English Final Exam for Grade 12 Students Chercher Secondary School: Semester One: 2015/2023

Copyright: This exam has been prepared by:

☞ Befikadu Tadesse (MA)
☞ Wendoson Zelleke (MA)
☞ Million Abebe (MA)

Part One: Writing: Word Order Questions

Instruction: The following words are not in the proper order. When put in the right order, they make correct English sentences. From the given alternatives, choose the one that is correct.
1. say/to/you/for/you/did /I/want/for/all/us/thank

A. You want to say I think you for all did for us. 

B. I want to say thank you for all you did for us.
C. You say I want to thank you for all did for us. 

D. I did want you for all for us to say thank you.

2. got/in /has/house/all/money/the/new/her/she

A. She has all her new money got in the house.   

B. She has got her money all in the new house.
C. She has got all her money in the new house.   

D. All her money she has got in the new house.

3. the/babies/people/world/love/throughout/

A. People the babies throughout love world.    

B. Babies world throughout love the people.
C. Throughout babies love the people world.   

D. People love babies throughout the world.

4. that/ anything/ me/ don’t/ to/ like/ again/ say

A. Don’t again say like that anything to me.    
B. Don’t to me say anything like that again.
C. Don’t say anything like that to me again.    
D. Don’t say anything to me like that again.

5. lung/ pollution/ is/ causes/ why/ air/ obvious/ cancer

A. Why lung cancer causes air pollution is obvious.  
B. Why air pollution causes lung cancer is obvious.
C. Lung cancer causes why air pollution is obvious.  
D. Why causes lung cancer air pollution is obvious.

Part Two: Grammar Questions

Instruction: Answer the next questions by choosing the words/phrase that could best completes the given blank space/s!
6. Most of the engineers in this company are _____ me. No one is ____ I am.  

A. senior to/ younger  
B. senior to/youngest
C. more senior/younger like
D. senior to/ younger than

7. Murad Hussein is ___ student I have ever seen in my life.  

A. the most intelligent  
B. more intelligent than any  
C. more intelligent than any  
D. as intelligent as

8. Mbappe is ______ all the other football players in this tournament.

A. younger than     B. the youngest     

C. more young       D. most young

9. Next week by this time, we _____ our first semester exam.

A. will have been finished    
B. will have finished    
C. finish           D. are finishing  

10. I ____ that Obama ___ as chief mechanics in Ethiopian Airlines for more than 25 years.

A. know/had worked                    
B. am knowing /has been working
C. knew /has been worked           
D. knowing /has been working

11. Someone _____ for me at my office when I ___ you 5 hours ago.

A. was being waiting/was phoned           
B. waited/phoned
C. was waiting/phoned                   
D. was being waited/was phoning

12. As economics ___ a science of choice, it __ how people choose to use scarce or limited productive resources.

A. is/studies       
B. is being/has studied     
C. was/studies   
D. is has been / studied

13. I have ___ cheated on exam ___ grade one.

A. never/until      B. never/since    

C. not ever/for    D. not never/since

14. Dangote has worked really hard for his exam; he _____ his university entrance exam and join any field he wants.

A. could pass          B. could have passed    
C. may not pass     D. might not have passed

15. Why is that man waving at us? I think his car _______ down.        

A. might have broken        B. might be break  
C. couldn’t have broken    D. could break    

16. The President was not sure whether he locked his office or not. The police officer said "All the documents in the Office were stolen; the President _____ the Office or the thieves _____ it!"

A. might have locked/can't have broken         
B. may not have locked/couldn't have broken
C. might not have locked/may have broken  
D. could have locked/might have broken

17. But for the fact that I ___ any money, I ______ with my friends to the new film.

A. had/could gone  
B. had had/could gone    
C. had/could have gone   
D. didn't have/could have gone

18. I wish I ____ money to go with you and watch the new film. How was it?

A. hadn't had      B. had had      C. had     D. have had

19. If I _____ money, I ___ with you and watched the new film.

A. had had/would have gone  
B. had /would have gone  
C. hadn't had/would go
D. didn't have/would go

20. If you were driving from Adama to Addis, which way ______?

A. will you go            B. can you go         

C. do you go             D. would you go

21. If anybody _______, I could have told him what happened.

A. asked                  B. had asked       

C. has asked          D. would have asked

22. You should study hard. _______, you will fail the exam.

A. If so        B. If not        C. If only         D. What if

23. We won’t catch the bus ________ we leave now.

A. if           B. if not       C. unless       D. when

24. Our house maid is really a nice woman. She is _____ a mother.

A. looks          B. like         C. acts       D. is as

25. _____________ we grow older; we care more about what other people think about us.

