Reading Comprehension :

MUHAMMAD
Muhammad was born in Makkah in the year 570, at a time when Christianity was not
yet fully established before his birth. Since his father dies before his birth, and his mother
shortly afterwards, he was raised by his uncle from the respected trible of Quraysh. As he
grew up, he become known for his truthfulness, generosity and sincerity, so that he was
5 known for his ability to mediate people in conflicts. The historians describe him as calm and
meditative.

Muhammad was of a deeply religious nature, and had condemned the immorality of
his society. It became his habit to meditate from time to time in the Cave of Hira near the
summit of Jabal al-Nur, near Makkah. At the age of 40, while engaged in a meditative retreat,
10 Muhammad received his first revelation from Allah through the angel Gabriel. This
revelation, which continued for twenty-three years, is known as Quran.

Soon he began to recite the words he heard from Gabriel and to preach the truth
which Allah had revealed to him. Muhammad and his small group of followers suffered bitter
persecution, which grew so fierce that in the year 622 Allah gave them the command to
15 emigrate. They then migrated and left Makkah for the city of Madinah some 260 miles to the
north. This event of migration, the Hijrah, marks the begining of the Muslim calendar.

After several years, the Prophet and his followers were able to return to Makkah,
where they forgave their enemies and established Islam. Before the prophet died at the age of
63, the greater part of Arabia was Muslim, and within a century of his death, Islam had spread
to Spain in the West and as far as East as China.

ANALYTICAL QUESTIONS

1. The statement below is TRUE as mentioned in paragraph one

a. Muhammad’s uncle is a Qurasyh historian
b. Muhammad had no parents whwn he was born
c. At the time Muhammad was born, her mother died afterwards
d. When he was born, his father had passed away
2. The condition of society in Mecca at that time, as pointed in the first line of paragraph
two, was characterized with many
a. Faithfulness
b. Sinfulness
c. Fairness
d. Lawflness
3. Paragraph two briefly tells about
a. Why Muhammad received revelation in the Cave of Hira
b. How Muhammad became Allah’s prophet
c. Why angel Gabriel came to Muhammad in the Cave of Hira
d. How angel Gabriel transmits revelation to all prophets
4. The revelation from Allah were.....EXCEPT
a. Sent through Gabriel
b. Transmitted in 23 years
c. Put together named Quran
d. Received in Cave in Mecca
5. The word “trible” in line 3 is closest in meaning to
a. Racial group
b. Leader
c. Ruling king
d. Ancertor
6. The following is characteristics of Muhammad mentioned in the passage, EXCEPT
a. Trustworthy
b. Honest
c. Charitable
d. Questionable
7. According to passage, Allah ordered Muhammad to emigrate to Madinah because
a. People in Mecca were getting too abusive to Muhammad and his followers
b. Muhammad and his followers experienced a natural disaster in Mecca
c. Madinah became the centre for the making of Muslim calendar
d. Muhammad had been successful in spreading Islam in Mecca
8. The opposite meaning of the word “shortly” in line 3 is
a. Immediately
b. Later
c. Delayed
d. Lengthy
9. The topic written in paragraph 3 is
a. The reason and the event of Hijra
b. The order from Allah to preach Islam
c. Muhammad’s followers in Mecca
d. The advantage of migration
10. The following year is correct, EXCEPT,
a. Muhammad was born in the year 570
b. Muhammad became a prophet in the year 610
c. Muhammad migrated to Madinah for the first time in the year 622
d. Muhammad died in the year 630
11. The phrase “to recite the words” in line 12 refers to
a. Retelling
b. Rewriting
c. Noting
d. Recording
12. Hijrah is a term refers to, EXCEPT,
a. Migration
b. Relegation
c. Mitigation
d. Resettlement
13. The correct location is that
a. Mecca is 260 miles away on the north of Madinah
b. Mecca is 260 miles away on the south of Madinah
c. Mecca is 260 miles away on the nortern part of Madinah
d. Mecca is 260 miles away on the southern part of Madinah
14. The word ‘them’ in line 14 refers to
a. Muhammad and Gabriel
b. Muhammad and his followers
c. Muhammad followers
d. Muhammad and Mecca people
15. The folllowing is TRUE about Hijra calendar according to paragraph four
a. The Hijra calendar is announced to legalize the migration to Madinah
b. The first year in Hijra calendar is the year of migration to Madinah
c. The migration to Madinah inspired people to begin printing the Muslim calendar
d. The Muslim calendar was begining popular during the migration era
16. The word ”condemned” in line 7 can be described as an act of
a. Disagreeing
b. Ferlecting
c. Explaining
d. Fixing
17. The following can be inferred from paragraph four
a. Most Muslim in Arabian peninsula were Muhammaf’s followers from Madinah
b. Within a hundred years, Islam had developed to as far as the western and eastern
part of the word
c. The prophet and to his followers were back to Mecca to conquer Spain and China
d. Muhammad and his followers sent our their enemies to Spain to spread Islam
18. The sentence “ the greater part of Arabia was Muslim “ in line 19 means
a. Most Muslim lived in Arabia
b. Muslim dominated most of Arabia
c. Arabia is greater than Muslim
d. Muslim is greater in Arabia
19. The sentence “ Islamic teachings and values had spread prosperously in the city of
Madinah” could be possibly put in the last line of which paragraph?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
20. The most appropriate title for the passage above is
a. Muhammad and Islam in Mecca
b. Muhammad and his followers
c. The life of Muhammad
d. The revelation for Muhammad

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