National Capital Region

School Division Office of Quezon City

COMMONWEALTH HIGH SCHOOL
District II, Quezon City

FOURT QUARTER
SUMMATIVE TEST

General Directions: Write your answers in a separate sheet of paper. Answer only.

A. Test 1
Cause-and-Effect Relationships (x2) 20 points

A cause-and-Effect relationship describes something that happens and why it happens. What happens is called
the Effect. Why it happens is called the Cause. Look at the following sentence.

Our basketball team lost the championship game because our star player got sick.

What happened? The basketball team lost. ( Effect)

Why did it happen? The star player got sick. ( Cause )

1. Crabs and shrimps are our favorite seafoods because they are tasty and nutritious.
Cause: Crabs and shrimps are our favorite seafoods
Effect: They are tasty and nutritious

2. The janitor used the big polisher to scrub our living room floors. Now the room looks clean and shiny.
Cause: The janitor used the big polisher to scrub our living room floors.
Effect: Now the room looks clean and shiny.

3. As a result of strong typhoon, many houses and trees lay in complete ruins.
Cause: As a result of strong typhoon
Effect: many houses and trees lay in complete ruins.

4. Since the economy is badly in need of foreign exchange, the trading laws have to be strictly enforced.
Cause: the economy is badly in need of foreign exchange
Effect: the trading laws have to be strictly enforced.

5. The lure of high salaries, cheap goods, and adventure in Hongkong has become so irresistible to many
housewife that she is forced to leave her family behind to work in the British Crown colony in search of a
better life.
Cause: The lure of high salaries, cheap goods, and adventure in Hongkong has become so irresistible to many
housewife
6. Effect: that she is forced to leave her family behind to work in the British Crown colony in search of a better
life.
B. Test II
Locating the Main Idea

Directions: Read the paragraph then, identify the main idea. Choose the letter only.

7. Christ went through untold sacrifices and pain for his love for mankind. He scaled Calvary carrying a heavy
cross on his shoulder, bearing all humiliations inflicted by his tormentors. This awesome spectacle brings
home a message: no man can speak of having love without suffered, and to teach love without sacrifice is
useless.

8. He scaled Calvary carrying a heavy cross on his shoulder.

a. Christ went through untold sacrifices and pain for his love for mankind.
b. No man can speak of having love without suffered.

9. Rock music is the expression of the young generation’s hope to change the world. This change means the
youth rebellion against the establishment, power to the young, and ecumenism. The songs refuse to cover the
harsh realities under the set of a make-believe world where happiness reigns supreme. It springs from the
artists’ desire to say something new which cannot be said so well in the old idioms or from their impulse to
say old things in new way.

a. Rock music is the expression of the young generation’s hope to change the world.
b. It springs from the artists’ desire to say something new which cannot be said so well in the old idioms or
from their impulse to say old things in a new way.
c. The songs refuse to cover the harsh realities under the set of a make-believe world where happiness reigns
supreme.

10. The Filipino is remarkably resilient and has a great capacity to survive adversity. He is ingenious, creative,
and flexible and can persist in the worst conditions without losing his sense of humor. He has withstood the
rigors of centuries of foreign domination.

a. He has withstood the rigors of centuries of foreign domination.

b. The Filipino is remarkably resilient and has a great capacity to survive adversity.
c. He is ingenious, creative and flexible.

11. Adolescence is the most trying stage in a person’s life. It is the time when one is no longer a child but is not
yet a man or a woman. One is in quandary whether to act like a kid or like an adult. Indeed, at this stage, one
is too old to sit in Father’s lap but too young to be in love.

a. One is too old to sit in Father’s lap but too young to be in love.
b. Adolescence is the most trying stage in a person’s life.
c. It is the time when one is no longer a child is not yet a man or a woman.

C. Test III
Read the following sentences. Arrange them to form a good paragraph. Write the letter of your answer.

10-13

a. ___However, don’t be trapped using trendy, loud-colored nail polish.

b. ___It takes from six to nine months for nails to grow out.
c. ___Use the same common sense you use in choosing the color of your clothes.
d. ___When you finally get a whole set of healthy nails, manicure them to keep them looking pretty.
 14-17

a. ___This is perhaps the reason why women outlive men.

b. ___Man’s inability to cry prevents him from releasing tension leading to greater vulnerability to fatal and
stress-related diseases.
c. ___When a woman cries, tension is released.
d. ___Those who often cry are found to live longer than those who don’t.

18-21

a. ___Work should be a source of satisfaction and contentment.

b. ___Though the task is a cause of drudgery, they cannot afford to lose it and starve a family.
c. ___Yet, how many in our labor force are really enjoying their work?
d. ___Most individuals take a job so much because it is appealing to them but simply for the reason that it is
the only available job.

D. Test IV
Reading Comprehension
Directions: Read the paragraph and answer the following questions by choosing the correct answers.

When a child is born in any of the hamlets and villages along the banks of the Danube, a violin and a silver
spoon are held up before his eyes as soon as he is safety in the cradle. If he reaches out for the violin, he is sure
to develop into a musician. If he reaches out for the silver spoon, he is said to grow up to become a merchant. It
is not told what Johann Strauss reached out for, but he grew up to become one of the most famous musicians in
the world. Today, Strauss is remembered as the “ Waltz King”.

Strauss was an orchestra leader but he wanted his son, Johann Jr., or Schani , to become a businessman. But
music was in Schani’s blood. In his bedroom were violin, a harp, a flute and a drum. His father rehearsed his
orchestra practically beside his crib so that the strains of waltzes and polkas rocked him to sleep.

Schani began composing almost as soon as he could talk and before knew one note from one another. He
composed his first waltz when he was six years old. His mother took it down for him. On his fifteenth birthday,
this composition had its premier under the title “ First Thought”, and proved to have considerable merit. How
proud his parent must have been of their prodigy.

22. This story is primarily about:

a. Musicians b. infants c. Johann Strauss Jr. d. Johann Strauss Sr.

23. The endearing term used is:

a. “ The Waltz King” b. “Blue Danube “ c. “ Schani” d. “Premier”

24. It is said that when an infant reaches out for a silver spoon he is destined to be:
a. wealthy b. important c. a merchant d. a band leader

25. Johann Strauss Sr., wanted his son to be:

a. Follow his footsteps b. be a merchant c. be a musician d. a great composer
26. Johann Strauss Jr. first wrote:
a. A waltz b. a polka c. Poetry d. A march

27. Who most encouraged Johann Strauss Jr.?

a. his father b. his mother c. his uncle d. his friends

28. The best title for the selection is:

a. “ The Blue Danube”
b. “ The Waltz King”
c. “ The Early Life of Johann Strauss Jr.”
d.” Tale of Musician”

29. Schani is called a prodigy because:

a. He was loved and protected by his parents.
b. He became a great violinist.
c. He played musical instruments and composed when he was very young.
d. He had parents who helped him become famous.

Test V
Supply the correct term used in preparing “ Shrimp with Soy Sauce.” Get your answer from the pool of words
below.

soak clean drain pour heat

30. First, clean the shrimps and remove the shell, retaining heads and tails.
31. Then, soak the shrimps in soy sauce, vinegar and pepper and dip in cornstarch.
32. Afterwards, Heat the oil for frying and fry shrimps until they turn red.
33. Next, drain shrimps in paper towel and prepare sauce by boiling the marinade and sauteing slightly the
onion rings in hot oil.
34. Lastly Pour sauce over the shrimps or serve separately.