ENGLISH PROFICIENCY

TEST REVIEWER
Coverage of Exam a. trudges
 Sentence Completion b. meanders
 Synonyms c. rages*
 Antonyms d. ambles
 Analogy 8. Biological clocks are of such _____
 Reading Comprehension adaptive value to living organisms, that we
 Idiomatic Expressions would expect most organisms to _____them.
a. obvious: possess*
 Cloze Test
b. ambivalent: develop
c. meager: evolve
Source: DepEd d. significant: eschew
9. The peasants were the least ______ of all
A. Sentence Completion people, bound by tradition and _____ by
superstitions.
a. conventional: encumbered
1. She is well loved by the people for
b. pinioned: limited
being______.
c. free: fettered*
a. slanderous d. enthralled: tied
b. virtuous* 10. The conclusion of his argument, while
c. ambiguous _____, is far from ______.
d. condescending a. germane: relevant
2. Davidlee is an ____________ diver. He b. esoteric: obscure
always wins the gold medal. c. stimulating: interesting
a. inept d. abstruse: incomprehensible*
b. efficient
c. adroit* B. Synonyms
d. aggressive
3. The ____ student _____ going to school. 11. The virulent drug he had mistakenly
a. delinquent; abhors* taken killed him in an instant.
b. awkward; abhors a. effective
c. industrious; dislikes b. expensive
d. obedient; dislikes c. sedative
4. The reporter was adjudged guilty of _____ d. toxic*
for spreading false accusations. 12. Argentina is one of the world’s leading
a. calumny* honey-exporters. It maintains a large apiary.
b. rebellion a. Place where birds are bred.
c. treachery b. Place where apes are grown.
d. mutiny c. Place where bees are raised.*
5. Ewan played the violin with such _____, d. Place where honey is stored.
everyone was amazed. 13. Eugenio Joshua admires his teacher’s
a. anxiety deportment during class.
b. inanity a. demeanor*
c. deity b. speech
d. virtuosity* c. banishment
6. Today, Alfred Wegener’s theory is d. intelligence
_______; however, he died an outsider 14. His recommendation was rejected
treated with ___ by the scientific because it might be inimical to the company.
establishments. a. insubstantial
a. unsupported: approval b. useful
b. dismissed: contempt c. costly
c. accepted: approbation d. disadvantageous*
d. unchallenged: disdain* 15. Marvin Jay’s supervisor asked him to
7. The revolution I art has not lost its steam; it elucidate his proposal during the
_________ on as fiercely as ever. presentation.

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a. clarify* 23. SCINTILLATING: DULLNESS
b. extend a. erudite: wisdom
c. improve b. desultory: error
d. shorten c. boisterous: calm*
d. exalted: elevation
C. Antonyms 24. SHARD: POTTERY
a. seed: flower
16. The mother has been doleful every when b. smoke: fire
she lost her son. c. chair: furniture*
a. miserable d. mystify: enlightenment
b. cheerful* 25. PROSAIC: MUNDANE
c. prayerful a. obdurate: foolish*
d. anxious b. ascetic: austere
17. Juan Carlo acquiesced to his friends’ c. loquacious: taciturn
plan of going to Baguio comes February. d. peremptory: spontaneous
a. agreed 26. ATTENUATE::SIGNAL
b. objected* a. exacerbate: problem
c. rejoiced b. modify: accent
d. abided c. dampen: enthusiasm*
18. John Dan’s house is full of a motley d. elongate: line
collection of furniture, including antiques, 27. SALACIOUS:: WHOLESOME
woodcrafts and glasswares. a. religious: private
a. diverse b. expensive: profligate
b. attractive c. conservative: stoic
c. homogenous* d. mendacious: truthful*
d. expensive 28. PENURY:: MONEY
19. Jeric Angel’s nervousness was palpable a. starvation: sustenance
despite the confident façade he was b. independence: freedom*
showing. c. infirmity: illness
a. evident d. spontaneity: care
b. increasing 29. MASON:: STONE
c. decreasing a. soldier: weapon
d. hidden* b. lawyer: law
20. He had learned that everything in life is c. carpenter: wood*
evanescent. d. teacher: pupil
a. temporary 30. REPEL:: LURE
b. permanent* a. miscarry: succeed*
c. extraordinary b. dismount: devolve
d. luminous c. abrogate: deny
d. abridge: shorten
D. Analogy
E. Reading Comprehension
21. ARTICULATE::SPEECH
a. predictable: event Passage 1
b. coordinated: movement
c. active: thought
d. erratic: path
22. INCEPTION:: CONCLUSION
a. departure: arrival*
b. culmination: upshot
c. approach: return
d. escapade: punishment

