General Information Reviewer Wanbol University expelled one of its

students due to the latter's refusal to sing

Who is the principal law officer and legal during the flag ceremony. The school
authorities rejected the argument of the
defender of the Republic of the Philippines.
student that singing the National Anthem is
He/she represents the government in all against the student's religious beliefs. Are
criminal proceedings in the Supreme Court the school authorities correct?
and Court of Appeals.
No, because the words of God are
Ombudsman supreme over all other laws, rules and
regulation.
Solicitor General
No, because it violates the right of the
Chief Justice student to the due process and equal
protection of the law.
None of the above
No, because it violates the freedom of
It is the power of the electorate to approve or religion of the student.
reject a legislation through an election called
for the purpose.
Yes, because the obligation to the country
Plebiscite is different from the obligation to God.

It was an ISIS-affiliated local terrorist group

Petition which took over Marawi City.

Referendum Abu Sayyaf

Initiative Maute Group

Also known as Tanodbayan ng Pilipinas, he

NPA
or she is responsible for investigating and
prosecuting Philippine government officials
accused of crimes, especially graft and Jemaah Islamiyah
corruption.
It mandates the blending of cocodiesel or
coco methyl ester (CME) to all diesel fuel
Ombudsman
and bioethanol in gasoline sold across the
country.
Solicitor General
Clean Air Act of 1999
Senate President
Solid Waste Management Act of 2000
Sandiganbayan Presiding Justice
 Fuel Development Act Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball
Association
Biofuels Act of 2006
It is a specialized agency of the United
Who served as the 13th President of the Nations that concerns international public
Philippines from 1998 to 2001 and as the 9th health.
Vice President of the Philippines from 1992
to 1998? Department of Health

Joseph Ejercito Estrada World Health Organization

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo International Health Organization

Fidel V. Ramos All of the above

Who shall have the exclusive power to

Teofisto Guingona
initiate all cases of impeachment?
The following are members of the
Constitutional Commission except: Blue Ribbon Committee

Commission on Civil Rights House of Representatives

Commission on Elections Senate

Civil Service Commission Supreme Court

On July 23, 2018, a total of 184 lawmakers

Commission on Audit booted him out as Speaker of the House, the
same day the 17th Congress opened its 3rd
Senator Manny Pacquiao founded this semi- regular session.
professional basketball league on August 29,
2017. According to Pacquiao, the league is Rodolfo Fariñas
not intended to be a competitor to the
Philippine Basketball Association, the
country's top professional basketball league. Danilo E. Suarez

Manny Pacquiao Basketball League Juan Miguel Zubiri

Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League Pantaleon Alvarez

The objectives of the Agrarian Reform

Manny Pacman Basketball Association
Program of the government is to:
 International Space Station (ISS) in March
Achieve dignified existence for the small
23, 2016.
farmers.
Marikit 1
Accelerate the agricultural development
of the country. Diwata 1

Prevent widespread discontent and Diyosa 1

unrest among our farmers.
All of the above.
What event in the Philippines is in some
ways similar to the Pasadena Tournament of
Roses in the United States of America?
Encantadia 1
This law promotes responsible family
planning and proper use of reproductive
methods to eliminate over-population
growth.

Sinulog Festival RH Bill

Panagbenga Flower Festival Responsible Parenthood and

Reproductive Health Law
Sugpo and Alimango Festival
Reproductive Law
Ati-atihan Festival
Family Planning
A basic social institution that our State
should strengthen according to the The richest man in China as of November
Constitution under our declaration of
2014 and 18th richest person in the world
principles.
with an estimated net worth of $24.1 billion
according to Forbes Magazine. He attended
Barangay
the APEC Summit in Manila last November
2015.
Purok

Jack Ma
Family

Henry Sy
None of the above

Li Ka-shing

It is also known as PHL-Microsat-1, a

Lee Shau Kee
Philippine microsatellite launched to the
 It is the electoral process by which an
Bill of Rights
initiative on the Constitution is either
approved or rejected by the people.
Republican Law
Referendum

Plebiscite It is the power of the State to take properties

for the purpose of public use upon payment
Petition of just compensation.

Police Power
Initiative

The State under our present Constitution Power of Eminent Domain

recognizes the vital role of the youth in
nation-building and shall-
Power if Taxation

promote their physical well-being.

