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(READING COMPREHENSION)

Productivity pay helps the employee and the company perform better, according to the survey. Close to 80 percent of the
respondents said their companies offer these types of bonuses to link individual goals to business goals, and 63 percent said
productivity pay is a reward for superior performance.

1. Which is more popular reason for productivity pay?

1. Individual employees make the company goals their own goals.
2. Productivity pay inspires people to perform very well.
3. Productivity pay helps the company to perform better.
4. Productivity pay means less tax for the company.

Millennials (also known as generation y, digital natives, generation me, generation rent and echo boomers) are generational
cohort born roughly between 1980-2000.

Millennials are likely the most studied and talked about generation to date. They are the first generation in the history that
have grown up totally immersed in a world of digital technology, which has shaped their identities and created lasting
political, social and cultural attitudes.

Like every other generation, millennials display generalized and unique traits that make them different from their
predecessors.

2. Which does not apply to millennials?

1. Digital immigrants
2. Digital natives
3. Echo boomers
4. Generation y

3. Appointments to the civil service are based on the principle of open and fair competition. Civil service vacancies are
filled by selection from among eligible candidates through a competitive process on basis of merits. It is the aim of
the government to appoint the best person for the job.

Which applies if appointment is based on the principle of open and fair competition?
1. Meritocracy
2. Kleptocracy
3. Aristocracy
4. Democracy

4. “I die without seeing the dawn”. Which can you infer about the person who said this?
1. Sad that he has not seen the fruit of his labor.
2. Happy that he does not suffer any longer.
3. Sad because he has turned blind and so couldn’t see.
4. Calm because he feels accomplished and fulfilled.

Don’t wait to get help if you experience any of these heart attack warning signs. Although some heart attacks are sudden and
intense, most start slowly, with mild pain or discomfort. Pay attention to your body –- and call 911 if you feel:

 Chest discomfort. Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that last more than a few minutes,
or that goes away and comes back. It can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain.
 Discomfort of area in the upper body. Symptoms can include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, the
neck, jaw or stomach.
 Shortness of breath with or without chest discomfort.
 Other signs may include breaking out in cold sweat, nausea or light-headedness

5. Which can be the best title for the paragraph?

1. Warnings of heart attack
2. How to prevent heart attack
3. Preliminary steps to arrest heat attack
4. How a heart attack happens

6. “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others”. What does this mean?
1. You don’t lose yourself when you serve
2. When you give yourself to serve others, you lose it.
3. You discover yourself when you serve yourself.
4. You find yourself in thinking of yourself.
7. With asean integration comes from a free exchange of goods and services among member countries. Which does this
imply?
1. No more tariff goods among asean member states.
2. Asean member states are in for a competition.
3. Philippines must increase its years of basic education or else cannot compete.
4. Continuing professional development is expected of professionals in the asean.

8. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. What does this mean?

1. Beauty cannot be judged objectively, for what person finds beautiful or admirable may not appeal to another.
2. There is what we call individual differences.
3. What is beautiful varies among cultures.
4. Appreciation of beauty is a personal matter.

9. After the fall of the han dynasty, the chinese bureaucracy regressed into a semi-merit system known as the nine rank
system. This system was reversed during the short-lived sui dynasty (518-618), which initiated a civil service bureaucracy
recruited

10. The vitamin c content of food may be reduced by prolonged storage and by cooking because ascorbic acid is water
soluble and is destroyed by heat. Fortunately, many of the vitamin c-rich foods such as fruits and vegetable are usually
consumed raw.

Which of the following is true?