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 Much of what goes by the name of pleasure is simply an effort to destroy consciousness. If
one started by asking, what is man? What are his needs? How can he best express himself? One
would discover that merely having the power to avoid work and live one’s life from birth to death in
electric light and to the tune of tinned music is not a reason for doing so. Man needs warmth, society,
leisure, comfort and security: he also needs solitude, creative work and the sense of wonder. If he
recognized this he could use the products of science and industrialism eclectically, applying always
the same test: does this make me more human or less human? He would then learn that the highest
happiness does not lie in relaxing, resting, playing poker, drinking and making love simultaneously.
Adapted from an essay by George Orwell

31. The author implies that the answers to the questions in sentence two would reveal that human
beings ________.
a. are less human when they seek pleasure*
b. need to evaluate their purpose in life
c. are being alienated from their true nature by technology
d. have needs beyond physical comforts
32. The author would apparently agree that playing poker is _____.
a. often an effort to avoid thinking
b. something that gives true pleasure
c. an example of man’s need for society *
d. something that man must learn to avoid

Passage 2

Examine the recently laid egg of some common animal, such as a salamander or newt. It is a minute
spheroid – an apparently structure less sac, enclosing a fluid, holding granules in suspension. But let
a moderate supply of warmth reach its watery cradle, and the plastic matter undergoes changes so
rapid, yet so steady and purposeful in their succession, that one can only compare them to those
operated by a skilled modeler upon a formless lump of clay. As with an invisible trowel, the mass is
divided and subdivided into smaller and smaller portions. And, then, it is as if a delicate finger traced
out the line to be occupied by the spinal column, and molded the contour of the body; pinching up
the head at one end, the tail at the other, and fashioning flank and limb into due proportions, in so
artistic a way, that, after watching the process hour by hour, one is almost involuntarily possessed by
the notion, that some more subtle aid to vision than a microscope, would show the hidden artist, with
his plan before him, striving with skillful manipulation to perfect his work.
Adapted from an essay by T H Huxley

33. The author makes his main point with the aid of _______.
a. logical paradox
b. complex rationalization*
c. scientific deductions
d. observations on the connection between art and science
34. In the context of the final sentence the word “subtle” most nearly means _____.
a. not obvious
b. indirect
c. discriminating
d. surreptitious *

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Passage 3 & 4
There are not many places that I find it more agreeable to revisit when in an idle mood,
than some places to which I have never been. For, my acquaintance with those spots is of such
long standing, and has ripened into an intimacy of so affectionate a nature, that I take a particular
interesting assuring myself that they are unchanged. I never was in Robinson Crusoe’s Island,
yet I frequently return there. I was never in the robbers’ cave, where Gil Blas lived, but I often
go back there and find the trap-door just as heaven to raise as it used to be. I was never in Don
Quixote’s study, where he read his books of chivalry until he rose and hacked at imaginary giants,
yet you couldn’t move a book in it without my knowledge. So with Damascus, and Lilliput, and
the Nile, and Abyssinia, and the North Pole and many hundreds of places — I was never at them,
yet it is an affair of my life to keep them intact, and I am always going back to them.

