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PHIL IRI GRADE 7 Questionnaire
PHIL IRI GRADE 7 Questionnaire
He always thought of the sea as la mar which is what people call her
in Spanish when they love her. Sometimes those who love her say
bad things of her but they are always said as though she were a
woman. Some of the younger fisherman, those who used buoys as
floats for their lines and had motor-boats, bought when the shark
livers had brought much money, spoke of her as el mar which is
masculine. They spoke of her as a contestant or a place or even an
enemy. But the old man ALWAYS thought of her as feminine and as
something that gave or withheld great favors, and if she did wild or
wicked things it was because she could not help them. The moon
affects her as it does a woman, he thought.
A. the moon
B. the sea
C. the old man
D. the woman in general
TEXT B
I was quite happy in my new place, and if there was one thing that I
missed it must not be thought I was discontented; all who had to do
with me were good and I had a light airy stable and the best of food.
What more could I want? Why, liberty! For three years and a half of
my life I had had all the liberty I could wish for; but now, week after
week, month after month, and no doubt year after year, I must stand
up in a stable night and day except when I am wanted, and then I
must be just as steady and quiet as any old horse who has worked
twenty years. Straps here and straps there, a bit in my mouth, and
blinkers over my eyes. Now, I am not complaining, for I know it must
be so. I only mean to say that for a young horse full of strength and
spirits, who has been used to some large field or plainwhere he can
fling up his head and toss up his tail and gallop away at full speed,
then round and back again with a snort to his companions -- I say it
is hard never to have a bit more liberty to do as you like. Sometimes,
when I have had less exercise than usual, Ihave felt so full of life
and spring that when John has taken me out to exercise I really
could not keep quiet; do what I would, it seemed as if I must jump, or
dance, or prance, and many a good shake I know I must have given
him, especially at the first; but he was always good and patient.
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
A. The character has been doing the same routine for almost twenty
years.
B. The narrator reminisces his youthful days.
C. The problem posed by the character is his suffocating relationship
with his master.
D. The setting is at the stable where the narrator’s companions reside as
well.
TEXT C
[….]
Light is the power to dispel darkness.
You have this power to move back the darkness in yourself and in
others–with the birth of light created when one mind illuminates
another, when one heart kindles another, when one man
strengthens another.
And its flame also enlarges within you as you pass on!
[….]
14. The words magical, musical and moving describe what a poem
should be. What sound device is used in the given words?
A. assonance
B. alliteration
C. consonance
D. onomatopoeia
It was a lonely dwelling, located far from its neighbors, which were
huddled close to one another as if for mutual comfort. It was flanked on
both sides by tan, slender bamboo trees which rustled plaintively under
a gentle wind.
19. What might be the season of the year when this story took
place?
A. Rainy
B. Summer
C. Cold
D. Spring
20. Which of the following lines uses alliteration that evokes a clear
image?
TEXT F
Travel has become the great Filipino dream. In the same way that an
American dream of becoming a millionaire or an English boy dreams of
going to one of the great universities, the Filipino dreams of going abroad.
His most constant vision is that of himself as tourist.
[…]
After a few days of these debacles, the Pinoy, sick with longing, decides to
comb the strange city for a Chinese restaurant, the closest thing to the
beloved gastronomic county. There, in the company of other Asian exiles,
he will put his nose finally in a bowl of rice and find it more fragrant than
an English rose garden, more exciting than a castle on the Rhine and
more delicious than pink champagne.