For General Education

English

1.1 Which question is grammatically CORRECT?

                  A. Does she approve of the decision of the group?

                  B. Is she approved of the decision of the group?
                  C. Ha she approve of the decision of the group?
                  D. Did she approved of the decision of the group?
 
1.2 Which question is grammatically CORRECT?

                  A. Did you prepare well for this LET?

                  B. Did you prepared well for this LET?
                  C. Do you prepared well for this LET?
                  D. Are you prepare well for this LET?
 
Read this conversation then answer the questions.

                  Student A: Have you hear about the latest news about former President Aquino?
                  Student B: Yes, I did.
                  Student C: No, I haven’t.
                  Student D: She is died already.
 
1.3 Where lies/ lie the grammatical error?
                  A. Students A, B, D
                  B. Student B and D
                  C. Student D
                  D. Student A
 
1.4 You want to tell your failing student to keep trying. What would you say?
                  A. “Never say die”.
                  B. “There is no smoke without fire”.
                  C. “Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched”.
                  D. “That is your Achilles heel”.
 
1.5 A parent tells you of her son who is beginning to smoke. You advise the parent by telling her
_____.
                  A.  “Nip it in the bud”.
                  B. “Never say die”.
                  C. “Go back to square one”.
                  D. “ You are barking at the wrong tree”.
 
1.6 Is she asking for a job?
                  A. Yes, she is.
                  B. Yes, she does.
                  C. Yes, she did.
                  D. No, she don’t.
 
1.7 Is it good to give the Licensure Exams for Teachers in September?
                  A. Yes, it is.
                  B. Yes, it isn’t.
                  C. No, it is.
                  D. No, don’t give.
 
1.8 He reads one pocketbook a week, _____
                  A. doesn’t he?
                  B. does he?
                  C. is he?
                  D. isn’t he?

English – Reading

                  Fear is by no means the only obstacle to learning the language of computers. The
language used by humans is replete with vagueness. Not a sentence uttered can be considered to
be free from some degree of ambiguity. Computers, on the other hand, require a precision of
expression or exactness that is extremely rare in ordinary language. The use of language in
normal discourse assumes some shared experiences, and we take for granted that a listener has
some common sense. The computer, unfortunately, has not shared our experiences, and it has
absolutely no common sense.

2.1 The writer makes his point by use of _____.

                  A. comparison                                                                           C. generalization
                  B. examples                                                                                D. exaggeration
 
2.2 According to the author, a computer has _____.
                  A. no intelligence                                                                    C. few uses
                  B. many flaws                                                                            D. a memory bank
 
2.3 The writer implies that one barrier to using a computer is _____.
                  A. the uniqueness of computer language
                  B. the lack of educational materials      
                  C. the ambiguity of instructions
                  D. the complexity of the equipment
 
2.4 Recently, government employees received an across-the-board increase in salary. What do
the underlined words mean?
                  A. The increase applied to everyone.
                  B. Applied only to the upper echelon.
                  C. Was quite big.
                  D. Was insignificant.
 
2.5 As President GMA delivered her SONA, the audience and the Filipino nations were all ears.
What do the underlined words mean?
                  A. Listening intensely
                  B. Unbelieving
                  C. Approving
                  D. Doubting
 
2.6 “All roads lead to Rome”. Which idiom goes with it?
                  A. “There are many ways of killing a cat”.
                  B. “Different folks, different strokes”.
                  C. “Let us not reinvent the wheel”.
                  D. “There is no smoke without fire”.
 
2.7 My brother is my contrast. He is a night owl. What do the underlined words mean?
                  A. He works better at night.
                  B. He sings at night.
                  C. He stays late in the night drinking.
                  D. He disturbs people asleep in the night.
                 
2.8 Suffering has a positive value, and so it can be said to be a _____.
                  A. necessary evil
                  B. one’s baptism of fire
                  C. an ax to grind
                  D. ball in your court
 
2.9 Your daughter likes chocolates very much. She has _____.
                  A. sweet tooth
                  B. sweet teeth
                  C. sweet tongue
                  D. sweet lips
 
2.10 You were directing your complaint to the person who is not in-charge. Then you realized
you _____.
                  A. were barking at the wrong tree
                  B. had an ax to grind
                  C. the ball is in your court
                  D. had your baptism of fire
 
2.11 A principal tells his teachers: “I have given you all the information you need. The ball is
now in your court”. This means that the teachers _____.
                  A. are responsible for the decision
                  B. have to start all over again
                  C. have to gather some more information
                  D. need to consult others for the decision
 
2.12 Beauty is only skin deep. What does this mean?
                  A. A person’s character is more important than appearance.
                  B. A person’s property is as important as beauty.
                  C. A person’s skin is a test of her beauty.
                  D. A person whose beauty is skin deep is shallow.
 
2.13 The rebels were armed to the teeth. What does this mean?
                  A. They had lots of weapons.
                  B. They were very happy with their many weapons.
                  C. Their teeth appeared while they manipulated their weapons.
                  D. Their golden teeth appeared before the camera.
                 
