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The document consists of a reading comprehension test divided into five parts, focusing on various topics including Jack London's life and works, echolocation in animals, analogies, spelling and vocabulary, grammar and correct usage, and an essay writing prompt about global access to drinking water. It includes multiple-choice questions, fill-in-the-blank exercises, and error identification tasks. The test aims to assess reading comprehension, vocabulary knowledge, grammar skills, and writing ability.

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GELOSEA 2023 SECONDARY 1 SAMPLE TEST

The document consists of a reading comprehension test divided into five parts, focusing on various topics including Jack London's life and works, echolocation in animals, analogies, spelling and vocabulary, grammar and correct usage, and an essay writing prompt about global access to drinking water. It includes multiple-choice questions, fill-in-the-blank exercises, and error identification tasks. The test aims to assess reading comprehension, vocabulary knowledge, grammar skills, and writing ability.

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PART I.

READING COMPREHENSION

Reading Task 1: Read the following texts and answer the questions that
follow.

Adventurous Storyteller

Jack London, one of America’s major writers of adventure tales, was born in
California in 1876. During his life, London worked at many jobs. His broad life
experiences would become the background for his writing.

London loved to read. As a teenager, he spent many hours educating himself at


the Oakland, California, public library. He attended college at the University of
California at Berkeley, but he stayed for only six months. He thought Berkeley
was “not lively enough” and wanted to do something more exciting.

London wrote stories about working people and the hard times they had making
a living. He knew their problems first hand. He worked as a sailor, rancher,
factory employee, railroad hobo, and gold prospector, to name just a few of his
many jobs.

London grew up near the waterfront in Oakland. He loved the water. When he
was fifteen years old, he bought a small sailboat called a sloop. Later he sailed to
Japan on a schooner, which is a much larger sailing boat.

Like many people of the time, London caught the Klondike Gold Rush Fever. In
l897, he headed for Alaska. He didn’t find gold, but he discovered something even
more valuable. He discovered that people enjoyed listening to the stories he
made up with his vivid imagination. London entertained the miners with story
after story. Later, using his experiences during the Gold Rush, he created many
more colorful stories.

London resolved to live a full, exciting life. He once said, “I would rather be a
superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and
permanent planet.” Each day, he pushed himself. Once London determined that
he was going to be a writer, nothing could stop him. His goal was to write at
least one thousand words every day. He refused to stop even when he was sick.
In eighteen years, the writer published fifty-one books and hundreds of articles.
He was the best-selling and highest-paid author of his day. Many people also
considered him to be the best writer.

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White Fang and The Call of the Wild are his most famous stories and are about
surviving in the Alaskan wilderness. Readers can enjoy Jack London’s energy
and his talent for telling wonderful stories each time they open one of his novels.

Source: https://www.education.ne.gov

1. Where did Jack London grow up?


A. near the waterfront in California C. near the waterfront in Oakland
B. near the river in London D. near the river in New York

2. Jack London became a prolific and highest-paid author of his day. What does
the underlined word mean?
A. productive C. famous
B. brilliant D. marvelous

3. What did Jack buy when he was fifteen years old?


A. a motorcycle C. a sailboat
B. a house D. a truck

4. According to the passage, what was Jack London’s goal as a writer?


A.to travel and explore the world.
B.to write at least one thousand words every day
C.to be well known across the globe.
D.to earn a lot of money.

5. The following statements can be found in the text except__________________.

A. London caught the Klondike Gold Rush Fever.


B. London wrote stories about working people.
C. London loved adventures.
D. London loved to read.

Reading Task 2: Read the following texts and answer the questions that
follow.

What Is Echolocation?
by Elizabeth Hagen

Echolocation is the use of sound waves and echoes to determine where objects
are in space. Bats use echolocation to navigate and find food in the dark. To
echolocate, bats send out sound waves from their mouth or nose. When the sound
waves hit an object, they produce echoes. The echo bounces off the object and
returns to the bat’s ears. Bats listen to the echoes to figure out where the object
is, how big it is, and its shape. Using echolocation, bats can detect objects as thin

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as a human hair in complete darkness. Echolocation allows bats to find insects
the size of mosquitoes, which many bats like to eat.

Did you know that other animals use echolocation too? Dolphins, whales, shrews
and some birds use echolocation to navigate and find food. There are even some
blind people that have learned to use echolocation to navigate within their
surroundings.

Humans cannot hear ultrasonic sounds made by echolocating bats. ________


there are some insects that can hear these ultrasonic sounds. These insects
include some moths, beetles, and crickets. When moths hear an echolocating bat,
some will turn and fly away. Others will start flying in a zigzag, spiral, or
looping pattern to avoid being eaten by the bat. Some crickets and beetles are
known to make clicking sounds that startle the bat and scare it off, thus avoiding
being eaten.

Did you know that the scientists that developed the sonar and radar navigation
systems used by the military got their idea from studying bat echolocation? Just
like bat echolocation, sonar uses sound waves to navigate and determine the
location of objects like submarines and ships. Only sonar is used underwater,
while bats echolocate in the open air. Radar uses electromagnetic waves to
determine the location of objects like planes and ships. Like bat echolocation,
radar is also used on open air.

