EPT Batch 2022: Identifying English Structures & Expressions, Exams of English Literature

Download EPT Batch 2022: Identifying English Structures & Expressions and more Exams English Literature in PDF only on Docsity! DRILL for English Proficiency Test (EPT) Batch 2022 Written Structure (15 items in actual EPT) 1. Robert pleaded ___ his teacher to ask and give him a chance. a. with b. to c. both d. in 2. Foods rich in folate, a form of vitamin B __________ reduce the risk of stroke and heart disease. a. help b. helps c. helped d. is helping 3. A website is unlimited ___________ you to other website where you can access for more information and discoveries. a. because it is links b. because it linked c. can link d. can linked 4. Filipinos are fortunate _____ the country has natural resources. a. because b. hence c. when d. despite 5. Over the years, economic growth __________of greater concern than environmental preservation. a. have been b. has been c. had been d. have become 6. _____ and rapid economic growth in recent years have put a large and increasing stress on the water resources and environment in Ho Chi Mint City of Vietnam. a. Increase population b. Increased population c. Increasing population d. Having increased population 7. A history of depression, denial, injustice and abuse _______ the greatest detriment to people of color . a. has been b. have been c. have been d. having been 8. The legalization of RH bill, until such time, has been ________ in our society. a. a hot contesting issue b. a hot contesting issued c. a hot contested issue d. a hot contesting issue 9. Exercising can be done ____ doing activities. a. to b. by c. in d. into 10. ________ a book is her past time. a. Browse b. Browsing c. Browse of d. Browsing into 11. Either of the twins_____ going to the beach . a. has b. are c. is d. were 12. Leni _________out against the President Duterte’s drug war, which saw the killings of suspected drug dealers in the slums of Manila. a. have spoke b. have spoken c. has spoke d. has spoken 13. _______ amateur basketball player….. a. 6 - feet b. 6 feet c. 6 foot d. 6 - foot 14. _______ should help you be better informed about potential risks, but it should not be a source of alarm. a. Know your family history b. Knowing your family history c. To have your family history known d. Having your family history known 15. You _____ to stop drinking alcohol now before it ______ you. a. must - kill b. should - kills c. have - kills d. shall kill 16. The child who caught cheating ______ the teacher not to tell his parents about the incidents. a. implored b. implore c. implores d. Have implored 17. The fireman _______ the fire last night. a. tries to control b. tried to controls c. tried to control d. to visit Written Expression (25 items in actual EPT) 1. A. Public polls have consistently 24. A. The Philippines B. has accommodations C. to suit everyone D. from five-star hotels to simple hotels. 25. A. To skip meal B. maximizes C. the caloric effect D. of the food we eat. 26. A. The navy contributes B. to the protection of the environment and preservation of natural resources C. by scuttle out cylindrical blocks D. to serve as artificial reefs. 27. A. Unclean water and improper disposal of waste B. can be carried highly communicate diseases C. because of their injurious effects D. to human life. 28. A. Since the time the World Wide Fund for nature reported B. that more than 22 species of wild felines have declining C. different non-government agencies have given their support D. to the program that would protect the species. 29. A. Almost everything B. ………………… C. ………………… ( letter c possible answer ) D. ………………… 30. A. Carrying a burden is our choice (carrying dapat) B. ………………… C. ………………… D. ………………… 31. A. Short-term B. ………………… C. ………………… ( letter c possible answer ) D. ………………… 32. Vitamin C inhibit (inhibits dapat kaya ito yung pipiliin na may error po) Reading Comprehension (50 items in actual EPT) Passage: Cat A cat is a precision instrument - a perfectly engineered machine, design for stealth, capture and selfdefense. It has padded feet that make no sound and muscles of enormous power and bulk for its size. Its bones are attached at energy efficient angles that create a system of springs and levers perfect for bounding, leaping and climbing. Its claws are sharper than those of any other mammal and can be withdrawn under sheath-like pads where they escape injury and wear. No teach are better suited for hunting than those of the cat great canines for tearing and scissor - like premolars for shearing off bits of flesh small enough to swallow. In the cat's eye, the colored fiber of the iris respond immediately to light changes to permit exactness of vision in all light conditions. In the darkness of night, the iris contracts to widen the pupil and admit any trace of available light. In the blinding light of midday, the iris expands and the pupil shuts down to a thin vertical slit. Except in white cats with blue eyes, a cats hearing is extremely acute. Each ear has twenty-seven muscles that allow the cat to rotate the ear in all directions, to collect sound. The cat's reaction to sudden movement or noise is so swift that it can usually escape threatening danger and the little quarry passes unharmed! Questions: 1. The word "quarry "are use in the last paragraph means _______ . a. Hurried b. Target c. hunter d. Victim 2. Cats have acute hearing except the white cats with blue eyes which do not _______. a. hear well b. hunt well c. see well d. eat well 3. The sentence "The cat is a precision instrument" is a_______. a. hyperbole b. metaphor C. simile d. irony 4. The selection is mainly about _______________. a. how cats differ from the dogs b. how the cat is like a mammal c. the cat as a hunting machine d. the cat as a house bet 5. We can conclude from the selection that the cat is an animal which can a. do a lot of tricks b. be domesticated c. be