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STATE UNIVERSITY
NORMAE C. ECIJA
Naval¸ Biliran
Researcher
Axcell Delis Belleza
HUMSS 12 - A
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
frustrating, pointless exercise in word calling (Lenz, 2013). According to Texas Education
develop the knowledge, skills, and experiences they must have if they are to become
Robinson in his book “Effective Study” in year 1948. There are a lot of theories about
reading since that this is an extremely complex process that no one can explain
since that it will hinder student’s good academic performance according to (Fuchs, 2002)
he also observed that a large number of students enter high school with significant
reading deficits, he even concluded that lack of reading skills is a hindrance to the
academic performance of the students due to its lack of comprehension. Regarding the
found out that reading skills are correlated to the students grades in mathematics but
these correlations are not strong as one may think. Much earlier, Muola (1990), carried
out a study among standard eight pupils to determine the relationship between
performance in an English language test and a mathematics test. He obtained a
correlation of 0.43 between the pupils' performance in the English language test and their
performance in the mathematics test. Further, Delton (2009) reported that the poor
performance in class in some primary schools could be attributed to the lack of mastery
of English language skills among the pupils. Lastly,(Jayanthi and Vimala 1991)stated that
International research also suggests that there is a positive relationship between reading
The gap in knowledge of the related studies shows that there is a positive
between the two variables are not that really strong. It also shows that deficiency in
reading can hinder student’s good academic performance since that reading is the
foundational skill on which academic success depends. There is also a gap that the
previous researchers did not distinguish which other subject areas reading
to bridge the gap in knowledge, they will focus on the Final Average Grades in the 1st
Semester of the Grade 11 Senior High Students from HUMSS of Naval State University
And with research proving that reading is the one of most important aspect in our
receive low grades and students with high comprehension receive high grades. Although,
the concept is still not sure because the previous researchers did not really distinguish all
subject areas reading comprehension is positively or negatively correlated. Therefore,
through help of research regarding this certain research topic, the researchers decided
to conduct a study regarding the relationship between reading comprehension and the
academic Performance of the Grade Eleven HUMSS Students in order for them to
determine the relationship between these two variables, and also in order for the
Generally, this study aims to determine the Relationship between Levels Reading
1.1 sex;
of:
This section presents the Theoretical framework and Conceptual framework of the study.
Menneghetti, Carretti and De Beni’s were used as the theoretical bases for the
relationship between levels of reading and academic performance. There are 5 tasks
description. First is the Characters, Time, and Events (CTE), the purpose of this task is
to measure the students capacity to identify and understand the characters of the story,
the events and the place where the story take place as well as the period of events. The
task requires the participants to recognize the characters names and let them identify if
they are real likely are fantastic and link the relationship between them. Second
description is the Events and Sequences (ES), this aims to measure the students ability
in distinguishing the main events and the logical and sequential order, how the characters
believe in the story and their internal response to external events. This task requires the
participants to familiarize the sequence of events to reconstruct the order of the facts and
their logical flow. Third is the Syntactic Structure (SS), this tasks goal is to measure the
students capability in figuring out the texts primarily focusing on the syntactic 1elements
of the tests. For example to decode the different meaning of sentences in relation to the
punctuations position, the articles roles, the nature of hypothetical sentences, the
distinction between passive and active sentences as well as the direct and indirect
discourse. Fourth is the Connections between parts of the text (CON), the purpose of this
task is to measure the ability of students if there is a relation between different information
in the test on the basis semantic and logical criterion in order to create a consistent a
structure meaning. The respondents are ask to put in co-referential close or far elements
of the text connect similar words that are related to the same character. Lastly, the
Inferences (INF), this will measure the ability of students to make inferences from the text.
Inferences, is the idea that is drawn from evidence and reasoning and the interaction
between the readers knowledge and the information in the text. The participants in his
task will guess the meaning of unfamiliar words on the basis of the content and figure out
CTE
ES Basic
SS Aspects
CON
INF
Conceptual Framework. The main parameter of the study was mainly on the intention of
highlighted and presented in the schematic diagram provided in the next page of this
paper.
