Directions: Read each item carefully.

Choose the best answer from

the given choices. Write the letter that corresponds to your answer
on your answer sheet.

1. Stress on the right syllable helps to show contrast and emphasis

in meaning. If the word CONTEST has the stress on the first
syllable as in this sentence, “But if you didn’t agree, why didn’t
you contest it at that time?” What does the word CONTEST
mean?

A. a competition
B. a struggle for superiority or victory between rivals
C. to call into question and take an active stand against
D. to compete or strive
2. Which sentence should be said
with the falling intonation?

A.Do you think that’s a good decision?

B.Is she really serious about that?
C.It is a good decision, isn’t it? (the
speaker is NOT sure)
D.The emperor wanted a great bell.
3. Which statement has rising
intonation?

A. When is John coming over?

B. Is he coming over this afternoon?
C. He’s coming over this evening.
D. He is going to bring pizza.
4.In which sentence does the speaker want
to tell us that her apartment isn’t big?

A. SHE lives in a tiny apartment in Ortigas.

B. She lives in a TINY apartment in Ortigas.
C. SHE lives in a tiny APARTMENT in Ortigas.
D. SHE lives in a tiny apartment in ORTIGAS.
5. In the sentence, “I said she might consider a new
haircut,” which word will you stress if you want
to mean“NOT JUST A HAIRCUT.”

A. consider

B. haircut

C. might

D. new
6. Despite the complex security systems in
modern vehicles cunning thieves still manage to
get away with thousands of cars and trucks
every year. The word cunning means
__________.

A. foolish
B. ignorant
C. kind
D. skillful
7. ______________________________, I will not be able
to drive.

A. If it rains on Sunday
B. If it had rain on Sunday
C. If it had rained on Sunday
D. If it had had rain on Sunday
8. What is haiku?

A. A poem of seventeen syllables and

three lines.
B. A long Chinese poem
C. Short Japanese poem
D. Both a and c
Directions: Read the passage.

Here are excerpts from Nelson Mandela’s Nobel Peace Prize Speech given in
1993.
“We stand here today as nothing more than a representative of the
millions of our people who dared to rise up against a social system whose
very essence is war, violence, racism, oppression, repression and the
impoverishment of an entire people.”

“I am also here today as a representative of the millions of people

across the globe, the anti -apartheid movement, the governments and
organizations that joined with us, not to fight against South Africa as a
country or any of its people, but to oppose an inhuman system and sue for a
speedy end to the apartheid crime against humanity.”

“These countless human beings, both inside and outside our

country, had the nobility of spirit to stand in the path of tyranny and
injustice, without seeking selfish gain. They recognized that an injury to all
and therefore acted together in defense of justice and a common human
decency.”
9. In his Nobel Prize speech, to whom did Mandela give
credit for ending the apartheid in South Africa?

A. to himself
B. to the Africans
C. to the governments and organizations that
fought against South Africa as a country and its
people
D. to the governments and organizations that
opposed the inhuman system and sue to end crime
against humanity
10. What was Mandela’s stand on the
apartheid system?

A. He did not care about the issue on the

apartheid system
B. He was an advocate of the apartheid system.
C. He opposed the apartheid system.
D. His stand on the apartheid system was not
clear.
11. Before doing an interview, the interviewer
should know a good deal of knowledge about the
topic of the interview. In order to formulate
sensible questions, what skills can help the
interviewer gather or synthesize information?

A.Comprehension
B.Linguistic
C.Locational
D.psychomotor
12. You interviewed a Korean about the ways of coping
with the challenges of modernity. The Korean answered all
of your questions with a degree of certainty. How do you
somehow preserve all the Korean’s answers so that you
can use these answers in the making of a feature article for
your school paper?

A. Just remember everything so that you will not disturb

or distract the interviewee.
B. Let the interviewee stop from time to time so that you
can write down everything in a notebook.
C. Record the entire interview through a video or voice
recorder (with the interviewee’s permission).
D. Take down important details and make sure that you
can write very fast.
13. What kind of complement is the underlined part
in the sentence, “Aung San Suu Kyi’s mother was a
prominent political figure in the newly formed
Burmese government.”?

