ENGLISH c.

Henry Truman
(General Education Part 1) d. John F. Kennedy

1. Robert Frost wrote the poem Acquainted with the 8. History is the witness that ______ passing of time.
Night from which the stanza is taken: a. testifies
I have been one acquainted with the night. b. will testify
I have walked out in rain-back in rain. c. testifies for
I have out walked the farthest city light d. testifies for the
The poet in the stanza talks of?
a. isolation and loneliness 9. When I met Liza yesterday, it was the first time I
b. joy getting out of the house _____ her since Christmas.
c. youthful delight playing in the rain a. saw
d. happiness in having been acquainted with the night b. had seen
c. have seen
2. Which is the BEST WAY to write the underlined d. have been seen
portion of this sentence? Researchers also speculate
that some teachers might have given boys 10. The commander ordered his men to hold on the
more computer time because parents and fort. What was the message?
teachers expected boys to need computers for future a. Surrender in arms
careers. b. Keep on with the fight
a. expected c. Disregard the peace negotiation
b. expecting d. Rescue the hostage victims fast and early
c. will expect
d. will have expected 11. “She is a vision of feminine pulchritude.” This stands
for the following EXCEPT
3. The wounded soldiers were visited by the president a. Loveliness
who honoured them with ____ for their _____. b. Comeliness
a. medals – valor c. Homeliness
b. gun salute – bravery d. Physical beauty
c. appointments – dedication
d. money – sacrifice 12. The Nibelungenlied is a
a. Latin Myth
4. Every June, Manila has its festival of outstanding b. Chinese legend
Filipino films. This was a project initiated by c. Russian folk song
a. Arsenio Lacson d. Medieval German epic
b. German Moreno
c. Antonio Villegas 13. An association wherein the name of something is
d. Ramon Bagatsing substituted by something that represents it.
a. Metonymy
5. Which among the sounds below is voiceless? b. Comparison
a. /b/ c. Euphemism
b. /z/ d. Personification
c. /g/
d. /p/ 14. Because the moon rotates on its axis at the same
time as it ______ around the earth, we see the same
6. “Only the heart can see rightly.” This statement is side
lifted from what particular novel? a. Revolve
a. The Prince and the Pauper b. Revolves
b. The Little Prince c. Is revolving
c. The Right One d. Has been revolving
d. The Pearl
7. He was the American President who said, “Ask not 15. In English verse, a poetic foot having 1 stressed
what America will do for you, but what together we can syllable followed by 1 unstressed syllable is ______.
do for the freedom of man.” a. Trochaic
a. Gerald Ford b. Iambic
b. Franklin Roosevelt c. Dactylic
d. Anapaestic b. The writer is opposed to the Vietnam War
c. The writer was a veteran of the war
16. Senators were accused by activists of washing their d. The writer is a flag-waving patriot
hands with the perfumes of Arabia. This state is
commonly known as 24. A readability mismatch happens when the reading
a. Guilt levels of books exceed the reading levels of the
b. Triumph students. In this situation, the students experience
c. Indecision frustration and they fall short of the expected or desired
d. Aggression output. A student who finds himself/ herself in such a
mismatch will likely do which of the following?
17. It is a collection of religious poetry written by a. Give an intelligent critique of the selection or story
Rabindranath Tagore. read
a. Mahabharata b. Write a comprehensive reaction paper regarding the
b. Gitanjali selection or story read
c. The Ramayana c. Present an argument that the selection or story read
d. Bhagavad Gita was not properly written
d. Manifest an expected and commensurate emotional
18. I suggest that he _____ in the room for one week. reaction to the selection or story read
a. Stay
b. Stayed 25. What does this mean: Excuses are for losers… those
c. Staying who take responsibility for their actions are real
d. Stays winners in life. This tells of?
a. losers often fail because they find reasons for losing
19. The manager told his workers, “We have to reduce b. a winner can also be a quitter
our workforce.” What did he mean? c. accountability of one’s action tells of bravery
Workers are free to leave d. excuses are needed to justify any failure
Workers are warned of possible lay off
Workers have to double time on their jobs 26. A couple accepted a wedding invitation. They
Workers should submit themselves to a reducing gym showed pleasure in these remarks
a. All guests congratulated the organizers and the
20. The parent remarked, “__________ I come late, just couple
lock the door.” b. Guests came in and out of the ceremonies
a. In the absence c. The ceremonies were very impressive
b. In the process d. The couple felt uneasy with the priest
c. In the event
d. In the case 27. What correction should be made to this sentence?
One of the theories is that the first child receives more
21. The copyreader found the news story boring. He of the parents' attention than other children so first-
found it full of _____. borns tend to be more intellectual.
a. Adjectives a. Change is to are
b. Verbs b. Insert a comma after children
c. Pronouns c. Change parents' to parent's
d. Adverbs d. Change theories to theory's

