Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IX, Zamboanga Peninsula
Division of Zamboanga Sibugay
TUNGAWAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

NAME: ___________________________________ GRADE/SECTION: _____________________ DATE: _____________ SCORE: _______

MULTIPLE CHOICE ITEM TEST. Read and understand the questions carefully. Write ONLY the letter of the correct
answer in the space provided before the number.

______1. How do you make a valid generalization?

A. We make valid generalization by using logic

and reasoning.
B. We make valid generalization by proving it
with one example only.
C. We make valid generalization by using
different key words.
D. We make valid generalization by not
supporting it with facts.

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______2. Which of the following statements can be
considered faulty generalization about the
______4. What valid generalization can you make
environmental issues that we face today?
from the image presented below?
A. All people in this generation are to be blamed
A. People are protesting to fight for the rights
for all the calamities and disasters that the world
of the black.
faces today.
B. Only those who are exceptionally brave
B. Reckless people are the main cause of the
among people can fight against injustice.
world’s environmental problems.
C. Heroic people risk their lives to save others.
C. The worst environmental problems that we
D. Nobody cares about his/her life.
encounter in this generation are mainly brought
by our selfish decision and careless actions.
______5. Which of the following statements is the
D. The truth is humans are greatly affected by
best generalization about the issue on gender
the consequences of our own wrong doings.
equality?

Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is one of the
most infectious diseases that has ever hit mankind.
______3. Which of the following details support the
general statement below about COVID-19?
A. All human beings are equal regardless of
their gender.
B. Men have strengths that women don’t have.
C. Women play vital roles that men can never
do.
D. One’s value is not defined by his/her gender.

A. Most people who fall ill due to COVID-19
experience mild to moderate symptoms and
recover without special treatment.
B. This virus can be transmitted through droplets
generated when an infected person coughs,
sneezes, or exhales.
C. You can be infected by breathing in the virus if
you are within close proximity of someone who
has COVID-19, or by touching a contaminated
surface and then your eyes, nose or mouth.
D. Nobody is vulnerable to coronavirus disease.
Prediction is an important reading strategy that
allows students to understand the story better,
make connections to what they are reading, and
interact with the text.
______6. Why should we predict?
A. Predicting allows us to think ahead before we
begin reading.
B. Predicting allows us to immediately grasp
the main idea of the text.
C. Predicting requires us to summarize the text
before reading.
 D. Predicting requires us to generalize the text
read.
Man has always wanted to improve his appearance.
Early man put on animal skins and hung strings of
beads and stones around his neck. He decorated
himself with paint, tattoos, and scars. Bark, leaves,
straw, feathers, or whatever material were closest at
hand were turned into clothing.
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______7. What is the general idea in the paragraph
below?
In 1928, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to
cross the Atlantic Ocean as a passenger in an
airplane. In 1932, she became the first woman pilot
to fly solo across the Atlantic. Later that year, she
was the first woman to fly the United States from
New Jersey to California. Earhart set records in
flying times and won many awards.
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A. He decorated himself with paint, tattoos, and
scars.
B. Early man put on animal skins and hung strings
of beads and stones around his neck.
C. Man wants to improve his appearance.
D. Bark, leaves, straw, feathers, or whatever
material were closest at hand were turned into
clothing
For items 8 and 9, read the text below.
______10. What general idea could you draw from
the passage below?
A. Amelia Earhart was a famous woman in her
time.
B. Amelia Earhart barely achieved anything during
her time.
C. Amelia Earhart failed to achieve her dream.
D. Amelia Earhart was an inspiration for all.

Ginger is one of my best friends. When I enter my ______11. Which technique in argumentation is an
home, she races to greet me with kisses and excited assumption that two things similar in one aspect are
leaps. She acts like it’s been eight days since she’s alike in another aspect?
seen me, instead of the actual eight hours. Her coat A. Analogy B. Definition
is honey born; her eyes are large and loving. She’s a C. Analysis D. Comparison-contrast
six-month old spaniel puppy, a breed originally
intended to hunt birds in England. Her faithful While listening to an argumentation, you heard the
companionship comforts me when I’m sad or sick. speaker presenting the similarities and/or
Her playfulness makes me laugh when she races differences of the two major concern
after a toy I’ve tossed. All spaniels make perfect
pets.
______12. Which techniques is used?
Source:https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/gherm6/ A. Analogy B. Definition
making-generalizations-30100891 C. Comparison-contrast D. Analysis
______8. What generalization is found in the
passage? ______13. What does reading critically mean?
A. Critical reading is understanding the author’s
A. All spaniels make perfect pets. point of view.
B. Spaniel is a six-month old puppy. B. Critical reading is developing one’s skill in
C. Spaniel is a breed originally intended to hunt interpreting texts.
birds in England. C. Critical reading is giving the readers freedom to
D. Spaniel is Ginger’s best friend. express insights about the text read.
D. Critical reading is pointing the issue raised in
______9. How does the author support her ideas? the text.