very dangerous d. survive on its own Passage: Poverty Studies have consistently pointed to at least three major immediate factors that push children to stay or live on the streets. These are the poverty of family, family relationship (physical or sexual abuse) and peer influence. Poverty and peer influence when compounded with problems and stresses in the family life such ass family break-up, child abuses and neglect, domestic violence by step-parents, under employed parents, etc. altogether create under pressure on the child to leave home and find solace, protection, and support from the peers on the street, eventually becoming susceptible to their influence and lifestyle. In Metro Manila, population growth, urbanize, and migration have increased through the years. Children are often forced try circumstances to help their family eke out of living or tend for themselves on the streets. Most of them are children of poor parents who migrated from rural areas in the hope of finding better job opportunities in the city, but whose lack of education rendered them ill-equipped to struggle for survival in the urban jungle and are thus curtained to a life of object poverty. For the street children, life on the street is constant struggle to overcome the various negative comments that threaten to overtake them and destroy their hopes for survival. They work under the heat of the sun or in the dark of the night from 610 hours, seven days a week to survive. Questions: 1. To "eke of living" means ______. a. To earn income b. To live with other c. To stay in the street d. To work in the street 2. Based on the selection, what values seem to be missing in the families of street children? a. Loyalty b. Honesty c. Kindness d. Solidarity 3. What is the most important factor that will equip rural people to survive in the city? a. Money b. Education c. Kindness d. home 4. This selection is simple about ____________. a. Providing homes for the poor b. Helping street children get an education c. Factors why children live in the streets d. How to lessen pressure on the family 5. Based on the last, we can conclude that street children are. a. Independent b. Malnourished c. Helpless persons d. Victims of poverty Passage: Light/Social Changes Passage: Pasta Crisis A world without pasta seems inconceivable. Macaroni and cheese loving children across The US would howl in protest; Italy might suffer a heart attack; social unrest could explode in China where noodles are the main staple. But if humans want to keep eating pasta, we will have to take much more aggressive action against global warming. Pasta is made from wheat, and a large growing body of scientific studies and real-world observations suggest what wheat will be hit especially hard as temperatures rise and storms and drought intensify in the years ahead. Three grains- wheat, corn and rice account for most of the food that humans consume. All these are already suffering from climate change, but wheat stands to fare the worst in the years ahead, for it is the grain most vulnerable to high temperatures. That spells trouble not only for pasta but also for bread, the most basic food of all. International agricultural research centers and the private sector have woken up to the fact that higher temperatures are almost inevitable, and they have very little in their genetic toolbox to deal with them. Questions: 1. The meaning of inconceivable in the first sentence of the passage must be_______. a. Not imaginable b. Cannot happen c. Unable to conceive d. No possibility 2. The passage emphasizes an alarming future scenario because __. a. Humans will take more aggressive action against global warming. b. China, where noodles are the main staple, could have social unrest. c. Macaroni and cheese loving children across the US would protest. d. Three significant grains, especially wheat may be lost to humans. 3. This passage entitled Pasta Crisis points out with urgency that a. Higher temperatures are almost inevitable. b. Three grains are already suffering from climate change. c. More aggressive action against global warming is needed. d. Drought will intensify in the coming years. 4. Another way of expressing the idea in the sentence" it is the grain most vulnerable to high temperatures" is it is the grain ____________. a. Most affected under intense heat b. Likely to flourish when it gets warm c. Strongly at risk in temperate areas d. Inclined to wither if it gets very hot 5. The idea in the passage is develop using a ____. a. Narration b. Exposition c. Description d. Illustration Passage: The Imaginative Power of Drama/Theater The art generally depends on ridiculous region, but the theater is most ridiculous od all imagine, asking us to pretend that we are in Bangkok after the fall of Saigon and that tea is a Vietnamese bar girl who kill herself because she believes that suicide is the only solution her problems. More than that engaged asking us to believe that all other characters in the play talk to each other by singing. The theater is a lily that inexplicably asset from a single weedy falsities, yet it is precisely from the tension produced by absurdity that theater is able to create each poetry, power enhancement, and truth. Questions: 1. What is the best title of the selection? a. Marvelous Singing Voices b. The Imaginative Power of Drama c. The Absurdity of Fiction d. The Production of musical Plays 2. Based from the excerpts, the author believes that all the statement are true, except? a. Theater is based on absurdities. b. The character in musical plays converse by singing. c. Theater teaches us that suicide is the only solution to the problem. d. Theater creates poetry, power enhancement, and truth. 