Reading Comprehension 3 + Answers

Read the following letter and answer the questions below.

 

(Part 1)

 

Dear Paul and Carmen,

            I know this letter will come as a great surprise to you, especially when you finish reading it. Let me begin by explaining who I am. I am your poor dead father’s brother. He probably never mentioned me to you, as I was a great disappointment to the family when I was sent to prison for 5 years for robbery. However, I have spent the rest of my life working very hard, and have saved a large amount of money to give back to my family. I have been very lucky in several businesses and have made quite a large fortune. An old and honest friend of mine is looking after the money now. He lives in Quarry Bay (his address is at the end of this letter).

 

(Part 2)

            As I am too ill to come to Hong Kong, you should collect the money for the family. However, there are several problems. I have a very cruel and dishonest business partner and I now he wants to get the money. I though he might send somebody to my friend in Quarry bay and get the money by pretending to be you. So you will have to prove to my friend that you really are my nephew and niece. This is how you could do it.

            Before I left Hong Kong 20 years ago, I hid half of a small statue of Buddha near an old building in the New Territories. You have to find this statue and take it to my old friend in Quarry Bay. He has the other half. If the two halves fit together, he will give you the money. Unfortunately, I have forgotten the names of the places in the New Territories. So I’ll have to give you directions on how to get there. I once had a small map – but I have lost it. Never mind. It wasn’t a very good one anyway. If you use your intelligence and you read my instructions carefully, you ought to be able to find the statue easily. But you need to be very careful. My old partner may be watching you and he is a very dangerous man.

 

(Part 3)

            First, you go out towards a place in the Western New Territories. This place used to be a small fishing village but is now a large new town. There are two roads which go to this town: a new, wide motorway and an old, smaller road which follows the coastline. Take the older one until you are almost at the town. You will see a road on you right through a large container base and just before an army camp. Turn right and follow this road into the hills until it joins a large footpath which has the same name as one of the former governors of Hong Kong….

 

A. Find words in the passage which means the same as the following.

 

1. talked about briefly (Part 1)
2. some (Part 2)
3. appearing to be what it is not (Part 2)
4. the daughter of your brother (Part 2)
5. the strip of land which is near to the sea (Part 3)

 

 

 

 

 

B. Fill in the blanks with words from the passage. You may need to change the word forms.

 

1. Don’t ________ other people. You don’t want to be arrested by the police, do you? (Part 1)
2. An ________ person always tells the truth. (Part 1)
3. People who believe in Buddha are called _________. (Part 2)
4. My sister always _______ her umbrellas. She is very careless. (Part 2)
5. Some old people have problem with their _______. They are unable to move around easily. (Part 3)

Answer:

 

 

A.

 

1. mentioned
2. several
3. pretending
4. niece
5. coastline

 

B.

 

1. rob
2. honest
3. Buddhists
4. loses
5. joints