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CA 1 General Education (Review Questions 50)
CA 1 General Education (Review Questions 50)
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1. Becky Sharp, the main character of the novel "Vanity Fair" by Thackeray,
____________ to forget about her first love, but she knows that doing so takes a
lifetime.
A. has been trying B. has tried C. had tried D. had been trying
2. What can be the most appropriate folloW-up sentence to the given statement below
“I have been searching for love."
A. So it is now time to quit C. And I want this to end right now
B. And l can't imagine doing anything else D. And I learned to love myself, too
3. Fyodor Dostoyevsky his last novel, Brother Karamazov, when he died.
A. has written B. had been writing C. had written D. has been writing
4. Which among the sentences below follows the correct order of adjectives?
A. She drives an expensive black Japanese sports car.
B. She drives a black Japanese expensive sports car.
C. She drives a black expensive Japanese sports car.
D. She drives an expensive Japanese black sports car.
5. Only 35% of the total number of students_____ able to pass the comprehensive
exam last year.
A. are B. was C. is D. were
6. Neither F Scott Fitzgerald nor his contemporaries_______ their real names in their
writing career.
A. use B.uses C. using D. has used
7. The man in the mirror looks______.
A. strange B. strangely C. stranger D. has strange If
8. A number of endangered species living underwater______now extinct of illegal
hunting and dynamite fishing.
A. are B. is C. were D was
9. The tribulations that I façed were ________ for me to overcome.
A. so much B. too much C. very much D. too more
10. In Benjamin Franklin's "Poor Richard's Almanac", it was said that: "early to bed,
___________ makes a man healthy."
A. early rising B rising early C. early to rise D. waking-up early
11. Which among these words has the voiceless /th/ sound?
A. this B. gather C. think D. there
12. Which word must have the primary stress in the sentence below we want to
emphasize possession?
“That is my boyfriend”.
A. that B. is C. my D. bag
13. What pitch level must be used in emphasizing the main idea in a sentence?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3. D. 4
PhTCH 1: To end a sentence
PITCH 2: To start a sentence
PICH 3: To emphasize or to stress
PITCH 4: To Signity extreme emotions
14. Which among the words below has the /sh/ sound?
A. sober B. leisure C. shallow D. salient
15. Your boss isn't working anymore,_______?
A. is he B. isn’t he C. has he D. hasn't he
16. This pertains to the pauses or rests in speech.
A. Pitch B. Juncture C. Stress D. Intonation
17. I will not leave you come hell or high water. Based on the given sentence, we can
surmise that:
A. The speaker will not leave the person no matter what
B. The speaker warns the person of a forthcoming disaster
C. The speaker wants the person to give up
D. The speaker wants, the person to continue fighting.
18. Which does not belong in the group?
A. Assumption B. Summary C. Synthesis D Generalizalon
19. Complete the Statement: Blessed are ______ poor for_____shall be welcomed in
heaven.”
A the-you B. the-they C. you-they D. they-they
20. Your brother isn't supporting you,_______?
A. isn’t she B. is she C. aren't she? D. is he?
21. A person with a negative outlook in life cannot _______ with depression.
A. cope up B. cope on C. cope in D. cope
22. Which sounds like Fine.
A. crane B. brine C. pristine D. quarantine
23. The Senator approached the podium with his spiel. His hands were snaking and he
was sweating tremendously. He experienced
24. “He was like a snake in the night.” What figure of speech is present?
A. Personification B. Simile C. Metaphor D. Apostrophe.
25. If you drink poison, you _____.
A. die B. will die C. died D. would die
26. If the president listened to the wails of his people, he ________ the killings in
miindanao.
A stops B. would stop C. would have stopped D. will stop
27. If I had taken my chance on love, I _____ happier.
A. am B. would be C. will be D.would have been
28. If the murder weapon is not found inside the bag of Aksionov, he _______
imprisonment.
A. will not suffer B. suffers C. would have not suffered D. would suffer
A Poison Tree
I was angry with my friend And it grew both day and night,
I told my wrath, my wrath did end. Till it bore an ápple bright
I was angry with my foe And my foe beheld it's shine
I told it not, my wrath did grow And he knew that it was mine.