MATHEMATICS 8.

 Which of these is true for all real

numbers x and y such that x > 0 and y < 0?
1. The average of 7 numbers is 24. The smallest of the A. xy > 0
numbers is 2 and the largest of the numbers is 31. What B. x + y > 0
is the average of the middle 5 numbers? C. x2 + y2 > 0
A. 25 D. x – y < 0
B. 26  
C. 27 9. At what point on the Cartesian plane do the following
D. 28 two lines intersect?
  y/3 – 7/3 = x and y/3 + 4/3 = x
2. Two side lengths of a triangle are 5 and 6, which of A. (4, 3)
the following CANNOT be the length of the third side? B. (6, 2)
A. 3 C. The lines do not intersect.
B. 6 D. (5, -2)
C. 9  
D. 12 10. The slope of the line represented by the equation
  2(x − 3) − 6y = 10 is equal to what?
3. Eric wishes to shift the graph of the function ƒ(x) A. – 1/2
= x² four places to the right and six places down from the B. 1/3
origin (0,0). Which equation represents this translation? C. 1/2
A. ƒ(x) = x – 42 + 6 D. 2
B. ƒ(x) = (x − 4)2 − 6  
C. ƒ(x) = (x2 − 4)2 − 6 11. Jenny’s house is 2 km away from her school. One
D. ƒ(x) = x + 42 – 6 day when going to school, Jenny runs for 20 minutes
  and arrived 5 minutes late. How many minutes earlier
4. What is the slope intercept form of (13x − 5x) + 12 − would Jenny be if she would use her bicycle at a rate of
2y = 6? one-third kilometer per minute?
A. y = 3x – 9 A. 5 minutes
B. y = 4x + 3 B. 6 minutes
C. y = 6x + 2 C. 8 minutes
D. y = -2x + 5 D. 9 minutes
   
5. The coordinates (−3, 5) and (3, 5) designate the 12.  The chart below shows the monthly profits of 3
diameter of a circle, what is its circumference? companies. What is the total profit generated by Store X
A. 2π and Store Z in the month of March?
B. 4π
C. 6π
D. 8π
 
6. What is the solution set of | 2(x – 1) – 15 | = 7?
A. { 5 }
B. { 12 }
C. { 5,12 }
D. { -5,12 }
 
7. A and B are reciprocals (when multiplied together
their product is 1). If A < −1, then B must be which of
the following? A. 120,000
A. 0 < B < 1 B. 140,000
B. -1 < B < 0 C. 180,000
C. B < -1 D. 200,000
D. B < 0  
  13. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The diagonals of a rhombus are congruent. A. 7 cm.
B. All rectangles are similar. B. 8 cm.
C. All rectangles are rhombuses. C. 9 cm.
D. Some rhombuses are rectangles. D. 10 cm.
   
14. In order for the two triangles shown to be similar, 19. Which of the following sets of interior angle
what is one possible value for x? measures would describe an acute isosceles triangle?
A. 90°, 45°, 45°
B. 80°, 60°, 60°
C. 60°, 60°, 60°
D. 60°, 50°, 50°
 
20. Which trigonometric function can equal or be
greater than 1.000?
A. Sine
B. Cosine
C. Tangent
A. 8 in. D. none of the above
B. 10 in.
C. 16 in.
D. 20 in.
 
15. Which coordinates satisfy the inequality: y+ 3 >
−3(x − 2)
A. (0,2)
B. (1,0)
C. (-3, 15)
D. (2, -2)
 
16. If h(x) = 3x + 4, what is h (2x − 3)?
A. -6X + 5
B. 6X – 5
C. 5X – 2
D. 5X + 2
 
17. If -1 < a < b < 0, then which of the following has the
greatest value?
A. b – a
B. a + b
C. a – b
D. 2b – a
 
18. In the figure below, what is the length of altitude y?

SCIENCE
1. Boyle’s law states that “If the temperature remains
constant, the volume of a gas varies inversely as
the pressure.” The volume of the gas is 204 mL at 840
mm pressure. Calculate the volume of the same gas at
765 mm if the temperature is held constant.
A. 112 mL
B. 224 mL
C. 288 mL
D. 336 mL
 
