Guimaras Baptist Academy Inc.

San Miguel, Jordan, Guimaras

Government Recognition (R-VI)
ER-27, S. 2009, SR-010, S. 2013

4th Grading Exam in English 10

SY 2017-2018
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TEST 1- READING COMPREHENSION
John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as President on January 21, 1961. At age 43, he was the
youngest person to be elected President, and the first President to be born in the 20th century.
Below is part of his inaugural speech.

We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from this time and place,
to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century,
tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or
permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are
committed today at home and around the world. Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall
pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the
success of liberty. This much we pledge – and more.

One of the most famous lines from the President’s speech is: “the torch has been passed to a new generation of
Americans...” Explain in your own words what he means. What is the torch? Why does it apply to President Kennedy?
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President Kennedy reminds his audience that “those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended
up inside.” What does the tiger represent? How does it relate to supporting freedom?
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TEST II-Find the Main Idea Major Art Periods Write the main idea of the paragraph in the large box
below. Write two supporting ideas in the boxes.

Three major movements in the history of art are Medieval, Renaissance and Modern. The Medieval period,
which encompasses the time from around 600 AD into the 14th century, is predominately religious in nature. Objects
are not portrayed realistically, but as simple flat images. During the Renaissance period, beginning in the late 14th
century and continuing into the 16th century, artists developed a more realistic style. Renaissance artists also
discovered the use of perspective which brought a three dimensional feeling to two dimensional art work. Prominent
artists of this time were Leonardo da Vinci and Jan van Eyck. Modern art, which encompasses the Impressionist and
Cubist movements, began in the late 19th century and through the 20th century. Rather than focusing on realism,
artists explored the use of light, movement and color. Modern artists include Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Vincent
van Gogh.
TEST III- : Paraphrase the following Paragraph.

1. The American citizen lives in a world where fantasy is more real than reality, where the image has more dignity
than the original. We hardly dare face our bewilderment because our ambiguous experience is so pleasantly
iridescent, and the solace of belief in contrived reality is so thoroughly real. We have become eager accessories to
the great hoaxes of the age. These are the hoaxes we play on ourselves.
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2. The twenties were the year when drinking was against the law, and the law was a bad joke because
everyone knew of a local bar where liquor could be had. They were the years when organized crime
ruled the cities, and the police seemed powerless to do anything against it. Classical music was forgotten
while jazz spread throughout the land, and men like Bix Beiderbecke, Louis Armstrong, and Count
Basie became the heroes of the young. The flapper was born in the twenties, and with her bobbed hair
and short skirts, she symbolized, perhaps more than anyone or anything else, America's break with the
past.

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3. . Of the more than 1000 bicycling deaths each year, three-fourths are caused by head injuries. Half of
those killed are school-age children. One study concluded that wearing a bike helmet can reduce the risk
of head injury by 85 percent. In an accident, a bike helmet absorbs the shock and cushions the head.

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4. Matisse is the best painter ever at putting the viewer at the scene. He's the most realistic of all modern
artists, if you admit the feel of the breeze as necessary to a landscape and the smell of oranges as
essential to a still life. "The Casbah Gate" depicts the well-known gateway Bab el Aassa, which pierces
the southern wall of the city near the sultan's palace. With scrubby coats of ivory, aqua, blue, and rose
delicately fenced by the liveliest gray outline in art history, Matisse gets the essence of a Tangier
afternoon, including the subtle presence of the bowaab, the sentry who sits and surveys those who pass
through the gate.

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5. . "Email's intoxicating qualities are now well known: It's convenient, efficient, simple, and informal, a
way to stay connected to more people, a democratizing force in the workplace and less intrusive than the
telephone. But as email proliferates, its more pernicious effects are increasingly evident. Much as it
facilitates the conduct of business, email is threatening to overrun people's lives."

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