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32. The “Dead Stars” by Paz Marquez Benitez symbolizes 38. It is a generally accepted first principle of oral
___________. interpretation that the reader must be true to
A. the love of Esperanza for Alfredo A. the performance space
B. the author
B. the love of Alfredo for Julia C. the method
C. the love of Julia for Alfredo D. the audience
E. his or her training
D. the love of Alfredo for Esperanza
39. Within the communication process, the area that causes
TO A LOST ONE the most breakdowns is _____.
Angela Manalang-Gloria A. interference
B. feedback
I shall haunt you O my lost one, as the twilight C. the situation
Haunts a re-entangled trail, D. the channel
And your dreams will linger strangely with the music E. the message
Of a phantom lover’s tale,
You shall not forget, for I am past forgetting, 40. David is preparing a speech about why Hollywood
I shall come to you again became the center of the motion picture industry and the
With the starlight and the scent of white champacas, impact that its development as the center had on
And the melody of rain. filmmaking. David’s speech should be organized using
You shall not forget. Dust will peer into your which of the following methods?
Window, tragic-eyed and still, A. Spatial
And unbidden, startle you into remembrance B. Chronological
With its hand upon the still. C. Cause-effect
D. Problem-solution
32. What is the poem “To a Lost One” about? E. Topical
A. An appeal to be remembered by a lover
41. All of the following are correct descriptions of listening
B. A threat to a lover behavior EXCEPT _____.
C. Beautiful memories of a dead person A. Careful listening can lead to anticipation of a
speaker’s actions.
D. A ghost that haunts a fastidious lover B. People who learn to listen selectively can shut out
what is undesirable.
33. What virtue of the writer is depicted in the poem? C. Listening comprises more than one-half of all
A. forgiving communication.
B. honest D. The ability to be a good listener comes naturally, and
C. romantic no training is necessary.
D. faithful E. Being an effective communicator means that one
must listen to oneself.
34. What does this line “I shall come to you again with the
starlight, and the scent of champacas’?
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42. When a group is faced with a problem requiring immediate 49. If the students think about the knowledge of their own
action, the most effective leadership style is _____. thoughts and the factors that influence their thinking, they
A. authoritarian are engaged in the process of _____.
B. democratic A. artistic thinking
C. laissez-faire B. metacognition
D. charismatic C. higher-order thinking
E. permissive D. critical thinking
43. Schema activation is important to make sense of new 50. Mrs. Torres wants to find out her students’ schema about
information in light of what students already know, and to storm surge. On the board she writes the words “storm
make the necessary connection between the two. The surge” and encircles them. She, then, asks her students
following are good activities for schema activation what they know about storm surge, and helps them cluster
EXCEPT _____. the information. What technique does Mrs. Torres use?
A. constructing graphic organizer A. demonstration
B. previewing a passage B. vocabulary building
C. brainstorming ideas C. semantic mapping
D. evaluating or assessing ideas D. deductive reasoning
44. The following are concerns of teaching reading EXCEPT 51. The underlined verbs in the following sentences are
_____. classified as _____.
A. vocabulary development The time is now.
B. comprehension development The world became flesh.
C. output development We remain silent.
D. application
A. intransitive
45. The following are principles for designing effective and B. reflexive
interesting reading lessons EXCEPT _____. C. transitive
A. For reading lessons to be interesting and motivating D. ascriptive
they must focus on simple themes.
B. Instructional activities have a teaching rather than a 52. Which of the following is the true description of an
testing focus. auxiliary verb?
C. Lessons should be divided into pre-reading, during A. It is used to complete the verb phrase in certain
reading, and post-reading. constructions such as the emphatic, the negative, the
D. The major activity of the reading lesson is students passive, or the perfect and progressive aspects.
reading texts. B. It occurs before the main verb, and denotes
modification of the basic meaning of the main verb.
46. Content-Based Instruction (CBI) is based on the common C. It belongs to several classifications of verbs. It may
underlying principle that successful language learning take an impersonal it as a subject.
occurs when students are presented with target language D. It is followed by noun or noun phrase functioning as
material in a meaningful, contextualized form, with the its direct object.
primary focus on _____.
