MATH

1. The average of 7 numbers is 24. The smallest of the numbers is 2 and

the largest of the numbers is 31. What is the average of the middle 5
numbers?
A. 25
B. 26
C. 27
D. 28

2. Two side lengths of a triangle are 5 and 6, which of the following

CANNOT be the length of the third side?
A. 3
B. 6
C. 9
D. 12

3. Eric wishes to shift the graph of the function ƒ(x) = x² four places to the
right and six places down from the origin (0,0). Which equation represents
this translation?
A. ƒ(x) = x – 42 + 6
B. ƒ(x) = (x − 4)2 − 6
C. ƒ(x) = (x2 − 4)2 − 6
D. ƒ(x) = x + 42 – 6

4. What is the slope intercept form of (13x − 5x) + 12 − 2y = 6?

A. y = 3x – 9
B. y = 4x + 3
C. y = 6x + 2
D. y = -2x + 5

5. The coordinates (−3, 5) and (3, 5) designate the diameter of a circle,

what is its circumference?
A. 2π
B. 4π
C. 6π
D. 8π

6. What is the solution set of | 2(x – 1) – 15 | = 7?

A. { 5 }
B. { 12 }
C. { 5,12 }
D. { -5,12 }

7. A and B are reciprocals (when multiplied together their product is 1).

If A < −1, then B must be which of the following?
A. 0 < B < 1
B. -1 < B < 0
C. B < -1
D. B < 0

8. Which of these is true for all real numbers x and y such that x > 0
and y < 0?
A. xy > 0
B. x + y > 0
C. x2 + y2 > 0
D. x – y < 0

9. At what point on the Cartesian plane do the following two

lines intersect?
y/3 – 7/3 = x and y/3 + 4/3 = x
A. (4, 3)
B. (6, 2)
C. The lines do not intersect.
D. (5, -2)

10. The slope of the line represented by the equation 2(x − 3) − 6y = 10 is

equal to what?
A. – 1/2
B. 1/3
C. 1/2
D. 2
11. Jenny’s house is 2 km away from her school. One day when going to
school, Jenny runs for 20 minutes and arrived 5 minutes late. How many
minutes earlier would Jenny be if she would use her bicycle at a rate of
one-third kilometer per minute?
A. 5 minutes
B. 6 minutes
C. 8 minutes
D. 9 minutes

12. The chart below shows the monthly profits of 3 companies. What is
the total profit generated by Store X and Store Z in the month of March?

A. 120,000
B. 140,000
C. 180,000
D. 200,000

13. Which of the following statements is true?

A. The diagonals of a rhombus are congruent.
B. All rectangles are similar.
C. All rectangles are rhombuses.
D. Some rhombuses are rectangles.

14. In order for the two triangles shown to be similar, what is one possible
value for x?

A. 8 in.
B. 10 in.
C. 16 in.
D. 20 in.

15. Which coordinates satisfy the inequality: y+ 3 > −3(x − 2)

A. (0,2)
B. (1,0)
C. (-3, 15)
D. (2, -2)

16. If h(x) = 3x + 4, what is h(2x − 3)?

A. -6X + 5
B. 6X – 5
C. 5X – 2
D. 5X + 2

17. If -1 < a < b < 0, then which of the following has the greatest value?
A. b – a
B. a + b
C. a – b
D. 2b – a

18. In the figure below, what is the length of altitude y?

A. 7 cm.
B. 8 cm.
C. 9 cm.
D. 10 cm.

19. Which of the following sets of interior angle measures would describe
an acute isosceles triangle?
A. 90°, 45°, 45°
B. 80°, 60°, 60°
C. 60°, 60°, 60°
D. 60°, 50°, 50°

20. Which trigonometric function can equal or be greater than 1.000?

A. Sine
B. Cosine
C. Tangent
D. none of the above

SCIENCE

1. Boyle’s law states that “If the temperature remains constant, the volume
of a gas varies inversely as the pressure.” The volume of the gas is 204 mL
at 840 mm pressure. Calculate the volume of the same gas at 765 mm if
the temperature is held constant.
A. 112 mL
B. 224 mL
C. 288 mL
D. 336 mL

