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Paul Vincent J. Gerano
 Bachelor in Secondary Education – English, West Visayas State University
 Master in Education – English as a Second Language – University of the Philippines
 Bachelor of Laws, 3rd Year, University of San Agustin-College of Law

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What is the state of the health system in America?
1. When someone successfully tricks or deceives you, you It is ______________.
__________ the trick or deception.
A. unsatisfactory
A. give back
B. satisfactory
B. fall for
C. too risky
C. break out
D. too mechanized
D. put up with
4. Sarah is her in car. She is on her way to work. She
2. Please do not make so much noise. I
_______________ to work.
_______________ to work.
A. drove
A. try
B. is driving
B. am trying
C. drives
C. tried
D. had driven
D. have tried
5. When someone pressures or forces you to do
3. The standard of medicine in the United States is
something or allow something even though you do not
generally agreed to be very high. There is no
want to, you _______________.
shortage of well qualified specialists, and there is a
A. put on
lot of individual attention. Treatment is backed up by
B. come off
the latest in the way of medical technology. Doctors
C. give in
and hospitals do their utmost not to make mistakes,
D. figure out
because if they do they risk being made to pay out
enormous sums in compensation.
6. That time of year thou mayst in me behold (Sonnet
73) By William Shakespeare
But the American health care system has what look
like insoluble problems. There are in fact two systems That time of year thou mayst in me behold
side by side. One is the private system run on the When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
basis of free competition. The other is the public Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
system which had to be created because such a large Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.
part of the population, including many of the elderly, In me thou see’st the twilight of such day
could not afford to pay for the absurdly expensive As after sunset fadeth in the west;
private treatment. Which by and by black night doth take away,
Death’s second self, that seals up all in rest.
The public system is vast. A huge proportion - more In me thou see’st the glowing of such fire,
than 10 per cent - of the United States federal That on the ashes of his youth doth lie,
budget goes on it. Yet there are still very large As the deathbed whereon it must expire,
Consumed with that which it was nourished by.
numbers of Americans who are not covered even by
This thou perceiv’st, which makes thy love more strong,
this service. The government tries to keep expenditure To love that well which thou must leave ere long.
down and so sets limits to the income of people using
the system. Millions of the unemployed are another The progression of ‘ruined’ (line 4) to ‘fadeth’ (line 6)
important group that is excluded. to ‘expire’ (line 11) can be seen as ____________.
A. a resistance to death
B. a progression of life to death
C. love transcending death
D. the instability of life
E. fear of death
7. When you fall into a light sleep, you __________. 13. Today Wegener's theory is ____ ; however, he died
A. doze off an outsider treated with ____ by the scientific
B. give in establishment.
C. sleep over A. unsupported - approval
D. close out B. dismissed – contempt
C. accepted - approbation
8. Many people at that time believed that spices help D. unchallenged - disdain
preserve food; however, Hall found that many E. unrivalled - reverence
marketed spices were ____ bacteria, moulds and
yeasts. 14. When you recover from a serious illness or injury, you
A. devoid of _______________.
B. teeming with A. fall for
C. improved by B. throw up
D. destroyed by C. doze off
E. active against D. pull through

9. John: Where is Mark? Joseph: He ____ a shower. 15. When something _________, it becomes detached
A. had from what it was attached or fastened to.
B. has had A. goes off
C. has B. comes off
D. is having C. eases off
D. holds off
10. When you _____________ a place, you were born
there or lived there previously.
A. come in 16. You see this gentle stream that glides,
B. come from Shov'd on, by quick succeeding tides ;
C. come out Try if this sober stream you can
D. come forth Follow to th' wilder ocean,
And see if there it keeps unspent
11. Paragraph organization: In that congesting element.
Next, from that world of waters, then
I. Then, I came to realize that by quitting it By pores and caverns back again
would seem like starting something and not Induct that inadult'rate same
finishing it. Stream to the spring from whence it came.
II. When I quit my job, I had mixed emotions. This with a wonder when ye do,
III. It is not that easy just to give up something. As easy, and else easier too,
IV. But I came to realize that some things are Then may ye recollect the grains
more important than pride. Of my particular remains,
V. At first, I’m glad that all those hardships After a thousand lusters hurl'd,
connected with my work were finally over. By ruffling winds about the world.

