1

Abstract Reasoning
Direction: Encircle the letter that corresponds to the correct answers
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3
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21. Which figure is next in the series?

A B C D
22. Which figure is next in the series?

A B C D
23. Which figure is next in the series?

A B C D

24. Which figure is next in the series?

A B C D
25. Which figure is next in the series?

A B C D
26. Which figure is next in the series?

A B C D
27. Which of the figure is odd one out?

28. Which of the figure is odd one out?

29-30

29.

30.

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Language Proficiency 10. Busilak na puso

Synonyms. Select the word or phrase which is A. mapula

similar in meaning to the emphasized word in B. madugo
the phrase. C. malinis
D. maramdamin
1. Arduous task of rehabilitation
Antonyms. Select the word or phrase which is
A. challenging opposite in meaning to the emphasized word in
B. difficult the phrase.
C. strenuous
D. exigent 11. Bitterness evoked by the war

2. Deleterious effect on the environment A. resentment

B. kindness
A. beneficial C. awareness
B. devastating D. lessons
C. developmental
D. harmful 12. Committee members acceded

3. Desists foreign invasion A. approved

B. granted
A. embrace C. amended
B. stop D. antagonized
C. continue
D. welcome 13. Extricate himself from the issue

4. Exemplary services of the journalists A. excuse

B. entangle
A. cautionary C. exempt
B. commendable D. spare
C. prolific
D. fraudulent 14. Benign acts of charity

5. Devoid of tactical planning A. compassionate

B. sympathy
A. critical C. apathy
B. present D. antipathy
C. lacking
D. comprehensive 15. Altruistic goals

6. Fickle-minded policy maker A. selfish

B. unselfish
A. enigmatic C. ambitious
B. charismatic D. loud
C. treacherous
D. indecisive 16. Achievements were applauded

7. Languish in pain A. celebrated

B. reprimanded
A. become weak C. censured
B. flourish D. admonished
C. faint
D. vulnerable 17. Defiled by his opponents

8. Alab ng puso A. respected

B. tarnished
A. pighati C. maligned
B. sakit D. criticized
C. damdamin
D. poot 18. Tugatog ng tagumpay

9. Pasan ko ang daigdig A. rurok

B. katuparan
A. dala-dala C. ilalim
B. mayaman ako D. nakalalasing
C. kuba ako
D. marami akong problema 19. Mapag-alinlangang puso
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A. nag-aatubili 27. _____ peso you pay for a National

B. mapagduda Geographic magazine goes to the research
C. mapagmahal project on wildlife, like the research on
D. sigurado anacondas.
20. Walang puwang sa kapatawaran A. Each
B. Every
A. mapagbigay C. Even
B. madamot D. Except
C. malupit
D. bigo 28. Azerbaijanis have _____ hope that their
crops will grow again in the oil-polluted land in
Baku.
Spelling. Select the word is spelled correctly.
A. few
B. little
21. C. pieces of
D. many
A. ocasion
B. occasion 29. The music _____ of the ceremony should
C. occassion therefore be expressions which glorify the Lord
D. ocassion rather than just the bride and groom.

22. A. select
B. selector
A. lightwieght C. selective
B. lightweigth D. selection
C. lieghtweight
D. lightweight 30. The list was compiled through the _____ of
the collector.
23.
A. kind
A. rythm B. kindly
B. rhytm C. kindness
C. rhythm D. kinder
D. rhythym
31. Nearly all _____ demand observance of the
24. standard punctuation.
A. privilege A. editor-in-chief
B. priviledge B. editors-in-chief
C. privelege C. editor-in-chiefs
D. priveledge D. editors-in-chiefs
25. 32. The _____ were grazing when the lion
A. accomodate attacked.
B. accommodate A. deer
C. acommodate B. deers
D. acomoddate C. doe
Sentence Completion. Select the word or D. fawn
phrase that most appropriately completes the 33. Berto wore a thin sport shirt, Nike warm-up
sentence pants, and shower clogs when I visited _____
unannounced.

26. Ms. Dinna Lee-Go does not _____ Metro A. he

Manila Development Authority’s plan of B. him
bulldozing the Katipunan Avenue islands in the C. his
name of traffic decongestion.. D. himself

A. agree with 34. Adel, _____ perseverance is unwavering,

B. agree on has a bright future ahead of her.
C. agree in A. who
D. agree about B. which
C. who’s
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D. whose A. bovine
B. buck
35. Miguel has _____ big since I last saw him. C. cow
A. grow D. doe
B. grew 44. debate : argue :: concession : _____
C. growed
D. grown A. contain
B. continue
36. ______ siya ng gatas araw-araw. C. halt
A. Nag-inom D. yield
B. Umiinom 45. itinerary : plan :: annals : _____
C. Iniinom
D. Ininom A. enumeration
B. magic
37. Gaya ______ nakasanayan, namimitas ang C. records
magpipinsan ng bulaklak tuwing hapon para D. shop
ilagay sa altar.
A. ng
B. nang Paired Word Analogy. Encircle the letter of
C. na the pair of words that is related in the same
D. na ang way as the given pair of words.
38. Kinuha ______ ang mga kabibe mula sa 46. accomplice: aiding and abetting :: _____
tabing dagat.
A. theft : thief
A. nila B. pilot : hijacking
B. sila C. traitor : betraying
C. kanila D. terrorism : terrorist
D. siya
47. antiquated : antediluvian :: _____
39. Hindi makatulog ang bisita dahil ______.
A. concise : long
A. namamahay B. precipitate : rash
B. kapitbahay C. comply : yielding
C. binabahay D. decisive : puzzled
D. bahay-bahayan
48. koala : joey :: _____
40. _______ Ningning at Daniel ang naatasang
mamuno sa pagpupulong. A. chick : penguin
B. goose : gosling
A. Si C. gaggle : peacock
B. Sina D. gander : duckling
C. Sila
D. Siya 49. onus : burden :: _____
A. strut : glide
Single Word Analogy. Encircle the letter of B. opus : work
the word that will best complete each analogy. C. stupor : alertness
D. suavity : provincial
41. antithesis : contrast :: compendium : _____
50. sedition: insubordination :: _____
A. bank
B. explanation A. ruse: trick
C. plan B. prelude: end
D. summary C. fitness: impropriety
D. stalemate: continuation
42. bovine : herd :: swan : _____
A. bevy END
B. coterie
C. pod
D. pride
43. dolphin : bull :: antelope : _____
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Reading Comprehension Now 18 and studying journalism, Myles is a part of

