1. Which of the following doesn’t belong in the group of things to do during listening?

a) Observe the essence or the connection of the ideas.

b) Take down notes.
c) Visualize pictures or situations in your head about what is happening.
d) Create a conclusion on the topic or idea you have heard.

2. After listening, it may be necessary to go back to your questions and predictions and see if they have been
answered. Which stage of the listening process are questions and predictions made?

a) Before listening b) During listening c) After listening

3. The following are the things you do before you start listening. Which ones are they?

a) Create questions you would like to be answered upon listening.

b) Make a prediction of what will happen in the story, song, or speech you are listening to.
c) Visualize pictures or situations in your head about what is happening.
d) a and c
e) a and b
f) b and c

4. Which of the following tasks in listening will help you the most in remembering
important points raised by the speaker?

a) making an eye-to-eye contact b) waiting for a pause before clarifying

c) listening attentively d) avoiding interruption

5. Before listening, what are those that you need to establish or have in order to understand fully the speaker’s
points or ideas?

a) objectives b) copy of the text c) name and address of the speaker d) the occasion

Search Engine (5 points) score sub-total_______

1. After entering the words you want to do a search on into a search engine, like google, and hitting enter on
your keyboard on your computing device, like laptop or cellphone, what comes back to you?

a. search items b. search results c. search engine d. search terms

2. All of the following are advantages of using search engines, except for one. Which one is it?

a. Search engines eliminate the need to find information manually.

b. Search engines perform the search at relatively high speed.
c. Search engines return information relevant to your search criteria or search terms.
d. Search engines is mostly free of charge
e. Search engines are more likely to return too much information, more than you need.

3. If you search for generic terms, like ‘music’, or ‘tall trees’ or ‘Mati schools’, the search engine will list too
much information or too many data, some of which you won’t need. What feature of the search engine
should you use so that it only returns more specific and relevant information?

a. advance search b. another search engine c. yahoo d. browser

4. The following are possible uses of search engines, except for one. Which one does not necessarily require
the use of a search engine?

a. to know the contact information of ER Supermall

b. to look for the missing wallet of your father
c. to know the location of the Mati City Public Market
d. to know how to cook kare-kare
e. to listen to a newly-released music video of Lea Salonga

5. What is being referred to or talked about by the following:

“This is the cornerstone of the internet. For many, it is their starting place whenever they open a web browser. If
you don't know the exact address of a website you want to visit—or if you don't know the exact website you
want to find—you'll use this to find it.

“At its heart, it is simply an internet-based computer program. There are three main functions of this program:
collecting massive amounts of information about what is on the internet, categorizing that information, and
helping users search through that categorized information.”

a. internet b. web browser c. search engine d. apps

Information Sources (5 points) score sub-total_______

1. Why is it important to get correct information?

a. Correct information can be obtained from different sources.

b. Correct information produces satisfaction.
c. Correct information requires patience and determination.
d. Correct information is needed in making valid, reliable, relevant, and appropriate decision.

2. What type of information sources gives you information that you usually can get from the other types of
information sources?

a. journals b. database c. internet d. magazines

3. Your Science teacher has discovered a new species of plant. After completing his research, he wrote an
article and published it. Where do you think the article was most likely published?

a. journals b. magazine c. newspaper d. books

4. In researching a topic, this is the step where you try to evaluate if there are still things that need to be done.

a. organize b. assess c. select d. present

5. What is the best source of information?

a. internet b. database c. library catalog d. newspaper e. depends on the type of information one needs

Extracting Information ( 5 points) score sub-total_______

1. Choose the BEST paraphrase of this sentence:

Manila, the capital of the Philippines, has been an important tourism and entertainment center for hundreds of
years.

a. The Philippines and Manila are important places to see stars and tourism sites.
b. The Philippine capital city of Manila has been a major tourism and entertainment center for centuries.
c. For hundreds of years, Manila has been the capital of the Philippines and entertainment center now is important
for tourism.
d. The Philippines is a popular place for tourism and for hundreds of years Manila has been entertaining people.

2. The first book Mikaela read in sixth grade was about a lost kitten. Then she read a book about a family of
bears, and then she read about a tamed tarsier in Bohol. It seems every book Mikaela has read is about animals.
Last week she found a good book about snakes and reptiles, and another book about elephants. Today Mikaela
went to the library, and she checked out a book about manatees, dolphins, whales and other animals that live in
the sea.
The best summary of the passage above is...

a. Mikaela likes tarsiers.

b. Mikaela is in the sixth grade.
c. Mikaela reads a lot of books about animals.
d. Dolphins and whales live in the sea.

