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2019/20 Academic Year English Final Exam for Grade 10 Section ___Date፡ ____________
Teachers‟ Name: Mr. Tesfaye H., Mr. Shimelis G., Mr. Yetwale B. & Mr.Tesfalidet G.
Student‟s Name: Time allowed: 1፡30
Part One: Reading Comprehension
Directions: (1-10)
Student‟s Name Read the passage below and
___________________________ then ____
Section answer theallotted
Time questions
1:00
that follow
according to the information in the passage.
The greedy old Spider
There was once a great, big, fat greedy, old spider more than anything else this spider liked to eat. This
greedy old spider lived in the middle of the jungle half way between two villages. One day the people in the
first village decided they would have feast- a feast with every good kind of food they could think of. The feast
would be on Saturday night. Everyone in the village would be there. The people from the village also decided
to invite the greedy old spider to the feast.

The people in the second village also decided to have a great feast. They also planned to have every good
kind of food imaginable- fried plantains, and pounded cassava and rice and greens, and palm butter, and
meat. The feast would be on Saturday night. The people from that village also decided to invite the greedy old
spider. Thus, the messenger told him to come.

“I will come,” said old spider, who always loved to eat. But now spider had a problem. Both the feasts were
on the same day. He must find a way to go to both. He thought and thought. At last, he had an idea. “Please
pull this rope when it is time for the feast,” he said to the people in the village. “We will,” said the people, “we
will pull it when the feast is ready.” “Please pull this rope when it is time for the feast,” said the spider giving
the second rope to the people in the second village. “We will,” said the people. “We will pull it when the feast
is ready.”The spider left one end of the rope in the village, pulling the other end behind him until he reached
the middle of the forest. Then, he tied both of the ropes around his belly. “When I feel a pull on one rope,” he
thought,” I will run to that village and eat. I will eat until I feel a pull on the other rope. Then, I will run to the
other village and eat theirs as well.” With the ropes tied around his middle, spider sat down to wait. He
waited all through the afternoon. While he waited, he got hungrier and hungrier. When both preparations were
completed, the people remembered the spider. They also pulled on the rope he gave them.

When the people in the first villages saw that spider did not come, they pulled the rope harder. When the
people in the second village saw that the spider did not come, they also pulled harder. In both villages the
people pulled and pulled and pulled but still spider did not come.

“Perhaps he does not want to feast with us,” they said. So they started their feasts without him. They ate and
ate until they could eat no more. And they played their music and danced until they could play and dance no
more.

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ፈጣሪ የምንወዳቸዉ ልጆቻችንን ፣ ሀገራችንንና ህዝባችንን ይጠብቅልን!
 Of course, what happened was this. Spider had felt pull on the rope from the first village. But before he
could move, he had felt a pull on the rope from the second village. He did not know what to do. Then, both
ropes began pulling at once. They pulled harder and harder. The knots on the ropes got tighter and tighter
around spider‟s middle. At last the ropes had stopped pulling. But by that time, the ropes were so tight and
spider was so exhausted that he was unable to move. He fell in a heap on the ground. By the time, Spider was
able to struggle free from the ropes and make it to the first village, the feast had ended. “We are so sorry,” said
the people when the spider arrived,” but when you did not come, he thought perhaps you had other plans. The
food is all gone. There is not one grain of rice left. The spider hurried to the second village. There too the feast
had ended. “Oh spider,” said the people when they saw him, “we pulled and pulled the rope, just as you told
us. Why didn‟t you come? Alas! a single bite is left.” And so, the greedy old spider, who hoped to have two
feasts at once, instead ended up with nothing at all.
Source: Internet (Highlightskids.com)

Now, choose the letter of the correct answer according to the above passage and write it in the space provided.

_______ 1. What is the spider interested in?

A. Dancing B. eating C. playing on a rope D. music
_______ 2. Where did the spider live?
A. In the first village C. In the middle of the two villages
B. In the second village D. Inside the jungle far from the two villages.
_______ 3. Why did the spider tie the two ropes on his middle?
A. Because he liked playing with ropes.
B. Because he wanted to go to the first village.
C. Because he wanted to show the people something funny.
D. Because he wanted to go to both villages when he felt a pull.
_______ 4. Why did the people stop pulling the rope?
A. They were tired of playing the rope game.
B. They did not want the spider to eat with them.
C. They thought may be the spider didn‟t want to feast with them.
D. They thought that the spider had become tired.
_______ 5. When spider arrived at the first village, _____________.
A. there was a grain of rice left. C. he ate and ate until he could eat no more.
B. he was very excited. D. the food is all gone.
_______ 6. …spider was exhausted. „exhausted‟ (paragraph 6, line 5) means _________.
A. Satisfied B. tired C. pleased D. fasted
_______ 7. …„a single bite‟ (paragraph 6, line 10) means ______________
A. a small amount of food C. a single cut
B. a single sting of an insect D. a single animal
_______ 8. ------ „perhaps‟ (paragraph 5, line 1) means _________
A. definitely B. exactly C. surely D. may be
_______ 9. ------„imaginable‟ (paragraph 2, line 2) means ____________
A. that can‟t be imagined C. unthinkable
B. unreal D. that can be imagined

