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ENGLISH: Reading Comprehension (Paragraph)

Direction: Read the following paragraphs and answer the questions that follow. Correct responses are found at the end of the exercise.

A very good hideaway place far from the hassle bassle of city life is Palawan. Several hundred miles from Puerto Princesa is found a river underneath a big mountain. It is called the Underground River. Due to darkness, one rides lighted the banca to see the stalagmites and stalactites. These native wonders have been formed by tiny droplets of water for hundred years and based on one’s rich imagination, various figures of different colors can be drawn from them. Statues such as that of Blessed Virgin castle and cathedral, towers and canopies have been made up by tourists from the nature’s wonder. It is just sad that the place has not been given a shot in the arm by the Department of tourism. The Jogged roads leading to the place remain bumpy.

1)                The selection implies that tourists.

a)     Have fully appreciated the place.

b)    Have not discovered the beauty of the place.

c)     Have noticed the difficulty of seeing the place.

d)    Have been banned from the place.

2)                Palawan has many attractions to offer

a)     Not discussed

b)    Fully touched and discussed

c)     But it is very far

d)    Not yet discovered

3)                According to the selection, the Underground River is indeed

a)     Hard to locate

b)    A beauty to develop as a tourist attraction

c)     A nice hideaway from the city life

d)    A river

4)                Regarding nature’s wonderful creation, which can be considered awesome?

a)     The banca ride

b)    The huge mountain where the river

c)     The stalagmites and the stalactites

d)    The water

5)                Why is a banca lighted during the ride in the river?

a)     To see and appreciate the wonders of the river: the stalagmites and the stalactites because of darkness

b)    To attract the fish

c)     To guide the banca man

d)    To prevent colliding with other bancas.

Every December 30 of each year, the nation honors its greatest hero, Dr. Jose Rizal. Dr. Rizal approached reforms and progress through peaceful means. It is a legacy he left as he advocated our country’s development without bloodshed. He succeeded planting the seed of nationalism and radical change trough his two novels, the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.

Rizal believed that success is the best revenge and that the biggest loser is the one who fails to maximize his potentials (Editorial, The Phil Star, December 31, 19940. Ninety eight years ago, Dr. Rizal already awakened the Filipinos to use their heads and be disciplined. Had Rizal’s call been heard, the country could have experienced the turnaround in political and moral development earlier.

6)                Dr. Rizal’s heroism is based on

a)     Revolutionary means

b)    Aggressive and bloody uprising

c)     Awakening the people’s conscience through peaceful means

d)    Waiting for the right time to produce reforms

7)                The first sentence of the second paragraph portrays Dr. Rizal.

a)     Who believed in the use of knowledge to succeed.

b)    Who believed in using influence to effect changes.

c)     Who defied abusive authorities

d)    Who believed that to succeed in life, a person should develop his fullest capacity that will spell the difference between failure and success.

8)                Dr. Rizal is a man

a)     With vision and foresight for a better Philippines through peaceful revolution

b)    With rebellious attitude to achieve changes

c)     Who was against political reforms

d)    Who had string economic foresight

9)                What seemed to be wrong during Rizal’s time?

a)     The people seemed to have loved the country much

b)    Like the president, the people were not disciplined and thinking, hence the country stagnated.

c)     The populace did not support him

d)    The people loved Rizal much

The circumferential road – 5 (also called C-5) was inaugurated but was not yet fully open to public. It cost P 1.1 billion which will connect to Southern Metro Manila through a 45 kilometer highway. The highway runs parallel to EDSA. The construction of C-5 aims to decongest EDSA. It will cut across Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City to Batasan Hills, extending to Northern Luzon Expressway, ending up to R-1- in Manila. The C-5 is under the Build-transfer scheme, hence the government has no capital outlay for the gigantic project.

10)           C-5 is built to

a)     Decongest traffic along EDSA

b)    Better traffic as a whole t=in the expressways

c)     Accommodate more vehicles

d)    Give government more media mileage

11)           What will give the best long term benefit to the construction of C-5?

a)     The Built-Operate-Transfer (BOT) scheme.

b)    The right hand drive vehicles

c)     Not mentioned in the selection

d)    The P 1.1 billion targeted for the project.

12)           Why was the C-5 not yet operational?

a)     Because the President inaugurated it.

b)    Because it was built under the BOT scheme

c)     Because the project is not yet completed.

d)    Nothing is aid about its non-operation yet.

13)           How did the government finance the C-5 construction?

a)     Thru the BOT scheme

b)    Thru loans from ADB

c)     Thru Japan International Cooperation Assistance (JICA)

d)    Not one of the above

14)           Which statement does not apply to C-5 Road?

a)     It’s a gigantic and very ambitious project

b)    It will run parallel to EDSA.

c)     It will not be operational until year 2000

d)    It will connect Northern to southern Luzon expressways.

15)           Could the Circumferential Road – 5 be another Metro Manila highways that will solve traffic congestion?

a)     May be

b)    Perhaps

c)     Not stated

d)    Definitely