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- Q1
1. What does this passage say about life? "Life is but walking shadow, a pun player that struts and frets...and is heard no more.
C. Life is ever changing.
A. Life is limited
B. Life is just a passing stage
D. Life has its end
60s - Q2
2. He is considered as the greatest English writer. He is also known as the “bard of Avon.”
B. Sir William Scott
D. Francis Bacon
C. Geoffrey Chaucer
A. William Shakespeare
60s - Q3
3. “The figures must be TRANSMUTED in order to understand the grade.” The capitalized word means:
A. Surpassed
B. Changed
D. Estimate
60s - Q4
4. The morning air smells ______ in the garden.
B. Sweeter
A. More sweet
D. sweet
C. Sweetly
60s - Q5
5. Who has always been called the Morning Star of English literature?
C. Geoffrey Chaucer
D. Shakespeare
A. Lord Tennyson
B. Sir Walter Scott
60s - Q6
6. What figure of speech is the following? The EDSA bloodless revolution was supported by a “sea of humanity” united by a common aspiration.
A. Hyperbole
B. Personification
D. Metaphor
C. Simile
60s - Q7
7. I can’t find _____ calculator; may I use ______, Richard?
D. My, his
A. Yours, mine
C. His, yours
B. My, yours
60s - Q8
8. The candidate from the Philippines showed admirable composure in front of the huge Miss Universe audience; her ___________ impressed the judges
C. Agitation
A. Excitement
B. Nervousness
D. Aplomb
60s - Q9
9. “If you want the moon I will get it for you” is an example of:
D. Hyperbole
A. Irony
C. Synecdoche
B. Personification
60s - Q10
10. What is the manner in which the body is carried in oral speaking?
B. Poise
D. Gesture
C. Posture
A. Platform presence
60s - Q11
11. Haiku is traditional Japanese poem consisting of
C. Lines of poetry in free verse with ordinary thing as topic
B. Eight lines ending in rhyming couplet with death as topic
D. Three lines totaling 17 syllables with nature as topic
A. Four lines that rhyme with love as topic
60s - Q12
12. I love playing _______ my cat.
C. with
A. to
B. as
D. by
60s - Q13
13. What is concerned about high and low in voice volume and quality?
B. Resonance
D. Tone
A. Pitch
C. Timbre
60s - Q14
14. “My concept of inner peace came from my mother’s daily activities which I now recall with fondness and awe. She was full-time housewife, wholly dependent on my father’s monthly salary. How she made both ends meet, guided us in our studies and did small acts of charity on the side was beyond me.” The mother’s financial resources are____________.
A. Abundant
D. More than enough
C. Miserable
B. Limited
60s - Q15
15. Rita’s family lives _____ Ipil Street.
A. At
C. In
D. On
B. To
60s