the growing movement of teenagers worldwide
Direction: Read each passages carefully and creating and sharing their own esoteric, leftist
Encircle the letter that corresponds to the political memes on Facebook, Reddit, and Tumblr. "I
correct answers love the way memes can brilliantly explain a huge
political issue in a simple way," says Myles.
"I mean obviously memes aren't the be-all and end-
I.
all of political engagement, but they can often help
Lovelessness explain and engage young people in a discourse that
Paolo Arciga
they get shut out of. I once saw this great meme from
Sassy Socialist Memes that epitomized a really
on days of rain and of thunder
thoughtful criticism of economic rationalism.
i make some room on the bed
"It was one of those 'funny because it's true'
so i can prepare for companionship
moments."
once it's no longer just all in my head
There is much dispute and criticism around the use
of so-called dank memes in the political arena; some
on days of sun and of salt
feel they are overbearingly layered with irony, or
i sit in the shade and look enviously
prone to re-appropriating theory out of context. On
at those unafraid of the water
the flip side, as Myles points out, they make political
as if they were so different from me
theory digestible. Memes are also undeniably
accessible and democratic: memers make content
take me to the moon and back, somebody please
on their own terms, and in doing so seize "the means
i want to know how it feels
of production."
"A lot of people don't have time to write a whole
on days of work and of thanklessness
article or make a whole stand-up special really
how nice it must be to hear,
getting into the grit of political conversations," agrees
"hello, how are you, what's wrong
Susie, 18, an English Literature student and LGBTQ
would you like to talk it over a beer?"
activist. "But most people have time to make a
meme."
it may be so that i'm just a fool
"Also, a lot of political meme culture I follow
with my lofty fantasies
incorporates stuff that I already know about, or
but it was never for lack of trying
values I already have, so it's nice to have like an in-
that love has never come to me
joke with a lot of people—which is where a lot people
find the fun in it."
1. Who is the author longing for? "Like the political cartoon, which goes back two
A. A friend centuries to Punch magazine in the 1850s, political
B. An enemy memes are a way for people to look at politics but to
C. A lover look at it askance, a little bit off centre, and that is
D. A counsellor pleasurable," writes Professor Marshall of Deakin
2. What is the author trying to say in the fourth University. "They offer a sense of personal
stanza? connection and a way to instantly show your interest
A. He wants someone that will give him in an issue from a slightly removed point of view."
James*, 27, is an admin for Crunchy Continental
work
Memes, a Leftist philosophy meme page. "If there's
B. He wants someone to drink beer with a takeaway for young people or activists looking at
C. He wants someone to go the the moon our page, it's that that continental philosophy isn't
with him just academic abstraction," he says. "It can inform
D. He wants someone that will ask how and reinforce leftist political practice in a really vital
he’s doing way."
3. What does the word lofty, used in the fifth The whole thing does sometimes conflict with his
stanza, mean? worldview, though. "The problem with being an
A. Countless admin is that you end up seeing other people less as
B. Aloof individual comrades, and more as potential
C. Sad engagements with your content, so the 'average'
memer you see fades into an amorphous multitude
D. Happy
whose only function is to reward your toil with
II. precious likes."
Susie (not an admin) isn't worried about that.
How Meme Culture Is Getting Teens into "Tagging a mate in a meme helps ease into a chat,
Marxism you know?" she says over Facebook. "Memes are
During his final year of high school, Myles was voted the opener now I guess lmao but that seems pretty
"Comedian of the Year," an accolade he received for good to me."
being an admin on his school's Facebook meme
page. Under his careful curation, inside jokes and 4. What does the word “esoteric”, used in the
gossip ran rampant, earning him the title. second paragraph, mean?
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A. Understood by a few Some one came out of the house and stood on the
B. Understood by many steps; it was Aleksandr Timofeitch, or, as he was
C. Understood by no one always called, Sasha, who had come from Moscow
D. Understood by himself only ten days before and was staying with them. Years
5. Which of the following is not true about how ago a distant relation of the grandmother, a
gentleman's widow called Marya Petrovna, a thin,
Myles, and James use memes in their pages sickly little woman who had sunk into poverty, used
A. They use it to make political theories to come to the house to ask for assistance. She had
more easily understandable a son Sasha. It used for some reason to be said that
B. They use it to engage young people in he had talent as an artist, and when his mother died
political discussions Nadya's grandmother had, for the salvation of her
C. They see how it becomes a fun way to soul, sent him to the Komissarovsky school in
discuss politics Moscow; two years later he went into the school of
D. They intend to make it elite and focus it painting, spent nearly fifteen years there, and only
on only a few groups people. just managed to scrape through the leaving
6. What does “lmao”, used in the last examination in the section of architecture. He did not
set up as an architect, however, but took a job at a
paragraph, mean?
lithographer's. He used to come almost every year,
A. Leaving my anchovies out usually very ill, to stay with Nadya's grandmother to
B. Laughing my arse off rest and recover.
C. Letting my accounts on
D. Living my antics out He was wearing now a frock-coat buttoned up, and
III. shabby canvas trousers, crumpled into creases at
the bottom. And his shirt had not been ironed and he
Taken from “Bethroed” by Anton Chekov had somehow all over a look of not being fresh. He
was very thin, with big eyes, long thin fingers and a
It was ten o'clock in the evening and the full moon swarthy bearded face, and all the same he was
was shining over the garden. In the Shumins' house handsome. With the Shumins he was like one of the
an evening service celebrated at the request of the family, and in their house felt he was at home. And
grandmother, Marfa Mihalovna, was just over, and the room in which he lived when he was there had
now Nadya -- she had gone into the garden for a for years been called Sasha's room. Standing on the
minute -- could see the table being laid for supper in steps he saw Nadya, and went up to her.
the dining-room, and her grandmother bustling about
in her gorgeous silk dress; Father Andrey, a chief 7. At the start of the passage, a/an ________
priest of the cathedral, was talking to Nadya's had just finished.
mother, Nina Ivanovna, and now in the evening light A. Dinner
through the window her mother for some reason B. Party
looked very young; Andrey Andreitch, Father C. Religious Service
Andrey's son, was standing by listening attentively. D. Evening Tea
8. From the way the narrator describes Father
It was still and cool in the garden, and dark peaceful
Andrey’s son, Andrey Andreitch, it can be
shadows lay on the ground. There was a sound of
frogs croaking, far, far away beyond the town. There inferred that _________.
was a feeling of May, sweet May! One drew deep A. Father Andrey is a sinful clergyman.
breaths and longed to fancy that not here but far B. Father Andrey is from a different branch
away under the sky, above the trees, far away in the of Christianity that approves of marriage
open country, in the fields and the woods, the life of within the clergy.
spring was unfolding now, mysterious, lovely, rich C. She is also the child of Father Andrey.
and holy beyond the understanding of weak, sinful D. She desires Andrey Adreitch so much
man. And for some reason one wanted to cry. that she does not bother with his status
as the son of a priest.
She, Nadya, was already twenty-three. Ever since 9. Aleksandr is considered _________ by the
she was sixteen she had been passionately
family.
dreaming of marriage and at last she was engaged
to Andrey Andreitch, the young man who was A. A nuisance
standing on the other side of the window; she liked B. A distraction
him, the wedding was already fixed for July 7, and C. As another member
yet there was no joy in her heart, she was sleeping D. A loyal servant
badly, her spirits drooped.... She could hear from the 10. From what point of view is the story
open windows of the basement where the kitchen narrated?
was the hurrying servants, the clatter of knives, the A. First Person
banging of the swing door; there was a smell of roast B. Second Person
turkey and pickled cherries, and for some reason it C. Third Person Omniscient
seemed to her that it would be like that all her life,
D. Fly-on-the-wall
with no change, no end to it.
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IV. Gertrude Stein, its impact on the young

‘We Filipinos Are Mild Drinkers’ Spaniard was profound, just as it was, though to
by Alejandro Roces an arguably lesser extent, on Matisse when the
compact but powerful figure had fortuitously
Just as I was getting in the mood to drink, Joe caught his eye.
passed out. He lay on the floor flat as a starfish. He
was in a class all by himself. I knew that the soldiers 16. What is the main point of the passage?
had to be back in their barracks at a certain time. So A. Artists like to share things for their art.
I decided to take Joe back. I tried to lift him. It was B. Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse are
like lifting a carabao. I had to call four of my
neighbors to help me carry Joe. We slung him on top
great artists of the 20th century.
of my carabao. I took my bolo from the house and C. How a small figurine greatly influences
strapped it on my waist. Then I proceeded to take and or change art.
him back. The whole barrio was wondering what had D. Art originated in the Democratic
happened to the big Amerikano. Republic of Congo.
E. Art is diverse.
11. Based on the content of the passage, what 17. What is the purpose of the passage?
does the author mean with “it was like lifting a A. explain
carabao” ? B. argue
A. Joe has the same color as a carabao. C. advocate
B. Joe weighs light. D. persuade
C. Joe weighs heavy. 18. The passage answers supplies information
D. Joe looks like a carabao. for answering which of the following questions?
12. What is the reason why Joe passed out? A. What have influenced great artists like
A. Joe is sick. Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso in their
B. Joe had too much to drink. art?
C. Joe was so sleepy that he wasn’t able to B. Who is the greatest artist of the 20th
control it anymore. century?
D. Joe was tired from work. C. Is 20th century the ‘Golden Age’ of art?
13. Who is the narrator? D. What role does a figurine played in the
A. A neighbor life and growth of artists like Henri
B. A fellow American soldier Matisse and Pablo Picasso?
C. A farmer 19. TRUE OR FALSE: 20th century French
D. A merchant artists like Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse
14. What is the general tone of the narrator? drew inspiration from a sculpture of the Vili
A. Whimsical people in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
B. Optimistic A. True
C. Angry B. False
D. Advising C. Uncertain
15. According to the passage, one can 20. Which of the following would be the most
conclude that __. appropriate title for the passage?
A. Drinking is bad for the health. A. 20th century Art: Changes and
B. Drinking makes one heavy. Inspirations
C. Drinking tolerance varies. B. Changes in Art: African Art to Western
D. Drinking creates companionship. Art
C. Matisse and Picasso : Inspirations
V. Behind their Art
D. African Figurine and its Contribution in
A small seated figurine from the Vili people of the Art
what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo
was instrumental in the lives of two of the VI
greatest artists of the 20th Century. The carved
figure in wood, with its large upturned face, long The Road Not Taken
torso, disproportionately short legs and tiny feet By Robert Frost
and hands, was purchased in a curio shop in
Paris by Henri Matisse in 1906. The French Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
artist, who liked to fill his studio with exotic And sorry I could not travel both
trinkets and objets d'art, objects that would then And be one traveler, long I stood
appear in his paintings, paid a pittance for it. Yet And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
when he showed it to Pablo Picasso at the home
of the art patron and avant-garde writer Then took the other, as just as fair,
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And having perhaps the better claim Games trilogy dreams the same dream,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear, representing a childhood that is threatened, lost,
Though as for that the passing there and unheard. As Katniss Everdeen is sent to the
Had worn them really about the same, Hunger Games, she is driven by the desire to
survive. But, as Katniss’s efforts to preserve her
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
life must come at the expense of other children’s
Oh, I kept the first for another day! lives, desire in all forms --- the desire to survive,
Yet knowing how way leads on to way to eat, to love --- is troubled. Children are lost
I doubted if I should ever come back. and voices are silenced, and as Katniss fights
against the dictates of the society that demands
I shall be telling this with a sigh this sacrifice she becomes “the girl on fire,”
Somewhere ages and ages hence: fighting against the impotency of the burning
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, child’s cry, demanding that the adult world take
I took the one less traveled by, notice (Collins, Hunger 177). Katniss, a
And that has made all the difference. sacrificial child, burns with passion, desire, and
eventually, with literal fames, as children are
21. What is the poem about? forced to become killers and technology and
social pressures enable the warping of the
A. A wistful commentary of life choices human form and mind. The void that Lacan
B. An absurd narration of one’s journey imagines so intertwined with the body of the
C. A consequential decision of a traveler burning child is made manifest: violence,
D. A gloomy recollection of the past absence and trauma irrevocably enmeshed in
the conceptions of self.
22. The line I shall be telling this with a sigh
most nearly indicates 26. The author’s main purpose in this passage
A. regret is to
B. self-satisfaction A. explores the trope of sacrificial children in
C. acceptance the Hunger Games trilogy.
D. resentment B. reaffirms the book’s violence toward
children.
23 Who is the persona in the poem? C. analyzes the misconception about the
A. a young man role of children in culture and society.
B. an old man D. examines the idea of the “burning child”
C. a traveler in the Hunger Games trilogy.
D. Robert Frost, the poet
27. According to the passage, who are the
24. The road in the poem represents “sacrificial children” in the Hunger Games
A. choices in life. trilogy?
B. challenges in life. A. Children who are forced to become killers
C. a long treacherous journey of one’s life. B. Children whose voices are silenced
D. a serene sojourn. C. Children who are threatened, lost, and
unheard
25. The entire poem is D. Children who are sacrificed in order to
A. a simile. reach the Symbolic – adulthood
B. a metaphor.
C. an irony. 28. The passage suggests that the author
D. a paradox. would support which of the following views?
A. The Hunger Games presents a society
VII that demands children as sacrifice for
entertainment. [A3]
As children often labeled our “hope,” so B. The trilogy forces the audience to
we must recognized that this phantom --- the recognize the aspects of a real, current
child who never existed, the child we wish we culture inside a Eutopian world.
might have been, the child who was lost --- is C. To speak of sacrificial children is to speak
often indicative of fears of the future. Child of mental brutality done to the individual.
sacrifice is a common trope in our society. And D. The vision of “sacrificial children” in the
beneath it lurks questions of desire, identity, and trilogy is one of the most horrific images
humanity. in the cultural imagination, but is not
I begin with “The Dream of the Burning pervasive in the society.
Child” because Suzzane Collins’ The Hunger
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29. According to the passage, Katniss C. Alluding to the inevitability and

