1st Written Test /Term 1/March/2022


SECTION I: READING - Read the following text and select the best answer (A, B, C or D).


Barack Obama was born to a white American mother and a black Kenyan father, who were both young college students at the University of Hawaii. When his father left for Harvard, she and Barack stayed behind, and his father ultimately returned alone to Kenya, where he worked as a government economist. Barack's mother remarried an Indonesian oil manager and moved to Jakarta when Barack was six... Obama attended Columbia University, but found New York's racial tension inescapable. He became a community organizer for a small Chicago church-based. group for three years, helping poor South Side residents cope with a wave of plant closings. He then attended Harvard Law School, and in 1990 became the first African-American editor of the Harvard Law Review. He turned down a prestigious judicial clerkship, choosing instead to practice civil-rights law back in Chicago, representing victims of housing and employment discrimination and working on voting rights legislation. He also began teaching at the University of Chicago Law School. Eventually he ran as a Democrat for the state senate seat from his district, which included both Hyde Park and some of the poorest ghettos on the South Side, and won. In 2004 Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat, representing Illinois, and gained national attention by giving a rousing and well-received keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. In 2008 he ran for president as a democrat and won. He is set to become the 44th president of the US and the first African-American ever elected to that position.




1. According to the text, what nationality is Barack Obama's father?

a) American
b) Kenyan
c) Indonesian
d) Columbian


2. When did Obama attend Harvard Law School?

a) before helping poor residents.
b) after helping poor residents.
c) while helping poor residents.
d) In 1990


3. One out of many occupations that Obama had is...

a) discriminating people
b) leading a church
c) playing football
d) teaching at University


4. When was Obama elected to the U.S. Senate?

a) In 2008
b) Nine years ago
c) He is set to become the 44th president
d) in 2004


5. According to the text, "eventually means

a) Suddenly
b) Quickly
c) Cleverly
d) Luckily



SECTION II: GRAMMAR- Choose the correct alternatives (A, B, C or D). d)


6. I did not say that you______do what is wrong.

A. should
B. have
C. ought
D. want


7. We_________prepare the meal if we had fire.

A. would
B. couldn't
C. must
D. had


8. Many scientists are_________in discovering what exists out of the earth.

A. interest
B. interested
C. interests
D. to interest


9. We arrived in Durban_______25th May 2007.

A at
B. in
C. on
D. of


10.________in Beira in February?

A. was you
B. were you
C. you were
D. you was


11. Yesterday he________ a sandwich for lunch.

A. has
B. have
C. had
D. having


12. My friend is not free on Sunday. He______to work.

A. to go
B. Will
C. going
D. is going


13. Health and happiness are_______ than money.

A. more important
B. important
C. most important


14. Xipamanine is the_______market in Mozambique

A. larger
B. largest
C. more large


15. I am sorry, I couldn't be at your party. I________ busy that weekend

A. was
B. were
C. am.
D. be.


16. Life in the country is_________than in the city.

A. more interesting
B. interesting
C. most interesting


17. Eduardo Mondlane Avenue is________than Samora Machel Avenue

A. wide
B. wider
C. more wide


18. George's father_______ him how to drive when he was 15.

A. to teach
B. teaches
C. teaching
D. taught


19________to Namaacha last week?

A. You went
B. Did you go
C. Did you went
D. Went you


20. He________work last week.

A. didn't
B. not
C. isn't
D. don't