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English Language : Reading Comprehension : Intermediate :

Old style

المؤلف: L.H. Hill

المصدر: The Story of Human Language

الجزء والصفحة: 11-1

2024-01-26

384

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Mr. Lloyd went to the barber every month to have a haircut. He sometimes took his small son Philip with him, and Philip sat and looked at magazines during his father's haircut. But at that time, the barber did not cut Philip's hair. Mrs. Lloyd always cut it at home.

Then, one day, Mr. Lloyd said to his wife, 'Philip's five now and the barber is going to cut his hair next time.'

He took Philip there the next day, and first the barber cut Mr. Lloyd's hair. Then he put Philip in the chair and said, 'How do you want your hair, young man?'

'Like my father's,' answered Philip. 'With a hole in the middle.'

1. Did Philip's mother, or his father cut his hair at home?

2. Where did Mr. Lloyd sometimes take Philip?

3. What did he say to his wife then?

4. Did the barber cut Philip's hair first?

5. Did he put him in the chair?

6. What did he ask Philip then?

7. And what did Philip answer?

8. Did the barber make the hole in the middle of Mr. Lloyd's hair?