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CBRC Yellowbook 3.0 / GenEd / English / 50 Items / Part 1

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The wounded soldiers were visited by the president who honored them with __________ for their _________.

a)

medals - valor

b)

gun salute - bravery

2.

Which among the sounds below is voiceless?

a)

/b/

b)

/p/

3.

Which is the BEST WAY to write the underlined portion of this sentence? Researchers also speculate that some teachers might have given boys more computer time because parents and teachers expected boys to need more computers for future careers.

a)

will expect

b)

will have expect

4.

Robert Frost wrote the poem Acquainted with the Night from which the stanza is taken:

I have been one acquainted with the night.

 Have walked out in rain-back rain.

I have out walked the farthest city light

The poet in the stanza talks of?

a)

isolation and loneliness

b)

joy getting out of the house

5.

"Only heart can see rightly." This statement is lifted from what particular novel?

a)

The Prince and the Pauper

b)

The Little Prince

6.

He was the American President who said, "Ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man."

a)

Henry Truman

b)

John F. Kennedy

7.

History is the witness that _________passing of time.

a)

testifies for

b)

testifies for the

8.

An association wherein the name of something is substituted by something that represents it.

a)

Metonomy

b)

Euphemism

9.

In English verse, a poetic foot having 1 stressed syllable followed by 1 unstressed syllable is _________.

a)

Trochaic

b)

lambic

10.

Activists accused senators of washing their hands with the perfumes of Arabia. This state is commonly known as:

a)

Guilt

b)

Triumph

11.

I suggest that he _____ in the room for one week.

a)

stay

b)

stayed

12.

When I met Liza yesterday, it was the first time I _______ her since Christmas.

a)

had seen

b)

have seen

13.

Be sure to fill _______ the forms correctly.

a)

in

b)

on

14.

Excuse me, can I borrow ______ dictionary?

a)

your

b)

yours

15.

Far ______ Terry's small plane lay the freezing waters of the North Sea, where his father's boat had disappeared many years before

a)

underneath

b)

below

16.

Excuse me, _____ this time

a)

have you

b)

have you got

17.

Nowadays, _________ are much better behaved that their parents were at the same age, don't you think?

a)

teenagers

b)

the teenagers

18.

We're late. by the time we get to the cinema, the film _________.

a)

will have started

b)

has started

19.

Which of the following is expressed clearly, effectively states the idea, and has no structural error?

a)

Albert himself told me it was true.

b)

Albert, himself, told me it was true.

20.

Did you have _____________ on holiday?

a)

a good weather

b)

good weather

21.

"Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit of the forbidden tree" is the opening to:

a)

Paradise Lost by John Milton

b)

The Vision of Delight by Ben Jonson

22.

The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel by whose author?

a)

Oscar Wilde

b)

John Steinbeck

23.

What canon of religious literature was finally, firmly fixed at the end of the 4th century AD?

a)

The Hebrew Bible

b)

The New Testament

24.

Who wrote the novel "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?"

a)

William Golding

b)

Robert Louis Stevenson

25.

"No smoking during the cigarette break." What kind of figure of speech was used?

a)

Irony

b)

Oxymoron

26.

The Greek dramatist authored "Alcestis" and "Andromache"

a)

Homer

b)

Euripides

27.

This one is made from ersatz coloring. ERSATZ means:

a)

Genuine

b)

Artificial

28.

In the 23rd century BC, Sargon of Akkad conquered Mesopotamia, and became the subject of legends. It is from a Sumerian legend that we learn how Sargon established himself as the cup bearer of the king of Kish in Sumer. What early form of writing did the Sumerians invent?

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Hieroglyphics

29.

Which of the following is an incorrect representation of the Scarlet Letter throughout the course of the novel?

a)

Able

b)

Avowal

30.

Spot the correct word to complete the analogy. Donkey and Horse: Mule: Lion and Tiger:

a)

Thrag

b)

Liger

31.

Guest house rooms must be ________ by noon.

a)

vacated

b)

abandoned

32.

Which is NOT a synonym for 'gathering'

a)

contesseration

b)

collocation

33.

Which word is defined by: A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like?

a)

Blizzard

b)

Conflagration

34.

You eat like a horse when ______________.

a)

get used to something new

b)

have a healthy appetite

35.

I'll ______ their cat while they are away in holiday.

a)

be looking at

b)

be looking after

36.

Madonna's agent _____ change her name at the start of her career.

a)

made her to

b)

made her

37.

A light dramatic composition that uses highly improbable situations, stereotyped characters, extravagant exaggeration, and violent horseplay.

a)

Satire

b)

Farce

38.

Who was the author of the famous story book "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'?

a)

Rudyard Kipling

b)

Lewis Caroll

39.

Who was the 1st century BC poet and author of the "The Aenid" served as a guiide in Dante's Inferno?

a)

Homer

b)

Virgil

40.

Rizal gave the time of his death in this quotation: "I die when the dawn breaks to herald the day." What is the time of death?

a)

Sometime sunset

b)

Sometime at dawn

41.

Which Russian novelist wrote. "Anna Karenina: and "War and Peace"

a)

Leo Toistoy

b)

Vladimir Nabokov

42.

Read the following line:

Midnight, not a sound from the pavement.

Has the moon lost its memory

She is smiling alone

In the lamp light the withered leaves

Collect at my feet

And the wind begins to moan

This lines mean:

a)

Loneliness

b)

Optimism

43.

______________ is the study of the structure and form of words in a language or a language including inflection, derivation, and the formation of compounds.

a)

Phonology

b)

Morphology

44.

The Englisg word "fig" is a:

a)

Phoneme

b)

Morpheme

45.

Because of the typhoon, a number of local businesses _____ closed yesterday

a)

were

b)

are

46.

The earliest recorded syllables are on the tablets around 2800 BC in the Sumerian city of ____________.

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Ur

47.

I could gave joined the outreach project if I _______ in the country at that time.

a)

will be

b)

were

48.

When helping in the kitchen, I always careful not to hurt _______

a)

myself

b)

ourselves

49.

You ________ finished eating before we arrive.

a)

will have

b)

have

50.

I thought the work is heavy for Martha and _______.

a)

myself

b)

me