Aquinas University of Legazpi

Legazpi, City

Name: ____________________________________________Date: _________ Section: __________

I. Reading Comprehension: Read the story below then answer the question that follows.

Long ago in the mountains, there lived a horrible demon creature named Nian. Every year, on the first day of the
year, the creature would awaken and descend upon the village. He would eat all the grain and livestock. And if there
were any unfortunately children stuck outside, they would disappear. The villagers lived in fear of this beast and
boarded up their houses on this night to protect their families. One year, right before this event was to occur, an old
man visited the village. He turned to the villagers and asked, "Why do you fear this creature such? You are many and
he is but one. Surely he could not swallow all of you."
But the villagers remained skeptical and locked themselves up anyway. That night, Nian did not come. The old man
had ridden him until dawn and the creature went back to its cave hungry. This went on for several nights until the old
man revealed, "I cannot protect you forever."
He turned out to be a god and had to return to his duties elsewhere. The villagers were terrified that once the old man
left, they would once again see Nian return. So the old man informed them, "The beast is easily scared. He does not
like the color red. He fears loud noises and strange creatures. So tonight, spread red across the village. Hang red
signs on every door. Make loud noises with drums, music, and fireworks. And to protect your children, give them face
masks and lanterns to protect them." The villagers did as the old man instructed and Nian never returned again. In
Chinese, the word for New Years is Guo Nian. Literally translated it means to "pass over Nian" or "overcome Nian".
That is exactly what the villagers did. It has become a tradition that part of New Years celebration is to hang lots of
red decoration in your house. Streets are filled with music, loud drums, and fireworks all day long. And special paper
lanterns are made in a variety of shapes and sizes, paraded through the streets to scare off any demons that might
come.