Grade 11 HUMSS Students of
Naval State University S.Y 2018-
2019
Age
Sex
Reading Comprehension
Level Academic Performance
CTE
ES
SS
CON
INF
The findings obtained from this study may serve as baseline data for the
relationship of reading comprehension levels and academic performance, and also for
the improvement of the academic performance of the Students of the target strand.
Likewise, the results will give insights to the following who shall serve as primary
Administrators. The result of this study are hopefully of value to school administrators
who can encourage other teachers in the school to try employing the library as a regular
part of English class so that their students can read different books during English time
and in order for them to help their students to enhance their reading skills.
Teachers. Mentors in all levels both private and public schools can be provided with
appropriate and adequate information, whether the relationship between levels of reading
Also, they will be able to do their share and perform their roles by helping their students
to be more active in reading and surpassing the Academic Grades of their students
Students. With the help of this study, they will learn if their academic performance is
develop direct new knowledge and be equipped with different abilities in the academic
fields.
Future Researchers. The results of this research would be very useful to teachers,
students, and to the future researchers precisely because it could provide them with the
necessary data and information that directly answers the question regarding the
relationship between the students levels of reading comprehension and academic grades.
Not just in Naval State University but in the province and the Philippines as a whole. And
also this study offers important information and data for other researchers who may also
This study is conducted in S.Y 2018 - 2019 of Naval State University. The selected
respondents of this study are the Grade 11 HUMSS, mainly focusing on their reading
comprehension level and academic performance. The study did not include students from
Definition of Terms
To make the presentation study findings and other pertinent information of this
Reading Comprehension. Ability to understand the meaning of the text to integrate with
Academic performance. Is the extent to which a student attained their educational goals
The inspiration to conduct a particular piece of research is born out of reading and
reviewing research which has been carried out in one’s broader area of interest. This
and others. Those that were included in this chapter helps in familiarizing information that
Reading Comprehension
Reading comprehension is a complex interaction among automatic and strategic
cognitive processes that enables the reader to create a mental representation of the text
(Van Den Broek & Espin, 2012). Comprehension depends not only on characteristics of
the reader, such as prior knowledge and working memory, but also on language
processes, such as basic reading skills, decoding, vocabulary, sensitivity to text structure,
their comprehension skills, they are able to progress efficiently from the stage of learning
to read to the ultimate goal of reading to learn (Yovanoff, Duesbery, Alonzo, & Tindal,
2005).
much more than readers responses to the text. He also added that reading
interactions between readers and what they bring to the text, particularly this refers to the
previous knowledge and strategy used as well as the variables related to the text itself
regarding understanding in text types. Brassell and Rasinski (2008), also stated that
reading comprehension helps the readers to take important information from written text
Reading and academic performance are essential for teachers and educationists
to know that every child whether he or she is gifted, average, normal or backward etc,
should be educated in his or her own way but if he or she possesses good study habits,
he or she can perform well in academics and in every situation. It is the reading habits and
good academic performance which help the learner with learning disabilities in obtaining
meaningful and desirable knowledge (Greene, 2001). According to Palani (2012), reading
is an essential and important aspect for creating a literate society in this world. It shapes
the personality of individuals and it helps them to develop proper thinking methods, and
comprehension ability. However, data covering more detailed aspects of both reading
to determine to what extent the pupils intelligence can be used to predict his reading
comprehension ability
Anggraini (2017) found out that the correlation analysis between student's reading
comprehension and academic performance showed that the regression level between the
two variables was (.236), therefore he concluded that reading comprehension and
academic performance are positively correlated. In similar, Gelizon (2018) also found out
that there is a negatively high correlation on the academic performance of the Grade 8
pupils of Biliran Science High School who belong in frustration level reading
comprehension with correlation coefficient of -.597. It was also found out that the
of the students greatly affect their academic performance. She also found out that there
comprehension level of the grade 8 pupils who belong to the independent level of reading
moderately small positive correlation. The findings of the studies seem to imply that
students still need to comprehend the reading text because it influenced their academic
achievement. The findings can also have implications for students that the better their
Anggraini (2017) believes that in order for the teachers to help their students
