Question 1

Which sentence from the text best supports the statement?

“The Philippines is the hardest-working country in the world.”

Accepted Answer

By six or seven in the morning we are already up and on our way to work.

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Shops and markets are already open.

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The wheels of industry are already grinding.

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Shops, markets, bus terminals and other public institutions are already open.

Question 2

Which sentence from the text best supports the statement - Foreigners are astonished with Filipinos.?

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Filipinos buy economy sizes of assorted products.

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Filipinos buy a piece of cigarette

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Filipinos buy a dozen of eggs and dairy products.

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Filipinos buy cartons of milk products.

Question 3

Which pair of sentences from the text best supports the idea that the mother wanted her children to get a college degree?

1. She was good at knitting.

2. My mother brought us up single-handedly.

3. Her job tided us over until the eldest got a diploma of teaching.

4. Then she put up a sari-sari store to send the other children to college.

5. It was an extraordinary task for a woman so frail-dealing with three

adolescent children.

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3 & 4

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2& 3

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1& 2

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4& 5

Question 4

Which evidence from the text best shows that the mother has a special skill?

Accepted Answer

She was good at knitting.

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My mother brought us up single-handedly

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She did not finish high school.

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Then she put up a sari-sari store to send the other children to college.

Question 5

Which evidence from the text best shows that the task of knitting was just too much for the mother?

Accepted Answer

Her fingers had lost their flexibility.

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The task was just too much.

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My heart went out to her.

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Mother could hardly refuse.

Question 6

Based from the text, the rain emphasized the need for cooperation. Which sentence from the text supports this claim?

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You need each other to give the mixed colors of beauty.

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A strip of colors will appear in the sky.

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The rain interrupted the contentious exchange of arguments.

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All of you have a special role.

Question 7

Based on the text, what does the rainbow represent?

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cooperation and hope

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colors and mixtures

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differences and similarities

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colors and beauty

Question 8

God was shocked and confused about His creation’s ingratitude. Which lines from the poem support this?

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Wouldn’t thou murder me, who am thy Fountainhead?

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He was handsome to behold, but in his hands held he a bow

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Hold thy peace, and this I did, but I was curious

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But so bright he, he spun himself to brightest day

Question 9

The poem shows man’s ingratitude to his Creator---the God who made all things in the past, in the present, and even in the future. Which text evidence can be cited from the poem to support this claim?

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But in his hands held he a bow, aimed at me who created him.

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I do but measure thee.

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‘I will not murder thee!

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But I was curious of this so regal head.’

Question 10

Which sentence from the text proves that internet addiction is not a clinical mental health diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Screens don’t affect kids’ brains the same way that drugs or alcohol would.

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Many children and teenagers spend a lot of time on social media, video games, and other activities on screens.

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Social media and games are very stimulating to kids’ brains.

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Spending a lot of time online becomes a problem when it interferes with a child’s ability to have a normal life.

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