PRACTICE

EXAMINATION
GENERAL EDUCATION

ENGLISH
1. He is considered as the greatest
English writer. He is also known as
the “bard of Avon”.

C. William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
 an English poet, playwright and actor,
widely regarded as both the greatest
writer in the English language and the
world's pre-eminent dramatist.

Romeo and Juliet

Hamlet
Macbeth
King Lear

He was born and died in Stratford Avon, U.K.

2. Of the following quotations,
which is the best example of an
aphorism?

D. “Out of the frying pan and into

the fire.”
 It is used to describe the situation of
getting from a bad situation to a
worse one, often as the result of trying
to escape from a more difficult one.
Aphorism
A saying that is intended to express
general truth.

“Winners never quit. Quitters never win.”

“A penny saved is a penny earned.”
“If the shoe fits, wear it.”
3. He is known as the Father of
Horror stories.

A. Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe
 Writer of dark narratives

‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’

‘The Fall of the House of Usher’
‘The Tell-tale Heart’
4. Severe financial crisis would cause
reduction in teaching positions, increase
in class sizes, decrease in the number of
special programs, reduction of supplies,
etc. In such a situation, those who will be
most affected in schools are ...

D. teachers
5. Taking an examination is like baking
an apple pie. The first step is to gather
the ingredients, mix them, prepare the
crust, place it on a pie pan, and then
bake in an oven at 360 degrees. This
suffers from –

A. an omitted conclusion
The procedure of taking the
examination is omitted.
6. In Macbeth, we see a man
whose downfall was caused by
____

D. overwhelming ambition for

power
Macbeth
A tragic hero who destroys himself
by his own wicked and selfish
ambition.
7. “How much money did you bring
for shopping?” Which of the following
answers this question?

B. None, but I have a credit card.

8. Don Quixote, hero of Cervantes’
immortal novel, rode forth –

C. to defend the oppressed and right

the wrong
Miguel de Cervantes
 Writer
of Don Quixote (El Ingenioso Hidalgo
Don Quixote de la Mancha) 1615

 Don Quixote is a middle-aged gentleman

from the region of La Mancha in central
Spain. Obsessed with the chivalrous ideals
touted in books he has read, he decides
to take up his lance and sword to defend
the helpless and destroy the wicked.
9. The ash from Mt. Pinatubo has
been found to have gold content of
only 20 parts per billion which is far
below commercial levels. As such,
officials have warned against hopes
of a new “gold rush”.

- What does this statement mean?

B. The gold content of the ash from
Mt. Pinatubo does not have
commercial value.

-- gold content of only 20 parts per

billion which is far below commercial
levels.
10. Adults acquire new words
and experience primarily
through –

C. exposure to their use

11. A readability mismatch happens
when the reading levels of books
exceed the reading levels of the
students. In this situation, the students
experience frustrations and they fall
short of the expected and desired
output. A student who finds
himself/herself in such a mismatch will
likely do which of the following?
A. Present an argument that the
selection or story read was not
properly written.
12. Gothic architecture is known
for its –

B. pointed arches.
13. All of the following correctly
describes the BALLAD, EXCEPT –

A. a ballad often rhymes with

a b c d.
The stanzas of a typical ballad follow the
rhyme scheme "ABCB".

*consists of alternating lines of iambic

tetrameter (eight syllables) with lines of
iambic trimeter (six syllables).

O I forbid you, maidens all,

That wear gold in your hair,
To come or go by Carterhaugh,
For young Tam Lin is there.
14. An electric industrial company
has developed a computer program
that can use photographs of faces
to predict how an unborn child will
look like.

A. A computer analyzes facial

characteristics from a photograph.
15. Van Gogh, the artist, felt that
GOD should not be judged on this
earth which he felt represents one of
his sketches that turned out badly.
Which of the following maybe
inferred from this passage?
B. Van Gogh felt that this earth was
created but not completed by
GOD.

“I believe more and more that God

must not be judged harshly on this
earth. It is one of His sketches that
has turned out badly.”

― Van Gogh
16. “Values education is
integrated in the curriculum of all
levels.” Which of the following
supports this statement?

C. Values education is stressed in

all subjects at all levels.
17. According to the current
linguistics theories, which of the
following is the best definition of
the meaning of a word?

