Section One: Sentence Comprehension (Q49–50)

Instruction: For questions 49 and 50, choose the sentence with the closest meaning to the given sentence.

Section Two: Reading Passage I (Q51–59)

Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.

1. Chimpanzees: Intelligent, Social and Violent

1. Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), also known as chimps, are one of our closest living relatives and member of the great ape family, Along with gorillas, orangutans, bonobos and humans. Chimps share 98.7% of their DNA with humans and have lot of the same traits. They are known for being intelligent, social and violent animals that live in complex social groups. Chimpanzees have suffered greatly from the increasing present and influence of the humans in their environment and are how threatened with extinction.

2. How Big Is a Chimpanzee?

Chimpanzees are between 3 feet 3 inches and S feet 6 inches (1 o L7 meters) tall when standing upright like a human However, they mostly walk on all fours using their knuckles and feet. Males are slightly bigger than females, A male can weigh up to about 154 Ibs. (70 kg) compared with a maximum weight of about 110 bs. (50 kg) for a female, according to the University of Michigan's Animal Diversity Web (ADW). Although currently categorized among endangered species, chimps can live up about S0 years. They are stronger than humans. despite being smaller. fact, they are about 1.35 times more powerful than humans as they have more fast-twitch muscle fibers, which are good for strength and speed, Live Science reported. These fast-twitch muscle fibers enable chimps o outperform people in tasks such as pulling and jumping Humans evolved to have more slow-twitch muscle fibers that are better for endurance and traveling long distances

3. Do Chimpanzees Attack People?

Wild chimpanzees are usually fearful of humans and will keep their distance. attacking and killing people. However, there have been recorded incidents of chimpanzees attacking and killing people. This usually happens when humans move into and destroy chimpanzee habitats, reducing their access to food. Chimpanzees may then take to stealing unprotected human food, such as crops, and in the process become more confident around humans. Chimpanzees have attacked more than 20 people in the western Region of Uganda over the past 20 years and killed at least three human infants since 2014, National Geographic reported in 2019. Chimpanzees typically direct their aggressive and sometimes predatory behavior toward children because the animals are more fearful of larger human adults, especially men, according to National Geographic. Chimps have also snatched and killed human babies. Most of the time these are isolated and seemingly reckless attacks by individual chimps, but one chimpanzee in the 1990s killed seven children before he was killed by humans, National Geographic reported.

Section Three: Reading Passage II (Q60–68)

1. Child abuse is a phenomenon that knows no social, geographic or racial boundaries. It occurs in the best of families in wealthy suburbs and in rural areas as well. It is, in fact, a national plague that experts say is likely to create another generation of child abusers in America from among those being abused today.

2. For years, the problem was hidden behind the closed doors of houses or apartments. But, since the passage of laws in the 1970s requiring health and other professionals to report all cases of suspected abuse, a quiet revolution has been occurring. More cases of child abuse are being reported, and social-Welfare agencies are getting help for both the children and their parents. That is not to say, however, that the reporting is in any way complete. More than 5,000 cases are reported annually to the Philadelphia County Children and Youth Agency, but a spokeswoman said, "There's a lot more out there that goes unreported." Schools are just now beginning to focus on abuse, the spokeswoman said. "Out of the quarter-million kids within the Philadelphia schools, we received only 300 reports last year. However, the schools are making strides in this area," she said. To increase the frequency of reporting, institutions that come into contact with injured children are training staff members to recognize abuse. The tremendous amount of stress in today's society both within and outside the home is considered one of the main factors in the rise of child abuse.

3. Poor marital relationships, single parenthood, social and economic problems, unemployment and social isolation add undue stress to our lives. The problem of social isolation is critical. Today, people are moving around and finding themselves living further away from their families and the emotional support which they provide. Mothers find themselves living either in large city apartment complexes or suburban communities in which they know absolutely no one. In this lonely atmosphere, they try to deal with the pressures of being the parent of one, two or three children.

Source: Reading and Study Skills, by John Langun.

Section Four: Vocabulary (Q69–82)

A. Substitution

Instructions: For questions 69 - 74, each sentence has an underlined word or phrase followed by alternatives A-D. Choose the word or phrase that best corresponds with the meaning of the underlined word or phrase and blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer sheet provided.

B. Analogy

Instructions: For equation 75 and 76, two pairs of words are given. Look at the relationship between the two words in each pair and choose the word which forms similar relationship with the word given next to each pair and then blacken letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided.

C. Completion

Instructions: Questions from (Q77–82) There are four alternative words or phrases. A-D, given below each question. Choose the word which forms similar relationship with the word given next to each pair and then blacken letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided.