PART ONE: VERBAL APTITUDE TEST (50%) Section one:- Reading Comprehension. Read the passage and answer the questions following it. A few years ago,a British newspaper published an aid worker’s recollection of a shopping trip with Mother Teresa,They were in local supermarket buying supplies for her London mission. When they reached the counter, and were presented with a bill for about 500 pounds, Mother Teresa refused to pay, saying,“It is for the poor”. She remained unmoved by the demands of the store-keeper and an impasse prevailed until a kindly shopper, at the back of the growing queue, volunteered to pay.
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1. What does the demands of the store-keeper in paragraph 1 mean?
2. Which of the following, according to the writer, is true about Mother Teresa?
3. What inspired Malcolm Muggeridge to make the film something Beautiful for God?
4. Which of the following sentences best describes Mother Teresa as presented in paragraph 6?
5. Which of the following best reflects the main idea of paragraph 5 of the passage?
6. Who is accountable for the shopping trip story in paragraph one of the passage?
7. To Catholics, Mother Teresa was considered the holiest after the Pope because she
8. Bank of Abyssinia regrets to inform you that your account is _______ to the tune of fifteen thousand birr.
9. Please ______ this sum in your checking account as soon as possible to resume the use of your credit card.
10. We do need a notary for the agreement to be finalized. However his ______ should be negligible.
11. A document which shows you how much money you have in a bank account and when money has been added and removed is a _______
12. When writing a check, make sure you spell the name of the ___________
13. Ask your bank if they’ll pay the rent by _______ for you.
14. I understand that you were abroad this month. Let’s see what we can do. The payment was due yesterday. Would you mind ________ the check to Monday? That way you will avoid any late penalties.
15. After examining your pay stubs I feel sure that your ______ is more than sufficient to qualify you for this mortgage.
16. You don’t have any _______ in your account.
17. If you put money in your bank account does the ________ go up or down?
18. A _______ is good for day-to-day purchases, but you don’t get much interest.
19. A type of bank transfer which automatically pays the same amount of money into another bank account on a regular date/interval of time is a ________
20. I would like to ______ some money to my other account.
21. One of the hundred sailors whose lives had been saved by the action of one small boy, gave the boy’s family a big reward.
23. If it rained, our roof would leak.
24. Children reared in poverty end, on the average, are believed to do poorly on intelligence.
25. He wanted to ask her out but was shy.
26. He around robbed that bank spread a easily.
27. To please what do tell you they.
28. Medicine Spike are than instructed you never more to
29. You next do in who class to sit?
30. I did not anything about her unusual notice at first.
31. Stranger: How can I get to the nearest cash point?
Resident: _________________
32.You:__________________
33. Teacher: What time do you go to bed?
34. Secretary: May I help you?
35. Nigist: Do you speak Italian?
36. Next year this time, we _______ our first year university courses.
37. Aspirins ________ to help prevent heart disease.
38. Inflation is not subsiding at all in this country, is it?
39. All the schedules seem to be poorly made, and this one is even
40. We studied together at college, but I ______ her ever since.
41. Now that sister is gone, I don’t have anyone ________ about my future plan.
42. _________ it rained heavily,we had to cancel our trip. The road was too muddy.
43. I have been trying to give up smoking for years now. I _______ wish I in the first place.
44. lt seems she wants me to do her a favor. You know, she has never been as nice _______ me as she is.
45. The police _________ him in the area so many times and now they have him as a primary suspect.
46. If you were to be a teacher,you _______ have to join a college of education and take the necessary training. You can’t jump into the profession directly.
47. Press the button in front of you _________ you hear the bell ring. If you could do it before anyone, the money will be yours.
48. Listen! She is the one sitting ______ Ali. Go and get her
49. Because of the great number and the great variety of languages in the world, many people have had to learn a “foreign” or second language ____________ communicate with those who do not speak their native languages.
50. The sentence was phrased _______ that it would have two meanings.