A. The author supports it by facts. “Joyful day, a time for new beginnings, and a time
B. The author expresses her own opinions. to be hopeful.”
C. The author uses logic and reasoning.
D. The author proves it with several examples. ______14. What is the implied meaning of this
quotation?
A. To be optimistic B. To be pessimistic
C. To be passive D. To be aggressive
 ______20. What could be a logical prediction on
this sentence?

“Hold a point of steadiness and moderation. Find a A. Tim is going to meet an accident.
point of equilibrium and peaceful coexistence in the B. Tim is going carefully to his destination.
midst of change.” C. Tim will go for an exercise.
D. Tim is an athletic person.
______15. What does this quote say?
For items 21 and 22, read the text below.
A. Live a peaceful life
As Abdul wander through the desert, the high
B. Live a wonderful life
winds blew sand and stung his exposed skin. He
C. Live a prosperous life
looked back and he could see his footprints for
D. Live a contented life hundreds of feet, beyond that the winds had blown
them away. He had no idea how far he had gone. He
______16. What is critical reading in the academic turned to his back to the wind and opened his
sense? canteen, but there wasn’t anything inside. He rolled
his tongue around the nozzle of the canteen, but it
A. Reading to advance reader’s understanding was bone dry. Abdul dropped the canteen in the
B. Reading to develop reader’s own idea sand and continued walking. His steps slowed, he
C. Reading to evaluate and analyze what have was getting dizzy. The sun’s rays seemed to only
been read increase in intensity throughout the day. Abdul was
D. Reading to support points and possible lightheaded. He felt his knees get wobbly...
counterarguments
______21. What event is likely to occur next?
______17. Which step in critical reading includes
the reading of introduction? A. Abdul will collapse because of the extreme
heat and starvation.
A. While you read B. Abdul was dizzy so he will decide to go back
B. Before you read following his footprints
C. After you have read C. He will continue walking despite of the heat
D. Responding to the text with his empty stomach.
D. He will reach a place in the desert where he
will rest and will spend his night.
“Now, we march on to a new year wiser, stronger,
and more prepared for the challenges ahead.”
______22. What evidence from the text supports
your prediction?
______18. What does this quote say?
A. He rolled his tongue around the nozzle of the
A. Sense of readiness canteen.
B. Sense of oneness B. High winds blew sand and stung his exposed
C. Sense of preparedness skin
D. Sense of kindness C. Abdul was lightheaded and gets wobbly.
D. The sun’s rays seemed to only increase in
______19. To gain better understanding of a intensity throughout the day.
complex process we need to analyze
by__________? ______23. Which of the following is true about
prediction?
A. Breaking the complex topic to smaller parts to
gain a better understanding. A. It does not allow you to use pictures, title and
B. Breaking the smaller topic to create a bigger diagrams. B. It is a forecast focusing only about
one. the weather.
C. Breaking the sub-topic into broader one. C. It’s a hypothetical guess that is always based
D. Breaking the simplest topic to more complex on facts.
D. It’s an envision of what will come next in the
“Tim is going too fast on his bike.” text.
 A. There will be no cohesion and unity.
B. There will be a single idea.
C. There will be understanding of ideas presented.
D. There will be a single flow of idea.

For items 24 and 25, read the text below.

As Abdul wander through the desert, the high Chocolate is everyone’s favorite dessert.
winds blew sand and stung his exposed skin. He
looked back and he could see his footprints for
hundreds of feet, beyond that the winds had blown ______28. What is faulty with this generalization?
them away. He had no idea how far he had gone. He
turned to his back to the wind and opened his A. The speaker claims that chocolate is loved by
canteen, but there wasn’t anything inside. He rolled everyone which is not proven with evidence.
his tongue around the nozzle of the canteen, but it B. The speaker is expressing his/her own opinions.
was bone dry. Abdul dropped the canteen in the C. The speaker uses logic and reasoning.
sand and continued walking. His steps slowed, he D. The speaker supports his/her ideas with facts.
was getting dizzy. The sun’s rays seemed to only
increase in intensity throughout the day. Abdul was ______29. Which sentence is irrelevant?
lightheaded. He felt his knees get wobbly...
A. A river is a moving stream of water and flows
______24. What event is most likely to occur next?
in channels.
B. Rivers normally contain freshwater and flow
A. Grandma will buy the children clothes for the
downhill from their source.
cold weather.
C. Rivers are a good source of trade and transport
B. Maria will return to get her children from her
to humans.
mother.
D. Most plant and animal species are found in the
C. She will buy warm soup at the store to feed the
rainforest biome.
children while it is cold outside.
D. The children will ask to buy toys for them to
______30. Which of the following statements tells
play
about what evaluations do?

