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Note: Do not write anything on the test questionnaire. Use you answer sheet to answer this test.
TEST I- Directions: Infer the meaning of the underlined idiomatic expressions in each sentence.
Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. Jose Zavalla basketball team made a game plan at the drop of a hat.
a. badly b. earlier today c. for the win d. without hesitation
2. The policemen barked up the wrong tree in our village.
a. arrested the right person c. accusing the wrong person
b. accusing the right person d. arrested no one
3. The BMW car is truly costed an arm and leg.
a. very low price b. very intimidating c. very huge d. very expensive
4. The Miss Universe pageant 2015 producer thinks that Elvis has left the building.
a. it is not a good show c. it is a wonderful show
b. it fails to have high ratings d. it has to come to an end
5. It takes two to tango to commit this suspicious crime.
a. actions need more than one person c. continuous actions
b. beautiful dance craze d. mysterious crime
Modal- Find the modal of each sentence. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
9. He shall bring the food very soon.
a. bring b. food c. shall d. soon
10. We can definitely win the championship game.
a. can b. championship c. definite d. game
11. You should stop smoking because it is bad for you.
a. because b. for c. should d. stop
12. I ought to tell the truth to the teacher.
a. tell b. truth c. teacher d. ought
13. May I sit down now?
a. down b. I c. may d. now
Recall the concept of simile for you to be able to identify the word being compared to the underlined word.
Choose the letter of the correct answer.
14. The music changes like prismatic glass, giving the world a glimpse of all the colors it forgets.
a. changes b. colors c. prismatic glass d. world
15. The lowered lamps glow in the midnight air like mammoth orange-moths that flit and flare through the dark
tapestry of night.
a. air b. dark c. mammoth d. tapestry
16. I dream of silent verses where the rhyme glides noiseless as an oar.
a. dream b. glides c. silent d. oar
Directions: Read the selection then answer the questions that follow.
17. What happens to the grass when it goes to the first part?
A. The grass becomes harder. C. The grass becomes softer.
B. The grass liquify. D. The grass goes to the intestine
18. In what part is the water squeezed out?
A. first C. second
B. fourth D. third
Write the letter of the most logical effect or cause of each situation on the space provided.
19. It was a very hot day. Everyone wanted __________.
A. some cold drinks C. a piece of sandwich
B. two bottles of hot water D. a cup of coffee
22. After some days Paulo was absent because of sickness, Paulo was well again. He regained his health.
A. He continued his vacation. C. He helped his mother at home.
B. He started attending his classes. D. He woke up early.
23. Paulo had missed many lessons so he had to double his efforts.
A. He stayed awake till morning, studying his lessons.
B. He asked his mother to do his homework for him.
C. He requested his teacher to promote him to the next grade level.
D. He copied notes from his classmates and studied them at home.
24. Paulo was very happy to see his classmates. He was so touched by their thoughtfulness. He said ____.
A. “Oh, thank you so much”, but why did you come?
B. “Oh thank you very much for coming”, you’ve made me very happy.
C. “Oh, thank you very much. Did you bring something for me?”
D. “Oh, thank you”, what gifts did you bring?”
25. In spite of his absences, Paulo got high grades.
A. That made his classmates believe he had super powers.
B. That led to his being elected president of the class.
C. That made his mother happy and proud of him.
D. That made his friends believed that they must get absent too, in class.
Perseus, the son of Zeus, king of the gods, hid behind the ruined
column, while the snake-haired Medusa, hissing in anger, search for him with
drawn bow and arrow. Perseus used the reflection of his shiny shield to see
her, for no one could see her eye to eye without turning into a stone.
Identifying /Interpreting figurative language- Directions: Read and identify each figurative line. Write the
letter of the correct answer in your answer sheet.
Directions: Read each line below comprehensively and choose the best interpretation in the given choices.
32. “Where I walk, my shadow is a marriage of flags.”
A. I am a product of many cultures.
B. My shadow is covered with flags.
C. I am a shadow of flags.
D. I am holding a flag while walking.
33. The field was his study, nature his book.
A. He learned everything through observation and experience.
B. He learned by studying nature and writing a book about it.
C. He learned from books about fields and nature.
D. He learned through studying and reading.
Selection A
(1) In Greek mythology, Athena is the virgin goddess of reason, intelligent activity, wisdom, heroic endeavor, arts
and literature. (2) Athena is the daughter of Zeus. (3) She sprang full grown in armor from his forehead, thus has
no mother. (4) She is fierce and brave in the battle.
(5) She is the goddess of the city, handicrafts and agriculture. (6) She invented the bridle, which permeate man to
tame horses, the trumpet, the flute, the pot, the rake, the plow, the yoke, the ship and the chariot. (7) She is the
embodiment of wisdom, reason and purity. (8) She was Zeus’s favorite child and was allowed to use his weapon
including his thunderbolt.
(9) She is attended by an owl and is often accompanied by the goddess of victory, Nike. (10) Wearing a goatskin
breastplate called the Aegis, given to her by her father, Zeus, she is often shown helmeted with a shield bearing
Gorgon Medusa’s head. (11) She is an armed warrior goddess.
Selection E
(1) Our mission is to share Jesus and His teachings. (2) Jesus was a teacher, a healer, and a lover. (3) We must
also live all of that in our lives and share it as missionaries with all our brothers and sisters in this world of
ours. (4) Jesus said that we ought to be His disciples – His missionaries – deny ourselves, take up our cross,
and follow Him. (5) As missionaries, we must share with others all that Jesus said and all that He expects of
us. (6) We must be enthusiastic for Jesus. (7) Because we are enthusiastic for Him, we must share Him with
everyone else. (8) “That is our mission!”