UVI
01. Read the following comprehension and answer the following:
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There was a young man whose graduation day was near. He used to admire a sports car in a dealers
showroom. He knew that his father can afford it, thus he asked him to buy that car for him as a gift.
As the graduation day approached near and near, each day the young man was desiring signs that
his father has bought the car, finally the graduation day came, before the young man could go to the
set venue, his father called him in his study, and told him that he was very proud to have a fine son
like him and then he handed his song a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious but little disappointed.
he opened it, and found a Bible in it which is beautifully laced with leather and his name embossed
in it in gold, He got furious and shouted at his father and said, "This is all what you bought for me
from your money?" He put the Bible on the table and stormed out the house, then he got good job,
got a good wife and two children, and a beautiful house, after many years the young man thought
that he should go and meet his father as he was very old, he also didn't see him since the graduation
day. But as soon as he packed for going, he received a telegram which said that his father passed
away, he quickly went to his home and regretted for what he did, and he found that Bible which he
didn't receive as a gift, he opened the Bible and saw keys of car falling down, he grabbed them and
in the label attached to it was written the dealer's address and also it was written 'PAID IN FULL'.
Tears filled his eyes, he regretted for what he did.
Questions-
1) What moral you get from the story?
2) What did the young man desired for?
3) On which day he wanted the gift?
4) Why does his father called him in his study?
5) What gift young man received? How was it given?
6) Why the young got furious (angry)?
7) Which word in passage means 'beautifully printed'?
8) What did the young man received in from the Bible later?
9) Why he thought to visit his father?
10) What did the young man received after he packed for visiting his father?
Why was he regretting and crying?
12) Give a title to this passage.
Answers
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1. we should be happy for what we get
2. the young man was desiring signs that his father has bought the car
3. he want the gift on his graduation day
5. he handed his song a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious but little disappointed.
he opened it, and found a Bible
6. He got furious and shouted at his father and said, "This is all what you bought for me
from your money?" He put the Bible on the table and stormed out the house. because he wanted a car but got a bible
9. after many years the young man thought
that he should go and meet his father as he was very old, he also didn't see him since the graduation
day.
10. as soon as he packed for going, he received a telegram which said that his father passed
11. he quickly went to his home and regretted for what he did, and he found that Bible which he
didn't receive as a gift, he opened the Bible and saw keys of car falling down, he grabbed them and
in the label attached to it was written the dealer's address and also it was written 'PAID IN FULL'.
Tears filled his eyes, he regretted for what he did.