______25. What evidence from the text supports

A. To assist readers/listeners in rewriting and
your answer?
revising the whole text.
B. To create false emotions and relay personal
A. Grandma looked at the shivering children in
experiences about the text.
their summer clothes.
C. To present to readers/listeners the irrelevant
B. Grandma looked at the weather report and saw
issues that the society is experiencing.
a bunch of snowflake icons across the next few
D. To guide readers/listeners to confirm, extend,
days
or change personal views of the text.
C. The temperature suddenly dropped and tiny
snowflakes began to fall.
______31. Which of the following best defines
D. When grandma brought them to the store after
evaluation?
knowing that there wasn’t anything warm in their
bags.
A. Evaluation is the determination of the value,
nature, character, or quality of something.
______26. Why is it important to determine the
B. Evaluation is the process of conducting a
relevance and worth of an idea?
systematic investigation of something.
C. Evaluation is reading extensively and planning
A. To understand the idea that the texts wants to
the sequence.
convey
D. Evaluation is the process of presenting the
B. To give critical judgments
information.
C. To create confusion during reading
D. To entertain the audience
______32. Which of the following points is used to
determine the worth of ideas?
______27. What will happen to a text if there are
multiple irrelevant details?
A. Ideas are based on opinions.
B. Arguments may not be based on facts.
 C. Discussions must be free of discrepancies.
D. Conclusions may be illogical.
A Time To Talk
Robert Frost
When a Friend calls to me from the road
And slows his horse to a meaning walk,
I don’t stand still and look around
On the hills I haven’t held
And shout from where I am, “What is it?”
No, not as there is a time to talk.
I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground,
Blade-end up to the stone wall
For a friendly visit.
______33. What value is expressed in the poem?
A. Loyalty B. Honesty
C. Generosity D. Respect
______34. With the speaker’s action in the poem,
do you think it is justifiable? Why?
A. Yes, because he has a lot of time to talk
B. No, because he needs to finish his work.
C. No, he doesn’t need to waste his time for a
talk. D. Yes, because it shows an act of respect.
Turner almost wished that he hadn't listened to the
radio. He went to the closet and grabbed his
umbrella. He would feel silly carrying it to the bus
stop on such a sunny morning.
______35. What probably happened?
A. Turner realized that he had an unnatural fear
of listening to radio.
B. Turner had promised himself to do something
silly that morning.
C. Turner had heard a weather forecast that
predicted rain.
D. Turner is afraid of the rain.
Chloe wasn't much of a writer but what she could do
with a brush and canvas was incredible. You give
her any topic to write on, she would do a decent job
but if you explain her a scenery she would incredibly
bring it to life on a canvas. Everyone complimented
her for what she was amazing at.
______36. What does it infer?
A. Chloe could do anything with incredible
means.
B. Chloe could write anything incredibly.
C. She was the worst writer ever.
D. Her art skills were amazing.
"You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away -- a man
isn't a piece of fruit!"
______37. Why does Willy say this?
A. He is trying to convince his family he isn't crazy
- "a fruitcake."
B. He is telling his family they have to accept him
the way he is, and never expect to be rich.
C. He has spent the best years of his life working
for the company, and now, in his old age, they are
letting him go since there is no use for him.
D. He finally realizes that he has to accept his own
shortcomings as well as his son, Biff.
“The only reason that the elephants weren’t
breaking free and escaping from the camp was that
over time they adopted the belief that it just wasn’t
possible.”
______38. What can be the best explanation to the
passage below?
A. The elephants, as they grow up are conditioned
to believe that they cannot escape.
B. The trainer of the elephant shown care and
compassion to the elephant that is why he can’t
easily escape and leave him.
C. It is just impossible for the elephant to escape
because the camp is guarded and secured.
D. The elephant is afraid to escape due to bad
consequences.
I went down to the river,
I set down on the bank.
I tried to think but couldn't,
So I jumped in and sank.
______39. What does the lines from the poem
below suggest?
A. Problems in life are unavoidable.
B. Thinking positively will bring you to happiness.
C. Admit that everything in life desire isn’t always
favorable to us.
D. Never give-up when you are in trouble.
“Philippines is an island country of Southeast Asia in
the Western Pacific Ocean.”
______40. What type of information is this?

A. Factual C. Analytical
B. Subjective D. Objective