HANDUMANAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

English 9 4th Quarter Examination

NAME:_______________________________________ Year & Section: __________ Score: ____

I. Read the story and answer the questions that follow. Write the letter of the correct answer.

Chess is called the game of kings. It has been around for a long time. People have been playing it for over 500
years. Chess is based on an even older game from India. The chess we play today is from Europe.
Chess is a two-player game. One player uses the white pieces. The other uses the black pieces. Each piece moves
in a special way. One piece is called the king. Each player has one. The players take turns moving their pieces. If a player
lands on a piece, he or she takes it. The game ends when a player loses his or her king. There are a few more rules, but
those are the basics.
Some people think that chess is more than a game. They think that it makes the mind stronger. Good chess players
use their brains. They take their time. They think about what will happen next. These skills are useful in life and in chess.
Chess is kind of like a work out for the mind.
You don't always have lots of time to think when playing chess. There is a type of chess with short time limits. It's
called blitz chess. In blitz chess, each player gets ten minutes to use for the whole game. Your clock runs during your turn.
You hit the time clock after your move. This stops your clock. It also starts the other player's clock. If you run out of time,
you lose. Games of blitz chess are fast-paced.
Chess is not just for people. Computers have been playing chess since the 1970s. At first they did not play well.
They made mistakes. As time went on they grew stronger. In 1997, a computer beat the best player in the world for the
first time. It was a computer called Deep Blue. Deep Blue was big. It took up a whole room. By 2006 a cell phone could
beat the best players in the world. Chess sure has come a long way. Don't you think so?

___1. What is the author's purpose in writing the second paragraph of the story?
a. To explain the rules of chess b. To compare different types of games
c. To talk about game pieces d. To persuade people to play chess
___2. Which of the following is not a reason that chess is a good workout for the mind according to the text?
a. Good chess players think about what will happen next. b. Good chess players take a lot of risks.
c. Good chess players take their time. d. Good chess players use their brains.
___3. How long do people have been playing chess?
a. Over 100 years b. Over 500 years
c. Over 1000 years d. Over 5000 years
___4. Where did the chess game come from?
a. Europe b. America c. India d. All of these
___5. Which of the following statements that best describe the main idea in the fourth paragraph?
a. This paragraph argues that players should think less.
b. This paragraph explains how blitz chess is played.
c. This paragraph explains time clocks work.
d. This paragraph describes many different ways to play chess.
6. According to the text, how did the chess end?
a. One player takes all of the other player's pieces. b. One player makes it to the end of the board.
c. One player becomes king. d. One player loses his or her king.
7. Which of the following happened first?
a. Computers did not play chess well. b. Deep Blue won an important game.
c. Cell phones got good at playing chess. d. Deep Blue took up a whole room.
8. How is blitz chess different from regular chess?
a. Each player has two kings. b. Players are blindfolded.
c. Players only have ten minutes to play. d. Players start from a random position.
9. If it's your turn in blitz chess, what happens when you hit the clock?
a. Both your clock and the other person's clock keep running.
b. The other person's clock stops running and yours starts.
c. Both clocks stop running.
d. Your clock stops running and the other person's clock begins.
10. When did a computer first beat a strong human player in chess?
a. 2006 b. 1997 c. 1970 d. 1976
II. Vocabulary. Choose from the pool of words the appropriate word which describes by the statements
below.

Idealist Subdued Enthralled Casters Masking

Incarnate Avidly Green Room Hazer Woofer
Incipient Douser Prejudice Valence Shotgun mic

___11. A speaker element that reproduces the low-end frequencies.

___12. Beginning to exist
___13. A common area where performers wait until it is time to go onstage
___14. Captivated
___15. A small drapery that runs across the top of the grand drape and hides the hardware that suspends it
___16. Given a human form
___17. The control on a follow spot that fades out the light by slowly closing a set of doors
___18. Unrealistic
___19. The wheels on a platform.
___20. Disturbance, annoyance
___21. A device that creates a thin mist of fog throughout the stage.
___22. Made less intense
___23. The draperies or flats that hide backstage from the audience
___24. With great interest
___25. A microphone designed to pick up sound only directly in front of it
III. Read the following situations and identify the forms of discrimination they express. Write the letter only.
A. Age B. Racial C. Physical D. Religious D. Gender
___26. Mike sees an advertisement for a job as a sales representative for a cosmetics company. When he
telephones to express his interest, the personnel manager says: “Sorry, we don’t have any male reps and we like to
keep it that way’.
___27. Alison is asked her age at a job interview and is then refused the position because the employer wants a
younger person for the role.
___28. A fast food company will only recruit people with a certain 'look', that is, a specific height, weight and build.
___29. Mariam is a Muslim. At a job interview with an insurance company she is asked about her religious
background. Even though Mariam is the best candidate, the HR manager tells her he cannot offer her the job
because he thinks she will have to leave her workstation for prayer several times a day.
___30. George unsuccessfully applies for a position with a construction company. When he telephones the
company’s personnel manager to ask why he did not get the position, George is told: ‘We’ve employed people
from your country before. You lot simply don’t share our work ethic.
IV. Identify the voice of the verb. Write A if it is active voice and P if passive voice.
___31. She faxed her application for a new job
___32. The home was cleaned by Alec.
___33. The team will celebrate their victory tomorrow.
___34. Larry generously donated money to the homeless shelter.
___35. Was a noise made by you?
___36. The director will give you instructions.
___37. Good news is expected by you.
___38. The forest fire destroyed the whole suburb.
___39. His house will have been sold by him
___40. Had the room been cleaned by Mark?
V. Identify the speaker of the following lines from the play, “A Raisin in the Sun”. Write the letter only.
A. Lina Younger B. Walter C. Travis D. Beneatha D. Ruth
___41. I ain’t never stop trusting you. Like I ain’t never stop loving you.
___42. Yeah- I always wanted to live in a house.
___43. You trust me like that, Mama?
___44. Yes- she says everything is going to be fine.
___45. Did you mean to? I mean did you plan it or was it an accident?
VI. Spelling. Choose the correctly spelled words. Write the letter of the correct answer.
46. A. Mercurial B. Mircureal C. Mercureal D. Mercurrial
47. A. Defferred B. Deferred C. Diffired D. Deffiride
48. A. Discremination B. Descrimenation C. Discrimination D. Discriminetion
49. A. Villain B. Vellain C. Vilaine D. Villaine
50. A. Descirning B. Dicernning C. Discirneng D. Discerning