ENGLISH December 27, 2020

DAY 4

I. IDENTIYING ERRORS: Choose the underlined word or phrases labeled a, b, c, or d which are NOT
acceptable in formal written English. Choose e if there is no error.
1. Amana is an alumni of this university.
a. is b. an c. alumni d. this e. No Error
2. Some famous Arab scientists are Ibn Sina, Al-Razi, Hassan Ibn Al-Haitham, and etc.
a. Some b. Arab scientists c. are d. and etc. e. No Error
3. A Wrinkle In time by Madeleine L’Engle is one of the bestselling books of 2018.
a. A Wrinkle In Time b. is c. one of the d. bestselling books e. No Error
4. We had a very unforgettable party yesterday
a. We b. had c. a d. yesterday e. No Error
5. I am working as a teacher a year after I graduated in college.
a. am working b. as a c. a year after d. graduated e. No Error
6. High standards of proper decorum are being practiced by our organization.
a. High standards b. proper decorum c. are d. practiced e. No Error
7. ISSRC is a two-months review exclusive for upcoming freshmen.
a. ISSRC b. is c. two-months review d. freshmen e. No Error
8. We started having a free time since our English teacher transferred to another school.
a. started b. a c. since d. transferred e. No Error
9. This people will be using the hall next week for their friend’s birthday party.
a. This b. people c. will be using d. their e. No Error
10. You went to the beach yesterday with Uncle Johnny?
a. You went b. to c. yesterday d. with e. No Error

II. ANALOGY: Choose the letter that corresponds to the pair of words that is related in the same way as
the given pair of words.
1. FOOT : SKATEBOARD
a. tire : automobile c. ounce : scale e. pedal : bicycle
b. lace : shoe d. walk : jump
2. KANGAROO : MARSUPIAL
a. salmon : mollusc c. rhinoceros : pachyderm e. grasshopper : rodent
b. zebra : horse d. beagle : feline
3. FRAME : PICTURE
a. display : museum c. mechanic : electrician e. fence : backyard
b. shelf : refrigerator d. nail : hammer
4. SEARCH : FIND
a. sleep : wake c. draw : paint e. walk : run
b. explore : discover d. think : relate
5. LAYER : TIER
a. section : segment c. curtain : stage e. cotton : bale
b. dais : speaker d. chapter : verse
6. RUN : JOG
a. trot : race c. dance : ballet e. rain : drizzle
b. swim : dive d. juggle : bounce
7. SKEIN : YARN
a. squeeze : lemon c. ream : paper e. plow : acre
b. fire : coal d. tree : lumber
8. TAILOR : SUIT
 a. scheme : agent c. revise : writer e. implode : building
b. edit : manuscript d. mention : opinion
9. CONDUCTOR : ORCHESTRA
a. jockey : mount c. driver : tractor e. painter : house
b. thrasher : hay d. skipper : crew
10. JAUNDICE : LIVER
a. rash : skin c. smog : lung e. imagination : brain
b. dialysis : kidney d. valentine : heart
III. READING COMPREHENSION: Read each selection then answer the questions each. Choose the letter
that corresponds to the correct answer based on the given selection/s.
A. Apparently with No Surprise
Apparently with no surprise
To any happy flower,
The frost beheads it at its play
In accidental power.
The blond assassin passes on,
The sun proceeds unmoved
To measure off another day
For an approving God.
1. Which of the following most nearly describes the author’s attitude toward nature as expressed in
this poem?
a. delight b. dismay c. indifference d. reverence
2. The poem implies that the attitude of the flowers toward the frost is one of
a. fear. b. horror. c. acceptance. d. reverence.
3. The tone of the poem implies that the speaker probably regards God as
a. benevolent. b. just. c. cruel. d. angry.

B. The English language premiere of Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot took place in London in
August 1955. Godot is an avant-garde play with only five characters (not including Mr. Godot, who never
arrives) and a minimal setting: one rock and one bare tree. The play has two acts; the second act repeats
what little action occurs in the first with few changes: The tree, for instance, acquires one leaf. In a
statement that was to become famous, the critic, Vivian Mercer, has described Godot as “a play in which
nothing happens twice.” Opening night, critics and playgoers greeted the play with bafflement and
derision. The line, “Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes. It’s awful,” was met by a loud rejoinder
of “Hear! Hear!” from an audience member.