2. A student holds a hand mirror to observe the back of her head while
standing in front of and looking into a wall mirror. If she is standing 4 feet
in front of the wall-mirror and she holds the hand-mirror 1 foot behind her
head, she will see the back of her head how far behind the wall-mirror?
A. 6 feet
B. 5 feet
C. 4 feet
D. 3 feet

3. The Law of Superposition states that in undisturbed strata of

sedimentary rock, the oldest rock layer is at the bottom, the youngest at
the top. If geologists can determine which way was originally “up” in a
stack of layers, they can put those strata in the correct historical order.
Rarely, after a sequence of layers has been deposited and compressed to
form rock, it may be literally overturned by the thrusting of the Earth’s crust
as continental plates collide. In rare cases like this, how can the original
sequence of the rocks be determined?
A. Collect samples in near-by undisrupted areas.
B. They cannot be determined.
C. Carbon-date the fossils that are formed within the sedimentary rock
layers
D. They are totally in the reverse order of oldest to youngest
4. The magnetic needle of a compass always points to the north because
A. the needle touches the north pole.
B. the earth has a magnetic north pole.
C. compasses are used for finding direction.
D. the earth’s magnetic field is strongest at the south pole.

5. The translational speed of the center of mass of a bowling ball that rolls
without slipping along the horizontal section of the ball return is 3.50 m/s.
It then moves through a vertical rise of 0.760 m on the way back to the ball
rack. If you neglect frictional losses and assume that the mass of the ball
is distributed uniformly, then what is the translational speed of the ball at
the top of the rise?
A. 1.27 m/s
B. 1.52 m/s
C. 1.52 m/s
D. 4.78 m/s

6. Water is essential in the process of photosynthesis. In plants, water is

first absorbed in the roots and is conducted all the way to the leaves
where photosynthesis primarily occurs. This conduction process occurs
through the xylem vessels of plants.
There are two forces that participate in this water conduction: adhesion
and cohesion. Adhesion refers to the attractive forces between the water
molecules and the walls of the xylem vessels, while cohesion refers to the
attractive forces among water molecules. Suppose an air bubble is present
in a xylem vessel, the conduction of water will be unable to proceed. What
is the reason behind this phenomenon?
A. The air bubble interrupts the cohesive forces among the water
molecules. It cuts the continuous stream of water, making it unable to
continually flow.
B. The air bubble interrupts the adhesive forces between the walls of the
xylem vessels and the water molecules.
C. The air bubble is less dense than water, therefore impeding the
continuous flow of water.
D. The air bubble creates a pocket of space that eventually kills the xylem
cells, thus preventing it from resuming water conduction.

7. Which one of these is not true?

A. All planets revolve in the same direction.
B. All planets rotate in the same direction.
C. The orbits of the planets are all ellipses.
D. The orbits of the planets are nearly in the same plane.

8. A new vaccine was discovered as a treatment for a certain viral chicken

disease. What should a scientist do in order to test for the effectivity of the
vaccine?
A. Administer the vaccine to 50 chickens and expose all of them to the
disease.
B. Administer the vaccine to 25 of 50 chickens and expose all 50 chickens
to the disease.
C. Expose 25 of 50 chickens to the disease then vaccinate all 50 chickens.
D. Expose all 50 chickens to the disease then vaccinate 25 of them.

9. As the drops of water that leak from a dripping faucet fall, they
A. get closer together.
B. get farther apart.
C. the pattern of their motion can’t be determined.
D. remain at a relatively fixed distance from one another.

10. An astronaut orbits the earth in a space capsule whose height above
the earth is equal to the earth’s radius. How does the weight of the
astronaut in the capsule compare to her weight on the earth?
A. Her weight is equal to her weight on earth.
B. Her weight is equal to one-fourth her weight on earth.
C. Her weight is equal to one-half of her weight on earth.
D. Her weight is equal to one-third of her weight on earth.

