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1.__________ is the content of communication with others. a. one month b. Almost 50 years
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Receiver 17. According to this religion human beings are bound to the wheel of life Formatted: Left: 0.5", Right: 0.5", Top: 0.5", Bottom:
2.__________ is the sender who creates a message. which is a continual cycle of birth, death, and suffering. 0.5", Height: 11", Number of columns: 2
a.Source b. Message c. Channel d. Receiver a. hinduism b. Buddhism
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3. The path a message takes once it is encoded by a source is __________. c. Shintoism d. Taoism
a. receive b. Source c. Encoding 18. A farce normally performed between the No Tradegies. Formatted: Left, Indent: Left: 0.3", Hanging: 0.2"
d. Channel a. kabuki b. Kyogen c. Jorori d. Bunrako
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4.__________ is anything that distorts or interferes with the message in the 19. The world’s first known novel, The Tale of Genji was written
communication systems. by__________. Formatted: Font: Arial Narrow, 9 pt
a. communication signals c. Technical problems a. Lady Murasaki c. Wu Chengan Formatted: Left, Indent: First line: 0.5"
b. noise d. b. Sei Shonagon d. Valmiki
Disturbance 20. He holds the distinction of being the First Asian to receive the Nobel Formatted: Left
5. Media prsent models for people to follow. This is sometimes called the Prize for Literature. Formatted: Left
socialization function. a. Wole Soyinka c. Po Chu-I
a. surveillance function c. Linkage b. Yasunari Kawabata d. Rabindranath Formatted: Normal, Left, Indent: Left: 0.2", Hanging: 0.1"
function Tagore Formatted: Font: Arial Narrow, 9 pt
b. interpretation function d. Transmission of 21. The ______ is a Chinese poem sung to the tunes of popular melodies
values function a. shih b. Li sao c. Lu-shih d. Tzu Formatted: Font: Arial Narrow, 9 pt
6. An assessment device in which a student reads a series of selections that 22. What is not a reason why Video cassettes are better than video tapes? Formatted: Left
gradually increase in difficulty is called a. small b. Easier to use
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a. cloze test b. Informal reading inventory c. Lightweight d. Expensive
c. Miscue analysis d. Retelling 23. TELECAST is what kind of word? Formatted: Left, Indent: First line: 0.5"
7. Vocabulary knowledge is manifested when students a. blend b. Acronym
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a. relate key words to concepts conveyed in the context of the text c. Borrowed d. Clipped
b. personalize the meaning of key words in the text 24. This theory views learners as having the ability to relate new information Formatted: Font: Arial Narrow, 9 pt
c. think of the absolute meaning of words even when there is no to prior knowledge.
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context a. Constructivist c. Reader response
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8.Comprehension occurs when readers 25. What Filipino trait can be inferred in the speech of Raul S. Manglapus? Formatted: Left, Indent: First line: 0.5"
a. answer questions after reading
b. do a one-to-one sound symbol matching in reading “ I have done this against the advice of a friend. He felt that since Formatted: Left
c. translate the printed symbols into familiar meanings I would speak on the Filipino movies, I should instead begin by making you Formatted: Left
d. integrate information across texts cry.”
9. A strategy that allows students to tell back what they have read is called Formatted: Font: Arial Narrow, 9 pt
a. introspection b. Think-aloud a. Palakasan and pataasan culture c. Hiya
c. Retelling d. Free-writing b. Utang na loob d. Kanya-kanya Formatted: Font: Arial Narrow, 9 pt
10. A student read the word “ball” as “party” in the sentence, “ We attended syndrome
the ball.” This case shows that the child 26. _______ is Geoffrey Chaucer’s collection of stories about the English
a. did not understand the sentence c. Thought society in the 1300’s.
party and ball as different a. The Divine Comedy c. The
b. substituted a word with the same meaning d. Was not Song of Roland
reading b. The New Lifee d. The Formatted: Font: Arial Narrow, 9 pt
11. Reading house as home in a sentence, “God bless our home” the Canterbury Tales
student clearly made ______. 27. _______ is a song of joy and reverence.
a. a reversal b. An error a. Psalms 7 c. Psalms
c. A substitution d. A mispronunciation 8 Formatted: Font: Arial Narrow, 9 pt
12. In teaching pronunciation, the difference between ice cream an I scream b. Psalms 23 d. Psalms
is a function of _____. 24 Formatted: Left, Indent: First line: 0.5"
a. pitch b. Intonation 28. What pom of William Ernest Henley is about human beings having total Formatted: Left
c. Stress d. Juncture control of their lives?