22. There were three guests on the stage. They were 28. Carl Sundburg wrote "Jazz Fantasia" which has for
made up of a parent, the governor and the principal. its first stanza:
Who should be acknowledged first by the valedictorian?
a. The classmates Drum on your drums, batter on your banjos, sob on the
b. The principal long cool winding saxophones. Go to it, O jazzmen.
c. The governor Which words illustrate alliteration?
d. The parent a. Batter and banjos
b. Sob and winding
23. What is suggested in the opening line? June 13, c. Long and cool
1986 - they came from all over America - 200,000 d. To and it
heroes strong, with their families.
a. The writer holds great admiration for the veterans 29. What is meant by AT SIXES AND SEVENS in this
sentence? C. Injury
D. Problem
We moved into the house last week, but I'm afraid
everything, is still at sixes and sevens. 6. It is _________ to try to destroy pest completely with
a. The things have not been shipped. pesticides, for as each new chemical pesticide is
b. In a state of confusion introduced, the pests gradually become _________ to
c. In an orderly manner it.
d. The boxes are still intact A. useless, drawn
B. futile, resistant
30. What is the mood of these lines? C. worthwhile, immune
D. pointless, vulnerable
Daylight, I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life 7. The famous Dr. C. Drew’s technique for preserving
And I mustn't give in. and storing blood plasma for emergency use proved so
When the dawn comes _________ that it became the _______ for the present
tonight will be a memory, too blood bank system by the Red Cross.
And a new day will begin. A. irrelevant, inspiration
a. Afraid B. effective, model
b. Sarcastic C. complex, blueprint
c. Depressed D. urgent, pattern
d. Hopeful
Answers: 1A 2D 3A 4C 5D 6B 7D 8D 9C 10B 11C 12D 13A 8. An A-rating represents the ULTIMATE honor a film
14B 15A 16A 17B 18A 19B 20C 21C 22C 23A 24C 25C will ever have. Which of the following is the opposite of
26C 27B 28A 29B 30D the capitalized word?
( General Education Part II ) A. Greatest
1. He is more concerned with MUNDANE matters like B. Pinnacle
the movement of stock market. The capitalized word C. Least
means: D. Supreme
A. Simple 9. The VINDICTIVE politician spread rumors about his
B. Financial opponent. Which of the following is an antonym of the
C. Worldly capitalized word?
D. Investments A. Revengeful
B. Forgiving
2. The DEPRAVITY of the criminal’s behavior shocked us C. Spiteful
all. The capitalized word means: D. Malicious
A. Harshness
B. Gravity 10. Vegetarians have a variety of reasons for their
C. Deprivations beliefs. Some refuse to eat meat because they believe
D. Viciousness that the killing of animals is unnecessary or barbaric.
They feel that processes such as butchering are
3. INDULGENT parents spoil their children by giving in to degrading to the people who practice them and cruel to
their every demands and whims. the animals slaughtered. Others believe that meat is
A. Loving harmful to the human body and that a purely vegetable
B. Beneficial diet is more nutritious. Still others choose
C. Generous vegetarianism because they believe that raising animals
D. Yielding for meat is an inefficient use of land. They say that
farmland could be put to better use growing crops for
4. Open:Secretive::Forthright: __________ human consumption. Which of the following
A. Spiteful statements is best supported by the above passage?
B. Mask A. Some vegetarians choose not to eat meat mainly for
C. Outspoken health reasons.
D. Honest B. A purely vegetable diet is more nutritious than a diet
that includes meat.
5. Negligent; Requirement:: Remiss :__________ C. Vegetarians are opposed to any use of animals for
A. Task the benefit of humans.
B. Duty D. Vegetarians favor laws to reduce the consumption of
meat. A. that
B. who
11. The amount of your retirement benefits from Social C. which
Security depends, in part, on when you retire. The D. whose
