12. Based on this passage, some still believe
that genetically modified crops;
A. could potentially help feed 842 million
malnourished people globally
B. could be eaten by humans without any
adverse effects.
C. Are impractical because they are
expensive.
D. May have long-term adverse effects on
human health.
M.
There is no end to education. It is not that
you read a book, pass an examination, and
finish with education. the whole of life,
form the moment you are born to the
moment you die is a process of learning.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
13. the passage tells us that:
A. Learning is a lifelong process.
B. Education has no beginning and has no
end.
C. Learning will make us wise
D. Education is the key to lifes success.
N.
Students who took up preschool perform
better than those who did not.
Eric did not enroll in preschool
14. Therefore:
A. Eric performed better than some of
those who took up preschool.
B. Eric did not perform better than those
who took up preschool.
C. Some students who took up preschool
performed better than Eric.
D. Eric performed better than those who
took up school
O.
Good sleep is as important as good nutrition!
Sleep is vital to bodily functioning. When a
person has enough healthy sleep, he is fresh, his
mind functions better, and his moods are better.
The average adult needs between six to eight
hours of sleep a night. Among children, the need
for sleep is greater. Babies should sleep most of
the time for their growth and development.
Children between the ages of 5 and 12 should
have average of 8- 10 hours of sleep a night.
15. based on the given information, it can be
concluded that:
A. Both adults and children need an equal
amount of sleep.
B. Adults need sleep more than children.
C. Everyone needs enough sleep.
D. Sleeps keeps diseases away.
P.
Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species (CITES) came into force
in 1975 and today has 177 parties. It is both
a conservation treaty and trade treaty. It
aims to ensure that international trade in
wild animals and plants does not threaten
their survival and further contribute to the
current extinction crisis.
16. from the passage, it can be assumed that
the agreements reached in the CITES:
A. Will preserve extinct wild plants and
animals.
B. Make the trade wildlife profitable.
C. Give protection to thousands of wild
species of animals and plants.
D. Promote the legal sale of endangered
species.
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Company A granted salary increases to its
employees. Those who had served the
company for more than 10 years received
an increase of 20% of their salary. Those
who had serve for less than 10 years 10% of
their salary. Beth received an increase of
P2000 a month. Her monthly salary was
P20,000.
17. from the given information, we can
conclude that:
A. Beth had worked for Company A for
more than 10 years.
B. Beth had worked for Company A for
less than 10 years.
C. Beth was given an increase due to her
outsanding performance
D. Beth was not given the increase that
she deserved.
R.
One of the techniques that have been used
to investigate corrupt public officials is to
check on their lifestyles. Extravagant
lifestyle is one of the most obvious
indicators of corruption. If an official is
unable to prove where he got the money to
support such a lifestyle, he is presumed to
be guilty of graft and corruption.
18. From the information, it can be validly
concluded that:
A. Public officials living an extravagant
lifestyle are guilty and corruption.
B. Public officials living an extravagant
lifestyle are tried for graft and
corruption.
C. Corrupt public officials are subjected to
lifestyle checks.
D. Lifestyle checks can effectively identify
the corrupt public officials.
S.
The labor force of the Philippines totaled
39,660,340 as of 2011. This includes people
aged 15 to 64 who are either employed or
unemployed but are looking for work. It
excludes, home makers, unpaid caregivers,
students, persons who are under 64 but are
retired, and workers in the informal sector.
19. based on the definitions of labor force given
in the passage, which of the following are
excluded from our labor force?
A. A 15-year-old boy working in the
factory
B. A 59-year-old woman working as a paid
caregiver
C. An unemployed 24 year old person who
has been looking for work
D. A 61 year old teacher who recently
retired from the service
T.
Hans Eysenck became a famous
psychologist not because all of his papers
were excellent, but because he wrote over a
hundred books and a thousand papers, and
some of them happened to be excellent.
Those who write only ten papers are much
less likely to strive gold with any of them.
Likewise with Picasso: if you paint 14,000
paintings in your lifetime, some of them are
likely to be pretty good even if most are
mediocre.
20. From the information, we can validly
conclude that:
A. Talent and hard work are the keys to
success.
B. Success often comes to extremely
talented.
C. People who achieve extreme success in
any creative field are almost always
prolific
D. Success comes to those who try and try
again when they fail.