Power to Impeach

intellectual well-being The current Senate President of the 17th

Congress.
social well-being
Alan Peter Cayetano

All of the above

Aquilino Pimentel
The following are examples of non-
biodegradable waste except:
Vicente Sotto

Plastics
Franklin Drilon

Metals It is a process by which thermal radiation

from the earth’s surface is absorbed by
Styrofoam atmospheric greenhouse gases and is re-
radiated in all directions.

Papers
Global Warming
This constitutional principle is meant that
no man in the country, not even the Greenhouse Effect
government, is above or beyond the law.
Ozone Layer
Rule of the Majority

Solar Radiation
Rule of Law
He is the current Chief of the Bureau of Fire
All of the above
Protection.
The three inherent powers of the state are
Fire Director Bobby Vaggas Baruelo
the following except one:

Fire Director Leonard Ramos Bañago

Police Power
Fire Director Ariél Aguilár Barayuga
Power of Eminent Domain
Fire Chief Superintendent Carlito
Saquetón Romero
Power of Taxation
Which of the following is not considered a
biofuel? Power to Impeach

Jathropa or "tuba-tuba" It is the lowest rank among the

commissioned officers in the Bureau of Fire
Liquified Natural gas Protection.

Fire Officer 1
Bunker fuel

Inspector
Coco Methyl Ester

The composition of the Commission on Senior Fire Officer 4

Election-
Chairman and 6 commissioners
Chairman and 5 commissioners
Chairman and 2 commissioners
Senior Inspector
What is the government agency mandated by
the Philippine Identification System Act to
implement the national ID system for
citizens and resident aliens of the
Philippines?

Chairman and 3 commissioners Philippine Statistics Authority

Which of the following is a renewable

National Statistics Office
source of energy?

Department of Interior and Local

Geothermal energy
Government

Solar energy
Department of Foreign Affairs

Wind energy
 On January 1, 2018, the Republic Act No.
10963, widely known as the TRAIN Law
took effect. What does TRAIN stand for?
Tax Reform for Acceleration and
Inclusion
equality and partnership to strengthen
prosperous and peaceful community along
Southeast Asian Nations. Which of the
following countries is not a member of
ASEAN?
Hong Kong

Tax Reform for Added Income

Philippines

Tax Reform for Acceleration and Income

Singapore

Tax Reform for Accelerated Inclusion

Thailand
The date when the Philippines won against
China on its case on the Permanent Court of The Senate shall be composed of how many
Arbitration. senators elected at large by voters of the
Philippines?
July 11, 2016
21

July 12, 2016

22

July 27, 2016

23

July 13, 2016

What are the 3 main branches of the
Government of the Philippines?
Senate, Supreme Court, Congress
24
She won the 4th and last gold medal for the
Philippines in the 2018 Asian Games
women's street skateboard event in Jakarta
and Palembang, Indonesia.

Presidential, Unicameral- Parliamentary,

Margielyn Didal
Bicameral-Parliamentary

Lois Kaye Go
Legislative, Executive, Judicial

Bianca Pagdanganan
The Legislature, The Senate, The Supreme
Court
Yuka Saso
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
The principle of human rights which
(ASEAN) aims to accelerate economic
explains that rights of every Filipino cannot
growth, stability, social progress and
cultural development in the spirit of
 be taken away, mortgage or surrendered is
Population
called _______ principle.

Inalienable Urban poor

The executive power shall be vested in the

Universal _________.

Indivisible President of the Philippines

Interdependence House of Representatives

What part of the Constitution that recites the

The Supreme Court
general principle of our government?

Preamble The Congress

National Teritory
The Philippine Navy ship that made history
Right of Suffrage by completing the country’s first-ever port
call in Russia.

Effectivity Clause
BRP Davao del Sur
These are groups of specialized cells in the
pancreas that make and secrete hormones, BRP Gregorio del Pilar
known also as the insulin-producing tissue.
BRP Tarlac
Islets of Langerhans

BRP Ramon Alcaraz

Pancreatic cells
The members of the House of
Hormonal tissues Representatives shall be elected for a term of
_______.