becomes "the girl on fire" because unpleasantness of death
A. she is literally set on fire during the D. Referring to life and death that are as
games natural as day and night.
B. she represents the burning passion to
fight against child sacrifice and be heard 33. What could be the most possible reason
C. she burns with anger at the society that for the poet to refer to men who are “wise, good,
forces children to kill wild, and grave” in his poem?
D. she symbolizes hope for a better future A. To assert that death comes to all kinds of
men
30. The author references "phantom" in the first B. To emphasize that death does not
paragraph to suggest that distinguish among different types of men
A. children are ghostlike figures in society C. To emphasize that the way one lived
B. childhood is an illusion that adults create one’s life is inconsequential to death
C. the idealized child we imagine never D. To communicate to his father that he
actually exists should be all these at least while dying.
D. children represent supernatural elements
in literature. 34. Which of the following best paraphrases
the line, ‘wild men who caught and sang the sun
VIII in flight?’
Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night A. Men who have lived life to the fullest.
B. Men who lived life sensationally.
By Dylan Thomas C. Men who lived life uncontrollably.
Do not go gentle into that good night, D. Men who live life in simple and uncivilized
Old age should burn and rave at close of day; ways.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
35. How would you best characterize the
Though wise men at their end know dark is right, speaker's feelings toward his father?
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
A. The speaker is ambivalent about him.
B. The speaker is angy at him and does not
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright care if he lives.
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, C. The speaker is not certain about how he
Rage, rage against the dying of the light. feels for his father.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, D. The speaker loves him immensely and
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, wishes him to live.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
IX
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
One morning, a Fox sees a Crow sitting
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light. in a tree with a piece of cheese in her beak. The
And you, my father, there on the sad height, sly Fox, wanting the cheese for himself, begins
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. to flatter the Crow, praising her beauty and
Do not go gentle into that good night. pretending to admire her voice. At first, the Crow
Rage, rage against the dying of the light. is suspicious, but she eventually falls for the
Fox’s flattery. Wanting to prove her beautiful
voice, she opens her beak to caw, dropping the
31. What is the poem about? cheese. The Fox quickly grabs the cheese and
A. Peaceful acceptance of the absurdity of thanks her, leaving the Crow to realize that she
death has been tricked.
B. A celebration of death 36. What animal does the Fox see on the limb
C. The inevitability of death of a tree?
D. An intense resistance to death
A. a Dove
32. In using day and night or light or dark as B. an Eagle
metaphors for life and death in the poem, it is C. a Crow
most likely that the poet is: D. a Blue Jay
A. Implying the never-ending cycle of life 37. Why did the Fox flatter the Crow?
and death.
B. Contrasting with the emotions of joy and A. He thought she was truly beautiful.
anger in the poem. B. He wanted her to sing for him.
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C. He wanted to steal the cheese from her. B. Through analysis of numerous of facts
D. He wanted to be friends with her. C. Through detailed description of an
incident
38. Listening to these flattering words, the Crow D. Through comparison of numerous events
forgot all her suspicion, and also her breakfast."
Based on this evidence, what are "flattering 43. In the phrase Here Bold Olympia, one
words"? historic night, Olympia symbolizes the
A. insults and rude names A. colonizers.
B. compliments and praise B. colonized.
C. suggestions and advice C. motherland.
D. warnings and alerts D. homeland.

39. What is the theme of this story? 44. What does the word presaging in the
A. Crows are easier to take care of than poem mean?
Foxes are. A. promising
B. Getting a lot of praise can lead you to do B. predicting
something foolish. C. claiming
C. If you have more food than you can finish D. displaying
on your own, you should share it.
D. One act of kindness often leads to 45. The East and West in the 11th line
another represent
A. Spain and America.
40. If you were the Crow, how might you have B. Japan and America.
acted differently to keep the cheese safe? C. Spain and Philippines.
D. America and Philippines.
A. Ignored the Fox’s compliments and kept
quiet.
B. Thrown the cheese at the Fox to make him
46. The phrase Here East and West have oft
go away.
displayed their might indicates
C. Shared the cheese with the Fox to be polite.
A. struggle.
D. Tried to sing louder to impress the Fox even
B. brutality.
more.
C. placidness.
X. D. fairness.
Moonlight on Manila Bay XI
By Fernando Maramag Napapagod din kami. Sa klase, kailangang
A light serene, ethereal glory, rests ipakitang kami’y walang-pagod, hindi napupuyat,
Its beams effulgent on each cresting wave; laging handa, laging mabilis ang pag-iisip, at
The silver touches of the moonlight lave matalas ang siste. Pero tulad ng sinumang tao,
The deep’s bare bosom that the breeze molests; napapagod din kami. Nauubusan ng pasensya at
While lingering whispers deepen as the wavy crests umiinit ang ulo. Kailangan din naming mabuhay
Roll with weird rhythm, now gay, now gently grave; bilang isang tao na hinahangad ang walang-
And floods of lambent light appear the sea to pave trabahong Sabado o Linggo. Pero sa mga
– bakanteng araw, karamihan sa amin ay nagbabasa,
All cast a spell that heeds not time’s behests. naghahanda ng Powerpoint, nagwawasto ng papel,
Not always such the scene: the din of fight naghahanda ng lektura, nagbabasa ng mga papel sa
Has swelled the murmur of the peaceful air; mga dapat sana’y libreng oras. Kaya pasensiya
Here East and West have oft displayed their might; kung sumusungit kami minsan, tumataas ang boses,
Dark battle clouds have dimmed this scene so fair; o agad nagbibigay ng isang sorpresang pagsusulit.
Here bold Olympia, one historic night, Pasensiya na rin kung minsan, kami ang
Presaging freedom, claimed a people’s care. nagbubulakbol.

