Short Comprehension Passages in English

Concerned is trying to tell us that pollution caused by garbage is

• unhealthy.
• beneficial.
• alarming.
• risky.

The volunteers began to twitch when

• they stopped using their smartphones for an hour.
• they were separated from each other for an hour.
• they could not answer their smartphones.
• they began to fall sick.

What is the Health Ministry investigating?

• The shortage of banana leaves.
• The rise in the cost of banana leaves.
• If paper banana leaves are harmful to health.
• If there are benefits of using paper banana leaves.

The writer of the letter is unhappy about the

• possible damage done to his car windscreen.
• lack of parking space in the General Hospital.
• distance between the approach road and the hospital.
• medical service provided for senior citizens by the General Hospital.

Based on the advertisement, to qualify for the offer, one must

• buy a cup of coffee.
• go to any Kopitiam outlet.
• produce the coupon at Vic's Kopitiam.
• produce the coupon after 30 July.

According to the above notice, which of the following statements is true?

• Larvicide kills larvae living in the water.
• Water should be stored in containers.
• Eighty percent of Aedes mosquitoes cause dengue.
• Each household will be fined RM50 for breeding Aedes mosquitoes.

The idiom land of milk and honey in the dialogue means

• a place with beautiful landscape.
• a place where there are many cows and beehives.
• a place where people have everything pleasant and easy.
• a place where people like to visit.

Why does the boy think that the mother is referring to him?

• He thinks he has annoyed his mother and is "the pain in the neck".
• He feels that his mother probably wants to scold him.
• He feels that he caused pain in his mother's neck.
• He does not understand what his mother said.

From the letter, we know that the writer wants to

• praise Paul's brother's gesture.
• tell the world about Paul's brother.
• see young people give way to seniors.
• ensure that senior citizens have seats on buses.

The word that refers to

• caring less.
• what other people say.
• people picking on me.
• controlling my feelings.