Our Lady of the Pillar College- San Manuel Inc.

San Manuel, Isabela

Basic Education Department

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
School Year 2020-2021

SUMMATIVE EVALUATION IN ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES 11

Name: _____________________________________________________ Score: ______________________

Section: _______________ Date: _______________________
Learning Competencies:
• Use knowledge of text structure to glean the information he/she needs. (MELCS)
• Differentiate language used in academic texts from various disciplines. (MELCS)
• State the thesis statement of an academic text. (MELCS)
• Outline reading texts in various disciplines. (MELCS)

I. MULTIPLE CHOICES: Read and answer the following questions. Choose the letter of the correct and best
answer. Write your answer on the space provided before each item. (25 points)

For items 1-5, use the text and your knowledge of text structure to answer the questions.

The number of calories burned during an exercise depends on various factors including body
weight and the type of exercise. For example, an individual weighing 59 kilograms (130 pounds)
would expend roughly 500 calories per hour swimming or playing basketball. However, this same
person would burn an estimated 200 walking or playing table tennis. In order to survive and
maintain body weight, the average individual requires approximately 2000 to 2500 calories per
day. Gaining or losing weight is a simple process. Add and subtract 7,700 calories over the course
of time to gain or lose a kilogram. Nutrition has nothing to do with it. It is all about calories.

______ 1. What is the text all about?

a. Body weight is hard to maintain.
b. The type of exercise is a great factor to cut calories.
c. Reducing calories may lead to weight loss and vice versa.
d. Too much calories will let a person do exercises like swimming.
______ 2. What is the problem discussed in the text?
a. increasing number of obese c. weight gain and loss
b. low rate of calories intake d. rigid exercises and weight loss
______ 3. What is the solution to maintaining body weight?
a. Do varied exercises to burn calories.
b. Plan and implement nutritional program.
c. Swim and play basketball as part of routine.
d. Limit calories intake of 2000 to 2500 calories per day.
______ 4. How much calories will be lost after an hour of swimming?
a. 200 b. 300 c. 400 d. 500
______ 5. What is the effect of exercise to the body based on the text?
a. It helps in the maintenance of nutrition.
b. It aids in the burning of excess calories in the body.
c. It greatly affects weight gain to approximately 7,000 calories.
d. It strengthens the bones and muscles and helps avoid serious diseases.
______ 6. What characteristic of an academic language is missing in the text?
a. citation b. structure c. language d. thesis-driven

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 For items 7-12, use the text and your knowledge of text structure to answer the questions.
A landscape architect considers many things when choosing the plants for a building’s grounds.
She observes whether areas are sunny or shady. In the meantime, she can’t help but notice the
beautiful architecture of the building itself, especially the placement of windows and archways.
She thinks about how tall and wide plants will grow over time. Some trees and shrubs do not lose
their leaves. She uses these plants to give steady color but also chooses some flowering plants.
The flowers provide interest and variety. Using her wisdom, she designs surroundings that make a
building more attractive.

______ 7. What is the text all about?

a. Landscape architects have crucial work in building houses.
b. Plants for buildings are critically chosen by landscape architects.
c. Being a landscape architect will require one to be a keen observer.
d. Flowers and plants chosen by landscape architects will add beauty to a building.
______ 8. What does a landscape architect do base on the text?
a. Plants flowers in a building.
b. Chooses and places plants around a building.
c. Designs in the interior and exterior of the building.
d. Makes sure that the structured building is safe and secured.
______ 9. Which is not considered by a landscape architect?
a. areas around the building that are sunny
b. placement of the doors and walls
c. colors and variety of the plants
d. size and heigh of the plants
______ 10. What characteristic of an academic text is used above?
a. critical b. considerate c. personal d. objective
______ 11. What is the tone of the text?
a. narrative b. cohesive c. distortive d. imaginative
______ 12. What point of view is used in the text?
a. first person b. second person c. third person d. first and second person

For items 13-18, use the text and your knowledge of text structure to answer the questions.
As a learner-centered process to second language (L2) writing, peer response has been widely
adopted and studied since the 1990s (Hyland &Hyland, 2006). The dialogic nature of peer response
seems to foster multiple support systems (Hyland, 2000) and communicative behaviors (Villamil &
de Guerrero, 1996). L2 research has shown that peer response can increase chances for meaning
negotiation and language practice (Lockhart & Ng, 1995; Mendonca & Johnson, 1994),
encourage collaborative reading and writing (Tsui & Ng, 2000), and promote writing revisions (Berg,
1999; Mendonca & Johnson, 1994;; Min, 2006, 2008; Stanley, 1992). These interactive practices
appear to draw upon and enhance interactional and writing skills.

