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BRAULO, Cammeo L. September 26, 2011
1CA3 Dr. Neil Armstrong Satoquia

STUATON #1:
n my 60 years of living in this world, reckon only a few of it were truly
lived. Not many of it were spent during my high school years, and some were
during the years was unwed and working all the time. The remaining year was
the time during which my first child was born, until the time when a single
mosquito bite took my little angel away from me. A great many of my life's years
were spent in sorrow and hatred for my useless husband, my prison which could
have been called a home had my child lived and my husband not wasted on
alcohol most of the time everyday, and my wretched life. Thirty years ago, had
had all reasons in the world to smile. But now, thirty years after, have not any.

QUESTONS:
1) How many years did the persona said she reckoned she truly lived?
a) 6 years
b) 12 years
c) 18 years
d) 24 years
2) Approximately how many years were spent in high school according to her
account?
a) 2 years
b) 3 years
c) 4 years
d) 5 years
3) How many were the estimated number of years she spent working?
a) 5 years
b) 10 years
c) 7 years
d) 9 years
4) "A great many of my life's years were spent in sorrow and hatred." f one
were to compute this, what fraction of her life did she spent in sadness?
a)
7
9
b)
1
2
c)
2
3
d)
4
5

5) How many hours a day was her husband sober?
a) 2 hours
b) 3 hours
c) 4 hours
d) 5 hours
6) The fifth line implies that...
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a) The first half of her life was entirely full of happiness.
b) The first half of her life was partly full of happiness.
c) The first half of her life was not filled with happiness.
d) She did not feel happy at all.
7) The last line implies that...
a) She spent the last thirty years of her life with her husband.
b) She spent the last thirty years of her life without her husband.
c) She spent the last thirty years of her life in melancholy.
d) She is ready to die.

STUATON #2:
The day was bright and sunny---there were hardly any clouds to be seen
up in the sky. Most people would go out on days such as this. A child
somewhere must be crying though, for there was a single red balloon floating
high up in the clear sky. She felt like crying too even if the weather was great, for
she felt as if the sky was laden with a lot of gray storm clouds, the kind that sent
storms that leave almost all things it touched destroyed.
No one remembers that that day was her older brother's first death
anniversary. Only fate knows that there was scarcely any thing or any one who
could make her smile, even for just a little while---only one person, in fact.
Problem is, life could be cruel sometimes, and the one thing or in this case,
person, whom you need will not always be there to turn that frown upside down
and make everything better...

QUESTONS:
1) Using the first sentence of the first paragraph as a reference, when one
looked up on that particular day, what color would one see?
a) Grey, since the girl felt that there were lots of storm clouds in the sky.
b) White, since that is the color of clouds.
c) Blue, since everybody knows that skies are blue.
d) You can't really look clearly, since it's sunny and there are few clouds.
2) What percentage of the population would go out on that particular day
according to the second sentence of the first paragraph?
a) 80%
b) 85%
c) 90%
d) 95%
3) Choose a fraction that would best fit the quantifier 'a lot of' as used in the
fourth sentence of the first paragraph.
a)
29
51
b)
52
65
c)
73
97
d)
92
35

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4) 'Almost all' in the 4
th
sentence of the first paragraph may be equivalent to...
a)
7
10
b)
3
5
c)
4
5
d)
9
10

5) t could be deduced from the first sentence of the second paragraph that...
a) She had no friends who would comfort her.
b) She had no parents who would share her sorrow.
c) She had neither parents nor friends.
d) Her older brother does not exist.
6) " ...there was scarcely any thing or any one..." as told in the second
paragraph, second sentence, means that...
a) There was hardly any thing or any one that could comfort her.
b) There were only a few things and or persons that could comfort her.
c) There were not many things and or persons that could comfort her.
d) There was absolutely nothing or no one that could comfort her.
7) f you were that one person who could make her smile, and you were
given 12 hours to do so, how many hours would you be really able to
make her smile according to the second sentence of the second
paragraph?
a) 2 hours and 15 minutes
b) 2 hours and 10 minutes
c) 2 hours and 20 minutes
d) 2 hours and 5 minutes

STUATON #3:
know 'm a bitch. Wait... Let me correct that. know that people think 'm
a bitch. Yes... That's it. You see, almost all people meet instantly hates me and
my attitude. The few people who tries to know me joins the majority of people
after and regrets their decision of trying to get to know the "real me. But what
can do? t's the only choice have---to have no friend in this world...to push
them all away. You see, 'm going. 'm going to a place where a lot of people
have already been to. And they never came back. You understand now, right?
hope you do. The doctor said that out of a hundred who had the same illness
have, only a few survives. What difference do have from all of them? have
hardly any. This attitude that am currently maintaining will help me when the
time comes. hope God understands me. really hope He will.

