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
 A. square cardboard gift    B. square
gift cardboard   C. gift cardboard
square    
11. The debutant received ____ roses. 
A. several big red    B. several red big
C. red several big   D. big red several 
12. All men ____ his will but wait. 
A. on    B. in   C. upon   D. from 
13. The cost of a program being
implemented is important ______ the
feasibility prioritization of the various
concerns for it to be able to promote
change. 
1 / 10 a. Hence it looks into  b. until it looks
EPT 2018  into  c. since it looks into   d. because
it looks into. 
1. He _____ a beautiful poem for his 14. Filipinos are fortunate ____ the
mother. country has natural resources. 
A. write       B. writing      C. wrote     a. because   b. hence   c. when   d.
D. written  despite 
2. Water is nature’s big gift to man 15. Disaster preparedness and disaster
_____ it quenches his thirst.  reduction management are slowly being
A. although         B. hence          C. taught in schools because of the _____
because     D. moreover  of floods, earthquakes and other natural
3. _________ the serene city of Italy is calamities in the world. 
her lifelong dream.  a. continual increasing incident   
A. Have visited    B. Having visited      C. b. continually increase incidence  
Shall have visit   D. To visit  c. continual increase incidents 
4. The fireman _____ the fire last d. continually increasing incidence 
night. 
A. tries to control   B. tried to controls  
C. tried to control    D. try to control  WRITTEN EXPRESSION 
5. Dorothy unnecessarily ______ a
quarrel with Bryan and left the party
immediately.  17. A. I had a stream visitors 
A. picked on    B. picked out     C. B. which kept me sane, 
picked    D. picked up  C. but I never realized that the whole
6. Success in this examination depends effort  
_____ the hard work alone.  D. would be so tiring 
A. at    B. in   C. on   D. from 
7. Robert pleaded ____ his teacher to 19. A. The house furnishings of the
ask and give him a chance.  B. Ramos mansion by the lake 
A. with     B. to      C. from       D. in  C. has impressed the guests 
8. The child who caught cheating _____ D. during the house warming. 
the teacher not to tell his parents about
the incident.  20.  A. To lessen monthly expense 
A. implored   B. has implored     C. has B. the newlywed decided 
imploring      D. had implored  C. to rent a small apartment 
9. You _____ to stop drinking alcohol D. in the old building 
now before it ____ you.  22. A. The expensive antiquity silver
A. must-kill     B. should-kills   C. have- mirror 
kills    D. shall-kill  B. was formerly owned by my only
10. The department store has ____ surviving aunt 
boxes gift to giver.  C. who in turn gave it to me during
D. my 18th birthday celebration 
23. A. The students in the state college 33. A. Despite being crippled arthritis. 
have   B. Grandma Ana Moses was a self-
B. prepared a letter of inquiry to the taught artist who started painting 
school officials   C. everyday turning out more than
C. in relation to the sudden 1000 works in 25 years  
increase with  D. exhibited her work in the US until her
D. tuition fees imposed by the school  death. 

25. A. The journalism is always 34. A. For years, aspirin was hailed
updated  as a heart hero, 
B. with regards to certain trendy words B. for patients with problems of the
than clinches  heart but experts recently discovered 
C. uttered by politicians and news C. that it has a link to stomach problems
casters such as  such as gastrointestinal bleeding
D. win-win situation, wake-up call and especially
proactive roles.  D. if one takes it daily even if he has no
known heart ailments.   
28. A. After looking at academically
challenged and delayed learners,  35. A. In a study of women who were
B. Text Mapping Project, a non- depressed in a 12 year study, 
profit organization in America was B. evidence of having depression
established  are considered a grave risk factor 
C. for serve classroom teachers in C. so that there is all more reason for a
assisting these learners  depressed person 
D. to improve reading comprehension D. seek psychological and medical
skills. mood boosters. 