The books one reads in childhood create in one’s mind a sort of false map of the world, a
series of fabulous countries into which one can retreat at odd moments throughout the rest of life,
and which in some cases can even survive a visit to the real countries which they are supposed
to represent. The pampas, the Amazon, the coral islands of the Pacific, Russia, land of birch-tree
and samovar, Transylvania with its boyars and vampires, the China of Guy Boothby, the Paris of
du Maurier—one could continue the list for a long time. But one other imaginary country that I
acquired early in life was called America. If I pause on the word “America”, and deliberately put
aside the existing reality, I can call up my childhood vision of it.
Adapted from: The Uncommercial Traveller, C Dickens (1860)
35. The first sentence of Passage 3 contains b. never expects to visit any of them in real
an element of life, whereas the writer of passage two
a. paradox thinks it at least possible that he might
b. legend c. is less specific in compiling his list*
c. melancholy d. wishes to preserve his locations in his
d. self-deprecation* mind forever, whereas the author of passage
two wishes to modify all his visions in the
36. By calling America an “imaginary
light of reality.
country” the author of passage two implies
that ___.
a. America has been the subject of numerous F. Idiomatic Expressions
works for children
b. his current vision of that country is not 39. We are affected as much as you are by
related to reality the rising prices of gasoline; we are all “in
c. America has stimulated his imagination the same boat”.
d. his childhood vision of that country owed a. Suffering the same predicament*
nothing to actual conditions* b. Hindering the success
c. Empathizing with everyone on his
37. Both passages make the point that_____. suffering
a. books read early in life can be revisited in d. Acknowledging the suffering
the imagination many years later *
b. imaginary travel is better than real 40. The members of the public are
journeys demanding for better public infrastructure
c. children’s books are largely fiction and more public services, but at the same
d. the effects of childhood impressions are time they are demanding for lower taxes. It
inescapable is becoming a “Catch-22 situation”.
a. A challenging situation
38. Both passages list a series of places, but b. A dilemma from which it is impossible to
differ in that the author of passage three ___. escape*
a. has been more influenced by his list of c. A problem that involves government
locations efficiency
d. A condition of no great importance
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 41. That lady should not have become a war a. Sentimental meeting
correspondent. She is a “square peg in a b. Superficial talk
round hole”. c. serious discussion*
a. A person who has been given an d. successful arrangement
opportunity to change her profession.
47. Juan Carlo decide “to keep his peace”
b. A person who has no interest in her job.
until he finished examining the situation.
c. A person who takes part in every event.
a. Not to talk*
d. A person who is not suitable to her work
b. To be forthright
or surroundings*
c. to be relaxed
42. “It slipped my mind” that I will have d. to be reserved
with Davidlee tonight.
a. I determined, in spite of my schedule. 48. The company needs a couple of million
b. I forgot as a result of carelessness* pesos for its expansion. It is likely that the
c. I wished. Php 100 000.00 the partner has offered is “a
d. I planned delicately. drop in the ocean”.
a. Useful
43. The idea of expansionism “has not taken
b. More than enough
root” in the Philippines.
c. a tiny fraction of what is needed*
a. Has not become popular
d. useless until the amount is complete
b. Has not been heard
c. has not established itself*
d. has not been monitored
A. Cloze Test (Part 1)

44. Ewan Gregory does not mind how much Introduction:

resistance he causes; he like “sailing against
the wind”. 49.
a. Being popular a. improving
b. Interfering b. improves
c. overcoming the opposition c. improved
d. opposing the popular view* d. improvement*
45. Although Marvin Jay had only a minor 50.
role in the play, he “stole the thunder from” a. conceptualized*
the lead actor. b. conceptualizes
a. Borrowed the role from c. conceptualizing
b. Diverted the attention to himself from* d. conceptualize
c. succeeded in portraying 51.
d. transformed the character of a. evolving
b. evolves
46. I had a “heart to heart talk” with my c. evolved*
teacher on my plans to study Linguistics or d. evolve
Microbiology at the university.

This is the School 49) _________ Plan of the East Central Elementary School, San Fabian District II,
Pangasinan II Division, was 50)________________ and 51)_______________ through the concerted efforts of
the teaching 52)___________ with the other stakeholders of education headed by the principal. It
53)_______________ the vision or educational goals which 54)________ to uplift or improve the school
performance in terms of the following areas of development namely the pupil, staff, curriculum and physical
facilities development which will 55)__________ as the 56)_________ for evaluating the performance of the
school. It presents the school and community profile and the expected activities of the school.

Through the 57)_________ of this School Improvement Plan, with the unwavering 58)___________ of the
officers and members of the PTA as well as the School Governing Council and other stakeholders of education,
it is 59)________________ that the goals vision and mission of the East Central Elementary School will be
60)___________.
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 52. 59. 66.
a.staffs a. expect a. yours,
b. staff* b. expects b. sincerely yours,
c. staffed c. expecting c. Truly yours
d. staffing d. expected* d. Very truly yours,*
53. 60. 67.
a. present a. realize a. indorsment
b. presenting b. realized* b. endorsment
c. presents* c. realizing c. indorsement*
d. presented d. realizes d. endorsement
54. 61. 68.
a. aims* a. ; a. With date*
b. aim b. : b. No date
c. aimed c. , c. —–
d. aiming d. . d. —–
55. 62. 69.
a. serves a. to a.to*
b. serving b. for b. from
c. servicing c. your c. with
d. served* d. from* d. for
56. 63. 70.
a. basis a. conduct* a. Truly yours,
b. bases* b. conducts b. Very truly yours,
c. basing c. conducted c. Sincerely yours,
d. based d. conducting d. No Complementary Close*
57. 64.
a. implement a. entitle
b. implementing b. entitles
c. implementation* c. entitled*
d. implements d. entitling
58. 65.
a. support* a. kind*
b. supporting b. kinder
c. supports c. kindest
d. supported d. modest

Madam 61) _____

I have the honor to request permission 62)_______ you good office to 63)__________ an action research in
Science 64)_______, “Enhancing the Performance of the Grade VI Pupils in Science and Health through
Counteractive Lecture “for the Grade VI pupils of Greater Heights Elementary School for this school year 2014 –
2015.
Hoping for your 65)________ approval.
66)________________
EWAN ETHAN LEE C. RIVERA
Teacher
1st 67)___________
68)_______________________
Respectfully forwarded 69)__________ the Schools Division Superintendent, Pangasinan Division II, Binalonan,
Pangasinan, recommending approval of this basic communication.

