ENGLISH MAJOR b.

a parasitic
c. an exemplary
Fossils may be set in stone, but their d. an autonomous
interpretation is not; a new find may
necessitate the __________ of a traditional The mob lost confidence of him because he
theory. never ___________ the grandiose promises
he had made.
a. assertion
b. revision a. tired of
c. formulation b. renegade on
d. validation c. delivered on
d. retreated from
The linguistic _____________ of the refugee
children is reflected in their readiness to Emily Elizabeth Dickinson,received little
adopt the language of their homeland. honor in her lifetime but her poetic legacy
has gained considerable fame
a. conservatism _______________.
b. inadequacy
c. adaptability a. anonymously
d. philosophy b. posthumously
c. prematurely
Lucille is too much ___________ in her d. previously
writings: she writes a page when a sentence
should suffice. Unlike the highly ________ Romantic poets
of the previous century, Rudyard Kipling
a. pleasant and his fellow Victorian poets were
b. lucid _______ and interested in moralizing.
c. verbose
d. efficient a. emotional . . . didactic
b. sensitive . . . strange
It is remarkable that a man so in the public c. dramatic . . . warped
eye, so highly praised and imitated, can d. rhapsodic . . . lyrical
retain his _______________.
Ana is an interesting ________, an
a. idiosyncrasies infinitely shy person who, in apparent
b. dogmas contradiction, possesses an enormously
c. humility intuitive ________ for understanding
d. magniloquence people.

Breaking with established artistic and a. phenomenon . . . disinclination

social conventions, Picasso was _________ b. caricature . . . talent
genius whose heterodox works infuriated c. paradox . . . gift
the traditionalists of his day. d. aberration . . . disdain

a. a venerated Truculent in defending their rights of

b. a trite sovereignty under the Articles of the
c. an iconoclastic Confederation, the newly formed states
d. an uncontroversial __________ constantly.

A tapeworm is an example of a __________ a. apologized

organism, one that lives within or on b. squabbled
another creature, deriving some or all of its c. digressed
nutriment from its host. d. acquiesced

a. a protozoan
No real life hero of ancient or modern days
can surpass James Bond with his
nonchalant _______ of death and the
_________ with which he bears torture.
a. veneration . . . guile
b. concept . . . terror
c. disregard . . . fortitude
d. impatience . . . fickleness
Surrounded by sycophants who invariably
________ in her singing, Zsa Zsa wearied
of the constant adulation and longed for
honest criticism.
a. assailed
b. thwarted
c. reciprocated
d. extolled
Despite the growing ______________ of the
Party list Representatives in the Philippine
Congress, many political experts fell that
the NGOs are still ______________ in the
government.
a. decrease . . . inappropriate
b. prominence . . . underrepresented
c. skill . . . alienated
d. number . . . misdirected
Although Tagalogs often use the terms
Bisaya and Cebuano ____________, people
coming from the Southern part of the
Philippines are profoundly aware of the
___________ the two.
a. unerringly . . . significance of
b. confidently . . . origins of
c. deprecatingly . . . controversies about
d. interchangeably . . . dissimilarities
between
There is nothing __________ or provisional
about Bronte’s early critical
pronouncements; she deals ___________
with what then radical new developments
in poetry.
This well-documented history is of
importance because it carefully __________
the __________ accomplishments of the
Filipino artists who are all too little known
to the public at large.
a. recognizes . . . negligible
b. scrutinizes . . . illusory
c. substantiates . . . considerable
d. distorts . . . noteworthy
An experienced politician who knew better
than to launch a campaign in troubled
political waters, he intended to wait for a
more ________ occasion before he
announced his plans.
a. provocative
b. unseemly
c. questionable
d. propitious
BREAD is related to BUTTER as
POTATOES is related to ____________.
a. gravy
b. steak
c. margarine
d. lamb
PORCINE is related to PIG as BOVINE is
related to ____________.
a. boy
b. cow
c. sheep
d. iodine
TAILOR is related to NEEDLE as
MECHANIC is related to ____________.
a. engineer
b. screwdriver
c. tool chest
d. brush
DISTANCE is related to MILE as LIQUID
is related to ____________.