29.A. Hydration is important so that for 39. A. An education really suited to the
someone to stay hydrated  rural environment 
B. he must be able to drink at least B. can become both acceptable and
eight (8) glasses of water  genuinely functional  
C. and a fresh juice daily but not coffee C. only when the environment
and carbonated drinks  begins to offer skills, knowledge 
D. while tea with antioxidants can D. and opportunities on the large scale. 
also hydrate body 
40. A. Statistics are a method used
30.Machu Picch; a beautiful tourist by mathematicians as far back as
attraction which nestles in a high 17 century 
saddle  B. which is used to analyze data that is,
B. between two peaks Cusco, Peru to organize, 
above the Urubamba Valley,  C. make sense, explain and put meaning
C. was built by the Incas in the 15th to an otherwise 
century and it’s boasts of more than  D. large amount of material or data
D. a hundred flight of stone step which gathered in a research study. 
leads to temples and garden terraces. 
* A. Most important thing in the world  
B. has been accomplished by people 
32. A. A mother and her new born C. who have kept on when there 
baby is encouraged   D. seemed to be no hope 
B. to exchange smiles as often as they
could  * A. There’s a little point in saving
C. because it is important for bonding money  
and attachment  B. when you can loose it 
D. as well as intellectual and social C. through no fault of your own 
development of the child.  D. and avoidable circumstances. 
* A. Thinking like a winner means not were no available means
always having to defeat someone else  of transportation. Some evenings we
B. but it means that one is being would share some praise songs. “I
able to learn from a situation  hope”. He wistfully said once, “I can be
C. which would be of great help  a lawyer, so I can help the victims of
D. to rise above that failure and to be exploitation in our town.” 
able to reach one’s goal.        Tata Kandong, Tita Cora and Josuel
typify the strong and resolute Filipinos.
While life is difficult, hope springs
eternal from their hearts, by the power
of their faith and music. 