The central denotative theme of the poem addresses

Which should be the last sentence? the subject of ___________.
A. water cycles
A. I B. how oceans are formed
B. II C. seasons and weather of the world
C. III D. life cycles
D. IV E. the instabilities of life
E. V
17. The two artists differed markedly in their
12. When you ___________ something, such as the temperaments; Palmer was reserved and courteous,
answer to a question, the solution to a problem, or Frazer ____ and boastful.
why a person is a certain way or acts a certain way, A. phlegmatic
you think about and succeed in understanding it. B. choleric
A. figure out C. constrained
B. put on D. tractable
C. run into E. stoic
D. show up
18. When you return something to someone, you
___________.
A. wrap it up
B. find it out
C. give it back
D. plan it for
19. Manuel was on the baseball team that was playing 24. Either my mother or my father ____________ coming
the first place team. It was the first game that his to the meeting.
grandparents and Uncle Thomas attended. Manuel A. is
swung his bat while looking for his family in the large B. has
crowd. Just as he spotted his grandmother, his C. am
greatest fear came true. He lost his grip on the bat, D. are
and it started to fall. Even though he caught it quickly,
Manuel's face became red. He felt as if he had made 25. When you ______________ doing something, you
a horrible mistake and everyone was staring at him. have the confidence or energy to do it.
A. feel up to
The passage suggests that Manuel almost dropped his B. go along with
bat partly because he ____________. C. get over with
A. was thinking about the baseball game D. look forward to
B. was not strong enough
C. was looking for his family 26. “My grace is all you need, for my power is greatest
D. was frightened by a loud noise when you are weak. I am content with weaknesses,
insults, hardships, persecutions and difficulties for
20. Let us go out now. It _______________ anymore. Christ’s sake.”
A. did not rain
B. does not rain The above prayer indicates ___________.
C. is not raining A. double effect principle
D. has not rained B. reliance on God’s strength
C. always do what is correct
21. When you remove something from your body, you D. prayerful mood all the time
__________.
A. take it 27. “Unless the grain of wheat dies, it remains alone, but
B. take it out if it does, it bears fruits. He who loves life loses it…”
C. take it away
D. take it off The mood expressed by the above quote is
____________.
22. Pretend you are at the grocery store. As you are A. sadness
walking down the cookie aisle, you notice a little girl B. uselessness
crying and pulling on her mom's coat as she pushes the C. usefulness of life
cart towards the front of the store. The closer she gets D. sinfulness
to the front of the store, the louder the little girl
screams. Lots of things could be wrong with the little 28. When you appear somewhere, you __________.
girl, BUT we can probably conclude that __________. A. show
A. the little girl is very tired B. show in
B. the little girl is hungry C. show off
C. the little girl wants cookies, and her mom D. show up
said no
D. the little girl wants her father 29. ‘As he makes his bed, so he must lie on it.’