Pancreatic juice
3 years
Refers to those non-dominant groups in our
country which possesses and which to 4 years
preserve ethnic, religious or linguistic
traditions markedly different from the rest.
5 years

Religious groups
6 years

Indigenous cultural groups

 The term of office of the President and Vice-
president of the Philippines shall be up to
It was the date when President Duterte how many years?
declared Martial law in the whole island of
Mindanao. 3 years

May 23, 2017

4 years

September 21, 2017

5 years

May 25, 2017

6 years

May 21, 2017 Who is the principal law officer and legal
defender of the Republic of the Philippines.
The right to just and favorable working
He/she represents the government in all
conditions guarantees every Filipino worker
criminal proceedings in the Supreme Court
a right to_______.
and Court of Appeals.
Limited opportunities for promotion.
Ombudsman
Fair remuneration for equal work.
Solicitor General
Stricter rules on breaktime
Chief Justice
None of these
None of the above
Medinilla magnifica, or rose grape is a
flowering plant native to the Philippines. It
is featured on the newly-designed 10-peso
coin issued by the BSP last March 2018. According to Article 31 of the ASEAN
What is the local name of this plant? Charter, the Chairmanship of ASEAN shall
rotate annually, based on the alphabetical
Tayabak order of the English names of Member
States. After Singapore chaired and hosted
the ASEAN summit last 2018, what country
Waling-waling
will assume the Chairmanship this 2019?

Kapa-kapa Thailand

Katmon Taiwan

Tajikistan

Turkey
The following shall be exempted from
taxation except:
Lands and buildings
Churches and convents
Charitable institutions
Non-profit cemeteries
The Congress, by a vote of ____ of both
Houses in joint session assembled, voting
separately, shall have the sole power to
declare a state of war.
Two-thirds
One-half
Three-quarters
Minority
It is a law in the Philippines that aims to
address legal issues concerning online
interactions and harmful internet behavior
in the Philippines. It aims to prevent and
punish cybercrime in the country.
Cybersquatting
Cybercrime Act
Cybercrime Prevention Act
Cyber Identity Theft Act
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed
Forces of the Philippines this 2018 is
_________.
Air Force Commanding General LTGEN
GALILEO GERARD R KINTANAR JR
President Rodrigo R. Duterte
Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III
AFP Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Carlito Galvez
Jr.
The current Speaker of the House of the 17th
Congress.
Sonny Belmonte
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Martin Romualdez
Mark Villar
He/she currently heads the PCOO, the
Communications Group that is responsible
for planning, programming, and
coordinating the activities that will most
effectively collect information about what is
happening in the Executive branch of the
government, and getting this information to
the media.
Jose Ruperto Martin M. Andanar,
Harry L. Roque
Lorraine Marie T. Badoy-Partosa
George A. Apacible
It is the right and obligation by all citizens, Waste breaks down into natural components
who are at least 18 years of age, and and can be recycled into the life cycle
qualified by law, to vote in the election of naturally.
national and local officials of the
government without literacy,, property, or Bio-chemical
other substantive requirement.
Recyclable
Suffrage

Biodegradable
Election

Non-biodegradable
Voting power
An adjective used to designate a retired
Civil Right professor, pastor, bishop, or other
personages but allowed to retain their title
She created history for the Philippines at the as an honor.
2018 Asian Games by winning the first ever
gold medal for the Philippines in both Retiree
women's individual and women's team
event in Asian Games golf competitions.
Senior Citizen

Yuka Saso
Emeritus

Hidilyn Diaz
Charter

Kiyomi Watanabe

Margielyn Didal The present anti-graft court is known as the

__________.
The Burj Khalifa has been the tallest
building in the world since 2008 and it is 828 Ombudsman
meters (2, 717 ft.) tall. It is found where?
Solictor General
United States of America

Sandiganbayan
Dubai

PCGG
Saudi Arabia
It is created under the Article IX of the 1987
Iran Constitution. It is mandated to adopt
measures to promote morale, efficiency,
 integrity, responsiveness, progressiveness It took a long time _______ accepted.
and courtesy in the bureaucracy.
until the theory
Civil Service Commision
for the theory to be
Commission on Election
while the theory became
Commision on Audit
the theory was
Commission on Higher Education
Have you seen Gone with the Wind? ______
HDMI technology is the now the global it's a very good film.
standard for connecting high-definition
equipment like printers, monitors, HDTVs, Despite
and the likes. HDMI stands for?
Nevertheless
High-Definition Multimedia Interface

