baby wolves. But the tests conducted by the Hungarian researchers were done when the animals were only a few months old, so you would think that if dog behavior is basically the same as (h) of young wolves, the wolves in this experiment might have
looked at their owners,too
10.
I can add to this research from my own experience. My dog also looks at people to get food: He makes sure l'm not looking at him, then steals my sandwich. That's
what I call highly evolved taken behavior. OII1
PASSWORD 3: A Reading and Vocabulary Tex, pp.
182-84
17.
Which of one of the following sentences is true about wolves and dogs?
18.
In paragraph S, what variable were the Hungarian scientist trying to control?
19.
What do paragraphs 6 and 7 imply about wolves and dogs?
20.
Which of the following was an unexpected finding in the experiments reported in November 2002 ?
21.
What is the idea the writer of this article doesn't seem to agree to (para. 9)?
22.
What did the writer in this study want to find out (para.1)?
23.
What does the phrase checking out (para.8) mean?
SECTION FOUR: Vocabulary (24-39)
A. Completion (24-31)
DIRECTIONS: Questions 24-31 are
incomplete sentences. There are four alternative words, A-D, given below each question. Choose the word that set completes the sentence and blacken the letter of your choice in the space provided in the answer sheet
24.
We should teach children to when they cross roads. There could be speeding vehicles coming from either direction.
25.
Previously, he was a fulltime manager at the Sheraton Hotel, but now the earns a living working as a giving training to managers in various companies.
26.
Countries which are members of the African Union are states.
27.
She likes to try extraordinary things, In other words, she usually comes up with ideas that most of us cannot think of.
28.
I believe the machine was by the operator. How can it stop working m just three months?
29.
Corrupt officials might think they could rob public property and it, but sooner or later, they would get caught.
30.
The new prime minister seems to have the of a natural leader. But to he successful, the needs the cooperation of all the people.
31.
Apparently there are lost of buildings in Addis Abuba that should be because of their inferior quality. If lefi alone, they could be risky to the occupants.
DIRECTIONS: Questions 32-39 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 given sentence if substituted for the underlined word or phrase and blacken the letter of your choice in the space provided in the answer sheet.
32.
If we carefully listen to the advice of our medical personnel, I am sure we can easily prevent some if the infectious diseases in Ethiopia. But people don't seem to be serious about them.
33.
We are so regretful that we didn't take necessary measures to stop the tyranny that went on in prisons of this country. No doubt, we are held responsible.
34.
The whole family looked up to my mother as their ideal example.
35.
Despite all attempts to bring about peace and stability, things are going very slow and in some places, they are even getting worse.
36.
The doctor told the nurse to have all the gadgets sterilized and make them ready for the operation this morning.
37.
A substantial number of refugees from the Middle East have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to cross to Europe.
38.
Contrary to want I heard about her, she is such a cute girl difficult to part with. She has a huge sense of humor.
39.
This task call. for careful investigation and scrutiny
SECTION FIVE: Grammar (40-65)
DIRECTIONS:
Question 40-65 are incomplete sentences.
there are four alternative words or phrases,
A-D, given below each question. Choose the word that best complete completes the sentence and blacken the letter of your choice in the space provided in the answer sheet.
40.
In don't think I'll need a hand. I am sure I manage to get it upstairs.
41.
She was rude all of us, so the president should take an immediate measure-in fact, see her off for good.
42.
You know your aunt is getting very old. You visit her everyday and see what is lacking. Check if she takes her meals properly.
43.
We wore worried that everybody had very liule money left. It was even more frustrating that Abdu, our Europe leader, had die compared to the rest of us.
44.
Gebre didn’t come to the meeting fear of being labeled as a puppet. But it could have been better to go and see what people think about the system.
45.
1 this job for the last 35 years and I don't think I would even think of changing it. It is my world and I feel is no better world for me.
46.
By the time you come for your next holiday, they_ the construction of the hotel. Surely, you will be staying there.
47.
in the town could you find any safe haven. I ask you to leave before it is too late.
48.
There might be skirmishes here and there in the country. the system is more democratic than ever before and the majority seems to he happier.
49.
Nearly of the invited guests appeared for the theatre and the manager was fuming about this. I said nothing, but chose to keep silent.
50.
Aren't you Mr. Karimu's daughter? I thought someone introduced you to me.
51.
understand could replace the trouble you took to make us live comfortably. All we could do is say thank you from the bottom of our heart.
52.
Hebran there since last October, but she wants to come back very soon. She says she is missing her little daughter.
53.
Despite the provocative comments made by some of her audience, she chose her word very carefully not to go out of topic and make the issue personal. I recall admired her patience.
54.
of you is responsible for what had happened. It was this Nigerian guy that stole everything.
55.
The fact is that 1 didn't know she was in such a serious problem. Now you calm down and I do everything possible. OK?
56.
Everybody reacted in a strange way. It was a really blast that I could hear almost nothing of the screams and yells around. It took me five minutes so realize what was going on.
57.
When we arrived in Addis Ababa ,Bubu the money yet. You can't imagine how cross I was as we had no cash on hand.
58.
You would easily get a good job if you your spoken English.
59.
had we finished the cooking than he knocked at the door wanting something to eat. His noses should be very dependable.
60.
I am giving up the idea of starting a M /\ programe at Jombola University Admission with them is m August, but I from here by then, I will still have one more course to do.
61.
There are 600 from educations of exempting students who score over 600 from education cost-sharing.
62.
They still argue that the quality of education is steadily improving. Obviously they are trying to fool us, but we the idea.
63.
She showed such gestures that the boy thought she loved him. We shouldn't totally blame him for his actions
64.