D. Its use in a particular

situation.
18. “Once I passed through a
populous city, imprinting my brain for
future use with its shows, architecture,
customs, traditions. Yet now, of all
that city I remembered only a woman
I casually met who detained me for
love of me.” This passage is an
example of –
D. free verse

Free verse is a literary device that

can be defined as poetry that
is free from limitations of regular
meter or rhythm, and does not rhyme
with fixed forms.
19. In writing his autobiography,
Benjamin Franklin stated that he was
unable to arrive at perfection. “Yet, I
was, by the endeavor, a happier
and better man I otherwise should
have been if I had not attempted it.”
Which of the following best describes
Franklin’s attempt to achieve
perfection?
C. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
20. In the Count of Monte Cristo,
Edmond Dantes was wrongfully
imprisoned in –

C. Devil Island
21. Teachers have the responsibility for
the development of children’s
competencies in basic concepts and
principles of free speech. Therefore, if we
want children to develop their own voices
in a free society, teachers must support
participatory democratic experiences in
the daily classroom activities through –
B. concept and principles of free speech.
22. The Nibelungenlied is a –

B. Medieval German epic.

23. This is Tom, whom I am sure,
will be glad to help you –

A. No change
24. Ronnie has scarcely no equal
as a pitcher –

A. No change
25. Having studied eight weeks, he
now feels sufficiently prepared for the
examination.

A. Since he’s been spending the last

eight weeks in study
26. The belief of ancient scientist was
that the maggots are generated
from decaying bodies and filth and
are not formed by reproduction.

B. No change
27. The amount of water in living cells
vary, but it is usually 65 percent and
in some organisms maybe as high as
95 percent or more of the total
substance.

A. The amount of water varies in living

cells
28. The respiratory membrane, through
which exchange of gases occurs, are
the things of the lungs.

A. through which exchanges of gas

occurs
29. Delegates to the political
convention found difficulty to choose
a candidate from among the few
nominated.

A. it difficult in making the choice of

30. Lepidopterology is WHERE YOU
STUDY moths and butterflies.

C. Lepidopterology is the study of

moths and butterflies.
31. He was NEITHER QUALIFIED to lead
this country NOR WAS HE SERIOUS.

B. He was neither qualified nor serious

to lead this country.
32. SHE ENJOYS PLAYS, CULTURAL
EXHIBITS, AND TO WALK EVERY
MORNING.

B. She enjoys plays, cultural exhibits

and morning walks.
33. Patricia is taller than ANY
GIRL in her class.

D. Patricia is taller than any other girl

in her class.
34. The hunter stalked the wild
boar slowly, cautiously, AND IN A
SILENT MANNER.

C. and silently.
35. How much HAS FUEL COSTS
RAISED during the past year?

C. have fuel costs risen

36. About a thousand people
GATHERED, THEY WERE THERE
PROTESTING the construction of a
nuclear power plant.

C. gathered to protest
37. There was a QUEUE at the
lunch counter.

C. Line of people awaiting for

their turn
38. That was the most CHAOTIC
era of the Hundred Years War.

D. Disorderly
39. Astrology is the form of
DIVINATION.

D. Foretelling future events.

40. There was an ESOTERIC lecture
on holography.

D. Understandable only by a select

group.
41. The brain can store
ADMONITORY information.

D. Warning to avoid danger

42. Those tribes are INTREPID
pioneers of the islands.

C. Very brave
43. TRANSCENDENTAL meditation
is practiced in Yoga.

D. Supernatural
44. They were showered with
extraordinary AMENITIES of the
luxurious hotel.

B. Conforms
45. From all the report of the
Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical
and Astronomical Service
Administration, we DEDUCED that we
were in for bad weather.

D. Reached a conclusion
46. There was a
CONFLAGRATION in the forest of
Palawan.

C. Large destructive fire

47. The EQUINOX usually occurs on
or close to March 21 and September
23.

B. Time when day and night are

equal length all over the earth.
48. The usually DOCILE cows
become unruly during a storm.

C. Easy to manage
49. The next millennium is
another PHASE in history.

D. A stage or changing state of

development
50. She had ILLUSIVE dreams of
instant wealth.

D. Based on false ideas

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