Home » English-Comprehension (BECE 2008) Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions which follow14PASSAGE I (BECE 2008)1414141416PASSAGE II (BECE 2008)16161616 50%Page 1 of 2PASSAGE I (BECE 2008)Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions which follow Since the building of the District Hospital at Kpota, there had sprung up some residential structures around the hospital. One particular cluster of houses took the fancy of Mr. Akpaloo, who told himself that if ever he wanted to build a house, it would be like one of those. When Mr Akpaloo thought he was ready to put up his own building, one of the things he did was to look for the plan of the house that he so admired. He went to the office of Dr. Agbetor, the Hospital Administrator to ask for it. Dr. Agbetor explained that those houses in which Mr. Akpaloo was interested had actually been built by Dr Grant who still had the blueprint of the structure. Obviously, the person to see was Dr. Grant. Mr. Akpaloo went and saw Dr. Grant in his magnificent house at Tokoe. The latter explained that it was not prudent to give out the plan that had been specifically designed for those projects. However, he advised Mr Akpaloo to go to the site and see the caretaker who would show him the rooms. Mr Akpaloo could then make a sketch of the building. To the site, Mr Akpaloo went. When he arrived, the caretaker took him around. What had looked like a two-bedroom house from afar, was at close quarters, a four-bedroom affair. The difference that distance can make! 1. When were the residential structures built at Kpota? When the hospital was begunLong before the hospital was startedThey were built together with the hospitalAfter the hospital had been built2. Dr. Grant did not give the plan to Mr Akpaloo because the houses belonged to himMr Akpaloo can make a design for himselfthe caretaker had the planit was not a wise thing to do3. What did Mr. Akpaloo do when he was ready to build a house? He made sure he had enough moneysent a plan to Dr. Grantmade a sketch of the buildinglooked for the plan of the house4. The word magnificent means goodexpensivemassivebeautiful5. One particular cluster of houses took the fancy of Mr. Akpaloo. This means Mr. Akpaloo detested the houseslaughed at the housesfound the house attractivewas confused by the housesPage 2 of 2PASSAGE II (BECE 2008)Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions which follow One day a poor fishermen went fishing and caught nothing. He was just about to go home when he felt the net suddenly grow heavy. He thought he had caught a large fish. But when he dragged it ashore, he found only a heavy copper pot sealed with lead. He took it and feeling sure it contained something valuable, he took his knife, cut the lead top and turned it upside down. For a moment nothing came out; and then it started to smoke, and this smoke slowly rose right up to the sky like a thick fog. It suddenly turned into a huge genie. "Bow down" said the genie "and let me kill you". "Why?" asked the fisherman. "Have you forgotten that I set you free?" "Yes, but I have sworn to kill you", said the genie. "I’m a spirit that rebelled against the Creator, and to punish me he shut me up in this copper pot. During the first century of my captivity, I swore to make anyone who freed me rich. During my second century, I swore I would grant him any three things. But after these centuries, in anger I swore to kill my liberator without mercy". "Well, die I must", said the fisherman, "but swear that you really were in that pot. It is too small to hold even your little finger. Unless I see it, I shall not believe it." "See then and believe" said the genie. He slowly changed back into smoke and entered the pot. The fishermen immediately put back the lead cover and threw it into the sea.6. According to the passage, the fisherman caught a big fishno fisha pot of golda lead pot7. What is the genie? SmokeA copper potA big fishA spirit8. The word captivity in the passage, means imprisonmentlossbirthdefeat9. How many times did the genie swear? Oncefour timesThree timesTwice10. According to the passage, the fisherman killed the geniegenie made many people richgenie saved the fisherman from troublesfisherman freed himself Loading... Share this:Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)