Pakiusap: Kung makikita mo kami sa mall, sa

41. What historical event was captured in the restaurant, sa simbahan, huwag mo kaming
poem? kakausapin tungkol lamang sa inyong project o
A. Mock Battle anuman tungkol sa ating klase.
B. Battle of Manila
C. Battle of the Philippine Sea Isa pang pakiusap sa mga mag-aaral: Bigyan
D. Philippine-American Battle ninyo ang mga guro ng dahilan para pumasok sila
sa klase.
42. How is the poem organized?
A. Through progression of conflicts Mas nanaisin namin ang masipag na mag-
aaral kaysa matalinong mag-aaral. (Siyempre,
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bonus na ang masipag na nga, matalino pa.) Mathematics

Malaking parte sa aming pagmamarka ang pagtingin
sa attendance ng isang mag-aaral. Maraming
Direction: Encircle the letter that
matatalino at talentadong mag-aaral ang
nakakukuha ng mababang grado sa amin. corresponds to the correct answers
Katamaran ang sanhi nito. Ang pag-aaral ay
paghahanda sa tunay na buhay --- ang mapuyat,
ang mapagod, ang tiyakin ang mga prayoridad sa 1. If two distinct points on the Cartesian Plane
buhay, ang pumila sa xerox machine, ang have the same y-coordinate, then the points lie
magtiyagang manaliksik sa maalikabok na library, on
ang sumunod sa mga pinakasimpleng instruksyon, A. a horizontal line
ang makisalamuha sa klase, ang tuparin ang mga B. a vertical line
deadline. Ang mga mag-aaral na hindi makatutugon C. an oblique line
sa kahilingan sa klase ay kadalasang hindi D. the y-axis
nakakaya ang mga pagsubok sa tunay na buhay.
Lagi naming pinapaalala na mas mabuti ang 2. If 3/8 of a number is 96, the number is
sumubok, kaysa sumuko. Gayundin, totoo ang
A. 132
babala na ang “hell week” sa akademiya ay wala sa
kalingkingan ng tunay na “hell week” ng buhay. B. 156
C. 256
Evasco Eugene Y. “Sampung Bagay na Hindi Sasabihin sa Iyo ng Isang Guro.”
Mga Pilat sa Pilak: mga personal na sanaysay. UST Publishing House, 2011.
D. 36

3. Which of the following statements is true?

47. Ano ang tinutukoy ng manunulat na “hell A. the sum of two even numbers is always
week” sa akademiya? odd
A. Ang linggo kung kailan punong-puno ng B. the sum of two even numbers is
pagdiriwang sa eskuwelahan. sometimes odd or even
B. Ang linggo kung kailan marami ang gulo C. the sum of two odd numbers is always
sa eskuwelahan. even
C. Ang linggo kung kailan patong-patong D. the sum of two odd numbers is
ang mga gawain sa eskuwelahan. sometimes odd or even
D. Ang linggo kung kailan sunod-sunod ang
mga pagsusulit at pasahan ng proyekto 4. When ¼ of 720 is subtracted from 3/7 of 567,
sa eskuwelahan. the result is
A. 63
48. Anong uri ng teksto ang binasa? B. 64
A. kritikal na sanaysay C. 71
B. teknikal na sanaysay D. 72
C. personal na sanaysay
D. madamdaming sanaysay 5. What is 1/3 revolution when converted to
degrees?
49. Ano ang damdaming ipinakikita ng A. 50°
mananaysay at guro para sa kanyang mga B. 60°
mag-aaral? C. 90°
A. pagkauyam D. 120°
B. pagkabalisa
C. pag-aalala 6. Which of the following is not a constant?
D. paghihinuha A. π
50. Ano ang layunin ng may-akda sa B. 0.22
pagsusulat ng kanyang sanaysay? C. 0
A. maglabas ng hinanakit sa mga mag-aaral D. x
B. magbahagi ng saloobin at karanasan ng
mga guro sa loob at labas ng akademiya 7. Joey’s Talyer is having a car wash service
C. pangaralan ang matatalino ngunit mga with a price of P125 per car. How many cars
tamad na mag-aaral does it need to wash to reach their goal amount
D. ipaliwanag ang panig ng mga guro of P12,800?
A. 100
B. 101
END
C. 102
D. 103

8. Simplify: 3 + 4 × 2 − (6 ÷ 3)
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A. 11
B. 10 16. Solve for x: 2 x + 5 = 13
C. 8 A. 2
D. 9 B. B. 4
C. C. 6
D. D. 8
9. Simplify: 5 × (3 + 2) – 8 ÷ 4
A. 27 17. Simplify the expression: 5 (2x+3) − 4x
B. 25 A. 10x+3
C. 23 B. 6x+3
D. 24 C. 6x+15
D. 10x+15
10. The sum of three consecutive integers is 72.
18. Solve for x: 3 (x−4) = 2 (x+5)
What is the middle number?
A. 16
A. 24
B. 20
B. 23
C. 22
C. 25
D. 25
E. 26
19. Simplify the expression:
11. One number is 3 times another number. If
their sum is 48, what is the smaller number?
6𝑥 2 − 4x
A. 12
B. 15 2𝑥
C. 16
D. 18 A. 3x−2
B. 3x+2
12 The sum of two numbers is 20. If the larger C. 2x−4
number is 4 more than twice the smaller D. 3x−4
number, what is the smaller number?
A. 6 20. Evaluate the expression when x = − 2
B. 7 3x2 + 4x − 5
C. 8 A. 1
D. 9 B. 5
C. 9
13. In a right triangle, one leg measures 9 cm, D. -1
and the hypotenuse is 15 cm. What is the length
of the other leg? 21. Solve for x: x2 − 5x + 6 = 0

A. 6 cm A. 2 and 3
B. 12 cm 9
15 B. 1 and 6
C. 8 cm C. 1 and -6
D. 13 cm D. 2 and -3
?

14. A ladder is leaning against a wall. The 22. Factor the following quadratic expression:
bottom of the ladder is 4 feet away from the wall, 2x2 − 8x + 6
and the ladder’s length is 10 feet. How high does A. 2(x−1)(x−3)
the top of the ladder reach on the wall? B. 2(x+3)(x−1)
A. 6 feet C. 2(x−2)(x−3)
B. 8 feet D. 2(x−2)(x+3)
C. 9 feet
D. 12 feet 23. Factor the following quadratic expression:
x2 + 7x + 12
15. In a right triangle, one leg measures 3 cm
and the other leg measures 4 cm. What is the A. (x+3)(x+4)
length of the hypotenuse? B. (x+2)(x+6)
C. (x+1)(x+12)
A. 3cm D. (x+4)(x+3)
?
3
B. 4 cm
C. 5 cm 24. Factor the following cubic expression:
D. 6 cm x3 − 27
4
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A. (x−3)(x2+3x+9)
B. (x+3)(x2−3x+9) 31. What is the area of the square inscribed in a
C. (x−3)(x2−3x+9) circle having a diameter of 4 cm?
D. (x−9)(x2+3x+9) A. 4 cm²
B. 8 cm²
25. The character below illustrates the C. 4π cm²
responses of high school students who were D. 8π cm²
asked to give their first choice of career.
© represents 10 students 32. The diameter of the wheel is 6 cm. How
many complete revolutions will the wheel make
Engineering ©©©©©©
if it rolls a distance of 108π cm?
Medical work ©©©©©©©©
A. 6
Law ©©
B. 12
Science ©
C. 18
How many students chose Engineering over D. 24
Law?
A. 2 33. In a fruit basket, the ratio of apples to
B. 6 oranges is 4:3. If there are 12 apples, how many
C. 20 oranges are there?
D. 40
A. 8
26. In May, the average price of a kilo of rice was B. 9
25% above that of April. In June, it was 30% C. 10
below that of May. If the average price of rice in D. 12
April was ₱30 per kilo, what was the decrease
in the average price of a kilo of rice from May to 34. The length, width, and height of a large box
June? are thrice those of a smaller box. The volume of
A. ₱11.00 a large box is
B. ₱19.00 A. thrice that of the smaller box
C. ₱19.25 B. 9 times that of the smaller box
D. ₱37.50 C. 6 times that of the smaller box
D. 27 times that of the smaller box
27. If 8 less than the product of a number and -
5 is greater than 7, which of the following could 35. Find the area of a rectangle with base 7
be that number? inches and height 11 inches.
A. -5 A. 77 in.2
B. -3 B. 36 in.2
C. 3 C. 18 in.2
D. 5 D. 154 in.2

28. A father is 30 years older than his son. In 36. Find the perimeter of a square that
10 years, the father will be twice as old as the measures 16 inches on one side.
son. How old is the father now? A. 16 in.
A. 40 B. 32 in.
B. 45 C. 64 in.
C. 50 D. not enough information
D. 55
37. Which ofthe following is NOT a
29 Simplify (x3y2)4 quadrilateral?
A. x7y6 A. trapezoid
B. x8y12 B. b.parallelogram
C. xy2 C. decagon
D. x12y8 D. square

30. The three different colored dice are tossed. 38. What is the name for a polygon with six
How many different outcomes can occur? sides?
A. 6 A. pentagon
B. 18 B. hexagon
C. 36 C. octagon
D. 216 D. dodecagon
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C. 24
39. What is the measure of ∠MOL? D. 120