6. We can infer from the selection that

* A. Unclean water and improper people 
disposal of waste  Can overcome life’s difficulties thru
B. can be carried highly _________. 
communicable diseases  a. Sense of humor 
C. because of their injurious effects  b. Faith in others 
D. to human life  c. Love songs and dances      
d. Love of God and music 
* A. Student and teachers alike 
B. seem to felt that there is  7. As used in the selection, the word
C. more virtue in admitting growth  “glint means ___________. 
D. than knowledge  a. Doubt 
b. Pain 
READING COMPREHENSION  c. Sparkle 
d. Sadness 
(ITEMS 6-10)  - FAITH AND MUSIC
The Filipino is sustained by his faith and 8. The theme of this selection is that the
his music. This was the observation Filipino _____________. 
made many years ago by a noted a. Overcome difficulties by his faith
Jesuit.  and music  
This I saw, felt and believed when I b. Can always turn to others in order to
took a summer vacation in my father’s survive 
hometown. c. Depends on others to survive 
    For example, Tata Kandong would d. Look at life as a burden 
work like a horse the whole day as he      
shuttles endlessly between his vegetable
farm and his modest piggery. In the 9. The phrase ”hope springs eternal”
evenings he would play his banduria most likely mean __________. 
and tell lots of stories between a. To ask for hope 
his pieces. Then he would sound solemn b. To rely on hope 
and pious in saying, “God will send us c. There is no more 
rain for our rice field soon”.  d. There is always hope 
    My father’s youngest sister, Tita
Cora, was a fine example of wife and 10. The Filipino value most exemplified
mother would put her young to sleep selection in his __________. 
with her sweet lullabies. Going back to a. Faith in others 
her work as a seamstress, she would b. Love of family 
hum lovely kundiman. On one occasion, c. Respect for elders 
she paused and with a glint on her eyes, d. Love of people 
she hoped her two children would be
successful professionals. 
   My cousin, Josuel, just graduated (ITEMS 19-23) - CHOPSTICK
from high school. He had to walk five Chopstick were invented in china over
kilometres every day to school as there thousand years ago, probably evolving
from twigs used to spear food from a a. Mixed 
cooking pot. Knives took over this b. Dipped 
function in the West, but Confucius, C. Coated 
who considered knives instruments of D. Sprayed 
aggression, encouraged the use of
chopsticks as part of his teaching of 21. In the passage, Chinese and
nonviolence. The name in Chinese Japanese chopsticks were described to
is kuai zi,  which means “quick little __________. 
fellows” came from the pidgin English a. Show that the Chinese and Japanese
for kuai.  use chopsticks 
      Chopsticks spread throughout the b. Point out differences between
orient, those belonging to the rich made the two 
of gold, silver, ivory, or jade. Most c. Give an idea of where chopsticks
however, were-and are made of came from 
bamboo, which was plentiful and d. point out the similarities of the two 
cheap, with no taste or smell that could
affect the food. The Japanese made 22.Using a term that means ”quick little
them from a variety of woods and felloes” to refer a pair of chopsticks is
lacquered them for durability. It was not an example of a 
until the late 19th century that the __________. 
disposable bamboo variety became a. Simile 
popular.  b. Metaphor 
    Traditionally, Chinese and c. Hyperbole 
Japanese chopsticks differ in length and d. Personification   
shape. The Chinese are ten inches long,  
square, and blunt at the tip, while the 23. Chopsticks show a cultural
Japanese are rounded, come to a point, difference associated with people’s
and are a couple of inches shorter. ___________. 
They are efficient enough to pick up a a. Eating practice 
single grain of rice, but the accepted b. Food preparation 
way to eat rice is to use the chopsticks c. Rice eating- habits 
almost like scoop, moving the grains d. Cooking traditions 
from a small bowl held close to the
mouth.  (ITEMS 24-28) - VERB
    Chopstick etiquette says you should The verb is the business end of a
not gesture with them as you talk, nor sentence, the sentence’s reason for
should you use them to pass food. And being. That’s where the action is.
you’re inviting misfortune if you drop Without a verb, even if it’s
them or place them crossed on your only suggested, there’s nothing going
plate, unless you do it in a restaurant to on, just a lot of nouns standing around
show the waiter you’re finished and with their hands in their pockets. A verb
ready for the check.  is easy to spot. Just look for the moving
19. Another way of expressing the target, the center of activity, the
idea “chopsticks spread throughout the part that tells you what’s going on. No
orient” is________________.  wonder the verb is the most interesting
a. Chopsticks were swiftly accepted in word in a sentence. It is also the most
the orient  complicated. Because the
b. Chopsticks were mostly found in the verb expresses action, it has something
orient  that other words lack-time. It has to tell
c. Chopsticks were discovered  you whether something happened in the
d. Chopsticks were only found in the past, the present, the future or some
orient  combination of times: sneeze, sneezed,
will sneeze, would have sneezed and so
20. In the phrase “and lacquered them on. 
for durability” the most likely meaning The verb has another aspect, too. It
of lacquered is ______________.  varies according to who or what is
performing the action: sneeze, he c. Problems with verbs are that
sneezes, they sneeze, and so on.  important 
There are plenty of reasons a verb can d. Although difficult, verb problems are
go astray. The most common is that it easily solved 
doesn’t match the subject: one is
singular and the other plural.
For example, Pocholo and I was 28. The passage is an example
sneezing. The next most common of ______________ of an idea. 
reason is that the verb’s timing- a. An explanation 
its tense-is off.  b. A narration 
(Yesterday she sneezes). This makes c. A description 
verb sound daunting, but they’re really d. An analysis
not so bad. Taken one at a time ( which
is how you encounter them, after all)
problems with verb can be made SELECTION ABOUT THE SUN:
to disappear. 
29. What is the main idea of the
24. The most important value of verbs is selection? 
stated in the passage that says:  a. solar energy  B. Radiant energy  c.
a. Spotting verbs in a sentence is very Kinetic energy   d. Absorptive activity 
easy 
b. Verbs are the necessary key in 30. What does the phrase “the sun is
making sentences  our life source” mean? 
c. Where verbs are, action is always a. The energy of the sun is alive. 
present b. The beginning of life is the sun. 
d. Without a verb, a sentence is c. The life of all living things come
uninteresting.  from the sun 
d. The radiance of the sun is beautiful 
25. According to the passage, one
reason verbs are not easy to use is
because ____________.  31. Foe mankind, the sun is the source
a. Unlike other words, they are of ______. 
bound to time  a. carbon compounds  b. atmosphere 
b. They always indicate an on going c. electricity    d. all heat 
action 
c. Unlike other words, their spelling 32. The largest part of the radiant
changes  energy directed towards the earth is
d. They cause complication in a ______. 
sentence  a. Turned into fuel   b. harnessed for
electric power   c. Stored by the current