High-Density Multimedia Interface Admittedly

High-Definition Media Interface Apparently

I ______ the speech you gave last week, but I

Hyper-Definition Media Installer was in bed with the flu.

might hear

Verbal Ability
will have heard
Sentence Completion, Grammar and
Correct Usage Practice Exam would hear

would have heard

Claudia had a good speech but _________
excellent.
could be heard
you're
"He has been absent for three days because
he is _________ measles."
you
afflicted of
yours
afflicted with
your
 During the Independence Day celebrations,
affected of
the directive is ______________.

affected with hang your flags on June 12

affected with hunged your flags on June 12

Mang Kanor's death came as no surprise, as

he was said _____ ill for a long time. hanged your flags during June 12

he was hung your flags on June 12

he had been hanged your flags on June 12

The alligator, crocodile __________ caiman

to be
belong to the same family of reptiles.

to have been or

Guys, have a piece of cake. I baked them

________. and

my way but

my own so

mine
Paragraph Organization Practice Test
myself
A. So scientists believe that there is no
my self evidence that we are being visited, watched,
or invaded by intelligent beings from other
Your shirt is dirty, I don't think it will _____ worlds.
for the wedding.

present

wear
B. But there is no such pattern.

make

do
C. If saucers were really spaceships, there population boom, this means more people
would be a certain pattern in the reports getting an ever-shrinking share of the pie.
about them.

D. This has been a problem in previous

D. The reaction is that people are not seeing administrations and remains a problem of
spaceships but many other things. the Duterte government, despite sustained
economic growth since 2010.
CBDA

BCDA

ABCD
E. This is true both in the Philippines and
around the planet, whose resources cannot
DABC meet the demands especially of the poorest
segments of the 7.2 billion population.
A. In the Philippines, the population boom
has derailed efforts to make the benefits of
economic growth trickle down to the
grassroots. Thousands of new people are BCEAD
born on our planet every day.
ECBAD

DBCAE

B. With the population galloping toward the ABCDE

110-million mark, the Philippines will be
A. In ancient times most people lived on
among one of several developing nations
farms or on large estates.
leading global population growth in the
coming years, according to the United
Nations.

B. There were no shops, for the small

settlements of people were too far apart.
C. With limited resources and economic
growth failing to keep pace with the
 C. Also, there were not enough goods or
ACBD
people for daily trade.

BDCA

DBAC

D. But people always came together for

BCDA
religious festivals.
A. Nobody knows exactly when falconry
began, but we do know it was a long, long
ABCD time ago.

BCDA

ABDC
B. According to ancient Japanese writings,
DCBA the Chinese used trained falcons more than
four thousand years ago!
A. They also inflated balls of larger sizes
with which they played a kind of football
and other kicking games.

C. Falconry was probably known in Europe

by the beginning of the Christian era.

B. Some early people wove reeds into

rounded shapes.

D. One of the greatest falconry books of all

time was written in the thirteenth century by
the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II.
C. Later, generations of Greeks and Romans
added a new idea – air.

ADBC

ACBD

D. A blown up leather ball called a follis ABCD

was used in games of catch.
 BACD

A. Coal contains a high percentage of

carbon. B. As instinctive as some kinds of influence
are, many people do not have a very
conspicuous idea of how to go about it when
the other person or group is not responsive.

B. Carbon is the most important part of most

fuels.

C. They forget that it has to appeal to

something the other person or group cares
about.

C. Hard coal, or anthracite, has a higher

percentage of carbon than other types of
coal, and so makes less smoke and ash.

D. They revert to emphasizing how

wonderful what they want is.

ABCD
D. Fuels with a high percentage of carbon
burn evenly and with a hot flame.
ACDB

CDBA
CBAD

BADC
ABCD
A. Ang bawat polista ay kinakailangang
ACBD magtrabaho ng apatnapung araw sa bawat
taon.

ABDC

A. They don’t think of influence as a kind of

exchange, and don’t understand how
important it is to deliver something of value
B. Ang polo y servicios o sapilitang paggawa
to the other person, rather than what they
ay ang sapilitang paglilingkod sa
themselves value.
pamahalaang mga Pilipinong lalaki mula 16
hanggang 60 taong gulang.
 C. It is interesting to learn how Gipsies in
different countries developed in different
ways.
C. Noong 1884, ito ay ginagawa na lamang
labinlimang araw.