2. A student holds a hand mirror to observe the back of
her head while standing in front of and looking into a
wall mirror. If she is standing 4 feet in front of the wall-
mirror and she holds the hand-mirror 1 foot behind her
head, she will see the back of her head how far behind
the wall-mirror?
A. 6 feet
B. 5 feet
C. 4 feet
D. 3 feet
 
3. The Law of Superposition states that in undisturbed
strata of sedimentary rock, the oldest rock layer is at
the bottom, the youngest at the top. If geologists can
determine which way was originally “up” in a stack of
layers, they can put those strata in the correct historical
order. Rarely, after a sequence of layers has been
deposited and compressed to form rock, it may be
literally overturned by the thrusting of the Earth’s crust
as continental plates collide. In rare cases like this, how
can the original sequence of the rocks be determined?
A. Collect samples in near-by undisrupted areas.
B. They cannot be determined.
C. Carbon-date the fossils that are formed within the
sedimentary rock layers
D. They are totally in the reverse order of oldest to
youngest
4. The magnetic needle of a compass always points to
the north because
A. the needle touches the north pole.
B. the earth has a magnetic north pole.
C. compasses are used for finding direction.
D. the earth’s magnetic field is strongest at the south
pole.
 
5. The translational speed of the center of mass of a
bowling ball that rolls without slipping along the
horizontal section of the ball return is 3.50 m/s. It then
moves through a vertical rise of 0.760 m on the way
back to the ball rack. If you neglect frictional losses and
assume that the mass of the ball is distributed
uniformly, then what is the translational speed of the
ball at the top of the rise?
A. 1.27 m/s
B. 1.52 m/s
C. 1.52 m/s
D. 4.78 m/s
 
6. Water is essential in the process of photosynthesis. In
plants, water is first absorbed in the roots and is
conducted all the way to the leaves where
photosynthesis primarily occurs. This conduction
process occurs through the xylem vessels of plants.
There are two forces that participate in this water
conduction: adhesion and cohesion. Adhesion refers to
the attractive forces between the water molecules and
the walls of the xylem vessels, while cohesion refers to
the attractive forces among water molecules. Suppose
an air bubble is present in a xylem vessel, the
conduction of water will be unable to proceed. What is
the reason behind this phenomenon?
A. The air bubble interrupts the cohesive forces among
the water molecules. It cuts the continuous stream of
water, making it unable to continually flow.
B. The air bubble interrupts the adhesive forces
between the walls of the xylem vessels and the water
molecules.
C. The air bubble is less dense than water, therefore
impeding the continuous flow of water.
D. The air bubble creates a pocket of space that
eventually kills the xylem cells, thus preventing it from
resuming water conduction.
 
7. Which one of these is not true?
A. All planets revolve in the same direction.
B. All planets rotate in the same direction.
C. The orbits of the planets are all ellipses.
D. The orbits of the planets are nearly in the same
plane.
8. A new vaccine was discovered as a treatment for a
certain viral chicken disease. What should a scientist do
in order to test for the effectivity of the vaccine?
A. Administer the vaccine to 50 chickens and expose all
of them to the disease.
B. Administer the vaccine to 25 of 50 chickens and
expose all 50 chickens to the disease.
C. Expose 25 of 50 chickens to the disease then
vaccinate all 50 chickens.
D. Expose all 50 chickens to the disease then vaccinate
25 of them.
 
9. As the drops of water that leak from a dripping faucet
fall, they
A. get closer together.
B. get farther apart.
C. the pattern of their motion can’t be determined.
D. remain at a relatively fixed distance from one
another.
 
10. An astronaut orbits the earth in a space capsule
whose height above the earth is equal to the earth’s
radius. How does the weight of the astronaut in the
capsule compare to her weight on the earth?
A. Her weight is equal to her weight on earth.
B. Her weight is equal to one-fourth her weight on
earth.
C. Her weight is equal to one-half of her weight on
earth.
D. Her weight is equal to one-third of her weight on
earth.
 