3. Kent's birthday is tomorrow. He is excited because he gets to pick where he will eat dinner. Will it be Korean
food at Baywalk? Or will it be fried chicken at Jollibee, or a big cheeseburger at McDonald’s. He just couldn't
decide. Then there is always the Pizza Shop with that great pepperoni pizza in the downtown area. Maybe his
parents will try to convince him to try Sukidesu, a Japanese restaurant in the Capitol area. How would he ever
decide? Maybe he would just flip a coin.

The best summary of this passage is:

a. Kent has many restaurants to choose from for his birthday.

b. Kent loves Korean food.
c. The Pizza Shop has the best pizza in town.
d. Kent will choose a place by flipping a coin.

4. I saw a person whose eyes were not working and he was unable to see anything." This sentence can be
shortened as…

a. I saw a man with no eyes.

b. I saw a man with two spoiled eyes.
c. I saw a blind man.
d. I saw a deaf man.

5. When you retell a story in your own words and the retelling is about the same length as the original or even
longer than the original, what you’re doing is …

a. summarizing b. paraphrasing c. making a precis d. reciting

Print and Radio (5 pts)

1. This form of printed media is a powerful mode of mass communication which is published all over the world.
This is a popular medium that carries news on sports, business, politics, and showbiz.

a. radio b. newspaper c. magazine d. journal

2. This is considered a quick medium, highly up-to-date, and uses short news stories to inform listeners about
events, whether political, social, sporting, or business.

a. radio b. newspaper c. magazine d. journal

3. Which of the following materials is classified NON-PRINT?

a. internet b. almanac c. magazine d. newspaper

4. Which of the following is classified PRINT material?

a. TV b. internet c. books d. radio

5. Given the following materials: pictures and photographs, television and radio productions, the Internet, films,
movies, videotapes, and live performances – what common characteristic do these materials possess?

a. They are all print b. All are electronic c. They are expensive d. All are non-print

Analogy (10 points) score sub-total_______

A. Identify the relationship in the analogy below. Possible answers are (1) Synonym, (2) Antonym, (3) Part to
Whole, (4) Member to the Category that contains it, (5) Cause and Effect, (6) Varying degrees of a quantity or
quality, and (7) Object to Function. Write only the number assigned to the type of relationship.
For example:
____3___ Wing : Bird : : Tire : Car Explanation: A wing is a part of a bird, and so is a tire, a part of a car.

________ 1. Allow : Permit : : Find : Locate

________ 2. Pen : Writing : : Knife : Cutting

________ 3. Heavy Rains : Flood : : Heavy Smoking : Lung Cancer

________ 4. Near : Far : : Smart : Stupid

________ 5. Eggplant : Vegetable : : Daisy : flower

B. Complete the analogy by supplying the correct word in the given blank.

6. Night : Day : : Happy : _____________

7. Clothes : Closet : : Car : ______________
8. Cold : Shiver : : Hot : ______________
9. Fish : Sea : : Lion : ______________
10. Eyes : Face : : Fingers : _______________

Linear and Non-linear Texts (5 points) score sub-total_______

Number of Univeristy Graduates who are successful

Abroad
(in thousands)
7

0
1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s

UP UV USM

The above chart shows successful graduates from three different universities
– UP or the University of the Philippines (1st bar),
– UV or the University of the Visayas (2 nd bar),
– USM or the University of Southern Mindanao (3rd bar).

1. How many graduates from the University of the Philippines were successful abroad in the 2010s?

a. 6,000 b. 2,000 c. 1,000 d. None

2. How many graduates from all three universities were successful abroad in the 1990s?

a. 6,000 b. 4,000 c. 8,000 d. 7,000

3. Which among the universities above produces the fewest graduates who were successful abroad?
a. UV b. USM c. UP d. DORSU

4. If you want to go abroad and your only consideration is to have the best chance to become successful, based
on the graph above, which of the three universities would you go to study?

a. UV b. USM c. UP d. DORSU

5. Which of the following graphs best reflect the data given below?

The following information shows the things Maria spends on with the allowance she receives from her mother.
1. Maria’s monthly allowance every month is P1,000.00
2. She spends P300 on food.
3. She spends P200 on school projects.
4. She spends P400 on transportation.
5. She spends the rest of her money on other stuff.

a. b.

Maria's Monthly Allowance Maria's Monthly Allowance

450
400
100
350
Others
Food 300
School Projects 250
200 400
Food Tranportation 200
Transpo
Others 150
100
50
School 0
Food School Projects Tranportation Others
300

c. d.

Maria's Monthly Allowance

Others

Tranportation

School Projects

Food

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350