enhance their Academic Performance and Reading Comprehension, the lectures should
use suitable learning strategies because comprehension in reading text might influence
and improve the student's academic achievement. He also added that the student's
should be aware and realize that students in particular who increase their amount of
reading can improve their academic achievement. Cook (2006) also believes that a
student success program to meet the needs unique to students could be developed to
complement the university academic assistance program for students. This could be
modeled after programs currently used in education programs that have experienced high
attrition rates. The program, based on academic difficulties that stem from reading
programs, study skill classes, test-taking workshops, and faculty and peer-tutoring
Enhancement of the current program for pre-nursing majors could include specific
reading comprehension skills. Admission practices for some nursing programs include
assessments, while students are completing prerequisites for enrolment in the nursing
programs. Often cited as being significant has been a higher grade point average
throughout the course of studies. Again, early identification and remediation of risk factors
for academic challenges can result in an applicant pool with improved potential for
successful completion of the nursing program and entry into professional practice (Yin &
Burger, 2003)
The aforementioned literature and studies are related to this investigation in the
sense that they identified the relationship between reading comprehension and academic
performance. However, the dimensions taken into consideration differ from those which
highlights this research. Thus, this study does not purport to duplicate the previous
METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the methods of the study. It consists of research design,
Research Design
correlational research design in order for the researchers to determine whether there is a
performance. To generate the data, a reading comprehension test was used to elicit the
the respondents profile, reading comprehension score and their general average for the
first semester of S.Y 2018 – 2019 which yield to the presumed output.
Research Locale
The venue of the study was mainly concentrated at the Naval State University-
Laboratory High School (NSU-LHS). The School is located at the P.I Garcia Street Capital
town of Naval in the Province of Biliran with coordinates 11°35’N 124°27’E. The
researchers chose the NSU-LHS as their research locale since that this is the only Senior
High School in Naval that offers the course of Humanities and Social Sciences
Figure 3. Research Locale, (Google Map, 2019)
Research Respondents
The respondents of this study were the Senior High School Students from Grade
Eleven Humanities and Social Sciences that are officially enrolled at Naval State
University for the School Year 2018- 2019.The researchers chose HUMSS 11 students
because subjects taken in HUMSS requires the skill of reading comprehension in terms
of understanding plain, average and complicated thoughts, words and text. There are 54
Research Instrument
The instrument used for this study was a researcher made reading comprehension
test to gather the needed data for this study. The RCT includes the students profile and
their levels of reading comprehension. The reading comprehension test was drawn base
on the variables of the study (the age and sex of the grade eleven HUMSS students and
also the average in the first semester of the school year 2018-2019). The researchers
consulted it’s validity to the English experts and English teachers from Naval State
University and Biliran Central School. The researchers used the split half test to determine
the internal reliability of the instrument with the correlation coefficient value of r = .88
The researchers wrote a letter to the Dean to ask permission to have the master list and
to administer a reading comprehension test to the grade eleven HUMSS of Naval State
University. Second, a reading comprehension test were provided for each students to
answer. Each student were provided 45 minutes to answer the reading comprehension
test. When the time is up, the researchers takes the answered test and thanked the
Data Scoring
The following rating scales will be used in determining the relationship between
1. Correlation Coefficient
The value of r ranges from +1 to -1. If the value of r is exactly +1, then the
variables has a perfect positive correlation. If it is exactly equal to -1, then the variable
correlation.
Table 1. Correlation Coefficient
No Correlation 0
2. Reading Comprehension
The researchers used the fluency instruction levels as the bases for the verbal
Instruction includes the Frustration, Instructional and Independent Level. According to the
University of Utah (2018) Frustration reading levels include text for which a reader does
not have adequate background level for a topic and/or cannot meet criteria for
instructional levels of accuracy, the score percentage mean of Frustration level is 50%
below. Instructional reading level is the high level at which a reader is not independent,
but has adequate background knowledge for a topic, and can access text quickly and with
reading level is the highest level at which a reader has adequate background knowledge
for the topic, and can access text very quickly and with very few errors with a score
Frustration Level 1 to 38
Instructional Level 39 to 68
Independent Level 69 to 75
The following formula were used to transform the data gathered into statistical
data.
