St.

Mary's College of Catbalogan

(Formerly Sacred Heart College)
Corner Mabini& Del Rosario St., Catbalogan City

UNIT TEST IN ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

Name: _________________________________ Grade & Section _________________ Score:________

Teacher: Mrs. Ma. Magdalena Afable-Bianes Date ___________________________

I. Read the following questions carefully and encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. The following are all factors to consider in writing an academic text, except one.
a. Audience
b. Purpose
c. Role
d. Reaction

2. This type of a text structure features a detailed description of something to give the reader a
mental picture of the text.
a. description
b. cause and effect
c. chronological order
d. process/procedure

3. This text structure presents the causal relationship between a specific event, idea or concept
a. cause and effect
b. description
c. chronological order
d. process/procedure

4. This is often used in fiction, biography and autobiography.

a. chronological order
b. spatial order
c. static description
d. logical order

5. This text structure is used for descriptive writing, it may include left to write, top to bottom or
inner to outer descriptions.
a. logical order
b. spatial order
c. chronological order
d. cause and effect

6. It gives the readers a clear description of how something is done.

a. comparison and contrast
b. cause and effect
c. process decription
d. static description

7. A type of analysis or classification where the writer gives the meaning of an entity.
a. static description
b. process description
c. definition
d. comparison and contrast

8. This text structure draws the reader’s attention to similarities and differences.
a. static description
b. cause and effect
c. comparison and contrast
d. process description
 9. This is often used in persuasive essays; it uses different patterns in logic
a. logical order
b. chronological order
c. spatial order
d. cause and effect

10. This is a type of logical order where a general truth leads to the specific or particular cases.
a. inductive reasoning
b. deductive reasoning
c. definition
d. cause and effect

II. Identify what is asked in the following statements. Write your answers on the space before each
item.

___________________11. A sentence by sentence restatement of the meaning of a passage or a text.

___________________12. It is a condensed version of a larger reading.
___________________13. This requires sophistication both in language use and structure.
___________________14. This outlines or gives the thesis statement of your essay or text.
___________________15. It summarizes the whole essay and restates the thesis statement.
___________________16. Provides evidences that support the main idea or thesis statement.
___________________17. These are the ideas or information that you want to convey in your text.
___________________18. They are the target readers of your text..
___________________19. This refers to the reason why you write your text.
___________________20. This is the unauthorized use of the language and thoughts of another
author and saying they are your own.

III. Paraphrase the following statements. 2 points for each item.

21-22. John is an accurate typist.

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23-24. “In my solitude the walls are a blank silence until your smile glints.”
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25-26. Her life spanned years of incredible change for women.

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27-28. Mother Ignacia is a very remarkable lady.

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29-30. The whole place was destroyed by a strong typhoon.

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IV. Identify which type of text structure is exemplified by the following paragraphs. Write your answers
on the space provided. 2 points each.

31-32. Eating cereal is easy. First, get out your materials. Next, pour your cereal in the bowl, add milk,

and enjoy.

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 33-34. when you walk into my bedroom there is a window facing you. To the right of that is a dresser
and television, on the other side of window is my bed.

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35-36. Linux and Windows are both operating systems. Computers use them to run programs. Linux is
totally free and open source, so users can improve or otherwise modify the source code. Windows is
proprietary, so it costs money to use and users are prohibited from altering the source code.

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37-38. The dodo bird used to roam in large flocks across America. Interestingly, the Dodo wasn’t
startled by gun shot. Because of this, frontiersmen would kill entire flocks in one setting. Unable to
sustain these attacks, the Dodo was hunted to extinction.

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39-40. Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Then Jack fell down and broke his crown.
And Jill came tumbling after.

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V. Summarize the following text. This is worth 20 points. You will be rated using the following rubrics:

Accuracy of information- 5 points

Content clarity -5 points
Original thought -5 points
Sentence structure -5 points
20 points

Competition and Cooperation

(1) Explanations of the interrelation between competition and cooperation have evolved over the time.
Early research into competition and cooperation defined each of them in terms of the distribution of rewards
related to each. Competition was defined as a situation in which rewards are distributed unequally on the basis
of performance, cooperation on the other hand, was defined as a situation in which rewards are distributed
equally on the basis of mutual interactive behavior among individuals. By this definition, a competitive
situation requires at least on competitor to fail for each competitor that wins, while a cooperative situation offers
a reward only if all members of the group receive it.

(2) Researchers have found definitions of competition and cooperation based upon rewards inadequate
primarily because definitions of these two concepts based upon rewards depict them as opposite. In current
understanding, competition is not viewed as opposite of cooperation, instead, cooperation is viewed as integral
component of competition. Cooperation is necessary among team members, perhaps in a sporting event or in a
political race, in order to win the competition, it is equally important to understand that cooperation is of great
importance between teams in that same sporting event or ground rules of the game or election in order to
compete.

(3) Interestingly, the word competition is derived from a Latin verb which means “to seek together.” An
understanding of the derivation of the word competition supports the understanding that cooperation, rather than
evoking a characteristic at the opposite extreme of human nature from competition, is in reality a necessary
factor in competition.

41-60.
God Bless!

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Parent’s Signature

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Date