Diagnostic Test G-10

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What is the total number of members of the Glee Club?

For Nos. 2-5
INTERPRETING TABLES
Directions: The table below shows the Philippines’ ten most populated cities based on the 2007 Census. Study the table then answer the questions that follow.

Rank            City                          Population                      %Population Distribution                Land Area    ( km2)
         Quezon City                  2,679,450                                   3.0                                                      161.2  
            Manila                         1,660,714                                   1.9                                                       38.6  
            Kalookan                     1,378,856                                   1.6                                                      53.3
          Davao City                     1,363,337                                   1.5                                                      2443.6
           Cebu City                       798,809                                     0.9                                                     291.2
      Zamboanga City                774,407                                     0.9                                                     1483.4
            Pasig                              617,301                                     0.7                                                     31.0
           Taguig                            613,243                                      0.7                                                     48.9
       Valenzuela                         568,928                                      0.6                                                     45.8
    Cagayan de Oro                  553,966                                      0.6                                                     488.1

               

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Test II. Reading Comprehension: Read the selection below. Then answer the questions provided. Write the letter of the correct answer.
Life has its disappointments and many of them are far from trivial. The birth of a defective child, the loss of a job the disintegration of a romance, the death of a loved one - such are some of the major traumas all must go through at one time or another. And even those who seem capable of coping with minor letdowns sometimes fall apart when some major disappointments come along.
There are different ways of reacting to life’s vicissitudes. Some try to cope by fleeing reality. They may occupy their minds with various forms of entertainment, devotion to some cause or pursuit of some goal. They may seek relief through drugs, alcohol, or even suicide. Others may handle them by rewarding themselves to make up for what they have had to endure.
Such reactions may soften life’s blows by diverting one’s attention. But, life has to go on so think of a better way. One that comes to terms with reality. It has to do with understanding the purpose of life and maintaining one’s stability.
Life is not a dead-end road. It leads to somewhere. The disappointments, the trials, the problems as we all encounter are not meant to be roadblocks. They are hurdles. Their purpose is to strengthen us, not to defeat us. The realization of this monumental truth can change a person’s perspective and enable him or her to deal with adversity.
Source: It’s a Question of Perspective (Excerpt). Clayton Steep

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Delightful as literature is, however, it has more lasting values than as a source of pleasure, amusement, and relaxation. It is, especially for young readers, the most important source of ideas and ideals. Literature is the record of what men have thought and felt about life, and from that record, the modern reader can enrich his own meager experience with the thought and emotions of the past. Especially important in this respect is contemporary literature, for as our modern life becomes more complex and diverse no single person can hope himself to experience all of life. Yet every man wants to know more of life than what lies within his grasp. The eternal spirit of youth is eager for experience, a great curiosity about life in the past and in the present. For this eagerness for knowledge, this “divine discontent” of youth, there is no better satisfaction than the quest for an understanding of the ideas and ideals expressed in the literature of the past and the present.  (Boas and Smith)

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There was a man who walked out of the factory every day with a wheelbarrow full of straw. Each time he went out of the gate, the guard thoroughly sifted the straw. The guard found out the wheelbarrow had nothing but straw.
Soon the worker repaired his house. He even bought a tricycle. He resigned from the factory and earned well with his tricycle. His best friend wondered where he got the money. He asked him.
“What did you steal to repair your house and buy a tricycle?”
“Wheelbarrows,” he replied.

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                                                                   H      O      P        E
                                    Hope is a tattered flag and a dream out of time…
                                    The evening star inviolable over the coal mines …
                                    The blue hills beyond the smoke of the steelworks…

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Test III. Literary Skills
Directions: Read the text below. Then answer the questions provided. Write the letter of the correct answer.


The previous night had been wet and stormy and one which the fishermen were not likely to forget. Caught in the storm, their canoes had been dashed to pieces on the rocks and their nets swept away by the swift current.

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Filipino women still keep the house for their husbands and children. Though considered Maria Claras, they are modern versions – maintain a high profile in almost all sections of society.

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He lived at the dead-end of an esquinita in a shack made of rusty old tins. His tamarind tree rose into full bloom and began to bear fruits. Its fruits were so abundant that when the breeze was strong, the tree was unable to carry such a burden and seemed to shake off some of them.