However, Harold Hobson’s review in The Sunday Times managed to recognize the play for what history
has proven it to be, a revolutionary moment in theater.
4. Which sentence, if inserted in the blank space, would make the best sense in the context of the
passage?
a. The director, Peter Hall, had to beg the theater management not to close the play immediately but
to wait for the Sunday reviews.
b. Despite the audience reaction, the cast and director believed in the play.
c. It looked as if Waiting for Godot was beginning a long run as the most controversial play of
London’s 1955 season.
d. Waiting for Godot was in danger of closing the first week of its run and of becoming nothing
more than a footnote in the annals of the English stage.
5. Judging from the information provided in the paragraph, which of the following statements is
accurate?
a. The 1955 production of Waiting for Godot was the play’s first performance.
b. Waiting for Godot was written by Peter Hall.
c. The sets and characters in Waiting for Godot were typical of London stage productions in the
1950s.
d. Waiting for Godot was not first performed in English.
6. Which of the following provides the best definition of the term avant-garde as the author intends it
in the passage?
a. innovative b. unintelligible c. foreign d. high-brow
 7. Which of the following best describes the attitude of the author of the passage toward the play
Waiting for Godot?
a. It was a curiosity in theater history.
b. It is the most important play of the twentieth century.
c. It is too repetitious.
d. It represents a turning point in stage history.
C. In his famous study of myth, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell writes about the
archetypal hero who has ventured outside the boundaries of the village and, after many trials and
adventures, has returned with the boon that will save or enlighten his fellows. Like Carl Jung, Campbell
believes that the story of the hero is part of the collective unconscious of all humankind. He likens the
returning hero to the sacred or tabooed personage described by James Frazier in The Golden Bough. Such
an individual must, in many instances of myth, be insulated from the rest of society, “not merely for his
own sake but for the sake of others; for since the virtue of holiness is, so to say, a powerful explosive
which the smallest touch can detonate, it is necessary in the interest of the general safety to keep it within
narrow bounds.”
There is __________ between the archetypal hero who has journeyed into the wilderness and the poet
who has journeyed into the realm of imagination. Both places are dangerous and full of wonders, and both,
at their deepest levels, are journeys that take place in the kingdom of the unconscious mind, a place that, in
Campbell’s words, “goes down into unsuspected Aladdin caves. There are not only jewels but dangerous
jinn abide . . .”
8. The phrase that would most accurately fit into the blank in the first sentence of the second
paragraph is
a. much similarity.
b. a wide gulf.
c. long-standing conflict.
d. an abiding devotion.
9. The title of Campbell’s book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, is meant to convey
a. the many villagers whose lives are changed by the story the hero has to tell.
b. the fact that the hero journeys into many different imaginary countries.
c. the many languages into which the myth of the hero has been translated.
d. the universality of the myth of the hero who journeys into the wilderness.
10. Based on the passage, which of the following best describes the story that will likely be told by
Campbell’s returning hero and Frazier’s sacred or tabooed personage?
a. a radically mind-altering story
b. a story that will terrify people to no good end
c. a warning of catastrophe to come
d. a story based on a dangerous lie
a. It is possible to plant daffodil bulbs upside down.
b. Daffodil bulbs require daily watering.
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 ANSWER KEY

I. IDENTIFYING ERROR
1. c. alumni --- alumna
2. d. and etc. --- etc.
3. a. A Wrinkle In Time --- A Wrinkle in Time
4. d. yesterday --- yesterday.
5. a. am working --- work
6. b. proper decorum --- decorum
7. c. two-months review --- two-month review
8. b. a --- omit article a
9. a. This --- These
10. a. You went --- start with an auxiliary or helping verb.

II. ANALOGY
1. e. A foot propels a skateboard; a pedal propels a bicycle.
2. c. A kangaroo is a marsupial; a rhinoceros is a pachyderm.
3. e. A frame surrounds a picture; a fence surrounds a backyard.
4. b. One searches in order to find; one explores in order to discover.
5. a. Layer and tier are synonyms; section and segment are synonyms.
6. e. To jog is to run slowly; to drizzle is to rain slowly
7. c. A skein is a quantity of yarn; a ream is a quantity of paper.
8. b. To tailor a suit is to alter it; to edit a manuscript is to alter it
9. d. A conductor leads an orchestra; a skipper leads a crew
10. a. Jaundice is an indication of a liver problem; rash is an indication of a skin problem.

III. READING COMPREHENSION