SECTION ONE-VOCABULARY

A. Directions: Choose the one that best completes each sentence

_____1. ______environment can be achieved by using clean energy sources.

A. Polluting B. damaging C. sustainable D. involved

_____2. In order to ________the people from intruders,the police are in control of the area.
A. Achieve B. secure C. promote D. halt
_____3. The city council has allocated budget to_______the youth in establishing small
businesses.
A. Eliminate B. secure C. promote D. sustain
_____4. Women _______can be manifested in the fact that quite a number of women taking the
leader ship role in government offices.
A. Eradication B. sustainable C. involvement D. discrimination
_____5. ______HIV/AIDS and malaria is one of the MDGs.
A. Promoting B. combating C. replicating D. involving
_____6. During my---------------,I used to look after cattle.
A. child B. Childish C. children D. childhood
_____7.You’ll----------------the illness soon, I hope you’ll be back to your usual business.
A. go through B. get on with C. get over D. take on
_____8. This girl is not going to fall in to your trap easily! She’s so _______!
A. tiny B. fool C. witty D. diligent
_____9. Mrs. Maria is ____________.You can count on her for the situation you are in.
A. independent B. untrustworthy C. dependable D. down to earth
DIRECTION: Choose the one that means the same as the underlined one in each sentence.

_____10. It seems she turned down his idea of going out with her. What a shame!
A. hated B. rejected C. disclosed D. postponed
_____11. He was only an on looker when they broke in to the house.
A. a leader B. an opponent C. a member D. a by stander
_____12. You probably need to go through your plan again.
A. write B. renew C. check D. implement
_____13. Despite a cancer diagnosis, Melat would remain resilient and fight without losing hope
until the very end.
A. desperate B. impolite C. wrathful D. strong
_____ 14.The two parties were neck and neck during the election!
A. fighting B. even in a race C. hand in glove D. opposing each other
_____15.The people are complaining about astronomical price of goods.
A. stabilized B. very high C. imported goods D. unexpected
_____16. You look off colour! What’s happened to you?
A. animated B. out of pocket C. out of sorts D. out of favour
Directions: choose the parts of the expressions that make correct sentences.

A. after B. up C. in to D. for E. forward to F. out G. down

-----17. You shouldn’t look _______on people who are inferior to you.

-----18. The school administration will look ______our case and tell the results tomorrow.

-----19. I look ________my little brother and sister at home. That’s my responsibility!

-----20. I have been looking ______Sara but I couldn’t find her.

___21. We’re looking ________our friend’s wedding! We can’t wait to see the bride!

SECTION TWO-GRAMMAR

DIRECTIONS: Choose the one that best answers each item.

____22. By the time you reach here, I ----------- my job.

A. will finish B. am going to finish C. will have finished D have

finished

____23. The government has launched a new program ----------improve maternal health.

A. so as to B. so that to C. because D. so that

____24. We are putting up a notice three weeks in advance-------------you may have enough time
to process your travel.

A. in order for B. in order that C. in order to

D. for fear that

____25. He orders her as though she _____his servant.

 A. Is B. was C. were D. has been
____26. It’s high time they _____promotion in my view.
A. Get B. will get C. have got D. got
____27. He wasn’t responsible. He wasn’t ________.
A. Blame B. to blame C. blaming D for blame
____28._______any one refuse, the plan will be reconsidered.
A. If B. were C should D. do
____29.________is the effect of large family more apparent than in rural areas of our country.
A. Anyone B. Everywhere C. Nowhere D. some where
____30. Children need to be fed the right kind of food _____they should be weak and unhealthy.
A. So that B. in order to C. so as to D. for fear that
____31. Scarcely had he received the paper, ______his eyes filled with tears.
A. When B. than C. that D. after
____32. It’s vital that we _______more attention to our education.
A. Should pay B. are paid C. will pay D. paid

Section Three: Writing

Rewrite the following sentences using the beginnings given making the necessary changes.
33.You won’t be part of the project under any circumstance.
Under no circumstance __________________________________.
34. As soon as we started the exam, it started to rain.
No sooner _____________________________________________.
35. We were so excited that we enjoyed the party till the end.
Such