San Miguel National Comprehensive High School

Magroyong, San Miguel, Surigao del Sur

2nd Quarter Assessment
October 22-23, 2015
I-LISTENING. Listen carefully as your teacher reads the selection. Then answer the
questions below.
1) Based on information in the passage, it can be understood that most biographies have focused on
A. the wives and children of famous men
B. men who have led nations in history
C. men who lived in revolutionary times
D. men deemed important to history
2) As used in paragraph 2, the word paramount most nearly means
A. pivotal
B. coupled
C. meager
D. plausible
3) The main function of paragraph 3 is to
A. argue for societal changes
B. refute an accepted viewpoint
C. explain the authors own project
D. include the authors main subject

II. SPEAKING.
A. Mark it Right! Copy the sentences on your paper and put ellipsis properly.
4) All of us seem to____ make up our minds____in an instant.
5) Marcia screamed,____ Help_____
6) Marcia said, Yeah____I care._____
7) Michael reminded us, The school day at all schools____begins at____8:30 a.m.
8) Rose asked, We will leave at daybreak?____What type of gear should I take?____
III. VOCABULARY/GRAMMAR
A. CONTEXT CLUES. Read the items below carefully and choose the appropriate meaning of
the underlined words.
9) The tough task was filled with inherent danger.
a. overflowing
b. built-in
c. combined d. external
10) The counterfeit money was not accepted at the retailer.
a. fake
b. important c. thick
d. repulsive
11) Even though a storm had just come through, the lake was strangely very placid that
afternoon.
a. wild
b. rough
c. calm
d. wet
12) Please nullify our agreement; I am not interested anymore.
a. improve b. seal
c. cancel
d. sign
13) The bin of potatoes in the cellar was replete; we would not run out of food all winter.
a. empty
b. crooked c. hungry
d. full

B. ADVERB. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

14) My grandfather walks extremely slowly. The adverb "extremely" modifies
a. modifies verb
b. modifies adverb
c. modifies noun
15) Your roommate drives quite fast, doesn't she? The adverb "quite" modifies
a. verb
b. adjective
c. adverb
16) We rarely go to the movies on the weekends. The adverb "rarely" modifies
a. adverb
b. pronoun
c. verb

17) Our house is practically on the highway. The adverb "practically" modifies
a. sentence b. prepositional phrase
c. verb
18) Obviously, I could be wrong. The adverb "obviously" modifies
a. verb
b. pronoun c. clause
IV-READING. Read the selection and answer the questions that follow.

Summer Rain
The worst days of any summer are the rainy ones. We spend all year looking forward to
nice weather and long, hot days. All of winter, with its dreary gray days and bitter cold, we
dream of those endless days at the beach, laying on the sand and soaking in the bright and
burning sun. And then, summer comes, and it rains.
As a child, I would wake up to rainy summer days and come close to crying. It wasnt
fair. We suffered through months of school and miserable weather for those scant ten weeks
of freedom and balmy weather. Any day that I could not spend at the beach or playing ball
with my friends seemed like a punishment for something I didnt even do.
On those rainy summer days, I had nothing fun to do and could only sit inside, staring
out at the rain like a Dickensian orphan. I was an only child, so there was no one else to play
with. My father worked from home, so I was not truly alone, but he could not actively play with
me since he was technically at work. It was those days that I would resign myself to whatever
was on television or any books that I could find lying around. Id crawl through the day and
pray each night that the rain would not be there the next day.
As an adult, though, my opinion of summer rain has changed. When you have to work
every day, summer is not as eagerly anticipated. Mostly, the days run together, bleeding into
each other so that they no longer seem like separate entities and instead feel like
continuations of the same long day. Everything seems monotonous and dull, and an ennui or
listlessness kicks in. Such a mindset makes you cheer for anything new or different. I spend
the winter dreaming of summer and the summer dreaming of winter. When summer comes, I
complain about how hot it is. And then I look forward to the rain, because the rain brings with
it a cold front, which offers a reprieveadmittedly one that is all too shortfrom the torture of
100 and humid days. Rainy days are still the worst days of the summer, but summer rain
today means positively beautifuland considerably coolerweather tomorrow.
19) The passage makes use of language that is
A. metaphorical

B. rhetorical C. formal

D. ambiguous

20) According to the passage, summer is different for adults because

A. rain brings with it cold temperatures for the following days
B. the weather is much warmer than it is for children
C. they do not get a long time off from work for the season
D. they better know how to occupy their downtime
21) According to the passage, which of the following is a true statement about the narrator as
a child?
A. He or she was often bored on summer days.
B. He or she preferred cooler weather.
C. He or she liked staying indoors.
D. He or she had no siblings.
22) Compared to how he or she was as a child, the narrator as an adult is
A. more realistic
B. less excitable
C. more idealistic D. less calm
23) As used in the final paragraph, the word reprieve most nearly means
A. a permanent conclusion
B. a short continuation
C. a higher level of pain
a temporary break
24) Where does the story takes place?

D.

a. House

b. in the beach

c. at a party d. in a pretend place

25) According to the author, what was he considered worst days of summer?
a. winter
b. summer c. rainy
d. fall
8. What is best way to spend winter according to the author?
a. hang-out with friends
b. spend together with family
c. dreaming of summer
d. going to party
26) Any day that I could not spend at the beach or playing ball with my friends seemed like a
punishment for something I didnt even do. What figures of speech do the statement
expresses?
Metaphor
b. personification c. hyperbole
d. simile
27) What word best describes how the author feels about summer?
a. angry
b. curious
c. happy
d. excited
28) What statement does the author expresses about summer rain at the later stage of his
life.
a. The authors opinion has changed.
b. When you have to work every day, summer is not as eagerly anticipated.
c. Everything seems monotonous and dull.
d. none of the above
29) What does the rain brings?
a. it brings cold front
b. it brings disaster c. it brings flood
d. all of the above
V. WRITING
A. Share your thoughts, feelings and experiences that relate to the quotation. Write a
narrative paragraph that tells a story about your experiences in a particular place and time.
(30-40 points)

VI.LITERATURE
SKETCH
By Carl Sandburg
The shadows of the ships
Rock on the crest
In a the low blue lustre
Of the tardy and the soft inrolling tide
A long brown bar at the dip of the sky
Puts an arm of sand in the span of salt.
The lucid and endless wrinkles
Draw in lapse and withdraw
Wavelets crumble and white spent bubbles
Wash on the floor of the beach
Rocking on the crest
In the low blue lustre
Are the shadows of the ships.
Directions: Respond to these questions to the best of your ability. Answer the
questions completely. If you need more space, use the back or a separate sheet.
1. Identify two (2) examples of personification. (41-42)
2. Identify an example of hyperbole. (43-44)
3. Identify an example of metaphor: explain which two things are being compared.
(45-46)
4. Find two separate examples of alliteration. List the alliterative words. (47-48)

5. Where is repetition used in this poem? Why do you think that it is used this way?
(49-50)