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PHIL INES
(Formerly Davao Merchant Marine Academy)

IPP
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Tigatto Road, Buhangin, Davao City, 8000

1993 Philippines

ENGLISH 1
Prelim Examination

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. : Read each item carefully and choose the letter that corresponds to your
answer. Write your answer in capital letter and strictly avoid erasures. Do not write anything on this
test paper. (30 points)

1. Despite her parents’ complaints, she decided to live by _____ in Manila.

A. Her C. oneself
B. Herself D. himself
2. Mathematics _____ the most difficult subject in the board exam.
A. remain C. remaining
B. remains D. has remains
3. Joan lives _____Santillan Road.
A. in C. at
B. on D. to
4. After _______all day, she finally saw the lake.
A. walking C. having walked
B. had walked D. have walked
5. He is the ______ of the two brothers.
A. most tall C. very tall
B. tallest D. taller
6. The means of transportation ______ dramatically since the end of the 20th century.
A. have changed C. will change
B. has changed D. will have change
7. I can never understand _____ when Rita speaks Spanish with ______.
A. her, me C. her, them
B. him, me D. him, her
8. The price of these sneakers ______ reasonable.
A. is C. seem
B. are D. aren’t
9. If I ______ President, I would live in Malacañang.
A. was C. should be
B. am D. were
10. I could speak English well, I ________ next year studying in the States.
A. has spend C. would spend
B. would have spent D. will spent
11. Some of my friends _____ here.
A. are C. will
B. was D. were
12. The flower smells _____________.
A. sweetly C. sweeter
B. sweet D. more sweet
13. I think Carmen spent the entire afternoon _____ the phone.
A. on C. at
B. in D. with
14. Anna and I met a friend of ______ at Robinson’s yesterday.
A. ours C. ourselves
B. us D. them
15. The pair of scissors ______ on the table.
A. was left C. was leaving
B. were left D. is leaving
 Read the selection below. Select the letter of the best answer to the questions.

Fingerprinting [__1___] a significant role in investigative work ever since the late nineteenth century, when
Sir Francis Galton, a british anthropologist, determinded that [__2___] identical fingerprints. Building on the
research of Galton, Juan Vucetich of Argentina and Sir Edward R. Henry of Great Britain [__3___] fingerprint
classification systems during 1890s. Fingerprints are one of the [__4___] of the identification because a person’s
fingerprints are unlikely to change during [__5___] lifetime.
16. The best verb for [__1___] is?
A. has played C. plays
B. played D. had played
17. The best phrase for [__2___] is?
A. no two people never have C. no two people don’t have
B. two people don’t have D. no two people have
18. The best phrase for [__3___] is?
A. introduced his C. had introduced their
B. introduced their D. have introduced their
19. The best phrase for [__4___] is?
A. more useful types C. most useful types
B. less useful types D. useful types
20. The best pronoun for [__5___] is?
A. his or her C. there
B. his D. their
Medical knowledge in ancient Egypt had an excellent reputation and rulers of other empires would ask the
Egyptians pharaoh to send their best physician to treat their love ones. Egyptians had some knowledge to human
anatomy even though they never dissected the bod. For example the classic mummification process they knew how to
insert a long hooked implement through a nostril, breaking the thin bone of the brain case and remove the brain.
Egyptian physicians also were aware the importance of pulse and heart. They developed their theory of “channels”
that carried air, water and blood to the body by observing the River Nile. If the Nile became blocked, crops became
unhealthy. They applied this theory to the body- if a person was unwell, they would use laxatives to unblock the
channels.

21. What is the main idea of this selection?

A. Ancient Egyptian physicians
B. Medical Knowledge in ancient Egypt
C. The Nile river in Egyptian medical knowledge
D. Infection in ancient Egypt
22. What would happen if the Nile river was blocked?
A. Egyptians would have problems washing their clothes
B. Fermentation and molds became big problem
C. The diet of Egyptians would drastically change.
D. Crops would wither and die.
23. Why did Egyptians practice brain removal?
A. To aid in mummification.
B. To unblock “channels” in the body.
C. To purge the body to infections.
D. To free the dead of the burdens of human mind.
24. Which of the following is evidence that Egyptians were masters of human anatomy even if they did
not perform dissection of human bodies?
A. They have detailed drawings of the anatomy of the human body.
B. They knew how to remove brains during mummification.
C. Egyptian physicians prescribed laxatives to cleanse the body of infections.
D. They correlated the human body with the behaviour of the Nile river.
25. Who did the Egyptians plead to when their loved ones had grave illnesses?
A. Best Egyptian physicians
B. Prime Minister
C. Moses
D. Pharaoh
 Orville and Wilbur Wright built their own wind tunnel to test air foils and measure how to lift a flying machine into
the sky. They were first to discover that a long, narrow wing shape is ideal for flight. They figured out how to move the
vehicle freely, not just across land but up and down ona cushion of air. They built a moveable part of the tail to control the
pitch of their craft as it nosed up and down. They fashioned a pair of twin rudders in back to control its tendency to swerve
off course. They devised a pulley system that warped the shape of the wings in midnight to turn the plane and to stop it from
rolling side to side. They used the data from their wind tunnel experiments to design the first effective airplane propellers.
When they discovered that a lightweight gas- powered engine did not exists they designed and built their own.

26. What is the main idea of the text?

A. Wright brothers and the first airplane.
B. How the Wright brothers thought.
C. Wright brothers’ knowledge.
D. The genius of the Wright brothers.
27. What does pitch mean in the context of this article?
A. Plunge forward C. Deviation from the horizontal
B. Move abruptly D. Throw or toss horizaontal
28. What are airfoils?
A. The surfaces of an airplane. C. Blades that turn.
B. The force of air in an airplane. D. Parts that react against the air.
29. A major problem that the article mentions is an airplane’s tendency to ___________.
A. Be unsteady. C. Lack power.
B. Be too heavy. D. Break apart.
30. Which of these terms best descri bes the best shape for an airplane?
A. Long, curved C. Short, narrow.
B. Long, narrow D. Long, circular

II. IDENTIFICATION. Read the instructions in the box carefully and answer the questions
comprehensively. (12 points)

1. Determine and encircle the complete subject in the sentence.

2. Box the correct verb that agrees with the subject.
3. Write the rule that suits for the given sentence on the line.

1. Few of the seafarers (is, are) here yet.

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2. Measles (is, are) a dangerous disease for unborn children.
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3. The Captain always (tell, tells) the truth.
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4. The Chief mate or the Engineer (is, are) going to win.
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III. ESSAY. Writing is colourless and lifeless without picture words, connectors, and action words.
Create a meaningful 2 stanza four liner poem about Seafaring using the parts of speech. Encircle the
adjectives and adverbs, box the nouns and pronouns, and underline verbs, conjunction and
interjection. (8 points)

Rubrics for Poetry Writing

Content: The Poem must talk about /
highlights Seafaring- 3 points
Use of Parts of Speech: The 8 Parts
of Speech must be visible in the
poem -5 points
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