READING COMPREHENSION - FORM 4

Question: According to the dialogue...

• Rahman wants to talk to Mr. Lim.

• Mr. Lim has just come into his office.

• Kumari does not know where Mr.Lim is.

• Kumari should not let anyone see Mr.Lim.

'Pre-dawn fire destroys ten houses.

Question: 'From the headline above, when did the fire occur?

• In the late morning.

• Some time after dawn.

• Some time in the night.

• Very early in the morning.

A patient said to the doctor, “If there is anything wrong with me, please don’t scare me by using a long scientific name for my illness. Just explain it to me in plain English.”

The doctor hesitated for a while and then answered, “Well, to be perfectly honest, you are just plain lazy.”

“Thank you, doctor,” the patient replied. “Now give me the scientific name for that so I can tell my family.”

Question: From the story, we know that the man....

• Did not understand what the doctor was telling him.

• Did not want his family to know what was wrong with him.

• Was afraid of letting his family know about his illness.

• Was suffering from an illness with a lengthy scientific name.

If the door of the lift does not open at your floor, press the emergency button and wait till help arrives. Do not attempt to open the door by yourself. Do not panic or try to climb out of the lift.

Question: The best thing to do when you are trapped in a lift is to....

• Try to open the lift door by yourself.

• Try and climb out of the lift to get help.

• Panic and bang loudly on the door of the lift.

• Press the emergency button and wait for help.

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Question: The word opportunity in the advertisement can best be replaced with....

• Price

• Chance

• Reason

• Condition

Dear Sir,

I would like to have more information about the courses that your institute is offering. Could you also inform me if you have courses on Science subjects? Your advertisement does not give any information on this.

Your faithfully,

Malik Hassan

Question: In the extract, the word this refers to....

• Various Science subjects

• Courses on Science subjects

• Courses offered by the institute

• Information on different courses

Experienced and dedicated teachers.

Reasonable fee. SPM (Forms 4 and 5)

· Physics

· Biology

· Chemistry

· Add Maths

· Modern Maths

· General Science

Accounting

Question: The advertisement is probably for...

• A tuition centre

• School teachers

• A private school

• Science subjects

Bangkok: - A man temporarily halted a moving train yesterday by jumping in front of it on Bangkok’s elevated train system. The man was struck down by the train and taken to hospital after the incident at the station.

Question: According to the news report, the man...

• Was injured by the moving train

• Has jumped in front of trains before

• Worked for elevated train system

• Could not half a train that was moving

This glow is known _ (9)_ earthshine, which is sunlight reflected by the Earth.

• as

• in

• or

• like

According to some scientists, earthshine can help us to measure _(10)_ warming.

• globe

• global

• globally

• globalization