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13. The innate property of all normal persons that enable them to learn a a. Invictus c. Remember
language naturally and spontaneously is _______. b. Precious Stones d. The Alderking Formatted: Left, Indent: First line: 0.5"
a. language competence c. Language 29. If Evann’s father is Edward’s son, what relation has Evann to Edward?
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acquisition device 30. When you roll your eyes, you _________.
14.The word with an inflectional morpheme is _______. a. Show anger c. Show
a.clarify c. Clarity dizziness
b. clarifying d. b. Exercise the eyes d. Look for something
Clarification 31. Who is considered the Indian counterpart of Shakespeare?
15. In teaching pronunciation, showing the contrast between /i/ and /I/ is best a. Kalidasa c. Tagore
accomplished by using b. Khagyam d.
a. analogous pairs c. Minimal pairs Aligaynon
b. dyadic pairs d. 32. How long will the respondents _______ the questionnaires?
Complementary pairs
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answer d. Listening is a one way
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33. Glen is more responsible than Ric and _____. 46. Examples of voiced consonants are ____________
a. her c. herself a. /d/, /p/, /k/, /s/ c. /d/, /g/, /v/, /z/ Formatted: Left
b. she d. hers b. /v/, /z/, /d/, /k/ d. /p/, /t/, /g/, /z/
34. Peter and his father _______ the van bound for Davao. 47.One spends _______ of his/her waking hours on listening.
a. get on b. get in c. get to d. get over a. 60% c. 10%
35.Filial piety is a basic tenet of this school of thought. b. 30% d. 20%
a. Taoism c. Hinduism 48. The indirect object in the sentence: Vince sent her a beautiful card from
b. Confucianism d. Rome. is ______.
Buddhism a. her c. card
36. What insight is suggested by this haiku from Basho? b. Rome d. Vince
Poverty’s Child 49. Promises from politicians usually are paradoxical.
He starts to grind the rice a. unfulfilled c. granted
And gazes at the moon b. disorganized d. answered
a. Nature has a soothing effect on the human spirit. 50.There was no magical panacea for the company’s troubles.
b. Child labor is a reality in many Asian nations. a. bonus c. monopoly
c. The poor dreams and are hopeful of better things in their b. cure-all d. deception
life. 51. The concierge in the hotel is very polite.
d. Life is a never-ending routine of work and leisure. a. head waiter c. wine specialist
d. b. doorkeeper d. busboy
37.Bamboo in the Wind is a novel written by 52. The nascent markets in Taguig City is mushroom development.
a. Azucena Grajo Urranza c. Lilia Pablo Amansec a. beginning to form c. in economic degree
b. Elsa Martinez Coscolluela d. Gilda Cordero Fernando b. beginning to leave d. simultaneous selling
38. The writer who was charged and convicted of pornography for her short 53. _______ is Carlos Bulosan’s most famous autobiography.
story. a. Falling Leaves c. America is in the Heart
a. Angela Manalang Gloria c. Paz Latorena b. The Laughter of My Father d. Footnote to Youth
b. Loreto Paras Sulit d. Estrella Alfon 54. ______ died at the end of Iliad.
