`JOSINA MACHEL SECONDARY SCHOOL

TREMESTER I FINAL ENGLISH TEST

GRADE 12
_______/_________/2016

Name______________________________________________________________Stream______No._____
Section I. Read the text and CIRCLE the correct option for each question below.
Disabilities: David Blunkett
David Blunkett was Minister of education in the United Kingdom. He was born blind, but has made a successful career
for himself in politics by his determination. When he was 12, his much loved father was killed in a gas explosion at work.
His mother had to struggle to bring him up with very little money. He had to start at secondary boarding school within two
weeks of his father's death. "I realised that I would have to fight back or go under", he said. "I fought back".
His school was not encouraging. They didn't believe examinations were necessary and only offered their blind pupils three
career options: piano - turning, lathe-turning or office work. David chose office work and learned typing and shorthand.
"By my late teens I became determined not to be a typical blind person with dark glasses and a white stick."
He went to night school for six years to get the qualifications he needed to enter university. "Looking back, I don't know
how I managed. It was very hard work." He won a place at the University of Sheffield, where he gained a BA honours
degree in Political Theory and Institutions. At university he became involved in politics. There are people in politics who
feel that because I am a blind man, I cannot work on equal terms", he said. "The only way I can answer them is by doing a
first-class job. And when I make a mistake, it is because I am human like other people, and not because I am blind."
Blunkett became the youngest-ever councillor on Sheffield City Council, being elected in 1970 at the age of 22 while a
teacher. He served on Sheffield City Council from 1970 to 1988, becoming Leader from 1980 to 1987 and on South
Yorkshire County Council from 1973 to 1977. He built up support within the Labour Party during his time as the council's
leader during the 1980s and was elected to the Labour Party's National Executive Committee.
He became the UK's first blind cabinet minister as Minister of Education and Employment. The role of education minister
was a vital one in a government whose prime minister had in 1996 described his priority as "education, education,
education" and which had made reductions in school class sizes a pledge. In 2001, Blunkett was promoted to Minister of
home affairs and later to Minister of Work and Pensions.
1. What disability does Blunkett have?
A. he was blind
B. blindness

C. he had no eyes

D. blind

2. What was the result of Blunketts determination?

A. he became the youngest ever councillor
B. he became a successful politician
C. he became a successful minister
D. he became a successful teacher
3. Blunketts father died when he was 12. How did this affect his life?
A. He had to go at boarding school at night
B. He had to fight down

C. He had to go under

4. Blunkett decided in his teens

A. to be a typical blind
C. to study hard

B. to be a different blind
D. to walk with dark glasses and a white stick

5. At university he became involved in

A. Political theory and institutions

B. political sciences

6. When I make a mistake it is because

A. Every human being errs
C. Humans are perfect

B. it is normal of all beings to make mistakes

D. I am blind

7. Blunketts occupations were

A. Minister and councillor
C. Politics and teaching

B. Teacher and politician

D. Political leader and Minister

C. Politics

D. office work

8. Education was vital in the government Blunkett served because

A. it was its precedence
B. It was its policies
C. it was politics

D. it was its slogan

Section II: Choose the best alternative for each question below
9. Choose the correct sentence
A. At what time the plane leaves?
C. What time does the lesson starts

B. when do they plan to come?

D. what day of the week does Gina and Sarah want to come?

10. Do i speak good French?

B. no, i dont

A. yes, i do

C. yes, you do

D. no, you do

11. _______________ you got any special reason to learn English?

