(1) __________ hotter days ahead as the state weather bureau officially (2)

_________ on Friday the start of the dry season following the termination of the
cold northeast monsoon. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and
Astronomical Services Administration said the (3) _________ of the northeast
monsoon or “amihan” (4) _________ by the shift of the wind direction from north-
easterly to easterly over most parts of the country due to the establishment of the
High-Pressure Area (HPA) over the North-western Pacific. “With this development,
the day-to-day weather across the country will gradually become warmer, though
isolated thunderstorms are also likely (5) ___________,” PAGASA explained. (“It’s
Summer – PAGASA” by Alexandria Dennise San Juan, Manila Bulletin News)

1. a. Observe c. Assume
b. Think d. Expect

2. a. announces c. explain
b. declared d. stated

3. a. end c. finish
b. conclusion d. closure

4. a. indicated c. was indicated

b. has indicated d. have indicated

5. a. to appear c. to come
b. to occur d. to emerge

Moby Dick is the (6) ________ white whale (7) __________ torments Captain Ahab
in the novel “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville. (8) __________ a leg in a previous
encounter with the whale, Ahab is obsessed (9) ___________ finding and killing
Moby-Dick and his burning desire for revenge really is the centre of the story. At
novel's end, Ahab finds and attacks Moby Dick, but the terrible whale takes Ahab,
his ship Pequod, and nearly (10) _________ its crew down to a watery grave with
him. (Moby Dick, A Growing Nation (1800-1870), p. 358 – 374)

6. a. huge c. enormous
b. humongous d. big

7. a. that c. who
b. in which d. whose

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8. a. to lose c. having been lost
b. having lost d. to have lost

9. a. of c. from
b. at d. with

10. a. all c. some

b. entire d. much