D.

hadbeenseat
ed
1.The edit
orfound the news st
ory notso
ent
ert
aini
ng.Hef
ounditful
lof: Rati
onal i
zat
ion:B–Thesecondsentenceisi n
thepr esentperf
ectt
ense,andsotheauxil
lary
A.Adject
ives verbmustbe“has”pl usthe“pastpart
ici
ple”
B.Verbs from oftheverb.
C.Pronouns
D.Adverbs 6.Aft
er7depressingyear
s,mit
chfi
nal
lyqui
tthe
j
ob.She _ ___
_______
____
___
__ al
ong wit
h her
Rational
izat
ion:Theansweri slett
erC“ pr
onoun” super
iorfora l ong ti
me befor
e she fi
nall
y
becausei tconsideredasa“ f
uncti
on”wor d– deci
dedtolookforanewpositi
on.
meani ngitisdependentont he“contentwor ds
presenti nt he sentence.In Engli
sh cont ent A.di
dn’t
words ar e t he f oll
owing: pr eposit
ions, B.i
sn’tgetti
ng
conjuncti
ons,art
icl
esandpr onouns. C.hasn’tbeengett
ing
D.hadn’tgett
ing
2.“Ont hestr
eetofthi
sposit
ionofGod’sworldI
feelneighbortoar at,sobrotherofawor m; Rati
onali
zati
on:Thesent encewithmissingparts
Foreverchasingrai
nbowsatmuddymar gi
ns. i
si ntheper fectprogressiv
et ensesi ncethat
“Thisli
neonQuemada’ spoem issay
ingthat: ther
earet wopastactionswher esti
llhappening
when the second t ranspir
ed.Ther efore,the
A.Li
fei
sfrui
tful auxi
li
aryverbmustbe“had”pl us“been”andt he
B.Li
fei
snotwor t
hli
ving -i
ngform ofthever
b.Theansweri sl
etterD.
C.Li
fei
sempt yandmeaningl
ess
D.Li
fei
sfull
ofchall
enges 7.Fi vey earsofintensiv
el anguagest udyar e
requiredforsecondlanguagelearners.Chun–Li
Rati
onali
zat
ion:One can easi
lyinf
ert hatthe _________
_ _
_____
_Englishforthr
eey ears,butshe
answerisl et
terD pri
mari
lybecauseonecan willneedmor etrai
ningtobemor epr ofi
ci
ent.
vi
suali
zethattheper
sonaisfaci
ngdiff
icul
ti
esin
l
ife. A.hasstudi
ed
B.wil
lhavebeenstudy
ing
3.“The whale has no famous authorand C.hasbeenstudy
ing
whal
ingnofamouschr oni
cles.
”Basedont hi
s D.hadn’
tbeengett
ing
l
inef
rom t
henov
el,Mobydickistreat
edas:
Rational
izat
ion:Thesecondsent enceisi nthe
A.Whal
ii
ngisnott
rul
ystruct
ure. presentperfectpr ogr
essiv
et ensebecauset he
B.Whal
esareordi
nar
ycreatur
es acti
on st ar
ted somewher ei nt he past,sti
l
l
C.Whal es i
s a wil
d mammalt hat haunt
s happening at pr esent and wi l
lcont i
nue to
mari
ner
s. happeni nthefuture.Theauxili
aryverbmustbe
D.Whal
ingisanOl
dhobby . “has”plus“been”andt he-i
ngf or
m oft hever
b.
Theansweri slet
terC.
Rati
onal
izat
ion:ThePhrases“nofamousauthor
”
and“nof amouschr oni
cles”woul
dindi
cat
ethat 8.Thelabor
ersar
esohappythat_
___
___
_now
theansweri
sl et
terB. reapi
ngthef
rui
t__
__ef
for
ts.

