Reading Comprehension 1 - Feb/March 20

What did mention of lawyers always bring to the writer's mind ?

(a)  

Answer explanation

Take it to a lawyer. That’s what my friend told me to do. Now, I had never had occasion to have anything to do with lawyers. Mention of lawyers always brought to my mind pictures of courts, police: terrifying pictures. Although I was in trouble, I wondered why it should be a lawyer who would help me. However, my friend gave me the address.

Who gave the lawyer's address to the writer?

(a)  

Answer explanation

Take it to a lawyer. That’s what my friend told me to do. Now, I had never had occasion to have anything to do with lawyers. Mention of lawyers always brought to my mind pictures of courts, police: terrifying pictures. Although I was in trouble, I wondered why it should be a lawyer who would help me. However, my friend gave me the address.

How did the writer feel before visiting the solicitor?

(a)  

Answer explanation

And from that moment my problem loomed larger. It turned in my mind. On the night before my visit to the solicitor, my heart was full of feelings of hurt. My soul fed on fire and scalding water. I’d tell the lawyer; I’d tell him everything that had gnawed inside me for several days.

How long had the writer had the awful feeling?

(a)  

Answer explanation

And from that moment my problem loomed larger. It turned in my mind. On the night before my visit to the solicitor, my heart was full of feelings of hurt. My soul fed on fire and scalding water. I’d tell the lawyer; I’d tell him everything that had gnawed inside me for several days.

Was the lawyer's office in a high building?

(a)  

Answer explanation

I went up the stairs of the high building. Whenever I met a man I imagined that he was the lawyer and all but started to pour out my trouble. On the landing I met a boy with a man’s head and face and rather large ears and lips. I told him I had come to see Mr. B, the lawyer. Very gently, he told me to go into the waiting room and wait my turn with the others. I was disappointed. I had wanted to see Mr. B, tell him everything and get the lawyer’s cure for it. To be told to wait …

What did the writer's ask to the boy on the landing?

(a)  

Answer explanation

I went up the stairs of the high building. Whenever I met a man I imagined that he was the lawyer and all but started to pour out my trouble. On the landing I met a boy with a man’s head and face and rather large ears and lips. I told him I had come to see Mr. B, the lawyer. Very gently, he told me to go into the waiting room and wait my turn with the others. I was disappointed. I had wanted to see Mr. B, tell him everything and get the lawyer’s cure for it. To be told to wait …

Was the boy nice?

(a)  

Answer explanation

I went up the stairs of the high building. Whenever I met a man I imagined that he was the lawyer and all but started to pour out my trouble. On the landing I met a boy with a man’s head and face and rather large ears and lips. I told him I had come to see Mr. B, the lawyer. Very gently, he told me to go into the waiting room and wait my turn with the others. I was disappointed. I had wanted to see Mr. B, tell him everything and get the lawyer’s cure for it. To be told to wait …

Was the writer happy with the boy's answer?

(a)  

Answer explanation

I went up the stairs of the high building. Whenever I met a man I imagined that he was the lawyer and all but started to pour out my trouble. On the landing I met a boy with a man’s head and face and rather large ears and lips. I told him I had come to see Mr. B, the lawyer. Very gently, he told me to go into the waiting room and wait my turn with the others. I was disappointed. I had wanted to see Mr. B, tell him everything and get the lawyer’s cure for it. To be told to wait …

What's the name of the lawyer?

(a)  

Answer explanation

I went up the stairs of the high building. Whenever I met a man I imagined that he was the lawyer and all but started to pour out my trouble. On the landing I met a boy with a man’s head and face and rather large ears and lips. I told him I had come to see Mr. B, the lawyer. Very gently, he told me to go into the waiting room and wait my turn with the others. I was disappointed. I had wanted to see Mr. B, tell him everything and get the lawyer’s cure for it. To be told to wait …

What did the boy tell the writer to do in the waiting room?

(a)  

Answer explanation

I went up the stairs of the high building. Whenever I met a man I imagined that he was the lawyer and all but started to pour out my trouble. On the landing I met a boy with a man’s head and face and rather large ears and lips. I told him I had come to see Mr. B, the lawyer. Very gently, he told me to go into the waiting room and wait my turn with the others. I was disappointed. I had wanted to see Mr. B, tell him everything and get the lawyer’s cure for it. To be told to wait …