Read the passage below to answer question
numbers 11 to 16.
A group of scientists were studying the growth of
bacteria. It is their hope that they will be able to induce
the bacteria to grow and metabolize oil as a food
source. They have taken three samples of Escherichia
coli and are growing them on nutrient agar plates. The
scientists used three conditions to test the E. coli
bacteria. The first group was grown at 37°C on plain
nutrient agar plates. The second group was grown at
37°C on plain nutrient agar plates with a 5% oil solution.
The third group was grown at 37°C on plain nutrient
agar plates with a 20% oil solution. The results of the
experiment are listed in the graph below.
11. What is the independent variable in the experiment
above?
A. The type of bacteria used
B. The nutrient agar.
C. The nutrient agar with oil.
D. The number of days the bacteria grew.
 
12. What is the dependent variable in the experiment
above?
A. The number of days the bacteria grew.
B. The nutrient agar.
C. The nutrient agar with the oil.
D. The amount of growth of the bacteria
 
13. Which bacterial culture had the greatest rate of
growth throughout the 8-day period?
A. Only the culture grown on nutrient agar had
significant growth.
B. The nutrient agar plate and the 5% oil plate had
growth.
C. The nutrient agar plate and the 20% oil plate had
growth.
D. The 5% oil and 20% oil plates had growth.
 
14. What is the best explanation for why
the E.coli grew on the 5% oil plate but not the 20% oil
plate?
A. The bacteria are used to an environment with 5% oil
and not 20% oil.
B. The bacteria were able to mutate to tolerate a
slightly oily environment of 5% oil, providing it had
other nutrients available and the 20% had far too much
oil.
C. The 5% plate had conditions that are similar to the
natural environment they are accustomed to.
D. The 5% plate allowed more oxygen to interface with
the bacteria because less oil was present.
15. Why did the nutrient agar bacteria plateau and then
drop in numbers as they approached Day 8?
A. The bacteria died because they had reached their
mature age.
B. The bacteria ran out of nutrients and had reached the
carrying capacity of the plate.
C. The bacteria always die after Day 6 in culture.
D. There is no definitive reason why the bacteria died
off after Day 6.
16. An excellent way to demonstrate that the scientists
have induced E.coli to survive and metabolize oil would
be to:
A. Repeat the experiment several times with 5% oil on a
nutrient agar plate.
B. Induce the bacteria on the 5% oil plate to grow on
nutrient agar.
C. Take the bacteria from the 5% oil plate and test them
on a new 20% oil plate.
D. new bacteria with the same experiment to see if that
is the only bacteria that can accomplish this.
 
17. Why does semen have alkaline bases as part of its
composition?
A. To maintain a neutral environment for the sperm to
“swim” in.
B. To protect the sperm from the acidic environment in
the vagina.
C. To speed up the transport of the sperm to the
fallopian tube.
D. To destroy any rival sperm cells inside the vagina.
 
18. A forensic anthropologist would most likely use
which bone to determine the height of a corpse?
A. phalanges
B. femur
C. occipital
D. patella
 
19. Professor Geller wanted to demonstrate the role of
osmosis in plant cells. He placed the cells in a solution
that is hypertonic to the cells. The solution contains red
microscopic dye particles. Which of the following could
be a possible result of Professor Geller’s
demonstration?
A. Plant cells decrease in size (flaccid), and the solution
will have a lighter color.
B. Plant cells increase in size (turgid), and the solution
will remain the same color.
C. Plant cells maintain their size, and the solution will
become darker.
D. Plant cells will burst, causing the solution to reduce
its color
 