4. Venus is an exempl
i
cati
on of f
emi
nine A.t
hey’
re–thei
r
pul
chri
tude.Pul
chr
it
udemeans: B.t
hey
’re–there
C.t
her
e–t hei
r
A.Plai
n D.t
hei
r–their
B.Beauty
C.Ugli
ness Rati
onal
izati
on:“They”isa per sonalpronoun,
D.Homeliness “Thei
r”i
sapossessi vepronoun,while“They’
re”
i
sacombi nat
ionof“t
hey”and“ar e”
.Thecorrect
Rati
onalizati
on:Using cont
extclues,one can answeri
sl ett
erA.
easi
lyi nfer that t
he answer i
sB “ beaut
y”
because “ Venus” i
st he roman goddess of 9.Thi
sseat
wor
kisdi
ff
icul
tforPaul
and_
___
___
.
beauty.
A.Mysel
f
5.Samant ha’
sey esarebl ur
redandherhands B.I
ached.She_ _
___
__ __
___
_ _
_att hecomput
erf
or6 C.Me
l
onghour s.Fi
nal
ly,shetookabr eak. D.Hi
mself

Rati
onali
zati
on:Toughchoicewouldbebetween
BandC.t heansweri sC“me”because“I”must
A.wasseated only be used i
fy ou ar
et he subj
ectoft he
B.hasseated sentenceofify ouarethedoeroft heaction,
C.wouldhaveseat
ed whil
e“ me”isusedi syouaretheobjectofthe
sent
enceori
fyouar
ether
ecei
veroft
heact
ion. B.Mail
ed
C.Judged
10.Thecandycar
esmel
l
s__
___
___
___
___
. D.Needed

A.Sweet Rati
onali
zat
ion:A soundisv oi
cedi ftherear
e
B.Sweet
ly vibr
ati
onsont hevocalcords,andVoicelessi
s
C.Sweet
er ther
eisnone.12.D,13.B,
14.B, 15.
D,16.D
D.Moresweet
17.Audi
oli
ngual
i
sm isanewl anguageteachi
ng
Rationalization:“smell
s“i sav erbofsenses– appr
oachthatmainl
yfocuseson____
___
_ _
meani ngi tcoul dbeeitherfunct i
onasanact ion
orlinkingv erb.Iti
sfunct i
oningasanact i
onv erb A.Syntax
i
ft hesubj ecti scapabl eofmov ementandi f B.Str
ucture
therei sdi rectobject
.I tfunct i
onsasal i
nking C.Reading
verbi fthesubj ectisnotcapabl eofmov ement. D.Pronounciat
ion
Since t hat “ candy” cannot mov e,the v erb
“smel l
s” f unctions as a l inking v erb. The Rati
onali
zati
on:TheanswerisD“ pronunci
ation”
sentencepat t
ernther
ef oreisS- LV- PA( Subject
, because in Grammar Teaching Appr oaches,
LinkingVer b,Predi
cati
v eAdj ective)andso,t he Audiol
ingual
i
sm focusesonpronunciat
ion.
answeri s“sweet ”.
18.Rubri
casameasur i
nginstr
umentt
hati
s
11.Whatisthebiggesthi
ndr
ancei
nlear
ninga bestusei
nassessi
ng_
___
___
____
____
secondl
anguage?
A.Sentencestruct
ure
A.grammar B.Oralreci
tati
on
B.struct
ureoflanguage C.Multi
plechoicetest
C.imager y D.Dict
ationtest
D.cross-cul
tur
alissues
Rational
izat i
on:Rubr i
cs are often t
imes used
Rati
onali
zati
on:Theansweri slett
erDbecause whenobj ect i
vi
tymi ghtbequest i
onable.Often
secondlanguagelearni
ngentail
slear
ningabout ti
mes r ubr ics are used to steeraway f rom
cult
ureofthelanguageori
gin. personalbi asesoft heassessor.Multi
plechoice
test,sent ence st r
uctur
e,and di ctat
ion tests
12.Whi
chamongt
hesewor
dshas[
z]endsound? woul d hav e exactanswer s,whi leiti sv ery
diff
icul
tt oassessor alexami nati
on– andso,
A.Maps theansweri slett
erB.
B.Jokes
C.Laughs 19.ManuelArgui
llai
soneofthemostimport
ant
D.Buys Fil
ipi
nowr i
ter
sofal lti
me.HewrotetheJuan
Tamad seriesand theshor
tstor
y“How my
13.Whichamongt
hesewor
dshast
hest
art
ing brotherLeon broughtHome a wife.
”He i s
[
th]sound? famousininject
ingthemeswit
h____
_ _
__inhis
story.
A.Thank
B.These A.Urbani
ty
C.Think B.Cosmopoli
tani
sm
D.Thing C.LocalCol
or
D.Ranchli
fe
14.Whichamongt
hesewor
dshast
hev
oiced[
th]
sound? Rati
onal i
zat
ion: C is the answer
. Manuel
Arguil
la’s fi
cti
on depi
cts r
ural l
if
e i
n the
A.Mouth Phil
ippines.
B.Breat
h
C.Teeth 20.Whowr
otet
henov
el“Thej
ungl
eBook”
D.Healt
h
A.Vict
orHugo
15.Whi
choft
hewor
dsbel
owhast
he[
zh]sound? B.Rudyar
dKipli
ng
C.Will
i
am March
A.Shi
ps D.K.LMansfi
eld
B.Shor
e
C.She Rati
onal
i
zati
on:Rudyard Ki
pli
ng wrote “The
D.Lei
sure Jungl
eBook”.Hi
swrit
ingsar
emostlyfabl
esand
seti
nthefor
esti
nIndi
a.
16.Whichamongt
hesewor
dshast
he[
id]end
sound?

