Part 1: Structure A.

In

B. for
DIRECTIONS: This subset measures your ability to recognize language that is appropriate for standard C. of
written English.
D. at

Items 1 – 20 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence, you will see four words or phrases 5. A website is unlimited __________ you to other websites where you can access for more information
and discoveries.
marked A, B, C, and D. choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence, then choose the
letter corresponding to your answer. A. until it is linking

B. because it links
1. Robert pleaded ____ his teacher to ask and give him a chance.
C. since it linked
A. with
D. while it link
B. to
6. Mathematics ______ the most difficult subject in the exam.
C. from
A. remain
D. in
B. remains
2. Dorothy unnecessarily ______ a quarrel with Bryan and left the party immediately.
C. remaining
A. picked on
D. has remains
B. picked out
7. The cost of a program being implemented is important ______ the feasibility prioritization of the
C. picked various concerns for it to be able to promote change.
D. picked up A. Hence it looks into
3. Foods rich in foliate, a form of vitamin B, _________ reduce the risk of stroke and heart disease. B. until it looks into
A. help C. since it looks into
B. helps D. because it looks into.
C. helped 8. Filipinos are fortunate ____ the country has natural resources.
D. is helping A. because

B. hence

C. when

D. despite
4. The primordial purpose __________ schooling is ultimately to learn how to learn. 9. The term medical reversal refers to a replacement ______ that was widely believed to be beneficial.

A. of a medical practice C. increasing population

B. to a medical practice D. Having increased population

C. by a medical practice 15. ________should help you better informed about potential risks, but it should not be a source of
alarm.
D. with a medical practice A. Know your family history
10. Over years, economic growth _______ of greater concern than environmental preservation. B. Knowing your family history

A. has been. C. To have your family history known

B. have been D. Having your family history known

C. had been 16. The child was advised to stay away ________ because of trauma

D. will have been A. Completed from his father

11. A history of depression, denial, injustice and abuse ________ the greatest detriment to people of B. Completely from his father
color. C. Completed with his father
A. has been D. Completely with his father
B. had 17. It is observed that some new aspiring politicians usually make a ______ before running in Congress
C. have with great hope of bringing changes in the system and progress in the country.
A. two – hour important decision
D. having B. two – hours important decision

12. Theodore is drunk and drives recklessly, it seems he doesn’t care ______ his life at all. C. two hour important decisions

A. about D. two hours important decisions

B. for
C. in
D. at
13. _______ wiring is the cause of the sudden blackout.
A. lose 18. The happy children, __________, paraded in the busy streets in celebration of their school
B. losing foundation.

C. loose A. Majestic costumes

D. lost B. majestic costumed

14. ________ and rapid economic growth in recent years have put a large and increasing stress on the C. majestically costumes
water resources and environment in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
D. majestically costumed
A. Increase population

B. Increased population
19. Disaster preparedness and disaster reduction management are slowly being taught in schools C. have survived
because of the _____ of floods, earthquakes and other natural calamities in the world.
A. continual increasing incident D. in pottery relics.

B. continually increase incidence 2.

C. continual increase incidents A. In many cities around the world

D. continually increasing incidence B. the number of homeless people

20. The legalization of divorce, until such time, has been __________ in our society. C. have become

A. A hotly-contested issue D. a big problem.

B. the hot contested issue 3.

C. A hotly-contesting issue A. The man

D. the hot contesting issue B. gives antidote so powerful

C. that any poison was made harmless

D. after taking it.

4.

A. Finance statements

B. are formal reports

C. prepared

D. by accountants

5.

