LET Reviewer for General Education d.

Ramon Bagatsing
GENED: English Part 1. We encourage
readers/ reviewees to use the comment 5. Which among the sounds below is
boxes after the article for discussion. voiceless?
a. /b/
1. Robert Frost wrote the poem Acquainted b. /z/
with the Night from which the stanza is c. /g/
taken: d. /p/

I have been one acquainted with the night. 6. “Only the heart can see rightly.” This
I have walked out in rain-back in rain. statement is lifted from what particular
I have out walked the farthest city light novel?
a. The Prince and the Pauper
The poet in the stanza talks of? b. The Little Prince
a. isolation and loneliness c. The Right One
b. joy getting out of the house d. The Pearl
c. youthful delight playing in the rain
d. happiness in having been acquainted with
the night 7. He was the American President who said,
“Ask not what America will do for you, but
2. Which is the BEST WAY to write the what together we can do for the freedom of
underlined portion of this sentence? man.”
Researchers also speculate that some a. Gerald Ford
teachers might have given boys more b. Franklin Roosevelt
computer time because parents and teachers c. Henry Truman
expected boys to need computers for future d. John F. Kennedy
careers.
a. expected 8. History is the witness that ______ passing
b. expecting of time.
c. will expect a. testifies
d. will have expected b. will testify
c. testifies for
3. The wounded soldiers were visited by the d. testifies for the
president who honoured them with ____ for
their _____. 9. When I met Liza yesterday, it was the
a. medals – valor first time I _____ her since Christmas.
b. gun salute – bravery a. saw
c. appointments – dedication b. had seen
d. money – sacrifice c. have seen
d. have been seen
4. Every June, Manila has its festival of
outstanding Filipino films. This was a 10. The commander ordered his men to hold
project initiated by on the fort. What was the message?
a. Arsenio Lacson a. Surrender in arms
b. German Moreno b. Keep on with the fight
c. Antonio Villegas c. Disregard the peace negotiation
d. Rescue the hostage victims fast and early d. Aggression

11. “She is a vision of feminine 17. It is a collection of religious poetry

pulchritude.” This stands for the following written by Rabindranath Tagore.
EXCEPT a. Mahabharata
a. Loveliness b. Gitanjali
b. Comeliness c. The Ramayana
c. Homeliness d. Bhagavad Gita
d. Physical beauty
18. I suggest that he _____ in the room for
12. The Nibelungenlied is a one week.
a. Latin Myth a. Stay
b. Chinese legend b. Stayed
c. Russian folk song c. Staying
d. Medieval German epic d. Stays

13. An association wherein the name of 19. The manager told his workers, “We have
something is substituted by something that to reduce our workforce.” What did he
represents it. mean?
a. Metonymy Workers are free to leave
b. Comparison Workers are warned of possible lay off
c. Euphemism Workers have to double time on their jobs
d. Personification Workers should submit themselves to a
reducing gym
14. Because the moon rotates on its axis at
the same time as it ______ around the earth, 20. The parent remarked, “__________ I
we see the same side come late, just lock the door.”
a. Revolve a. In the absence
b. Revolves b. In the process
c. Is revolving c. In the event
d. Has been revolving d. In the case