39.What does the moth in the excerpt in the box below symbolize? a. Achilles c. Menelaus
A large moth with mottled, brightly colored wings b. Agamemnon d. Hector
fluttered blindly against the leaves of a low tree. It rested 55. This Filipino writer is known for using local color in his works.
flatly against a bough, its long feather antennae a. Manuel Arguilla c. F. Sionil Jose
quivering sensitively in the air. Vidal paused to pick it up, b. Carlos Bulosan d. Juan C. Laya
but before he could do so his brother had hit with the 56. This narrative poem is about the adventures of great heroes.
bundle of palay stalks he carried. The moth fell to the a. Romance c. Epic
ground, a mass of broken wings of flattering wingdust. b. Ballad d. Lyric
a. lost dream c. sibling rivalry 57.This is the smallest unit of sound.
b. unfulfilled promise d. death in the family a. Allophone c. Morpheme
40. What does Magnificience refer to in Estrella Alfon’s story? b. Allomorph d. Phoneme
a. the girl’s innocence c. the father’s 58. In the Philippines, English language teachng is aimed at:
protectiveness a. Producing learners who can use English in proper context.
b. Vicente’s kindness and generosity d. the mother’s b. Producing learners who have mastery of English pronunciation
comforting presence and grammar.
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41. Which statement conveys an incorrect idea? c. Producing learners who can confidently speak in English.
a. Writing is a natural communicative activity. d. Producing learners who can communicate accurately, fluently,
b. People have to be taught how to write. and appropriately.
c. Writing, like speech is displaced in time. 59. “ Cross her mind” means:
d. Writing is planned and takes time. a. Occured to her c. Her intuition told her so
42. This theory also called self-discovery, gives primacy to discovery of b. After a careful analysis d. Somebody must have told her
writing ideas in the writing process. 60. This is the lowest level of comprehension
a. Romantic c. Social a. Critical comprehension c. Literal comprehension
b. Cognitive d. Socio-cognitive b. Critical evaluation d. Integration
43. When the teaching method emphasizes the writer’s purpose and 61. “ Blue in the face” means:
audience, the reaching approach employed is _______. a. ashamed c. irritated
a. grammar syntax c. communicative b. forced d. tired
b. controlled d. process 62. “ To get cold feet” means:
44. Brainstorming is an activity that can be done in the ________ stage of a. delirious c. cautious
writing. b. hesitant d. neglectful
a. prewriting c. during writing 63.This is an Interdisciplinary unit that integrates reading and writing with
b. post writing d. after writing other curricular areas like social studies, science, mathematics, and values
45. What is listening? education.
a. Listening is a passive process c. Listening is a a. cluster c. theme study
simple process. b. collaborative report d. learning log
64. AWOL is an example of:
a. Borrowed c. Acronym
b. Clipped d. Blend
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65.How to read the refrain of a poem properly? 78. What is the meaning of this statement: “History never cited a leaderless
a. Put force on the refrain. nation.”
b. Use normal tone a. Nations can survive without leaders.
c. Sing the refrain portion b. A leader can fade away, but another will come up.
d. Read in a softer voice than the verse c. Leaders are always born.
66. Solve the riddle below: d. Leaders are matched with historical events.
79.When a president is succeeded by another president, the former is
The man who made it did not want it referred to as:
The man who bought it did not want to use it a. replaced c. deposed
The man who used it did not know it b. elected d. dethroned
80. An absolute ruler who serves his kingdom well and thinks about the
a. Poison c. coffin welfare of the people is sometimes called:
b. Gun d. Bomb a. beneficial dictator c. blatant dictator
67. Choral Reading is _________ reading. b. belligerent dictator d. benevolent dictator
a. Buddy c. Guided 81.Which of the following terms refers to the reasons, grounds, or
b. Shared d. Reading aloud to students justification that explain the principles behind decisions made in educational
68. The following lines are taken from what poem? processes?
a. schemata c. objectives
Drink to me only with thine eyes b. rationale d. framework
And I will pledge with mine 82. Which of the parts is not examined during an external evaluation?
Or leave a kiss but in the cup a. Blurb c. Introduction
And I’ll not look for wine b. Table of Contents d. Activities
a. Song To Celia c. Ode to the West Wind 83. One principle in materials design refers to the use of materials in the real
b. Crossing the Bar d. She was a world to expose the learners to language in real use. This principle is called
Phantom of Delight the principle of _________.
