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- Q1
1. What is the message of the passage?
A crow perishing with thirst saw a pitcher, and hoping to find water, flew to it with delight. When he reached it, he discovered to his grief that it contained so little water that he could not possibly get at it. He tried everything he could think of to reach the water, but all his efforts were in vain. At last, he collected as many stones as he could carry and dropped them one by one with his beak into the pitcher, until he brought the water within his reach and thus, saved his life.
C. Physical activity will help you when you least expect it.
D. You can lead a horse to water but youcan’t make it drink.
B. If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again.
A. Nobody is perfect.
30sEN10RC-IIIe-22.5 - Q2
2.What conclusion can be drawn for the passage below?
Salmon are born in fresh water but travel to salt water to live their lives and then travel backup stream to where they spawn more salmon before they die. Salmon traveling upstream are very determined to get back to where they were born. They fight against currents, whirlpools, and waterfalls; even though man has placed some obstacles in the salmon’s way by building dams or rivers. Once the salmon reaches its birthplace, it lays eggs. These eggs hatch, and the process begins again.
B. Salmon fight against the currents.
D. When man develops more land, it will be more difficult for the salmon
to survive
C. Salmon like to stay where they are born
A. Salmon are lazy fish.
30s - Q3
3. You can conclude that salmon______________________________________.
C. is an expensive fish to eat
A. are born in saltwater
B. live for a very long time
D. can’t survive in fresh water
30s - Q4
For numbers 4 and 5:
Justin was always prepared. His motto was “never throw anything out, you never know when it might come in handy.” His bedroom was so full of flat bicycle tires, bent tennis rackets, deflated basketballs, and games with missing pieces that you could barely get in the door. His parents pleaded with him to clean out his room. “What use is a fish tank with a hole in the bottom?” his father asked. But Justin simply smiled and repeated his motto, “Never throw anything out, you never know when it might come in handy.”
4. What does Justin’s motto mean?
C. It is always nice to keep things of no use already.
B. Keeping old things might help you become rich.
D. Things that you think are useless may be of use again in urgent cases.
A. Being organized is a good trait.
30s - Q5
For numbers 4 and 5:
Justin was always prepared. His motto was “never throw anything out, you never know when it might come in handy.” His bedroom was so full of flat bicycle tires, bent tennis rackets, deflated basketballs, and games with missing pieces that you could barely get in the door. His parents pleaded with him to clean out his room. “What use is a fish tank with a hole in the bottom?” his father asked. But Justin simply smiled and repeated his motto, “Never throw anything out, you never know when it might come in handy.”
5. What character trait does Justin show?
C. perseverance
D. resourcefulness
A. carefulness
B. frugality
30s - Q6
6. The line “Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law divine in another’s being mingle” signifies that ______________.
A. no man is an island
D. every being is complement of another
C. interrelationship among entities exists
B. stimulus triggers a response
30s - Q7
7. “The winds of heaven mix forever with a sweet emotion.” This means that _____.
A. Air from heaven is sweet and fresh.
B. Air that people breathe makes people emotional.
C. People regardless of race are blessed with a free air to breathe.
D. God, regardless of race, recognizes people as His children and blesses
them with life.
30s - Q8
8. “No sister flower could be forgiven if it disdained its brother.” This connotes____.
D. No matter how beautiful one is, if sinned should be punished.
B. Law of God and man shall prevail if one sinned.
A. Relatives should be helped.
C. Brothers and sisters should not be forgiven if erred.
30s - Q9
9. “Through your loving existence and nonexistence merge, all opposites unite.” This reflects _______________.
A. unity of enemies
B. diversity is good
C. possibility of love everywhere
D. oneness of nature and all other beings
30s - Q10
For numbers 10 - 13, read the poem “Coming Home” and then, answer the questions that follow.