A. understanding the lessons 53. What preferred tense is used for “stage directions and
B. acquiring information and knowledge synopses?
C. making connections between what they learn at A. present
school and what they learn outside the school B. past
D. making meaning from what they learn C. future
D. present perfect
47. It is a vocabulary strategy which involves the process of
breaking up of a word into its meaningful components: the 54. The word “just” in the sentence below indicates _____.
root words, affixes, and suffixes. “She has just eaten.”
A. contextual clues A. an action that was true in the past and is still relevant
B. structural analysis to the present
C. summarizing B. a recently completed action
D. groupings C. an action which was completed before another past
action
48. Which of the following questions is best for activating D. an action continuing at a given point in time
students’ prior knowledge to feel that they somehow
connected to the topic “snakes” being studied? 55. All of the following contains verbal EXCEPT _____.
A. What do you know about snakes? What snakes are A. Satisfied, the producer began paying the artists.
common in your area? B. Having recovered her voice, the soprano hit her top
B. What according to the selection are the types of notes well.
snakes? C. Your mom arrived after you had gone.
C. What did the writer suggest to the person who was D. To see is to believe.
bitten by snakes to do?
D. What is the importance of animals such as snakes in 56. What type of mood is indicated in this sentence: “How did
ecosystem? you come to know about that tragic event?”
A. indicative
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B. subjunctive 65. Which of the following does NOT function as a pronoun?
C. imperative A. I
D. directive B. we
C. you
D. my
61. Which sentence has ditransitive verb? 70. The underlined word in this sentence “We elected him
A. Those guys are highly intelligent group of engineers. chairman” functions as _____.
B. Those mean boys tried to throw a rock through our A. direct object
windows. B. indirect object
C. Nobody will believe a ruffian like you. C. objective complement
D. My mother gave me this cardigan for Christmas. D. predicate nominative
62. “When we arrived, they gave us badges.” Which of the 71. Which of the following words is derived from a French
following questions should be asked to find the direct word?
object? A. Armadillo
A. What did we do? B. Geography
B. When did we arrive? C. Poultry
C. What did they give us? D. Laser
D. Who gave us badges?
72. The style of writing employed in this passage can be best
63. All of the following contain operator verbs EXCEPT ____. described as _____.
A. My father approves your marriage proposal. A. standard English
B. Will your father approve my marriage proposal? B. formal English
C. My father won’t approve your marriage proposal. C. jargon
D. Your father will approve my marriage proposal, won’t D. dialect
he?
The stars were shining, and the leaves rustled in the woods
64. Each person’s vocabulary is a continuum. On the one end ever so mournful; and I heard an owl, away off, who-whooing
of the continuum are words the person knows very well about somebody that was dead, and a whippowill and a dog
and for which he has a full rich understanding of their crying about somebody that was going to die; and the wind
various meanings. On the other end of the continuum are? was trying to whisper something to me, and I couldn’t make out
A. words he enjoys using regularly what it was, and so it made the cold shivers run over me. The
B. new words that he has learned both the spelling and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
meaning for
C. words he doesn’t recognize 73. The author’s use of language in this passage helps to
D. words he can recognize and figure out the meaning of demonstrate the speaker’s ____
based on context A. lack of intelligence
B. lack of education
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C. good-heartedness City of the Big Shoulders:
D. confusion I. -Chicago by Carl Sandburg
76. Which type of logical fallacy is demonstrated by this 82. Which of the following sentences should be revised in
argument? order to correct an error?
It is essential that we reject the proposed changes to A. Sentence 1, to correct an error in comma use
the company’s insurance plan. If we don’t protest against B. Sentence 2, to correct an error in apostrophe use
these changes now, we’ll soon end up with no health C. Sentence 3, to correct an error in comma use
coverage at all. D. Sentence 4, to correct an error in agreement
A. slippery slope
B. red herring The themes of liberty and freedom are central to much of
C. strawman American literature, particularly the literature produced during
D. circular reasoning the American Renaissance. (2) As the issues of women’s rights
and abolition came to the forefront of the American
77. Which of the following works of literature was originally consciousness, writers delved deep into an exploration of the
written in Modern English? meaning of freedom for the country and for individuals. (3)
A. The Decameron Three such writers from this time period who focus on issues
B. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight of freedom are Margaret Fuller, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and
C. War and Peace Harriet Jacobs. (4) Each of these writers develop an answer to
D. Paradise Lost the question posed by Stowe in Uncle Tom’s Cabin: “Liberty! –
electric world! What is it?”