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ፈጣሪ የምንወዳቸዉ ልጆቻችንን ፣ ሀገራችንንና ህዝባችንን ይጠብቅልን!
_______ 10. When would the feast be held in both villages?
A. On Sunday afternoon C. On Saturday nigh
B. On Sunday night D. On Saturday afternoon

Part Two: Grammar and usage

Directions: (11-24) Choose the best answer from the given four multiple choices and
write the letter in the space given.
_______ 11. ________ we had been working continuously for more than eight hours, we are not tired.
A. Although B. Since C. For D. As
_______ 12. She has to _______ an effort to _______ the work.
A. do/make B. make /do C. do/do D. make/make
_______ 13. As there was nobody at home, I_______ myself a cup of tea.
A. do B. did C. makes D. made
_______ 14. The police need to get some information. The synonym of the underlined word as used in the
sentence is _______
A. pick up B. arrive C. obtain D. give
_______ 15. Ali, you went to the market, ____________________?
A. didn‟t you B. did you C. wasn‟t you D. don‟t you
_______ 16. Most high school students do not eat lunch at school, _____________________?
A. do they B. don‟t they C. do they not D. don‟t they not
_______ 17. You‟d like to go for scholarship, __________________________?
A. would you B. had you C. hadn‟t you D. wouldn‟t you
_______ 18. One of your girls _______ a present.
A. have brought B. are brought C. had brought D. were brought
_______ 19. All the students except Aziza _______ good English.
A. speaks B. speak C. is speaking D. does speak
_______ 20. He looked at the child and asked, “_________ only three years old?”
A. Is he B. Were he C. He is D. He was
_______ 21. She has been with us _________ last September.
A. for B. since C. ago D. when
_______ 22. I waited for john _________ more than a week.
A. for B. since C. till D. ago
_______ 23. The woman, who stands near the gate, is my aunt. The dependent clause of this sentence is _______.
A. The woman C. is my aunt
B. who stands near the gate D. The woman is my aunt.
_______ 24. “I can‟t breathe” were the words of George Floyd when a police knelt on his neck. What is the
independent clause of this sentence?
A. “I can‟t breathe‟‟
B. “I can‟t breathe‟‟ were the words of George Floyd.
C. when a police knelt on his neck
D. a police knelt on his neck
E.

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ፈጣሪ የምንወዳቸዉ ልጆቻችንን ፣ ሀገራችንንና ህዝባችንን ይጠብቅልን!
Part Three: Vocabulary (Synonyms and Completion)
Directions: (25-29) Match column “A” of the word get as used in each sentence with the
closest word meaning given under column “B”.
Column „A‟ Column „B‟

_______ 25. I have got a serious head ache. A. understand

_______ 26. Please let me get you at the station. B. reached/arrive at
_______ 27. Sure! I have got what you want to say. C. ill/sick
_______ 28. Shall I get you my new address? D. give
_______ 29. She got home at midnight. E. meet/see

Directions: (30-34) Fill in the gaps with the following words given in the box. Clue: the
words in the bracket are synonyms to the words you put in the gap.
withdraw from dueled occupied by
carry on exempt from

30. Legislators __________ over the tax increase. (encountered)

31. Greece had been _____________ Germany during the war. (captured)
32. I had to ______________ the bright lights due to my migraine. (leave)
33. _________ straight _____ until you get to the traffic lights. (continue)
34. Single electronics; TV, laptop and mobile phones _______________ tax in Ethiopia. (let free)

Part Four: Sentences Construction.

Directions: (35-37) Construct two sentences by using the simple past and past participle
forms of the following present verbs.
35. Begin1/__________________________________________________________________________.
2/ _________________________________________________________________________.
36. Bite 1/ __________________________________________________________________________.
2/ _________________________________________________________________________ .
37. Ride 1/__________________________________________________________________________.
2/ _________________________________________________________________________.

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ፈጣሪ የምንወዳቸዉ ልጆቻችንን ፣ ሀገራችንንና ህዝባችንን ይጠብቅልን!
 Part Five: Unscrambling Sentences

Directions: (38-40) Unscramble the following words so as to give a complete sentence

(focus on order of adjectives).
38. drive/car/used/I/German/an/blue/to/old.
________________________________________________________ .
39. my/ wedding/tie/the/uncle/silk/wore/blue/a.
__________________________________________________________ .

40. She/ supermodel/slim/Brazilian/is/a/beautiful.

___________________________________________________________ .

Good Luck!

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ፈጣሪ የምንወዳቸዉ ልጆቻችንን ፣ ሀገራችንንና ህዝባችንን ይጠብቅልን!