A. Do
B. Are
C. Have

D. Does

12. Sheila _______________________ ill that is why she is not coming to school.
A. have been

B. is being

C. has being

D. has been

13. Which of the following is in active voice?

A. All of them have been present since then.

B. Problems are solved

14. Which of the sentences below isnt passive?

A. Carol and I have been friends for long now
C. They were singing one of the Baby faces successes

B. The presidents built a modern house for her parents

D. all of them

C. He will be seen soon

15. Tracy and I dont see _______________ very often these days
A. each other
B. ourselves
C. themselves

D. herself

16. She usually works at the office, but this week she _________________at home
A. works
B. is working
C. has worked

D. is worked

17. Marta ______________ do her homework in time

A. use to
B. usednt

D. not used to

C. used to

18. Which diseases can be caught through contaminated air?

A. stomachache
B. malaria
C. tuberculosis

D. AIDS

19. Gina is sick. She has to go____________ home.

A. to
B. for

C. no preposition

D. to

C. the funniest

D. the funnier

21. Is football the _____ sport in Chile?

A. popular
B. more popular

C. popularest

D. most popular

22. Vegetables are _____ last week

A. expensive than
B. more expensiver than

C. more expensive than

D. most expensive

20. I think thats _____ film Ive ever seen

A. the funnier than

B. the funny

23. Dont you think there are _____ things to do on holidays than watching TV all day?
A. best
B. the best
C. better
D. better than
24. Summer is _____ season in our country
A. the hottest
B. the hotter

C. hottest

D. hot than

25. Groenland has the _____ weather of the world. Its always raining and snowing
A. bad
B. worse
C. worst
D. worsest
26. The Kilimanjaro mountain is _____ the Ruwenzori mountains
A. the highest
B. highest than
C. the higher than

D. higher than

27. Choose the right passive of the following sentence I take exercise daily.
A. Exercise are taken daily by me.
B. Exercise is taken daily by me.
C. Exercise is being taken daily by me.
D. Exercise is been taken daily by me.

28. Which sentence uses the passive voice?

A. My dog loves to go for a walk.
C. He wanted to bring his family with him.

B. We should paint the bedroom this weekend.

D. The sun is totally eclipsed by the moon.

29. Which sentence is in passive voice?

A. Ernesto is preparing the dinner.
C. Did Ernesto prepare the dinner?

B. Was this dinner prepared by Ernesto?

D. Ernesto will prepare the dinner.

30. Which of the sentences below is the right active voice of: "A water-well is being opened by Gila"?
A. A water-well opens Gila
B. Gila opens a water-well
C. A water-well is opened by Gila
D. Gila is opening a water-well
31. A sentence is said to be in Active voice when:
A. Something happens to the subject
B. The subject performs the action stated by the verb
C. The object refers to the subject
D. The object does the action of the sentence
32. A sentence is in Passive voice when:
A. The object receives the action of the subject
C. The subject is affected by the action

B. The object refers to the subject

D. The subject does the action of the sentence

33. Choose the correct sentence:

A. Would you like bring me a cup of water?
C. He woulds like some cake now.

B. You would like to go to Paris?

D. Would you help me if I had a problem?

34. Pick the wrong one

A. There used to be a church near the market
C. Did you use to make noise at school?

B. There would be a church near the market

D. He would walk along the beach every day before bed

35. Choose the best question: Ben remembered to buy a present yesterday evening
A. What did Ben remembered to buy?
C. Did Ben remember to buy a present?

B. When Ben remembered to buy a present?

D. What did Ben Remembered to buy?

Section III: Choose from A, B, C, or D the option that best completes each space in the text.
When many young people finish their pre-university level, the so-called twelfth grade, their dream is to apply
for a place at university for further training. After their application, they enrol for the entry --- 36 --- in two,
three or four subjects according to the --- 37 --- they wish to take. Those who succeed in these exams will have
to enrol themselves for the courses they have chosen. Many things for these --- 38 --- will change because they
will meet new fellows; face a new life ---39 --- and, obviously, a new academic life. Meanwhile, it has been a
practice for many Mozambicans ---40--- to hold special ceremonies to welcome newcomers in the opening day.
36. A. door
37. A. course
38. A. graduates
39. A. role
40. A. offices

B. exam
B. task
B. examiners
B. room
B. Institutes

C. gate
C. teach
C. classmates
C. shape
C. schoolers

D. house
D. class
D. women
D. style
D. universities

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