A. Because       B. As       

C. While            D. In case of

26. Despite _________ day and night. Murad could not be success full.

A. work              B. working       

C. to work         D. to working

27. ____________ hot the weather is he always wears a heavy over coat.

A. Even though                     B. No matter how        
C. Despite the fact that      D. How

28. _____________, I could see that Aster was crying.

A. Besides her attempts to hide her face          
B. Although she tried to hide her face
C. However hard she tried to cry              
D. Because tried to hide her face

29. ___________ no one at home, Jemal left the house in a bed temper.

A. Finding         B. Finds       C. To find          D. Found  

30. What a ________ day! We hardly had anything to do.

A. relaxing       B. tiring         C. boring         D.  freighting

31. ____________ his exams, Adem went to Jima to visit his uncle.

A. Finished                            B. Having finished       
C. Having been finished      D. After finished

32. _______________________, the clothes were ironed.

A. Having washed                 B. Have washed      
C. Having been washed       D. Were washing

33. As soon as the player ____ his first goal, he ___ his t-shirt and ___ towards the audience to express his happiness.

A. had scored/removed/thrown          
B. scored/had removed/threw
C. scored/removed/threw                    
D. scored/removed/thrown

 Part Three: Communication Questions

Instruction: Answer the following questions by choosing the best choice to complete the given dialogue!
34. Caller: Hello! Can I speak to Chala?  
       Receiver: Oh! I am afraid. He is out at the moment. ____?

A. How do you do
B. What is your problem
C. When do you want to see him
D. Shall I go with you

35. Waiter: Sorry, do you say tea or coffee?       
       Costumer: _________________.

A. Many people like coffee        
B. They are my favorite drinks
C. Tea is addictive                      
D. I would rather have coffee

36. Hanna: I wonder where Almaze is.   

      Jemal:  I___________ she’s still at school.

 A. doubt           B. don’t know  

C. don’t care    D. do it myself

37. Stranger:  How can I get to the stadium, please?   
       Policeman: Go straight, turn right and _______.

A. there it is                         B. you will admire it         
C. you can’t miss it            D. that it is

38. Manager: ___________?   
       Applicant: To apply for the job you announced.

A. What can I help you      B. Do you want me   
C. Why are you here          

D. Where do you come from

39. Passer by: Excuse me. What time it is?     
      You: ___________.

A. Yes, I have a watch  B. I think you are late    
C. It is ten to ten           D. time is not important

40. Passenger: How soon does the bus leave?     
       Bus assistant: _____________.

A. Fifty kilometer per hour   
B. in ten minutes      
C. It is a speedy car  
D. well reach in time

41. Shopkeeper: __________.    
      Customer: Thank you. But it is still costly.

A. The dressing room is right in front         
B. We offer 15% discount
C. The dress is very fine                              
D. You may as well try the blue black

42. Teacher: How come you are late today?    
       Selman: Sorry teacher, _____________.

A. I came on time  
B. I am absent today    
C. It’s not yet too early
D. I missed the first bus

43. Teacher: How often do you visit your parents?     
       Student: ___________.

A. Just last year     B. Three months ago       
C. Next year            D. Monthly  

Part Four: Passage Questions

Instruction: Answer the following questions based on the above passage!

Passage: Animals' Meeting (from Animal Farm Book)

All the animals were now present except Moses, the tame raven, who slept on a perch behind the back door. When Major saw that they had all made themselves comfortable and were waiting attentively, he cleared his throat and began:

“Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps for himself. Our labour tills the soil, our dung fertilises it, and yet there is not one of us that owns more than his bare skin. You cows that I see before me, how many thousands of gallons of milk have you given during this last year? And what has happened to that milk which should have been breeding up sturdy calves? Every drop of it has gone down the throats of our enemies. And you hens, how many eggs have you laid in this last year, and how many of those eggs ever hatched into chickens? The rest have all gone to market to bring in money for Jones and his men. And you, Clover, where are those four foals you bore, who should have been the support and pleasure of your old age? Each was sold at a year old_you will never see one of them again. In return for your four confinements and all your labour in the fields, what have you ever had except your bare rations and a stall?"
 