A.Pr
aised 21.Thi
sVi
ctorHugo’
sMast
erpi
ecet
hatt
alks
aboutt
heFr
enchr
evol
uti
on. br
other
s.

A.LesMiserabl
es 27.Shei
s__
___
__apl
ane
B.HunchbackofNot
reDame
C.Annakareni
na A.i
n
D.Fat
hersandSons B.on
C.at
Rational
izati
on:Hugodidnotwrit
eAnnakareni
na D.i
nto
andFat hersandSons.Hugowr oteHunchbakof
NotreDameandl esMi ser
abl
es,theformeris Rati
onali
zat
ion:TheisB“on”
.Thepreposi
ti
oni
s
aboutQuasi modo and Esmeralda,whil
et he usedinvehi
clesthatar
ehugeenoughforonet
o
l
atteri s aboutJeanne ValJeanne Cossette workinsi
deit.
whichissetduringtheFrenchRevol
uti
on.
28.Rober
tFrost
’spoemsar
ecommonl
yabout
22.Acommai
ndi
cat
es: ___
___
____
___
_.

A.Pause A.Beaut
ifulgi
rl
s
B.Sl
ightpause B.Deci
sionmakingandf
ate
C.Longerpause C.GodandFai t
h
D.Nopause D.Endoft heWorl
d

Rat
ional
izati
on: Therearethreet
ypesofjunctur
e, Rati
onali
zat
ion:The answeri sl ett
erB.Hi s
acommaor“ singleslash”meansslightpause;
a poems“Fi r
eandIce”
, TheRoadNotTaken”,and
per
iodor“ doubleslashes”meansl ongerpause; “St
oppingbyt heWoodsonaSnowyEv eni
ng”
endofthepar agr aphor“ t
ri
pleslashes”means aremainl
yabouttaki
ngt her
isk,
decisi
onmaking
l
ongestpause.Theansweri sB. andthepowerofchoice.

23.Whi
chwor
dhast
heCpr
onouncedas/
k/? 29.F.ScotFit
zger
ald’
sStor
ythatisaboutthe
boywhowasbor nandget
syoungerev
erydayis
A.Centur
y ti
tl
ed___
____
____
B.Col
d
C.Ci
ty A.TheCur i
ousCaseofBenj
ami
nBut
ton
D.Censure B.TheGr eat
estGat
sby
C.TheInnocentBoy
Ans:
B D.GrowingYoung

24.Whi
chwor
disaccent
edont
hef
ir
stsy
ll
abl
e? Rat
ional
i
zat
ion:The answerislet
terA.This
st
orywasadaptedi
ntofil
m andst
arsBar
dPitt
.
A.Fi
ft
een Bej
aminwasbornol
danddi edy
oungasbaby
.
B.Outspeak
C.Understand 30.Intheball
etpresent
ati
on“SwanLake”by
D.Heaven Tchai
kovsky
,Whoseducedthepr
ince?

Ans:
D A.Bl
ackSwan
B.Gol
denSwan
25.Whi
chwor
dhast
heCpr
onouncedas/
s/? C.SwanWit
ch
D.Ugl
yDuckl
ing
A.Censure
B.Connote Rati
onal
izati
on:The Black Swan seduced t
he
C.Comma pri
ncethatiswhyt heWhiteSwancommi tt
ed
D.Coll
aborat
e sui
cidei
nt heend.Sotheansweri
sletterA.

