ENGLISH major

Fossils may be set in stone, but their interpretation is not; a new find may
necessitate the __________ of a traditional theory.

a. assertion
b. revision
c. formulation
d. validation

The linguistic _____________ of the refugee children is reflected in their readiness

to adopt the language of their homeland.

a. conservatism
b. inadequacy
c. adaptability
d. philosophy

Lucille is too much ___________ in her writings: she writes a page when a sentence
should suffice.

a. pleasant
b. lucid
c. verbose
d. efficient

It is remarkable that a man so in the public eye, so highly praised and imitated,
can retain his _______________.

a. idiosyncrasies
b. dogmas
c. humility
d. magniloquence

Breaking with established artistic and social conventions, Picasso was _________
genius whose heterodox works infuriated the traditionalists of his day.

a. a venerated
b. a trite
c. an iconoclastic
d. an uncontroversial
A tapeworm is an example of a __________ organism, one that lives within or on
another creature, deriving some or all of its nutriment from its host.

a. a protozoan
b. a parasitic
c. an exemplary
d. an autonomous

The mob lost confidence of him because he never ___________ the grandiose
promises he had made.

a. tired of
b. renegade on
c. delivered on
d. retreated from

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson,received little honor in her lifetime but her poetic
legacy has gained considerable fame _______________.

a. anonymously
b. posthumously
c. prematurely
d. previously

Unlike the highly ________ Romantic poets of the previous century, Rudyard
Kipling and his fellow Victorian poets were _______ and interested in moralizing.

a. emotional . . . didactic
b. sensitive . . . strange
c. dramatic . . . warped
d. rhapsodic . . . lyrical

Ana is an interesting ________, an infinitely shy person who, in apparent

contradiction, possesses an enormously intuitive ________ for understanding
people.

a. phenomenon . . . disinclination
b. caricature . . . talent
c. paradox . . . gift
d. aberration . . . disdain
Truculent in defending their rights of sovereignty under the Articles of the
Confederation, the newly formed states __________ constantly.

a. apologized
b. squabbled
c. digressed
d. acquiesced

No real life hero of ancient or modern days can surpass James Bond with his
nonchalant _______ of death and the _________ with which he bears torture.

a. veneration . . . guile
b. concept . . . terror
c. disregard . . . fortitude
d. impatience . . . fickleness

Surrounded by sycophants who invariably ________ in her singing, Zsa Zsa

wearied of the constant adulation and longed for honest criticism.

a. assailed
b. thwarted
c. reciprocated
d. extolled

Despite the growing ______________ of the Party list Representatives in the

Philippine Congress, many political experts fell that the NGOs are still
______________ in the government.

a. decrease . . . inappropriate
b. prominence . . . underrepresented
c. skill . . . alienated
d. number . . . misdirected

Although Tagalogs often use the terms Bisaya and Cebuano ____________, people
coming from the Southern part of the Philippines are profoundly aware of the
___________ the two.

a. unerringly . . . significance of
b. confidently . . . origins of
c. deprecatingly . . . controversies about
d. interchangeably . . . dissimilarities between

There is nothing __________ or provisional about Bronte’s early critical

pronouncements; she deals ___________ with what then radical new developments
in poetry.

a. tentative . . . confidently
b. dogmatic . . . arbitrary
c. imprecise . . . inconclusively
d. shallow . . . superficially

This well-documented history is of importance because it carefully __________ the

__________ accomplishments of the Filipino artists who are all too little known to
the public at large.

a. recognizes . . . negligible
b. scrutinizes . . . illusory
c. substantiates . . . considerable
d. distorts . . . noteworthy

An experienced politician who knew better than to launch a campaign in troubled

political waters, he intended to wait for a more ________ occasion before he
announced his plans.

a. provocative
b. unseemly
c. questionable
d. propitious

BREAD is related to BUTTER as POTATOES is related to ____________.