70)_____________________________
DAVIDLEE DV. ROMERO JR.
Public Schools District Supervisor
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Source: Online E Learn
Finding Errors
1. Aren’t you going to use heavy make-up
today?
2. That elementary student is quite brilliant.
3. In here, the point is you don’t have a
point.
4. Are there any questions?
5. On behalf of the organization, we would
like to express our gratitude to all who
took part in this event.
6. The birthday celebrant surprised his
guests with his remarkable speech.
7. The debator trained hard for the
competition but he lost to a more
experienced foe.
8. She is now a matured person as evidenced
by how she handles life’s pressure.
9. The books might arrive next next week as
promised by the teacher.
10. The jewelries that her mother bought are
all fake.
11. Can I have the key of Room 103?
12. The boy was sidesweeped by a speeding
car.
13. What kind of perfume did you use this
morning?
14. She forgot her TIN number.
15. Form a queue and claim
identification card one by one.
16. To settle the matter, let us go to votation.
17. I prefer a glass of ice tea over milk.
18. After having passed the rigid training, he
is now a full-pledged pilot.
19. The doctor’s advices came at an
opportune time.
20. I will bring you to the airport.
21. I will sue you to court.
22. The concert will be held at the closed
gymnasium.
23. The can goods that she gave me have
expired for a long time.
24. Attached herewith are pertinent
documents for your perusal.
25. The scavenger was assassinated by an
unidentified assailant.
26. There are hundreds of terminologies that
I don’t understand.
27. Weaving is her past time.
28. Even before the wedding, he already
congratulated the groom and the bride.
29. Some vocabularies have evolved from
foreign words.
30. She has to cope up with her lessons to get
a high grade in Math.
31. The trainor failed to meet the
expectations of the participants.
32. I am clueless why I am allergic to chalks.
33. I was asked to xerox the documents
before handing them to the principal.
34. With regards to that defective item, the
management is willing to replace it.
35. How many questionnaires did you float to
the respondents?
36. I agree with your brilliant idea.
37. I agree to you when you said that nobody
is perfect.
38. His plans are in conformity with his
your
brother’s.
39. Upon reaching the gas station, the man
got out of the bus then never came back.
40. The speaker emphasized three major
causes of Climate Change. Firstly,…
41. Though he speaks fluent English, he was
actually raised in the barrio.
42. I extended my condolence to the
bereaved family.
43. We would like to thank those who in a
way or another contributed to this event.
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44. Is there something wrong with the word
Acknowledgement?
45. Let us abide with the rules and
regulations of the school.
46. I want to follow the footsteps of my sister.
47. The traffic policeman apprehended the
driver who didn’t notice the sign, NO
PARKING ON BOTH SIDES.
48. The next part of the program is the
induction of newly elected officers.
49. He is the Chair of the Board of Judges.
50. We just celebrated our 15th year wedding
anniversary at the Manila Hotel.
51. I will meet you at the library by and by.
52. He was riding in a bus when they met a
tragic accident.
53. My father died yesterday. He is 55.
54. I came from Buguias, Benguet. Every
summer, I help my parents work in the farm.
55. I graduated at Sipsipnget National High
School in 2010.
56. The scissor that I bought at SM Baguio is
quite expensive.
57. Many informations have been divulged
by the secret agent.
58. His line of business is selling computer
gadgets and equipments.
59. He was hospitalized due to electrocution.
60. After the traumatic incident, I think she is
alright.
61. She is an impregnable woman.
62. She already casted her vote yesterday.
63. Based from the survey, NAIA is one of
the five dirtiest airports in the world.
64. She was taken cared of by her foster
parents.
65. My parents work in the garden.
66. I was been the President of the Arts Guild
when I was in high school.
67. Calcium is not only good for the bones
but for the heart.
68. He revenged the killing of his father.
69. I was advised to cover my PIN when
withdrawing money in an ATM machine.
70. She is taking up Nursing for her second
course.
71. Hand me your USB so I can save those
files.
72. Anyways, that has been the final report to
the group.
73. I went to the library to get as many
information as I could.
74. The teacher forgot to give the direction in
the test.
75. When you go to Manila, better ask for
directions so you won’t get lost.
76. Despite of the oil price increase, the
drivers remained hopeful for a better 2012.
77. I could not illicit response from her.
78. He is in jail for smuggling elicit drugs into
the country.
79. At this juncture, we would like to
introduce the Board of Judges.
80. Burn the chicken and cook “pinikpikan”.
81. The BSU gymnasium was filled up with
people.
82. I will see you on February for the
Panagbenga craze.
83. What I need is a money to pay for my
bills.
84. My father and mother are supportive to
my studies.
85. The host for the BSU Charter Celebration
is he.
86. Her obese father is high blood.
87. It is ethical to say, Thank you in a request
letter.
88. I left a note on my sister’s pocket.
89. Our mother has shown an unconditional
love to us.
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 90. The fugitive was apprehended in March 3 a. in b. for
of 2010. c. of d. at