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To forgive is a valuable gift to yourself, according to Standord psychologist Carl Thoresen. His team has built a group treatment to help people forgive. A study of 259 adults who took part saw stress, anger, and symptoms such as headaches and stomach upsets go way down, compared with a control group. Positive effects remained six months later. Forgiveness doesn’t mean forgetting or condoning offenses or reconciling with the offender. Thoresen says. It means giving up the right to be angry.

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“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”  -  Mark Twain

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“Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

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Use the most appropriate word that will best complete the sentence. Choose your answer from the choices given below.
A. adrift                B. conquest                         C. slaughter                  D. dispute

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26. The mother and child were shut up in a chest and set _______ on the sea and the chest floated towards Seriphus.

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27. When Perseus was grown up Polydectes sent him to attempt the __________ of Medusa, a terrible monster who had laid waste the country.

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28. After the _____________ of Medusa, Perseus, bearing with him the head of the Gorgon, flew far and wide, over land and sea.

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29. It was the realm of King Atlas, whose bulk surpassed that of all other men, rich with flocks and herds and had no neighbor or rival to _____________his state.

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Test IV. Language and Written Communication Skills
A. EXPRESSIONS that AFFIRM or NEGATE

Directions: From the choices given use the most appropriate expression to NEGATE or AFFIRM.
A. hardly                             B. never                              C. certainly                          D. definitely

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32. The brothers____________ ever meet each other.

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33. The soldier should ________ get an award for bravery.

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34. We are _____________ leaving tomorrow no matter what.

B. Read this excerpt from the story of “Arachne” and FILL IN the missing pronouns. Choose from the choices given below.
A. himself                                B. herself                            C. themselves                              D. itself

Never before had Arachne been matched _______35_______ against anyone whose skill was equal, or even nearly equal, to her own. As she stole glances from time to time at Athena and saw the goddess herself working swiftly, calmly and always a little faster than herself, she became angry instead of frightened, and an evil thought came into her head. Thus, as Athena stepped back a pace to watch Arachne finishing her work, she saw that the maiden had taken for her design a pattern of scenes which showed evil or unworthy actions of gods _____36________, how they had deceived fair maidens, resorted to trickery, and appeared on earth from time to time in the form of poor and humble people.

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35. What is the appropriate word in number 35? Write the letter

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36.What is the appropriate word in number 36? Write the letter.

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C. Modals. Provide the most appropriate modal to complete the thought of the paragraph. 
                 Write the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet.

We (39. A. can B. may C. will D. must ) make better use of nonrenewable resources to conserve our supply. ( 40. A. Can B. May C. Will D. Might ) we go on taking more oil out of the Earth forever? No. Fossil fuels are limited. Research is being done to find substitutes for our mineral sources. But there are some metals which are difficult to replace. There ( 41. A. can B. must C. should D. may ) not be enough of these fuels to meet our future energy needs.

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39. What is the correct modal in number 39? Write your answer.

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40. What is the correct modal in number 40? Write your answer.

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41.What is the correct modal in number 41? Write your answer.

D. Directions: Identify the Head or the main word being modified in the following sentences.

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42. The girl walked down the road on a cold, gloomy day
A B C D

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43. The cat was a tiny sweet animalwith soft fur.
A B C D

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44. Gracefully, the lady danceswith the tune of Waltz.
A B C D

E. Writing a Persuasive Speech

Directions: From the list of things mentioned below, Try to identify their level of importance in terms of writing a persuasive speech. Write A for the most important, B for the 2nd most important, C for the 3rd and D for the fourth.

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45. The purpose of the author.

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46. The paper to her is used in writing.

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47. The creativity in the use of the language.

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48.. The readability or appeal of the test to the reader

F. Writing Research

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Diagnostic Test G-10

What is the total number of members of the Glee Club?

26. The mother and child were shut up in a chest and set _______ on the sea and the chest floated towards Seriphus.

27. When Perseus was grown up Polydectes sent him to attempt the __________ of Medusa, a terrible monster who had laid waste the country.

28. After the _____________ of Medusa, Perseus, bearing with him the head of the Gorgon, flew far and wide, over land and sea.

29. It was the realm of King Atlas, whose bulk surpassed that of all other men, rich with flocks and herds and had no neighbor or rival to _____________his state.