78. The line is an example of ____.
I. apostrophe 83. Which of the following English words is most commonly
II. personification pronounced with the vowel sound /ə/ (i.e., schwa)?
III. hyperbole A. where
IV. metonymy B. who
C. what
A. II only D. why
B. I and II only
C. I, II, and IV only 84. Why do most fathers prefer a son _____ a daughter for his
D. II and IV only first-born child?
A. to
“They tell me you are wicked and I believe B. than
them, for I have seen your painted women C. from
under the gas lamps luring the farm boys. D. over
-Chicago by Carl Sandburg
85. I am going to sit and rest _______.
79. This poem is most likely influenced by which of the A. a little bit
following? B. a while
A. Industrialization C. a little more
B. Increased immigration D. awhile
C. Western expansion
D. World War II patriotism 86. Which sentence has error in punctuation?
A. “You’re a great friend,” Jose said.
Hog Butcher for the World B. Judith, my best friend went to a concert last Friday.
Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, C. I have a lot of work to do; as such, I left for work a few
Player with Railroads and the Nation’s minutes early.
Freight Handler; D. According to the radio, surface streets were the best
Stormy, husky, brawling, alternative to the congested freeways.
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87. Unprepared for such a strong rebuttal, _____. D. I. Plays
A. the lawyer’s attempt at winning the case failed a. Tragedies
B. the lawyer’s attempt failed to win the case 1. Hamlet…
C. the lawyer failed to win the case b. Histories
D. the lawyer failed in his attempt to win the case 2. King Lear…
c. Comedies
88. ______ on the MTRCB to take action. 3. Titus Adronicus…
A. Whenever television is denounced by viewers for its II. Poems
violence, they call
B. Whenever television is denounced for its violence, 92. The narrator of this passage is _____.
viewers call A. Victor C. the monster
C. Whenever viewers denounce television for its Elizabeth D. the author
violence, they call
D. Whenever a denunciation of television is voiced, they But how was I direct myself? I knew that I must travel in a
call southwesterly direction to reach my destination, but the sun
was only guide. I did not know the names of the towns that I
89. Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman, has been called was to pass through, nor could I ask information from a single
a “tragedy of the common man” because it _____. human being; but I did not despair. From you only could I hope
A. depicts the fall from grace of an important person for succor, although towards you I felt no sentiment but that of
B. fits Aristotle formal definition of tragedy hatred. Unfeeling, heartless creator! You had endowed me with
C. gives an ordinary salesman’s life weight and meaning perceptions and passions and then cast me abroad an object
D. is written in a poetic and serious style for the scorn and horror of mankind. But on you only had I any
claim for pity and redress, and from you I determined to seek
90. He holds the distinction of being the first Asian to receive that justice which I vainly attempted to gain from any other
the Nobel Prize for literature. being that wore the human form.
A. Wole Soyinka -Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
B. Yasunari Kawabata 93. “A part of its orb was at length hid, and I waved my brand;
C. Po Chu-I it sank, and with a loud scream I fired the straw, and
D. Rabindranath Tagore heath, and bushes, which I had collected.”-from the
passage
91. Which outline correctly organizes and categorizes Which of the following is a correct restatement of the
information pertaining to the work of William above?
Shakespeare? A. When my branding iron sank, I screamed and shot at
A. I. Plays the bushes.
a. Tragedies B. When the moon set, I screamed and burned the
1. King Lear… cottage.
b. Histories C. When I could not find the orb, I screamed and kicked
2. Richard III… at the straw and the bushes.
c. Comedies D. I waited until the sun set, then I screamed and set fire
3. Twelfth Night… to the forest.
II. Poems
94. A Marxist interprettation of “Waiting for Godot” would
B. I. Plays probably focus on _____.
a. Tragedies A. the poverty and despair of its working-class
1. Hamlet… characters
b. Poems B. the use of archetypes in the portrayals of the
2. My Mistress’ Eyes… characters
c. Comedies C. the power imbalances in the relationships of the
3. All’s Well That Ends Well… characters
II. Histories D. the reliance of the two main characters on the
eventual arrival of a “savior”
