READING COMPREHENSION b.

Humans on a plane
c. The difference between birds
KNEE: 1-5 and human on travel
d. The migration of birds through
1. The selection emphasizes the value of__ time zones
Answer: C. Physical Fitness
2. According to the selection the knee joints 12. As used in the selection, the word
lifts like a level and such like a___ "inedible" most likely means_____.
Answer: C. Hinge a. Appetizing
3. The word "jarring" bones means__ b. Mouth watering
Answer: D. Strong shaking of bones c. Fit to be eaten
4. The selection communicates the theme d. Unfit to be eaten
of__ 13. Based on the selection, it can be
Answer: A. The importance of the concluded that_______.
knee a. Birds migrate faster than humans’
5. What type of text is the selection? b. The migration of birds and that of
Answer: C. Scientific humans are very different
c. Birds, like humans also experience jet
POVERTY: 6-10 lags
d. Humans, unlike birds, migrate from
6. To "eke out of living" means______. north to south.
a. Earn in income
b. To live with others RICHARD CORY: 14-17
c. To sell in the streets
d. To walk in the streets 14. What lesson in life can be best derived
7. Based on the selection, what value seems from the poem?
to be missing in the families of street a. Happiness is always a choice
children? b. Life offers as many opportunities
a. Loyalty c. Death is like thief that comes in the most
b. Honesty unexpected time.
c. Kindness d. One can be wealthy but still feel
d. Solidarity unfulfilled with his/her life.
8. What is the most important factor that
will equipped rural people to survive in the 15. What is the mood of the selection?
city? a. Ironic
a. Money b. Inspiring
b. Education c. Surprising
c. Food d. Confusing
d. Home
9. This selection is simply about_____. 16. What do you think was the main reason
a. Providing homes for the poor of Richard Cory for shooting himself?
b. Helping street children get an Answer: B. He get tired of living in
education solitude
c. Factors why children live in the
streets 17. What is the sensory image of the
d. How to lessen pressure on the following lines in the poem?
family Answer: A. Sight
10. Based on the text, we can conclude that
street children are______. CAT: 18-22
a. Independent
b. Malnourished 18. The word "quarry" as used in the last
c. Helpless persons paragraph means___.
d. Victims of poverty a. hunted
b. target
BIRDS: 11-13 c. hunter
d. victim
11. What would be the best title for the 19. Cats have acute hearing except the white
article? cat with blue eyes which do not___.
a. Birds with jet lags a. hear well
 b. hurt well
c. see well
d. eat well
20. The sentence "the cat is a precision
instrument" is a ____
a. Hyperbole
b. Metaphor
c. Simile
d. Irony
21. The selection is mainly about___
a. How the cat differ from a dog
b. How the cat is like a mammal
c. The cat as a hunting machine
d. The cat as a house pet
22. We can conclude from the selection that
the cat is an animal which can___
a. Do a lot tricks
b. Be domesticated
c. Be very dangerous
d. Survive on its own
RULES: 23-27
23. From the line "I can hardly breathe or
be in bed without their chores in my head"
we can infer that the writer __
a. Often thinks about rules
b. Wants to disobey rules
c. Gets sick with rules
d. Likes having rules
24. The line “without rules..... I couldn't
play” is an example of a/an_____.
a. Irony
b. Simile
c. Metaphor
d. Hyperbole
25. The word "dreary" as used in the
sentences ''Life would be a dreary plight"
most likely means ____
a. Valuable
b. Invisible
c. Boring
d. Entertaining
26. The author includes the examples of
rules to signify the value of_____.
a. Respect
b. Obedience
c. Loyalty
d. Honesty
27. This poem is mainly about______.
a. How to obey rules
b. How to ignore rules
c. The harshness of rules
d. The importance of rules
MRI: 28-31
28. What is the main idea of the article?
a. Different ways to lift depression of
bipolar adults
b. Using MRI to lift depression of
bipolar adults
c. Effects of doctors at McLean Hospital to
help bipolar adults
d. Reaction to electrical pulses to magnetic
fields.
29. In the article the line "A funny thing
happened" means______.
a. A hilarious thing back place
b. An absurd thing happened
c. An unusual thing occurred
d. A my thing cause about
30. According to the article, depression
among bipolar adults can be remedied by?
a. Changing their brain chemistry
b. Putting them into an MRI machine
c. Boosting the patients mood
d. Making the patients laugh
31. What did the doctors at McLean
Hospital do to confirm the results of their
observation?
a. They studied the cause of depression in
patients
b. They also used the MRI machine on
non-bipolar adults
c. They exposed brain electrical pulses to
electromagnetic fields.
d. They put more bipolar adults through
the MRI machine
THANKSGIVING: 32-35
32. According to the author, which of the
following activates the divine laws of
abundance?
A. Recalling negative experiences
B. Dwelling on what we can't do
C. Having so much in life
D. Giving thanks
33. Which of these statements from the
selection expresses cause-effect
relationship?
A. When the universe can see we are
grateful for what we have, it is activated
to shower us with more.
B. We walk, talk, see, hear, think and
breathe - usually without effort.
C. Perhaps we have too many options
from which to choose
D. We have so much in life to be
thankful for