 
20. Air cools at the dry adiabatic rate of 10°C for each
kilometer it rises. If a parcel of dry air initially at 0°C
expands adiabatically while flowing upward alongside a
mountain, what is its temperature when it has risen 8
km?
A. – 80°C
B. – 40°C
C. 40°C
D. 80°C
 LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY karapat-dapat ba ito sa ating pag-ibig at
pagpapakasakit.
1. Terrie kept fumbling the materials, gathering a few (2) Sa taong punong-puno ng hinanakit at pagdurusa,
and shuffling them as if they were cards. masasabing hindi maganda ang daigdig para sa kanya.
A. playing with (3) Laging pakaisiping may mga nilikha na itinalaga na
B. juggling handang mabuhay at marunong mabuhay nang di
C. groping for lamang dahil sa kanilang sarili.
D. moving clumsily (4) Subalit hindi dapat doon matatapos ang lahat.
  (5) Dapat bigyang puwang at pagkakataon ang pag-asa
2. Two police officers sprawled over a couch in para makita ang kahiwagaan ng buhay.
Johanna’s living room, as if they were in their own A. 2-4-5-1-3
homes. B. 2-5-1-3-4
A. creep awkwardly C. 2-3-1-4-5
B. lay down D. 2-4-5-3-1
C. jumped into  
D. sit with arms and legs spread out 8.
  (1) Magaan din ang pag-angat at pagbagsak ng mga paa
3. The interviewer, dark, young and serious, turned his nito.
attention to us with a cramped sort of face. (2) Mula sa kinatatayuan ni Aling Rosa sa tabi ng bintana
A. paralyzed ay nakita niyang papasok na sa tarangkahan si Amelita.
B. cheerful (3) Hindi naikubli ng nag-aagaw na dilim at liwanag ang
C. bothered hapung-hapong anyo ni Amelita at ang hapis na
D. expressionless mukhang pinalamlam ng pagod.
  (4) Ngunit hindi rin nakubli sa paningin ng matanda na
4. The dog ambled to the door, which was slightly ajar, wari ay walang naramdamang pagod o hirap ang anak.
and slowly squeezed out into the passage. (5) Tila may kasiyahang walang kahulilip ang imbay ng
A. crept kanang braso, at ang kaliwa ay may kipkip na aklat at
B. ran makapal na kwaderno.
C. walked A. 2-3-4-1-5
D. jumped B. 2-4-1-3-5
  C. 2-3-1-4-5
5. Harold lumbered at him and clouted him across the D. 2-5-3-4-1
head.  
A. cover with a clout 9.
B. hit forcefully (1) An example of job sharing would be for one person
C. stroke gently to work mornings, and the other to work afternoons.
D. kissed (2) The people sharing the job might be two friends, a
  husband, and wife, or two employees who did not know
6. I thought they were likely to bundle him into a car but each other before sharing a job.
the policeman simply led him back to the road and (3) If the job were complex, the two sharers would have
pointed him towards the town center. to spend some overlap time discussing the job.
A. wrap (4) Job sharing is a modified work schedule in which two
B. hustle people share the same job, both usually working half-
C. a lot of things time.
D. grouped together A. 1-2-3-4
  B. 4-2-1-3
Questions 7 – 12: Choose the correct sequence of C. 4-1-2-3
sentences that will make the paragraph more D. 1-4-2-3
organized and logical.  
  10.
7. (1) To alleviate the struggle of keeping children from
(1) Dapat din makita ninuman ang ganda ng buhay para attending school, the government, together with the
masilayan ang ganda ng daigdig at saka sabihin kung
parents, must work hand-in-hand to achieve sustained (4) Kakaunti lamang sa mga Pilipino ang namumukadkad
learning. ang galing sa sining sa panahon ng mga Espanyol.
(2) Next, the government will have to devise schemes, (5) Ang kilusang ito ay namayagpag sa larangan ng
apart from the cash transfer, to assist parents in literatura at pamamahayag.
keeping children in school, possibly with the assistance A. 4-5-2-3-1
of the private sector and multilateral institutions. B. 4-2-3-5-1
(3) Adult literacy programs can also be promoted to C. 4-1-3-2-5
inculcate the value of continuing education among D. 4-2-1-3-5
parents with limited formal schooling.  
(4) Parents will also have to set aside their own funds 13. It is bizarre how often public figures who
for their children’s kindergarten expenses, in addition to loudly espouse traditional family values are later caught
saving up for expenditures in higher grades. in some scandal concerning their own private lives.
(5) Micro-lending schemes for education and A. remember
entrepreneurship can be developed. B. reject
(6) First, providing free kindergarten is laudable but is C. recognize
an additional strain on the limited national D. argue for
appropriation for education.  
A. 2-1-4-3-5-6 14. Marc is far too sensible to have done a fatuous thing
B. 1-6-2-4-3-5 like that.
C. 5-6-4-3-2-1 A. dangerous
D. 1-6-4-2-5-3 B. risky
  C. inate
11. D. foolish
(1) The interior space has been modeled to echo the  
Thai characteristics of warmth and hospitality, 15. Our workplace wore a macabre look on Monday
especially more evident nowadays in quaint resorts and after the company downsized its staff strength.
provincial guesthouses. A. gameface
(2) There are several decorations and framed images B. serious
that reflect the culture of local hill tribes. C. tropical
(3) Starbucks on Langsuan is the first ever community D. lugubrious
store in Asia and outside of the United States.  
(4) It is difficult to miss this Starbucks from the outside. Questions 16 – 18: Choose the best word/s that will
Amid imposing office buildings and business hotels lies complete the sentence.
this almost humble looking structure designed in the  
traditional style of a Thai home. 16. The children (         ) the ill effects of war
(5) It is easy to notice its unmistakably Thai roof and A. have borne
gable which might give one the first impression that it B. have born
was an antique Thai house (if not for that signature C. has borne
Starbucks logo prominently placed on the facade). D. had born
A. 4-5-1-2-3  
B. 3-4-5-1-2 17. My sister (         ) to Zamboanga seven years ago.
C. 3-5-1-2-4 A. migrated
D. 4-3-5-2-1 B. migrating
  C. immigrated
12. D. immigrating
(1) Ang ilan sa mga ito ay sina Jose Rizal, Marcelo H. del  
Pilar at Graciano Lopez-Jaena. 18. The drug pushers tried to (         ) the arresting cops.
(2) Mababanggit dito si Francisco Baltazar na higit na A. buy in
kilala sa pangalang Francisco Balagtas, si Jose Dela Cruz B. buy off
o Huseng Sisiw na nakilala sa larangan ng panitikan. C. buy out
(3) Noong ika-19 na dantaon, ang Kilusang Propaganda D. buy up
ay nakilala.  
Questions 19 – 20: Choose the sentence that best
combines the underlined sentences.
 