Read the passage below to answer question numbers 11 to 16.

A group of scientists were studying the growth of bacteria. It is their hope

that they will be able to induce the bacteria to grow and metabolize oil as a
food source. They have taken three samples of Escherichia coli and are
growing them on nutrient agar plates. The scientists used three conditions
to test the E. coli bacteria. The first group was grown at 37°C on plain
nutrient agar plates. The second group was grown at 37°C on plain
nutrient agar plates with a 5% oil solution. The third group was grown at
37°C on plain nutrient agar plates with a 20% oil solution. The results of
the experiment are listed in the graph below.

11. What is the independent variable in the experiment above?

A. The type of bacteria used
B. The nutrient agar.
C. The nutrient agar with oil.
D. The number of days the bacteria grew.

12. What is the dependent variable in the experiment above?

A. The number of days the bacteria grew.
B. The nutrient agar.
C. The nutrient agar with the oil.
D. The amount of growth of the bacteria
13. Which bacterial culture had the greatest rate of growth throughout the
8 day period?
A. Only the culture grown on nutrient agar had significant growth.
B. The nutrient agar plate and the 5% oil plate had growth.
C. The nutrient agar plate and the 20% oil plate had growth.
D. The 5% oil and 20% oil plates had growth.

14. What is the best explanation for why the E.coli grew on the 5% oil
plate but not the 20% oil plate?
A. The bacteria are used to an environment with 5% oil and not 20% oil.
B. The bacteria were able to mutate to tolerate a slightly oily environment
of 5% oil, providing it had other nutrients available and the 20% had far
too much oil.
C. The 5% plate had conditions that are similar to the natural environment
they are accustomed to.
D. The 5% plate allowed more oxygen to interface with the bacteria
because less oil was present.

15. Why did the nutrient agar bacteria plateau and then drop in numbers
as they approached Day 8?
A. The bacteria died because they had reached their mature age.
B. The bacteria ran out of nutrients and had reached the carrying capacity
of the plate.
C. The bacteria always die after Day 6 in culture.
D. There is no definitive reason why the bacteria died off after Day 6.

16. An excellent way to demonstrate that the scientists have induced E.coli
to survive and metabolize oil would be to:
A. Repeat the experiment several times with 5% oil on a nutrient agar
plate.
B. Induce the bacteria on the 5% oil plate to grow on nutrient agar.
C. Take the bacteria from the 5% oil plate and test them on a new 20% oil
plate.
D. new bacteria with the same experiment to see if that is the only bacteria
that can accomplish this.
17. Why does semen have alkaline bases as part of its composition?
A. To maintain a neutral environment for the sperm to “swim” in.
B. To protect the sperm from the acidic environment in the vagina.
C. To speed up the transport of the sperm to the fallopian tube.
D. To destroy any rival sperm cells inside the vagina.

18. A forensic anthropologist would most likely use which bone to

determine the height of a corpse?
A. phalanges
B. femur
C. occipital
D. patella

19. Professor Geller wanted to demonstrate the role of osmosis in plant

cells. He placed the cells in a solution that is hypertonic to the cells. The
solution contains red microscopic dye particles. Which of the following
could be a possible result of Professor Geller’s demonstration?
A. Plant cells decrease in size (flaccid), and the solution will have a lighter
color.
B. Plant cells increase in size (turgid), and the solution will remain the same
color.
C. Plant cells maintain their size, and the solution will become darker.
D. Plant cells will burst, causing the solution to reduce its color

20. Air cools at the dry adiabatic rate of 10°C for each kilometer it rises. If
a parcel of dry air initially at 0°C expands adiabatically while flowing
upward alongside a mountain, what is its temperature when it has risen 8
km?
A. – 80°C
B. – 40°C
C. 40°C
D. 80°C