2.14 On the first day of school, my seatmate and I were just stealing glances at each other. We
did not talk. Nobody bothered to _____.
                  A. break the ice
                  B. give the big picture
                  C. nip it in the bud
                  D. lift his bench
 
                  Nationalism is not a harmonious natural growth, qualitatively identical with the love
for family and home. It is frequently assumed that man loves in widening circles- his family, his
village, his tribe or clan, the nation, and finally humanity and the supreme good. But love of
home and family is a concrete feeling, accessible to everyone in daily experience, while
nationalism, and in an even higher degree cosmopolitanism, is a highly complex and originally
an abstract feeling. Nationalism-our identification with the life and aspirations of uncounted
millions whom we shall never know the territory which we shall never visit in its entirety- is
qualitatively different from love of family or of home surroundings. It is qualitatively akin to the
love of humanity or of the whole earth.

2.15 The title below that best expresses the ideas of this paragraph is _____.
                  A. The Nature of Nationalism
                  B. Love of One’s Fellow Beings
                  C. A Distinction Without a Difference
                  D. An Abstract Affection
 
2.16 Compared with love of family and home, nationalism is more _____.
                  A. inclusive                                                                                                    C. natural
                  B. clannish                                                                                                     D. concrete
 
2.17 A common assumption regarding nationalism is that it is _____.
                  A. an outgrowth of love of home and family
                  B. more nearly related to humanity than to the home
                  C. highly abstract and complex
                  D. identified with the lives of millions whom we do not know
 
2.18 In a number of poor but deserving high school graduates are offered full-tuitional
scholarships to attend the local community college. What can you infer from this sentence?
                  A. The city owns and administers a college.
                  B. The city college must have existed for years.
                  C. The city college must be big.
                  D. The city college must be at its pioneering stage.
 
2.19 What other inference may be drawn from the sentence?
                  A. The college must have a way of screening student applicants for the scholarship.
                  B. The scholarship is open to all students.
                  C. The scholarship gives priority to male students.
                  D. With screening procedures, only a few may qualify.
 
2.20 What other inference may be drawn from the sentence?
                  A. Scholarship does not cover all fees.
                  B. All poor students get a scholarship.
                  C. The City Council must be divided in their position regarding student scholarship.
                  D. The local college may be in experiencing budget deficit.
 
                  “A lesson that I have learned through the years is that for any good thing we aspire
for in life, we must be willing to pay the price. And the price is hard work, sacrifice! Someone
said: “Happy are those who dream dreams and are willing to pay the price for their dreams to
come true”.

3.1 You are going to tell your family about it. Which one will you say?
                  A. If you want an improvement in life we must be willing to sacrifice.
                  B. It is good to dream for dreams are the beginning of reality.
                  C. You are happy if you have a dream in life.
                  D. Sacrifice and dream don’t go together.
 
                  The following was lifted from Time Magazine, March 2, 2009.

HELP WANTED
Immediate Opening

                  American newspapers seek individuals who can rescue the print media from
impending bankruptcy. Qualified applicants must possess the skills necessary to persuade people
to spend money on online content they are currently getting for free. Understanding new
technological advances a plus. Must able to work under extreme deadline pressure. Persons
resistant to change need not apply.
3.2 What can be gleaned from the reading?
                  A. American newspapers are into difficult times.
                  B. American newspapers are booming.
                  C. Many American journalists have quit their newspaper-related jobs.
                  D. There are many who are interested in the position advertised.
 
3.3 Which adjectives describe the person wanted?
                  I. Flexible
                  II. Persuasive
                  III. Aggressive
                  IV. Young
                                    A. I, II                                                                              C. I, IV
                                    B. I, III                                                                            D. II, IV
 
3.4 Who will have more chances of being hired for such job?
                  I. A young man with related work experiences
                  II. An IT expert
                  III. An experienced person in the 60’s
                  IV. An IT graduate
                                    A. I, II                                                                              C. I, IV
                                    B. II, III                                                                           D. I only
 
                  Lifestyle diseases appear to become more widespread as countries become more
industrialized. Lifestyle diseases are different from other diseases because they are potentially
preventable, and can be lowered with changes in diet, lifestyle and environment.

3.5 What conclusions can be drawn from this paragraph?

                  A. Lifestyle diseases are within one’s power to prevent.
                  B. In an era of industrialization, one has no choice but contrast lifestyle diseases.
                  C. Industrialization is evil for with it comes lifestyle diseases.
                  D. Lifestyle diseases are caused by one’s environment.
 
3.6 Which thought is expressed in the paragraph?
                  A. As countries become more industrialized, there are more lifestyle diseases
cropping up.
                  B. Lifestyle diseases are no different from their diseases.
                  C. Changes in the environment are the main causes of lifestyle diseases.
                  D. There are diseases that are not potentially preventable.
 
3.7 What characteristic/s of lifestyle diseases can be derived from the paragraph?
                  I. Preventable
                  II. Unpreventable
                  III. Microbes-caused
                  IV. Lifestyle-caused

A. I, IV                                                                           
                                                B. II, III                                                                          
C. I, III
D. III, IV