91. Her father is a military so people respect 6. Before the seeds germinated, I did not
him. know what kind of plants the
_________________.
92. His father, who is a police, was killed in a. will be b. would be
a gun battle. c. can be d. could be
93. The garbages on the street have not been 7. In April 1906, an earthquake never before
picked up. equaled in violence ___________ a part of
94. Throw your garbage properly. the United States, particularly San Francisco,
California.
95. She was unaware of the morning glory in a. striked b. stroke
her eyes. c. strikes d. struck
96. The English term for dogmeat is azucena. 8. Ballooning revenue collections,
mushrooming infrastructures and expanding
97. The English term for sayote is chayote. transportation and communication facilities
98. The symbol (/) used to separate conspicuously manifest the _________ of the
alternatives is slash. city.

99. The technical term for the symbol & is
and.
100. The pound key sign # is called number.
a. speedily growing economy
b. speedy economic growing
c. speedy growing
economic
d. growing economic speed

Sentence Completion 9. The latest addition to the year – round

regional cultural showcase is the new, state-
of-the-art light and sound museum which
1. The enterprising daughter who
_________ the country’s past and its present.
____________ a vast fortune from her super
a. exhibit b. exhibits
rich and powerful father is going to Europe to
c. exhibited d. is exhibiting
venture into other business deals.
a. Inherit b. inherited 10. Oral rehydration ________________
c. is inheriting d. was inherited attempted to replace lost body fluids in the
early stages of fever.
2. Helium, a new element in the sun, is the
a. is b. would be
ash left ______________ atoms of hydrogen
c. was d. has been
are fused in the furnace of the sun.
a. while b. unless 11. It _______ be gleaned from the article
c. when d. until that mass media have both positive and
negative influence to society.
3. To everybody’s surprise, the captain,
a. would b. could
looking _____________, eas there ahead of
c. must d. might
all the rest.
a. his best b. at his best 12. Of all the sports that
c. in his best d. for his best _________________ strong bodies,
swimming is the best.
4. People _________ Deoxyribonucleic Acid
a. develops b. developed
(DNA) damage were not necessarily those
c. develop d. is developing
who had smoked the longest but those who
began smoking at a young age. 13. The legalization of divorce, until such
a. of worst b. of worse time, has been _____________ in our
c. within the worse d. within in the worst society.
a. a hotly-contested issues
5. The primordial purpose _________
b. a hotly-contesting issue
schooling is ultimately to learn how to learn.
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c. the hoy contested issue c. (for) in Nigeria’s social, economic, and the
d. the hot contesting issue political future
d. because multilingualism inevitably results
14. A website is limited _____________ you in communication problems.
to other websites where you can access for 6.
more information and discoveries. a. The failure of tree-planting project was due
a. until it is linking to the inconsistent reforestation program
b. because it links b. haphazard community tree-planting
c. since it linked schemes, and meddling practices of
d. while it link (indifference) indifferentindividuals
c. who reduced the anti-erosion fences
15. The happy children, ________, paraded d. just to benefit their pasture land businesses
in the busy streets in celebration of their
school foundation. 7.
a. majestic costumes a. Because of new coffee growers
b. majestic costumed b. flooding the global market,
c. majestically costumes c. the official price of a pound of coffee in the
d. majestically costumed United States
d. crashed (into) from $6 in 1977 to 42 cents
Identifying Errors in 2001
8.
1. a. The navy contributes
a. Marc Chaggall, a painter, b. to the protection of the environment and
b. was considered a forefather of the art of preservation of natural resources
surrealism c. by (scuttle) scuttling out cylindrical blocks
c. an art (on how) that can be characterized d. to serve as artificial reefs.
by incongruous imagery
d. produced by unnatural juxtapositions and 9.
combinations. a. Trinh Xuan Thuan, an astrophysicist from
Vietnam
2. b. wrote The Birth of the Universe: The Big
a. Since the time the World Wide Fund for Bang and After, in 1993,
nature reported c. a book (on how it) that elucidates
b. that more than 22 species of wild felines d. the information and evolution of galaxies.
have (declining) declined.
c. different non-government agencies have 10.
given their support a. Susana earned money for her vacation
d. to the program that would protect the b. by working in an antique store all summer
species. c. but the amount was
(inefficient) insufficient
3. d. for all that she needed
a. The threat of deculturation
b. now hangs over many small ethnic 11.
(minority) minorities. a. The eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in 1991
c. that are scattered b. was one of the many misfortunes
d. in the depths of many forests. c. to wreak havoc
d. in Central Luzon.
4.
a. Unclean water and improper disposal of 12.
waste a. After participating (the) in fertility rites,
b. can (be carried) carry highly b. the childless woman,
communicable diseases c. who was blessed with a healthy baby
c. because of their injurious effects d. experienced a blissful and contented life.
d. to human life. 13.
5. a. Media produce
a. Language was brought into the spotlight b. a (sociology) sociological phenomenon
b. as a crucial factor c. such as psychological, moral, and
academic confusion