READING COMPREHENSION
 “Ang Sasabitan ng Ating Bandera”
ni Roberto Anonuevo

Mahal na Senador na kagalang-galang,

kung ang salitaan nati’y pataasan,
kung itong medida ay sa patangkaran,
. . . . . . puede ka pong tagdan
. . . . . . sais talampatakan,
isasasabit namin sa tenga mong mahal,
ang aming bandilang karangal-rangalan,
at ikaw ang siyang puno ng kawayan.
Kung ang taas naman nitong isip natin,
ang pagtatangkaan na iyong sukatin,
mga malaking kahoy, nguni’t walang lilim,
. . . . . . dapat mong basahin
. . . . . . iyang good manner,
maliit mang bayan, ang amin ay amin,
at imbesilidad na iyong nasain,
ang di ninyo lupa’y piliting sakupin.
At naiinis ka tuwing makikita
dalawang bandera ay nagkakasama
ang sa pilipino’t sa amerikana?
. . . . . . alisin ang isa
. . . . . . isa ang itira. . .
Lupang hindi iyo’y huwag kang manguha,
tanggalin sa amin ang p’ranha’t estrelya,
bayaang ang aming bandila’y mag-isa.
Ang bandila namin kahi’t na nga ganyan,
iyan ay dakila, iyan ay marangal,
dito kailan man ay hindi sumilang,
. . . . . . iyang mangangamkam,
. . . . . . iyang salanggapang,
at kung mayro’n dapat alisi’t ilagay,
ilagay sa amin ang sa aming bayan,
at alisin dito ang mga militar.
1. Ang ipinahihiwatig ng pamagat ay ukol sa
A. uri ng material para sa tagdan.
B. kadakilaan ng tagdan ng bandila ng Pilipinas.
C. pananakop ng bansang Amerika.
D. paghingi ng kalayaan para sa bansa.

2. Ano ang tinutukoy ng may-akda sa mga salitang “tanggalin sa amin ang

p’ranha’t estrelya”?
A. Pagkokondena sa banyagang pamamahala
B. pagpapakita ng pagsuporta sa mga banyaga
C. pagbibigay pag-asa sa mga mananakop
D. pagpapakita ng poot sa mga Pilipinong sumasang-ayon sa banyaga

3. Sino sa mga sumusunod ang nalalapit sa tinutukoy na kinamumuhian sa

ula?
A. Pilipinong walang kredibilidad
B. mga negosyanteng dayuhan
C. mapagbalatkayong pinuno ng pamahalaan
D. mga Amerikanong pilit na nanghihimasok sa buhay ng mga Pilipino

4. Ano ang ibig sabihin ng may-akda sa mga salitang

“Ang bandila namin kahi’t na nga ganyan, iyan ay dakila, iyan ay marangal,
dito kailan man ay hindi sumilang,
. . . . . . iyang mangangamkam,
. . . . . . iyang salanggapang”?

A. Ang bandila ng Pilipinas ay perpekto.

B. Ang bandila ng Pilipinas ay masining.
C. Ang bandila ng Pilipinas ay walang bahid ng pagkakamali.
D. Ang bandila ng Pilipinas ay makasaysayan at makatarungan.

5. Alin sa mga sumusunod na damdamin ang hindi ipinahihiwatig sa tula?

A. Galit
B. Pagkasuklam
 C. pighati
D. pagkamuhi

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6. Anong mga araw may byahe ng gabi ang Princess of the Ocean
patungong Cagayan de Oro?
A. Martes, Miyerkules, Biyernes
B. Linggo, Lunes, Martes
C. Miyerkules, Biyernes, Sabado
D. Lunes, Martes, Miyerkules

7. Ilang barko ng Sulpicio Lines ang bumabyahe tuwing Linggo?

A. 2
B. 5
C. 6
D. 8

8. Anong barko ng Sulpicio Lines ang bumabyahe ng Huwebes 10 n.g.?

A. Filipina Princess
B. Princess of the Stars
C. Cebu Princess
D. Princess of the South

9. Saang lugar may pinakamaraming byahe ang Sulpicio Lines?

A. Cebu
B. Tacloban
C. Davao
D. Butuan

10. Anong barko ang may higit sa dalawang ruta?

A. Princess of the Universe
B. Princess of the Earth
C. Filipina Princess
D. Princess of the South
11. Which of the following could be another title for this pie chart?
A. Percent Distribution of Employees in Business Industries in 2010
B. Distribution of Philippine Industries in 2010
C. The Composition of Employment in All Business Industry Sub-class in
the Philippines for the Year 2010
D. The Composition of Employment in Manufacturing Industry
Establishments in 2010