Formula:
% = f / N x 100
Where:
% = percentage
F = frequency
N= number of cases
100 = constant
𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
𝑥 100 = %
𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
Where n is the population of male or female divided by N which is the overall sample
𝑝𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑓 17 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑠
𝑥 100 = %
𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
Where n is the population of student’s age from 16 to 18 years old divided by N which is
Where n is the population of student’s first semester academic grade ranging from 85 to
Formula:
Where:
∑ 𝑥= Sum of x scores
∑ 𝑦=Sum of y scores
This chapter represents the analysis and interpretation of the data gathered from
the study and thorough discussion about the research problem. The results were based
on the profile and the reading comprehension test scores of the respondents. This data
were then analyzed to be presented, discussed, and interpreted to serve as the answer
Demographics
16
1 7
33% Female
67% 24 18 17 16
Male
Age
Figure 4. (a) The biological sex of the respondents (b) The age of the respondents
biological sex, age of the respondents and the first semester average grades for S.Y
the results revealed that 67.5% (36) are female while 32.5% (18) are male in the
overall sample population of 54 participants only. For the ages of the respondents,
1.85% (1) of the respondent is 24 years old, 12.96% (7) of the respondents are 18
years old. 55.5% (30) of the respondents are 17 years old and the 29.6% (16) are 16
0
0
4 1 2 2
5
7
2 8
7
6
10
95% 94% 93% 92% 91% 90% 89% 88% 87% 85% 84%
years old.
Figure 5. The number of the respondents academic grades in the first semester of the
S.Y 2018 – 2019.
Lastly, the first semester average grades of the respondents of S.Y 2018– 2019
consisted of 3.7% (2) with an average grade of 95%, another 3.7% (2) with an average
grade of 94%, 9.25% (5) with an average grade of 93%, 14.81% (8) with an average
grade of 92%, 11.11%(6) with an average grade of 91%, 18.51% (10) with average
grade of 90%, 12.96% (7) with an average grade 89%, 3.70% (2) with an average
grade of 88%,another 12.96% (7) with an average grade of 87%, 7.40% (4) with an
average grade of 85% and 3.7% (1) with an average grade of 84%.
Reading Comprehension
The data collected from the (54) respondents were gathered through the reading
47
1 to 38 39 to 68 69 to 75
Figure 6. The levels of reading comprehension obtained by the respondents from the
The result shows that 12.96% (7) of the respondents reading comprehension level
belongs to the Frustration Level with the score range of 1 – 38 while 87.03%(47) of the
respondents reading comprehension level belongs to the Instructional Level with the
score range of 39 to 68. Although none of the students from HUMSS 11 was able to obtain
the highest level of reading comprehension which is the Independent level with a score
range of 68 – 75. Therefore, the 12.96% of the respondents from HUMSS 11 does not
have adequate background level for a topic and/or cannot meet criteria for instructional
levels of accuracy since their reading comprehension belongs to the Frustration level
while the 87.03% of the respondents from HUMSS 11 are not independent in reading, but
has adequate background knowledge for a topic, and can access text quickly and with no
or few errors since that their reading comprehension level belongs to the Instructional
level.
Table 3. The mean percentage of the five aspects and the levels of reading
Table 3 shows the mean percentage of the overall sample population’s reading
comprehension test scores. The result revealed that in the aspect of Characters, Time
and Events the reading comprehension level of the respondents belongs to the
Instructional Level with a mean percentage of 81.48%, in the aspect of Events and
Sequences the reading comprehension level of the respondents also belongs to the
Instructional Level since the percentage mean of their score is 79.75%, in the aspect of
Syntactic Structure the respondents were not able to reach the Instructional Level since
that the average mean of their score is 45.92%, in the aspect of Connections between
parts of the text the respondents reading comprehension level once again belongs to the
Instructional Level for the reason they obtained the mean percentage of 62.34%, and in
the final aspect which is the Inferences, the reading comprehension level of the
respondents belongs to the Frustration level since that the percentage mean of their score
is 34.69%. And finally, the overall percentage mean average of the aspects of the reading
comprehension level of the respondents belongs to the Instructional level with an average
mean of 60.836%. Therefore, the overall reading comprehension level of the HUMSS 11
Students of NSU-LHS denotes that they have adequate background knowledge for
reading, and can access text quickly and with few errors only.
