NMAT VERBAL ABILITY SIMULATIONS (MOCK 2)

17. WAX : GREASE :: MILK:_____

Section 1. Analogies a. Drink b. Ghee c. Curd d. Protein
DIRECTIONS: Each item below consists of a series of
words. The first word is related to the second in the same 18. HORSE: HAY :: COW :_____
way as the third word is related to a fourth one which is a. Leaves c. Milk
missing. Select this missing word from the given choices. b. Fodder d. Straw

1. CURRENT: AMPERE :: CHARGE:___ 19. FLOWER: ESSENCE :: OVEN :______

a. Joule c. Newton a. Vapour c. Heat
b. Meter d. Coulomb b. Fire d. Steam

2. ISRAEL: SHEKEL :: AUSTRIA :____ 20. IMPOSSIBLE: FEASIBLE :: THEORETICAL :______

a. Dollar c. Franc a. Radical c. Practical
b. Schilling d. Lira b. Usable d. Workable

3. RAPID: SWIFT :: VAPID : _____ READING COMPREHENSION

a. Inspired c. Wet
b. Turgid d. Insipid Passage 1

4. SPEAR: HUNT :: GAFF:___ What to soap up an oil spill, filter toxic metals from water,
a. Catch c. Fish scrub pesticides off fields, or maybe even feed fish in
b. Trap d. Bound space? Algae might do the job.
Using primitive blue green algae, two Clark Atlanta
5. ORGAN: PIANO :: FIDDLE: ___ University researchers are making microbial mats that
a. Drum b. Violin c. Trombone d. Castanet munch all kinds of muck, from landfill leachate to radioactive
waste.
6. PYTHON: SNAKE :: KANGAROO:______ Grass clippings in an airtight container serve as a
a. Mammal c. Australia feedstock for the microbial mats. As the grass ferments, it
b. Marsupial d. Rabbit produces anaerobic bacteria. Organic acids generated by
these bacteria help preserve the grass. The “canned” grass
7. TRUFFLE: PIG :: CLUE:___ is then shipped to a contaminated area and inoculated with
a. Detective c. Chocolate blue green algae native to the area. Dumped into a pond,
b. Hog d. France the grass clippings and algae form a slimy mat on the
water’s surface. The algae snack on the pond’s pollutant as
8. ACTION: SLOTH :: PRINCIPLES:_______ well as the grass, transforming organic contaminants into
a. Unscrupulousness c. Hero carbon dioxide.
b. Teachers d. Conscientious Originally developed as cheap fish food, microbial mats
have been tested on wetlands contaminated with acidic
9. WALK :ROAM :: SPEAK:______ runoff from coal mines. The mats removed five times more
a. Path b. Silent c. Write d. Babble manganese than conventional cleanup techniques says
microbiologist Judith Bender. In the lab, mats stripped ninety
10. CLUB : MEMBER :: PRIDE : _____ nine percent of the uranium to form a groundwater sample,
a. Lion b. Win c. Medal d. Accept and Bender says they show promise for removing other
metals. “We’ve never challenged the mats with anything
11. GOLF: DRIVE :: TENNIS:____ they couldn’t handle”, she boasts.
a. Net b. Score c. Racket d. Serve Mats grown from crop waste could someday feed fish on
a space station, says Bender. She and co-inventor Peter
12. RHYTHM: MUSIC :: DESIGN:_____ Philips have formed an Atlanta-based company, Microbial &
a. Symmetry c. Beauty Aquatic Systems, to commercialize the technology.
b. Architect d. Building
21. Which of the following is not true about microbial mats?
13. BROWBEAT: BULLY :: ENTERTAIN : _____ a. The mats removed five times more manganese than
a. Miser c. Harmonious conventional cleanup techniques.
b. Raconteur d. Felon b. They were originally developed as cheap fish food.
c. Mats can strip up to ninety percent of uranium from a
14. OUTPUT: YIELD :: CABAL : _____ groundwater sample.
a. Plot b. Plant c. Cable d. Stop d. Mats have been tested on wetlands contaminated
with acidic runoff from coal mines.
15. DANCER: STAGE :: MINISTER :_______
a. Pulpit c. Parliament 22. In the second paragraph, what does the phrase “munch
b. Assembly d. State all kinds of muck” mean?
a. eat all kinds of manure
16. FLY: BIRD :: BREACH : ______ b. eat all kinds of mud
a. Seagull c. Whale c. eat all of kinds of mess
b. Beach d. Foam d. eat all kinds of filth