1. Vitamin C absorbs heat.

2. Water destroys vitamin C
3. Cooked roods lose their vitamin C in cooking
4. Prolonged storage retains the vitamin c content in food

THERE IS INDEED, A CRIME THAT GOES BY THE NAME OF "EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLING" OR EJK. IT IS COMMONLY DEFINED AS A
KILLING COMMITTED BY AN AGENT OF THE STATE WITHOUT THE SANCTION OF A JUDICIAL PROCEEDING. AMERICAN LAW HAS
OFFERED A DEFINITION OF EJK IN SECTION 3A OF THE UNITED STATES TORTURE VICTIM PROTECTION ACT, WHICH STATES
THAT IT IS "A DELIBERATE KILLING NOT AUTHORIZED BY A PREVIOUS JUDGEMENT PRONOUNCED BY A REGULAR
CONSTITUTED COURT AFFORDING ALL THE JUDICIAL GUARANTEES WHICH ARE RECOGNIZED AS INDISPENSABLE BY CIVILIZED
PEOPLES."

11. WHICH IS TRUE OF EJK?

1. IT IS AN UNAUTHORIZED KILLING SINCE IT IS AGAINST THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
2. IT IS AN UNAUTHORIZED KILLING SINCE IT IS DONE WITHOUT THE SANCTION OF THE COURT.
3. IT IS A DELIBERATE KILLING BY AN AGENT OF THE STATE.
4. IT IS AN AUTHORIZED KILLING FOR THE SAKE OF THE COMMON GOOD.

12. THE FIVE COMPONENTS OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE ARE A) SELF-AWARENESS B) SELF-REGULATION, C) INTERNAL
MOTIVATION, D) EMPATHY, AND E) SOCIAL SKILLS.

WHICH IS NOT PART OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE?

1. COGNITIVE THINKING
2. SELF-CONTROL
3. KNOWING ONESELF
4. RELATING TO OTHERS

13. HABITS OF MIND ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WHAT INTELLIGENT PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY ARE CONFRONTED WITH
PROBLEMS, THE RESOLUTIONS TO WHICH ARE NOT IMMEDIATELY APPARENT. THESE HABITS OF MIND SELDOM ARE
PERFORMED IN ISOLATION; RATHER, CLUSTERS OF BEHAVIORS ARE DRAWN FORTH AND USED IN VARIOUS SITUATIONS.

WHICH THOUGHT IS EXPRESSED IN THE PARAGRAPH?

1. HABITS OF MIND ARE HABITS OF INTELLIGENT PEOPLE.

2. HABITS OF MIND ARE HABITS ACQUIRED BY ALL.
3. HABITS OF MIND ARE INHERITED BY ALL.
4. HABITS OF MIND ARE APPLIED IN ISOLATION.
14. The wish for ownership is endless. We do want to have as much as possible. Although we could live with a few things,
we want many things in our possession. There are two ways to accommodate %that we want: we can reduce our appetite for
things or increase our income

The paragraph refers to consumerism' consumeristic mentality. Which does not go with consumeristic mentality?
1. Spending he only beyond one's means
2. Instant shopping
3. Reasonable buying
4. Shopping spree

15. "i shall pass this earth but once. Any good that i can do: any goodness that i can show: let me do it now for i shall never
pass this way again."

Which advice goes with the quotation?

1. Make every moment of your life count.

2. Do not overeat to prolong your life.
3. Enjoy life now.
4. Life is short.

Direction: Each paragraph below is followed by several statements, one of which best summarize the paragraph. Choose
which among the several choices best express the thought and write the number of your choice on the black provided.

16.Freedom and human rights without food are like relocating the illegal urban settlers in rural areas where economic
activities and basic needs are almost the nil. The poorest of the poor who live in the shadow of hunger and death
from malnutrition can never be free men and women Much of their desire to have freedom, they can only dream of
and never enjoy the reality of true freedom.
The paragraph best supports the statement that

1. The Government have to focus its resources to feed the poorest of the poor.
2. A country which cannot feed its people with its resources can never be free.
3. The satisfaction of one’s basic need is a prerequisite to enjoyment of freedom.
4. Sovereignty and Independence are marks of freedom.
5. The State should provide jobs and work opportunities to the unemployed.