Table 4. Correlation Coefficient Between Reading Comprehension and Academic
Value of r 0.37
Note: There is a weak positive correlation between levels of reading comprehension and
reading comprehension and academic grades among the Grade 11 HUMSS students of
Naval State University. This implies that if there is an increase or decrease in reading
the students, although the relationship between the two variables are weak. The findings
of this study was similar to the results obtained by Anggraini (2017) and Gelizon (2018),
since that their study also reported that there is a weak positive correlation between
This chapter presents the summary of the study, findings or interpretation of data
Summary
The study was carried out to determine the relationship between levels of reading
State University. The sample population involved all of the (54) students of HUMSS 11
and were provided with a reading comprehension test comprised of (5) aspects and
passages each with 15 item questionnaire. The participants of the research were given
45 minutes to answer the reading comprehension test. Results showed that 33.5% of the
sample population are male while the 67.5% are female. Out of the (5) aspects, it is
revealed that the respondents obtained their highest score in the aspect of Characters,
Time and Events with a mean percentage of 81.48% (Instructional Level) and the
respondents obtained their lowest score in the aspect of Inferences with a mean
percentage of 34.69% (Frustration Level). The result also showed that the (5) aspects
overall mean percentage of the respondents were 60.836% (Instructional Level). Lastly,
the result revealed that there is a weak positive correlation between levels of reading
The researchers concludes that the Grade 11 HUMSS students of Naval State
University -Laboratory High School are more acquainted in the aspect of Characters,
Times and Events since that they obtained their highest score from this aspect. Therefore,
the Grade 11 HUMSS students of NSU-LHS has sufficient background knowledge for this
certain aspect and this also means that the respondents can access the text very quickly
and with very few errors and they have the capacity to identify and understand the
characters of the story, the events and the place where the story take place as well as
the period of events are. The researchers also concludes that the grade 11 HUMSS
students of NSU-LHS are impotent in the aspect of Inferences since that respondents
obtained their lowest score from this aspect. Therefore, the respondents does not have
adequate background level for this aspect and they cannot meet the criteria for the nornal
level of accuracy to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words on the basis of the content
and figure out about the meaning of a sentence using their own knowledge.
Lastly, the findings obtained from the results and discussion also showed that the
two variables which is the levels of reading comprehension and academic performance
have shown that there is a weak positive correlation between these two variables,
Base on the findings and conclusions drawn from this study, the researchers
therefore, would recommend the following recommendations that are hereby offered for
considerations
2. The researchers suggest that this study can be improved by adding variables
since that the researchers did not include other factors such as the whole
strand and whole grade level of Naval State University- Laboratory High
School. Therefore, in order for the future researchers to obtain better assay and
more solid results they should conduct the study with a wider range of
respondents such as wider sample population with diverse ages and academic
3. The tool used in this study which is the reading comprehension test can be use
by future research as long as the level of the test are in-line with the student’s
scholastic status.
that would help their students enhance their reading and vocabulary skills.
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APPENDIX
Republic of the Philippines
Biliran Province State University
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Naval, Biliran
Reading Comprehension
However, he perceived now that it did not greatly matter what kind of soldiers he was going to
fight, so long as they fought, which fact no one disputed. There was a more serious problem. He
lay in his bunk pondering upon it. He tried to mathematically prove to himself that he would not
run from a battle. Previously he had never felt obliged to wrestle too seriously with this question.
In his life he had taken certain things for granted, never challenging his belief in ultimate success,
and bothering little about means and roads. But here he was confronted with a thing of moment. It
had suddenly appeared to him that perhaps in a battle he might run. He was forced to admit that as
far as war was concerned he knew nothing of himself.