Coming Home
When we’re driving, in the dark, on the long road to Provincetown, which lies empty for miles, when we’re weary, when the buildings
and the scrub pines lose their familiar look,
I imagine us rising from the speeding car,
I imagine us seeing everything from another place – the top
of one of the pale dunes or the deep and nameless fields of the sea
and what we see is the world that cannot cherish us
but which we cherish, and what we see is our life
moving like that, along the dark edges of everything – the headlights
like lanterns sweeping the blackness –
believing in a thousand fragile and improvable things,
looking out for sorrow, slowing down for happiness,
making all the right turns right down to the thumping
barriers to the sea, the swirling waves,
the narrow streets, the houses, the past, the future,
the doorway that belongs to you and me.
10. What could be the reason for the speaker’s anxiety in the poem?
C. There are no gasoline stations for refueling.
B. The driver is in trouble of losing direction.
D. She and her companion are heading towards a dark provincial road.
A. It is still a long way to their house.
30s - Q11
For numbers 10 - 13, read the poem “Coming Home” and then, answer the questions that follow.
Coming Home
When we’re driving, in the dark, on the long road to Provincetown, which lies empty for miles, when we’re weary, when the buildings
and the scrub pines lose their familiar look,
I imagine us rising from the speeding car,
I imagine us seeing everything from another place – the top
of one of the pale dunes or the deep and nameless fields of the sea
and what we see is the world that cannot cherish us
but which we cherish, and what we see is our life
moving like that, along the dark edges of everything – the headlights
like lanterns sweeping the blackness –
believing in a thousand fragile and improvable things,
looking out for sorrow, slowing down for happiness,
making all the right turns right down to the thumping
barriers to the sea, the swirling waves,
the narrow streets, the houses, the past, the future,
the doorway that belongs to you and me.
11. The persona said that the world cannot cherish them but which they do, this means that ______________.
B. She doesn’t like the provincial scenery.
D. She has positively treated nature and the mother earth.
A. She hates province.
C. She has prejudices towards provincial life.
30s - Q12
12. The line “believing in a thousand fragile and improvable things, looking out for sorrow” affirms that life’s journey is _____________________.
D. undeniably challenging and worth travelling
B. unpredictable and uncertain
A. full of pessimism
C. full of promises to be broken
30s - Q13
13. The line “along the dark edges of everything – the headlights like lanterns sweeping the blackness” signifies that______________________.
C. Dark places are lighted by headlights
B. Headlights bring security and safety.
D. There is hope because there is solution to every problem.
A. Hard work brings glory.
30s - Q14
For numbers 14 and 15, read the selection and answer the questions that follow.
There are no guarantees in life but it is a sure thing that you will get back what you give. If you give 100% of your attention, energy, and time to a thing, you will get back exactly the same. Spending your time and attention focused on what you cannot do and do not have assures that more of the same will come. When you concentrate only to lack, weakness, fault, and blame, it is sure to become a reality.
Nobody has everything, but everybody has something. Use what you have right now! Use it wisely, freely, and with love. Wherever you are, use your time, energy, and talents to do the best you can right now. Give no thought to what is missing. Spend no time wishing what was better. Make sure you give all that you have: your talents and assets, and make sure you will get all that you need.
14. What value is emphasized in the selection?
A. asking for help from others
D. spending one’s time thinking what one can’t do
B. giving thought to what is missing
C. giving and doing the best you can
30s - Q15
For numbers 14 and 15, read the selection and answer the questions that follow.
There are no guarantees in life but it is a sure thing that you will get back what you give. If you give 100% of your attention, energy, and time to a thing, you will get back exactly the same. Spending your time and attention focused on what you cannot do and do not have assures that more of the same will come. When you concentrate only to lack, weakness, fault, and blame, it is sure to become a reality.
Nobody has everything, but everybody has something. Use what you have right now! Use it wisely, freely, and with love. Wherever you are, use your time, energy, and talents to do the best you can right now. Give no thought to what is missing. Spend no time wishing what was better. Make sure you give all that you have: your talents and assets, and make sure you will get all that you need.
15. What common belief is expressed in the selection?
D. One should follow in others’ footsteps.
C. One can’t give what one doesn’t have
A. One reaps what one sows
B. One learns from experience.
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