1. What kind of creature is Nian? a. Scared

a. Money b. Surprised
b. Lion c. Appreciated
c. Dragon d. worried
d. Scorpio 8. What does the villagers do to scare the monster
2. Where does the monster stay? away?
a. in the forest a. Hang red color object and make loud noise
b. inside the closet b. Hang mistletoe and sing
c. in a cave c. Hang paper bill and clap
d. under the water d. Hang yellow fans and dance
3. What color does the monster afraid of? 9. Part of the Chinese culture during New Year is to
a. Gold perform several ways to scare demons or bad
b. Yellow spirits away.
c. Silver a. Eat street food along the road.
d. red b. Play with music, loud drums, and fireworks
4. What is the story being talked about? all day long.
a. Fireworks c. Dance around the fire wearing red clothes.
b. Traditional Dragons d. Sing a Chinese song.
c. Chinese New Year 10. The celebration of Chinese New Year is
d. Villagers in China celebrated on what month of the year?
5. What does the creature eat? a. December
a. Children b. January
b. Grain and livestock c. February
c. Meat from a pig d. March
d. The people in the village
II. Context Clues: Choose the best meaning to the
6. What is meaning of the underlined word But the
word that is underlined.
villagers remained skeptical and locked
themselves up anyway 1. Tommy was a real avid baseball card collector.
a. Doubtful He inherited the desire to collect cards because
b. Scared his dad had a collection, too.
c. Amazed a. eager
d. Nervous c. apart
7. What is meaning of the underlined word The b. careless
villagers were terrified that once the old man left, d. fearful
they would once again see Nian return.?
 him. He was right on the precipice and could
2. Her Christmas bills added up. After the holidays, have fallen.
her extravagance was going to take several a. edge c. top
months to pay off. b. stiff d. under
a. economy III. Idiomatic Expression: Choose the correct answer for each
c. external idiomatic expression.
b. praise
d. overdoing 1. I must have had a blackout after the accident.
a. I must have lost consciousness after the
accident.
3. It was gratifying to see how she acted toward b. I must have been depressed after the
her grandmother because her grandmother was accident.
always kind to her. c. My body was all covered with bruises after
a. pleasing the accident.
c. aggravating d. There must have been no power in the
b. nervous neighbourhood after the accident because
d. unclear the car had hit a lamp post.
2. Larry is as green as grass.
a. He's inexperienced.
4. The boy was caught stealing from the store. His b. He's a gardener.
larceny caught up with him when the owner c. He's diseased.
showed him a video tape. d. He's envious.
a. gift 3. His name is on the black list.
b. lawless a. He's considered either dangerous or
c. theft undesirable or disloyal.
d. honor b. He's an Afro-American.
c. His name is written on a black piece of
5. The ideas she presented to the class were clearly paper.
an untested theory because there had never d. His name is written in black.
been any research done on it. 4. It's a bit of a grey area, isn't it?
a. magic a. Yes, it is not at all useful.
c. indictment b. Yes, it's much more interesting than I
b. brutal thought.
d. belief c. Yes, it's not at all clear what we should do.
d. Yes, it is more dangerous than I used to
6. His eternal light would shine on the people even think.
after his death. 5. He feels blue.
a. temporary a. He feels depressed.
c. reformed b. He feels happy.
b. ethical c. he feels embarrassed.
d. endless d. He feels excited.
6. She went as white as a sheet.
7. He cut the paper precisely on the line, and it fit a. She was terribly sorry.
perfectly in the grooves of the picture frame. b. She was blissfully happy.
a. exactly c. She was scared to death.
c. outer d. She was somewhat disappointed.
b. embellish 7. She likes watching blue movies. In this sentence blue
d. advance stands for
a. documentary
8. The boy tried to justify his actions to his mother b. horror
by explaining the reasons why he did what he c. melodramatic
did. d. pornographic
a. depend 8. He's in a blue funk.
c. strict a. He's very worried as he doesn't know what
b. prove might happen.
d. concourse b. He's a member of a gay club.
c. He doesn't care.
9. She did several backbends in a row to show how d. He's taken a drug and is enjoying himself.
limber she was, so that she could be chosen for 9. She suddenly turned as red as a beetroot.
the squad. a. She turned red in the face with either anger
a. enthused or embarrassment.
c. likely b. She noticed a red beetroot behind herself
b. responsive and turned around to grab it.
d. flexible c. She decided to read about red beetroots.
d. She suddenly felt nauseous and developed
10. He climbed the mountain and stood looking over red spots all over her body.
the tops of the trees on the mountain across from 10. We were about to land when she suddenly turned
green.
 a. She suddenly felt depressed. 8. Some of the shanty towns are dreadfully
b. She felt airsick. __________________ . (crowd)
c. She changed the colour of her skin and it 9. The team that he supported were able to win
became clear that she was an alien. the__________________ . (champion)
d. She decided to join the Green Party. 10. There is a very high __________________ that they will be
late. (likely)
IV. Sentence Patterns: Identify the sentence patterns of the
following sentences. (S-IV, S-TV-O, S-LV-C, S-TV-IO-O, S-TV- VII. Antonyms/Synonyms: Encircle the letter of the correct
O-OC) answer
1. Though Samantha's test was partially done, she received a
1. He bought his girlfriend a ring.___________
low grade because it was not complete. In this sentence, the
2. She sings and dances.___________
word partially means
3. She made the problem complicated.__________
4. She goes to school.____________ a. badly
5. John and Marry are swimming.__________ b. finally
6. He brought me a cup of tea.___________ c. completely
d. incomplete
7. The company has been very successful._________
2.) The soft pliable wood was easy to bend.
8. They are in class.__________ In this sentence, the word pliable means
9. He is brave.____________ a. bendable
10. I called my dog Dodo.__________ b. rough
11. Jennifer baked for weeks before the holidays.______ c .solid
12. Brad looks very handsome in his new sweater.__________ d .hard
13. A jockey rides racehorses until he gets too old or too 3. )The altar boy was an acolyte - a helper in the religious
service.
heavy______
In this sentence, the word acolyte means
14. Aunt Tilly gave Marty some cookies._______ a. deacon
15. The members of the team were all excited after the b .boss
championship game._________ c .leader
d. helper
V. Dewey Decimal Classification: Give the number 4. )My best friend has been a companion to me for five years.
classification of the following titles. Write your answer on the In this sentence, the word companion means
line. a. mother
_________1. El Filibusterismo b. friend
_________2. Dictionary c. brother
_________3. Poetry d .father
_________4.Biographical Encyclopedia 5.) The saturated, dripping dog ran in the house after
_________5.Atlas swimming in the lake.
_________6. Fiction and Nonfiction In this sentence, the word saturated means
_________7. Economics a. old
_________8. Our Daily Bread b. smelly
_________9. General Psychology c. wet
_________10. Constitution d. dirty
_________11.The Book of Sonnets 6.) I meandered through the woods and did not win the race.
_________12.English for Academic Purposes In this sentence, the word meandered means
_________13.Sweet Desserts a. jogged
_________14.Interior Designs and Plans b .ran
_________15.The Taoists Life c. hurried
d .wandered
7.) The lanky dog was not fat, even though he ate a lot.
VI. Prefixes/Suffixes: Put the word in brackets into the correct In this sentence, the word lanky means
form. You will have to use prefixes and/or suffixes. a. skinny
b. huge
1. He was sitting __________________ in his seat on the train. c .big
(comfort) d. furry
2. There was a __________________ light coming from the 8.) If you don't conquer your fears, they will beat you.
window. (green) In this sentence, the word conquer means
3. He was acting in a very __________________ way. (child) A .talk about
4. This word is very difficult to spell, and even worse, it's b. lose
__________________. (pronounce) c. win
5. He's lost his book again. I don't know where he has d. forget
__________________ it this time. (place) 9.) She had a smirk on her face instead of a frown.
In this sentence, the word smirk means
6. You shouldn't have done that! It was very
a. smile
__________________ of you. (think)
7. He didn't pass his exam. He was __________________ for b. tear
the second time. (succeed) c. laugh
d. sad look
10.) Ben tried to miss the rock in the road. It was futile. He hit it
head on and soared over his handlebars.
In this sentence, the word futile means
a. hopeless
b. able
c .needed
d. final