19. The old brain is called the reptilian brain. It does not
know passion, but only stolid obedience to its own
genetic dictates.
A. After the old brain is called the reptilian brain, it does
not know passion, but only stolid obedience to its own
genetic dictates.
B. The old brain, called the reptilian brain, does not
know passion, but only stolid obedience to its own
genetic dictates.
C. The old brain is called the reptilian brain, whereupon
it does not know passion, but only stolid obedience to
its own genetic dictates.
D. Unless the old brain, called the reptilian brain, does
not know passion, only stolid obedience to its own
genetic dictates.
 
20. There have been great strides in the practical
application of quantum physics in the last decade. We
are no closer to actually understanding it than were the
physicists of the 1920s.
A. Unless there have been great strides in the practical
application of quantum physics in the last few decades,
we are no closer to actually understanding it than were
the physicists of the 1920s.
B. In the last few decades, we are no closer to actually
understanding it than were the physicists of the 1920s,
until there have been great strides in the practical
application of quantum physics.
C. Although there have been great strides in the
practical application of quantum physics in the last few
decades, we are no closer to actually understanding it
than were the physicists of the 1920s.
D. In the last few decades, if there have been great
strides in the practical application of quantum physics
we are no closer to actually understanding it than were
the physicists of the 1920s.
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Princess of the South Lunes 8 n.g. ang sa pilipino’t sa amerikana?
Princess of the . . . . . . alisin ang isa
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Princess of the Stars Miyerkules 8 n.g. Lupang hindi iyo’y huwag kang manguha,
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Manila- bayaang ang aming bandila’y mag-isa.
Filipina Princess Linggo 10 n.u. Ang bandila namin kahi’t na nga ganyan,
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Princess of the Stars Martes 10 n.u. iyan ay dakila, iyan ay marangal,
dito kailan man ay hindi sumilang,
Princess of the South Miyerkules 10 n.u.
. . . . . . iyang mangangamkam,
Princess of the . . . . . . iyang salanggapang,
Huwebes 2 n.g.
Universe at kung mayro’n dapat alisi’t ilagay,
Princess of the Stars Biyernes 8 n.g. ilagay sa amin ang sa aming bayan,
Cebu- at alisin dito ang mga militar.
Cebu Princess Huwebes 6 n.g.
Tacloban  
Tacloban- 1. Ang ipinahihiwatig ng pamagat ay ukol sa
Cebu Princess Miyerkules 4 n.g.
Cebu A. uri ng material para sa tagdan.
Cebu- B. kadakilaan ng tagdan ng bandila ng Pilipinas.
Lunes, Martes,
Cagayan de Princess of the Ocean 7 n.g. C. pananakop ng bansang Amerika.
Miyerkules D. paghingi ng kalayaan para sa bansa.
Oro
Princess of the South Huwebes 10 n.u.  
Cagayan de Linggo,  Huwebes, 2. Ano ang tinutukoy ng may-akda sa mga salitang
Princess of the Ocean 7 n.g. “tanggalin sa amin ang p’ranha’t estrelya”?
Oro-Cebu Biyernes
A. Pagkokondena sa banyagang pamamahala
Princess of the South Lunes 10 n.u.
B. pagpapakita ng pagsuporta sa mga banyaga
Cebu- Lunes, Miyerkules,
Princess of the Earth 8 n.g. C. pagbibigay pag-asa sa mga mananakop
Butuan Sabado
D. pagpapakita ng poot sa mga Pilipinong sumasang-
Princess of the South Huwebes 10 n.g. ayon sa banyaga