A. 130° 47. A bag contains 4 red balls, 3 blue balls, and

B. 50° 2 yellow balls. What is the probability of picking
C. 40° a blue ball? The answer should be its simplest
D. 120° form.
A. 1/3
B. 2/9
40. Find the area of the trapezoid in the figure. C. 3/9
E. 4/9
A. 22 cm2
B. 72 cm2 48. In how many ways can 4 people be arranged
C. 36 cm2 in a line from a group of 6 people?
D. 18 cm2
A. 360
B. 720
C. 3600
D. 120
41. Which of the following is not true about any
right triangle?
A. The sum of interior angles is 180°
B. The area is half of the product of the 49. The following data represents the scores of 5
height and base. students in a math exam: 80, 75, 90, 85, and 95.
C. The hypotenuse is the squareroot of the What is the mean score?
sum of the square of the legs.
D. The measure of one angle is more than A. 85
90° B. 84
42. If the sum of the measure of two angles of a C. 87
triangle is half the third angle, what is the D. 80
measure of the third angle?
A. 30° 50. Sixty-three people were asked the number
B. 45° of movies they saw in the movie theaters over
C. 60° their last vacation. Twenty-two people saw no
D. 120° movies, fourteen people saw one movie, ten
43. The ratio of the angles of a triangle is 2:3:4. people saw two movies, seven people saw three
The smallest angle in the triangle is: movies, six people saw four movies, and four
A. 25° people saw 5 or more movies. What percent of
B. 30° people saw 1 or 2 movies?
C. 40° A. About 19%
D. 60° B. About 38%
C. About 60%
44. Find the mode in the following set of scores. D. About 89%
{1,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4}
A. 1 END
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Science
45. How many ways can a committee of 3 be
formed if we are to choose from 5 candidates? Direction: Encircle the letter that
A. 5C4 corresponds to the correct answers
B. 5C3
C. 5P4
D. 5P2 1. Excluding the sun, what is the brightest star
in the sky?
46. In how many ways can 5 persons be
seated in a circular table? A. Sirius
A. 5 B. Venus
B. 20 C. Betelgeuse
D. The Big Dipper
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2. When you go to a higher altitude, what A. Speed

happens to the boiling point of water? B. Temperature
C. Time
A. It increases D. Velocity
B. It stays the same
C. It decreases
D. It fluctuates 11. Which factors are involved in Gay-Lussac’s
Law?
3. Which of the following is a colloid?
A. Pressure and Temperature
A. Diamond B. Pressure and Volume
B. Fog C. Temperature and Volume
C. Salt Water D. Volume and Moles
D. Isopropyl Alcohol
4. Which of the following is NOT a chemical 12. Which electromagnetic wave has the
change? shortest wavelength?
A. Compression of carbon A. Radio
B. Mixing zinc and HCl B. UV
C. Burning of wood C. Visible Light
D. Decomposition of leaves D. Gamma Rays
5. What is the basic unit of life?
A. Atom 13. What do you call the apparent force that
B. Cell pulls a rotating object away from the center of its
C. Molecule rotation?
D. Element
A. Centripetal Force
6. How many chromosomes does a sperm cell B. Centrifugal Force
have? C. Gravity
A. 46 D. Electromagnetic Force
B. 42
C. 24 14. Which has the highest Ph value?
D. 23
A. Benzoic Acid
B. Water
7. What is the last phase of mitosis? C. Hydrochloric Acid
A. Telophase D. Milk of Magnesia
B. Metaphase
C. Anaphase 15. What the value 6.02×1023 (Avogadro’s
D. Prophase number) represent?
A. The number of particles in a mole
8.The founder of the science of genetics is B. The number of particles per atom in a
______. substance.
A. Dmitri Mendeleev C. The density of moles per square
B. Albert Einstein nanometer.
C. Gregor Mendel D. The length of time for a material to
D. Hans Aufbau decompose

9. All of the following are solutions except 16. When an object is placed in a higher
_____. position, what increases?

A. Brass A. Potential Energy

B. Coffee B. Kinetic Energy
C. Seawater C. Velocity
D. Sugar mixed into water D. Weight

10. Which is a not a scalar quantity? 17. Which member of the following members of
a food chain gets the least amount of energy?
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A. Deer B. Amylase
B. Mango Tree C. Adenine
C. Grass D. Glyoxalase
D. Cheetah
23. When electrons of a gas collide more
18. Which of the following mediums cannot frequently with each other and the container,
transmit sound? ______ is increased.
A. Pure Oxygen A. Temperature
B. Metal B. Pressure
C. A Perfect Vacuum C. Volume
D. Corrugated Carbon D. Molarity

19. Which scientist pioneered the planetary 24. Which element is the most electronegative?
model of the atom?
A. Neon
A. Niels Bohr B. Francium
B. Albert Einstein C. Sodium
C. Ernest Rutherford D. Fluorine
D. Antoine Lavoisier
25. Wood is primarily made up of what organic
20. A heavy metal ball and a plastic ball of equal compound?
diameters were dropped from a height of 30
meters. Which will hit the ground first? A. Cellulose
B. Carbon Tetrachloride
A. They will hit the ground at the same time. C. Carotid
B. The heavy ball will hit the ground first. D. Celluloid
C. The plastic ball will hit the ground first.
D. It depends on the air under each ball.
26. Cellulose is what type of compound?

21. An object traveling at 100 mph, if not acted A. A carbohydrate

upon by an unbalanced force will ________. B. An inorganic compound
C. A thermoplastic
A. Continue moving at 100 mph D. A non-digestive enzyme
B. Move at 100 mph, but slow down as
energy gets used.
C. Stop after 100 miles 27. Mount Mayon is what type of volcano?
D. Increase its speed due to the lack of an A. Stratovolcano
opposing force. B. Shield
C. Caldera
22. Which section of the brain is responsible for D. Cinder
releasing growth hormones?
A. Thyroid Gland 28. How does the esophagus bring food down
B. Pituary Gland to the stomach in space, where there is zero
C. Endocrine Gland gravity?
D. Hypothalamus
A. There is micro-gravity in space caused
by the centrifugal force created by
21. The tendency of an object to resist changes orbiting around Earth
in motion is dependent on: B. Peristalsis
A. Weight C. Mucous membranes in the esophagus
B. Temperature help the food go down
C. Speed D. Food is liquefied and makes use of
D. Mass osmosis in the esophagus to bring food
down.

22. What enzyme in saliva breaks down sugars?

29. Why doesn’t oil mix with water?
A. Aqua-enzymes
A. Oil is lighter than water
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B. Oil has a lower density compared to

water.
C. Oil is non-polar while water is a polar 37. Which organ produces bile, which helps
substance. digests lipids?
D. Oil’s carbon content cannot mix with A. Prostate Gland
water’s hydrogen. B. Pancreas
30. What is 500 degrees Celsius in Kelvin? C. Liver
D. Gallbladder
A. 773 K
B. 227 K 39. Which of the following characterizes water?
C. 772 K A. Water releases only heat quickly.
D. 1197 K B. Water releases and gains heat quickly.
C. Water releases and gains heat slowly.
31. Which planet has the shortest orbit? D. Water gains only heat slowly.

A. Jupiter 40. How many molecules of carbon dioxide and

B. Mercury oxygen are produced to complete this
C. Pluto reaction?
D. Venus C12H22O11 + 12 O2 -> _ CO2 + _ H2O
A. CO2 = 10, H2O = 11
32 Which of the following sources of energy is B. CO2 = 11, H2O = 11
the cleanest? C. CO2 = 12, H2O = 10
D. CO2 = 12, H2O = 11
A. Coal
B. Natural Gas 41 Which machine has more power?
C. Crude Oil
D. Wind A. Machine A finishes work in 10 s.
B. Machine B finishes work in 5 s.
C. Both machines have the same power.
33. What is the symbol for ozone? D. Machine A and B will finish work together
A. O2 in 15 seconds.
B. O3
C. O4 42. Among types of heat flow, which is the
D. O5 reason why spoon placed on a coffee mug heats
up as time passes by?

34. What blood type can be donated to a person A. Radiation

of any blood type? B. Conduction
A. A C. Convection
B. AB D. Heat Contact
C. B
D. O 43. What type of mirrors are used on shopping
malls and sidemirrors?