26. Based on the passage, a verb can season’s plant    d. Absorbed by the
be defined as the word in a sentence earth’s atmosphere 
that ___________. 
a. Can most likely go astray  33. All useful energy on the surface of
b. Is the most complicated  the earth comes from the ______. 
c. Can easily be spotted  a. sun directly   b. sun’s activity   c.
d. Expresses action  radiation of the sun   d. energy stored
by the sun 
27. “taken one at a time” problems with
verbs can be made to disappear” is the
same as 34. The author presented the selection
saying that________________.  about the sun by_____. 
A. Using verbs carries no necessary a. enumerating details   b. giving
problem  examples   c. describing    d. narrating 
b. Difficulty with verbs can be
overcome gradually 
35. “Let us get to the bottom” in the d. Three significant grains,
first paragraph means______.  especially wheat may be lost to
a. Search for reasons   b. Discover the humans. 
basic facts or cause   c. Define the
meaning   d. Move under the ground  38. This passage entitled Pasta Crisis
(ITEMS 36-40)  points out with urgency that
A world without pasta seems ____________. 
inconceivable. Macaroni and cheese a. Higher temperatures are almost
loving children across the US would inevitable 
howl in protest; Italy might suffer b. Three grains are already suffering
a heart attack; social unrest could from climate change 
explode in china where noodles are the c. More aggressive action against
main staple.  global warming is needed 
But if humans want to keep eating d. Drought will intensify in the coming
pasta, we will have to take much more years
aggressive action against global
warming. Pasta is made from wheat, 39. Another way of expressing the idea
and a large growing body of in the sentence” it is the grain most
scientific studies and real world vulnerable to high temperatures” is it is
observations suggest what wheat will be the grain ____________. 
hit especially hard as temperatures rise a. Most affected under intense
and storms and drought intensify in the heat 
years ahead.  b. Likely to flourish when it gets warm 
Three grains- wheat, corn and rice c. Strongly at risk in temperate areas 
account for most of the food that d. Inclined to wither if it gets very hot 
humans consume. All these are already 40. The idea in the passage is develop
suffering from climate change, using ___________. 
but wheat stands to fare the worst in a. Narration 
the years ahead, for it is the grain most b. Exposition 
vulnerable to high temperatures. That c. Description 
spells trouble not only for pasta but also d. Illustration  
for bread, the most basic food of all. 
International agricultural research (Items 41-45) 
centers and the private sector have In the light of social changes, we come
woken up to the fact that higher to the question: What qualities should
temperatures are almost inevitable distinguish the educated Filipino today?
and they have very little in their genetic I venture to suggest that the educated
toolbox to deal with them.  Filipino should first be distinguished by
the power to do. 
36. The meaning of inconceivable in the     The oriental excels in reflective
first sentence of the passage must be thinking he is a philosopher. The
_________.  Occidental is a doer; he manages
a. Not imaginable  things, men and affairs. The Filipino
b. Cannot happen  of today needs more of this power to
c. Unable to conceive  translate reflection into action. I believe
d. No possibility  that we are coming more to this power
to translate reflection into action. 
37. The passage emphasizes an      We are coming more likely to the
alarming future scenario because conviction that  no Filipino has the right
__________.  to be considered educated unless he is
a. Humans will take more aggressive prepared to take an active and useful
action against global warming  part in the work, life, and progress
b. China, where noodles are the main of our country as well as in the progress
staple, could have social unrest  of the world. 
c. Macaroni and cheese loving children
across the US would protest 
41. what is the best paraphrase of the    But things may have changed for
last paragraph in the passage?  some of us. We are learning, maybe
A. Participation in the work and progress slowly, how to find more permanent
of our country is sought by every happiness. And we know that happiness
Filipino  that comes from “getting” is
B. The country’s progress and elusive. Giving to others, giving
advancement depend primarily on attention, sharing hope, sharing our
educated Filipino  stories with others, listening to theirs, is
C. A truly educated Filipino the key to finding the happiness
participates actively in the work for which we have searched so long. We
and progress of the country and must get outside of ourselves and focus
the world as a whole. on other’s joys or sorrows. Only then do
D. To be considered educated, one has we get a clear perspective on who we
to be globally competitive and willing to are and the necessary role we play
take risks.  in the lives of others who need our
42. As used in the selection, what does attention and who have a message we
word “conviction” mean?  also need to hear. 
A. intellectual guess             C. verdict 
B. strong belief                     D. 46. The underlined word in the
allegiance  selection connotes_____. 
A. hard to possess   
43. What trait is found in most Orientals B. easy to achieve 
but needs to be deepened in Filipino?  C. difficult to lose 
A. action oriented        C. good in D. easy to understand 
managing 
B. patience                     D. reflective 47. From the ideas presented in the
thinker  selection we can infer that happiness
_____.
44. What is meant by this line?  a. can never be truly attained 
   “ The oriental is a philosopher”  b. is temporary and fleeting 
A. Oriental people are c. which comes from giving is more
contemplative  lasting and permanent 
B. Oriental people have the blood of d. is achieved when we get something
great philosophers  from others 
C. They have a tendency to become
philosophers  48. It can be concluded that the value
D. They think like Great Solomon.  being given emphasis in the selection is
_____. 
45. What value is implied in the same a. being true to oneself 
passage above?  b. being true to others 
A. justice                   C. hyperactivity  c. receiving from others 
B. courage                 D. active d. giving to others 
involvement 

(Items 46-50)  49. What is meant by the line “We must

     We strive for happiness, generally in
self- centered ways. We expect others
to favour us with their attention, for
example, or we wait for invitations or
gifts. We have probably tried to buy
happiness with purchase of a new dress
or shoes. Fleeting moments of
happiness are gained, that’s all. And
soon we are discontented once again.
And the search begins anew.  with ourselves.
get outside and focus on other’s joy or
sorrow”? 
a. showing interest in others will get
them interested in us 
b. we must share with others our secret
longings and dreams 
c. we must try to involve ourselves in a
personal life of others. 
d. showing concern for others
makes us forget our pre-occupation
 
50. The idea of the author about
happiness conveyed through _____. 
a. comparing a thought with others
experiences 
b. sharing other’s experiences on the
construct 
c. narrating a story and quoting a verse 
d. explaining and citing examples 

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