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1. The last competition between the UST and

Ateneo basketball teams __________ a very
heated one.
A. is
B. was
C. are
D. were
2. I heard my classmates _________ on the
phone while I did my assignments.
A. talk
B. talked

C. talking
D. were talking

10. We __________ to watch all the invitational

football games of the Azkals.
A. planned
C. planning
B. plans
D. plan
11. We discovered, among the things my
grandfather kept, a __________ chest with
some important documents.
A. rare, antique, square, wooden
B. square, rare, wooden, antique
C. wooden, rare, antique, square
D. rare, wooden, antique, square

3. In my house, there is a _________ table in

the living room.
A. narra, oval, beautiful
B. beautiful, oval, narra
C. beautiful, narra, oval
D. narra, beautiful, oval

12. Speak English __________ to gain stronger

confidence and better fluency in the
language.
A. consistent
C. consistently
B. more consistent
D. most
consistently

4. The trees in our orchard yield fruits

_________.
A. abundantly
C. in
abundant
B. abundance
D. abundant

13. The high school graduation is always set

__________ March every year.
A. at
C. by
B. in
D. for

5. Although my family now lives abroad, we

go home to the Philippines for Christmas
every year __________ December.
A. on
C. at
B. in
D. by
6. This is such an important rule, __________ it
is difficult to remember.
A. and
C. thus
B. but
D. since
7. __________ basketball takes too much of his
time.
A. Playing
C. Having played
B. To playing
D. To have played
8. The Korean tourists bought their souvenirs
__________.
A. yourselves
C. himself
B. themselves
D. herself
9. In basketball, the coach along with the
players, __________ full responsibility for the
game.
A. takes
C. took
B. take
D. has taken

14. Friends are always there when you need

them, __________ they are very much like
ones second family.
A. henceforth
C.
eventually
B. at the same time
D. for this
reason
15. __________ the serene city if Italy is her
lifelong dream.
A. shall have visited
C. Having
visited
B. To have visited
D. To visit
B. PARAGRAPH MEANING
A. Items 26-30
Chopsticks were invented in China over four
thousand years ago, probably evolving form
twigs used to stir food from a cooking pot.
Knives took over this function in the West,
but Confucius, who considered knives
instruments of aggression, encouraged the
use of chopsticks as part of his teaching of
non-violence. The name in Chinese is kuai zi ,
which means quick little fellows, Chop
came from the pidgin English for kuai.
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