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Ethiopian university Entrance examination (EUEE)
English Examination Ginbot 2008/May 2016
1.
Serkalem has nearly used up the butter. She has _______ now.
2.
Munit: where have you put all the letters?
Woinshet: You can easily find them _______ between the two tables.
3.
Join the following pairs of sentences. She was very busy with the preparations. She couldn't attend to her guests.
4.
_______ the weather was very bad, the match between the two teams continued up to the end.
5.
Ethiopia has now won world attention _______ marked progress economically
6.
Megerssa is preparing himself for the National examination. He can join any of the universities that he wants ______ that he gets more than 550 points.
7.
which one of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
8.
On no account can Meseret be _____ of all the girls in the school.
9.
All the roads were muddy throughout the days last week. It continuously rained ________.
10.
Join the following pairs of sentences in any sensible way
The room is large. It can accommodate all the guests
11.
_______ very well, the boy started to behave properly.
12.
The instructor advised every one ________ and read the new novels.
13.
The teacher said, "Bring your exercise books every time you come to English classes!" How do you report the above sentence?
14.
Before he joined this profession, his wife _______ at the Commercial Bank for five years.
15.
which of the following sentences is correct?
16.
Selamawit obtained a good job long before she _______ degree from the university.
17.
I suppose this story _______ like an interesting one; you should finish it before bedtime.
18.
Hamid: will you ______ me a favor and give me a lift to my home tonight?
Abdu: Definitely, I will. Don't worry.
19.
Many parents spend most of their weekends away from home. They _________ have enough time to relax with their children.
20.
What _______ you do if you saw your close friend copying answers from other students?
21.
It is 11 o'clock now, but I have _____ eaten my lunch.
22.
Teacher: ________ you play ground tennis?
Student: Only twice a week.
23.
Your shoes are not clean enough; I think you ______ clean them before you put on your new clothes.
24.
Ahmed: What a lovely day! What shall we do today, Daniel?
Daniel: _______ going for a picnic?
25.
It is a cloudy morning it looks like it ______ rain in the afternoon.
26.
The secretary has made better use of the time and finished writing the letters, but she doesn't know to ______ they should be addressed.
27.
I always walk to school; after all, it only ______ me 10 minutes from home.
28.
Our basic needs are things which we _______ get to lead a normal life.
29.
The president has visited the Great Renaissance Dam several times, the most recent of _______ began this weekend.
30.
"Help! There is _______ frog in my school bag!" shouted my youngest sister yesterday morning.
Direction: For items 31-41, read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Air is life. One of many forms of pollution, air pollution occurs inside pollution is the addition of harmful substances to the atmosphere resulting in damage to the environment, human health, and the quality of homes, schools, and offices; in cities; across continents; and even globally. Air pollution makes people sick It causes breathing problems and promotes cancer- and it harms plants, animals, and the ecosystems in which they live. Some air pollutants return to Earth in the form of acid rain and snow, which corrode statues and buildings, damage crops and forests, and make lakes and streams unsuitable for fish and other plant and animal life.
Pollution is changing Earth's atmosphere so that it lets in more harmful radiation from the Sun. At the same time, our polluted atmosphere is becoming a better insulator, preventing heat from escaping back into space and leading to a rise in global average temperatures. Scientists predict that the temperature increase, referred to as global warming, will affect the world food supply, alter sea levels, make weather more extreme, and increase the spread of tropical diseases.
Most air pollution comes from one human activity: burning fossil fuels-natural gas, coal, and oil- to power industrial processes and motor vehicles. Among the harmful chemical compounds, this burning puts into the atmosphere are carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and tiny solid particles including lead from gasoline additives called particulates. Between 1900 and 1970, the motor vehicle uses rapidly expanded, and emissions of nitrogen oxides, some of the most damaging pollutants in vehicle exhaust, increased by 690 percent. When fuels are incompletely burned, various chemicals called volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) also enter the air. Pollutants also come from other sources. For instance, decomposing garbage in landfills and solid waste disposal.
Some of these pollutants also come from natural sources. For example, forest fires emit particulates and VOCs into the atmosphere. Ultra-fine dust particles, dislodged by soil erosion, increase airborne particulate levels. Volcanoes discharge sulfur dioxide and large amounts of lava rock known as volcanic ash. A big volcanic eruption can darken the sky over a wide region and affect the Earth's entire atmosphere. The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines, for example, dumped enough volcanic ash into the upper atmosphere to lower global temperatures for the next two years. Unlike pollutants from human activity, however, naturally occurring pollutants tend to remain in the atmosphere for a short time and do not lead to permanent atmospheric change.
Once in the atmosphere, pollutants often undergo chemical reactions that produce additional harmful compounds. Air pollution is subject to weather patterns that can trap it in valleys or blow it across the globe to damage pristine environments far from the original sources.
Source Adapted from (Encarta, 2006)
31.
What does the word permanent in paragraph 4 mean?
32.
The pronoun it paragraph 1 refers to
33.
What results in volcanoes discharge of large amounts of lava rock?
34.
Which one of the following is NOT a natural source of pollutants?
35.
According to the passage, which one of the following is NOT true?
36.
What can be increased as a result of air pollution?
37.
According to the prediction of scientists, which one of the following will be affected by global warming?
38.
What is the purpose of paragraph 4?
39.
The main purpose of paragraph 2 is to
40.
According to the passage, which one of the following can NOT be affected by temperature increase or global warming?
41.
What does paragraph 3 explain? It _______
Direction: For items 42- 46, choose the most suitable meaning for the words written in bold
42.
Studies indicate the divorce rate in the developed world is more than twice as much as it is in the developing world. Consequently, single parents seem to be the norm rather than the exception in those countries nowadays.
43.
I am not that stubborn. I know it's all my fault and I am going to apologize for that!" said my little daughter, looking at the papers that were messed up in my office.
44.
Guest: I can't afford such a sumptuous room. Can you get me a more affordable one, please?
Manager: No, I'm sorry. This is the only unoccupied room we have at the moment.
45.
The natural disaster that has claimed thousands of lives in Nepal recently does not seem to have received a sufficient response from relief agencies all over the world.
46.
A steady flow of refugees from the war zones received widespread attention from the international community.
Directions: For items 47-51. choose the most appropriate word that can complete each sentence meaningfully
47.
There is a tremendous increase in the number of banking institutions in Addis Ababa. This, indeed, has made it easier for customers to make a_________ at any branch of their convenience
48.
"You've always been ________ for class. What's the matter today?" the teacher shouted.
49.
Unlike in the past, university _______ rates are immensely falling these days. In other words, fewer students leave university before graduation.
50.
As a matter of fact, there is no point in going out this evening the weather is still ________
51.
Our school director's report urged us to _________ goal with determination our academic with determination.