QUESTONS:
1) Approximately what percentage of the people she meets hates her
instantly?
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a) 80% b) 87%
c) 92% d) 97%

2) Out of a group of 10 people, how many would try to get to know her?
a) 4 b) 3
c) 2 d) 1
3) She said she has no choice but to have no friends. What could this
implicate?
a) She is not friendly.
b) She hates people.
c) She fears for the people she'll leave behind when she goes.
d) She has a communicable disease.
4) "I'm going to a place where a lot of people have already been to."
Where could this place be?
a) Heaven, since not many people go there.
b) Nobody really knows; they just go.
c) Hell, since some people fall there.
d) don't care at all.
5) "...only a few survives." n a group of 36 people with the same illness as
her, what is the ratio of those who survives to those who don't?
a) 7:32 b) 1:5
c) 5:31 d) 9:26
6) "...all of them." refers to...
a) All the bygone people.
b) All the people who hates her.
c) All the people who tries to get to know her.
d) All the people who has the same illness as her.
7) I have hardly any." What is being referred to in this sentence?
a) friends
b) family
c) difference
d) chances of living

STUATON #4:
wish my mother was still here. My sister tells me that the recipe for
tabbouleh requires 7 tbsp lemon juice. But according to my memory, it requires
only some of that. wish my mother was still here to tell me the exact
measurements.
wish my mother was still here. My old aunt tells me that the recipe for
baked stuffed peaches requires only a little of the amount of single cream use,
and that's 210ml.
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wish my mother was still alive almost all of the time. just miss her and
her cooking so much. She taught me a good number of the recipes that know.
t became our only bonding time since she was working a couple of hours a day,
being a single mother of three children and all. have made my own versions of
quite a few of her recipes, and only a few of those turned out to be food-
disasters. wish my mother could taste my other revised-recipes-of-hers. 'm
sure she would be proud.

QUESTONS:
1. How much tablespoons of lemon juice does a tabbouleh require according
to the speaker's memory?
a) 4 tbsp b) 5 tbsp
c) 4&1/2 tbsp d) 5&1/2 tbsp
2. According to the speaker's old aunt, approximately how much single
cream should be used in baked stuffed peaches?
a) 130ml b) 125ml
c) 135ml d) 119ml
3. Which among the statements agrees the most with the first sentence of
the third paragraph?
a) She misses her mother a little bit.
b) She misses her mother.
c) She misses her mother so much.
d) She doesn't miss her mother.
4. f the persona knew 75 recipes at the time, approximately how many of
those were taught to her by her mother?
a) 59 b) 60
c) 61 d) 62
5. How many hours a day does the mother work according to the fourth
sentence of the third paragraph?
a) 12 hours b) 13 hours
c) 14 hours d) 15 hours
6. How many recipes did the persona revise?
a) 24 b) 36 c) 48 d) 42
7. How many of her revised recipes turned out to be disasters?
a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8

STUATON #5:
Last year, almost all fourth year students took the admission test in the
University of the Philippines. A good number of us even attended review centers
in preparation for the admission test. 've never had difficulties in Science, or
English, or Filipino, but then came Mathematics, which knew was the
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weakness of several of us. f remember correctly, only have a couple of
questions answered. When the proctor said, "You have only a few minutes left to
finish the test, started to panic since think still left not many questions
unanswered on the test paper. Then, there was none.

QUESTONS:
1) The population of the fourth year students last year was 115. How many
did not take the admission test?
a) 16 b) 13 c) 11 d) 15
2) How many attended review centers?
a) 82 b) 83 c) 84 d) 85
3) Approximately how many of the test-takers have difficulties in
Mathematics?
a) 50 b) 55 c) 60 d) 65
4) f there were 65 questions to the Mathematics part of the test,
approximately how many questions were unanswered when the proctor
gave the reminder?
a) 10 b) 15 c) 17 d) 20
5) f the test-takers were given an hour and a half to answer the test, how
many more minutes were left when the proctor gave the reminder?
a) 19 minutes b) 21 minutes
c) 20 minutes d) 22 minutes
6) What percentage of the questions was left unanswered by the speaker?
a) 21.5% b) 22.5% c) 22.75% d) 23%
7) What did the speaker mean by, "Then, there was none.
a) She finished the test.
b) The time's up.
c) She gave up.
d) She had no chance of passing the test.

