141] READING COMPREHENSION [GCSE PREVIOUS EXAMS-EGYPT 1981]

GCSE PREVIOUS EXAMS-EGYPT 1981

 

ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT

Ministry of Education

General Secondary Education Certificate Examination, 1981

First Foreign Language–English

Science and Mathematics Sections

Second Paper

Time Allowed: 2 Hours

Comprehension

3. Read the following passage and then choose the correct answers from those given below:
Because people have got used to the fact that the prices of everything are steadily going up, they do not believe their ears when they hear of a cheap thing. This happened to Adel, a friend of mine whose struggle to better his life seemed never ending. Adel felt that he was in great need of a car, at least to avoid the long daily wait at a bus stop, and then the struggle to get on when the bus does come at last. To get off the bus, an equally hard struggle is necessary. Going to places by taxi does not solve problem, as drivers take passengers according to rules they themselves set.
But Adel knew that having a car was only a dream, as he could certainly not afford the price of even a ten year old secondhand car. However, one day Adel happened to meet Mr Kamel, an old friend of his father's, who told him that he was ready to sell him one of his care for only a pounds. Adel became suspicious and thought that the car must be either very old or in a bad condition. But when he saw the car, he found that it was only three years old or in a bad condition. But when he saw the car, he found that it was only three years old and in a perfect condition. When Adel insisted on an explanation, Mr Kamel told him that his father had once done him a great favour and refused to take a reward, and that in this way he was indirectly giving the reward to Adel.
1.   From the first sentence we know that things are getting………………
A.  very expensive
B.  as expensive as they were before.
C.  more and more expensive
2.   According to the writer, getting off a bus is..........getting on it.
A.  more difficult than
B.  less difficult than
C.  as difficult as
3.   Taxi drivers……..
A.  always refuse to take passengers.
B.  take all passengers.
C.  choose the passengers they take.
4.   The car Mr Kamel is offering Adel is actually worth…………..
A.  a thousand pounds.
B.  a little more than a thousand pounds.
C.  much more than a thousand pounds.
5.   A ten year old car would be…………….
A.  too expensive for Adel to buy.
B.  expensive, but Adel can buy it.
C.  enough for Adel to buy.
6.   Mr Kamel would sell Adel the car for a thousand pounds because……..
A.  he was rich and had many cars.
B.  it was three years old and in a perfect condition.
C.  Adel's father had once helped him.
7.   Adel………..
A.  only dreamed of a better life.
B.  was an ambitious young men
C.  earned just enough money to live on.
8.   Adel always struggled…………….
A.  to increase his income.
B.  to buy a car.
C.  for a never ending life.
9.   Adel was suspicious because the car was…………
A.  very cheap.
B.  very old.
C.  in a bad condition.
10.       Adel’s father did favours to friends …………..
A.  for nothing.
B.  to get rewards.
C.  to earn a living