Butuan- Linggo, Martes,  
Princess of the Earth 8 n.g.
Cebu Biyernes 3. Sino sa mga sumusunod ang nalalapit sa tinutukoy na
Cebu- kinamumuhian sa ula?
Filipina Princess Lunes 12 n.g.
Davao A. Pilipinong walang kredibilidad
Princess of the B. mga negosyanteng dayuhan
Biyernes 6 n.g. C. mapagbalatkayong pinuno ng pamahalaan
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Cebu
Princess of the  
Linggo 2 n.g.
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4.  Ano ang ibig sabihin ng may-akda sa mga D. Princess of the South
salitang “Ang bandila namin kahi’t na nga ganyan, iyan  
ay dakila, iyan ay marangal,
dito kailan man ay hindi sumilang,
. . . . . . iyang mangangamkam,
. . . . . . iyang salanggapang”?
A. Ang bandila ng Pilipinas ay perpekto.
B. Ang bandila ng Pilipinas ay masining.
C. Ang bandila ng Pilipinas ay walang bahid ng
pagkakamali.
D. Ang bandila ng Pilipinas ay makasaysayan at
makatarungan.
 
5. Alin sa mga sumusunod na damdamin ang hindi
ipinahihiwatig sa tula? 11. Which of the following could be another title for this
A. Galit pie chart?
B. Pagkasuklam A. Percent Distribution of Employees in Business
C. pighati Industries in 2010
D. pagkamuhi B. Distribution of Philippine Industries in 2010
  C. The Composition of Employment in All Business
For items 6-10, the guide will be the table above. Industry Sub-class in the Philippines for the Year 2010
6. Anong mga araw may byahe ng gabi ang Princess of D. The Composition of Employment in Manufacturing
the Ocean patungong Cagayan de Oro? Industry Establishments in 2010
A. Martes, Miyerkules, Biyernes  
B. Linggo, Lunes, Martes 12. Which among the following statements is true?
C. Miyerkules, Biyernes, Sabado A. The industry on semiconductor devices and other
D. Lunes, Martes, Miyerkules electronic components employed the highest number
  of workers with 22,495 employees.
7. Ilang barko ng Sulpicio Lines ang bumabyahe tuwing B. Manufacturing establishments of women’s and girls’
Linggo? and babies’ garments rank third among the industries
A. 2 employing the most number of workers.
B. 5 C. Industries on men’s and boy’s garments rank last on
C. 6 the industries with the most number of workers.
D. 8 D. The percentage of employment of manufacturing
  industries on women’s, girls’, and babies’ exceed that of
8. Anong barko ng Sulpicio Lines ang bumabyahe ng industries in men’s and boys’ garments by 2.7%
Huwebes 10 n.g.?  
A. Filipina Princess 13. Where would this chart most likely be found?
B. Princess of the Stars A. Finance magazine
C. Cebu Princess B. Newspaper editorial
D. Princess of the South C. Business section of the newspaper
  D. On a government website
9. Saang lugar may pinakamaraming byahe ang Sulpicio  
Lines? 14. It can be inferred from the chart that:
A. Cebu A. Industries comprising the top slots in terms of
B. Tacloban employment generation accounted for 306,122 workers
C. Davao of the total workforce in all manufacturing
D. Butuan establishments.
  B. Industries comprising the top slots in terms of
10. Anong barko ang may higit sa dalawang ruta? employment generation accounted for 41.3% of the
A. Princess of the Universe total workforce in all manufacturing establishments.
B. Princess of the Earth C. Total employment increased greatly in 2010 as
C. Filipina Princess compared with the past five years.
D. The manufacturing industry is a continually
advancing business sector in the country due to the
increase in its workforce annually.
 