15. In English verse, a poetic foot having 1 21. The copyreader found the news story
stressed syllable followed by 1 unstressed boring. He found it full of _____.
syllable is ______. a. Adjectives
a. Trochaic b. Verbs
b. Iambic c. Pronouns
c. Dactylic d. Adverbs
d. Anapaestic
22. There were three guests on the stage.
16. Senators were accused by activists of They were made up of a parent, the
washing their hands with the perfumes of governor and the principal. Who should be
Arabia. This state is commonly known as acknowledged first by the valedictorian?
a. Guilt a. The classmates
b. Triumph b. The principal
c. Indecision c. The governor
d. The parent
23. What is suggested in the opening line?
June 13, 1986 - they came from all over
America - 200,000 heroes strong, with their
families.
a. The writer holds great admiration for the
veterans
b. The writer is opposed to the Vietnam War
c. The writer was a veteran of the war
d. The writer is a flag-waving patriot
24. A readability mismatch happens when
the reading levels of books exceed the
reading levels of the students. In this
situation, the students experience frustration
and they fall short of the expected or desired
output. A student who finds himself/ herself
in such a mismatch will likely do which of
the following?
a. Give an intelligent critique of the
selection or story read
b. Write a comprehensive reaction paper
regarding the selection or story read
c. Present an argument that the selection or
story read was not properly written
d. Manifest an expected and commensurate
emotional reaction to the selection or story
read
25. What does this mean: Excuses are for
losers… those who take responsibility for
their actions are real winners in life. This
tells of?
a. losers often fail because they find reasons
for losing
b. a winner can also be a quitter
c. accountability of one’s action tells of
bravery
d. excuses are needed to justify any failure
26. A couple accepted a wedding invitation.
They showed pleasure in these remarks
a. All guests congratulated the organizers
and the couple
b. Guests came in and out of the ceremonies
c. The ceremonies were very impressive
d. The couple felt uneasy with the priest
27. What correction should be made to this
sentence?
One of the theories is that the first child
receives more of the parents' attention than
other children so first-borns tend to be more
intellectual.
a. Change is to are
b. Insert a comma after children
c. Change parents' to parent's
d. Change theories to theory's
28. Carl Sundburg wrote "Jazz Fantasia"
which has for its first stanza:
Drum on your drums, batter on your banjos,
sob on the long cool winding saxophones.
Go to it, O jazzmen.
Which words illustrate alliteration?
a. Batter and banjos
b. Sob and winding
c. Long and cool
d. To and it
29. What is meant by AT SIXES AND
SEVENS in this sentence?
We moved into the house last week, but I'm
afraid everything, is still at sixes and sevens.
a. The things have not been shipped.
b. In a state of confusion
c. In an orderly manner
d. The boxes are still intact
30. What is the mood of these lines?
Daylight, I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life
And I mustn't give in.
When the dawn comes
tonight will be a memory, too
And a new day will begin.
a. Afraid
b. Sarcastic
c. Depressed
d. Hopeful
Answers: 1A 2D 3A 4C 5D 6B 7D 8D 9C
10B 11C 12D 13A 14B 15A 16A 17B 18A
19B 20C 21C 22C 23A 24C 25C 26C 27B
28A 29B 30D
6. It is _________ to try to destroy pest
completely with pesticides, for as each new
chemical pesticide is introduced, the pests
gradually become _________ to it.
A. useless, drawn
B. futile, resistant
C. worthwhile, immune
D. pointless, vulnerable