35. When mothballs turn into gas, the process is A. Concave

called __________. B. Convex
C. Spherical
A. Evaporation
D. Plain
B. Sublimation
C. Deposition
44. Which is a mismatch on the parts of wave?
D. Condensation
A. Crest: high
36. What process can be used on a liquid to B. Trough: center
separate its components without losing either C. Wavelength: crest to crest
component in the process? D. Amplitude: height
A. Distillation 45. Which is not a characteristic of a mineral?
B. Evaporation
C. Sieving A. inorganic solid
D. Paper Chromatography B. crystalline structure
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C. variable composition
D. naturally occurring

46. Which rock in which fossils are found that

shows evidence of the past?
A. Igneous rock
B. Sedimentary rock
C. Metamorphic rock
D. Granitic rock

47. It is the process of breaking down of rocks

that shape the face of the Earth.
A. erosion
B. weathering
C. mass movement
D. frost wedging

48. Among the layers of the atmosphere, which

is a mismatch?
A. Mesosphere: meteors
B. Stratosphere: ozone
C. Troposphere: weather
D. Exosphere: air balloon

49. A car travels a distance of 100 meters in 20

seconds. What is its average speed?
A. 2 m/s
B. 5 m/s
C. 10 m/s
D. 20 m/s

50. Who is considered as the Father of Science?

A. Isaac Newton
B. Albert Einstein
C. Charles Darwin
D. Galileo Galilee

END
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Abstract Reasoning Language Proficiency Reading Comprehension

1. D 1. B 1. C
2. B 2. D 2. D
3. C 3. B 3. B
4. C 4. B 4. A
5. A 5. C 5. D
6. B 6. D 6. B
7. D 7. A 7. C
8. B 8. C 8. B
9. C 9. A 9. C
10. D 10. C 10. C
11. B 11. A 11. C
12. D 12. D 12. B
13. A 13. C 13. C
14. D 14. D 14. A
15. E 15. A 15. C
16. B 16. D 16. C
17. C 17. A 17. A
18. B 18. C 18. A
19. D 19. D 19. A
20.D 20. A 20. D
21. D 21. B 21. A
22. A 22. D 22. A
23. A 23. C 23. C
24. C 24. A 24. A
25. A 25. B 25. B
26. B 26. A 26. A
27. A 27. B 27. C
28. C 28. B 28. A
29. D 29. D 29. B
30. A 30. C 30. C
31. B 31. D
32. A 32. C
33. B 33. A
34. D 34. A
35. D 35. D
36. B 36. C
37. A 37. C
38. A 38. B
39. A 39. B
40. B 40. A
41. C 41. B
42. D 42. C
43. B 43. A
44. A 44. B
45. C 45. A
46. D 46. A
47. D 47. D
48. A 48. C
49. C 49. C
50. A 50. B
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Mathematics Science
1. A 1. A
2. C 2. C
3. C 3. B
4. A 4. A
5. D 5. B
6. D 6. D
7. D 7. A
8. D 8. C
9. C 9. A
10. A 10. D
11. A 11. A
12. C 12. D
13. B 13. B
14. C 14. C
15. C 15. A
16. B 16. A
17. C 17. D
18. C 18. C
19. A 19. A
20. D 20. A
21. A 21. A
22. A 22. B
23. A 23. B
24. A 24. B
25. D 25. A
26. A 26. D
27. A 27. A
28. C 28. A
29. D 29. A
30. D 30. B
31. B 31. C
32. C 32. A
33. B 33. B
34. D 34. D
35. A 35. B
36. C 36. D
37. C 37. B
38. B 38. A
39. B 39. C
40. C 40. C
41. D 41. B
42. D 42. B
43. C 43. B
44. D 44. B
45. B 45. C
46. C 46. B
47. A 47. B
48. A 48. D
49. A 49. B
50. B 50. D
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SCIENCE 7. Which of the following may be considered a

scalar quantity?
Direction: Encircle the letter that corresponds
to the correct answers a. Displacement
b. Acceleration
1. A blue piece of paper is illuminated by red
c. Distance
light that passes through a green filter. What
d. Power
color does the paper appear?
8. What is the frequency of a particular wave if
a. Blue
its period is 0.50 seconds?
b. Green
c. Red a. 5 Hz
d. Black b. 1 Hz
c. 2 Hz
2. The period of pendulum is affected by:
d. 4 Hz
a. Mass of the bob
9. A mirror with a wide radius of curvature is
b. Length of the pendulum
used as a shaving mirror in a barbershop. The
c. Total energy
face of a person looks enlarged and the skin
d. Time of swinging
pores are clearly seen. This mirror is called a
3. Which forces listed below cannot make two ______ mirror.
bodies attract each other?
a. Concave
a. Gravitational b. Convex
b. Molecular c. Plane
c. Centrifugal d. Prism
d. Magnetic
10. If the mass of the Earth were twice as it is
4. How much work is done in lifting a block now, the gravitational force between it and the
weighing 30 N to a height of 4m? sun would be:

a. 1200 J a. Twice as great

b. 120 J b. Thrice as great
c. 100 J c. The same
d. 12 J d. Four times as great

5. An object starting from rest accelerated at a 11. A bullet was shot horizontally in an open
rate of 5 m/s² for 10 seconds. The velocity at field, at the same time, its shell fell to the
the end of this time is ______________ m/s. ground. If they started from a height of 2 m,
which will hit the ground first?
a. 2
b. 5 a. The shell
c. 50 b. The bullet
d. 10 c. They will hit at the same time
d. Needs more info
6. An artificial satellite making a circular orbit
around the earth does not move closer to the 12. A hunter sees a monkey sitting on a branch,
center of the Earth because: and since the bow does not have a sight, the
hunter pulls back the bow and points the arrow
a. The satellite is weightless
directly at the monkey. As the hunter releases
b. The satellite always moves normal to the
the arrow, the monkey notices the movement
force due to gravity
and drops off the branch. What happens next?
c. The Earth’s gravity keeps the satellite
moving with constant velocity a. The arrow misses, passing above the
d. A centripetal force keeps the satellite in monkey
its orbit b. The arrow hits the monkey
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c. You need to know the distance to know 17. Differences between eukaryotic and
what happens prokaryotic cells include all of the following
d. You should not be killing animals except ______.

13. Which conditions will increase the rate of a. Eukaryotic cells have mitochondria
chemical reaction? b. Eukaryotic cells have cilia and flagella
with complex structure
a. Decreased temperature and decreased
c. Prokaryotic cells have simple cell
concentration of reactants
characteristics
b. Decreased temperature and increased
d. Prokaryotic cells have no genetic material
concentration of reactants
c. Increased temperature and decreased 18. During ______, the chromosomes attach to
concentration of reactants the spindle and align at the middle of the cell.
d. Increased temperature and increased
a. Prophase
concentration of reactants
b. Prometaphase
14. In the periodic table, the periods are c. Metaphase
represented by _____. d. Anaphase

a. metallic 19. When combined with metals, nonmetals

b. rows tend to electrons.
c. columns
a. lose
d. non-metallic elements
b. gain
15. The sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea c. share
is becoming difficult to treat because the d. combine
causative bacteria are evolving resistance to
20. Give the mass number for an atom that has
antibiotics. For example, in Hawaii between
10 protons, 10 electrons, and 11 neutrons.
1997 and 1999 resistance to fluoroquinolones
increased from 1.4 percent to 9.5 percent. a. 31
Scientists attribute this to natural selection. b. 20
What does natural selection mean in this c. 10
context? d. 21

a. The germs have learned to avoid that 21. A chemical bond is an attractive force that
particular class of antibiotic holds atoms together. What type of chemical
b. The antibiotic has changed the genetic bond refers to the electrovalent or electrostatic
structure of the germs allowing them to attraction between positive and negative ions?
become antibiotic-resistant
a. Ionic Bond
c. The germs changed their genetic code in
b. Covalent Bond
order to avoid problems with the
c. Crystal Bond
antibiotic
d. Polar Covalent Bond
d. The antibiotic created an environment in
which germs harboring antibiotic- 22. The movement of a body launched in space
resistant genes could flourish without its motive power, and travels freely
under the action of gravity and air resistance
16. In a plant, what part stores sugars as
alone is called _____________.
starch?
a. Rectilinear motion
a. Leaves
b. Projectile motion
b. Roots
c. Uniform circular motion
c. Seeds
d. Horizontal motion
d. All of the above
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23. Which of the following is true regarding the d. The car will slide in straight line in the
proteins involved in facilitated diffusion? direction it was traveling at the time it
hits the oil slick.
a. Channel and carrier proteins allow
molecules to diffuse passively against 27. A bird is flying upward at an angle of 45°
their concentration gradients with the horizontal. The direction of the force of
b. Channel and carrier proteins transport gravity acting on it is
materials at different rates
a. upward
c. Aquaporins are a type of carrier protein
b. at an angle upward
d. Ions such as sodium, potassium, and
c. downward
calcium can move across the membrane
d. at an angle downward
through the use of channel proteins
28. An object is in equilibrium,
24. Which of the following correctly describes
meiosis? I. if it is at rest.
II. if it is moving at a constant velocity only.
a. Meiosis begins with a diploid parent cell
III. if it is in free fall.
and ends with two diploid daughter cells
b. Meiosis begins with a diploid parent cell
a. I only
and ends with four haploid daughter cells
b. I and II only
c. Meiosis begins with a haploid parent cell
c. II only
and ends with two haploid daughter cells
d. I, II and III
d. Meiosis begins with a haploid parent cell
and ends with four haploid daughter cells 29. If a car is moving along a constant speed in
a straight line, it maybe assumed that
25. The U-shaped pipe shown in the figure
below is divided with a membrane that is only a. a net force is pushing forward.
permeable to water. Which of the following best b. the sum of all forces is zero.
describes how water will flow through the c. the sum of all horizontal forces is zero.
membrane? d. it is accelerating.