D. English Gipsies became horse traders.

D. Ang mga manggagawa sa ilalim ng polo y

servicios ay tinatawag na polista.
CDAB

CBAD

BCAD
E. Upang makaligtas sa sapilitang paggawa,
kinakailangang magbayad ng falla na
DCAB
tanging mga mayayaman lamang ang
nakakabayad. A. Following his defeat, he abdicated with
the apparent intention of going into exile in
America.
BEADC

BAEDC

BDACE B. At Rocherfort, however he found the

harbor blockaded and he decided to
BCAED surrender himself to Royal Navy.

A. In Hungary and Romania many Gipsies

are musicians.

C. He was escorted aboard HMS

Bellerophon. It was a new experience for
him to see the inside of a ship of the Royal
B. In Yugoslavia many Gipsies specialised in Navy, the instrument of France’s defeat at
making gunpowder. Trafalgar a few years earlier.
D. If you or I had been in Napoleon's shoes
after his shattering defeat at Waterloo, we
might well have lapsed into a state of
inward-looking depression if not despair.
Not so Napoleon.
D. The float process gives a distortion-free
glass of uniform quality with bright, fire-
polished surfaces; savings in costs are
considerable.

ABCD
DBCA
BADC
ABCD
BCDA
DABC
CDAB
ACBD
A. A tobacco leaf is cured by heat, air or sun.

A. The idea for ‘rinsing’ glass over a molten

tin bath came to Sir Alastair when he stood
at his kitchen sink washing dishes.
B. The purpose of this is to dry the leaf and
bring out the proper color.

B. Pilkington’s proprietary process

eliminated this final manufacturing stage by
floating the glass, after it is cast from a
C. In flue–curing, green leaves are hung in
melting furnace, over a bath of molten tin
small insulated barns that are heated by
about the size of a tennis court.
flues.

C. A float line needs only half the number of

D. After harvesting, the tobacco must be
workers to produce three times as much cured.
glass as old production methods.

E. Stalk–cut tobacco is air cured.

 ECDBA ADBC

DBACE
A. After a while, the lymph moves with our
EDCBA body, the sensory hairs are erect, and we no
longer have that feeling of suddenly moving
forward.
BACDE

A. He must get the amino acids from the

protein in the food he eats.

B. It therefore bends the hairs forward.

B. They are important to man because they

provide him with the amino acids that his
body cannot make for itself.
C. The message goes to the brain and we feel
ourselves slowing up.

C. These include milk, eggs, lean meats, fish,

peas, beans, peanuts, and certain grains.
D. Now suppose we step on the brake! Our
body keeps going forward and so does the
lymph in the organs.

D. Many of the foods that are considered ADCB

important for us to eat are so because of the
proteins they contain.
CBAD

ADBC
CBAD

CDAB
DCBA
A. When you are thinking you are travelling
DBCA mentally, you are on a journey.
B. For genuine thinking is always a process C. The feeling of hunger originates in the
possessing direction. brain.

C. Look out for the unexpected thoughts, D. The intestines become active, and we
however lightly they stir in your mind. experience a feeling of hunger.

D. Sometimes an unsuspected path or byway E. But if the blood doesn’t have enough
of thought that opens up might be more nourishment, the hunger center responds by
rewarding than following the fixed route releasing the brakes.
you had set yourself.

BECAD
DACB
EBCAD
ACBD
CABED
DCAB
CDABE
ABCD

A. There is a hunger centre that acts as a sort

of brake on the activities of the stomach and
intestines.

B. When there is enough food in the blood,

the hunger centre slows up the action of the
stomach and intestines.

