Comprehension Passage : Vocabulary Development - SS1 English Past Questions and Answers - page 1

(a) What evidence is there that the writer is not a young person?

(b) For what two things was David Akide admired by others in the primary school?

(c) Why could he not move into a secondary school then along with the others?

(d) What did the writer assume had been the fate of David after leaving the primary school?

(e) What is established by the fact that David Akide was being interviewed by a panel of reporters on the nation’s network programme?

(f)  Why was the writer amazed?

(g) … while I was watching a 9 o ‘clock television network programme … (i)  What is the grammatical name given to this expression as it is used in the passage? (ii) What is its function?

(h) … zoomed into and through the university… (i)  What figure of speech is used in this expression? (ii) What does it mean?

(i) For each of the following words, find another word or phrase which means the same and which can replace it as it is used in the passage: i.  cheerfully; ii. sociable; iii. imagined; iv. vocation v. achievement