2013 and 2004: Grade 12 Entrance Exam: English: Only VOCABULARY Questions + Exam Techniques By Million Abebe (MA in English and B. Ed. Degree in Pedagogy): 2022

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♦Compare both questions (2013&2004) and see the difference!

Challenge 1: 2013/2021: Entrance: Vocabulary

Part 1: Completion
DIRECTION: Choose the choice that best completes each sentence!

1. They heard it on the radio that the _____ where they store expensive electronic materials was on fire. I heard that the dama it inflicted is estimated at five million birr.

A. classroom B. auditorium

C. hall D. warehouse

2. I will never forget my stay in this company. I enjoyed working with you as my boss and I ______ meeting you again sometime in my life.

A. like B. look forward to

C. will wait until D. wish

3. We will need to revolutionize our work culture. Everyone should be convinced that ______ comes through hard work and embrace for that. Otherwise, we remain poor forever.

A. prosperity B. popularity

C. authority D. reputation

4. Your room is still ______! Remember, I told you to get your stuff organize when I visited you last time. If I found the same next time, make sure you would be out.

A. crowded B. suffocated

C. untidy D. unclean

5. It rained all of a sudden and brought the game to an unexpected _______. The good thing, however, was that it stopped in fifteen minutes and the match continued.

A. halt B. finish

C. confusion D. circumstance

6. New school have been opened in almost all corners of Ethiopia during the last two decades and ________ has increased by nearly ten-folds. We now have almost all school age children in the system.

A. quantity B. education

C. enrolment D. schooling

7. If you have to go abroad for education, one of the things you have to be worried is ________. You have to be sure of where you are going to stay before you leave this country.

A. facilities B. accommodation

C. stipend D. provisions

8. We are fed up of people killing each other in this country. We want to see all ethnic groups _________ with one another and lead a peaceful life as they once did.

A. intervened B. compromised

C. mediated D. reconciled

Part 2: Substitution

DIRECTIONS: Choose word/phrase which could substitute the word/phrase within quotation marks.

9. Despite our resistance, he decided to quit his studies and "take up" music. He has now been doing it for two months and I don't even want to know the progress he is in this regard.

A. start B. play

C. sing D. major in

10. A very important lesson I learned from Kokeb is that you don't have to "rely" on anyone. People respect you when you are self-sufficient, particularly financially.

A. depend B. beg

C. entreat D. trouble

11. Problems in this country are getting more and more complex from time to time. However, ways should be sought to "overcome" them and start thinking about development.

A. solve B. overpower

C. defeat D. handle

12. If he is visually "impaired", tell him he should learn how to use braille. Otherwise, things will be hard for him when it comes to reading and writing.

A. unable B. damaged

C. disabled D. weakened

13. It is important to "conserve" some of our peace building traditions and pass them down to the coming generation. On the other hand, there are others that should be done away with.

A. stock B. appreciate

C. enjoy D. keep

14. Why are you worried about her? I know she is "capable". Just leave her alone and you will see how beautifully she would do it.

A. diligent B. competent

C. clever D. bright

15. Your persistent complaints have now started to "irritate" me. How come that your eyes can't see anything positive of what is going on?

A. itch B. annoy

C. prick D. disgust

16. I heard a big bang in the middle of the night. Did the firearms in the depot "go off" or was it something else.

A. catch fire B. burn down

C. heat up D. explode

Challenge 2: 2004/2012: Entrance: Vocabulary

Part 1: Completion
DIRECTION: Choose the choice that best completes each sentence!
1. I am _____ to you for letting me stay at your house for so long.

A. regretful B. grateful

C. doubtful D. careful

2. At one time, tigers were hunted almost to ____ for their hides in this country.

A. distinction B. extinction

C. exception D. exhaustion

3. The police used tear gas to _____ the protesters.

A. disperse B. spread

C. scour D. diffuse

4. You should be guided by your _____. Don’t be pushed around by others.

A. conscious B. consciousness
C. conscience D. conscientious

5. You’ve got to be _____ when you talk to the police. Otherwise, you could end up in a problem.

A. insistent B. persistent
C. constant D. consistent

6. House rent is becoming very expensive these days. Considering our income, I feel we pay _____ for it.

A. disproportionally

B. unproportionally

C. disproportionately

D. unproportianately

7. Watch out! This is a _____ type and you cannot bend it.

A. harsh B. stubborn

C. rigid D. parched

8. So far, the parties are _____. We don’t know who would win.

A. neck in neck B. head to head

C. hand in hand D. neck and neck

9. A good score in this examination is a _____ for you to join university next year.

A. precedent B. precaution

C. prerequisite D. requirement

10. Before catching the bus, I quickly _____ a note to my wife that I would not be home for dinner.

A. dictated B. sketched

C. described D. scribbled

11. I do not believe a word of what you have said. There is often a huge _____ between your words and your actions.

A. discrepancy B. disruption

C. duplication D. distortion

12. If food supplies give out, aid workers will have _____ for the refugees.

A. nothing B. very little

C. some D. abunant

13. All roads to the city centre have been _____ because of the ongoing clash.

A. blocked B. prevented

C. barraged D. blockaded

14. Apparently, there is a _____ . They were supposed to have been here early morning.

A. hold in B. hold up

C. hold out D. hold down

15. Do you understand how much physical labor can _____ the body very quickly?

A. exhaust B. extract

C. exert D. extend

16. There is no need to worry. If you apologize, she will _____ you soon.

A. forget B. forbid

C. forfeit D. forgive

17. Every year, a large number of tourists come to Ethiopia, a country rich in cultural _____.

A. heritage B. inheritance

C. heredity D. hereditary

18. Don’t tell him anything about our plans. He is not __ .

A. dependent B. dependable

C. depending D. independent

19. I am incredibly pleased with this exam; none of the questions have _____ me so far.

A. impressed B. charged

C. stretched D. challenged

20. You need to work hard to _____ distractions that interfere with concentration during your reading.

A. intimidate B. dominate

C. eliminate D. disseminate

Part 2: Substitution
DIRECTIONS: Choose word/phrase which could substitute the word/phrase within quotation marks.

21. Look! Doesn’t this girl "take after" her mother?

A. inherit B. imitate

C. resemble D. duplicate

22. This is a no-poster zone. You are not allowed to "put up" any posters around here.

A. fix B. dump

C. sell D. read

23. I have tired to see if these two can get along. Now, I assure you, they are "oil and water".

A. really like each other

B. don’t have much in common
C. don’t seem to agree at all
D. can easily mix with each other

24. If you ask me, all I can tell you is that my memory of the accident is "blurred".

A. unclear B. colorless

C. illusionary D. unremarkable

25. "Bear with me" for a couple of minutes. I’ll finish it and leave very soon.

A. Don’t disturb B. Give me a hand

C. Listen attentively D. Be patient with me

26. Poverty and crime "go hand –in – hand".

A. are mixed B. are merged

C. are separated D. are connected

27. She often "get on" my nerves whenever we go on holiday together.

A. irritates me B. pleases me

C. invites me D. imitates me

28. If you want to be someone, "keep your nose to the grindstone". That is all I could say.

A. obey you superiors
B. work in cooperation with other
C. continue working hard
D. sniff for what interests the bosses

29. If you are sure it is something "you cannot overcome", then why waste the whole day with it? Just forget it.

A. dissolveable B. unovercomable

C. insurmountable D. unsurmountable

30. I love "antique" furniture, but I need your advice before I buy any.

A. old B. modern

C. durable D. fashionable

31. The police caught the man who entered the building without the owner’s "consent".

A. suggestion B. knowledge

C. permission D. recommendation

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