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d. about the present culture. c. is now serving a president
14. d. of a well-known state university in manila.
a. Concentrating on the physical intricacies 23.
b. of different (pose) parts of the body a. As of January 2003,
c. (forced) forces one to filter out b. Okinawa has the highest proportion of
d. physiological anxieties. centenarians in the word
15. c. but its ranking of male life expectancy
a. Any nation d. fell (into) from first rank in 1985 to fourth
b. that aspires to elevate morality rank in 1995.
c. will have difficulty 24.
d. (stamp) stamping out prostitution a. Any government
16. b. should implement certain policies
a. He (is) has been living in this country c. which would cater () the economic,
b. ever since he came political, moral,
c. but he makes no d. and the social needs of the nation.
d. attempt to speak our language. 25.
17. a. The indication
a. Some doubt about the state of truth of those b. of social (distinct) distinctiveness
who do not share their faith, c. or the credibility of a piece of information
b. but they leniently tolerate the situation d. can lead to interesting state of perplexity.
c. even if they () hinder
d. the motives of others.
18.
a. Human beings
b. have this natural inclination
c. for fending off (lonely) loneliness, exile,
and death
d. by dressing up the passing moment as a
miracle.
19.
a. Costing more than $40 million and
grossing $20 million in the first two weeks,
b. Pinocchio is one of the most expensive
(film) films
c. Made in Italy
d. To help put Rome back to the filmmakers’
maps.
20.
a. Oil prices have (shaping) shaped the world
economy for many years
b. but the emergence of the New Economy
and the rise of service industries
c. have supposedly made oil
d. increasingly less vital to economic growth.
21.
a. The movie we have seen
b. is a precision-carved jigsaw puzzle
c. that () took us inside the head
d. of a deeply disturbed, isolated
schizophrenic man.
22.
a. The most popular (alumnae) alumni
b. of a barangay high school