A. The tale that was

Part 2 : WRITTEN EXPRESSION / FINDING ERRORS
B. told in a low and mystery voice

DIRECTIONS: in items 1 – 30, each sentence is divided into four parts mark A, B, C, and D. Identify the C. kept us on the
one part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. Then choose the letter corresponding to
D. edge of seats
your answer.
6.
1. A. A team led by the government agency concerned
A. Outside of written records B. say that chemicals from the factory
B. evidence of Philippines existence

C. had contaminated sediment in the bay D. in effect represents a contractual agreement

D. and entered the food chain 12.

7. A. Many medications are safe and effective when taken alone

A. The Gleaning Network, B. and ineffective or counter productive

B. an organizer in the United Kingdom C. when taken in combination

C. is trying to reduce waste D. with something else

D. and solve farming problem 13.

8. A. You should make sure

A. In 1964, B. your body has get

B. the African countries of Tanganyaki and Zanziban C. the necessary vitamins and minerals

C. has united to form D. humans need

D. a single country, now called Tanzania 14.

9. A. It is often said that

A. As a mode of expository writing B. lightning never strike twice

B. the narrated writing offers writers C. at the same place

C. a chance to think and write D. but it is not true.

D. about themselves 15.

10. A. Money is not a natural reward of love
A. The Philippines B. That is why we called a man mercenary
C. If he marries a woman
B. has accommodations D. For the sake of her money
C. to suit everyone 16.
A. Overcrowding of and within houses
D. from five-star hotels to simple hotels. B. is an unhealthful factor
C. which favor
11.
D. the spread of many diseases
A. The obligations of the accountant to the client 17.
A. Sit cramped
B. related upon the agreed scope B. for a very long period of time
C. in dry conditions
C. of the engagement which
D. can affect our circulatory system.
18. 24.
A. The novel was so popular
B. among teenagers A. The sudden demise of Ms. Gina Lopez created a large vacuum in the hearts of people

C. to a point that a movie was made B. who admires her being a staunch supporter of the anti-mining and deforestation
D. base from the story C. she also had numerous foundations for the poor chickens
19. D. and programs that care for the environment
A. If depression will not be given attention, it predisposes to hibernate and worse end his life. 25.

B. So, therefore, we should all create a consciousness to spot A. Before Richard Gomez became a popular actor in the local film industry,

C. Friends or family members who seem to be undergoing something B. he was a waiter at a certain pizza parlor

D. A listening ear, a warm hug or handshake matters most. C. with his good looks, excel acting skills, diligence and perseverance, he rose to stardom for several

20. years

A. Mathematics are fun to learn D. His life changed when he got married. He is the incumbent mayor in Ormoc City.

B. You should indulge yourself first into it by falling in love with the numbers 26.

C. You will found out soon, you will have confidence and A. The navy contributes
D. Mathematics will just be easy for you. B. to the protection of the environment and preservation of natural resources
21.
A. I bought some C. by scuttle out cylindrical blocks
B. silver charming victorian
D. to serve as artificial reefs.
C. ornaments
D. at the flea market. 27.
22.
A. The most popular alumnae A. Costing more than $40 million and grossing $20 million in the first two weeks,

B. of a barangay high school B. Pinocchio is one of the most expensive film

C. is now serving as president C. Made in Italy

D. of a well-known state university in manila D. To help put Rome back to the filmmakers’ maps

23.
28.
A. Education is said to be functional
A. Unclean water and improper disposal of waste
B. when it is transforming lives of the learners’
B. can be carried highly communicable diseases
C. making meaningful contributions to the society C. because of their injurious effects
D. and accepting the existence of s Supreme being in their lives

D. to human life

Part 3: READING COMPREHENSION

29.

A. The failure of tree-planting project was due to the inconsistent reforestation program DIRECTIONS: In this subtest you will read several passages. Each one is followed by several questions
about it. For items 1 - 65, you are to choose the one best answer, A, B, C, and D, to each question. Then
B. haphazard community tree-planting schemes, and meddling practices of indifference individuals blacken the circle that corresponds to the letter of your choice in the Answer Sheet. Answer all
C. who reduced the anti-erosion fences questions following a passage on the basis of what is started or implied in that passage.

D. just to benefit their pasture land businesses

Selection A (Items 1 – 5)
30.