69. The novel War and Peace was written by: a. appropriacy c. clarity
a. Spencer c. Shaw b. authenticity d. reality
b. Turgenew d. Tolstoy
70. This is an instructional aid that celebrates stories and other books usually 84. This is the plot development of the Ramayana.
performed at the end of the LITERATURE FOCUS. a. Circular c. Linear
a. Quickwrite c. Reading Log b. En medias res d. pyramid
b. Read-arounds d. Readers Theater 85. The ________ is the best-preserved and the best-known African epic
71.What does William Norris want you to do in his ZIP THE LIP? which is a blend of fact and legend of a powerful leader who reestablished
If your lips would keep from slips. the Mandingo Empire of Old Mali.
Five things observe with care; a. Sundiata c. The Dausi
To whom you speak; of whom you speak b. Askia the Great d. Monzon and the King of Kore
And how, when, and where 86.Which one of these selection is a frame story?
a. Panchatantra c. The
a. To be truthful Tale of Genji
b. To be sincere b. Record of a Journey to the West d. The Rain Came
c. To show kindness 87. The indigenous literature of this country features the light entertainment
d. To observe confidentiality of oral story telling.
72. Who wrote TO LUCASTA? a. India c. Japan
a. Robert Herrick c. Thomas Carew b. China d. Africa
b. Richard Lovelace d. John Sucking 88. Many of this country’s writers committed suicide at the height of their
73. Which reading and writing skill is reading and making graphs? careers.
a. study c. reference a. India c. Japan
b. language d. decoding b. China d. Africa
74. The first newsletter published in the Philippines was named 89. In what Shakespearean play do the following lines appear?
a. Sucesos Felices c. Hojas Volantes What a piece of work is a man!How noble in reason!
b. Doctrina Christiana d. El Pasig How infinite in faculties! In form and moving, how
75. An example of instructional material which allows the learners to work express and
independently and learn a particular set of instructional objectives without the admirable!
help of the teacher is ______.
a. module c. skill book a. Hamlet c. A
b. reference d. textbook Midsummer Night’s Dream
76. The curriculum goes through the stages of curriculum planning, b. Romeo and Juliet d. King
curriculum implementation and curriculum evaluation; the production of Henry IV
instructional materials fall under ______. 90.Who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature?
a. Curriculum planning a. Alice Walker c. Toni
b. Curriculum evaluation Morrison
c. Curriculum planning and implementation b. Ernest Hemingway d. William Faulkner
d. Curriculum planning and evaluation 91. The pseudonym of Samuel Clemens.
77. A platoon leader ordered his troop to proceed. Which reply shows full a. The Barrettes c. Ulysses
compliance? b. Mark Twain d. Abe
a. Sir, yes, Sir! C. Sir, Sir?Yes, Sir! Lincoln
b. Sir we are about to go. D. Sir we are on leave. 92. A speech made by a person who reveals his thoughts.
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b. metaphor d. simile
93. “ I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul”, is taken from
the poem
a. O captain, My captain c. The Arrow and the
Song
b. Invictus d. none of these
94.Author of “How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife”.
a. Manuel Arguilla c. Paz Benites
b. Fernando Maramag d. none of
these
95. He is Edmond Rostand’s famous character who is poet and a soldier
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96. Unless we find a witness to corroborate your evidence, it will not stand
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97. The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival from a sales conference.
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98. People dislike his sly way but granted him a certain vulpine intelligence.
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Answer’s Key 67. c
1.b 68. a
2.a 69. d
3.d 70. d
4.b 71. d
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7. a 74. a
8. d 75.a
9. c 76. c
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11.c 78.d
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15. c 82. d
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17. b 84.b
18. b 85.a
19. a 86. a
20. d 87. d
21. d 88. c
22.d 89.a
23. a 90.c
24. a 91. b
25. b 92. c
26. d 93. b
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45.b
46.c
47.a
48.a
49.a
50. b
51. b
52. a
53. c
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55. a
56. c
57. d
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61. d
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63. b
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