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 Reading Comprehension
Passage A
1. One reason that so many people fail is that they lack confidence in themselves. If you
think of yourself as being unworthy of great achievement, you will never achieve greatness.
If, on the other hand, you know yourself and understand what your abilities are, and if then
you are determined to accomplish and gain confidence in yourself.
2. One of the surest ways to accomplish this is for you to associate with persons who have
really achieved greatness. It is impossible, however, for most people to come frequently into
the actual presence of the great. The next best thing, perhaps, is for you to spend part of your
time in reading about great achievers. Biography is a powerful stimulant to action.
3. But these processes will not work unless you rid yourself of a sense of inferiority and
determined to do the best that you possibly can. One of the great philosophers expressed the
idea in a single sentence when he said that each individual should hitch his wagon to a star.
6. What literary technique was used by the
1. What is the main idea of the selection? writer in presenting his ideas?
a. Self-confidence is hard to achieve a. Narration b. Detailed analysis
b. Many people suffer from an inferiority c. Comparing ideas d. Giving suggestions
complex
7. According to the author, what is one of the
c. Knowing oneself leads to great
surest ways to achieve self-confidence?
achievement in life
a. Read lots of informative books
d. Self-confidence is the key factor in
b. Deal with people who have achieved
achieving success in life
greatness
2. Which paragraph/s gives/give specific c. Be-friend people who are self-sufficient
suggestions on how to develop confidence in d. Develop a strong and independent
oneself? personality
a. Paragraph 1 b. Paragraph 2
8. Based on the selection, what conclusion
c. Paragraph 1 and 3 d. Paragraph 2 and
may be drawn?
3. What word is synonymous or closest in a. Confidence in oneself is crucial in
meaning to the word “hitch” as used in the achieving success
last sentence of the selection? b. Associating with well-known individuals
a. drive b. fasten is enough to propel one to succeed
c. detach d. remove c. Reading the biographies of great people is
essential for one to become successful
4. Successful people are different from those
d. Confidence in the ability of others is
who are not because they
needed to boost one’s chances of succeeding
a. Work hard at having faith in their abilities.
b. Persevere to achieve greatness.
c. Hesitate to take risk by themselves. 9. The passage is about Asia’s
d. Disregard the opinions of others. a. lost generation
5. What does the saying “Each individual c. urbanized society
should hitch his wagon to a star” mean? b. delinquent youth
a. One should try to fulfill all his ambitions in d. new generation of youth
life. 10. It can be inferred from the passage
b. A person should emulate his ideal person.
that Asia’s youth
c. A person should aim as high as he could
reach. a. have senseless pursuits
d. One should wish upon a star to make his c. have been influenced by western
dreams come true. culture
b. share many common goals
d. have varied dreams and ambitions
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Passage B
1. Asia’s new generation of kids has more than just youth in common. Whether in
Manila, Hongkong, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Jakarta or Tokyo, whether rich or poor,
urban or rural, delinquent or not, Asia’s youngsters share many things. They go to schools,
sing-along bars, fast food outlets, rock concert and rallies. They are dressed in wild
costumes of screaming colors or black, leather jackets, outsize t-shirts and candy-colored
sneakers.
2. In Manila, they are particularly called “bagets”. Their pursuits, though seemingly
inane are innocent – singing-along with the gang at the malls, sharing cheeseburgers and
sodas or cruising the commercial center of Cubao and Makati.
3. In Bangkok, they will wander about the Siam Shopping Center, in Singapore, in the
shopping complexes of Orchard Road. They are kids of Asia’s great cities, avant-garde,
rebellious, modernized. They are exposed to imported television that usher in international
values.
4. In Hongkong, the kids have been described as precocious, world-wise, and
materialistic, governed less by teachers and parents than by the omnipresent television.
Peer group influence is great. Their trademarks are smoking, foul language, bizarre and
attention-getting appearance, and rude mannerisms.
5. In Japan, they look like different race to the old generation. There is rising drug
abuse, sexual freedom, crime and homosexuality among the youth. There’s less respect
given to parents and to the aged.
11. What is worth observing and good about 14. If the youth are exposed to too much
the youth beneath the modern image and western television they will likely
westernized lifestyle? a. Develop foreign values and forget
a. The youth are still the easy-go-lucky type. traditional ones.
b. Many of them still believe in traditional b. Become complacent and indifferent.
values. c. Become aggressive and violent.
c. They share a common character as d. Develop an independent mind.
influenced by the media.
15. What literary technique was used by the
d. The values of the new generation have
author in writing the selection?
been modified by modernization.
a. Comparing b. Describing
12. When the author said that Asian youth are c. Making profile d. Narrating events
avant-garde, it means that they
a. are behind the times
b. have old-fashioned thoughts
c. are promiscuous and stubborn
d. practice new and experimental ideas
13. What conclusion can be drawn out of the
passage?
a. Peers are just companions, they don’t
influence others.
b. Print and broadcast media have a great
influence on the youth.
c. Discipline at home has nothing to do with
the character of the youth today.
d. Character is hereditary, the environment
has nothing to do with what was become of
the youth today.
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Passage C
1. In the year 1799, an officer of the French Army was stationed in a small fortress on the
Rosetta River, a mouth of the Nile, near Alexander, Egypt. He was interested in the ruins of
the ancient Egyptian civilization, and had seen the sphinx and the pyramids, those
mysterious structures that were erected by men of another era.
2. One day, as a trench was being dug, he found a piece of black slate on which letters had
