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F. COMPREHENSION

EXERCISE 1

Read the passage below carefully and answer the questions that follow.

BATU PAHAT, Sun.- A couple and their ten years old son were killed on the spot while their

nine years old daughter sustained minor injuries when their car collided with a bus at the 24
km Tongkang Pecah –Segamat road last night. The deceased were identified as Majid bin

Husin , 43 , his wife, Selamah binti Mamat, 38. and their son, Hanafi. The family was from
Segamat. Their unidentified daughter escaped with slight injuries and had had to undergo a

minor operation to remove broken pieces of glass from her head. Firemen spent about an hour
to extricate the bodies from the wreck. The bodies were sent to the Batu Pahat district hospital

mortuary for a post mortem. However, none of the bus passengers were injured. The family
was travelling in their car to Segamat about 1.30 p.m. after visiting relatives here when the

accident occurred near Bukit Berapit.

1 Who died in the accident?

A A couple
B A nine –year old boy
C A couple and their ten years old son
D A couple and their nine years old daughter.

2 The accident happened on

A Saturday afternoon
B Saturday night
C Sunday night
D Sunday afternoon

3 All the following words describe the accident except

A mortuary
B deceased
C injuries
D wreck

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