የ12ኛ ክፍል አፕቲትዩድ መግቢያ ፈተና፣ 2018 ዓ.ም. (2026)፣ እትም 1

A scholar is the person whose whole stock in trade is knowledge. An artist stands in exactly that relation to creativity: it is the quality the work is made of. Doctor and hospital looks close because a doctor is a professional too, but a hospital is the place the work happens, not the quality inside the work. Judge and courtroom fails the same way, and farmer and harvest names a physical product rather than a quality.

Whisper and shout are the same act, speaking, at a low and then a high intensity. Drizzle and downpour are the same act, rain falling, at a low and then a high intensity, so the difference is degree in both pairs. Speak and lecture is the tempting choice, but a lecture is a different kind of event with an audience and a plan, not only louder speaking.

Thirst is the body's need and drinking is the act that ends it. Hunger and eating is the same shape: a bodily need for taking something in, and the exact act that satisfies it. Fatigue and sleep is close, and many students pick it, but sleeping is rest rather than taking something into the body, so hunger and eat is the tighter match to thirst and drink.

An optimist is the person whose outlook is built on hope. A pessimist is the mirror image, with the outlook built on despair, so the pair keeps person to the feeling that defines the outlook. Realist and fantasy is the trap, because a realist is a type of outlook too, but a realist is defined by refusing fantasy, so that pair is an opposite rather than a match.

Drought is the natural event and famine is the harm that follows from it. Flood and destruction has the same cause and effect shape: a natural event and the damage it brings. Rain and harvest is also cause and effect, but the result there is a benefit, and the first pair is a harm, so it breaks the pattern.

Oboe, clarinet and flute belong to the woodwind family: the player blows air through the instrument to make the sound. A violin is played by drawing a bow across strings, so it sits in the string family and is the odd one out. The flute tempts people because a modern flute is metal, but the family is decided by how the sound is made, not by the material.