a. tentative . . . confidently a. milk

b. dogmatic . . . arbitrary b. quart
c. imprecise . . . inconclusively c. water
d. shallow . . . superficially d. meter
AUTOMOBILE is related to HIGHWAY d. hive
as LOCOMOTIVE is related to
____________. AGILE is related to NIMBLE as FAST is
related to ____________.
a. station
b. train a. swift
c. track b. slow
d. engine c. perpetual
d. racy
SUGGEST is related to REQUIRED as
REQUEST is related to ____________. CHEMIST is related to LABORATORY as
ARTIST is related to ____________.
a. ask
b. demand a. canvas
c. suspect b. museum
d. allow c. easel
d. studio
PROBLEM is related to SOLUTION as
POISON is related to ____________. MOVIES is related to PROJECTOR as
RECORDS is related to ____________.
a. hemlock
b. nitrate a. speakers
c. arsenic b. tape recorder
d. antidote c. phonograph
d. radio
SAW is related to CUT as YARDSTICK is
related to ____________. STOOPED is related to POSTURE as
SLURRED is related to ____________.
a. foot
b. inch a. diction
c. measure b. stance
d. tool c. music
d. action
AMBIGUOUS is related to CLARITY as
TEMPORARY is related to ____________. RETRACT is related to STATEMENT as
VOID is related to ____________.
a. transient
b. permanence a. escape
c. clear b. avoidance
d. fragile c. contract
d. empty
BOOK is related to CHAPTER as SONG is
related to ____________. FELONY is related to MISDEMEANOR as
KILL is related to ____________.
a. stanza
b. sing a. maim
c. music b. bury
d. instrument c. murder
d. guilty
DELICACY is related to GOURMET as
INSECT is related to ____________. BEGGAR is related to POOR as FOX is
related to ____________.
a. bee
b. pollen a. skunk
c. frog b. slow
c. large D. The speaker wants the person to continue
d. sly fighting.

SCALPEL is related to KNIFE as NURSE Which does not belong?

is related to ____________
A. Assumption
a. doctor B. Summary
b. assistant C. Synthesis
c. hospital D. Generalization
d. operation
Complete the statement: “Blessed are
The tribulations that I faced were _______ _____ poor for _____ shall be welcomed in
for me to overcome. heaven.

A. So much A. The-you
B. Too much B. The-they
C. Very much C. You-the
D. So more D. They-they

In Benjamin Fraklin’s “Poor Richard’s Your brother isn’t supporting you, ______?
Almanac” it was said that: “early to bed,
_______ makes a man healthy A. Isn’t she
B. Is she
A. Early rising C. Aren’t she
B. Rising early D. Is he
C. Early to rise
D. Waking up early The Rubaiyat has a theme:

Which among these words has the voiceless A. Always looking forward a new day
/th/ sound? B. Never giving in to death easily
C. Grasping pleasure while you can
A. This D. Creating your own world and beautify it
B. Gather
C. Think What is “True Learning” as exemplified in
D. There this quotation: “Only one who burst with
eagerness do I instruct. Only one who
Which word must have the primary stress bubbles with excitement do I enlighten”.
in the sentence below if we want to
emphasize possessions? A. Learning makes human beings a follower
“That is my boyfriend” of instructions
B. Learning involves patience and tenacity
A. That C. Learning has the ability to make a man
B. Is D. Learning is a coupled with commitment
C. My and passion.
D. Bag

I would not leave you come hell or high

water. Based on the given sentence, we can
surmise that:

A. The speaker won’t leave the person no

matter what.
B. The speaker warns the person of a
forthcoming disaster.
C. The speaker wants the person to give up