A.adjective complement
B.subject complement
C. object complement
D. verb complement
14. What is the object complement in the
sentence, “The people of Namwon consider
Ch’unhyang virtuous.”

A.Ch’unhyang
B.consider
C. people
D.virtuous
15. Which of these sentences contains a
complex structure?

A.As she snoozes, I soundlessly leave the desk.

B.Maggie sleeps contentedly on my computer desk.
C.She’s weary from her dreams and my absence does
not disturb her.
D.Sometimes she snores but she settles deeper into
her fleece-lined pillow and purrs.
16. Which sentence has a compound-complex
structure?

A.Although they were miles apart they kept in

constant contact on the internet.
B.I would have purchased the book that you like, but
it was too expensive.
C.The greedy Cassim marries a wealthy woman but
Ali Baba marries a poor woman.
D.Yi Mong Yong had to go to the capitol while
Ch’unhyang had to stay in Namwon.
17. Which of the following statements
illustrates parallel structure?

A.I outlined the letters slowly and with care.

B.Physical and mental health rest on four pillars:
regular exercise, healthy diet, social interaction,
and sufficient sleep.
C.She spent the day visiting all the tourist shops and
watched the children on the beach.
D.Susan didn’t know how to rent an apartment and
finding a job was a problem, too.
18. Choose the parallel word/phrase to
complete the sentence below.
“My favorite pastimes include napping,
snacking, and _____________ television.

A.to watch
B.to watching
C.watching
D.watched
19. If the lady had not stopped the boy,
he ________________ into the van.

A.could have ran

B.could have run
C.will have run
D. would have run
20. Choose the sentence that uses parenthetical
expression correctly.

A. The moral, of the story, is that people should always as a

result treat one another with kindness.
B. The moral of the story, is that people should always, as a
result treat one another with kindness.
C. The moral of the story is that people should always, as a
result, treat one another with kindness.
D. The moral of the story is that people, should always, as a
result treat one another with kindness.
21. Choose the appropriate collocation to
complete the sentence.
You must hand in your essay on
Friday. Can you ________________?

A.do the deadline

B.keep the deadline
C.hold the deadline
D.meet the deadline
22. You are reading a Korean story with two to
three difficult words in every page. What
should be the best immediate strategy to use in
order to deal with the difficult words?

A.Define words through context.

B.Get the dictionary and get the meanings of the
difficult words.
C.Highlight the difficult words and get back to them
later as soon as you finish reading the book
D.Just ignore the words. You better just finish
reading the book.
23. Ch’unhyang’s defiance enraged the
magistrate, and he ordered her to be taken to
prison. The meaning of the underlined word is
________________.

A.compliance
B.deception
C.resistance
D. subordination
24. Which of the following words will best complete
the sentence, “If you decide to take the train instead
of the jeepney you’ll _______________ some
time.”?

A.avoid
B.keep
C.save
D. stop
25. What idiom will best complete the sentence,
“If you have any trouble with your homework,
I’ll be glad to _______________.”

A.get out of hand

B. keep an eye on you
C.give you a hand
D.wear your heart on your sleeve
Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that
follow.

The South African activist and former president Nelson Mandela (1918-
2013) helped bring an end to apartheid and has been a global advocate
for human rights. A member of the African National Congress party
beginning in the 1940s, he was a leader of both peaceful protests and
armed resistance against the white minority’s oppressive regime in a
racially divided South Africa. His actions landed him in prison for nearly
three decades and made him the face of the antiapartheid movement
both within his country and internationally. Released in 1990, he
participated in the eradication of apartheid and in 1994 became the first
black president of South Africa, forming a multiethnic government to
oversee the country’s transition. after retiring from politics in 1999, he
remained a devoted champion for peace and social justice in his own
nation and around the world until his death in 2013 at the age of 95.
26. Which of the following is NOT a fact as
stated in the paragraph?

