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FINDNG ERRORS: SET A 1. A History of depression, denial,

1. A. The tale that was injustices and abuse _____ the greatest
B. told in a low and mystery voice detriment to people of color.
C. keep us on the a. Has c. Have
D. edge of seat b. Had d. Having
2. A. oncologists are doctors 2. Our bodies expect a constant supply of
B. who specialize sleep, ______ they function best when
C. in treating provided full night sleep every 24 hours.
D. the cancer a. And c. or
3. A. Finance statements b. Yet d. but
B. are the formal reports 3. The term medical reversal refers to a
C. prepared replacement ______ that was widely
D. by accountants believed to be beneficial.
4. A. The man a. of a medical practice
B. gives antidote so powerful b. to a medical practice
C. that any poison was mode c. by a medical practice
D. after taking it d. with a medical practice
5. A. To many cities around the world 4. We become nervous, doubtful _______
B. the number of homeless people we don’t see our good coming as
C. have become quickly as we think.
D. a big problem a. While c. because
6. A. Wallow in disappointment b. When d. therefor
B. over something 5. The family went for two-week cruise on
C. you did a _______ ocean liner.
D. is not productive a. incredible brand new Italian
7. A. The Philippines b. brand new incredible Italian
B. has c. Italian incredible brand new
C. to suit everyone d. Incredible Italian brand new
D. from five-star hotels to simple hotels 6. Over years, economic growth ______ of
8. A. I bought some greater concern than environmental
B. silver charming Victorian preservation.
C. ornaments a. Has been
D. at the Flea market b. Have been
9. A. The novel was so popular c. Had been
B. among teenagers d. Will have been
C. to a points that movies was made 7. The opening ceremony ____ by top
D. base from the story officials and national officials of big
10. A. To skip meals companies last year.
B. maximizes a. Is graced
C. the calories effects b. Had graced
D. of the food we eat c. Was graced
11. A. You should make sure d. Had graced
B. your body has get 8. Accounting practice ______ by district
C. the necessary vitamins and minerals accounting standards, rules methods
D. human s need and pro…..
12. A. Outside of the written records a. Guide c. is guided
B. evidences of Philippines existences b. Guides d. was guided
C. have survived 9. _______ and rapid economic growth in
D. in pottery relies recent years have put a large and
13. A. Sit cramped increasing stress on the water
B. for a very long period of time resources and environment in Ho Chi
C. in dry conditions Minh City
D. can effects our circulatory system a. Increase population
14. A. it is often said that b. Increased population
B. lightning strike twice c. Increasing population
C. at the same place d. Having increased population
D. but it is not true

STRUCTURES: SET B
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10. Food rich in foliate a form of If an athlete wishes to increase the time
vitamin B, _____ reduce the risk of or intensity of his workout, this must be
stroke and heart disease. done slowly in a step-by-step fashion.
Athletes should work to strengthen their
a. Help c. helped
quadriceps, the large muscle group on
b. Helps d. is helping the front of the thigh. In many runners
11. History, it is often said _____ the quadriceps are not as strong as the
by the winners- a saying that suggests hamstrings. This uneven strengthen the
bias in historical records. quadriceps muscles. Many serious
a. Is written runner switches off between cycling and
b. Was written running as they train.
c. Has been written
1. The selection emphasizes the values of
d. Had been written _______.
12. Tart grades –also known as a. Healthy habits
water bears are microscopic animals b. Mental sharpness
that live ____ watery environments and c. Physical fitness
feed on juices from plants cells. d. Spiritual growth
a. In c. for 2. According to the selection, the knee
joint lifts like a lever and swings like a
b. On d. over
____.
Answer: a. Bat c. hinge
SET A: SET: B b. Runner d. cycle
1. B 1. A 3. The word “ jarring” bones means ____
2. D 2. A a. Aching bones
3. A 3. B b. Bending of bones
4. B 4. B c. Attack of the bones
d. Strong shaking of the bones
5. C 5. A 4. The selection communicates the theme
6. A 6. A of ____
7. C 7. C a. The important of the knee
8. B 8. C b. The function of human bones
9. D 9. B c. How to protect leg muscles
10. A 10. A d. Sports injuries during workout
5. What type of text is this selection?
11. B 11. A
a. Literary c. scientific
12. C 12. A b. Journalistic d.
13. A academic
14. B
READING COMPREHENSION: POVERTY