A. Any nation Studies have consistently pointed to at least three major immediate factors that push children to stay or
live on the streets. These are the poverty of the family, family relationship factors (physical or sexual
B. that aspires to elevate morality
abuse) and peer influence. Poverty and peer influence when compounded with problems and stresses in
C. will have difficulty the family life such as family break-up, child abuses and neglect, domestic violence by step-parents,
underemployed parents, etc., altogether create under pressure on the child to leave home and find
D. stamp out prostitution solace, protection and support from the peers on the street, eventually becoming susceptible to their
influence and lifestyle. In Metro Manila, population growth, urbanization and migration have increased
through the years. Children are often forced try circumstances to help their family eke out of living or
tend for themselves on the streets. Most of them are children of poor parents who migrated from rural
areas in the hope of finding better job opportunities in the city, but whose lack of education rendered
them ill-equipped to struggle for survival in the urban jungle and are thus curtained to a life of object
poverty.For the street children, life on the streets are a constant struggle to overcome the various
negative comments that threaten to overtake them and destroy their hopes for survival. They work
under the heat of the sun or in the dark of the night from six to 10 hours, seven days a week, often in a
combination of “occupations” each consolidating a legitimate way to survive.

1. To “eke of living” means _____________.

A. To earn income.
. B. To live with others
C. To sell in the streets

D. To work in the streets

.
2. Based on the selection, what values seems to be missing in the families of the street children? 6. The word “quarry” as used in the last paragraph means ___________.

A. Loyalty A. target

B. Honesty B. hunted
C. Kindness
C. hunter
D. Solidarity
3. What is the most important factor that will equip rural people to survive in the city? D. victim

A. money 7. Cats have acute hearing except the white cat with blue eyes which do not ________.
A. hear well
B. education
B. hunt well
C. food C. see well
D. eat well
D. home
8. The sentence “The cat is a precision instrument” is a _______________.
4. The selection is simply about _____________.
A. hyperbole
A. providing homes for the poor B. simile
B. helping street children get an education
C. factors why children live in the streets C. metaphor

D. how to lessen pressure on the family D. irony

5. Based on the text, we can conclude that street children are _________. 9. The selection is mainly about _________________.

A. Independent A. how the cat differs from a dog

B. Malnourished B. the cat as a hunting machine
C. Helpless persons C. how the cat is like a mammal
D. Victims of poverty D. the cat as a house pet
Selection B (Items 6 – 10)
A cat is a precision instrument – a perfectly engineered hunting machine, designed for stealth, capture
and self-defense. It has padded feet that make no sound and muscles of enormous power and bulk for 10. We can conclude from the selection that the cat is an animal which can ________________.
the size. Its bones are attached at energy-efficient angles that create a system of springs and levers A. do a lot of tricks
perfect for bounding, leaping and climbing. Its claws are sharper than those of any other mammal and B. be domesticated
can be withdrawn under sheathlike pads where they escape injury and wear. No teeth are better suited C. be very dangerous
for hunting than those of the cat – great canines for tearing and scissor-like premolars for shearing off D. survive on its own
bits of flesh small enough to swallow. In the cat’s eye, the colored fibers of the iris respond immediately Selection C (Items 11 – 15)
to light changed to permit exactness of vision in all light conditions. In the darkness of night the iris In the light of social changes, we come to the question: What qualities should distinguish the educated
contracts to widen the pupil and admit any trace of available light. In the binding light of midday, the iris Filipino today? I venture to suggest that the educated Filipino should first be distinguished by the power
expands and the pupil shuts down to a thin vertical slit. Except in white cats with blue eyes, a cat’s to do. The oriental excels in reflective thinking he is a philosopher. The Occidental is a doer; he manages
hearing is extremely acute. Each ear has twenty-seven muscles that allow the cat to rotate the ear in all things, men and affairs. The Filipino of today needs more of this power to translate reflection into action.
directions to collect sound. The cat’s reaction to sudden movement or noise is so swift that it can usually I believe that we are coming more to this power to translate reflection into action. We are coming more
escape threatening danger – and the little quarry passes unharmed. likely to the conviction that no Filipino has the right to be considered educated unless he is prepared to

take an active and useful part in the work, life, and progress of our country as well as in the progress of A. justice
the world.
B. courage

