English Practice Test with Rationalization 4

The transport system in the Philippines _____ drastically in the last ten years.

Mr. Padilla finally found time to sleep after _____ for a number of hours.

My bread and butter _____ acting.

When Sam failed his exam for the second time, he resorted to DUTCH COURAGE before he went home to break the news to his family. What does DUTCH COURAGE mean?

Comprehend the text:

“Culture is a term used by social scientists for a way of life. Every human society has a culture. Culture includes a society’s arts, beliefs, customs, institutions, inventions, language, technology and values. A culture produces similar behavior and thought among most people in a particular locality.”

What did social scientists define?

Edgar Allan Poe wrote “The Raven” from which the line is taken.

And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain

Which of the following figures of speech is used by the poet to established a mood?

What is the mood of the lines below?

Memory, all alone in the moonlight

I can smile at the old days.

I was beautiful then.

I remember the time

I knew what happiness was,

Let the memory live again…

Walter de la Mare wrote “Silver” from which the lines below are taken:

Slowly, silently, moon the moon

Walks the night in her silver shoon;

This way, and that, she peers and sees

Silver fruit upon silver trees

Which of the figure of speech is used?

Comprehend the following text:

“The nitrogen cycle is the circulation of nitrogen and its compounds by living organisms in nature. Nitrogen in the air passes into the soil, where it is oxidized, by a process called nitrogen fixation.”

Where does nitrogen get oxidized?

This is a set of verbal or written symbols used by humans to communicate.