Question

2.Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

I was the kid who sat on the side-lines and watched others having a good time

splashing about in the sea, wishing I could swim. Eventually, I learned how to, the

hard way. My brothers threw me into the water. As I floundered and nearly drowned,

it didn’t occur to me then that my brothers had taught me two important skills:

survival and independence. These skills were gifts that I relied on numerous times

over as an adult. As a child, I was game for anything.

Nothing fascinated me more than the chance to try something new. If nothing else,

my curiosity was fuelled by the desire to test my limits. I was sixteen when I climbed

my first mountain. It was Gunung Ledang in Johor, Malaysia, in 1980. It was a

horrible experience. I found the heat and thickness of the jungle overwhelming. The

night spent on the summit was cold and lonely. As I lay in my tent, with my knees

curled to my chin, I vowed that I would never climb another mountain.

And yet, ironically, I was one of the two climbers from the first Singapore Mount

Everest Expedition who summited Mount Everest in May 1998.









MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Why did the writer consider his childhood average?

(a) He learnt to swim the same way as everyone else.

(b) He played hide-and-seek near his house for many hours.

(c) He enjoyed watching other kids swim rather than joining them.

(d) He did not do anything that showed he would achieve great success in the future.2. Why did the writer say that ‘the ability to swim comes almost naturally to

any kid growing up in Port Dickson (paragraph 2)?

(a) Port Dickson is located near the sea.

(b) The kids are thrown into the sea in order to learn how to swim.

(c) Every kid enjoys playing near the boats moored in Port Dickson.

(d) Every kid learns to swim eventually if he wants to join the others in the water.

3. The writer learnt to appreciate the skills his brothers taught him that day at

the sea when he _

(a) spent time watching other kids play in the sea

(b) almost died the day he was thrown into the sea

(c) became an adult and needed to use those skills

(d) climbed his first mountain at the age of sixteen

4. What made the writer vow never to climb again after his Gunung Ledang

trip?

(a) He wanted to try something new besides climbing a mountain.

(b) He had spent a miserable time climbing to the top of the mountain.

(c) He disliked trekking through thick jungle and having to sleep in the open.

(d) He had tested his limits and was satisfied that he had climbed Gunung Ledang.

5. The writer made it to the top of Mount Everest when he was

(a) 16

(b) 34

(c) 40

(d) 50​

Answer 1

Answer:

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Answer 2

Answer:

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