3. The word ABSURDITY means? a. Fiction b. Falsehood c. Predictability d. Foolishness 4. Which of the following can be conducted about theater from the selection? a. It has different themes b. It is the most ridiculous of all the arts c. It is able to create poetry, power enhancement, and truth d. It is fictional representation of life 5. The author's attitude towards unreal situations in the drama is one of a. Appreciation b. Anger c. Disapproval d. Worry 6. The word INEXPLICABLY means a. Cannot be expected b. Cannot be predicted c. Cannot be explained d. Cannot be anticipated 7. The phrase "jungle of weedy falsities" contains a. Personification b. A simile c. A metaphor d. A hyperbole Passage: Drug Addiction Drug addiction is a brain disorder involving a compulsive use of drugs in spite of its detrimental consequences. It ruins the individual and the safety in manifold way- socially, physically, culturally, emotionally and economically. Acting on the brain, the drug spawns a wide range of disorder like fear, anxiety and sense of insecurity in the human mind. There are certain drug like nicotine, cocaine and caffeine that stimulate the brain and the nervous system resulting in increased alertness and response. Addiction to such drugs causes a severe loss of appetite and weight, constipation, increased anxiety, and withdrawal of hypnotic drugs might lead to epileptic seizures and delirium. When a man starts drug addiction, he becomes addicted to it forever and goes on increasing its dose. In the first phase of drugs addiction his brain cells become irritated and his faculties of rationally, judgement, observation and attention get blunted, and he became the victim of subclinical stage. In the second phase, the addict feels as if he is not aware of his own self and such and psychic trauma leads him to the drug condition of situation. In the third phase, as the victim increases the dosage and frequency, he loses his physical balance and muscular coordination. The addict is now prisoner of confusion and is fast digging his own grave. Questions: 1. We can infer from the first sentence? Answer: Not all has been written on the subject of addiction has added to our understanding. 2. The author of second passage implies that he thinks the term “dependence” in the context of drugs ? Answer: Has not always been the preferred term. 3. What is the effect of drugs? Answer: Can destroy life. 4. Key answer: It’s all about awareness 5. Key answer: last paragraph doesn’t talk about health effect of benefits 6. Key answer: on the subject on the addiction has added to our understanding Answer: Enjoy and Realized Passage: Palawan Unique to Palawan is its mega diversity. For a long time, only the many ethnic communities that thrive in these islands and a few other daring settlers who wanted to live in unpolluted surroundings know. Palawan's bountiful resources, abundant wildlife and extraordinary natural beauty. The island province first attracted foreign attention in the 1970's when became a United Nation Vietnamese Refugee Center. At this time, the disturbance in Kenya also saw the transport of endangered animals from its savannas to the pains of Calauit island. However, it was only a sea accident in 1979 that eventually led to the opening of Palawan into major tourist attraction. According to a story, a tuna line disabled a dive boats propeller in the middle of the night forcing it to drop anchor in an inlet. The following morning, the divers woke up with amazing scenery of skyscraping dark cliff. Questions: 1. When did Palawan attracted foreign attention? a. A disturbance in Kenya also saw the transport of endangered animals. b. Divers woke up with amazing scenery of sky craping dark cliff. c. It became a United Nation Vietnamese Regional Center. d. A tuna line disabled a dive boat’s propeller in the middle of the night. 2. What does the word “diversity” means? a. Variety b. Equality c. Similarity d. Distinction 3. Which could be an appropriate title of the selection? a. Palawan b. Palawan and its extraordinary natural beauty c. El Nido in 1970’s d. The discovery of El Nido 4. It can be concluded from the selection that _________. a. El Nido is a tourist spot b. El Nido is a popular place c. El Nido was discovered by a diver d. El Nido has its amazing natural beauty Passage: Homer (Iliad and Odyssey) The views and beliefs of societies are often portrayed in the literature, art, and cinema of a certain era. The Iliad and Odyssey give scholars and historians an idea how the Ancient Greek lived their everyday lives. The Iliad and Odyssey are two classic stories told by Homer. Within these stories the roles of the gods are very important to the story line and how they affect the characters throughout. In Iliad, more gods are involved with the characters whereas in the Odyssey there are only two major gods that affect two major characters. The roles of the gods in Iliad are through two different stances of immortal versus immortal and moral versus immortal. The roles of the gods in the Odyssey are through two major gods and they affect the plot as Poseidon versus Odysseus and Athena versus Telemachus. Iliad was a tragedy illustrating the despair and useless suffering associated with war. Homer's Odyssey was an epic tale of long suffering resolving in triumph. Though there were a great many differences between the two works, there was an underlying theme of the love which ran through both. Not just the physical manifestation of infatuation, but the kind of love that makes one willing to die for another. Questions: 1.We can infer the selection that birth of Homer is Answer: Birth of homer is inconsistent Other possible answer: (It’s not definite when and where Homer was born) 2. The epic story still remains Answer: a great piece in ancient Greece 3. Iliad and Odyssey is a story of all about Answer: About long epic struggles of heroes 4. Epic means __________. Answer: Story of heroism 5. Iliad and Odyssey uses ___. Answer: Artistry and intelligence 6. The Odyssey _________ Answer: explain the voyage of a sailor 7. The works of Homer ____ . Answer: Have been thought to have different writer