11. What is the best paraphrase of the last paragraph in the passage?
A. A truly educated Filipino participates actively in the work and progress of the country and the world
as a whole.
B. Participation in the work and progress of our country is sought by every Filipino
C. The country’s progress and advancement depend primarily on educated Filipino
D. To be considered educated, one has to be globally competitive and willing to take risks.
12. As used in the selection, what does word “conviction” mean?
A. intellectual guess
B. verdict
C. strong belief
D. allegiance
C. active involvement
D. hyperactivity
Selection D (Items 16 – 19)
Unique to Palawan is its mega diversity. For a long time, only the many ethnic communities that thrive in
these islands and a few other daring settlers who wanted to live in unpolluted surroundings know
Palawan’s bountiful resources, abundant wildlife and extraordinary natural beauty. The island province
first attracted foreign attention in the 1970’s when it became a United Nations Vietnamese Refugee
Center. At this time, a disturbance in Kenya also saw the transport of endangered animals from its
savannas to the plains of Calauit island. However, it was only a sea accident in 1979 that eventually led
to the opening of Palawan into major tourist attraction. According to a story, a tuna line disabled a dive
boat’s propeller in the middle of the night forcing it to drop anchor in an inlet. The following morning,
the divers woke up with amazing scenery of skyscraping dark cliff.

16. Which could be an appropriate title of the selection?

a. Palawan and it’s settlers
b. Palawan and it’s extraordinary natural beauty
13. What trait is found in most Orientals but needs to be deepened in Filipino? c. El Nido in 1970’s
d. The discovery of El Nido
A. action oriented
17. What does the word “diversity” in the first sentence mean?
B. patience
a. Variety
C. reflective thinker
b. Equality
D. good in managing
c. Similarity
14. What is meant by this line?
d. Distinction
“ The oriental is a philosopher” 18. It can be concluded from the selection that _______.
a. El Nido is a tourist spot
A. Oriental people have the blood of great philosophers b. El Nido is a popular place
c. El Nido was discovered by a diver
B. Oriental people are contemplative
d. El Nido has its amazing natural beauty
C. They have a tendency to become philosophers 19. When did Palawan attracted foreign attention?
a. A disturbance in Kenya also saw the transport of endangered animals
D. They think like Great Solomon. b. Divers woke up with amazing scenery of skyscraping dark cliff
c. It became a United Nations Vietnamese Refugee Center
15. What value is implied in the same passage above?
d. A tuna line disabled a dive boat’s propeller in the middle of the night
Selection E (Items 20 – 24) b. Exposition