12. Which among the following statements is true?

A. The industry on semiconductor devices and other electronic
components employed the highest number of workers with 22,495
employees.
B. Manufacturing establishments of women’s and girls’ and babies’
garments rank third among the industries employing the most number of
workers.
C. Industries on electric ignition or starting equipment for internal
combustion engines rank last on the industries with the most number of
workers.
D. The percentage of employment of manufacturing industries on
women’s, girls’, and babies’ exceed that of industries in men’s and boys’
garments by 2.7%

13. Where would this chart most likely be found?

A. Finance magazine
B. Newspaper editorial
C. Business section of the newspaper
D. On a government website

14. It can be inferred from the chart that:

A. Industries comprising the top slots in terms of employment generation
accounted for 306,122 workers of the total workforce in all manufacturing
establishments.
B. Industries comprising the top slots in terms of employment generation
accounted for 41.3% of the total workforce in all manufacturing
establishments.
C. Total employment increased greatly in 2010 as compared with the past
five years.
D. The manufacturing industry is a continually advancing business sector
in the country due to the increase in its workforce annually.

15. Upon seeing the results of this survey, what would one’s response
most likely be?
A. Refrain from buying semiconductor devices and other electronic
components.
B. Invest more on the garments industry to promote growth in this
business field.
C. Do a further study on user consumption of semiconductor devices and
the trends on national demands for these products.
D. Explore other manufacturing industries and plan on starting a business
with those not comprising the top slots to boost market participation.

For me, as for the others, The Net is becoming a universal

medium, the conduit for most of the information that flows through
my eyes and ears and into my mind. The advantages of having
immediate access to such an incredibly rich store of information are
many, and they’ve been widely described and dully applauded. As the
media theorist Marshall McLuhab pointed out in the 1960s, media are
not just passive channels of information. They supply the stuff of
thought, but they also shape the process of thought. And what the
Net seems to be doing is chipping away my capacity for
concentration and contemplation. My mind now expects to take in
information the way the Net distributes it: in a swiftly moving stream
of particles. Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip
along the surface like a guy on jet ski.

Reading, explains Wolf, is not an instinctive skill for human

beings. It’s not etched into our genes the way speech is. We have to
teach our minds how to translate the symbolic characters we see into
the language we understand. And the media or other technologies we
use in learning and practicing the craft of reading play an important
part in shaping the neural circuits inside our brains. Experiments
demonstrate the readers of ideograms, such as Chinese, develop a
mental circuitry for reading that is very different from the circuitry
found in those of us whose written language employs an alphabet.

The variations extend across many regions of the brain,

including those that govern such essential cognitive functions as
memory and the interpretation of visual and auditory stimuli. We can
expect as well that circuits woven by our use of the Net will be
different from those woven by our reading of books and other printed
works.

16. Which of the following cannot be inferred from the passage?

A. The human brain is almost infinitely malleable.
B. Traditional media have to adapt to the audience’s new expectations.
C. Internet use affects cognition.
D. People are in the midst of a sea change in the way they read and think.

17. What does the last sentence of the first paragraph most likely suggest?
A. The author is practicing a new form of reading, which is skimming.
B. The author is not reading online in the traditional sense.
C. The author developed a reading technique through constant internet
browsing.
D. The author lost the ability to read and absorb long articles both online
and print.

18. Which of the following best summarizes the passage?

A. The internet promises to have particularly far-reaching effects on
cognition.
B. Internet promotes a new style of reading, a style that puts “efficiency”
and “immediacy above all else.
C. The process of adapting to new intellectual technologies is reflected in
an individual’s mental habits.
D. Internet weakens an individual’s capacity to for the kind of deep
reading.

