Q3 Mastery Test in English 9 SY 23-24

Meaningless! Meaningless! Says the teacher Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless!

What does the man gain from all the labor at which he toils under the sun? Generations come and generations go.

but the earth remains forever.

What does the word, labor in the first line of the second stanza mean?

• to work very hard

• being timid

• to be in childbirth

• to work

What does the word, generation mean?

• friends and relatives

• electric power

• people of the same period

• seed germination

The sun rises and the sun sets. and hurries back to where it rises. The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; Round and round it goes, ever returning to its course…

What does the word, course mean in the last line of the second stanza?

• profession

• texture

• direction

• weather

It is baseless and often negative preconception or attitude toward members of a group.

• BIAS

• PREJUDICE

An inclination for or against a person, idea or thing, especially in a way considered to be unfair.

• BIAS

• PREJUDICE

Tend to view that everyone who fits in to a certain group is being “all the same”.

• BIAS

• PREJUDICE

Preconceived opinion that is not based on actual experience

• BIAS

• PREJUDICE

Whhat problem did Jana and her sister encounter in the story?

• Their parents didn’t know how to take care of them and they were just being ignored.

• The teachers punished them for skipping classes many times and getting low scores

• The students were unruly towards them because they thought they didn’t belong.

• Jana has disability and she couldn’t even go to school and attend classes normally.

Cognitive Bias:

Read carefully the scenario.

The principal has been observing students who will be nominated for the academic scholarship. He noticed the janitor’s son who looks determined and is industrious. He thought he is the best student for the scholarship.

In this passage, the author shows bias against___.

• the principal

• the janitor

• the other student

• the son

Liezel is the class’s top student. She has never used the pen given by her classmates as a gift last Christmas. She thinks it would affect her performance and grade in class. The author shows bias against______.

• the pen

• the grades

• her teacher

• her classmate