A world without pasta seems inconceivable. Macaroni and cheese loving children across the US would c. Description
howl in protest; Italy might suffer a heart attack; social unrest could explode in china where noodles are
the main staple. But if humans want to keep eating pasta, we will have to take much more aggressive d. Illustration
action against global warming. Pasta is made from wheat and a large growing body of scientific studies Selection F (Items 25 – 28)
and real world observations suggest what wheat will be hit especially hard as temperatures rise and The arts generally depend on ridiculous Region, but the theater is most ridiculous of all. Imagine asking
storms and drought intensify in the years ahead. Three grains- wheat, corn and rice account for most of us to pretend that we are in Bangkok after the fall of Saigon and that Lea is a Vietnamese bar girl who
the food that humans consume. All these are already suffering from climate change, but wheat stands to kills herself because she believes that suicide is the only solution to her problem. More than that,
fare the worst in the years ahead, for it is the grain most vulnerable to high temperatures. That spells imagine asking us to believe that and all other characters in the play talk to each other by singing. The
trouble not only for pasta but also for bread, the most basic food of all. International agricultural theater is a lily that inexplicably arise from a jungle of weedy falsities yet, it is precisely from the tension
research centers and the private sector have woken up to the fact that higher temperatures are almost produced by all this absurdity that theater is able to create each poetry, power, enhancement and truth.
inevitable and they have very little in their genetic toolbox to deal with them.
25. What is the best title for the selection?
20. The meaning of inconceivable in the first sentence of the passage must be _________. a. Marvelous singing voices
a. Not imaginable b. The imaginative power of drama
b. Cannot happen
c. The absurdity of fiction
c. Unable to conceive
d. The production of musical plays
d. No possibility
26. Based from the excerpt, the author believes that all the statements are true EXCEPT
21. The passage emphasizes an alarming future scenario because __________.
a. Theater is based on absurdities
a. Humans will take more aggressive action against global warming
b. The character in musical plays converse by singing
b. China, where noodles are the main staple, could have social unrest c. Theater teaches us that suicide is the only solution to the problem
c. Macaroni and cheese loving children across the US would protest d. Theater creates poetry, power, enhancement and truth
d. Three significant grains, especially wheat may be lost to humans. 27. The word “absurdity” in the last sentence means
22. This passage entitled Pasta Crisis points out with urgency that ____________. a. Fiction
a. Higher temperatures are almost inevitable
b. Three grains are already suffering from climate change b. Falsehood
c. More aggressive action against global warming is needed c. Predictability
d. Drought will intensify in the coming years
d. Foolishness
23. Another way of expressing the idea in the sentence” it is the grain most vulnerable to high
28. Which of the following can be about the theater from the selection?
temperatures” is
it is the grain ____________. a. It has different themes
a. Most affected under intense heat b. It is the most ridiculous of all arts
b. Likely to flourish when it gets warm c. It is able to create poetry, power and truth
c. Strongly at risk in temperate areas d. It is a functional representation of life
d. Inclined to wither if it gets very hot
24. The idea in the passage is develop using ___________. Selection G (Items 29 – 33)
a. Narration Inventions enhance people’s lives. Inventions are improvements of previous discoveries. With
technology, inventions are easier to complete. One such invention is the camera. The invention of the

camera gave way to the first underwater camera in 1856. It was placed in a tightly sealed container. d. Personification
However, when the contraption was underwater, the container broke before many pictures were taken. 33. What is the value presented in the selection?
It was only in the 1980’s that a camera was made which is able to go deep underwater without being
damaged. Less than twenty years later, technology allowed underwater cameras to take photographs in a. passivity
color and to go even deeper into the water. With better technology, an invention will never stay b. ingenuity
stagnant.
c. contentment
29. What can we infer in the selection?
d. independence
a. Man’s nature is easily influenced
Selection H (Items 34 – 43)
b. Man’s nature easily adapts to his environment
Introduction to Poetry
c. Man is constantly in search of new inventions By Billy Collins
d. Man easily gives up when confronted with a challenge
I ask them to take a poem
30. What is the main idea expressed in the selection?
and hold it up to the light
a. man by nature is a contented being like a color slide
or press an ear against its hive.
b. people make efforts to improve an invention

c. to seek comfort is man’s goal in life

d. inventions have a tendency to be copied
I say drop a mouse into a poem
and watch him probe his way out,
or walk inside the poem’s room
and feel the walls for a light switch.

I want them to waterski

31. What can we conclude about inventions in the selection? across the surface of a poem
a. improve people’s lives waving at the author’s name on the shore.
But all they want to do
b. are easy to accomplish
is tie the poem to a chair with rope
c. are hard to improve
and torture a confession out of it.
d. are costly They begin beating it with a hose
to find out what it really means.
32. What figure of speech is used in the last line of the selection?
34. The poet uses the pronouns “they” and “them” most likely to refer to
a. Simile
a. Student Poetry
b. Metaphor b. His part
c. Hyperbole
c. His troubles
d. Literary critic 40. In stanza 4, the poet refers to the poem as a/an