Ans:3

17.For a society to develop, its attitude towards life must be that of having strong faith and confidence in its
capacity and ability to improve.
The sentence that best support the statement that

1. Society cannot progress or develop unless it focuses on its strengths.

2. A person develops a healthy attitude towards life through its constant effort to improve one’s self.
3. The society’s attitude towards life is showcased in its socio-economic progress.
4. Success in life starts from one’s dissatisfaction in one’s state of affairs
5. Society shall only make progress when it commits to pursue better life.

Ans:2

18.Ignorance may be an affective stimulus to find new techniques or approaches that would make economic
development more progressive or more responsive.
The sentence best support the statement that

1. Lack of knowledge on economy can also encourage discovery of new ways or approaches.
2. From creativity and resourcefulness come new approaches.
3. New approaches ensure economic success.
4. New techniques and systems bring about change and success
5. Ignorance can also lead to discovery of new knowledge.

Ans:5

19.For legislation to change social attitudes and values, it must be with adequate enforcement and machinery. One way
to make effect is to educate the people of the laws. Otherwise, the laws will remain ineffective and will promote lack
of respect for the law.
The paragraph best supports the statement that

1. Ignorance of the law does excuse no one.

2. People should respect laws because it provides them protection.
3. Laws become ineffective when people do not respect or follow them.
4. The effectiveness of laws lies in adequate education of the people about laws and their proper enforcement.
5. Laws can change the social attitudes and values of the people if properly enforced.
 20. Education is the solution to the economic ills of the society. Only when education is provided to both urban and rural
sectors shall real opportunities be realized. skills and knowledge should be accorded to all sectors of the society. If
opportunities lie only on selected sectors, then education will remain in servitude to those sectors.
The paragraph best supports the statement that

1. Urban migration results from lack of economic opportunities in rural areas

2. Education in rural areas is needed to provide rural economic opportunities.
3. Education should be for all to uplift economic and social lives.
4. Education is concentrated on the urban sectors of the society.
5. Education is only for those who want it.

Ans:3

21.No matter how strong and dedicated leaders may be, they must find foundation and strength among the people. They
may guide, set the tone, dedicate themselves, and risk their lives but in the end, national survival lies in the people. On
their own, they can never save the nation.
The paragraph best supports the statement that
1. It is the leader who determines the fate of a nation
2. Good leadership is important to effective public administration
3. Dedication and sense of service enables the leader to guide the people
4. The people themselves is the carver of their own destiny with the guide of a leader
5. People’s strength comes from a dynamic and effective leadership.

Ans:4

2. Research and studies in less developed countries are based on the thinking and approach of the developed Western
countries. Seldom have they been directed towards meeting the real needs and solving real problems of the
developing and underdeveloped world.
The sentence that best support the statement that
1. Most researches and studies done in developing and underdeveloped countries are missing their real
objectives.
2. Developed countries offer the best studies and researches for development
3. Researches and studies do have universal application
4. Researches and studies help developing countries achieve developed status
5. Underdeveloped and developing countries rely too much on researches and studies Ans:1

3. In modern economy where globalization is the rule, long planning and financial stability is must. When
countries suffer financial crisis, their economy suffer and value of money plunges. It is then very important that
countries should maintain a stable financial environment thru prudent fiscal management.
The sentence that supports the statement that
1. Long-range financial planning is essential to economic progress.
2. Financial stability is a hallmark of modern economic progress
3. Value of money is unpredictable in modern economic society
4. Economic progress is facilitated by proper control of finances
5. Financial stability is affected by lopsided globalization Ans:2

4. People from all walk of life and of all age levels show diversified behaviour at different stages. The very young
occupy themselves with play and play activities to learn initial skills essential for mental, physical, social and
emotional growth. The middle-aged group who are at peak of life, make adjustment in work, in marriage and
parenthood. The senior group who
 reaches the period where life activities are about to finish off, amuse themselves in relaxation and in fellowship with
their own age group.
The paragraph reveals that
1. People have different interest and activities at different stages in life
2. People disagree to agree at different stage of life
3. People are alike in so many different characteristics
4. People enjoy different things at different levels
5. Life is really a cycle that is difficult to comprehend Ans:1