a. gravy
b. steak
c. margarine
d. lamb

PORCINE is related to PIG as BOVINE is related to ____________.

a. boy
b. cow
c. sheep
d. iodine

TAILOR is related to NEEDLE as MECHANIC is related to ____________.

a. engineer
b. screwdriver
c. tool chest
d. brush

DISTANCE is related to MILE as LIQUID is related to ____________.

a. milk
b. quart
c. water
d. meter

AUTOMOBILE is related to HIGHWAY as LOCOMOTIVE is related to

____________.

a. station
b. train
c. track
d. engine

SUGGEST is related to REQUIRED as REQUEST is related to ____________.

a. ask
b. demand
c. suspect
d. allow

PROBLEM is related to SOLUTION as POISON is related to ____________.

a. hemlock
b. nitrate
c. arsenic
d. antidote

SAW is related to CUT as YARDSTICK is related to ____________.

a. foot
b. inch
c. measure
d. tool

AMBIGUOUS is related to CLARITY as TEMPORARY is related to

____________.

a. transient
b. permanence
c. clear
d. fragile

BOOK is related to CHAPTER as SONG is related to ____________.

a. stanza
b. sing
c. music
d. instrument

DELICACY is related to GOURMET as INSECT is related to ____________.

a. bee
b. pollen
c. frog
d. hive

AGILE is related to NIMBLE as FAST is related to ____________.

a. swift
b. slow
c. perpetual
d. racy

CHEMIST is related to LABORATORY as ARTIST is related to ____________.

a. canvas
b. museum
c. easel
d. studio

MOVIES is related to PROJECTOR as RECORDS is related to ____________.

a. speakers
b. tape recorder
c. phonograph
d. radio

STOOPED is related to POSTURE as SLURRED is related to ____________.

a. diction
b. stance
c. music
d. action

RETRACT is related to STATEMENT as VOID is related to ____________.

a. escape
b. avoidance
c. contract
d. empty

FELONY is related to MISDEMEANOR as KILL is related to ____________.

a. maim
b. bury
c. murder
d. guilty

BEGGAR is related to POOR as FOX is related to ____________.

a. skunk
b. slow
c. large
d. sly

SCALPEL is related to KNIFE as NURSE is related to ____________

a. doctor
b. assistant
c. hospital
d. operation
The tribulations that I faced were _______ for me to overcome.

A. So much
B. Too much
C. Very much
D. So more

In Benjamin Fraklin’s “Poor Richard’s Almanac” it was said that: “early to bed,
_______ makes a man healthy

A. Early rising
B. Rising early
C. Early to rise
D. Waking up early

Which among these words has the voiceless /th/ sound?

A. This
B. Gather
C. Think
D. There

Which word must have the primary stress in the sentence below if we want to
emphasize possessions?
“That is my boyfriend”

A. That
B. Is
C. My
D. Bag

I would not leave you come hell or high water. Based on the given sentence, we can
surmise that:

A. The speaker won’t leave the person no matter what.

B. The speaker warns the person of a forthcoming disaster.
C. The speaker wants the person to give up
D. The speaker wants the person to continue fighting.

Which does not belong?

A. Assumption
B. Summary
C. Synthesis
D. Generalization

Complete the statement: “Blessed are _____ poor for _____ shall be welcomed in
heaven.

A. The-you
B. The-they
C. You-the
D. They-they

Your brother isn’t supporting you, ______?

A. Isn’t she
B. Is she
C. Aren’t she
D. Is he

The Rubaiyat has a theme:

A. Always looking forward a new day

B. Never giving in to death easily
C. Grasping pleasure while you can
D. Creating your own world and beautify it

What is “True Learning” as exemplified in this quotation: “Only one who burst
with eagerness do I instruct. Only one who bubbles with excitement do I
enlighten”.

A. Learning makes human beings a follower of instructions

B. Learning involves patience and tenacity
C. Learning has the ability to make a man
D. Learning is a coupled with commitment and passion.