SECTION 2: Reading Ability (Nos. 31 - 70)
Directions: In this section you will gain ONE mark for ONE correct answer.
There are two parts in this section.
Part 1: Vocabulary (Nos. 31 - 40)
Directions: Choose the word that best completes each blank in the passage.
Self-esteem is the confidence and worth that you feel about yourself. Your self-
esteem __31__ everything you do, think, feel, and are. It is, in fact, one of the most important __32__ in your overall sense of well-being. How well you feel physically,
__33__ , and socially can affect your self-esteem. In turn, your __34__ of self-esteem can directly affect your physical, mental, and social health.
Some of the __35__ about who you are and how likable you are come from outside yourself. They are called __36__messages. Others come from inside yourself. They are called internal messages.
Many people __37__ their self-esteem on external factors – on how they look, what they have, how they __38__, how others see them, or with whom they are friends. In __39__, however, self-esteem comes from knowing, __40__ and liking not what you have, whom you know, or what you do, but who you are.
31. 1. discovers 2. examines
3. influences 4. understands
32. 1. samples 2. factors
3. properties 4. structures
33. 1. mindfully 2. mentally
3. spiritually 4. thoughtfully
34. 1. area 2. limit
3. level 4. range
35. 1. problems 2. directions
3. discussions 4. messages
36. 1. special 2. usual
3. actual 4. external
37. 1. fix 2. put
3. base 4. rest
38. 1. hope 2. perform
3. improve 4. feel
39. 1. turn 2. general
3. reality 4. conclusion
40. 1. caring 2. wanting
3. praising 4. accepting