Board Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers Reviewer

Reading Comprehension in English and Filipino

Direction: Choose the correct answer after reading the quotation or expression carefully.

1.                 “ Ngunit sinasabi ko sa inyo: Kapag hindi ninyo pinagsisihan at tinalikdan ang inyong mga kasalanan, mapapahamak din kayong lahat.” Ang damdaming sinasaad ng talinhaga ay

a)     Pagkatakot

b)    Pagsisisi

c)     Babala

d)    Pagkamuhi

2.                 Malamig ang gabi ngunit nag-aalab ang damdamin niya sa mananakop. “Hindi lahat ay nagkakaroon ng pagkakataong mamatay ng dahil sa Inang Bayan”, ang panghuling wika ng bayani. Ano ang nararamdaman ng bayani nang bigkasin niya ang huling pananalita?

a)     Lungkot at galak

b)    Galit at pangamba

c)     Sindak at takot

d)    Sakit ng loob

3.                 Ang pagpapakitang – halimbawa sa mga halamang – gamut ay mabuting paglilingkod sa kapwa. Alin ang nais ipahiwatig ng pangungusap?

a)     Pagsunod sa iba

b)    Pagtaliwas sa madla

c)     Pagkainis

d)    Sala sa init at lamig

4.                 Responsible parenthood is adopted to address the population explosion. Abortion is definitely condemned by both government and the Catholic Church. What principle in life is being sustained?

a)     Live and let live

b)    Responsibility to preserve life

c)     Voting right

d)    Sustainability

5.                 Corita wants to pass the LET. She wants to have a permanent teaching position. She can cheat because she has hidden notes or copy from her seatmate. What moral principle in life is being sustained?

6.                 Your qualifications justify for your promotion. However, no vacancy is available. What is the best thing to do?

a)     Between two evils, choose the lesser one

b)    The means fails to justify end

c)     Equal effect should prevail

d)    Do what’s morally right

7.                 Maria’s sweetheart proposes marriage. She loves him very much. However, the latter does not know that she is a love child.

a)     She has to choose between the truths or false for action.

b)    Tell the truth and do what’s morally right

c)     Justify the end through the means

d)    Double effect action

8.                 “Unless the grain of wheat dies, it remains alone, but if it does, it bears fruits. He who loves life loses it … The mood expressed by the above quote is

a)     Sadness

b)    Uselessness

c)     Usefulness of life

d)    Sinfulness

9.                 “My grace is all you need, for my power is greatest when you are weak. I am content with weaknesses insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties for Christ sake” (2 Cor. 12:9 – 10). The above prayer indicates

a)     Double effect principle

b)    Reliance on God’s strength

c)     Always do what’s correct

d)    Prayerful mood all the time

10.            The Lord has a purpose when he makes plans. The plans, when they are of divine intervention always bring hope, and answer the prayers asked for. So, he said: I alone knows the plans I have for you, - “(Jer. 20: 11 – 13). The paragraph purports

a)     Evil doers are punished

b)    The good triumphs over evil

c)     Acceptance of God’s will

d)    The means justifies the end