34. Why do we always have to be thankful
in life?
A. Giving thanks solves most of our
problems.
B. Being thankful attracts more
blessings.
C. Thanksgiving banishes most of our
worries.
D. Thankfulness is rare among the
blessed.
35. What is the main idea of the selection?
A. There are people who have so much
in life.
B. We have too many choices in life
C. There is good that comes from
every thankful.
D. Some people tend to dwell on
negative.
WORK: 36-40
36. What is the main idea expressed in the
poem?
B. Whatever task we set to do, we
must do it the best we can.
37. As used in the selection, the word
"loom" means a
D. Machine for weaving
d. absorptive activity
42. What does the phrase “the sun is our life
source” mean?
a. The energy of the sun is alive.
b. The beginning of life is the sun.
c. The life of all living things come
from the sun
d. The radiance of the sun is beautiful
43. For mankind, the sun is the source of
______.
a. carbon compounds
b. atmosphere
c. electricity
d. all heat
44. The largest part of the radiant energy
directed towards the earth is ______.
a. Turned into fuel
b. harnessed for electric power
c. Stored by the current season’s plant
d. Absorbed by the earth’s
atmosphere
45. All useful energy on the surface of the
earth comes from the ______.
a. sun directly
b. sun’s activity
c. radiation of the sun
d. energy stored by the sun

38. It can be concluded that the selection 46. The author presented the selection about
emphasizes_____. the sun by_____.
A. Humility for what others work a. enumerating details
B. Pride in hard work b. giving examples
C. Sincerity of intention c. describing
D. Charity to all d. narrating

39. The idea of the author about his work is 47. “Let us get to the bottom” in the first
expressed through____. paragraph means______.
A. Illustration a. Search for reasons
B. Exposition b. Discover the basic facts or cause
C. Sonnet c. Define the meaning
D. Poetry d. Move under the ground

40. It can be inferred that the speaker is ROSETTA: 48-50

_____ the work he does.
A. Tired of 48. It can be inferred that the Rosetta Stone
B. Proud of is ____.
C. Fed up by A. New
D. Dissatisfied with B. Common
C. Useful
SUN: 41-47 D. Experience
49. What would likely happen with the
41. What is the main idea of the selection? paintings in Egyptian ruins?
a. solar energy A. They would be understood better
b. radiant energy B. They would fade gradually
c. kinetic energy C. They would become useless
D. They would become more puzzling and
mysterious
50. It can be concluded from the selection
that____.
A. Egypt has a short culture
B. Ancient ruins hide mysteries
C. Hieroglyphics are common everywhere
D. Discoveries can unlock the mysteries of
the past