19. In the passage the word “conduit” means

A. source
B. instrument
C. channel
D. device

20. Which organizational schemes are used in the first and second
paragraph of the passage?
A. assertion followed by supporting evidence
B. prediction followed by analysis
C. specific instace followed by generalizations
D. personal reminiscenes followed by objective reporting

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

Questions 1 – 6: Determine which of the following synonyms on the

given choices best corresponds to how the underlined word/s were
used on each sentence.

1. Terrie kept fumbling the materials, gathering a few and shuffling them as
if they were cards.
A. playing with
B. juggling
C. groping for
D. moving clumsily

2. Two police officers sprawled over a couch in Johanna’s living room, as if

they were in their own homes.
A. creep awkwardly
B. lay down
C. jumped into
D. sit with arms and legs spread out

3. The interviewer, dark, young and serious, turned his attention to us with
a cramped sort of face.
A. paralyzed
B. cheerful
C. bothered
D. expressionless

4. The dog ambled to the door, which was slightly ajar, and slowly
squeezed out into the passage.
A. crept
B. ran
C. walked
D. jumped

5. Harold lumbered at him and clouted him across the head.

A. cover with a clout
B. hit forcefully
C. stroke gently
D. kissed

6. I thought they were likely to bundle him into a car but the policeman
simply led him back to the road and pointed him towards the town center.
A. wrap
B. hustle
C. a lot of things
D. grouped together

Questions 7 – 12: Choose the correct sequence of sentences that will

make the paragraph more organized and logical.

7.

(1) Dapat din makita ninuman ang ganda ng buhay para masilayan ang
ganda ng daigdig at saka sabihin kung karapat-dapat ba ito sa ating
pag-ibig at pagpapakasakit.
(2) Sa taong punong-puno ng hinanakit at pagdurusa, masasabing hindi
maganda ang daigdig para sa kanya.
(3) Laging pakaisiping may mga nilikha na itinalaga na handang mabuhay
at marunong mabuhay nang di lamang dahil sa kanilang sarili.
(4) Subalit hindi dapat doon matatapos ang lahat.
(5) Dapat bigyang puwang at pagkakataon ang pag-asa para makita ang
kahiwagaan ng buhay.

A. 2-4-5-1-3
B. 2-5-1-3-4
C. 2-3-1-4-5
D. 2-4-5-3-1

8.

(1) Magaan din ang pag-angat at pagbagsak ng mga paa nito.

(2) Mula sa kinatatayuan ni Aling Rosa sa tabi ng bintana ay nakita niyang
papasok na sa tarangkahan si Amelita.
(3) Hindi naikubli ng nag-aagaw na dilim at liwanag ang hapung-hapong
anyo ni Amelita at ang hapis na mukhang pinalamlam ng pagod.
(4) Ngunit hindi rin nakubli sa paningin ng matanda na wari ay walang
naramdamang pagod o hirap ang anak.
(5) Tila may kasiyahang walang kahulilip ang imbay ng kanang braso, at
ang kaliwa ay may kipkip na aklat at makapal na kwaderno.
A. 2-3-4-1-5
B. 2-4-1-3-5
C. 2-3-1-4-5
D. 2-5-3-4-1

9.

(1) An example of job sharing would be for one person to work mornings,
and the other to work afternoons.
(2) The people sharing the job might be two friends, a husband, and wife,
or two employees who did not know each other before sharing a job.
(3) If the job were complex, the two sharers would have to spend some
overlap time discussing the job.
(4) Job sharing is a modified work schedule in which two people share the
same job, both usually working half-time.

A. 1-2-3-4
B. 4-2-1-3
C. 4-1-2-3
D. 1-4-2-3

10.