C. I. Plays 95. In paragraph 2, Mandy Ringer and Dr. Clevenger are
a. Tragedies mentioned in order to emphasize which point about
1. Comedies Sapphira and the Slave Girl?
b. Histories A. A number of the characters in the novel are based on
2. Henry V… people Cather knew in her childhood.
c. Poems B. The novel displays Cather’s mixed feelings about
3. Not Marble Nor the Gilded slavery.
Monuments… C. Cather took four years to complete the novel because
II. The Tempest she carefully researched her characters.
D. One of Cather’s purposes in writing the novel was to
paint a full portrait of life in rural Virginia in the years
before the Civil War
106.Philippine mythology and superstitions are very diverse. It 112. In preparation for a writing unit on short stories, a teacher
includes a collection of tales and superstitions about presents students with several examples of short stories
magical creatures and entities like _____ and works with them to identify defining characteristics of
A. kapre, aswang, matruculan, duwende, tiyanak etc. the genre. Which of the following best describes this
B. sirena, syokoy, etc. instructional strategy?
C. cherubs, guardian angels, etc. A. conferencing
D. Malakas at Maganda, etc. B. discipline-based inquiry
C. self-regulated strategy development
107.In Greek mythology, she was the most beautiful woman in D. introduction-body-conclusion strategy
the world. A daughter of the god Zeus*, she is best known
for the part she played in causing the Trojan War. Some 113. In a holistic evaluation of student essays, evaluations are
scholars suggest that she was also a very ancient made on the basis of the _____
goddess associated with trees and birds. A. overall number and variety of errors made by each
A. Penelope, queen of Ithaca student
B. Persephone, queen of the underworld B. overall number of sentences, length and complexity
C. Helen of Troy demonstrated in each essay
D. Hera, queen of Olympus C. overall ability of each student to communicate in a
variety of discourse modes
108.When Paris abducted Helen to Troy, all the Greek princes D. overall quality of each student’s essay in relation to
were bound by the oath to help Menelaus recover Helen. the topic
Athena and Hera who were not chosen by Paris sided with
the Greeks who sent one thousand ships to Troy to. What 114. What literary theory or approach is shown in the following
does this indicate? passage?
A. Serious decisions have serious consequences. A. Feminist Criticism
B. Paris was wrong in choosing Aphrodite as winner. B. Psychoanalytic Theory
C. Hera and Athena harbored ill feelings. C. Reader-Response Criticism
D. Zeus ordered the goddesses to take side in the war. D. Romantic Theory
109.He was the son of Zeus and Leto, twin brother of Artemis. The difficulties involved in the governess’s effort to create
He was the god of music, and he is often depicted playing a space for herself outside of patriarchal boundaries are
a golden lyre. He was also known as the Archer, far metaphorically represented in her struggle for the children.
shooting with a silver bow; the god of healing, giving the While she believes she is engaged in a battle with the ghosts
science of medicine to man; the god of light; and the god for the children’s souls, she is also, symbolically, involved in
of truth. overcoming patriarchal definitions of womanhood. Rejecting
A. Mars the ineffectual role played by Mrs. Grose, the respectable
B. Neptune matron character, the governess attempts to define herself
C. Jupiter against the sexualized whose figure, Miss Jessel, as she tries,
D. Apollo to supplant the male-authority figure, Peter Quint. Neitherof
these roles can help her in her struggle for a subject position,
110. Which of the following is the best description of traditional however, as is made clear when the governess cannot replace
phonics instruction? Miss Jessel for Flora, or Quint for Miles.
A. Students study lists of high-frequency words in order
to increase reading speed and comprehension. 115. What literary theory or approach is shown in the following
B. Students are taught individual letter sounds and the passage?
rules of combining the sounds together to make A. Marxist Literary theory
words B. Psychoanalytic Theory
C. Students are immersed in written language, and is C. Postmodern Literary Theory
encourage to decode entire words using context D. Deconstruction
clues.
D. Students analyze patterns of organization and syntax Not only James’s governess fit the classic profile of the
as a way of learning to recognize common structures. female sexual hysteric, she also experiences the “hysterical fit”
observed by turn-of-the-century clinicians. That her first
hallucination precipitates a “nervous explosion” of some
intensity is clear from her own account. Like that of the classic
hysteric, her “mental activity...is split up, and only a part of it is
conscious.” Her initial fantasy of her handsome employer is
conscious, but his transformation into a figure embodying her
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