LET Reviewer -General Education-English Part-2 (50 Items)

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ENGLISH (2)
1) Becky Sharp, the main character of the novel "Vanity Fair" by Thackeray, ________ to forget about her first love, but she knows that doing so takes a lifetime.
a. has been trying
b. has tried
c. had tried
d. had been trying

2) What can be the most appropriate follow-up sentence to the given statement: "I have been searching for love."
a. So it is now time to quit.
b. And I can't imagine doing anything else.
c. And I want this to end right now.
d. And I learned to love myself too.

3) Fyodor Dostoyevsky ________ his last novel, Brother Karamazov, when he died.
a. has written
b. had been writing
c. had written
d. has been writing

4) Which among the sentences below follows the correct order of objectives?
a. She drives an expensive black Japanese sports car.
b. She drives a black Japanese expensive sports car.
c. She drives a black expensive Japanese sports car.
d. She drives an expensive Japanese black sports car.

5) Only 35% of the total number of students ________ able to pass the comprehensive exam last year.
a. are
b. was
c. is
d. were

6) Neither F. Scott Fitzgerald nor his contemporaries ________ their real names in their writing career.
a. use
b. uses
c. using
d. has used

7) The man in the mirror looks ________.
a. strange
b. strangely
c. stranger
d. has strange

8) A number of endangered species living underwater ________ now extinct because of illegal hunting and dynamite fishing.
a. are
b. is
c. were
d. was

9) The tribulations that I faced were ________ for me to overcome.
a. so much
b. too much
c. very much
d. too many

10) In Benjamin Franklin's "Poor Richard's Almanac", it was said that : "early to bed, ________ makes a man healthy."
a. early rising
b. rising early
c. early to rise
d. waking up early

11) Which among these words has the voiceless /th/ sound?
a. this
b. gather
c. think
d. there

12) What pitch level must be used in emphasizing the main idea in a sentence?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

13) Which among the words below has the/sh/ sound?
a. sober
b. leisure
c. shallow
d. salient

14) Your boss isn't working anymore, ________?
a. is he
b. isn't he
c. has he
d. hasn't he

15) This pertains to the pauses or rests in speech.
a. Pitch
b. Juncture
c. Stress
d. Intonation

16) I will not leave you come hell or high water. Based on the given sentence, we can surmise that:
a. The speaker will not leave the person no matter what.
b. The speaker warns the person of a forthcoming disaster.
c. The speaker wants the person to give up.
d. The speaker wants the person to continue fighting.

17) Which does not belong in the group?
a. Assumption
b. Summary
c. Synthesis
d. Generalization

18) Complete the statement: "Blessed are ________ poor for ________ shall be welcomed in heaven."
a. the-you
b. the-they
c. you-they
d. they-they

19) Your brother isn't supporting you, ________?
a. was he
b. isn't he
c. wasn't he
d. is he

20) A person with a negative outlook in life cannot ________ with depression.
a. cope up
b. cope on
c. cope in
d. cope

21) Which sounds like "fine"?
a. crane
b. brine
c. pristine
d. quarantine

22) The senator approached the podium with his spiel. His hands were shaking and he was sweating trmendously. He experienced:
a. Heart attack
b. Nausea
c. Stage fright
d. Headache

23) "He was like a snake in the night." What figure of speech is present?
a. Personification
b. Simile
c. Metaphor
d. Apostrophe

24) The Rubaiyat has the theme:
a. Always looking forward to a new day.
b. Never giving in to death easily.
c. Grasping pleasure while you can.
d. Creating your own world and beautify it.

25) What is "true learning" as exemplified in this quotation: "Only one who bursts with eagerness do I instruct. Only one who bubbles with excitement do I enlighten."
a. Learning makes human beings a follower of instruction.
b. Learning involves patience and tenacity.
c. Learning has the ability to make a man.
d. Learning is coupled with commitment and passion.

26) In Kerima Polotan Tuvera's short story "The Virgin", why did Ms. Mijares fail to find a man to marry?
a. She is choose in finding a man.
b. She took care of her sick mother.
c. She is busy with work.
d. She is concentrating in her studies.

