Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VI-Western Visayas
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ILOILO
SARA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Sara, Iloilo

LITERACY AND NUMERACY- POST ASSESSMENT FOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

READING COMPREHESION TEST

Read each paragraphs and understand the thought. Be careful with your answer…better
think! Good luck 

Archaeologists are people who spend their lives finding out how men lived long ago. The
“Archaeo” – part means early times or beginnings, the –“logists” means the people who do the
finding out. Egypt is one country where archaeologists have learned a great deal by digging into
the sandy soil.

1. In the paragraph, who are those people who spend times of finding out the remains and
how do men lived long ago?
2. If “Archaeo” means early times or beginnings, what does “logists” means?
3. What country did mention in a paragraph?

The two men were lucky for they have just found a fine carved head of a Pharaoh, which is the
name, the people of Egypt used to call their King. It has lain buried in the sand until this moment
for 3000 years.

4. What are those two men found buried in the sand?

5. Egyptians use to call their King as what?

Dancing and music were always loved by the Egyptians. They danced on feast days and at
parties, and they danced on the solemn days too, when a funeral procession went sadly on its way
to a tomb. Sometimes the girls who danced played on instruments as well.

6. In Egypt, dancing and music were always loved by the Ethiopians as women danced and
played on instruments too. True or False?

7. Egyptian girls danced on feast days and at parties, as well they sing on the solemn days too.
The statement is ___ True or False?

Hippopotamus means River Horse. The Ancient Egyptians often saw him enjoying a swim in
the Nile, or lumbering about in the cool mud at the edge or just standing happily munching juicy
reeds and the stalks of water plants. But when he spoiled the precious harvest by trampling it
down or eating it up, he had to be hunted.

8. What does Hippopotamus means?

9. When was the Hippopotamus hunted?
10. What body of water is mentioned in a selection?