A sufficient time before he would have allowed the problem to kick its heels at the outer portals
of his mind, but now he felt compelled to give serious attention to it. A little panic-fear grew in
his mind. As his imagination went forward to a fight, he saw hideous possibilities. He
contemplated the lurking menaces of the future, and fails in an effort to see himself standing
stoutly in the midst of them. He recalled his visions of broken-bladed glory, but in the shadow of
the impending tumult he suspected them to be impossible pictures.
He sprang from the bunk and began to pace matter with me?" he said aloud. He felt that
nervously to and fro. "Good Lord, what's th' in this crisis his laws of life were useless.
Whatever he had learned of himself was D. In the bus
here of no avail. He was an unknown
quantity. He saw that he would again be 5. What did the character did as he lay?
obliged to experiment as he had in early
youth. He must accumulate information of A. He’s reminiscing about his past
himself, and meanwhile he resolved to experience
remain close upon his guard lest those B. He’s sleeping
qualities of which he knew nothing should C. He’s thinking about a serious
everlastingly disgrace him. "Good Lord!" he problem
repeated in dismay. D. He’s playing games
A. His visions of true and romantic 12. What does the character’s question
love in mind?
B. His visions of his future
C. His visions about his dream A. Is the world round?
D. His visions of broken bladed B. Does forever exist?
glory C. Is he brave enough to go to
11. What does the character felt towards battle?
the other soldiers? D. What is his purpose in life?
The Little Prince went to look at the roses again. “You’re not at all like my rose. You’re nothing
at all yet,” he told them. “No one has tamed you and you haven’t tamed anyone. You’re the way
my fox was. He was just a fox like a hundred thousand others. But I’ve made him my friend, and
now he’s the only fox in all the world.” And the roses were humbled. You’re lovely, but you’re
empty,” he went on. One couldn’t die for you. Of course, an ordinary passerby would think my
rose looked just like you. But my rose, all on her own, is more important than all of you together,
since she’s the one I’ve watered. Since she’s the one I put under glass. Since she’s the one I
sheltered behind a screen. Since she’s the one for whom I killed the caterpillars (except the two
or three for butterflies). Since she’s the one I listened to when she complained, or when she
boasted, or even sometimes when she said nothing at all. Since she’s my rose.” And he went
back to the fox. “Good-bye,” he said. “Goodbye,” said the fox. Here is my secret. It’s quite
simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.”
“Anything essential is invisible to the eyes,” the little prince repeated, in order to remember. “It’s
the time you spend on your rose that makes your rose so important.” “It’s the time I spent on my
rose…,” the little prince repeated, in order to remember. “People have forgotten this truth,” the
fox said. “But you mustn’t forget it. You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed.
You’re responsible for your rose…” “I’m responsible for my rose…,” the little prince repeated,
in order to remember.
A. Definite Article
B. Indefinite Article 13-15. Do you easily understand the
C. Article before an Adjective structure of the sentences in there passage?
Explain your answer.
9– 10. Are the sentences of the passage in its
Passive or Active form? Explain your
answer.
QUESTIONS:
3. Alice heard the White Rabbit
1. "It was the White Rabbit, trotting
murmuring to itself, "The Duchess!
slowly back again..." How did the
The Duchess! Oh my dear paws! Oh
rabbit moved?
my fur whiskers! She'll get me
executed..." According to the rabbit,
A. Dawdling
B. Crawling what will the Duchess do to it?
C. Dashing
A. Dispatch it
2. The White Rabbit was anxious while B. Salvage it
finding the fan and the pair of kid- C. Lecture it
gloves. How does the White Rabbit
4. Alice came upon a neat little house.
feel?
A. Antsy
Which of the following describes
B. Glad how the house looks like?
C. Astonished A. Messy and large
B. Untidy and small A. Unwearied
C. Tidy and tiny B. Unconcerned
C. Bothered
5. Alice was in great fear of meeting
the real Mary Ann. Which of the
following best describes Alice's
feeling?