23. One of the rarest animals in the world is the okapi. The quotation implies that ___________.
They live in the rain forest in Central Africa. Few A. one should face the consequences of his
people have seen one alive. Every few years actions
someone claims to see one, but they never have B. a person should prepare the bed he will lie
proof. A few years ago, some scientists who were on
studying plants found a skeleton, teeth and some skin C. beds are made for resting
in a remote area of the rain forest. They were D. all of these
excited, as they believed they had found the remains E. none of these
of a rare okapi. They drew a picture of what they
thought the animal might have looked like when it was 30. Education is a life-long process which requires
alive. The scientists then sent the picture along with the studying and learning from previous experiences. It is
skeleton, teeth and skin to a scientific institution in not enough to be educated as it is to be cultured.
Dallas, Texas.
The paragraph best supports the idea that
What did the scientists probably do with the skeleton, ___________.
teeth and bones?
A. sent them to a place with more experienced
scientists
B. kept them for souvenirs
C. studied them carefully and compared them
to other animals
D. sold them to museums that displayed them
 A. education means more than being a cultured We can infer that ____________.
person
B. to be called a cultured person requires a A. Kurt is not a very good player
continuing education B. Jessica was pleased to have Kurt on her
C. a cultured person learns and profits from team
previous educational experiences C. Kurt was the best player on either team
D. all of these D. Jessica was inconsiderate of Kurt’s feelings
E. none of these
36. (at a party) Hello, Jane. _______________ the
31. When something mechanical _______________, it party?
does not function. A. Do you enjoy
A. calls in B. Are you enjoying
B. burns down C. Did you enjoy
C. hands back D. Have you enjoyed
D. breaks down
37. The revolution in art has not lost its steam; it ____ on
32. If there is nothing to absorb the energy of sound as fiercely as ever.
waves, they travel on ____ , but their intensity ____ A. trudges
as they travel further from their source. B. meanders
A. erratically - mitigates C. edges
B. eternally - alleviates D. ambles
C. forever - increases E. rages
D. steadily - stabilizes
E. indefinitely – diminishes 38. No, Honey, I do not want you to spend a lot of money
on my birthday present. Just having you for a
33. Paragraph organization: husband is the only gift I need. In fact, I will drive my
old rusty bucket of bolts down to the mall and buy
I. By trying, man learns to solve his problems myself a little present. And if the poor old car does
thru satisfying acts and eliminates actions not break down, I will be back soon.
which are annoying.
II. He used a hungry cat in a puzzled box What is the message?
where it tried ways to get out in order to get
the food. A. I do not want a gift.
III. Eduard C. Thorndike’s connectionism theory B. Buy me a new car.
of learning establishes the trial and error C. The mall is fun.
way to learn. D. I will carry a bucket for you.
IV. He established the fact that like the cat, man
too, learned by trial and error.
V. Thorndike’s animal studies came up with the 39. When you place something on or apply something to
law of exercise and the law of effect. your body, you __________.
A. put it
B. put it on
A. I, III, II, IV, V C. put it off
B. II, I, II, IV, V D. put it about
C. V, I, III, IV, II
D. I, II, III, IV, V
40. The intellectual flexibility inherent in a multicultural
34. When you are driving, and hit another vehicle or nation has been ____ in classrooms where emphasis
something near the road, such as a tree or a on British-American literature has not reflected the
telephone pole, you __________. cultural ____ of our country.
A. run over it A. eradicated - unanimity
B. run it B. encouraged - aspirations
C. run it off C. stifled - diversity
D. run into it D. thwarted – uniformity
E. inculcated - divide
35. Bill and Jessica were almost done taking turns
choosing the players for their teams. It was Jessica’s 41. __________ by nature, Jones spoke very little even
turn to choose, and only Kurt was left. Jessica said, to his own family members.
“Kurt.” A. Garrulous
B. Equivocal
C. Taciturn
D. Arrogant
E. Gregarious
42. When you get money or something valuable from 49. When you ___________ things or people, you try to
people in a dishonest way, you ______________. find them.
A. cheat on them A. look for
B. go after them B. boil down
C. wrap them up C. hold up
D. screw them out of it D. put to

43. The man with all the birds ________________ on my

street. 50. The peasants were the least ____ of all people,
A. live bound by tradition and ____ by superstitions.
B. are living A. free - fettered
C. lives B. enfranchised - rejected
D. have lived C. enthralled - tied
D. pinioned - limited
44. Turner almost wished that he had not listened to the E. conventional - encumbered
radio. He went to the closet and grabbed his
umbrella. He would feel silly carrying it to the bus
stop on such a sunny morning.

Which probably happened?

A. Turner realized that he had an unnatural
fear of falling radio parts.
B. Turner had promised himself to do
something silly that morning.
C. Turner had heard a weather forecast that
predicted rain.
D. Turner planned to trade his umbrella for a
bus ride.

45. Biological clocks are of such ____ adaptive value to

living organisms, that we would expect most
organisms to ____ them.
A. clear - avoid
B. meager – evolve
C. significant - eschew
D. obvious - possess
E. ambivalent – develop

46. “Larry, as your boss, I must say it has been very

interesting working with you,” Miss Valdez said.
“However, it seems that our company’s needs and
your performance style are not well matched.
Therefore, it makes me very sad to have to ask you to
resign your position effective today.”
What was Miss Valdez telling Larry?
A. She would feel very bad if he decided to
quit.
B. He was being fired.
C. He was getting a raise in pay.
D. She really enjoyed having him in the office.

47. The movie, including all the previews,

_______________ about two hours to watch.
A. take
B. are taking
C. takes
D. have taken

48. What is all that noise? What _______________ on?

A. went
B. is going
C. goes
D. has gone