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GENERAL EDUCATION

ENGLISH

Prof. Steve Salvana

POST TEST
30 ITEMS

01. I ______ walked two kilometers by the time you catch up with me
a. would have
b. have
c. had
d. will have

02. It’s now two hours past his schedule; the facilitator may not come anymore, but we’ll
still be ready in case he________.
a. does
b. may
c. is coming
d. will come

03. Is this the spot _______ you had the accident?

a. where
b. wherein
c. why
d. which

04. _______ not making the most of_______ opportunities.

a. You’re - your
b. You’re - you
c. You - your
d. You’re - you’re

05. The empty board _______ on the table.

a. was leaving b. were left c. were leaving d. was left

06. The courage of the child who saved his brother from a raging fire is worth ________.
 a. watching b. emulating c. narrating d. mentoring

07. Let us campaign for the total ban _________ of harmful insecticides.
a. with using b. on the use c. with the use d. on using

08. “She is known for her PENCHANT for jewelry.” The capitalized word
means__________.
a. dislike b. fondness c. avoidance d. aversion

09. The principal has issued the memorandum before she __________ the
student’s request.

a. will received b. will be receiving c. receives d. received

10. I watched the ________ news on television.

a. later b. latest c. late d. lately

11. That hard work has its rewards appears to be the ________ of the story.
a. morale b. morality c. moral d. moralism

12. If you forgot ________ textbook, you can use _________, Mark.
a. your, ours b. your, mine c. our, hers d. his, hers

13. “Because of PROFANITY the program was suspended from television.” The
capitalized word means___________.
a. falsehood b. history c. decency d. obscenity

14. Corrupt government officials should be ashamed of _________.

a. himself b. ourselves c. herself d. themselves

15. The proposed project ________ within the budget of the school.
a. are b. is appearing c. is d. are appearing

16. I thought the task was heavy for Samantha and ___________.

a. her b. myself c. me d. us

17. We admire _________ when Cynthia speaks English fluently with

__________.

a. him, we b. him, them c. him, me d. her, us

18. I can’t find ___________ calculator; may I use __________, Richard ?

a. his, yours b. my, his c. your, mine d. my, yours

19. She hurt ________ when she was slicing the onions.
 a. ourselves b. herself c. myself d. himself

20. In many nations around the Pacific Rim, the so-called overseas Chinese people are
more powerful, wealthy and wield more influence as any ethnic group.
a. wield more influence as any ethnic group
b. more influential as any other ethnic group
c. influential than any group ethnically
d. influential than any other ethnic group

21. University presses, once strictly the province of scholarly books read only by an
academic audience, are now publishing more and more works of interest to a
general readership.
a. of interest to a general readership
b. generally interesting to readers
c. that interest readers generally
d. interesting to readers who are general

22. Since life is unpredictable and no one is gifted with foresight or wisdom, living life
fully is to make mistakes and to accept them as natural part of experience.
a. living life fully is to make mistakes and to accept
b. to live life fully is making mistakes and accepting
c. living life fully is making mistakes and to accept
d. to live life fully is to make mistakes and to accept

23. It is not enough to make vaccines against childhood diseases available; experience
shows that it is also necessary for local governments to enact regulations requiring
that children should be immunized before they attend school.

a. requiring that children should be immunized

b. that require children’s being immunized
c. which require the immunization of children
d. requiring that children be immunized

24. Although advocates of charter schools claim that they do a better job of educating
children than public schools, most comparisons for the two systems are misleading
at best.

a. For b. as to c. between d. regarding

25. Current rules regarding investment of state employee pension funds require money
managers either to sell all stock in companies that market tobacco products by the
end of the year or that they file a timetable for doing so within the next six months.

a. that they file b. be filling c. they should file d. to file

26. This part of the story or novel introduces the setting, characters, and the general
situation.
a. mood b. setting c. narrative hook d. exposition

27. This is the point in literature where the problem reaches its peak; hence, stirs the
feelings and emotions of the reader(s).
a. dramatic thesis b. suspense c. dramatic irony d. climax

28. Most modern story lines of short stories and novels start in the middle of things. This
literary technique is called __________
a. literary style c. point of view
b. media res d. hanging beginning

29. This stage of the plot shows the initial hint of the problem that the main character
has to face and conquer.
a. dilemma
b. rising action
c. complication
d. climax

30. This is an element of tragic stories where the protagonist committed the mistake
that brought to a disastrous end.
a. heroic act b. tragic flaw c. irony d. peripeteia