I.

KNOWLEDGE

Direction: Choose the letter that answers to the corresponding questions.

1. A parenthetical expression is a word or words that

a.) add details to a sentence.

b.) are essential to a sentence

c.) gives more information to the main verb.

d.) it completes the sentence

2. A parenthetical expression doesn’t change a sentence’s basic

a.) punctuation

b.) length

c.) structure

d.) stress

3. "Global temperatures, as expected, are rising." The parenthetical expression is

a.) as expected

b.) are rising

c.) Global

d.) temperatures

4. Which sentence includes a parenthetical expression?

a.) The traffic’s terrible, as usual.

b.) It isn’t always this bad, is it?

c.) It was a wonderful evening, wasn't it?

d.) She haven't been well lately.

5. "She likes him very much – or so it seems." Which is the parenthetical expression?

a.)very much

b.)or so it seems

c.) She

d.) likes him

6. Which can separate a mid-sentence parenthetic from the rest of a sentence?

a.) commas, round brackets or long dashes

b.) commas, semi-colons or quotation marks

c.) period or question mark

d.) exclamation point or asterisks

7. Which includes a correctly-punctuated parenthetical expression?

a.) Rock music (or rock-n-roll) began in America.

b.) Rock music, or rock-n-roll – began in America.

c.) He slept early but woke up late.

d.) He slept early, but woke up late.

8. "Trump – as we all now know – won the election." Without the parenthetic, the sentence is

a.) as we all now know.

b.) Trump won the election.

c.) Trump as we all now know

d.) As we all now know, won the election.

9. What does the name Mimir means?

a.) Memory

b.) Tough

c.) Well

d.) Challenges

10. Who wants to take a sip from the well?

a.) Mimir

b.) Odin

c.) Thor

d.) Loki

11. Odin sat on the throne in...

a.) Olympus
b.) Asgard

c.) Parsua

d.) England

12. Who did Arachne challenged?

a.) Aphrodite

b.) Athene

c.) Psyche

d.) Persephone

13. What does Arachne become after she was cursed by Athene?

a.) A dog

b.) Spider

c.) Bird

d.) tread

II. MODALS

Direction: Choose the correct modal to use in the sentence.

14. Sally looks worried . She ______ have a problem with something.

a.) must

b.) should

c.) needs to

d.) would

15. It ______ have been Jack I saw in the park yesterday, but I’m not sure about it.

a.) might

b.) must

c.) needs to

d.) shouldn't

16. She ____ drink to much liquor.

a.) should

b.) shouldn't
c.) must

d.) ought to

17. It ____ have been better if I chose the conservative type of dress.

a.) should

b.) would

c.) shall

d.) will

18. She _____ eat with me later.

a.) can

b.) will

c.) may

d.) shouldn't

19. I ____ pass my examination.

a.) shall

b.) would

c.) shouldn't

d.) ought not to

20. You, ____ I teach you what is knowledge?

a.) will

b.) shall

c.) must

d.) ought to

21. You _____ do that again! It's dangerous.

a.) ought not to

b.) couldn't

c.) should

d.) must

22. I ____ to eat breakfast.

a.) need

b.) will

c.) shall

d.) must

23. You ____ be her sister because you look like her.

a.) might

b.) must

c.) should

d.) shall

III. VOCABULARY

Direction: Choose the appropriate word or word phrase to complete the sentences.

24. Many people are living in temporary shelters after days of intense rain that caused_____ damage in
the provinces of Indonesia.

a.) intimate

b.) flexible

c.) sufficient

d.) substantialy

25. The vast majority of Egypt's inhabitants live in the Nile valley and delta, and the rest of the country is
_____ populated.

a.) sparsely

b.) exclusively

c.) considerately

d.) eagerly

26. The most common method of thieves nowadays is to steal the entire safe and move it to a location
where they have the time and tools to _______ the safe and remove its contents.

a.) take apart

b.) cut down

c.)put out

d.) run into

27. The storm causing flooding and landslides in Miami prompted the government to ______ hundreds
from coastal towns.

a.) evaporate

b.) evacuate

c.) encourage

d.) contribute

28. Little is known about the ______ of bats, since their small, delicate skeletons do not fossilize well.

a.) contribution

b.) evacuation

c.) evolution

d.) solution

29. The HIV virus is ______ complex and there are many unknowns about how it operates and how
people's bodies react to it.

a.) extremely

b.) determinedly

c.) previously

d.) considerately

30. The jury reached a verdict of not guilty as there wasn't _______ evidence to prove beyond a
reasonable doubt he intended to kill his boss.

a.) loyal

b.) flexible

c.) obsolete

d.) sufficient

31. The manager scolded the new employee so fiercely that she ______ in tears, leaving the room in a
hurry.

a.) broke down

b.) cut down

c.) took over

d.) kept on
32. The young graduate has made a wonderful speech and said he is extremely grateful to his parents
and loved ones who have always supported and ---- him in his studies.

a.) restricted

b.) fascinated

c.) encouraged

d.) demolished

33. William Harvey’s significant discoveries impacted science immensely and without his ______, the
field of science would not be how we know it today.

a.) evolution

b.) disturbance

c.) reversal

d.) contribution

IV. READING COMPREHENSION

Read the selection and answer the question below.

If you have endured a great despair,

Then you did it alone.

Getting a transfusion from a fire,

Picking the scabs off your heart,

Then wringing it out like a sock.

-from: "Courage" by Anne Sexton

34. The feeling that the writer intends us to have toward life is ______.

a.) Contentment

b.) courage

c.) fear

d.) hopelessness

35. The word in the poem that gives hints at the mood it evokes is ______.

a.) aspired

b.) sail
c.) sink

d.) succeed

36.) The two lines from the poem express ______.

a.) arrogance

b.) courage

c.) optimism

d.) warning

I deeply envied Bobby his self-control

and tried my best to emulate him,

even as I suspected I’d never master the trick.

37. Based on the sentence, what does the word emulate mean?

a.) teach

b.) avoid

c.) imitate

d.) distract

 One spring, beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, I saw a red-haired

brown rat that had been run over by a car.
 . . . people . . . throw the food that they have not eaten onto the
tracks, along with newspapers and soda bottles and, I have
noticed, thousands of no-longer-charged AA batteries, waiting to
leak acid.

38. What do the examples show about the author’s research methods?

a.) The author relies on data from published studies.

b.) The author looks for humorous stories about rats.

c.) The author gathers his own field observations.

d.) The author contrasts rats with other animals.

39. Which of the following would be the best subtitle for the excerpt?

a.) “The Disease Carrier”

b.) “Toward a Cleaner City”

c.) “Life on the Train Tracks”

d.) “Succeeding among Humans”

40. In paragraph 1, what does the information between the dashes provide?

a.) a transition

b.) a definition

c.) a personal belief

d.) a familiar comparison

V. COMPOSITION WRITING (Persuasive Essay)

Direction: Imagine that you are a sales representative persuading other costumers to buy the latest
gadget or product you're selling/promoting. Write a paragraph convincing the public about the
advantages of buying the gadget. (10 points)