“And even the miserable lives we lead are not allowed to reach their natural span. For myself I do not grumble, for I am one of the lucky ones. I am twelve years old and have had over four hundred children. Such is the natural life of a pig. But no animal escapes the cruel knife in the end. You young porkers who are sitting in front of me, every one of you will scream your lives out at the block within a year. To that horror we all must come_cows, pigs, hens, sheep, everyone. Even the horses and the dogs have no better fate. You, Boxer, the very day that those great muscles of yours lose their power, Jones will sell you to the knacker, who will cut your throat and boil you down for the foxhounds. As for the dogs, when they grow old and toothless, Jones ties a brick round their necks and drowns them in the nearest pond."
“Is it not crystal clear, then, comrades, that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings? Only get rid of Man, and the produce of our labour would be our own. Almost overnight we could become rich and free. What then must we do? Why, work night and day, body and soul, for the overthrow of the human race! That is my message to you, comrades: Rebellion! I do not know when that Rebellion will come, it might be in a week or in a hundred years, but I know, as surely as I see this straw beneath my feet, that sooner or later justice will be done. Fix your eyes on that, comrades, throughout the short remainder of your lives! And above all, pass on this message of mine to those who come after you, so that future generations shall carry on the struggle until it is victorious..."

Taken from "ANIMAL FARM" by George Orwell (1944)

44. According to the passage, what was the main purpose of the speaker?

A. to explain the evils that happened to each animal.
B. to ask the animals to rebel against human beings and overthrow human race.
C. to pass his message to the future generations
D. to be the future leader of all the animals.

45. One of the following animals has not been mentioned as victim in the passage. Which one?

A. rabbits      B. dogs      C. sheep      D. cows

46. The pronoun 'they', in paragraph 1 refers to:

A. Moses          B. any animal      

C. the animals on the meeting  

D. human beings

47. The speaker, Major, came from which animal?

A. has not been mentioned in the passage 

B. elephants          C. lions      D. pigs    

48. In which paragraph did the leader of the meeting mention his main purpose?

A. paragraph 2       B. paragraph 1      

C. paragraph 4       D. paragraph 3

49. According to the passage, if what happen, all the animals could be rich and free within overnight?

A. if they remove human beings      
B. if what they produce would be their own
C. if they work night and day            
D. if they escape the cruel knife in the end

50. The pronoun "them" in the statement"...you will never see one of them again." (paragraph 2: sentence 2 from the bottom) refers to:

A. clover's old age               B. clover's confinements
C. hatched chickens           D. clover's children

51. One of the following matches is wrongly matched with the mistreatments that happened to the animals.

A. cows: they got nothing from their milks
B. hens: their eggs were hatched into chickens  
C. boxers: they were sold after they lost their power
D. dogs were drowned into ponds after they got older and toothless

52. What is the meaning of the word 'confinement', as used in paragraph 2?

A. being forced to eat unwanted food
B. being forced to stay in closed
C. a time when a woman gives birth to a baby 

D. a time for enjoyment

53. According to the above passage, what has gone down through their enemies' throats

A. the eggs       B. what all the animals produced      

C. the milk        D. the meet

Part Five: Vocabulary Questions

Instruction: Questions 54-60 are vocabulary questions, answer each of them by choosing correct answer.
54. Since our school rule is "strict", can’t enter to the school compound without my identification card. Strict means: ________.

A. soft     B. firm     C. incorrect     D. poor

55. I have a plan to study my lesson properly and I advised my friends to do "likewise". Likewise means: ______.

A. In the same way            B. indifferent way      
C. in the opposite way      D. in any way

56. A corn plant has a pity nodded "stalk" supported by prop roots. Stalk means ________.

A. branch       B. sugar       C. leaf   D. root

57. Jemal "takes after" his father.  The meaning of the underlined (in quotations) phrase  ________.

A. to make progress      B. to look like         
C. to receive something      D. to disappoint   

58. The traffic police ______the driver a total of 300 birr for his dangerous driving.

A. paid      B. praised      C. fined          D. received

59. We are very _______ of our National Football Team.  

A. pride        B. proud    C. passionate    D. optimist

60. The athlete has tried his best many times. But he could not be successful and finally he ________ and stopped running.

A. pessimistic   B. irritated   C. frustrated   D. worried  

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