KNEE JIONT For item: 6-10

For items: 1-5 Studies have consistently pointed to at

The knee is the largest joint in the body least three major immediate factors that push
and is one of the most complicated, at children to stay or live on the street. These are
the same time, the knee joint swings like the poverty of the family, family relationship
a hinge and lifts like a lever. It flaxes to factors (physical or sexual abuse) and poor
absorb shock as we walk or run and to influence. Poverty and poor influence when
protect our other bones from jarring or compounded with problems and stresses in the
grindings. Without the knee, humans family life such as family break up., child abuse
could not stand up, walk, climb or kick. neglect, domestic violence by step-parents,
Every day, every knee receives a underemployed parents, etc. altogether create
routine workout. But the runners and under pressure on the child to leave home and
other athletes in high-impact sports, the find solace, protection, and support from the
knee receives a serious pounding. peers on the street, eventually becoming
Overuse can lead to serious injury in susceptible to their influence and lifestyle.
fact; one of every four sports injuries
involves the knee. “Runner’s knee” is
the most common injury from overuse.
People with runner’s knee complain of
dull, aching, pain under or around their
kneecaps. The pain seems to worsen
when they descend stairs or run down
hills. To protect their knees, athletes
should look at their shoes. Exercise
shoes must fit and wear well in order to
minimize risk to the knee.
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In Metro Manila population growth, If they tired, birds stop and go to sleep, while
Urbanization and migration have increased their human counterparts often have difficulties
through the years Children are often forced try getting some shut-eye on a plane. As a ruse,
circumstances to help their family eve out of migration doesn’t upset bird’s natural sleeping
living or tend for them on the street. Most of patterns. They sleep when it is dark and
them are Children of poor parents who awaken when it is light.
migrated from rural areas in the hope of finding
better job opportunities in the city, but whose 11. What would be the best tittle for the
lack of education rendered them ill-equipped to article?
struggle for survival in the urban jungle and are a. Birds with jet lags
thus certain to a life of object poverty. b. Human on the plane
c. The difference between birds and
6. The “eve of living” means _____ human on travel
a. To earn income d. The migration of birds through time
b. To live with others zones.
c. To stay or live on the street 12. As used in the selection, the word
d. To work in the street “inedible” most likely means ______
7. Based on the selection, what values a. Appetizing
seems to be missing in the families of b. Mouth watering
street children? c. Fit to be eaten
a. Loyalty c. kindness d. Unfit to be eaten
b. Honesty d. solidarity 13. Based on the selection, it can be
8. What is the most important factor that considered that ________
will equip rural people to survive in the a. Birds migrate faster than human
city? b. The migration of birds and that of
a. Money c. food human are very different
b. Education d. home c. Birds like human: also experience
9. The selection is simply about ______. jet lags
a. Providing homes for the poor d. Human unlike birds, migration from
b. Helping street children get an north to south
education
c. Factors why children live in the RICHARD COPY
streets
d. How to lessen pressure on the For item 14-17
family
10. Based on the text, we can conduct that Whenever Richard Copy went down town..
street children are ________ We people on the pavement, look at him..
a. Independent He was gentlemen from sole to crown…
b. Malnourished Clean favoured, and implement slim…
c. Helpless persons
d. Victims of poverty And he was quietly arrayed..
And he was always human when he talked..
But still he fluttered pulses when he said..
BIRDS “Good Morning” and he glittered when he
walked…
For item 11-13
Birds don’t seem to suffer from jet lag, And he was rich---yes, richer than a king..
But then again, they don’t suffer from airport And admirably schooled in every grace..
delays, crowded sealing, inedible airline food In fine, we thought that he was everything
or lost luggage either. To make us wish that we were I his place..
Human jet lag seems to be bound So on we worked and waited for the light..
inevitably to passing rapidly through different And went without meat, and curried the bread..
time zones. Birds usually migrate from north to And Richard Copy, one calm summer right..
south often not encountering any time change Went home and put a bullet thought his head.
in their journey.
A veterinarian speculates that if you put 14. What lesson in life can be best derived
a bird on a place going east to west, it might from the poem?
feel jet lag. But birds unlike human, don’t try to a. Happiness is always a choice.
fly that way and cross several time zone in one b. Life offers us many opportunities.
day. Some migration can take up to several c. Death is like a thief that comes in
weeks. Birds don’t stretch their physical limits, most unexpected time.
unless they have to, such as when flying over a d. One can be wealthy but still fell
large body of water. unfulfilled with his/her life
15. What is the mood or the selection?
a. Ironic
b. Inspiring
c. Surprising
d. Confusing
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16. What do you think was the main reason Dad and Me or Dad and I?
of Richard Copy for shooting himself? What’s this about an infield fly?
a. His girlfriend broke up with him Sit down, clean up, and keep of the grass
b. He got tired of living at solitude Raise your hand to talk in class
c. He grieved a death of loved one Rules tell me what to do and say
d. He was rejected by the people They cramp my style, control my day
17. What is the sensory image of the But without rules, without the dirt
following texts in the poem? I couldn’t play I couldn’t win
He was gentlemen from sole to Life would be a dreary plight
crown… Without a wrong, there’d be no right
Clean favoured, and implement slim…
a. Sight c. hearing 23. From the line “I can hardly breathe or
b. Smell d. touch lie in bed Without their chores in my
head” we can infer that the writer
______
CAT
For items 18-22 a. Often thinks about rules
b. Wants to disobey rules
18. The word “quarry” used in the last c. Gets sick with rules
paragraph means ____. d. Likes having rules
a. (hindi ko mabasa)
b. Target 24. The line “but without rules… I couldn’t
c. Hunter play…” is an example of a/an ______
d. Victim a. Irony c. metaphor
b. Simile d. hyperbole
25. The word “dreary” as used in the
sentence “life would be a dreary plight”
most likely means _____________.
19. Cats have acute hearing except the a. Valuable c. boring
white cats with blue eyes which do not b. Invisible d. entertaining
______ 26. The author includes examples of rules
a. Hear well c. ….. to signify the value of _________.
b. ….. d… a. Respect c. loyalty
b. Obedient d. entraining
20. The sentence “the cat is precision 27. This poem is mainly about ____
instrument” is a ________ a. How to obey rules
a. Hyperbole c. simile b. How to ignore rules
b. Metaphor d. irony c. The harshness of rules
d. The importance of rules
21. The selection is mainly about _____
a. How the cat differs from the dog McLean-MRI (MAGNITEC RESORNANCE
b. How the cat is like a mammal IMAGING)
c. The cat as a hunting machine
d. The cat as a house bet For items: 28-31

