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LANGUAGE
This test will last for 60 minutes.

I. Choose the answer/s that correctly fill/s the blank/s in the sentences.
1. The _______ of cable television news is so far-reaching that movie, music, and even comedy channels _______ news
programs and investigative reporting.
a. weakness.. provide d. proliferation.. offer
b. eagerness.. celebrate e. burgeoning.. deter
c. bewilderment.. enervate
2. Domesticated dogs often replicate the dominance rituals of wild canines, playfully stalking and attacking their fellow
pets to establish their own _______
a. weakness d. liberation
b. inanity e. ascendancy
c. obscurity
3. After living in a cramped and _______ studio apartment for several years, Roberta moved to a house that was
commodious and _______
a. expensive.. cluttered d. expansive.. roomy
b. inhospitable.. comfortable e. undecorated.. historical
c. congested.. remote

II. Choose the answer that best fits the analogy given in the item.
4. BIRD : NEST ::
a. dog : doghouse d. cat : litter box
b. squirrel : tree e. book : library
c. beaver : dam
5. DALMATIAN : DOG ::
a. oriole : bird d. ant : insect
b. horse : pony e. stock : savings
c. shark : great white
6. DOCTOR : HOSPITAL ::
a. sports fan : stadium d. criminal : jail
b. cow : farm e. food : grocery store
c. professor : college
III. Choose the portion of underlined words in each sentence that contains an error. If the sentence is completely right,
choose No Error.
7. Widespread wildfires followed by heavy rains can result in mudslides, which have harmful affects on
A B C D
the environment. No error
E
8. It is difficult for my friends and I even to contemplate playing chess against someone accused
A B C
of cheating. No error
D E
9. Some scholars argue that Shakespeare's collection of sonnets were actually written for his patron. No error
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IV. Determine the meaning of the underlined words from the context.
10. it is not uncommon for members of the clergy to conclude a public speaking engagement with a benediction
a. a tantrum d. a precaution
b. a warning e. a fable
c. a blessing
11. The director’s movie was not conceived of as an instructional work, but purely as a diversion, which he hoped would
entertain audiences.
a. an instrument d. an amusement
b. a collaboration e. an annoyance
c. a lesson
12. Recent research in linguistics suggests that some language skills are not acquired skills, but are skills that are passed
through our genetic code
a. investigated d. improved
b. inherited e. processed
c. obtained
13. The senator has a prepossessing personality. His confidence and demeanor catch you at first glance.
a. glaringly haughty d. boring
b. immediately impressive e.very unique
c. unexpressive
V. Answer the following questions based on what is said in the passage.
Puccini’s opera, La Boheme is a timeless tale of love and art and tenderness in trying times and situations. The epic is
timeless for many reasons; one of the reasons is that people still relate to it, some even cry over the characters’ fates.
Because it is timeless, recent artists have tried to bring the story to today’s audiences.
Director Baz Lurhmann brought the opera to the musical stage in 2002. He did not change the words or the Italian
language in which they were sung. To reach his young audience, he jazzed up the costumes, set, and choreography. The
vibrant costumes, including black leather jackets, reflected the 1950’s, the time period Lurhmann uses. The set is stark
and more reminiscent of the modern day of a Bohemian ghetto. The choreography transformed the singers into
performers, so the show looked more like a musical than the stilted movements of traditional opera; the show generally
got rave reviews.
Composer Jonathan Larson created the musical Rent in 1996. It takes much of the storyline and characters from La
Boheme. Rent was written in the 1990’s; accordingly, it talks about issues relating to modern city youth. For example,
tuberculosis in the original show became AIDS in the new one. However, despite the rock music and modern slang,
starving artists were still starving artists and greedy landlords were still greedy landlords. The musical was a huge success.
Although all these updates of La Boheme have come to being, the original by Puccini is still incredibly popular.
Performances are given around the world and sell out frequently. Interestingly, even though it is timeless, modern artists
have still felt the need to update it.
14. The writer’s main purpose in the essay was to
a. show how artists have updated La Boheme for modern audiences
b. illustrate the ways in which Baz Lurhmann transformed the opera into a musical
c. explain the differences between Rent and La Boheme
d. explore the plight of tuberculosis victims
e. update Puccini’s opera for today’s youth
15. All of the following was preserved from La Boheme into EXCEPT
a. the greedy landlords d. the presence of a pervasive disease
b. the storyline e. the type of music used
c. the starving artists