15. Upon seeing the results of this survey, what would
one’s response most likely be?
A. Refrain from buying semiconductor devices and other
electronic components.
B. Invest more on the garments industry to promote
growth in this business field.
C. Do a further study on user consumption of
semiconductor devices and the trends on national
demands for these products.
D. Explore other manufacturing industries and plan on
starting a business with those not comprising the top
slots to boost market participation.
 
For me, as for the others, The Net is becoming a
universal medium, the conduit for most of the
information that flows through my eyes and ears and
into my mind. The advantages of having immediate
access to such an incredibly rich store of information
are many, and they’ve been widely described and dully
applauded. As the media theorist Marshall McLuhab
pointed out in the 1960s, media are not just passive
channels of information. They supply the stuff of
thought, but they also shape the process of thought.
And what the Net seems to be doing is chipping away
my capacity for concentration and contemplation. My
mind now expects to take in information the way the
Net distributes it: in a swifty moving stream of particles.
Once I was a suba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip
along the surface like a guy on jetski.
Reading, explains Wolf, is not an instinctive skill for
human beings. It’s not etched into our genes the way
speech is. We have to teach our minds how to translate
the symbolic characters we see into the language we
understand. And the media or other technologies we
use in learning and practicing the craft of reading play
an important part in shaping the neural circuits inside
our brains. Experiments demostrate the readers of
ideograms, such as Chinese, develop a mental circuitry
for reading that is very different from the circuitry
found in those of us whose written language employs
an alphabet. The variations extend across many regions
of the brain, including those trhat govern such essential
cognitive functions as memory and the interpretation of
visual and auditory stimuli. We can expect as well that
circuits woven by our use of the Net will be different
from those woven by our reading of books and other
printed works.
16. Which of the following cannot be inferred from the
passage?
A. The human brain is almost infinitely malleable.
B. Traditional media have to adapt to the audience’s
new expectations.
C. Internet use affects cognition.
D. People are in the midst of a sea change in the way
they read and think.
 
17. What does the last sentence of the first paragraph
most likely suggest?
A. The author is practicing a new form of reading, which
is skimming.
B. The author is not reading online in the traditional
sense.
C. The author developed a reading technique through
constant internet browsing.
D. The author lost the ability to read and absorb long
articles both online and print.
 
18. Which of the following best summarizes the
passage?
A. The internet promises to have particularly far-
reaching effects on cognition.
B. Internet promotes a new style of reading, a style that
puts “efficiency” and “immediacy above all else.
C. The process of adapting to new intellectual
technologies is reflected in an individual’s mental
habits.
D. Internet weakens an individual’s capacity to for the
kind of deep reading.
 
19. In the passage the word “conduit” means
A. source
B. instrument
C. channel
D. device
 
20. Which organizational schemes are used in the first
and second paragraph of the passage?
A. assertion followed by supporting evidence
B. prediction followed by analysis
C. specific instace followed by generalizations
D. personal reminiscenes followed by objective
reporting