English 8

1st Preliminary Test

July 11-12, 2019

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“Life is always a matter of choice. If you choose a life of success, strive for it. If you choose a
life of misery, continue treading your foolish ways. Always remember, regret is always at the
end. God bless you!” -Paul Porras

TEST I- Multiple Choice

Direction: Read each item comprehensively. Encircle the letter of your best choice that answers
the question.

1. Which of the following situation shows critical thinking?

A. Holly Marie simply accepts the information she got from the internet.
B. George actively listens to the lecture about the K-12 curriculum and formulates questions
about the things that are not clear to her.
C. Joven gets angry when he received a text message that his girlfriend has another guy.
D. Sittie easily jumps into conclusion about the gossips that her classmate is pregnant.
2. One of the major problems in school is the improper disposal of garbage. As a senior high
school student, what should be the best thing you can do to help solving this problem?
A. Don’t mind the problem, it is not yours.
B. Call the principal and tell him that it is his responsibility to maintain the cleanliness of the
school.
C. Start discussing the problem with your classmates and brainstorm the best thing that you
can do to help maintaining cleanliness.
D. Tell you adviser to call a parents’ meeting and let them clean the school campus.
3. It is a type of thinking that enables a person to process and evaluate ideas to come up with
his/her own perspective.
A. Over thinking C. Critical thinking
B. Non-critical thinking D. Simple thinking
4. Teacher Warren asks the students about their topic last meeting. What level of thinking is
involved?
A. Analyzing C. Creating
B. Evaluating D. Remembering
5. It refers to making judgments on the value and validity of ideas and events.
A. Creating C. Analyzing
B. Evaluating D. Remembering
6. Aby looks quickly over a section of text she read to get a general idea of the meaning. What
activity is involved?
A. Scanning C. Skimming
B. Defining D. Summarizing
11. If you are looking for your name in a list of names of all Senior High School students of
Don Bosco Filipino School, what reading strategy is involved?
A. Summarizing C. Skimming
B. Locating the main topic D. Scanning
12. After reading the novel entitled “The Beggar”, Erica condenses the novel into a shorter
passage by just getting the main ideas. What activity did she do?
A. Summarizing C. Paraphrasing
 B. Locating the main idea D. Scanning
14. You are very eager to help your school in disciplining the students in term of proper disposal
of garbage. As a president of your homeroom, what should be the best thing you can do?
A. Buy trash bins using your own money as a donation to your school.
B. Gather your classmates and encourage them to throw their garbage in a proper place, and
help the school maintaining its cleanliness through picking up trashes in the corridors.
C. Tell the school administration to hire more janitors to clean the school campus.
D. Volunteer to clean the whole campus in one day.
15. Which scenario best represents a situation that has been decided by emotion alone?
A. Elvir hates the winter, so even though she can't afford it, she takes a vacation to the
Bahamas.
B. The school shuts down after a bomb threat.
C. Third-quarter earnings for Shania's company were much higher than predicted.
D. Pearl Joy needs a new mixer, so she watches the newspaper ads and buys one when it goes
on sale.

TEST II-TRUE OR FALSE

Direction: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE is otherwise.
________ 1. Reading academic texts requires focus and understanding.
_________2. Critical or reflective reading helps you identify the key arguments presented by
the author and analyze the concepts presented in the text.
_________3. To adopt a critical reading approach, practice the strategies to be employed
during each stage of reading.
________ 4. Reading does not require concentration and comprehension.
________ 5. Authors of academic text usually present facts to support their main argument.
_________6. There is always a risk that the sources taken from the internet or anywhere else
have biased or incorrect information.
________ 7. Evaluating and filtering sources is not that important before using the
information.
_________8. Plagiarism is a serious offense in which someone takes and uses the ideas,
information, concepts, or argument without proper citation.
_________9. Pleasure reading is when you look for the article that that you can use in
completing you research paper.
________10. Talking with your self is also an form of interpersonal communication.

TEST III-READING COMPREHENSION

Direction: Read the text below and answer the questions that follow.
The Child's Wish Granted
by George Parsons Lathrop

Do you remember, my sweet absent son,

How in the soft June days for ever done,
You loved the heavens so warm and clear and high,
And when I lifted you, soft came your cry —
"Put me 'way up, 'way up in the blue sky"?

I laughed and said I could not; set you down,

Your grey eyes wonder-filled beneath that crown
Of bright hair gladdening me as you raced by.
Another Father now, more strong than I,
Has borne you voiceless to your dear blue sky.

1. The poem is probably about…

A. The persona’s child’s death C. The father who is telling his
son about the sky
B. The relationship of the persona with his child D. The child’s fascination with
the sky
2. It can be inferred that the “dear blue sky” in the last line is…
A. Heaven C. The future
B. Home D. The reflection the sky in the sea
3. The “Father” in the second to the last line is…
A. The child’s real father C. Death
B. God D. Heaven

TEST IV-DISCUSSION

1. How does reading help human to survive in their daily life? Discuss it in at least 3
paragraphs.
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“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.”

Prepared by: Mr. Paul P. Porras