STUATON #6:
Yesterday was precious. A lot of memories were created. Yesterday,
became Mrs. Salazar.
The wedding started with the guests filling up the cathedral. Not all were
mine; some of them were his visitors. Quite a few of them were women, most of
them coming from his side of the family. All were elegantly dressed. They took
their seats, then, the time came for my groom to stand in front of the altar.
entered the cathedral shortly afterward, walked along the aisle laden with a lot of
rose petals and a few chrysanthemums, and took my place beside him, in front
of the priest, and in front of God. Thankfully, the celebration went on with
absolutely no interruptions.
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QUESTONS:
1) How memorable do you think has the wedding been?
a) t has been not that much memorable.
b) t has been fairly memorable.
c) t has been very memorable.
d) t has been 100% memorable.
2) f there were 250 guests present at the wedding, how many of them were
the bride's guest?
a) 123 b) 124 c) 125 d) 126
3) How many were guests of the groom?
a) 150 b) 155 c) 160 d) 170
4) How many of the guests were men?
a) 100 b) 80 c) 75 d) 65
5) How many of the female population were the groom's guest?
a) 158 b) 160 c) 162 d) 164
6) Which statement agrees the most with the fourth sentence of the second
paragraph?
a) t was a casual wedding.
b) t was a formal wedding.
c) t was a garden wedding.
d) t was a royal wedding.
7) What was the dominant flower used for decoration?
a) Tulips b) Chrysanthemums
c) Santan d) Roses

STUATON #7:
An artwork can show the deeper emotions of the artist.
Last month, my friend, who is a painter, went through a very difficult time.
Most of his paintings that month were composed of cold colors. There were a lot
of dark blues and black in almost all his paintings. A great deal of dark violet
could also be seen in many of his landscape sceneries. Quite a few had shades
of green and red, here and there, but it could be steadily observed that there are
scarcely any hints of yellow or orange in the masterpieces.

QUESTONS:
1) f the painter was able to accomplish 10 paintings that month, how
many were said to be composed of cold colors?
a) 6 b) 7 c) 8 d) 9
2) Approximately how much of his paintings were composed of dark blues
and black?
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a) 60% b) 70% c) 80% d) 90%
3) Which statement agrees with the third sentence of the second
paragraph?
a) A great majority of his paintings were painted with dark blues and
black.
b) A majority of his paintings were painted with dark blues and black.
c) Half of his paintings were painted with dark blues and black.
d) Only a few of his paintings were painted with dark blues and black.
4) Which statement agrees with the fourth sentence of the second
paragraph?
a) a) A great majority of his paintings were painted with dark violet.
b) A majority of his paintings were painted with dark violet.
c) Half of his paintings were painted with dark violet.
d) Only a few of his paintings were painted with dark violet.
5) Approximately how many is 'many' as used in the fourth sentence of the
second paragraph?
a) one-half b) two-thirds
c) three-fourths d) four-fifths
6) How many of his paintings that month have shades of green and red?
a) 3 b) 5 c) 7 d) 9
7) Which statement agrees with the last sentence?
a) The painter liked playing with warm colors then.
b) The painter disliked playing with warm colors then.
c) The painter was happy.
d) The painter was satisfied.

STUATON #8:
A certain college student is cramming her paper for English on a Monday
morning. She already has a little part of her assignment finished. She's a bit sad
because she knows that almost all her block mates are already finished with
their assignments. f there were only some ways to stop the time even for just a
couple of minutes a day, it would sure make her happy. She has been busy the
past days for there were many things to do, and so little time. But then, what's
done is done, and all she could do is finish the task now at hand and let not any
thing distract her from her goal.

QUESTONS:
1) Approximately what percentage of her work has she already finished, as
could be referred from the second sentence?
a) 45% c) 57%
b) 53% d) 67%
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2) f she has 52 block mates, approximately how many are already finished
with their assignments?
a) 45 c) 46
b) 46 d) 47
3) How many is 'some' ways out of ten?
a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6
4) How many minutes are being asked for in the fourth sentence?
a) 51, 840 c) 49, 840
b) 50, 840 d) 48, 841

5) 'Many' could be described as how much?
a) 1 whole c) one-half
b) two-thirds d) one-third
6) 'Little' could be described as how much?
a) a five-hundred peso bill c) a fifty-peso bill
b) a one-hundred peso bill d) a twenty-peso bill
7) The last sentence implies that.
a) She is a little bit determined the work.
b) She is very determined to finish the work.
c) She is not determined to finish the work.
d) She is not determined at all.

STUATON #9:
An old granny was making cookies for her grand children. She has seven
grand children and several were boys. Her grand children have a good deal of
appetite and so she's making a great number of cookies as well. f her memory
serves her right, the last time she made brownies, there was hardly any crumb
left on the plate. She put in a large mixing bowl almost all the contents of a 2kg
bag of flour, not all of the 250ml milk, and quite a little of the 350g sugar pack.