Source: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/echolocation

6. Why is echolocation significant to bats?


A. They use it to find their mate.
B. They use it to locate food in the dark.
C. They use it to fight their enemies.
D. D. They use it to find places to stay.

7. How are echolocation and sonar waves similar to each other?


A. Both are energies produced by bats.
B. Both can be used underwater.
C. Both can be used in the open air.
D. Both use sound waves to locate objects.

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8. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Sonar uses sound waves to locate objects on open air.
B. Radar is used on open air while echolocation is used for both underwater
and open air.
C. Scientist developed sonar and radar navigation systems from studying bat
echolocation.
D. Only bats use echolocation.

9. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?


A. Echolocation is used by different animals to locate food.
B. Some insects can use echolocation to navigate through the dark.
C. Echolocation is incredible thing on earth.
D. Echolocation is the use of sound waves to determine where objects are in
space.

10. Which word best fits the blank in paragraph 3?


A. Also C. Moreover
B. There D. But

PART II. ANALOGY

For 11-20, complete the given analogy.

11.nonagon : nine :: _____________ : eight


A. pentagon C. septum
B. hexagon D. octagon

12. crisis :crises ::die : ________


A. heaven C. dice
B. miracle D. dies

13. seer: future :: _________ : past


A. date C. book
B. historian D. tense

14. ______ : heavy :: mammoth : enormous


A. light C. slow
B. leaden D. boss

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15. alive : static :: __________ : complete
A. clinging C. deficient
B. electric D. full

16. List is to _________, as ward is to draw.


A. listing C. sludge
B. silt D. still

17. Cabal is to __________, as output is to yield.


A. court C. club
B. class D. clone

18. Dither is to _________, as display is to hide.


A. please C. date
B. show D. settle

19. To shadow is to trail someone, and to shame is to __________ someone.


A. honor C. save
B. tame D. disgrace

20. To persist is to __________, and to eject is to welcome.


A. continue C. cancel
B. quit D. seize

PART III. Spelling and Vocabulary

For 21-23, identify the word that is correctly spelled.

21. A. greive B. descint C. cajolle D. callous

22. A. demagogue B. saleint C. antesiptic D. delibitate

23. A. sevirity B. sensitive C. prestine D. mismerise

For 24-26, identify the correct word using the given meaning.

24. so thin as to transmit light


A. daiphanous B. diaphanos
B. diaphanous D. diapanous

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25. the state of being held in low esteem
A. desrepute C. disrepute
B. desripute D. desripute

26. derived from experiment and observation rather than theory


A. empirical C. emperical
B. imperical D. impirecal

For 27- 30, identify the word closest in meaning to the underlined word.

27. Working in dreary jobs has enervated his soul.


A. exhausted C. enticed
B. enabled D. energized

28. My garrulous classmates have been warned by my teachers.


A. talkative C. disciplined
B. passive D. quiet

29. Unity seems to be a panacea to economic problems.


A. remedy C. recovery
B. service D. escape

30. Due to conflagration caused by faulty electrical wiring, a lot of people lost
their homes.
A. earthquake C. disaster
B. flood D. fire

PART IV. GRAMMAR & CORRECT USAGE

For 31-35, identify the error in the following sentences.


A B
31. When you study in Australia, you are overwhelmed by the school work that
C D
you should accomplish and then one remembers that the same is true in your
country.

A B
32. The student officers have looked at the evidence against the illegal assembly
C D
of students, and it decided to take further investigations about the case.

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A B C
33. Working for our dreams are tiring, but we should remember to pray and ask
D
for God’s divine intervention.

A B C
34. Taking up to two hours to start working, the medicine the doctor prescribed
D
was still the more potent of the drugs that Rex had taken.

A B C
35. The chief executive officer spoke with the employees on several occasions so
D
that their resignation wouldn’t shocked anyone.

For 36-45, choose the best answer to complete the following statements.

36. While I am on my hiatus, ring me at my room only if there are any________


messages for me.
A. urgent C. valuable
B. hasty D. early

37. Your ________ is big enough to cut down that tree.


A. axe C. screw
B. hammer D. knife

38. The manager may give us more time ________ we shall not be able to make a
good job.
A. whether C. consequently
B. otherwise D. therefore

39. That’s the book _____ Vince gave me for my birthday.


A. * C. when
B. who D. where

40. This is __________we got our supplies for the party.


A. which C. where
B. who D. when

41.He has _____ money. He’s a millionaire.


A. many C. a little
B. a lot of D. a lot

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42. Allan: Do you take sugar in coffee?”
Brent: Just _____. Half a spoonful.”
A. a few C. a little
B. many D. a lot of

43. I’d visit you more often if you _____ so far away.
A. will be living C. don’t live
B. didn’t live D. wouldn’t live

44. Thank you for the invitation. _____ I can’t come.


A. Suddenly C. Unfortunately
B. Upstairs D. Hardly

45. If Betty _____ perfect English, she _____ in this class.


A. could spoke / won’t be C. could speak / wouldn’t be
B. can speak / would be D. can’t speak / will not be

PART V. ESSAY WRITING

In at least 100 words, write an essay about the question below.

 How can we ensure global access to drinking water?

- End of Test -

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