35. Which line from the poem provides the context that supports the meaning of the word “slide” in line a. Jetski
3?
b. car
a. Line 2
c. ocean
b. line 5 d. boat
c. line 9
41. The tone of the poem shift in:
d. line 16
a. Stanza 1

b. stanza 3

36. Which of these lines contains a poetic language that conveys a sense of danger? c. stanza 4

a. And hold it up to the light d. stanza 6

b. or press an ear against its hive. 42. The overall message conveyed in the poem is
c. I say drop a mouse into a poem
d. I want them to waterski a. The contrast of hopes versus reality
37. What tones are conveyed by these lines? b. The guidance provided by authority

I want them to waterski c. The missed opportunities of rebels

across the surface of a poem d. A life unfulfilled and unchallenged
waving at the author’s name on the shore. 43. What did the author used in the Stanza 2, 3 and 4?
a. Uncertain and confused a. Imagery
b. Cordial and pleasure
b. Simile
c. Melancholic and resourceful
c. Irony
d. Neutral and subjective
d. Symbols
38. Line 12 -14 suggest that “they” want the poem
Selection I (Items 44 – 45)
a. To provide clues to help determine its meaning
The literature on drug addiction has grown at a rate that defies anyone to keep abreast of the literature
b. To convey a transparent meaning
and apparently in inverse proportion tour understanding of the subject. Addiction or dependence, as it
c. To conceal its true meaning
is more fashionable to call it, excites controversy and speculation yet true understanding of the
d. To make its meaning inconspicuous
phenomenon remains elusive. In fact, the area is fraught with speculation and acrimonious debate.
39. In line 15, the act of beating the poem with a hose suggest that they are
Definition of terms such as “drug”, “addiction” and “abuse” is obviously less controversial than attempts
a. Copasthnic
to explain the nature of drug dependence, yet even the terminology is imprecise and overlain with
b. Frustrates
subjective connotations. At its most basic, a drug as defined by the World Health Organization is simply
c. Serene any substance which when taken into the living organism may modify one or more of its functions. This
d. Tranquil kind of definition is too wide to be of any use in discussion of dependence: it covers everything from
insulin to aspirin, penicillin to alcohol.

44. The author implies that he thinks the term “dependence” in the context of drugs

a. is more accurate than the older term “addiction” D. Thankfulness is rare among blessed

b. has not always been the preferred term 49. What is the main idea of the selection?

c. is a currently under-used term A. There are people who have so much in life

d. is an avant-garde aberration B. We have too many choices in life

45. We can infer from the first sentence that
a. Not all that has been written on the subject of addiction has added to our understanding C. There is good that comes from every thankful
D. Some people tend to dwell on negative
b. No one can have read all the literature on any drug
c. The more that is publicly wants to know are likely to understand
Selection K (Items 50 – 52)
d. The rate of growth should be higher if we are to understand the subject
Selection J (Items 46 – 49) Homer was a Greek epic poet. Both the date and the place of his birth and death are not known
We have so much in life to be thankful for. We walk, talk, see, hear, think and breathe – usually without precisely, but recent research suggests a date between 1050 and 800 B.C. It has even been claimed that
effort. Why do we have to spend so much time dwelling on what we can’t, don’t have and what is going no such man as Homer existed and The Iliad and Odyssey are collections of traditional ballads and not
wrong?. We can instantly recall the negative experiences, people and circumstances without recognizing the work of one man. In any event, they were known all over the Greek – speaking world before the
we have the ability to walk away or make a change. Perhaps we have too many options from which to sixth century B.C. The Iliad is an epic poem dealing with the siege of Troy by the Greeks. The Odyssey
choose. Or it could be we simply want to complain. Maybe if we spent just a little time saying “thank describes the wandering of Odysseus, a Greek seafarer on his way to Ithaca after the fall of Troy.
you” for what we do have, we won’t have so much time to dwell on what we lack. Gratitude, praise and 50. We can infer from the passage that ___________
thanksgiving activate the divine laws of abundance. When the universe can see we are conscious of and a. It’s not definite when and where Homer was born
grateful for what we have, it is activated to shower us with more. Even when it seems that the well is b. Homer only deals with poetry
drying up, we can affirm “I can hardly wait to see the good that will come out of this”. c. Recent research shows the impossibility of finding Homer’s birth date
46. According to the author, which of the following activates the Divine laws of abundance? d. Some suggest that he was born in 800 B.C
A. Recalling negative experiences 51. The Odyssey ____________
B. Dwelling on what we can’t do a. belongs to another poet rather than Homer
C. Having so much in life b. explains the voyage of a sailor
D. Giving thanks c. has no connection with the Iliad
d. doesn’t have a specific protagonist
47. Which of these statements from the selection expresses cause-effect relationship? 52. The works of Homer ______________
a. have no potential readers
A. When the universe can see that we are grateful for what we have, it is activated to shower us with b. deal with the siege of Troy by the Greeks
more c. have been thought to have different writers
B. We walk, talk, see, hear, think and breathe – usually without effort d. are collections of traditional ballads
C. Perhaps we have too many options from which to choose Selection L (Items 53 – 55)
Many consider World War I to have been the first modern war, a total war where the civilian
D. We have so much in life to be thankful for populations were deliberately endangered as a direct tactic of war, which has continued in all
subsequent wars. While civilians have always died in wars, World War I made civilian casualties
48. Why do we always have to be thankful in life?
accepted and commonplace from, for example, aerial bombardment. All aspects of the societies fighting
A. Giving thanks solves most of our problems were affected by the conflict, often causing profound social change if the countries were not in the war
zone.
B. Being thankful attracts more blessings
53. It is stated in the reading that World War I
C. Thanks giving banishes most of our worries a. caused a major depression in countries that were against killing civilians
b. introduced the killing of civilians as a method of warfare c. Expository