QUESTON:
1) How many of her grand children were boys?
a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6
2) t is said in the second sentence that her grand children have a good deal
of appetite. What could be deduced from this?
a) Her grand children are healthy kids.
b) Her grand children are malnourished.
c) Her grand children are obese.
d) Her grand children are monsters.
3) What could be said of the granny if she could still bake 'a great number' of
cookies?
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a) She's bedridden already.
b) She's sick.
c) She's still strong.
d) She loves cookies.
4) ".there was hardly any crumb left on the plate. t could be inferred from
this statement that.
a) The plate was left sparkling clean.
b) The plate was left with a very minute amount of crumbs.
c) The plate was left with lots of crumbs on it.
d) The plate was left with a brownie on it still.
5) How much flour did the granny put in the large mixing bowl?
a) 1,800 grams
b) 1,700 grams
c) 1,600 grams
d) 1,500 grams
6) How much milk was poured into the mixing bowl?
a) 135ml c) 130ml
b) 140ml d) 125ml
7) How much sugar was mixed into the flour and milk mixture?
a) 243 grams c) 247 grams
b) 245 grams d) 249 grams

STUATON #10:
My sister was walking downtown one hot afternoon. She said a lot of
people kept on looking at her. She just shook it off though. Later on, she came
across a friend of hers, and learned that her eyeliner was already ruined due to
sweat. The poor thing thought it was waterproof! She then took a couple sheets
of tissue paper and wiped her face right then and there. When her face held not
any trace of the eyeliner, she and her friend then parted ways. She went into a
boutique along the street afterwards, and tried quite a few dresses on. She
finally chose one to buy, and when the cashier asked for the payment, she
discovered that she brought the wrong wallet. Unfortunately, the wallet she had
with her that time held little money and it wasn't enough to pay for the dress. My
reluctant sister had no choice but to leave the dress behind and the boutique
with an air of embarrassment.
f you think this has already been enough embarrassment for a day, it
didn't end there yet. While she was walking home, one of the heels of her shoes
broke which sent her kneeling on the gravel road. This resulted into few
scratches and tiny wounds on her knees and palms. rritated, she screamed to
the sky just when a car with a couple of people passed by. They looked at her
like she was a mad woman.
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QUESTONS:
1) f she passed by 220 people that day, approximately how many looked at
her?
a) 180 b) 160 c) 190 d) 150
2) n a pack of 10 sheets, how many was a couple?'
a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 d) 8
3) The seventh sentence implies that.
a) Her face still had some eyeliner on it.
b) Her face was clean.
c) Her face was erased.
d) Her face was ugly.
4) How many is 'quite a few' if there are 125 dresses in the store?
a) 86 b) 87 c) 88 d) 89
5) Little money is synonymous to.
a) No money at all.
b) Almost no money at all.
c) She has enough money for other things but not enough for the dress.
d) She has a credit card.
6) About how many is 'a few' out of a 15?
a) Maybe, 5 scratches/wounds on both knees and another 5
scratches/wounds on both palms.
b) Maybe, 6 scratches/wounds on both knees and another 6
scratches/wounds on both palms.
c) Maybe, 7 scratches/wounds on both knees and another 7
scratches/wounds on both palms.
d) Maybe, 9 scratches/wounds on both knees and another 9
scratches/wounds on both palms.
7) f there were 6 people in the car, how many were looking at her?
a) atleast 3 c) atleast 5
b) atleast 4 d) atleast 6

STUATON #11
was making leche flan the other day. The ingredients go as follows: one
should use not much white sugar if one has a cup of it sitting in the kitchen.
was about to put in ten fresh egg yolks when my mother-in-law stopped me and
told me that quite a little is only needed. And then, if one bought a 500ml can of
full cream milk, one should use only a great deal of it. When dealing with a
500ml can of sweetened milk, one should use only a little of it. Lastly, the 1/8 tsp
lemon rind should not be forgotten. This makes two 8 x 5 inch-ovals, able to
serve a good number of ten people already. Although, this leche flan is so
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delicious that it could serve not all of the ten people. And expect too that none
would remain in the flanera!

QUESTONS:
1) How much is 'not much' as used in the second sentence?
a) cup b) 1/3 cup c) cup d) 1/5 cup
2) How many egg yolks are needed according to the mother-in-law?
a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 d) 8
3) A great deal of a 500ml can of full cream milk is equivalent to.
a) about 275ml c) about 350ml
b) about 300ml d) about 400ml
4) A little of a 500ml can of sweetened condensed milk is equivalent to.
a) about 300ml c) about 250ml
b) about 275ml d) about 215ml
5) How many people can the recipe serve, under the supposed-
circumstances?
a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 d) 8
6) Although, under normal circumstances, how many people can it only
actually serve?
a) 6 b) 5 c) 4 d) 3
7) The last line implies that.
a) The leche flan tastes only slightly good that there will be nothing left in
the flanera.
b) The leche flan tastes good that there will be nothing left in the flanera.
c) The leche flan tastes so good that one must expect no leftovers.
d) The leche flan tastes so good that everybody would take some home.