earliest that you can begin to receive benefits is age 62.
The longer you wait to begin receiving benefits (up to 16. Being too _______ will undoubtedly make other
age 70), the higher your benefits will be. If you were men hate you.
born between 1938 and 1960, you cannot receive “full A. vane
retirement” benefits until age 66. If you were born in B. vein
1960 or later, your full retirement age will be 67. If you C. vain
wait to receive benefits past your full retirement age, D. vanity
the amount you receive will continue to increase until
you reach age 70. There is no advantage to waiting past 17. Because they did not accept his basic _______ they
age 70 to begin receiving benefits. You can continue to were ______ by his argument.
work while you receive retirement benefits. If you do, A. assumption, convinced
the amount of your benefits will be reduced by one B. bias, impressed
dollar for every two dollars you earn above a certain C. supposition, justified
limit, until you reach your full retirement age. Once you D. motivation, confused
reach your full retirement age, this limit no longer
applies. The amount you earn will have no effect on 18. The failed July 27, 2003 mutiny was believed by
your benefits. According to this passage, which of the many as a plan by the Magdalo group as an attempt to
following statements is true? stage a takeover of government. It was viewed as a
A. You cannot receive retirement benefits from Social desperate attempt by the mutineers who were
Security while you are still working. supported by influential and politically motivated men
B. If you were born in 1950, your full retirement age is who financed the mutiny, according to the Feliciano
66. Commission. The action was found to be
C. If you continue to work past your full retirement age, unconstitutional as it violates both the Articles of War
your benefits will be reduced by one dollar for every and the Revised Penal Code. Such act can lead to either
two dollars you earn. Court Martial or Civilian proceedings or even both. The
D. There is no advantage to waiting past your full best title for the above article is:
retirement age to begin receiving benefits. A. Failed Mutiny
B. Illegal Soldiers Uprising
12. The volunteers from the fire department ________ C. Coup d’etat
quickly and extinguished a fire on North Country Road. D. Articles of War and Punishment
A. will respond
B. responded 19. Determine which may be the best order in which
C. will have responded the sentences should be arranged to result in a well-
D. have responded organized paragraph.
A. Now we shall do everything we can to enforce this
13. In Tuesday’s paper, the owner of the supermarket law.
was recognized for helping a customer who ________ B. In the struggle against crime, government and people
on the icy sidewalk. should join hands
A. falls C. Republic Act 7659, the death penalty law is
B. had fallen government’s response in law against cruelty and
C. would fall heartlessness.
D. has fallen D. The law’s main objective is not retribution but reform
and rehabilitation of offenders and would be offenders.
14. We arranged the flowers and placed ________ in E. All countries in the world are presently siege by
the center of the table. violent crime.
A. them
B. it A. CEBAD
C. this B. EBCDA
D. that C. CEDAB
D. ACEBD
15. The person ________ made this delicious
cheesecake has my vote. 20. Determine which may be the best order in which
the sentences should be arranged to result in a well-
organized paragraph.
A. Tagaytay is the destination for us who love nature.
B. It provides an ideal picnic ground for outdoor lovers.
C. Unfortunately, the place ends up abused by outdoor
lovers who litter the place.
D. It is a place which can be easily reached by a two-
hour drive from Makati City.

A. CDAB
B. ADBC
C. CBDA
D. CABD

Answers: 1A 2D 3C 4A 5B 6C 7C 8C 9B 10A 11B 12B 13B

14A 15B 16C 17D 18B 19B 20B
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