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Reading Comprehension

Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. What was the narrator’s argument with his boss about?
A. work promotion
B. salary increase
C. work overload
D. overtime at work

2. Did they resolve the conflict?
A. Yes, with no bad feelings through compromise

B. Yes, but with bad feelings on what happened
C. No because of bad feelings on what happened
D. No because of non-compromise

3. Complete what the writer said. “Arguments aren’t quarrels, only
differences in _____.”
A. facts
B. opinions
C. appearances
D. compromises

4. What is at stake in conflicting opinions?
A. life and death
B. love and anger
C. issue and personalities
D. richness and poverty

5. What did he do to budge his boss to compromise?
A. He tried hard to persuade him into his own point of view.
B. He tried hard to persuade him to give him more salary.

C. He tried hard to convince him that he is right and the boss is
wrong.
D. He tried hard to persuade him that nobody is perfect.

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