Cauayan City National High School – Cabaruan Extension

Third Periodical Examination

English 1O
Name:_____________________________________________Section:_____________________Score:_______________

I. DIRECTIONS: Read each sentence carefully and choose the letter of the best answer from the options given.
Write your answer on the blank.

______1. The moon is the earth’s neighbor in space. How near is it? It is only about 240,000 miles away from us. The moon
seems to be as big as the sun, but it is really not. It looks so large because it is much closest to us.
Which is a good title for this selection?
a. The Moon b. The Size of the Moon c. The Properties of Moon d. None of these
______2. Trees are very essential in our lives. The newspaper we read, the books we study were once trees, your home,
your furniture, the clothes you wear have come from a forest. It takes a large tree about 70-100 years or even more to reach
full growth. If the trees in our mountains and forests are wanted only to be cut down, it will take hundreds of years to replace
them.
A good title for the selection is __________.
a. Trees Are Important b. Importance of Trees to Us c. Life and Trees d. None of these
______3. Health is the greatest of medical mysteries. A person’s everyday health is the responsibility of certain parts of the
body which are capable of maintaining the good health of the body without the aid of medicine. Medicine is needed only
when these parts are no longer capable by themselves.
Which is a good title for this selection?
a. Medical Health b. Health and Medicine c. Health Is Wealth d. none of these
4-8. Choose one of the following rhetorical markers (transitional words or phrases) for each of the blank spaces.
a. for example b. such as c. but d. although e. in fact (also)
Most of us connect rodeos with old West, 4. __________ that picture is not completely accurate. 5.__________ it
may be true that the best-known rodeos are held in Western towns, rodeo competition is also quite lively in other sections of
the country. In the deep South, 6. __________, riders compete in Montgomery, Macau, Baton Rouge, and Memphis.
Rodeos are also found in the East, in places 7. __________ New York and Reaching, Pennsylvania. 8. __________, rodeos
can probably be found at the same time of the year in almost every state.

(9-13). Manila is the most heavily polluted city in the country today. The air in the city has dirty smoke and silt coming from
jeepneys, cargo trucks and other motor vehicles as they run through the streets. Industrial plants, factories also make
smoke. They throw away of filthy oil liquid as well as solid materials which pollute the river.
The growing number of motor vehicles and factories in the city cannot be helped. However, the city residents can
do much to lessen pollution and safeguard the people’s health. More trees should be planted and replanted. Proper disposal
of garbage and waste materials should be practiced. Every city resident should cooperate with the City Government in the
observance of the anti-pollution law.
______9. How many air pollution in the city be lessened?
a. by cutting the trees b. by planting more trees c. by burning the trees d. by closing the factories
______10. The first paragraph is mainly about _____________.
a. The harmful effects of pollution c. The industrial plants and factories
b. Why Manila is heavily polluted d. Cargo trucks and jeepneys
______11. The second is mainly about ____________.
a. Anti-Pollution Law b. Proper-disposal of waste c. How to plant trees d. How pollution can be lessened
______12. The best title for the selection is ________________.
a. Manila, the City Man c. The Causes of Pollution
b. The Bad Effects of Pollution d. Causes and Prevention of Pollution
______13. What kind of story is this? a. fanciful b. real c. myth d. legendary

14-18. Deriving words

[A] [B] [C] [D]
commonly Spaniard parental authority
nearly drunkard
______14. What suffix is attached to the word “parent”? a. pa- b. -al c. -en- d. -tal
______15. How about the word “author”? a. an- b. -tho- c. -ty d. -ity
______16. What does the prefix sub- mean? a. above b. under c. wrong d. half
______17. What appropriate prefix to be used to form a new word form the word “formation”.
a. semi- b. in- c. ex- d. trans
______18. What appropriate suffix to be added on this word to form a new word “grace”.
a. –able b. –neal c. –ly d. –ful
19-23. Refer to the following selection:
Dust of Snow
by: Rober Frost
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of the day I have rued
______19. What season of the year is referred to in the poem?
a. summer b. spring c. autumn d. winter
______20. In what mood was the poet when he was shaken with snow?
a. cheery b. regretful c. melancholy d. nonchalant
______21. The crow’s action was __________. a. deliberate b. clumsy c. planned d. careless
______22. The significant human experience that the author shares to the here is __________.
a. One must be able to find inspiration in nature
b. Small seemingly insignificant incidents may trigger humor and save the day.
c. One must change moods to save a ruined day.
d. Snow will transform a person’s mood.
______23. The predominant poetic technique used in the poem is __________.
a. personification b. imagery c. litotes d. irony

II. Essay. Answer the following question briefly.

When war comes, who are more to be pitied, the living or the dead? Explain your answer.

“Friends and good manners will carry where money won’t go”.
-Margaret Walker

Prepared by:

JOANA VIC T. AGAD

Teacher

Noted:

MELITA V. TOLEDO
Principal II