Read the short passage below, then answer the questions that follow. 1There is no doubt that we all want to be happy. 2We seek money and position because we think that these things will bring us happiness.3But do wealth and power really bring true happiness? 4Or is contentment a result of inner peace? 5Take a person who tries to make more and more money or another person who seeks to acquire more and more power. 6Will these people really be happy? 7It is probably a truism that the more power we try to find happiness in material things and try to get things from the people, the more happiness eludes us. 8Happiness is a state of mind. 9It is peace of the spirit, a deep contentment arising from the conviction that what we have is sufficient for our needs, that we envy no one, that we do not seriously exchange places with anyone. 10It is a feeling of appreciation, of value for our separate and individual blessings. 11We draw it from ourselves – we do not get it from others.

1. The selection is about ________________ .

2. According to the text, people seek money and position for ______________.

3. The word in the paragraph which means truth or maxim. 

4. “It” in sentence 9 refers to ______ .

The Marikina government has estimated the damage brought by Typhoon Ulysses in the city to reach P30 billion, with its after effects felt economically. Almost 40, 000 houses in the city were submerged in floodwater comparable to the situation during Typhoon Ondoy in 2009.

5. Is the author's name visible?

The Marikina government has estimated the damage brought by Typhoon Ulysses in the city to reach P30 billion, with its after effects felt economically. Almost 40, 000 houses in the city were submerged in floodwater comparable to the situation during Typhoon Ondoy in 2009.

6. Is it cited in a scholarly or credible source?

The Marikina government has estimated the damage brought by Typhoon Ulysses in the city to reach P30 billion, with its after effects felt economically. Almost 40, 000 houses in the city were submerged in floodwater comparable to the situation during Typhoon Ondoy in 2009.

7. Is the information provided current?

The Marikina government has estimated the damage brought by Typhoon Ulysses in the city to reach P30 billion, with its after effects felt economically. Almost 40, 000 houses in the city were submerged in floodwater comparable to the situation during Typhoon Ondoy in 2009.

8. Is the information in the text is accurate?

9. It is unfair to criticize someone that way when he/she has not done you any harm.

10. While such judgments are naturally exaggerated, there is no doubt that he takes the highest place among the poets.

answer choices

the formal act of approving

the act of accepting with approval

the expression of praise or approval

the process of forming an opinion or evaluation