1. He is more concerned with MUNDANE 7. The famous Dr. C. Drew’s technique for
matters like the movement of stock market. preserving and storing blood plasma for
The capitalized word means: emergency use proved so _________ that it
A. Simple became the _______ for the present blood
B. Financial bank system by the Red Cross.
C. Worldly A. irrelevant, inspiration
D. Investments B. effective, model
C. complex, blueprint
2. The DEPRAVITY of the criminal’s D. urgent, pattern
behavior shocked us all. The capitalized
word means: 8. An A-rating represents the ULTIMATE
A. Harshness honor a film will ever have. Which of the
B. Gravity following is the opposite of the capitalized
C. Deprivations word?
D. Viciousness A. Greatest
B. Pinnacle
3. INDULGENT parents spoil their children C. Least
by giving in to their every demands and D. Supreme
whims.
A. Loving
B. Beneficial 9. The VINDICTIVE politician spread
C. Generous rumors about his opponent. Which of the
D. Yielding following is an antonym of the capitalized
word?
4. Open:Secretive::Forthright: __________ A. Revengeful
A. Spiteful B. Forgiving
B. Mask C. Spiteful
C. Outspoken D. Malicious
D. Honest
10. Vegetarians have a variety of reasons for
5. Negligent; Requirement:: Remiss their beliefs. Some refuse to eat meat
:__________ because they believe that the killing of
A. Task animals is unnecessary or barbaric. They
B. Duty feel that processes such as butchering are
C. Injury degrading to the people who practice them
D. Problem and cruel to the animals slaughtered. Others
believe that meat is harmful to the human B. If you were born in 1950, your full
body and that a purely vegetable diet is more retirement age is 66.
nutritious. Still others choose vegetarianism C. If you continue to work past your full
because they believe that raising animals for retirement age, your benefits will be reduced
meat is an inefficient use of land. They say by one dollar for every two dollars you earn.
that farmland could be put to better use D. There is no advantage to waiting past
growing crops for human consumption. your full retirement age to begin receiving
Which of the following statements is best benefits.
supported by the above passage?
A. Some vegetarians choose not to eat meat 12. The volunteers from the fire department
mainly for health reasons. ________ quickly and extinguished a fire on
B. A purely vegetable diet is more nutritious North Country Road.
than a diet that includes meat. A. will respond
C. Vegetarians are opposed to any use of B. responded
animals for the benefit of humans. C. will have responded
D. Vegetarians favor laws to reduce the D. have responded
consumption of meat.
13. In Tuesday’s paper, the owner of the
11. The amount of your retirement benefits supermarket was recognized for helping a
from Social Security depends, in part, on customer who ________ on the icy
when you retire. The earliest that you can sidewalk.
begin to receive benefits is age 62. The A. falls
longer you wait to begin receiving benefits B. had fallen
(up to age 70), the higher your benefits will C. would fall
be. If you were born between 1938 and D. has fallen
1960, you cannot receive “full retirement”
benefits until age 66. If you were born in 14. We arranged the flowers and placed
1960 or later, your full retirement age will ________ in the center of the table.
be 67. If you wait to receive benefits past A. them
your full retirement age, the amount you B. it
receive will continue to increase until you C. this
reach age 70. There is no advantage to D. that
waiting past age 70 to begin receiving
benefits. You can continue to work while 15. The person ________ made this
you receive retirement benefits. If you do, delicious cheesecake has my vote.
the amount of your benefits will be reduced A. that
by one dollar for every two dollars you earn B. who
above a certain limit, until you reach your C. which
full retirement age. Once you reach your full D. whose
retirement age, this limit no longer applies.
The amount you earn will have no effect on 16. Being too _______ will undoubtedly
your benefits. According to this passage, make other men hate you.
which of the following statements is true? A. vane
A. You cannot receive retirement benefits B. vein
from Social Security while you are still C. vain
working. D. vanity

17. Because they did not accept his basic
_______ they were ______ by his argument.
A. assumption, convinced
B. bias, impressed
C. supposition, justified
D. motivation, confused
18. The failed July 27, 2003 mutiny was
believed by many as a plan by the Magdalo
group as an attempt to stage a takeover of
government. It was viewed as a desperate
attempt by the mutineers who were
supported by influential and politically
motivated men who financed the mutiny,
according to the Feliciano Commission. The
action was found to be unconstitutional as it
violates both the Articles of War and the
Revised Penal Code. Such act can lead to
either Court Martial or Civilian proceedings
or even both. The best title for the above
article is:
A. Failed Mutiny
B. Illegal Soldiers Uprising
C. Coup d’etat
D. Articles of War and Punishment
D. ACEBD
20. Determine which may be the best order
in which the sentences should be arranged to
result in a well- organized paragraph.
A. Tagaytay is the destination for us who
love nature.
B. It provides an ideal picnic ground for
outdoor lovers.
C. Unfortunately, the place ends up abused
by outdoor lovers who litter the place.
D. It is a place which can be easily reached
by a two-hour drive from Makati City.
A. CDAB
B. ADBC
C. CBDA
D. CABD
Answers: 1A 2D 3C 4A 5B 6C 7C 8C 9B
10A 11B 12B 13B 14A

19. Determine which may be the best order

in which the sentences should be arranged to
result in a well- organized paragraph.
A. Now we shall do everything we can to
enforce this law.
B. In the struggle against crime, government
and people should join hands
C. Republic Act 7659, the death penalty law
is government’s response in law against
cruelty and heartlessness.
D. The law’s main objective is not
retribution but reform and rehabilitation of
offenders and would be offenders.
E. All countries in the world are presently
siege by violent crime.

A. CEBAD
B. EBCDA
C. CEDAB