32. The brothers____________ ever meet each other.

33. The soldier should ________ get an award for bravery.

34. We are _____________ leaving tomorrow no matter what.

35. What is the appropriate word in number 35? Write the letter

36.What is the appropriate word in number 36? Write the letter.

39. What is the correct modal in number 39? Write your answer.

40. What is the correct modal in number 40? Write your answer.

41.What is the correct modal in number 41? Write your answer.

42. The girl walked down the road on a cold, gloomy day A B C D

43. The cat was a tiny sweet animalwith soft fur. A B C D

44. Gracefully, the lady danceswith the tune of Waltz. A B C D

45. The purpose of the author.

46. The paper to her is used in writing.

47. The creativity in the use of the language.

48.. The readability or appeal of the test to the reader

What is the total number of members of the Glee Club?

2. Which city is home to three percent of the country’s total population of 88.57 million?

3. Which city has the biggest land area?

4. Which among these cities have the same population distribution?

5. How many of these cities are found in the National Capital Region?

6. What value is highlighted in the essay?

7. What does the author want the readers to realize?

8. What is the tone in The line “Life is not a dead-end road”.

9. What is the author’s purpose in writing the essay?

10. For the young reader, literature has more lasting values as

11. In contemporary literature, the underlined word means the same as

12. In this passage, the youth is characterized as

13. “Divine discontent” of youth has reference to

14. The passage has for its theme

15. What is inside the wheelbarrow?

16. What is the purpose of the author in writing the selection?

17. What kind of product does the factory produce?

18. What did the laborer do with the wheelbarrow he stole?

19. What is the predominant sensory image in the poem?

20. The preceding paragraph is a forewarning of danger to come. These hints of something bad to happen is what literary presentation?

21. The name Maria Clara in the paragraph is used as what literary device?

22. What literary technique is used by the author in the above paragraph?

23. What significance does the selection imply to the reader?

24. What significance does the selection imply to the reader?

25. What is the personal significance of this quotation to the reader?

26. The mother and child were shut up in a chest and set _______ on the sea and the chest floated towards Seriphus.

27. When Perseus was grown up Polydectes sent him to attempt the __________ of Medusa, a terrible monster who had laid waste the country.

28. After the _____________ of Medusa, Perseus, bearing with him the head of the Gorgon, flew far and wide, over land and sea.

29. It was the realm of King Atlas, whose bulk surpassed that of all other men, rich with flocks and herds and had no neighbor or rival to _____________his state.

30. The lines “Some eat fish and frogs, which they pluck from the water’s surface. Others feed on nectar from flowers or prey on small mammals, including other bats” would appeal to the sense of

31. Choose the letter of the phrase that DOES NOT appeal to the same sense as that of the boldfaced phrase: perfume, roses, and baking bread

32. The brothers____________ ever meet each other.

33. The soldier should ________ get an award for bravery.

34. We are _____________ leaving tomorrow no matter what.

35. What is the appropriate word in number 35? Write the letter

36.What is the appropriate word in number 36? Write the letter.

37. “Hi, Anthony! Hi, Lovelyn! Please come in and make ___________________ at home.”

38. “Don’t help us, dad. Sharee and I can paint the car all by __________________.”

39. What is the correct modal in number 39? Write your answer.

40. What is the correct modal in number 40? Write your answer.

41.What is the correct modal in number 41? Write your answer.

42. The girl walked down the road on a cold, gloomy day A B C D

43. The cat was a tiny sweet animalwith soft fur. A B C D

44. Gracefully, the lady danceswith the tune of Waltz. A B C D

45. The purpose of the author.

46. The paper to her is used in writing.

47. The creativity in the use of the language.

48.. The readability or appeal of the test to the reader

49. It is the list of all the sources used in the research.

50. Provides a review of what others have written or researched concerning the topic.

42. The girl walked down the road on a cold, gloomy day
A B C D

43. The cat was a tiny sweet animalwith soft fur.
A B C D

44. Gracefully, the lady danceswith the tune of Waltz.
A B C D

42. The girl walked down the road on a cold, gloomy day
A B C D

43. The cat was a tiny sweet animalwith soft fur.
A B C D

44. Gracefully, the lady danceswith the tune of Waltz.
A B C D