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2nd Quarter Test in English9 - Final
2nd Quarter Test in English9 - Final
General Directions:
A. Read the directions carefully.
B. Follow the instructions in every test type.
C. On a separate sheet, write the letter that corresponds to your answer.
Directions. Listen attentively to the panel discussion to be read by your teacher then answer the questions that follow.
Listening text A.
1. What issue is discussed in the panel discussion?
A. Poverty B. Road traffic C. Drug Abuse D. Pornography
2-7. What was the stand of the following speakers on the issue?
A. Panelist 1____________________________________________________________
B. Panelist 2____________________________________________________________
C. Panelist 3____________________________________________________________
D. Panelist 4____________________________________________________________
E. Panelist 5____________________________________________________________
F. Panelist 6____________________________________________________________
Listening text B.
9. According to the writer, it may be concluded that the funny thing in today’s communication revolution is that –
A. We stopped talking to one another.
B. Technology makes the people idle.
C. The more connected we get, the more disconnected we feel.
D. The telephone connects us to the absent but makes the people sitting next to us absent.
11. Which element of prose relates to the person telling the story?
A. Characters B. Setting C. Point of view D. Theme
12. What type of sonnet is written predominantly in a meter called iambic pentameter and the 14 lines are divided into
three quatrains and an ending couplet.
A. Petrarchan B. Spencerian C. Shakespearean D. Elizabethan
13. What element of poetry refers to the kind of “beat” or meter the poem has.
A. Voice B. Stanzas C. Rhythm D. Sound
Read.
PIANO
D.H. Lawrence
Fire Chief (Aboard a fire truck, shouting to the crowd along the road): Clear the way! We have to reach the fire scene
immediately!
Young man: Mr. Fireman, how late you are! The fire has been raging for three hours! My parents have been trapped inside
our apartment! (Crying loudly) If you had come a few minutes earlier, they could have been saved.
Fire Chief: Sorry Mister. The whole road here has been completely crowded. If you had called up early enough, we might
have reached this place sooner.
21-22. If you were the young man would you have said the same thing. Why? Why not?
24-26. Read the two short texts below. Note the similarities and differences between the two in terms of the use of figurative
language and its content. Copy and use the diagram to note your answer.
On His Blindness
By: Milton
When I consider how my light is spent
Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,
And that one talent which is death to hide,
Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent
To serve therewith my Maker, and present
My true account, lest he returning chide;
"Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?"
I fondly ask; but Patience to prevent
That murmur, soon replies, "God doth not need
Either man's work or his own gifts; who best
Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state
Is Kingly. Thousands at his bidding speed
And post o'er land and ocean without rest;
They also serve who only stand and wait."
27-28. What are the lines which depict the author’s patience about God’s suffering?___________________________
29- 30. What figures of speech in the poem symbolizes blindness? Explain your answer.
______________________________________________________________________________________
Read the following poem and speech excepts, then infer each of the writer’s personal beliefs and values. You may
begin your sentence with any of the following:
33-34 I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former
slaves owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the
color of their skin but by the content of their character.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
Read.
Love is an indescribable feeling that makes people happy. Oftentimes this is how the young lovers perceive what this
mysterious feeling is. Thus, they entered into a relationship that set no bounds. They do whatever makes them happy
even to the extent of having premarital sex. More often than not, sex before marriage becomes the confirmation that
the woman loves the man and vice versa.
Gone are the days when most women can preserve their virginity before marriage considering that it is a sacred gift
given by the Lord for married couple. Priests usually say, “It is very seldom that they see brides who are not pregnant.
With this understanding of the true measure of love, many commit abortion and the rest just throw their babies
anywhere which make men lower than animals. I wonder if these mothers have still conscience. They should no more
be gifted by children as punishment.
35- 37. Do you think the ideas cited by the writer justify the true measure of love nowadays? Choose 3 from the given
reactions:
Read….
All societies differentiate among their members – treating people who have certain characteristics differently from those
who do not. In addition, a society may also treat members differently on a variety of grounds such as religion, skin color,
physical strength or educational attainment. The usual result of this differentiation is social inequality.
Social inequality exists when people’s access to social rewards is determined by their personal group or group
characteristics. Such inequality is universal. When a society values males over females, the rich over the poor, various
religion, skin complexion, and scholastic standing, these people enjoy a higher status than those who do not. They also
have superior access to whatever rewards the society offers.
38-39. How relevant is the text to your personal experience in relation to social inequality? Explain your answer.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
40-42. Do you agree or disagree with the ideas of the author that those who possess the desired characteristics are favored
by society? Defend your answer.
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A young man knocked on the door of a lady’s house and asked if she would like to buy some of the mangoes he had just
picked. “Yes,” she said, “and I’ll take your pail in the kitchen and measure three kilos.”
The young man stood outside and waited with his dog. “Why don’t you come in and see that I measure your
mangoes right?” inquired the lady. “How do you know that I won’t cheat you?” “I am not afraid.” Replied the young man, “for
you would get the worst of it.”
“What do you mean by that?” the lady asked. “ Why, Ma’am,” said the young man, “ I would only lose the mangoes;
but you would make yourself a thief.”
46-50. Write a narrative paragraph about bullying in the campus. Use adverbs in your paragraph. Be guided by the rubric.
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