c. is the bloodiest war in history d. Narrative

d. marked the end of the peaceful period in modern history
57. What does predominance in the second paragraph refer to?
54. It is pointed in the passage that
a. the war’s economic impact was felt sharply in countries that were close to the war zone a. Superiority
b. the aftermath of World War I brought more attempts to protect civilians in war b. Strong Element
c. unlike all subsequent wars, World War I was worldwide
d. the impact of the World War I was felt even by the countries which were not close to the war fronts c. Majority of existence
55. We can understand from the passage that
d. Interaction
a. very few countries had designed or built aircraft specifically for war functions before World War I
b. World War I was not the first war in which civilians died 58. Which is not a characteristic of the youth?
c. many consider World War I the defining moment of modern life
a. Imaginative
d. the aerial bombardment of civilian was widely criticized
b. Rosy Cheek
Selection M (Items 56 – 60)
c. Timidity

YOUTH d. Adventurous
59. What did the author use in the passage?
by Samuel Ullman
a. Paradox

Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; b. Simile
it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the
c. Juxtaposition
deep springs of life. Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the
appetite, for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of sixty more than a body of d. Understatements
twenty. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may
wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart 60. Where did the author focused?
and turns the spirit back to dust. Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being's heart the lure a. Persona
of wonder, the unfailing child-like appetite of what's next, and the joy of the game of living. In the center
b. Timeline
of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope,
cheer, courage and power from men and from the Infinite, so long are you young. When the aerials are c. Sensory details
down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown
old, even at twenty, but as long as your aerials are up, to catch the waves of optimism, there is hope you d. Emotion
may die young at eighty. 61. The most appropriate title for this selection is

56. What kind of passage is this? a. On Growing Old

a. Informative b. On Being Young

b. Descriptive c. Young and Old

d. You Can be Young

62. How did the author described the young generation?

a. Assertive

b. Inquisitive

c. Informative

d. Provocative

63. According to the selection, which of the following is not a characteristic of youth?

a. rosy cheeks

b. imaginative

c. adventurous

d. timidity

64. According to the author, one has grown old if ___________

a. he has lost the desire to improve himself

b. he indulges in hazardous himself

c. he has reached the age of 70

d. his children have set up their own families

65. The selection tells us that youth is based on one’s

a. physical appearance

b. status in life

c. charm and glamour

d. views about life