______ 13. What is the topic sentence of the text?

a. first sentence c. third sentence
b. second sentence d. fourth sentence
______ 14. What characteristic of an academic text is very evident on the text?
a. simplicity b. citation c. opinion-based d. clarity
______ 15. What is the effect of using peer response in writing base on the text?
a. Learners can adapt easily to the lesson.
b. Learners have support system from different points.
c. Learners develop their social and intellectual aspects.
d. Learners create more texts that are comprehensive and effective.

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______ 16. What is meant by L2?
a. first language b. second language c. reading and writing d. listening and speaking
______ 17. Why can peer response enable communicative behaviors of the learners?
a. Peer response has uniqueness as a method.
b. It is based on research and studies by great teachers.
c. It has a dialogic nature that makes students use language.
d. Peer response has been used for decades and has stand the test of time.
______ 18. Who are the possible audience of this text?
a. teachers b. business men c. parents d. workers
______ 19. What is true about peer response base on the text?
a. This method is focused on language forms and structure.
b. Peer response makes learners become effective listeners.
c. The peer response improves interactional and writing skills.
d. It also encourages development of reading and viewing skills.
______ 20. What language is used in the text?
a. casual b. formal c. interactive d. critical

______ 21. Which of the following is the strong thesis statement?

a. Violent video games are harmful for young people to play.
b. Violent video games are harmful to young people, and it should be stopped.
c. Violent video games are harmful for young people to play because it promotes a sedentary lifestyle,
encourages violence, and can cause children to become desensitized to death.
d. Violent video games are harmful for young people because they should be reading a book.
______ 22. Which of the following is the strong thesis statement?
a. I would like to become a chef when I finish school because I like to cook.
b. Although both chefs and cooks can prepare fine meals, chefs differ from cooks in education, professional
commitment, and artistry.
c. Both chefs and cooks prepare meals but are different in several ways.
d. A career in the culinary arts is a good choice for many reasons.
______ 23. Which topic sentence DOES NOT belong to the thesis below?
Schools should start later in the day because it would allow for more sleep, aid efforts at better nutrition,
and be more convenient for both students and parents.
a. To begin, if school started later, it would also get out later.
b. Also, teens would be able to sleep in longer and feel more rested for the start of the day.
c. Furthermore, it will be easier to eat a healthy breakfast if there is more time to do so.
d. Most importantly, a later start time would be easier for parents and students to plan around.
______ 24. Which is the best thesis statement?
a. There is an epidemic of cheating in America's schools and colleges, and there are no easy solutions
to this problem.
b. There are several steps that teachers can take to encourage academic integrity and curtail
cheating in their classes.
c. Cheating in schools shows that students committing such will more likely become corrupt as they will
offend not only their own families but also themselves.
d. Cheating whether in short quizzes or long exams shows how deteriorated students' integrity and
morality; what more will they become in the future?
______ 25. Which is the best thesis statement?
a. The relationship between the feminist movement and the use of sexist language.
b. What is the relationship between the feminist movement and the use of sexist language?
c. By raising public awareness of careless language habits and changing the image of women, the
feminist movement has helped to bring about a decline in the use of sexist language.
d. The feminist movement is largely responsible for the decline of sexist language.

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II. IDENTIFICATION. For items 26-40, determine the thesis statement of the given texts. Write your answer
on the space provided below. (15 points)

26-28. Which is the best thesis statement?

E-mail can suck up much of a person's free time. According to 2001 surveys in MacWorld and PC Week
magazines, eight out of ten people spend more than one hour daily on e-mail. In fact, one of my friends, a
computer aficionado, tells me that she has spent up to four hours per day reading and sending e-mail
messages. One reason for the time drain is that every day tons of bulk e-mail or spam arrives in most e-mail
accounts and must be deleted. In addition, wading through old e-mails for important instructions or
information can also involve hours. I myself have found that e-mailing friends and family is so easy that I
tend to write many unnecessary messages to many more people than I would write otherwise, spending
free time with e-mail rather than going to the movies or reading a book.
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29-31. What is the best thesis statement for this paragraph?