27) In Paz Latorena's short story "The Small Key", what is inside the chest when the second wife Soledad opened it using the small key?
a. Old clothes and other things owned by the first wife
b. Skeletons
c. Land documents
d. Weapons used in war by Pedro during the Second World War

28) In Nick Joaquin's short story "May Day Eve", what is the technique used by the author in
developing the plot?
a. Telescoping
b. Foreshadowing
c. Flash Back
d. Stream of Consciousness

29) In Loreto Paras Sulit's short story "The Bolo", what is being treasured by the main character?
a. The Bolo that was given to her by her husband.
b. Their wedding ring
c. Their house and lot
d. The sword that her husband bought from Barcelona.

30) If you drink poison, you ________.
a. die
b. will die
c. died
d. would die

31) If the president listened to the wails of his people, he ________ the killings in Mindanao.
a. stops
b. would stop
c. would have stopped
d. will stop

32) If I had taken my chance on love, I ________ happier.
a. am
b. would be
c. will be
d. would have been

33) If the murder weapon is not found inside the bag of Aksionov, he ________ imprisonment.
a. will not suffer
b. suffers
c. would have not suffered
d. would suffer

34) The poem " A Poison Tree" was written by?
a. Robert Frost
b. William Blake
c. Emily Dickinson d. Oscar Wilde

35) What reading technique is being utilized when a teacher asks his student to read a particular passage, and he marks mispronounced words?
a. DRTA
b. IRI
c. SQ3R
d. KWL Chart

36) The Philippines is considered as an ________ nation.
a. EFL
b. English Speaking
c. ESL
d. Foreign Sounding

37) In the School Paper, who is in-charge of the entire publication?
a. Editor-in-Chief
b. Features Editor
c. Managing Editor
d. News Editor

38) English has been the Lingua Franca of the world since America gained international power. Lingua Franca means: a. Language of France b. Language of the Rich c. Language of the World d. Language of the Powerful
39) What is the subject of the sentence "Walk away"?
a. The implied "you"
b. The implied "I"
c. None d. All the listeners

40) The spectators never fail to admire the great Greek tragedy writer Sophocles whenever ________ narrates his dramas.
a. she
b. him
c. he
d. her

41) If you chance upon the principal on your way out of the campus, please send ________ my best wishes.
a. him
b. them
c. us
d. it

42) My father and I met a friend of ________ in the shopping center.
a. ourselves
b. ours
c. them
d. us

43) Whenever I do things in the kitchen, I make sure not to hurt ________.
a. herself
b. ourselves
c. myself
d. themselves

44) Some scientists and Bible scholars agree with the ________ that the Earth is coming to an end.
a. prophet
b. prophetic
c. prophecy
d. prophesy

45) Fish and fries ________ my cousin's favorite fast food meal.
a. is
b. has
c. are
d. have

46) The members of the congregation are ________ inside the conference room already.
a. altogether
b. together
c. all together
d. together all

47) It is ________ fitting that we organize a literary seminar to pay homage to a great Filipino writer.
a. altogether
b. together
c. all together
d. together all

48) Neither Ralph Waldo Emerson nor his friends ________ present in the meeting last night.
a. were
b. is
c. was
d. are

49) Neither his followeres nor Walt Whitman ________ convinced that the ideas of Emerson are out of this world.
a. are
b. were
c. was
d. has

50) The audience exhibited enthusiasm for the play, they seem ________.
a. offended
b. disgusted
c. interested
d. mad

ENGLISH (2) ANSWERS:
1. A
2. B
3. B
4. A
5. D
6. A
7. A
8. A
9. B
10. C
11. C
12. C - Pitch 1: To end a sentence ; Pitch 2: To start a sentence ; Pitch 3: To emphasize or to stress ; Pitch 4: To signify extreme emotions
13. B
14. A
15. B
16. A
17. A
18. B
19. D
20. D - "cope with" means "to adapt", while "cope up with" means "to try to follow one's lead."
21. B
22. C
23. B
24. C
25. D
26. B
27. A
28. A - Telescoping is when the author narrates an event and then fast forwards to the next.
29. A
30. A
31. C
32. D
33. A
34. B
35. B
36. C - ESL or English as a Second Language
37. A
38. C
39. A
40. C
41. A
42. B
43. C
44. C
45. A
46. C
47. A
48. A
49. C
50. C

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