5. It’s fascinating to know that people work with lighting speed and with zealousness when the prospect of a
vacation is clear. One notices how students cram toward the end of semestral work for the exam and how players
work for the goal at the last quarter of a game. The same spirit is evident when production output in factories is
increased if payday falls on a Saturday.
The paragraph attest to the truth that
1. Man can work double hard if he wishes to.
2. Man works hard whenever he is compensated well
3. Man speeds up the completion of work when satisfaction is anticipated on
4. Man has to relax or rest after whenever tiring work was done
5. Man is in control of his desire to work or to relax Ans:3

DIRECTIONS: Each item in this section consist of a statement or a passage followed by several assumptions or several
possible conclusions. Determine the best assumption or best conclusion that can be logically made from the given
statement or passage.

1. Antonette is probably a pianist. She can really stretch her hand and fingers. Assumption:
1. Playing the piano helps Antonette stretch her hands and fingers
2. A long stretch helps pianist reach more keys on the piano
3. Pianists can easily stretch their hands and fingers
4. Only people with long fingers and big hands can play the piano
5. Stretching makes it easier to play the piano Ans:1

2. Patricia should not be part of the volleyball team because she does not trust her team mates.
Assumption:
1. The volleyball team need Patricia because she plays well.
2. Trust and camaraderie should be the unifying factor
3. Patricia’s team mates are not trustworthy
4. Patricia plays better than her team mates
5. Her team mates are divided Ans:3

3. If you are smart, then why aren’t you rich?

Assumption:
1. Only the rich are smart
2. Only the smart are rich
3. It is smart to become rich
4. To become rich and smart if difficult
5. All smart people are rich
 Ans: 5

4. There are fewer juvenile delinquents in communities where the youth participate actively in
different socio-civic and religious activities and clubs. Barangay kabataang Buhay has a
number of youth clubs.
Conclusion:
1. Residents of Brgy. Kabataang Buhay work together to prevent juvenile delinquency.
2. Brgy. Kabataang Buhay has fewer juvenile delinquents than other barangays.
3. Local officials encourage the creation of youth clubs
4. Barangay workers give training in organizing youth clubs
5. The youth in Brgy. Kabataang Buhay belong to at least two youth clubs.

Ans: 2

5. All of my friends believe in the sanctity of marriage. Luisa, lives with an officemate in a
condominium in Downtown Chicago. She is a new friend.
Conclusion:
1. Luisa is a single, working mom.
2. She is not married yet.
3. She is now separated from her boyfriend of 5years
4. Luisa believes in the sanctity of marriage
5. Luisa

prefers to

live-in Ans:

6. In order to improve our admission process and get better students, we have decided to
Include an interview of the applicant as a criterion aside from an above average test result.
Assumption:
1. An interview of the applicants will ensure the students success in school
2. Current admission procedures are currently inadequate and outmoded
3. Current admission procedures need to be updated and improved
4. Interviewing applicants will be time-consuming and impractical
5. Interview of the applicants will draw better

students Ans: 5

7. The PNoy Administration helps poor people acquire the basic necessities for a decent living
Aling Trining is a squatter. She gets help from the government.
Assumption:
1. Squatter dwellers are considered illegal settlers
2. The Government tax the rich people to help the poor people
3. Squatter dwellers compete with the poor for the government’s attention
 4. Aling Trining sought the help of the government
5. Squatter dwellers like Aling Trining are considered poor

people Ans: 5

8. Some managers are not analytical. All managers are ruthless. Benjamin is ruthless.
Conclusion:
1. All ruthless people are analytical
2. Not all analytical managers are ruthless
3. Some ruthless managers are not analytical
4. Benjamin is a manager but in not analytical
5. Benjamin is analytical but is not a

manager Ans: 3