Reading Comprehension Practice Exam
There are no effective boundaries when it
comes to pollutants. Studies have shown
that toxic insecticides that have been banned
in many countries are riding the wind from
countries where they remain legal.
Compounds such as DDT and toxaphene
have been found in remote places like the
Yukon and other Arctic regions.
This paragraph best supports the statement
that:
toxic insecticides such as DDT have not
been banned throughout the world.
more pollutants find their way into polar
climates than they do into warmer areas.
DDT and toxaphene are the two most
toxic insecticides in the world.
studies have proven that many countries
have ignored their own anti-pollution laws.
Most researches in needy countries are based
on the thinking and approach of the highly
developed Western world, and seldom have
they been directed toward meeting the
countries' own development needs.
The sentence best supports the statement
that _________.
most researches done in needy countries
are missing their objectives
highly developed countries offer the best
guide for the development of needy countries
most researches have universal
application.
needy countries need researchers to help
them reach the status of the western world.
A person born in the Year of the Tiger is
capable of earning large sums of money, but
he is rather a spendthrift and does not
always put his money to best use. He can
also be most generous and will often shower
lavish gifts on friends and relations. That is
why a Tiger person has many friends and
acquaintances.
 Burton had many inventions that he tried
to put into mass production.
Which of the following is true about a
person born in the Year of the Tiger? Americans’ attitudes toward baby
carriages has changed significantly.

He welcomes people in need and helps the initial design of the baby carriage was
them in whatever way he can. not safe.

A dance instructor is holding an aerobics

He is always successful in earning large class every morning in front of the town
sums of money. market where there is a big open space.
There are many participants and he charges
He spends his money in extravagant and them 10 pesos per session. In contrast, a
Zumba class in the nearby dance studio has
irresponsible way.
only 10 participants because the enrollment
fee is expensive. Only the rich can afford to
He is a good businessman. enroll in the Zumba class.

Baby carriages were invented in 1848 by

Charles Burton. He lived in New York City
and faced opposition to his invention from
people who felt they were unsafe. He
believed in his idea and moved to England,
What can we deduce from the situation?
where he opened a factory. He made
carriages for Queen Victoria of England,
Queen Isabella II of Spain, and other
royalty. A factory opened in the United The aerobics class is more enjoyable than
States ten years later but only 75 carriages
the Zumba class.
were sold. Today, baby carriages are
extremely popular and almost every baby
has at least one. More people enroll in the aerobics class
because the enrollment fee is affordable.

The aerobics class is more popular than

the Zumba class.

We can conclude from the passage that:

The participants of the aerobics class are
all poor.

baby carriage sales have dramatically In Feng Shui, clutter is a big no-no. Clutter is
risen in the last 75 years. consists of old toys, clothes, old magazines
and everything old which are no longer
 used. It hinders the free circulation of the
fresh energy inside the house, preventing it
to enter every room. It makes the energy
inside the house stale and inactive, making
the residents of the house sickly and less
aggressive. To avoid more unlucky
situations in the homes, clutter should be
cleared once it starts to pile up. This is good
Feng Shui.
What conclusion can we make?
Clutter is inauspicious in the homes.
Old toys should be recycled.
Old books and old magazines should be
arranged in one place.
Clutter should be stored in one room of
the house for good Feng Shui.
Ang mga taong ipinanganak sa Taon ng
Dragon ay sinasabing may kakambal na
swerte, karaniwang dominante at matataas
ang ambisyon. Mas gusto nilang mamuhay
ayon sa sarili nilang mga batas at kung sila
at hahayaang mag-isa, mas nagiging
matagumpay sila sa buhay. Sila ay mga
pursigido at hindi natatakot sa mga hamon
at laging handang makipagsapalaran, kaya
hindi kataka-taka na malapit sa kanila ang
tagumpay. Sila ay matulungin sa mga
nangangailangan ngunit hindi sila hihingi
ng tulong sa iba kung sila naman ang
nangangailangan.
Hanapin ang mali sa mga sumusunod na
paglalarawan sa taong ipinanganak sa Taon
ng Dragon.
gustong mamuhay ayon sa sarili nilang
batas
malakas ang kanilang karisma
hindi natatakot sa mga hamon
laging handang makipagsapalaran
Have you ever wondered whether fish drink
or not? All living things must drink, and
they require a fresh supply of water. A
person can go without food for many days,
but he or she cannot go for long without
water. Fish drink, and fish that live in salt
water must drink salt water. However, when
we watch them in an aquarium and see them
opening and closing their mouths, we must
not assume that they are drinking. Fish need
water for its oxygen. The water that they
seem to be gulping gives them oxygen,
which is in the water. On the other hand,
when a fish drinks, it swallows water, just
the way we do.
It is stated in the passage that a fish opens
and closes its mouth
to swim in an aquarium.
to drink to stay alive

in order to get oxygen

so as to gulp