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The Man Who Knew Too Much
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29/01/2021 4:41 pm
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Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow:
The Sergeant asked, “You had any training before?”
The Professor answered with a phrase that was to become familiar to all of us. “No, Sergeant. It’s all a matter of intelligent reading.”
(а) Why did the Sergeant put this question?
(b) What was the Sergeant’s purpose in putting the Professor so many questions?
(c) Give the meaning of ‘intelligent reading’.
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29/01/2021 4:42 pm
(a) The Sergeant put this question because the Professor had answered all the questions put to him by the Sergeant.
(b) The Sergeant put so many questions to belittle the Professor.
(c) It means ‘complete understanding of what is read’.