143] READING COMPREHENSION [GCSE PREVIOUS EXAMS-EGYPT 1982]

GCSE PREVIOUS EXAMS-EGYPT 1982

                                         ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT

Ministry of Education

General Secondary Education Certificate Examination, 1982

First Foreign Language English

Second Paper-For Science Candidates (Both Sections)

Comprehension

5. Read the following passage (text), and then choose the correct answers:

    I have a friend who always pretends to know everything. Whenever a name is mentioned, he says he knows the person who owns that name. I believed him until one day I discovered his lies. He once visited me when I was with Sami Salama, a cousin of mine, who happened to be a well-known writer.
Before I introduced my friend to Sami, his eyes fell on one of the books written by him and which was lying on a table. He at once said that the writer of the book was one of his relatives, and started telling stories about adventures they had together. He also said that Sami Salama never wrote a book before discussing its ideas with him. He went so far as to say that Sami had the idea of his best novel from a story he told him, which actually happened to one of his friends.
As Sami wrote stories that never actually happened, he kept on listening with amusement. He at last asked him if he would recognise Sami Salama if he saw him, and my friend assured him that he would. With a loud laugh, Sami introduced himself to my friend who was so ashamed that he immediately left the house.
Since that day my friend does his best to avoid me and when he does meet me he never says that he knows anything or anybody.
1.   My friend………………
A.  knew everybody in the city.
B.  knew nobody in the city.
C.  did not know everybody in the city.
2.   I knew that he (my friend) was not telling the truth…………………
A.  right from the beginning.
B.  when Sami Salama told me so.
C.  when I discovered that he was telling lies.
3.   My friend……………………
A.  was a relative of Sami Salam's
B.  never saw Sami Salama before.
C.  knew Sami Salama well.
4.   My friend……………………….
A.  never discussed the ideas of his books with my friend.
B.  always discussed the ideas of his book with my friend.
C.  wrote his books after discussing them with my friend.
5.   Sami Salam's best novel was………………..
A.  taken from a real story which my friend told him.
B.  about a story that happened to him.
C.  written from his own imagination.
6.   My friend…………………
A.  did not know Sami Salama.
B.  recognised Sami Salama when he saw him.
C.  knew he was talking to Sami Salama.
7.   Sami laughed…………………….
A.  To introduce himself to my friend.
B.  Because my friend recognised him.
C.  Because he thought my friend was funny.
8.   My friend left the house immediately because…………….
A.  he realised I knew he was lying.
B.  my cousin laughed loudly.
C.  did not want to see me.
9.   My friend…………………..
A.  still likes to see me.
B.  does his best to meet me.
C.  does not want to see me.
10.       My friend knew Sami Salam's name………………
A.  because he was my cousin.
B.  because he had adventures with Sami.
C.  from the book lying on the table.