18-Stamford Raffles

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18-Stamford Raffles

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Question 1

After Singapore became safe, many ships came there

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A	to bring passengers.
B	to take people to England.
C	to carry wood.
D	to buy and sell things.

Question 2

Before Raffles arrived, the people in Singapore

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A	attacked ships.
B	sold wood to foreign countries.
C	were policemen.
D	worked in offices.

Question 3

Raffles learned the Malay language so that he could

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A	pay people to write books.
B	teach in the schools.
C	learn about Singapore.
D	sell things to people outside Singapore.

Question 4

Most of the first teachers in Singapore were

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A	foreigners.
B	from Singapore.
C	not good at teaching.
D	not real teachers.

Question 5

While Raffles was travelling back to England,

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A	the ship was lost.
B	he died.
C	his wife died.
D	all his books were burned.

Question 6

Singapore became safe because

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A	no more ships went there.
B	many more pirates came there.
C	the thieves went to other islands.
D	the thieves were caught.

Question 7

Raffles often went into the forest

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A	to meet the people of the island.
B	to find new places to build houses.
C	to study the plants and animals.
D	to find the pirates.

Question 8

Stamford Raffles began to work when he was young, because

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A	he did not like to study.
B	he wanted to see the world.
C	he was not clever.
D	his parents did not have much money.

Question 9

While young, Raffles worked in

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A	Indonesia.
B	Singapore.
C	Malaysia.
D	England.

Question 10

When Raffles first came to Singapore, it was

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A	almost deserted.
B	a very busy port.
C	a big city.
D	a very old city.

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