10. How does Alice look like before
A. Calm
B. Frightful drinking the bottle?
C. Mad
A. Dwarfish
6. When Alice was about to leave, she B. Gigantic
C. Voluminous
saw a bottle then uncorked it. What
did Alice do to the bottle?
11. She hastily put down the bottle
A. She smothered it.
remarking" That's quite enough I
B. She constrained it. hope I shan't grow anymore. What
C. She loosened it. did Alice do to the bottle?
TEST V. Inferences
Christopher Columbus set sail from Palo’s, Spain, with less than a hundred crew members to
discover a new route to Asia. After spending a difficult time at sea, the party sited land early on
the morning of October 12, 1492. They set foot on an island in the Bahamas which they named
Al Salvador. Columbus presumed that the indigenous people were Native Indians as he was
under the mistaken belief that he had set foot on Indian soil. Probably some ten million
American Indians were natives to the land before the large scale in habitation by Europeans and
subsequent annihilation of Native Americans started. However, it took more than a hundred
years after Columbus discovered America for the Europeans to finally take the momentous
decision to make the New World their home. The Native American actually welcomed the pale-
skinned visitors primarily out of curiosity than anything else. They were fascinated by the steel
knives and swords, fire spewing cannons, brass and copper tensile, etc. that these visitors brought
with them. Eventually, cultural differences erupted. The native could not stomach the arrogance
of the newcomers and the scan respect they paid to nature. The Europeans settlers viewed every
resource- plants, animals and people as something to be commercially exploited. The Native
Indians were vastly outnumbered in the wars that ensued. The resistance they put up never
proved enough to stop the European settlers the nomadic lifestyle of the Indians, the relatively
unsophisticated weapons at their disposal, the unwillingness of some of their own people to
defend themselves in the diseases brought by the Europeans from their overcrowded cities that
decimated the native’s were: small pox, plague, measles, cholera, typhoid, and malaria. These
deadly diseases, to which most natives had developed no resistance, devastated many tribes
between 1775 and 1850. America was named after an Italian navigator, Amerigo Vespucci, who
explored the Northern parts of South America in 1499 and 1500 and later announced to the world
about the discovery of a new continent.
QUESTIONS:
1. Native Americans welcomed the A. Glory
pale-skinned visitors primary out B. Fascination
of something what is it? C. Glamour
D. Curiosity A. Careless about their
environment
2. The nomadic lifestyle of the B. A very unhealthy lot
Indians infers that they have less C. More respectful of nature
in weapons. What do you think D. Very ignorant when it comes to
was the result of their war against sanitation
the Spaniards? 6. What can be inferred in the third
A. They were victorious paragraph?
B. There was no war A. The Native Americans did not
C. They lost the war have any weapons with which to
D. They cherish the victory defend themselves
B. The Native Americans
3. The primary purpose of the probably attached to a lot of
importance and respect to the
passage is to.
nature
A. Disprove the notion that
C. The Native Americans did not
America was named after
know how to use natural
Columbus
resources
B. Provide a snapshot of the
D. The early settlers became
discovery of America and the
arrogant as they could
early years of settlements
commercially exploit resources
C. Explain how the Europeans
eliminated the native Americans 7. The last paragraph stresses
in their own land America Vespucci.
D. Discuss how the process of A. Italian navigator
colonization of America started B. Who explored the northern part
of the South America
C. Great person
4. The following are the reasons of D. A contributor of something
why Indians have not stopped the
European settlers except. 8. What if the Europeans have not
A. The unwillingness of some to come in America, what do you
defend themselves think the kind of life that Indians
B. Unsophisticated weapons at have nowadays?
their disposal A. Self-sufficient
C. The disease brought by white B. Dependent
man C. Prosperous
D. The ignorance of Indians D. Poor
9. Based on the information in the
5. From the passage we can infer passage, which of the following
that in comparison to the cannot be inferred?
Europeans, Native Americans I. Alien diseases wiped out a
were. large proportion of certain
Native American tribes.
II. The early settlers totally
eliminated the early A. Only I
Americans. B. Only II
III. To the early settlers, even C. I and II
people were resources to be D. Only III
exploited commercially.