(1) To alleviate the struggle of keeping children from attending school, the
government, together with the parents, must work hand-in-hand to
achieve sustained learning.
(2) Next, the government will have to devise schemes, apart from the cash
transfer, to assist parents in keeping children in school, possibly with the
assistance of the private sector and multilateral institutions.
(3) Adult literacy programs can also be promoted to inculcate the value of
continuing education among parents with limited formal schooling.
(4) Parents will also have to set aside their own funds for their children’s
kindergarten expenses, in addition to saving up for expenditures in higher
grades.
(5) Micro-lending schemes for education and entrepreneurship can be
developed.
(6) First, providing free kindergarten is laudable but is an additional strain
on the limited national appropriation for education.

A. 2-1-4-3-5-6
B. 1-6-2-4-3-5
C. 5-6-4-3-2-1
D. 1-6-4-2-5-3

11.

(1) The interior space has been modeled to echo the Thai characteristics of
warmth and hospitality, especially more evident nowadays in quaint
resorts and provincial guesthouses.
(2) There are several decorations and framed images that reflect the culture
of local hill tribes.
(3) Starbucks on Langsuan is the first ever community store in Asia and
outside of the United States.
(4) It is difficult to miss this Starbucks from the outside. Amid imposing
office buildings and business hotels lies this almost humble looking
structure designed in the traditional style of a Thai home.
(5) It is easy to notice its unmistakably Thai roof and gable which might
give one the first impression that it was an antique Thai house (if not for
that signature Starbucks logo prominently placed on the facade).

A. 4-5-1-2-3
B. 3-4-5-1-2
C. 3-5-1-2-4
D. 4-3-5-2-1

12.

(1) Ang ilan sa mga ito ay sina Jose Rizal, Marcelo H. del Pilar at Graciano
Lopez-Jaena.
(2) Mababanggit dito si Francisco Baltazar na higit na kilala sa pangalang
Francisco Balagtas, si Jose Dela Cruz o Huseng Sisiw na nakilala sa
larangan ng panitikan.
(3) Noong ika-19 na dantaon, ang Kilusang Propaganda ay nakilala.
(4) Kakaunti lamang sa mga Pilipino ang namumukadkad ang galing sa
sining sa panahon ng mga Espanyol.
(5) Ang kilusang ito ay namayagpag sa larangan ng literatura at
pamamahayag.

A. 4-5-2-3-1
B. 4-2-3-5-1
C. 4-1-3-2-5
D. 4-2-1-3-5

13. It is bizarre how often public figures who loudly espouse traditional
family values are later caught in some scandal concerning their own
private lives.
A. remember
B. reject
C. recognize
D. argue for

14. Marc is far too sensible to have done a fatuous thing like that.
A. dangerous
B. risky
C. inate
D. foolish

15. Our workplace wore a macabre look on Monday after the company
downsized its staff strength.
A. gameface
B. serious
C. tropical
D. lugubrious

Questions 16 – 18: Choose the best word/s that will complete the
sentence.
16. The children ( ) the ill effects of war
A. have borne
B. have born
C. has borne
D. had born

17. My sister ( ) to Zamboanga seven years ago.

A. migrated
B. migrating
C. immigrated
D. immigrating

18. The drug pushers tried to ( ) the arresting cops.

A. buy in
B. buy off
C. buy out
D. buy up

Questions 19 – 20: Choose the sentence that best combines the

underlined sentences.

19. The old brain is called the reptilian brain. It does not know passion, but
only stolid obedience to its own genetic dictates.

A. After the old brain is called the reptilian brain, it does not know passion,
but only stolid obedience to its own genetic dictates.
B. The old brain, called the reptilian brain, does not know passion, but only
stolid obedience to its own genetic dictates.
C. The old brain is called the reptilian brain, whereupon it does not know
passion, but only stolid obedience to its own genetic dictates.
D. Unless the old brain, called the reptilian brain, does not know passion,
only stolid obedience to its own genetic dictates.

20. There have been great strides in the practical application of quantum
physics in the last decade. We are no closer to actually understanding it
than were the physicists of the 1920s.