30. Which of the following is the correct

pathway of blood in a human heart?

a. right atrium → right ventricle → left

atrium → left ventricle
b. left atrium → right ventricle → right
atrium → left ventricle
a. Water will flow from side A into side B
c. right atrium → left atrium → right
b. The water levels are already equal so
ventricle → left ventricle
water will not flow through the
d. right atrium → right ventricle → left
semipermeable membrane
ventricle → left atrium
c. Water will flow from side B into side A
d. None of the above 31. A stone is thrown straight up into the air.
While it rises and falls its potential energy
26. Assuming the frictional force to be zero
when the car hits an oil slick. Describe the a. increases then decreases.
resulting motion of the car. b. decreases then increases.
c. remains constant.
a. The car will stop.
d. increases steadily.
b. The car will overturn.
c. The car will slide in a circular direction at 32. The main reason why the inner transition
a constant speed. elements are placed below the main body of the
periodic table is that _____
 29

a. they are not real metals. a. Lithosphere

b. they are the most negative elements. b. Stratosphere
c. they do not have as many applications as c. Hydrosphere
elements shown in the main body of the d. Troposphere
table.
39. Nucleotides are made up of sugar,
d. such positioning makes the periodic table
phosphate, and?
fit better on a sheet of paper
a. Cholesterol
33. If a fish wore goggles above the water
b. Nitrogenous base
surface, it will see better if it has goggles that
c. Fatty acid
are _______.
d. Nucleic acid
a. tinted blue-green
40. A person is standing on a weighing scale
b. flat
inside an elevator. When the elevator is at rest,
c. tinted red
the reading on the scale is 7 kg. What will be
d. filled with water
the new reading on the scale if the elevator is
34. What does the mouse primarily eat? accelerating upward?

a. 1st trophic level a. The reading on the scale will not change
b. 2nd trophic b. It will be greater than 7 kg
level c. The scale will give a reading lower than
c. 3rd trophic level 7 kg
d. 4th trophic level d. The person will not be able to read the
scale because of motion sickness

35. If the temperature of an ideal gas is END

increased and the volume is held constant, the
pressure will

a. Increase
b. Decrease
c. Remain the same
d. Increase and decrease

36. Consider a 20.0-gram sample of a particular

metal that has a specific heat capacity of 0.40
J/g/°C. When the metal sample gains 64.0 J of
heat, its temperature will increase by _____ °C.

a. 5.0 °C
b. 6.0 °C
c. 8.0 °C
d. 4.0 °C

37. If both the force and area of application of

the said force are halved, the pressure will

a. Increase by a factor of 2
b. Decrease by a factor of 2
c. Diminish by the square root of 2
d. Remain constant

38. The atmospheric layer nearest the Earth’s

surface is _________.
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MATHEMATICS a. –3 b. 3 c. 15
d. –15
Direction: Encircle the letter that corresponds
9. √64 is also equal to:
4

to the correct answers

a. 2 √4 b. 2 c. 4
4

1. Suppose 𝐴 = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12}, 𝐵 = d. 2 √8

4

{1, 4, 9, 16}. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐴 ∩ 𝐵 = ? 10. . Simplify: 3(𝑥 − 2) + 3(3𝑥 + 4).

a. {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 16} a. 6𝑥 − 2 c. 12𝑥 + 6
b. ∅ b. 2𝑥 + 1 d. 4𝑥 + 2
c. {4} 11. 2(3𝑥 + 1) = 2𝑥 − 6. Solve for x
d. {4, 16} a. − 2
3
c. 2
2. Multiply 2𝑥 − 3𝑦 by 3𝑥 + 4𝑦
b. −2 d. 4
a. 6𝑥 2 + 𝑥𝑦 − 12𝑦 2
12. Four less than thrice a number can be
b. 6𝑥 2 − 17𝑥𝑦 − 12𝑦 2
represented as:
c. 6𝑥 2 − 𝑥𝑦 − 12𝑦 2
a. 3 − 4𝑥 c. 3𝑥 − 4
d. 6𝑥 2 + 17𝑥𝑦 − 12𝑦 2
b. 4𝑥 − 3 d. 4 − 3𝑥
3. Which equation shows the relationship 3
4 −2
between x and y in the table? 13. If 𝑥 = (9) , find the value of x.
x 3 6 9 12 a. − 3
2
c. − 27
8

y 1 3 5 7 3 27
b. d.
a. 𝑦 = 3𝑥 + 5 2 8
2 14. If 𝑥 − 5 > 2𝑥 + 4, then
b. 𝑦 = 3 𝑥 − 1
a. 𝑥 > 9 c. 𝑥 > 1
c. 𝑦 = −𝑥 + 3
b. 𝑥 < −9 d.
d. 𝑦 = 2𝑥 − 3
𝑥 < −1
4. Which of the following is a whole
15. Factor 𝑥 2 − 10𝑥 + 24
number?
a. (𝑥 − 12)(𝑥 + 2) c.
a. 2.5 c. 3/7
(𝑥 − 8)(𝑥 + 3)
b. 6/3 d. √3 b. (𝑥 − 6)(𝑥 − 4) d.
5. When a = 8, b = 2, which of the following (𝑥 + 12)(𝑥 − 2)
is a whole number? 𝑥 𝑥
1 𝑎−𝑏
16. 𝑘 + ℎ = ______
a. c. 𝑥 ℎ𝑘
𝑎+𝑏
𝑎
𝑎+𝑏
𝑏
a. c.
ℎ𝑘 𝑥(𝑘+ℎ)
b. d. 𝑥 𝑥ℎ+𝑥𝑘
𝑏 𝑎
b. d.
6. Which of the following is a rational ℎ+𝑘 ℎ𝑘

number? 17. What is the slope of the line 𝑦 = 3𝑥 + 6

√4 √3 √2 a. 3 b. 6
a. b. c.
5 6 6 1
1 c. 2 d.
d. √6 2

18. How much gas will be used up by a car

7. Which of the following is NOT a true
that travels 32.5 kilometers if it
statement?
consumes 14 L when it travels 182
a. Every even number is divisible by
kilometers?
two
a. 1.5 L c. 2.7 L
b. Every number divisible by two is
b. 2.5 L d. 78.4 L
an even number
19. A bus ride costs Php8.00 for the first four
c. Every number not divisible by two
kilometers and Php1.20 for each
is not odd
additional kilometer or a fraction of a
d. Every odd number is not an even
kilometer. How much would a passenger
number.
pay if he had a 9½ km-ride?
8. |6 − 9| = ________
a. Php14.60 c. Php17.80
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b. Php15.20 d. Php19.40 track traveling the opposite direction. If

20. Al is twice as old as Fred. The sum of the trains meet at 12:00 NN and traveled
their ages is five times Fred’s age less 48. a total of 300 miles, what is the speed of
How old is Fred? the other train?
a. 19 b. 24 a. 50 mph c. 100 mph
b. 75 mph d. 150 mph
c. 35 d. 48
27. If 500 chickens can consume 10 sacks of
21. Which of the following is TRUE for the feeds in 3 days, how long will the same
given graph? amount of feeds last if there are only 200
chickens?
1
a. 7 2 days c. 75 days
1
b. 1 5 days d. 25days
28. Jonathan and Jake can finish a project in
3 hours. If Jonathan alone can finish the
same project in 8 hours, how long will it
take Jake to finish it if he works alone?
11 4
a. The slope of the line is positive. a. hour c. 45
24
b. The slope of the line is negative. hours
c. The line has a zero slope. 2
b. 2 11 hours d. 5 hours
d. The line has no slope.
29. A bag in a department store is on sale at
22. A rectangular lot has a length that is 3
30% discount. When bought with a coat,
meters less than two times its width. If
the total price of the two items is
its perimeter is 66 meters, what is the
Php4,300. What is the price of the coat if
length of the lot?
the total price of the coat and the bag
a. 12 m c. 24 m
before the sale is Php5,200?
b. 21 m d. 42 m
a. Php1,100
23. An inlet pipe can fill a certain swimming
b. Php2,200
pool in 8 hours. The same pool can be
c. Php3,640
filled up by a larger inlet pipe in 6 hours.
d. Php3,900
How long will it take to fill up the pool if
30. What is the vertex of the parabola with
both pipes were opened at the same 1
time? the equation 𝑦 = 3 𝑥 2 + 2?
3 1
a. 2 hours c. 3 7 hours a. (0, 2) c. (3 , 2)
7
b. hours d. 14 hours b. (–2, 0) d. (3, –2)
24
24. The measure of an angle is four times its 31. The equation 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑏 𝑚 = 𝑛 express in
complement. What is the measure of the exponential form is _____.
angle? a. 𝑚 = 𝑏 𝑛 c. 𝑏 = 𝑛𝑚
a. 18° b. 36° b. 𝑚 = 𝑛𝑏 d. 𝑏 = 𝑚𝑛
32. Solve for 𝑥: 4𝑥 + 2𝑥+1 − 24 = 0
c. 22.5° d. 72° a. -6 b. -3
25. Ivan is 14 years older than Kate. In ten c. 2 d. 4
years, he will be twice as old as Kate.
How old is Kate now? 33. Solve for 𝑥: 92𝑥+1 = 27𝑥+2
a. 4 b. 6 a. 1 b. 2

