Test on Reading (11-th grade)-Term 1

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A Miracle

Untill a certain moment in my life I had been a care-free man whose main ambition was to sleep and eat well, party like there was no tomorrow and earn the fortune.. I worked only when I needed more money, which was possible as I was up- and- coming novelist. So instead of writing books regulary , I used to waste my time away meeting my friends, shopping or going on holidays.

Once a friend of mine talked me inti visitting the Philippines, saying what a lovely place it was to see. I agreed without hesitation and so we left.

Which of these statements is false about the narrator?

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My friend was a doctor and we learnt the value of it very soon.Three days into our stay in the island , a terribly destructive typhoon struck.There had been warning but we were too busy partying to take any notice.When the typhoon came we were sleeping in our hotel and were woken up by people screaming and building falling down.I was stunned that something like that could happen to me.We ran downstairs and were trying to find a place to hide.The wind and rain were overpowering and what we could see through a small window in our hidingplace was total chaos.After the typhoon died down we were allowed out and what I witnessed has stayed with me ever since.There were hundreds of people looking for their nearest and dearest, crying and shouting their names out. Most of people had got injuries,thousands of people had died while the wind was ragging on the island.Most houses and shops were hard to recognize.I was standing in the middle of the street and was lost for words.

What surprised the narrator the most?

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There were many injured people who needed our help.Here and there my friend helped people:stopped bleeding, tenderly carried the injured people etc....untill the rescue team arrived on the island... Then it dawned to me how self-centered I was and how little I contributed to aiding people in need before.When I came back home I decided to devoote all my life to charity work.I changed into another being.

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