A.Nelson Mandela remained a devoted champion for

peace and social justice after retiring.
B.Nelson Mandela was a South African activist and a
former president.
C.Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for nearly three
decades.
D.Nelson Mandela was the best president the world has
ever had.
27. Which of the following an opinion
is as stated in the paragraph?

A. Nelson Mandela became the first black

president of South Africa.
B. Nelson Mandela died at age 95.
C. Nelson Mandela died in 2013.
D. Nelson Mandela’s death shocked the whole
world.
Read the poem carefully and answer the questions that follow.

AFRICA’S PLEA
By Roland Tombekai Dempster

I am not you ---

but you will not
give me a chance,
will not let me be.
“If I were you”---
But you know,
I am not you,
yet you will not
let me be me.
You meddle, interfere
in my affairs
as if they were yours
and you were me.
You are unfair, unwise,
foolish to think
that I can be you,
talk, act
and think like you.

God made me
He made you, you
For God’s sake
Let me be.
28. What African quality do the
lines in the poem generally
express?

A.bravery
B.courage
C.kindness
D. persistence
29. What values are asserted by
the poet in the poem?

A.bravery and respect

B.indecisiveness and courtesy
C.gentleness and resourcefulness
D.love and respect
Read the excerpt below and answer the question:

And so Luetsi had to lie there for hours, beneath the dead
leopard. In the distance, she could hear the roaring of the
leopardess, looking for its dead mate. The jungle was full of
threatening voices. At last, she began to imagine that the
leopard on top of her was moving, as if it had come to life
again. But still she did not budge from the spot, so keen was she
to find out how her husband would behave.

30. What characteristic of Africans is revealed in the excerpt?

A. They are courageous.

B. They like to display their strength.
C. They are deceptive.
D. They love animals.
Read the paragraph and answer the question.

These young men were the country’s good sons who were
protecting their country from its enemies. Their aims and
intentions were as different from those of the addicts as east
from west, north from south. Although these young men had
one leg missing, they still wanted to serve their country.
The two young soldiers told Lin Aung that they planned to work
in the disabled soldiers’ cooperative shop.

31. Why were the two young men the country’s good sons?
A. Their aims and intentions were as different from those of
drug addicts.
B. They are protecting their country from its enemies.
C. They have one leg missing.
D. They planned to work in the disabled soldier’s cooperative
shop.
32. What is the best observation regarding this paragraph?

Modern Korean literature attained its maturity in the 1930s

through the efforts of a group of talented writers. They drew freely
upon European examples to enrich their art. Translation of
Western literature continued, and works by I.A. Richards, T.S.
Eliot, and T.E. Hulme were introduced. This artistic and critical
activity was a protest against the reduction of literature to
journalism and its use as propaganda by leftist writers.

A. It has a topic sentence that gives the best practices of the

Koreans.
B. It has an impact because it has a well-chosen topic.
C. It has coherence in its sentences and cohesion in its ideas.
D. It has one imperative sentence and three declarative
sentences.
33. When reading researches, you may have noticed website reference at the
end of a topic or article as in this example:

Prosodic features are features that appear when you put sounds together in
connected speech. It is as important for you to learn the prosodic features as
successful communication depends as much on intonation, stress and rhythm
as on the correct pronunciation of sounds.
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/knowledge-database/prosodic-
features

What is the purpose of putting this website reference?

A. to make researches look more formal

B. to promote the website and its links
C. to provide the reader additional information
D. to recognize the source thus avoid plagiarism
34. You are the feature editor of Philippine Daily
Inquirer. You are tasked to make a write up about the
Muslims. You want the public especially the Christians
to be familiar with their customs because it will guide
them to understand Muslims better.
You will focus on their_____________.

A. culture
B. history.
C. leaders
D. problems of the people.
35. You are going to give a Chinese friend a gift as
a token of appreciation for wonderful
friendship. What should you do to show that you
are giving the gift whole-heartedly taking into
consideration their culture?

A. wrap your gift in white paper

B. wrap your gift in red and gold
C. wrap your gift in transparent plastic
D. wrap your gift with colorful wrappers