Basketball is appealing for several reasons. Basketball is fast, exciting, and unpredictable; a large lead can
be lost in a single minute, and many games are decided by a single point. Because the basketball team
has few members, I can become acquainted with each player's personality. I also love watching a player
leap gracefully to the basket and dunk the ball. But most of all, I love basketball because it gives me a
chance to yell at the refs.
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32-34. What is the best thesis statement for this paragraph?

Piranha are omnivorous, freshwater fish, which are mostly known for their single row of sharp, triangular
teeth in both jaws. Piranhas’ teeth come together in a scissor-like bite and are used for puncture and
tearing. Baby piranha are small, about the size of a thumbnail, but full-grown piranha grows up to about 6-
10 inches, and some individual fish up to 2 feet long have been found. The many species of piranha vary in
color, though most are either silvery with an orange underbelly and throat or almost entirely black.
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35-37. What is the best thesis statement for this paragraph?

There are several ways for people to view money. First is the person whose dollars disappear in mere
moments. To this person, a savings account is like a straitjacket. The spender lives only in the present and
can't plan ahead financially. Next is the individual who hoards pennies like rubies. The hoarder may be
wealthy but remains unable to relish the pleasures that money makes possible. This person lives in the future,
a future that never arrives. More common is the person who likes to save but can occasionally spend
without anxiety. This person is rooted in the present but prepared for days to come.
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38-40. What is the best thesis statement for this paragraph?

COVID-19 is a disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that can trigger what doctors call a respiratory tract infection.
It can affect your upper respiratory tract (sinuses, nose, and throat) or lower respiratory tract (windpipe
and lungs). It spreads the same way other coronaviruses do, mainly through person-to-person contact.
Infections range from mild to deadly.
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III. OUTLINING. Outline the reading texts below. Use any of the types of outline. (20 points)

A. What makes an effective leader? To be sure, no one characteristic or trait defines an effective
leader. It is true, however, that effective leaders get the most out of employees or group members by
holding them to very high standards or expectations. Setting high standards increases productivity
because people tend to live up to the expectations set for them by superiors. This is an example of the
Pygmalion effect, which works in a subtle, often unconscious way. When a managerial leader believes
that a group member will succeed, the manager communicates this belief without realizing that he or
she is doing so. Conversely, when a leader expects a group member to fail, that person will not usually
disappoint the manager. The manager’s expectation of success or failure becomes a self-fulfilling
prophecy. Thus, it pays for a manager to expect the best from employees. (Adapted from Andrew J.
DuBrin, Leadership 4/e, © Cengage Learning.)

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B. Noah Webster, the creator of Webster's dictionary, was a super-patriot, whose goal was to take the
United States out of Britain's linguistic* shadow. It was Webster who coined the term "American English,"
considering it an expression of praise, because he wanted the language of the newly formed United
States to have its own special flavor. Many of his changes to British spelling like theater instead of
theatre and plow instead of plough caught on and became the standard American spelling.
Determined to emphasize the importance of America's influence on the language, Webster purposely
titled his dictionary the American Dictionary of the English Language. He also made sure to include
thousands of words familiar only to Americans but unheard of by the British. Among them were moose,
prairie, and skunk. Webster was so much the patriot that he even took on the great American hero
George Washington at a dinner party. Washington had thought of hiring a Scotch tutor for his step-
grandchildren, an idea that appalled Webster. He insisted that the United States had plenty of
homegrown scholars that would be as good or better and, above all, who would speak English without
a foreign accent.
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IV. PARAGRAPH WRITING. Read again the texts on numbers 26-28 and 29-31. Differentiate the language
used in the texts. Write your answer below. (10 points)

Has presented at least 3 differences- 7

Has organized presentation of answer- 3
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Psalm 37:4
“Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. ”

Submitted by: Checked by/Submitted to:

MS. HILLARY JOY M. RUFINO MS. MARIJOE M. PIMENTEL

English Teacher SHS Coordinator/ School Principal

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(Name and Signature of Parent)

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