Read the passage and answer the questions below it.

Our neighbour’s cat was amusing herself this morning. She had a
little mouse and brought him alive to the front lawn. Lee set the
mouse free, watched him run away in terror, and then bounded
after him to holds him loosely by the neck in her mouth. Bringing
the unfortunate mouse back to the lawn, Lee game with him.
When she was tired of this, she began tossing her prey up in the
air and banging her paw as he landed on the ground. At last she
carried him off most likely to make a meal out of him. In that
unequal contest all my sympathy was with the tiny mouse.

1. Lee is..................

A. our neighbour B. the little mouse C. a cat D. a girl

2. Lee was amusing herself by .............. A. playing next door

B. playing on the lawn C. laughing at the mouse D. playing

with the mouse

3. The opposite of alive is used in the passage as ..............

A. happy B. dead C. amusing D. fainting

4. At last she carried him off to ...........

A. eat him B. let him go C. be friends D.hide

him

5. The mouse was unfortunate because............

A. he was a little mouse B. he was playing C. he was

caught by a cat D. he was amusing himself

6. When you sympathize with, you ........

A. are sorry B. feel happy C. despise D.

eat up

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Complete using the most suitable word

7. I was .............. by a loud noise in the yard.

A. awake B. awakened C. awoke D. woken

8. Lee is fond ........... out hunting.

A. to go B. as to go C. going D. of going

9. Lee could not move when she heard the loud ............ of a dog.

A. hiss B. bark C. roar D. charter

10. Neither the cat nor the mouse .............. mine.

A. are B. were C. is D. both

11. Lee and her owner went to the town ............. horseback.

A. on B. with C. in D. by

Choose a word which means the same as the underlined

word or phrase

12. The building was made as good as new again.

A. regenerated B. rebuilt C. renovated D. redone

13. She was depressed.

A. feeling happy B. feeling high C. feeling light

headed D. feeling sad

Read part of a letter to the editor below and answer

questions that follow

Every term at our school we have lessons on how to use the road.
We know the rules of the road and always try to follow them. It is
these drivers who are to blame. We hope that you will publish this
letter so that these careless drivers can read it. We would not
want to see another accident at our school again.

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Angry Grade 7 class

Zimuto Camp School

14. Who wrote the letter?

A. an editor B. an angry boy C. Grade 7 pupils

D. teachers

15. The letter is signed ‘Angry Grade 7 class.’ The pupils were
angry with.................

A. the editor of the newspaper B. their teacher. C.

careless drivers D. their headmaster

16. The word nearest in meaning to ‘careless’ is .................

A. careful B. care C. thoughtless D. thoughtful

17. Why was the letter written to the editor?

A. An accident had occurred B. They wanted to know road

rules C. They wanted lessons every term D. They
wanted to be drivers

18. Zimuto Camp School is .............

A. being blamed by children B. where the drivers worked

C. where the children learned D. where the editor worked

19. How often do they have road accidents at the school?

A. monthly B. termly C. daily D once a year

Complete using the most suitable word

20. You signed the letter , didn’t you?

A. Yes I signed B. Yes I did C. No I did D.

Yes I didn’t

21. ................ crossing the road, look carefully to both sides.

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A. As B. After C. Before D. During

22. The children wished they .................... written the editor along
letter.

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

23. ‘This is the ................ accident in the history of this school,’

said the school head.

A. worse B. worst C. very bad D. bad

24. The pupils of Mapiravana like ....................... school.

A. there B. they C. they’re D. their

25. The children saw a ................ of ambulances at their school.

A. swarm B. group C. fleet D. school

Read the passage and answer the questions below it

At once the ants rushed out to attack her. The brown ants were
pleased with Chapungu’s tender body. They crowded on her like
flies on rotten meat. Chapungu’s rolled and twisted and wriggled
in pain. The ants challenged her stomach, back, head and her
crippled limps. She screamed helplessly pleading with them to
have mercy upon her.

26. The girl was bitten by.........................

A. flies B. ants C. mosquitoes D. crippled

limbs

27. What are limbs?

A. legs or arms B. head C. stomach D. back

28. Where did the ants bite her?

A. On her head only B. On her back only C. On most

parts of her body D. On her stomach only
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29. Which statement is true about the girl in the passage?

A. The girl was disabled B. The girl was troubled by flies

C. The girl ran away from ants D. The ants had mercy
on her

30. ‘they crowded on her like flies on rotten meat. ‘The sentence
shows that ..............

A. the ants were eating meat B. the flies were eating meat
C. she was attacked by many ants D. the flies were
many

Choose the most suitable answer to complete

31. The ants were moving ............. a single file.

A. on B. in C. with D. through

32.You haven’t seen the ants, have you?

A. No I did B. Yes I did C. Yes I haven’t

D. No I haven’t

33. The young girl looked .................. she was dead.

A. as when B. like that C. like if D. as if

34. The girl’s mother had gone to ............. money from the bank.

A. withdraw B. withdrew C. withdrawn

D. withdrawing

35. Most of Chapungu’s relatives work ..............half past seven in

the morning to five o’clock in the evening.

A. until B. for C. in D. from

36. Which word is correctly punctuated?

A. ‘’My whole body is sore, complained the child.’’

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B. ‘’My whole body is sore,’’ complained the child.

C. My whole body is sore, ‘’complained the child.’’

D. ‘’My whole body is sore complained the child.’’

Read the passage and answer the questions below it

On the next day, Mr Sango joined the night school class, so that
he could learn to read and write. Carlos could not believe this
until he saw his grandfather’s books and pencils. Carlos was so
happy about it that he began to teach his grandfather when he
came back from school. After several months, Mr Sango could
write his name, do a few sums and read and write. Thanks to the
old man who had laughed at him at the post office.

37. Who joined the night school?

A. Carlos B. Mr Sango C. the old man D. the

post office

38. Why did Mr Sango join the night school?

A. To teach others to read and write B. To work in the

post office C. To learn to read and write D.
Because he was old

39.Carlos was Mr Sango’s .................

A. grandfather B. teacher C. grandchild D.

son

40. People who cannot read and write are ..............

A. illiterate B. literate C. ignorant D.

inaudible

41. The word in the passage which means the same as ‘’some but
not many’’ is

A. believe B. several C. laughed D. until

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 Choose the most suitable word to complete

42. This is the ............. meal I have ever eaten.

A. worse B. bad C. better D. best

43. The students were wearing ............. uniforms.

A. tear B. torn C. teared D. tearing

44. Mr Sango told his teacher that he ................... seen a snake in

the garden.

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

45. The old man refused to ................. his cattle.

A. sale B. sell C. sold D. cell

46. Carlos sold a............. of cotton instead.

A. bale B. bail C. bell D. boll

Give the opposite of the underlined word

47. The tortoise and the mouse became foes.

A. relatives B. enemies C. friends

48. The book was on top of the cupboard.

A. under B. down C. bottom D. beyond

49. Which of the following words would come first when arranged
in alphabetical order.

A. sink B. sighed C. showed D. scarecrow

50. Which of these words is wrongly spelt?

A.definotion B. debt C. deceive D. desert