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ENGLISH Part 3
2. Which among the following is the least important to mention in a summary lead for
sports?
A. Winner
B. Score
C. Venue
D. Audience
ANS: D. Audience
- All other choices are very essential
A. It must be short
B. It must be based on news
C. It must be opinionated
D. It must be written by the editor-in-chief
A. Police Station
B. 30-word introduction
C. Space economy
D. Subhead
6. What is the meaning of the underline phrase in the excerpt?” As of press time, the
senator is abroad and has not issued a statement.”
A. As of now
B. Before the publication
C. After the writing of the article
D. As of yesterday
A. They must be corrected using brackets when there are grammatical error
B. There must be insertions for clarification in the event they are unclear
C. They must be verbatim
D. They must be paraphrased
I. Funds were released when needed but liquidation documents were missing
II. The recipients denied receiving the supplies and materials
III. Bidding procedures were violated with fake signatures
A. I only
B. II only
C. I, II and III
D. II and III
A. Lengths
B. Topic
C. Events
D. Treatments
ANS: D. Treatments
-The treatment of the topic is dependent on the nature and goals of the article
12. If an innaccury is brought to the attention of the paper, it should immediately publish
any of the following EXCEPT _____________ .
A. rectification
B. erratum
C. correction
D. verification
ANS: D. verification
-Verification precedes the other 3 options, which are synonyms.
13. In Writing the news story, the following are to be avoided EXCEPT __________ .
A. padding
B. coloring
C. playing up the dominant point
D. editorializing
14. The instinct of a reporter to identify or sort out news form an array of facts is a skill
that is called the newsman’s sixth sense and referred to as _____________ .
A. expertise
B. nose for news
C. watchdog function
D. objective journalism
15. Which word is erroneous in the sentence “Who do you choose to lead the nation”?
A. Who
B. Choose
C. Lead
D. Nation
ANS: A. Who
- Whom is the objective case of who. Who functions as direct object in the sentence
16. Which type of error is evident in the sentence “ I came, I saw, I conqueres”?
A. Parallelism
B. Spelling
C. Capitalization
D. Punctuation
ANS: D. Punctuation
-Semicolon or period may take place of commas in the sentence
17. Which of the following components are required by most translation perspectives?
18. Which perspective considers the speaker and his/her background when translating
text?
A. Communicative
B. Philological
C. Linguistic
D. Socio-semiotic
ANS: D. Socio-semiotic
- Socio-semiotic per perspective underscores sincerity and knowledge of speaker
among other factors such as paranglinguitic and extra linguistic features of a code.
19. What technique does a translator utilize when s/she uses generic terms to culturally
sensitive words such as “pasma” and “tampo
“without direct equivalent?
A. Closest Equivalence
B. Cultural Equivalence
C. Idiomatic Translation
D. Generic Corresponding
20. Which is the best translation for the verse “For He gave order and perfection to
seven firmaments” (Koran 2:290)?