Ans:
A 31.InChauser’sCanter
buryTal
es,Whicht
ale
tal
ksaboutthreefr
iendswhokil
ledeachot
her
26.LoretoParasSul
it
’sShortst
orythatr
evol
ves fort
hechestfi
l
ledwithtr
easur
es?
around the t
heme t hatbeauty can be v
ery
dangerousti
tl
ed____
__ _
___
_ A.Par
doner’
sTale
B.Kni
ght’
sTale
A.TheHarvest C.Merchant
’sTal
e
B.TheBeauti
fulSt
ranger D.TheNunPr i
est
’sTal
e
C.Desi
re
D.Beaut
if
ulLiar Rati
onali
zat
ion:The answerIsletterA.The
Canter
buryTalesi
sacoll
ecti
onofstori
estol
dby
Rati
onali
zati
on:The answeri slett
erA “The thedif
fer
entpil
gri
msontheirwayt
oCant er
bury
.
Harvest”
.FidelandVi
dalarebrotherswhobot h
gotattr
actedtoMissFranci
a,andthisat
tract
ion 32.Rabi
ndranat
h Tagor
e’s poem “Inner
most
to Miss Francialed to hear
taches ofbot h One”i
stakenf r
om thecol
lecti
onofdevot
ional
songst
it
led_
___
___
_. recentl
yended
D.Theact ioni
shappeni
ngatpr
esentandmay
A.Git
anjali sti
llhappenint
hef
uture.
B.Shakuntala
C.Ramay ana Rat
ional
i
zat
ion:Theanswerislet
terDbecausei
t
D.Mahabhar ata per
tai
nstopresentper
fectpr
ogressi
ve.

Rati
onali
zat
ion:Theansweri
sA.Gi
tanj
alimeans 38.Hei
sconsi
der
edt
hef
atherofessay
.
“SongsofOf feri
ng”which i
sacoll
ecti
on of
vesper
sandpr ayer
s. A.MicheldeMontaigne
B.Fr
ancisBacon
33.Itdeter
mines i
f a sound i
svoi
ced of C.Will
i
am Shakespeare
voi
cel
ess D.GeorgeEli
ot

A.Uvuka Ans:
A
B.VoiceBox
C.Tongue 39.Which workofLeo Tolst
oyi
s aboutt
he
D.Alv
eolarRi
dge Napol
eoni
cinvasi
oni
nRussia?

Ans:
B A.WarandPeace
B.Annakar
eni
na
34.FamilyofConsonantsoundswher
etheai
ris C.GodSeesthetr
uthbutWai
ts
hel
dbackf oramomentbef orei
tisrel
eased D.Fat
herandSons
abrupt
ly.
Ans:
A
A.Fr
icativ
e
B.Pl
osive 40.Thefi
l
m “Tat ari
n”isbasedont
heshor
t
C.Af
fricate stor
ybyNi
ckJoaquinti
tl
ed_
_____
__
D.Gl
ides
A.MayDayEve
Ans:
B B.SummerSol
stice
C.Thr
eeGenerat
ions
35.PazMar quezBeni
tezwroteast oryabouta D.WomanwithTwoNavel
s
l
ovet r
iangl
eamongstAl f
redo,Esper anza,and
Jul
ia.Whatisthet
it
leoft
hismasterpiece? Ans:
B

A.WeddingDance 41.Readt
hepoem bel
ow:
B.DeadSt ar
s
C.Desire “Thatthewindseraphsofheaven
D.Tatsulok Covetedhereandme
Thatisthereason,
notsolongago
Rationali
zation:B–DeadSt arisconsi
deredthe I
naki ngdom bythesea
fi
rst Fili
pino l i
ter
ary mast
erpi
ece writ
ten in Awindbl ewoutofacloud
English.I
ti saboutAlfr
edowhol ov
esnotl ov
eit Chil
l
inandKi l
li
nmyAnnabel Lee”
selfbutonlyt heideaofi
t.
Whati
sthecauseofdeat
hofAnnabel
Lee?
36.Whatmakest
hesent
encebel
ower
roneous?
A.Consumpti
on
“Ihav
ewr
it
tenal
ett
ery
est
erday
.” B.Dengue
C.HIV
A.Yester
day D.Hepati
ti
s
B.Have
C.A Rati
onal
i
zat i
on:LetterAist
heanswerascanbe
D.Lett
er i
nferr
edfrom thel asttwoli
nesoftheexcer
pt.
ConsumptionisalsoknownasTB.
Rati
onal
izati
on: The answer i s let
ter A
“y
ester
day ”becausei
nthepr
esentperf
ecttense 42.Whoi sconsi
der
edast
hef
atherofdet
ect
ive
wearenotal l
owedtoputadefi
nit
etimemar ker
. stor
ies?