A. Unless there have been great strides in the practical application of

quantum physics in the last few decades, we are no closer to actually
understanding it than were the physicists of the 1920s.
B. In the last few decades, we are no closer to actually understanding it
than were the physicists of the 1920s, until there have been great strides in
the practical application of quantum physics.
C. Although there have been great strides in the practical application of
quantum physics in the last few decades, we are no closer to actually
understanding it than were the physicists of the 1920s.
D. In the last few decades, if there have been great strides in the practical
application of quantum physics we are no closer to actually understanding
it than were the physicists of the 1920s.

MATH

1. At what rate should the amount of Php3,000 be invested to earn a

simple interest of Php450 annually?
6
8
10
15
12

2. Taemin's father earns Php68,200 a year. what is his monthly salary?

Php 2,750
Php 5, 683.33
Php 5,000
Php 5, 800.33
Php 6,200

3. If it takes 30 minutes for Gina to type three pages, how many hours will
it take her to type 63 pages at the same rate?
 5.11
10 1/2
630
30
1 1/2

4. Key made scores of 81, 76, 82 on three quizes. what is the least she can
make on the fourth quiz to have an average of at least 80?
75
78
81
85
90

5. How much metal will be obtained from 150 tons of ore if the metal is
8-1/2% of the ore?
13.50 13.25
14.25 14.5
12.75

6. Monho was granted an educational assistance loan of Php 5,000 at

12% interest a year. how much interest will she pay for the money she
borrowed?
Php16.00
Php 60.00
Php 660.00
Php 66.00
Php 600.00

7. A book marked to sell for Php85 was reduced to Php60. What was the
percent of discount?
10%
20%
30%
35%
40%
8. How much will you pay a month at Php 1.50 perr kilowatt-hour, if you
leave a 25 watt electric bulb lighted every night from 8:00 pmto 5:00 am?
Php 5.50
Php 6.5
Php 6.75
Php 8. 15
Php 10.12

9. What is the average speed of a car that travels 7.2 X 10^4 meters in one
hour?
2 m/s
20 m/h
20 m/s
200 m/s
2000m/s

10. A television station is reported to have a viewing and listening radius of

135 km. from its sending station. How many sq. km of territory does this
station serve
5 625 sq. km
5 725. 6 sq. km
27 251 sq. km
27 255.66 sq. km
27 251. 56 sq. km

11. An 18-inch stick is cut into pieces, each 3/4 of an inch long. how may
pieces are there?
21
22
23
24
25

12. A driver covers 100 miles in 4 hours. During the first hour he rode 16
3/4 miles; during the second hour, 25 1/2 miles; and during the third hour
21 1/8 miles. how many miles did he ride during the fourth hour?
35 7/8
35 5/8
36 3/8
36 5/8
36 6/8

13. Onew's father bought a bicycle costing Php420 by installment plan

and gavea downpaynet of Php60. if the balance is to be paid in equal
monthly installments foe one year, how much should he pay every month?
15
20
25
30
35

14. Kai can do a job in % days. Sohu can do it in 10 days. how long will it
take both men to finish the job?
3 1/2 days
5 days
6 days
7 1/2 days
10 days
15. If a line 1 7/8 inches long is cut into six equal parts, how long is each
part?
1/2
5/16
15/16
4/5
3/10

16. A rectangular sheet of papare is 3 3/4 inches wide. Its length is twice
its width. How many square inches of paper are there in the sheet? ( Area
equals length times width.)
28 1/8
28
 29
27 8/12
26

17. A bag of Pig feed will feed 18 pig in 54 days. how long will it feed 12
pig?
36 81
53 89
72

18. Ravie bought a set of tableware marked Php28000 with an offer of 8%

discount. By paying cash for the set she got an additional 5 percent
discount. How much did the set of tableware cost?
3.5
3.8
4.3
5.3
6.3

19. A 100 meter roll of cloth is to be cut into two pieces. One piece is 3
times as long as the other.how long is each piece?
25m., 75 m.
30m., 70 m.
20m., 80m.
25m., 65m.
45m., 55m.

20. Lincoln can do a piece of work in 9 days. Xuimin is 50% more efficient
that Lincoln. the number of days it takes Xuimin to do the same pice of
work is..
4 1/2
5
6
10
13 ½