I. Piliin sa mga nakasalungguhit ang mali.

16. Ang wika ay ang behikulo nang komunikasyon. Walang Mali
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17. Nakain na ba ni Danny ang pananghalian n’yang menudo. Walang Mali
A B C D E
II. Piliinang kasing kahulugan ng nakasalungguhit.
18. Hango sa tunay na buhay ang pelikulang pinanood nina Atong.
a. buhat d. hinugot
b. taas e. lahat ng nabaggit
c. galing
19. Isa sa mga magaganda n’yang katangian ay ang pagiging mapagmahal.
a. mabubuti d. mahuhusay
b. kahanga-hanga e. wala sa nabanggit
c. kaaya-aya

III. Piliin ang kasalungat ng nakasalungguhit sa pangungusap.

20. Si Princess Diana ay nakilala dahil sa kagandahan ng kanyang loob.
a. kasamaan d. kaitiman
b. kapangitan e. a at d
c. tagumpay
21. Ang pighati ng inang nawalan ng anak ay walang katumbas.
a. sigla d. b at c
b. tuwa e. wala sa nabanggit
c. kasagwaan

IV. Sagutin ang mga tanong base sa nabasa sa teksto.

Ngayon ang tinatawag na panahon ng pagdudumaling mga tao. Halos wala nang panahong magbasa ng mahahabang anyo
ng panitikan ang nagdudugmaling mga tao ng kasalukuyang panahon. Ito marahil ang dahilan kung bakit katulad ng
maikling katha, ang sanaysay ay kinagigiliwang basahin ng mga tao sa mga lingguhang babasahin at pang-araw-araw na
pahayagan. Kaya’t ang mga manunulat na Pilipino na lumilinang sa anyong ito ng panitikan ay siyang higit na
makakaakay sa isipan at diwa ng bayan tungkol sa makabayang pag-iisip.
22. Ano ang paksa ng teksto?
a. panahon ng pagdudumali ng mga tao.
b. pagpapanatili ng pagbabasa sa mga Gawain ng mga tao.
c. ang sanaysay at maikling katha bilang akay sa diwa ng bayan sa panahon ng nagdudumaling tao.
d. ang mga lingguhang babasahin at pang-araw-araw na pahayagan.
e. sanaysay bilang bagong uri ng panitikan.
23. Alin ang hindi kasali sa mga detalyeng inilahad sa teksto?
a. halois wala ng nagbabasa ng mahahabang anyo ng panitikan ngayon.
b. an gating panahon ay ang tinatawagna panahon ng nagdudumaling mga tao.
c. ang maikling katha at sanaysay ang kinagigiliwan ng mga tao ngayon.
d. ang panitikan ng maikling katha at sanaysay ang nalilinang ng mga Pilipinong manunulat ngayon.
e. wala sa nabanggit.
Among!
Patawarin mo ako!
Alam kong hindi mapipiyansahan ang mga kasalanan
At mga kamaliang nagawa ko.
Walang duda ring matukso akong muli
Hangga’t hindi nabubunot ang mga damo
Na tumutubo at sumusukal sa loob ko
Na pagpapahilo sa takbo ko, ng tao, ng mundo.
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 Kaya nagbabalik-luhod ako saya,Manong.
Alam kong wala ka nang tiwala sa akin.
Basa na ang papel ko.
(halaw sa “ Sandalingin” ni Joey A. Arrogante)
24. Ano ang tono ng akda?
a. nalulungkot d. masaya
b. namimighati e. nag-aalala
c. nagsisisi
25. Ano ang tinutukoy na ‘damo’ sa akda?
a. droga d. masamang gawi
b. mariwana e. b at d
c. bisyo

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