I with you, Abel; irregular class attendance isn't the cause of your failure.
65.
need further clarification, give us a call or pay us a visit. We will be happy to assist.
SECTION SIX: Commuzñcate Activities (66-99)
DIRECTIONS: Questions 66-99 are presented in a form of 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 alternative answers, A. D, are given. Choose the alternative that is most appropriate to complete the dialogue and blacken the letter of your choice in the space provided in the answer sheet.
66.
Shaket: They lost their grandma only a month ago.
67.
Mammo: Are you coming to the part?
68.
Demeku: How is the weather?
69.
Yihun: Poor Lili! She lost all her money.
70.
Ujulu: I heard that girl is very hard-working. She always stands first.
71.
Chemeda: Excuse me. Can you tell me the nearest station?
72.
Marta: This is the pair of shoes I brought last week.
73.
Boss: What was their argument in brief?
74.
Elsa: What shall we do about our politicians? They are all compt.
75.
Bertukan: My new boyfriend loves me a lot.
76.
Neima: I'm worried. I'm performing awfully poor this year
77.
Aster: Jim and Jane are marrying next week.
78.
Shumi: Exams are around the corner. We have to work hard.
79.
Dldi: I heard you won the scholarship.
80.
Tourist: The roads in the city are dilapidated.
81.
Tesfa: Who walks on all fours in the morning, two in the afternoon and three in the evening?
82.
Student:
Friend: If I were you, I would report to the campus police.
83.
Lellisa:Shall we walk or take a bus?
84.
Alemu: Sounds like you had a boring day. Did anything interesting happen?
85.
Nigusu: The wot was too spicy. I just couldn't eat it
86.
Husband: We have to be stringent in using our home provision, Wife: What do you mean by that? How? You know we are spending the minimum possible.
Husband: I know. However, our income is
dismissing and the cost of living
sky-rocketing.
Wife: So, what would we do?
Husband: We've to change our style of living. Economize.
Wife: I concur, however, I disagree with your
solution
87.
Beruktawit: I got the position I applied for.
88.
Hamza: I'm sorry. I've broken your glasses.
89.
Gonfe: I don't agree to her idea of perfectionism.
90.
Doctor: How would it matter if the patients do not turn up on time?
91.
Ashu: There are positive changes all over the country.
92.
Friend:
Ergicho: Alright, but only for five minutes.
93.
Student: I’m sorry. I don't remember. Have you seen them?
94.
Abay: They shouldn't have released those prisoners.
95.
Driver: My Toyota car is still perfect after 10 years on the road.
96.
Manager: What happened to those new machines?
97.
Seman: Who has two eyes, but cannot see?
98.
You: Guess what! I bought a car.
99.
Tsegaye: What would you do?
Gutema: What comes to mind-calling the police or friends? I don't know.
SECTION SEVEN: Writing (100-120) DIRECTIONS: Questions 100-120 are related to different types of writing. Read each of them very carefully and choose the best answer from the four alternative answers. A-D, given. Then blacken the letter of your choice in the space provided in the answer sheet.
100.
Which one of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?
101.
He was a real miser. giving out a penny even to his old mum hurt him like a knife in the body,... This is taken a piece of writing that is most likely:
102.
Which one of the following sentences is WRONGLY punctuated?
103.
Which of the following could be an ending you would possibly use to a letter you wrote to your best friend in Nazareth?
104.
Which one of the following words has a correct spelling?
105.
Which one of the following is an example of a sentence extracted from a descriptive piece of writing?
106.
Which one of the following sentences has a correct punctuation?
107.
Early morning, I went for a walk and came back to the hotel to have breakfast with her and go out. Our plan for the day was to visit an old castle from the l7th century. As we finished breakfast, we packed our stuff and called a taxi--These lines are taken from a piece of writing that is most likely:
108.
Which of the following sentences is most likely taken from a narrative piece of writing?
109.
After graduation from a college, he went straight into the army and look training for three years. Apparently, it was towards the end of the training that he decided to join the front, so he established constant with leaders. After that... What kind of writing are the above lines most likely taken from?
110.
Which one of the following could be an opening a letter a company manager is writing to you with regard to the job you applied for?
DIRECTIONS: Questions 111-120 have to do with research report writing. Read each of them very carefully and choose the best answer from the four alternative answers.
Questions 111-115: Suppose there are 18 other students you in your class. The youngest in Eldana, 14, and the oldest is Biruk 19, The breakdown in age of the remaining students is that six are 15, four are 16 , three are 17 and four are 18 . Answer the following questions based on the information above.
111.
What is the median of the age distribution?
112.
What is the range of the distribution?
113.
What is the mode of the distribution?
114.
What conclusion can we drawn from the age distribution of these students?
115.
What is the class size?
Questions 116-120: The following are extracts from a research report. Read each of them and identify the part of the report they have been taken from. Then blacken the letter of your choice, A-D, in the space provided in the answer sheet.
116.
fifty—five employees from each of the companies were made to fil1 in a questionnaire after on-the-job observations were conducted. Which section of a research report is the above sentence most likely taken from?
117.
Of the 110 that filled in the questionnaire, 88(80% ) said the bonus they get from the companies are nowhere close to the extra-efforts they make to boost production. Which section of a research report is the above most likely extracted from?
118.
In order to objectively and genuinely address the needs of the employees, it is important that their voices are during of managers. Where in a research report would the above sentence most likely belong?
119.
This study showed that both government and private media are biased in their own ways with regard to the information they transmit to the public. Which section of a research report are the above lines most likely taken from?
120.
The study made an attempt to see if differences exist between the ways students from the rural regard and those from towns adapt to the higher education environment. Where in a research report would the above sentence most likely belong?
