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SCHOOLS DIVISION OF PAMPANGA

READING PRE-TEST FOR GRADE 11 (ACADEMIC AND TVL)

Read the following selections carefully. Then choose the letter of the correct answers.
Write your answers on your answer sheet.

I. Reading Text A (Nos. 1-5)

1. What is considered a crucial step that requires a good decision for the senior high
school learner in accomplishing their basic education?
A. Choosing the curricular exit
B. Deciding on the course to take
C. Planning on one’s ambition
D. Selecting the track/strand
2. What can the learners expect as they move up to the next level?
A. Hectic schedule
B. New environment
C. More difficult subjects
D. More critical decisions
3. For whom is this paragraph written?
A. Parents
B. Teachers
C. College students
D. Senior High School students
4. After senior high school, what are the learners expected to be as can be implied from
the paragraph?
A. Decisive learners
B. Matured individuals
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C. Students with awareness
D. Prepared college students
5. What is the best title for this paragraph?
A. Realities about Life in college
B. Decision making in Senior High School
C. Decision and choices in Junior High School
D. Senior High School: Transitioning through Crucial Decisions

II. Reading Text B (Nos. 6-10)

6. What does the author intend to do through this text?

A. Explain
B. Inform
C. Persuade
D. Tell a story

7. What is the most important trait in having grit?

A. Consistency
B. Energy
C. Luck
D. Talent

8. What does the targeting on one goal mean?

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A. Limiting resources on others
B. Being persevering in all aspects of life
C. Achieving it along with other pursuits
D. Distributing time and energy among other goals

9. In what way can the lack of grit be evident?

A. Focusing on one’s goal
B. Being consistent in effort
C. Facing challenges and failures
D. Not choosing and committing to anything

10. Which of the following statements is correct?

A. Grit can be guaranteed through talent and luck.
B. Grit is a combination of skill and good fortune.
C. Grit is having the determination not to fail in achieving one’s goals.
D. Grit is having the ultimate concern that drives a person in doing things.

III. Reading Text C (Nos 11-15)

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11. Who is the author of the article?

A. Dan Pink
B. Adam Grant
C. New York Times
D. Angela Duckworth

12. When is the best time to do creative projects if you are a night owl?
A. Anytime
B. Noon time
C. Early morning
D. Late afternoon or evening

13. Which of the statements is a fact?

A. Creativity is fueled by lowering attentional filters to let those thoughts in.
B. Adan Grant wrote about productivity not practically being about time
management.
C. Productivity is fueled by raising attentional filters to keep unrelated or
distracting thoughts out.
D. The stumbling block is that productivity and creativity demand opposite
attention management strategies.

14. Which of these statements is an opinion?

A. People have different productive and creative time/period.
B. Adan Grant wrote about productivity not practically being about time
management.
C. The stumbling block is that productivity and creativity demand opposite
attention management strategies.
D. The book “When” talks about evidence that your circadian rhythm can help
you figure out the right time to do your productive and creative work

15. What is the message of the article?

A. Focus on how you spend your time the entire day.
B. Time management is the ultimate key to productivity.
C. People should know when they would be more productive.
D. Attention management is more effective than time management.
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IV. Reading Text E (19-25)

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16. What is the purpose of the text?

A. Entertain
B. Inform
C. Narrate
D. Persuade

17. What is the meaning of the origin of the word Pampanga?

A. Cuisine
B. North
C. Riverbank
D. Top

18. What does the word vigil mean?

A. direction provided by a guide
B. close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective)
C. advice on vocational or educational problems given to students
D. an event or a period of time when a person or group stays in a place and
quietly waits, prays, etc., especially at night

19. How does the culture of pamamanhikan regard the role of parents of both parties?
A. Pamamanhikan is a form of courtship being done among Kapampangans.
B. The parents are still hands on despite the age and maturity of the couple about
to marry.
C. Marriage is a mutual decision between two families that requires
planning.
D. The boy should bring gifts and food to the family of the girl to show love and
appreciation.

20. What can be concluded from the text?

A. Only Kapampangans perform the indicated traditions.
B. Kapampangans have a rich culture just like other groups.
C. The Philippines have ethnic groups that are rich with customs and
traditions.
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D. Kapampangans live in the provinces of Pampanga and some border towns of
Bataan and Tarlac.