c. 8 d. 12 c. 3 d. 4

26. A train leaves the train station at 10:00 34. What is the probability that a card drawn
AM traveling 100 mph due west. Another from an ordinary deck of 52 cards is a
train leaves another station along the face card?
 32

a. ¼ c. 3/13
b. 1/13 d. 4/13
35. If five coins are tossed simultaneously,
find the probability that they will have 3
heads
a. 1/16 c. 5/16
b. 3/32 d. 5/32
36. What is the next term in the sequence:
4, 7, 10, 13, ____?
a. 15 b. 16 c. 17
d. 18
37. Solve for x: 52𝑥−2
= 252𝑥+5
a. -7 b. -6 c. 0
d. 3
38. Find the domain of the following rational
𝑥+1
function: 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥−2.
a. {xx ≠ −2}
b. {xx ≠ −1}
c. {xx ≠ 1}
d. {xx ≠ 2}
39. Find the range of the following rational
𝑥+1
function: 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥−2.
a. {yy ≠ −2}
b. {yy ≠ −1}
c. {yy ≠ 1}
d. {yy ≠ 2}
40. Which of the following is NOT a graph of
a function?

END
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ENGLISH options provided following the same verbal

analogy as the original pair of words.
Directions: In each of the items from number
1 to 5, select the idiom that best fits the
sentence from the choices under each sentence. 6. Able : Disabled : : Arrange :
1. The terrorists were not _______ the crimes a. rearrange
they committed. b. anarrange
a. absolve in c. disarrange
b. absolve of d. unarrange
c. absolve from 7. Gills : Fish : : Lungs :
d. absolve about
a. arteries
2. The cashier ______ me ______ the groceries b. blood
I bought. c. veins
a. charged/with d. man
b. charged/for 8. Brother : Sister : : Warlock :
c. charged/of
d. charged/from a. widow
b. witch
3. It is difficult to ______ people of different c. warlady
beliefs. d. widower
a. contend for 9. Mahabharata : India : : Iliad :
b. contend at
c. contend with a. Rome
d. contend over b. Greece
c. Troy
4. Justice Undersecretary Merciditas Gutierrez d. Russia
______ the truthfulness of Gracia Burnham’s
statement that she heard Abu Sabaya talking to 10. Thread : Cloth : : Wire :
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo using a a. current
satellite phone. b. mesh
a. inquired of c. cage
b. inquired about d. metal
c. inquired from
d. inquired into In Numbers 11 to 15, each pair of words exhibits
a form of association. Under each pair are two
sets of words. Select the pair of words that
5. You will get up to 57 percent discount if you shows the same relation as the original pair of
______ Newsweek than buy it from the words.
newsstand.
11. Egypt : Desert : :
a. subscribe to
b. subscribe for a. Philippines : Tropics
c. subscribe of b. Alaska : Snow
d. subscribe by c. Cactus : Desert
d. Philippines : Islands

12. Car : Garage : :

In Numbers 6 to 10, each item is composed of
three words. The first pair of words shows a a. Dog : Cage
verbal analogy. Select the fourth word from the b. Bird : Cage
 34

c. Airplane : Ramp a. many

d. Airplane : Hangar b. all

20. ______ fishermen set about half a mile from

13. Kid : Goat : :
shore, pulled their nets with sturgeons for caviar
a. Pony : Horse to sell in the black market.
b. Colt : Horse
a. these
c. Lion : Lioness
b. those
d. Ponytail : Pigtail

14. Water : H₂O : :

In Numbers 21 to 25, choose the correct noun
a. Carbon Dioxide : CO derivation from the options.
b. Gold : Au
21. In choosing music for your wedding
c. Liquid : Li
ceremony, your first ______ is to keep it true to
d. Centimeter : Cm
the purpose of the liturgy or service being said.
15. Sum : Addition : :
a. responsibility
a. Quotient : Division b. responsible

b. Minuend : Subtrahend
22. Many churches are quite strict about the
c. Plus : Minus ______ and religiosity of the music played
during the ceremony.
d. Positive : Negative
a. sacredly
b. sacredness
In Numbers 16 to 20, choose the determiner or
predeterminer that best fits in the sentence. 23. The list was compiled through the ______
of the parish priest.
16. Easy glider, ______ anaconda can cruise like
a submarine and, with its eyes and nostrils a. kind
strategically positioned atop its small, flat head, b. kindness
peer above water like a periscope.
24. This list has been arranged to accommodate
a. the
a purely instrumental music selection, a
b. an
selection just for voices, or a combination of the
17. ______ peso you pay for in a National two programs, by which you may choose to
Geographic, goes to the research project on have ______ and singers perform your
wildlife, like the research on anacondas. ceremony music.
a. every a. musician
b. musical
b. each

18. ______ estimates suggest that there is 25. For general purposes, we shall assume that
nearly 200 billion barrels, roughly as much as the music alluded to shall be applicable to
the proven reserves of Iran and Iraq combined. ______ weddings.
a. every a. Philippine
b. some b. Filipino

19. ______ of the Caspian’s sturgeon are being

decimated by poaching and pollution. In Numbers 26 to 30, choose the correct noun
derivation from the options.
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26. The women’s choir competition gave a 34. Nearly all ______ demand observance of the
special prize to the most outstanding ______ standard punctuation.
performer.
a. editor in chiefs
b. editors in chief
a. alto
b. countertenor
35. The office is unusually quiet on ______.
27. Filipina ______ looks charming in their a. Sundays
Filipiniana costumes. b. Sunday’s
a. stewardess
b. steward
In Numbers 36 to 40, for each sentence,
choose the correct verb from the options.
28. The ______ of the story is portrayed by
Angel Locsin.
36. Yesterday, Ms. Co ______ a new dress for
a. hero the awards night.
b. heroine a. choose
b. chose
29. In the show “Mel and Joey,” Joey (de Leon) c. chosen
is the ______. d. choosing
a. anchorwoman
b. anchorman 37. Across from our school ______ the food
stalls.
30. My luggage were taken by a ______ at the a. is
port. b. are
c. was
a. chambermaid
d. were
b. stevedore
38. Neither the faculty nor the students
In Numbers 31 to 35, complete each of the ______ rehearsing for the Intramurals.
following sentences accurately by choosing the
a. has been
correct noun plural. b. have been
31. That accounting firm employs two ______ c. is
for five CPAs. d. are

a. secretaries
39. Have you ______ to your parents about
b. secretarys the trip to Boracay?

32. Both my ______ agreed to the settlement. a. spoke

b. spoken
a. sister-in-laws c. speak
b. sisters-in-law d. speaks

33. Two major ______ will participate in arms 40. Anton ______ his new bicycle.
negotiation.
a. lost
a. countries b. losed
c. lose
b. country
d. losing
END
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Science Mathematics English

1. d 1. c 1. c
2. b 2. c 2. b
3. c 3. b 3. c
4. b 4. b 4. d
5. c 5. b 5. b
6. d 6. a 6. c
7. c 7. c 7. d
8. c 8. b 8. b
9. a 9. a 9. b
10.a 10. c 10.b
11.c 11. b 11.d
12.b 12.c 12.d
13.d 13.d 13.b
14.b 14.b 14.b
15.d 15. b 15.a
16.d 16. d 16.a
17.d 17. a 17.a
18.c 18. b 18.b
19.b 19. b 19.a
20.d 20. b 20.a
21.a 21. b 21.a
22.b 22. b 22.b
23.d 23. c 23.b
24.b 24. d 24.a
25.c 25. a 25.b
26.d 26. a 26.a
27.c 27. a 27.a
28.b 28. c 28.b
29.b 29. b 29.b
30.a 30. a 30.b
31.a 31. a 31.a
32.d 32. c 32.b
33.d 33. d 33.a
34.a 34. c 34.b
35.a 35. c 35.a
36.c 36. b 36.b
37.d 37. b 37.b
38.d 38. d 38.b
39.b 39. c 39.b
40.b 40. b 40.a
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