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23. According to the passage, the microbial mats can help
clean the following except ____.
a. algae
b. microbes
c. bacteria
d. organic acids
Passage 2
In the olden days, there lived a boy whose ambition was
to be a lawyer so he could defend people, especially the
poor, in court. But there was a great obstacle to his dream.
He could not speak well. He stammered so badly that he
could hardly catch his breath.
“Aren’t you overestimating yourself?” some people
commented when they heard of his ambition.
The boy was unfazed by the remarks years of studies
passed, and the boy became a lawyer. But still he could not
speak well. However, he did not give up hope of becoming a
good speaker. He read books of great thinkers so he could
have good ideas to discuss and talk about. He watched
plays to hear how the famous actors of his time spoke. He
made friends with noted lawyers, philosophers, ex-
seminarians, and writers to observe how they put their
thoughts into words. Then, he went out of the sea and open
fields. With pebbles in his mouth he could talk aloud to the
winds and the waves. He recited poems and speeches as
well as dialogues and essays. At first his efforts seemed
unfruitful but he kept on. He did everything he thought would
improve his speech. That he didn’t leave any stone unturned
would be an understatement. Later, much later, he began to
improve, until finally, his stammering stopped. The ex-
stammer became a good speaker. Not only that. After many
years, he became a great orator, the best in his time.
The boy in our story is none other than Demosthenes,
said to be the world’s greatest orator during his time.
24. The passage implies that ______.
a. We should follow Demosthenes footsteps and
become great orators.
b. If we stammer, we should practice talking with
pebbles in our mouths
c. When faced with obstacles, we should do everything
to overcome them
d. We should not leave any stone unturned
25. In the third paragraph, what does the author mean when
he wrote that Demosthenes was unfazed by the
remarks of the people?
a. he was greatly bothered
b. he was not feeling well
c. it made him fell adequate
d. it did not cause him to feel self-conscious
26. According to the first paragraph, the greatest obstacle to
Demosthenes’ dream of becoming a lawyer was that he
stammered. From this, it can be inferred that _______.
a. stammers can never become lawyers
b. a lawyer must be a good speaker
c. stammers can never improve their manner of
speaking
d. stammers lawyers can never win cases
27. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?
a. Demosthenes became a lawyer despite his
stammering
b. He practiced talking with pebbles in his mouth
c. He became a great lawyer and speaker
d. He was the best orator during his time
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28. The author’s main purpose in writing this passage is to
______.
a. teach us how to overcome stammering
b. discuss how Demosthenes overcame his stammering
c. make us realize that we can overcome obstacles and
still succeed
d. teach us how to become a great orator like
Demosthenes
Passage 3
The symbolism of some flowers is clear, as in the case of
lily, which seem always to have symbolized purity, and the
violet, which stands for modesty. Other flowers have had
different meaning in various times and places. The rose has
been a symbolic flower in every age. In ancient Egypt, it was
the emblem of virtue and loveliness. For the Greeks, it was
the flower sacred to Aphrodite, the goddess of love. To the
Romans, it was the symbol of victory, triumph, pride, and
pomp, associated with feastings and celebrations. The rose
was used as the symbol of martyrdom and of divine love by
the church, and during the Middle Ages, it was the symbol of
silence. This last meaning gave rise to the Latin phrase sub
rosa, under the rose. A rose, emblem of silence, was often
included in the ceiling carving of medieval banquet halls to
remind the guests that conversation at table under the rose
should not be repeated elsewhere. Today the rose is the
acknowledged symbol of love and beauty.
Ideas and sentiments conveyed by other flowers are fairly
uniform. The forget-me-not symbolizes faithfulness and the
lily of the valley, unconscious sweetness, chastity and purity.
It is the flower that decorates the altar at weddings, although
the bride wears orange blossoms and not lilies as crown.
The violet, hidden beneath its leaves and growing close to
the ground, symbolizes modesty; the hydrangea with its
showy clusters of white, blue and pink flowers, symbolizes