37.Whati
sNOTt
rueaboutt
hepr
esentper
fect A.EdgarAll
anPoe
tense? B.Wil
li
am Shakespar
e
C.RobertFr
ost
A.Theactionstar
tedsomewher einthepastand D.Shoguna
conti
nuedupunt i
lpresent
B.Itmustbearwithittheauxil
iaryver
bhas/have Rati
onali
zati
on:TheanswerisAEdgarAl
l
anPoe.
pl
ust hepastpart
ici
pleform oftheverb HisstorytheCaskofAmont il
l
adoisoneoft
he
C.Theactionisstil
lhappeni
ngatpr esentorj
ust examplesofhisdetect
ivest
ori
es.
 t
it
led_
___
___
___
___
43. The v elum i
s al
so known as t
he
___
______
__ __ A.Comedia
A.HardPal at
e B.Di
vi
naComedi a
B.SoftPalate C.ComediadeDivi
na
C.Uvula D.Di
vinadeCoval
andi
aComedi
a
D.Alv
eolarRidge
Rat i
onalizati
on: The answer i s A. Di v
ina
Ans:
B Comedi ai sjustan It
ali
an t
ranslat
ion.I
twas
originall
yt i
tl
ed“Comedia”ButthePopeandt he
44.I
nCarl
osBulosan’
s“Myfat
herGoestoCour
t” Kingadded“ Div
ine”toitbecausepeoplewho
Whatist
heaccusati
onoft
herichf
ather
? hav er ead thenov eli
mmediatelyrepent
ed on
theirsins.
A.St
eali
ngtheAromaoft hefood.
B.St
eali
ngtheki
tchenutensi
ls 49.Di
vi
neComedyi
sat r
il
ogy,whi
chamongt
he
C.Steal
i
ngthegoldbarsfoundundert
hebedof thr
eei
sthemostwi
del
yread?
ther
ichfamil
y
D.Cheati
ngonhi
swi f
e A.Purgat
ory
B.Heaven
Rati
onal
izati
on:Theanswerisl
ett
erA.Intheend C.Paradi
se
ofthestory
,thepoorfatherwasabletopaythe D.I
nferno
ri
ch fat
herbyl ett
ing hi
m heart he sound of
ti
ngli
ngsoundofcoins. Rati
onal
izat
ion:TheanswerisDInfer
nobecause
manybecamei nter
estedi
nr eadi
ngitbecause
45.InPazlat
orena’
sStor
y“ Desi
re”,themain theywanttoknowt hepuni
shmentofthei
rsi
ns.
char
act
erhasasexybodybuta_ _
____
____
___
__
50.Whoisconsi
der
edast
hemast
erofshor
t
A.Homel yFace stor
ywr
it
ing?
B.Twistedmind
C.ScalySkin A.EdgarAll
anPoe
D.LowI .
Q B.LeoTolstoy
C.JoseRizal
Rationali
zat
ion:The answeris A.The mai n D.Rudyar
dKi pl
ing
characterpossessesabeaut
if
ybodybutanugly
face.Thewor d“ homel
y”isaeuphemism for Ans:
A
ugly.

46. The l i
nes bel
ow ar
e t
aken f
rom
Shakespear
eanplay
?

“I
fyouprickus,shal
l wenotbleed?
I
fyouti
ckleus,shall
wenotl augh?
I
fyoupoisonus,shallwenotdie?
AndIfy
ouwr ongus, shal
lwenotseekr
evenge?

A.RomeoandJul i
et
B.MerchantofVeni
ce
C.Hamlet
D.Macbeth

Rat
ional
i
zati
on:Thelinesabovearetakenf
rom
Shy
lockSpeech.Theanswerisl
ett
erB.

47.Whati
sTRUEaboutt
hePastPer
fectTense?

A.Theremustbet wopastact
ions
B.Theauxili
aryv
erbmustbe“has”
C.The mai nv er
b mustbe i nt he pr
esent
part
ici
pial
form
D.Theauxili
aryver
b“had”mustnotbeused

Rat i
onali
zat
ion:The answerisA.Inthe past
perfecttensetheremustbet wopastacti
ons,
thef i
rstonehappenedbef or
ethesecondone
transpir
ed.

48.Dant
eAl
i
gier
i’
sDi
vi
neComedyi
sOr
igi
nal
l
y