22. We can conclude from the selection A funny thing happened when researchers
that the cat is an animal which can At McLean hospital in Massachusetts were
_____ studying the brain chemistry of a bipolar
a. Do a lot of tricks people, using an MRI machine with a unique
b. be do medicated electromagnetic pulse sequence, the patient’s
c. be very dangerous moods idled lasting for hours or even days.
d. survive on its own Skeptical the doctors put another 30 bipolar
adults through the Magnetic Resonance
OBEYING RULES Imaging
(MRI) and 77 percent had significant mood
For items 23-27 boost. They are not sure why bit works but
there is a possible link. Never (Hindi tapos
Posted here, recited here. natakpan ng white line)
It seems that rules are everywhere
Rules at home and rules at school 28. What is the main idea of the article
They’re at the park, they’re at the pool a. Dff. Ways lift depression of bipolar
I can hardly breathe or lie in bed adults
Without their chores in my head b. Using MRI to lift dip of bipolar
Close your mouth to chew your food adults
Don’t cross your eyes and don’t be rude c. Efforts of doctors at McLean
Wipe your feet, turn out the lights Hospital to help bipolar
Look both ways, take smaller bites d. Reaction to electrical pulses to
Don’t cut in line, do shut the gate magnetic fields
Lick and stick the stamp on straight
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29. In the article, the line “funny thing d. Making the patient laugh
happened” means __________. 31. What did the doctors McLean Hospital
a. A hilarious thing took place do to confirm the result of their
b. An absurd thing happened observation?
c. An unusual thing occurred a. They studied the cause of
d. A mysterious thing cause about depression in patients
30. According to the article, depression b. They also used the MRI machine
among bipolar adult can be remedied on non-bipolar adults
by: c. They exposed brain electrical
a. Changing their brain chemistry pulses to electromagnetic fields
b. Putting them through an MRI d. They put more bipolar adults
machine through the MRI machine
c. Boosting the patients mood
KNEE JIONT 26. B
THANKS GIVING: For items: 1-5 27. D
1. C
For items: 32-35 2. C McLean-MRI (MAGNITEC
32. . 3. D RESORNANCE IMAGING)
33. . 4. A For items: 28-31
34. . 5. B
35. 28. B
WORK POVERTY 29. A
For item: 6-10 30. C
For Items: 36-40 6. A 31. A
7. D
36. B. – Whatever task 8. B THANKS GIVING:
we set to do, we must 9. C For items: 32-35
do it the best we can 10. D
37. (Meaning of “loom”) 32.
D. machine for BIRDS 33.
weaving For item 11-13 34.
38. B- pride in hard work 35.
39. (…passage is 11. C
develop using) 12. D WORK
40. D. poetry (Work is 13. B For Items: 36-40
something that we
can be ____ ) RICHARD COPY 36. B
B. Proud of For item 14-17 37. D
38. B
SUN 14. D 39. D
For Items: 41-47 15. A 40. B
41. . 16. B
42. . 17. A
43. . SUN
44. . CAT For Items: 41-47
45. . For items 18-22
46. . 41.
47. . 18. B 42.
19. A 43.
ROSETTA STONE 20. B 45.
21. C 46.
For items: 48-50 22. D 47.
48. .
49. . OBEYING RULES ROSETTA STONE
50. . For items 23-27 For items: 48-50

ANSWER: 23. C 48.

24. A 49.
25. C 50.