coquetry. The honeysuckle, climbing the stoutest trees with
its twining vines festooned with small fragrant flowers of red,
yellow, or white, symbolizes the link of love and friendship.
The dame de noche, which scents the air only when the
other flowers are asleep, is the symbol of timidity. The water
hyacinth, with its stalk holding a cluster of delicate-petaled
lavender bells, is a species of the flower that stands for grief
and sorrow. We know the plant only too well because it
covers sizeable portions of Laguna lake and floats down the
Pasig River like green islands.
29. What flower decorates the altars at weddings?
a. rose c. violet
b. lily of the valley d. hyacinth
30. Which is true of the rose?
a. It was a symbol of victory for the Greeks.
b. For the Romans, it was the flower sacred to Venus.
c. For the church, it symbolizes martyrdom and divine
love.
d. It symbolizes faithfulness.
31. Which of the following is not true of flowers based on the
passage?
a. They convey fairly uniform ideas and sentiments.
b. They symbolize positive attributes.
c. They cover sizable portions of lakes and rivers.
d. Some flowers have different symbolism at different
ages.
32. The author used the word “coquetry” to mean
a. flirtation b. pageantry c. crochet d. cricket
Passage 4
When the people of the world all know
beauty as beauty
There rises the recognition of ugliness.
When they all know the good as good,
There arises the recognition of evil.
Therefore:
Being a non-being produce each other;
Difficult and easy complete each other;
Long and short contrast each other;
High and low distinguish each other;
Sound and voice harmonize each other;
Front and behind accompany each other.
Therefore the sage manages affair without action
And spreads doctrines without words.
All things arise, and he does not turn away
from them.
He produces them but does not take
possession of them.
He acts but does not rely on his own ability.
He accomplishes his task but does not claim
credit for it.
It is precisely because he does not claim
credit that his accomplishment remains with him.
33. The main thought of the passage is:
a. The world is a beautiful place to live in.
b. Everything has its opposite and these opposites are
caused by the sage.
c. Everything in this world has its opposite and these
opposites are mutual causations of each other.
d. Man should not take credit for what he does because
he does not control his actions.
34. Based on the passage, we can infer that the opposites
________.
a. are conflicts which disrupt harmony.
b. should necessarily be discovered in order for us to
live a better life.
c. serve as compliments of each other.
d. are important to complete the “wholeness” of each
other.
35. What does the word sage in the passage mean?
a. powerful person c. God
b. wise person d. Creator
36. The fourth line of the third stanza can be best illustrated
by:
a. The relationship between the baker and the cake.
b. The relationship between the king and his people.
c. The relationship between the parents and their
children.
d. The relationship between the writer and his novel.
Passage 5
Don’t be fooled by me. Don’t be fooled by the mask I
wear. For I wear a thousand masks, masks that I am afraid
to take off and none of them are really me. Pretending is an
art that is second nature with me. I give the impression that I
am secure, that everything is fine with me, that confidence is
my name and coolness is my game. And that I need no one.
But don’t be fooled by me.
My surface seems smooth, but my surface is my mask.
Beneath the mask is the real me – confused, frightened and
alone. But I hide this. I don’t want anyone to know it. I panic
at the thought of my weaknesses and fear being exposed.
That’s why I create a mask to hide behind – a nonchalant,
sophisticated façade to help me pretend, to shield me from
the glance that knows.
37. What should be the appropriate title of the passage?
a. Mr. Smooth Surface
b. Superficial Beauty
c. Art of Pretending
d. The Mask I Wear
38. To which of the following does the word “façade” refer
to?
a. exterior appearance
b. lovable
c. personality
d. atmosphere
39. In writing article, what does the writer wants the reader
to do?
a. appreciate his calm demeanor
b. look beyond his calm demeanor
c. copy his calm demeanor
d. be impressed by his calm demeanor
40. With which of the following statements would the author
most likely agree?
a. Wear your heart out on your sleeve.
b. We need masks to look sophisticated and confident.
c. Do not be deceived by surface appearances.
d. Sophisticated people are successful.
END OF TEST