I. READING COMPREHENSION. Read The Story Carefully

HOLY FAMILY PROGRESSIVVE SCHOOL
SY; 2016 – 2017 – 2nd Quarter Exam

READING 4
NAME: ______________________________________________________________________
I. READING COMPREHENSION. Read the story carefully.

Clever Cao Chung
In ancient China, Sun Quan gave an elephant to Cao Cao. Cao Cao’s officials who heard
about this very big animals were very curious. They all came to see the elephant.
“It is huge as a wall!” they all exclaimed.
“How heavy do you think it is?” Cao Cao asked.
“In order to know, we should weigh it,” said Tan Yu, the first official.
“Then what are you waiting for? Weigh the elephant,” said Cao Cao.
“But how should we weigh it?” chorused the officials. “It wouldn’t fit in our weighing scale.”
“Let’s build a large scale,” suggested Sun Hi, the second official.
“That won’t do,” objected Chen Ha, the third official. The only possible way is to kill the
elephant and cut it into pieces for weighing.”
“That’s ridiculous!” Cao Cao said.”I’m sure there are other ways aside from killing the
elephant!”
Cao Chong, Cao Cao’s seven-year-old son, heard his father’s angry voice and came out.
“Is there a problem, my dear Father?”
The officials told Cao Chong the problem.
“I can weigh it.” he said confidently. ”Help me lead the elephant into the large boat in the river.”
The officials did not know what Cao Chong was up to, but they helped him lead the elephant
into the boat.
The boat began to sink and rock with the weight of the elephant. When it became steady, Cao
Chong drew a line on the side of the boat where the water level was.
“Now, please help me lead the elephant to the shore,” he asked the officials.
After elephant left the boat, Cao Chong asked his father to tell the workers to load the boat
with stones.
“Don’t stop loading until the red line and the water level join,” he told them.
“Oh, we understand what you are up to,” said the officials. The weight of the stone is the same
as the weight of the elephant.”
Cao Cao looked as the men weighed the rocks from the boat. Now he knew the weight of the
elephant.
“My son, you are a clever boy,” he said. “We didn’t have to build a large scale or cut the
elephant into pieces in order to know how heavy it is. You deserve to be my son.”
A. Arrange the steps in weighing an elephant based on the story. Number them 1 to 5.
_____ Weigh all the rocks in the boat to find the weight of the elephant.
_____ Lead the elephant back to the shore.
_____ Fill the boat with rocks until the water level reaches the red mark.
_____Lead the elephant into a large boat in the river.
_____When the elephant is already on the boat, mark the side of the boat with a red line where the
water level is.
B. Fill in the blanks with the missing words to complete the story frame.
The story takes place in ___________________________. Cao Cao receives

___________________________. The problem crops up when
________________________________________________________________________________.
Sun Hi suggests to ______________________________________________________while
___________________________ suggests to kill the elephant and cut it into pieces. The problem is
solved when ______________________________________________________________________
___________________________.
II. Complete the following sentences with appropriate word. Choose your answers from the box
below.
Ancient Spectacular Fortune Convey Shuffle
Ornate Expensive Adopt Inherit Gaze
1. Hopefully the Valentine’s card will ________ the deep feelings I have for my boyfriend.
2. My grandmother is ________, almost 100 years old.
3. Bill Gates' ________ is now estimated in the billions of dollars.
4. I can’t afford to buy that; it is too ________.
5. Make sure you ________ the cards properly this time; last time I got almost nothing but
hearts.
6. Did you ________ this old china cabinet from your grandparents?
7. At the end of the parade, the designer of the most ________ float will win a trophy.
8. They decided to ________ a child after they realized they weren't able to have one of their
own.
9. I ________ up at the sky just in time to see a huge eagle fly over.
10. Because the wedding dress is ________ with pearls and diamonds, it is valued at nearly
half a million dollars.
III. Study the table below then answer the questions that follow.
1. Which among the vertebrates are cold-blooded?

_____________________________________
2. What kind of vertebrate is crocodile? _____________________________________
3. What is the breathing organ of fish? _____________________________________
4. Which among the vertebrates live both on land and in water?
_____________________________________
5. What is the body covering of reptiles? _____________________________________
6. What is the method of reproduction of mammals?
_____________________________________
7. Which among the vertebrates fertilize externally? ____________________________
8. Are snake and chicken in the same class? ______________________________
9. What is the breathing organ of chicken? ______________________________
10. Which vertebrates are covered with feathers? _____________________________
IV. Study the timeline of Reynold’s life then answer the questions that follow.
1. What year was his sister was born? _______________

2. What year was he born? _______________
3. Did he get driver’s license after graduating from high school? _______________
4. What significant event happened in his life in the year 2014? _______________
5. How old is he when he graduated from college? _______________
V. Identify whether the following is a simile or metaphor. Then, underlined the things that are
being compared
________1. My love for you is as deep as the ocean.
________2.I am so thirsty, that my throat is as dry as a bone.
________3.The detective’s face was wood as he listened to her story.
________4.With his new haircut, he was a sheepdog.
________5.Her angry words were bullets to him.
________6.The peaceful lake was a mirror.
________7.Her lovely voice was music to his ears.
________8.Her hair was as soft as a spider web.
________9.This dress is perfect because it fits like a glove.
________10.They are as different as night and day.
________ 11. My husband is as strong as an ox.
________ 12. You are the apple of my eye.
________ 13. He hung his head like a dying flower.
VI. Identify what part of the newspaper following are found. Choose your answers from the box below.
Front Page Local News Section Foreign News Section
Editorial Page Business Section Sports Section
Entertainment Section Classified Ads Obituary Page
________________1. Opinion of the writer about an issue

________________2. Happenings in the other country
________________3. Deaths
________________4. Service or product being offered
________________5. Puzzle and Comics
________________6. Current news in the country
________________7. Headline
________________8. News relevant to business
________________9. News relevant to show business
________________10. News relevant to sports

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HOLY FAMILY PROGRESSIVVE SCHOOL

SY; 2016 – 2017 – 2nd Quarter Exam

I. READING COMPREHENSION. Read the story carefully.

The story takes place in ___________________________. Cao Cao receives

1. Which among the vertebrates are cold-blooded?

1. What year was his sister was born? _______________

________________1. Opinion of the writer about an issue

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