been carved. He had studied Greek in school, and knew this was an inscription written in
that language. There were two more lines carved into the stone: one on the Egyptian
characters he had seen on the ruins , the other in completely unfamiliar characters.
3. The officer realized the importance of such a find, and relinquished it to scholars who had
been puzzling over Egyptian inscriptions.
4. In 1802, a french professor by the name of Champollion began studying the stone in an
attempt to decipher the two unknown sets of characters using the Greek letters as a key. He
worked with the stone for over twenty years, and in 1823, announced that he had discovered
the meaning of the fourteen signs, and in doing so, had unlocked the secret of ancient
Egyptian writing.
5. Some 5000 years after an unknown person had made those three inscriptions, the Rosetta
Stone became a key, unlocking the written records of Egypt and sharing the history of that
civilization with the rest of the world.
16. What is the main idea of the selection? 19. What does the lone sentence in the third
a. French scholars worked hard in studying paragraph mean?
ancient history. a. The owner of the Rosetta Stone tried to
b. Ancient Egyptians wrote and preserved sell it to scholars.
their history in stones. b. The Egyptians scholars were puzzled by
c. The discovery of the Rosetta Stone led to the inscriptions found in the Rosetta Stone.
a better understanding of the history of c. The founder of the Rosetta Stone knew of
Egypt. its value and turned it over to the proper
d. A French Army officer studied the authorities.
Rosetta Stone and the inscriptions carved d. The officer did not think the Rosetta
into it. Stone had much value and therefore gave it
away.
17. In which country was the Rosetta Stone
found? 20. What literary technique was used by the
a. Egypt b. Greece writer in developing the passage?
c. France d. Alexandra a. Detailed analysis
b. Comparison and contrast of ideas
18. What word would best describe ancient
c. Narrative chronological order of events
Egyptians based on the selection?
d. Repetition of important points for
a. dedicated b. resourceful
emphasis
c. wise d. gifted
22. What conclusion may be drawn from the
18. What might have happened if the
passage?
Rosetta Stone were not found?
a. Egypt has a rich civilization dating back
a. Egyptian civilization would have
to the earliest times.
flourished.
b. Egypt has a mysterious culture which
b. Ancient Egypt would have not reached
remained unknown.
the peak of its glory.
c. Egypt was an ancient country with no
c. Ancient Egyptians would have not known
significant history.
of their cultural heritage.
d. Egypt’s civilization benefited only those
d. Egyptian civilization would have not been
in ancient times.
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Passage D
1. The complacent Filipino majority may not have been awakened yet to the reality of a
ravaged environment; nonetheless, the evidence must be overemphasized. Automotive vehicles
for one, reportedly contribute 94.6 million tons of waste released into the air each year, a
commuter can only imagine how polluted the air that gets into his respiratory system is.
2. Pollution experts are inclined to single out man as the culprit of his own destruction. Man,
rightly referred to as a “messy animal,” has helped being about untold environmental decay.
3. Imperiled by the pollution of air, water and land are not only human lives. The marine
species as well as the flora and fauna are just adversely affected. Mass suicides of fishes and
whales have been witnessed along Australian and American shorelines.
4. The mushrooming of factories and plants along river banks have been largely responsible
for the pollution of the different bodies of water, indiscriminate disposal of industrial waste
makes festering sinks of the rivers. Too much dumping of industrial waste renders to water
stagnant. Many of the rivers that used to flow along industrial banks can use some dredging.
And yet what good will dredging of a river do if in no time at all it will serve again as dumping
basin? The initiative has to come from the factory owners.
5. A great number of scientists like or think that new technology can be called upon to check
the impending pollution disaster, others are of the opinion that fewer births and less gadgetry
may yet provide the answer to the devastating dilemma. It cannot be denied, however, that man’s
wasteful ways call for some measure of discipline.
6. Man’s brutality toward his environment will only lead to his unmarking. It is ironical,
indeed, that he who was created to have dominion over every living creature on earth should one
day be overpowered by an environment he has helped to pollute. The catastrophe can hopefully
still be averted.
23. What does the selection generally urge a. Man failed to realize the seriousness of
man to realize? the pollution problem.
a. The threat of environmental pollution to b. Pollution, if unchecked, can bring about
each country the destruction of man.
b. The necessity of taking immediate steps c. Man does not deserve to be the master of
to solve the pollution problem His creation.
c. The scope of the problem of d. There is no need to be alarmed of the
environmental pollution pollution problem.
d. The steps to take in checking the 28. What would be the likely outcome if we
impending pollution disaster continue polluting our environment?
24. The phrase “mushrooming of factories” a. Man will be destroyed by an environment
are used in the fourth paragraph of the he had polluted.
selection refers to factories which are b. Less births and less gadgetry will save the
a. built b. destroyed world from catastrophe .
c. maintained d. abandoned c. Technology can help check the problem
25. In what part of the passage can you read on environmental pollution.
of the ways we can prevent pollution? d. Man’s wasteful ways will contribute more
a. First paragraph b. Fourth paragraph to the pollution of the environment.
c. Fifth paragraph d. Last paragraph 29. Which of the following statements show
26. Who is referred to in the phrase “a a cause and effect relationship?
messy animal” in the second paragraph of a. Man’s wasteful ways are a perennial
the passage? problem.
a. Fishes and whales b. Flora and fauna b. Man’s brutality toward his destruction.
c. Scientist d. Man c. The marine species and the flora and
fauna are adversely affected.
27. What is implied in the last paragraph of d. Mass suicide of fishes and whales have
the passage? been seen along coastlines.

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