A blessing in Disguise that taught me a lot Ch 16 - Towards the Final Destination by Masood Sadiq

16| A Blessing in Disguise that Taught me a lot

Nobody welcomes misfortunes in his scheduled way of life, yet they do occur and keep teaching us the most valuable lessons that remain as shields throughout our onward journey of life. It is a fact that we are unable to appraise the innumerable blessings that God has bestowed upon us. We are unable to taste the real worth of safety without facing any calamity.  We cannot help undergoing these unusual happenings around us. None of us can control such circumstances to avoid any accident, which is scheduled by the supreme power for us. 

One day early in the morning I was on my way to deliver my first lecture very comfortably. I had no hurry because I would reach the class in time. There was no crowd and traffic was going on smoothly. I couldn't expect any mishaps anywhere. Mostly we observe the accidents on the road,  thinking that they don't belong to us. However, we become a spectacle for others.  Once I happened to be there where a man and an approaching bike got entangled with me. 

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I was driving at the normal speed when suddenly, I was hit by that man who stood watching another bike passing by.  He totally overlooked me and stepped immediately onto the road Unfortunately, at the same time, I was also watching the bike that was coming from the opposite direction. The moment it passed nearby me, the man at once stepped on the road just before my bike and struck so violently to my head, resultantly it made my forehead bleed. Though I was wearing my helmet, it struck so hard on the screen that I got a cut just nearby my eyebrows. The vein got damaged and the blood started gushing from my forehead.  First I couldn't realize how much damage I had got! 

Thank God my eyes were quite safe and intact. The person who got stuck with me was quite safe. One of the passersby saw me and told me about the severity of my wound. I tied a piece of cloth to the bleeding spot and reached college. At the gate, I informed the guard that I was going to the hospital to get my wound stitched from the hospital nearby. 

In the hospital, there was an attendant who directed me to purchase some necessary bandages for stitches. In the operating theatre, the assistant surgeon and one nurse with their faces concealed behind masks were attending me. An overhanging light was pricing into my eyes and I was a bit worried about stitching. The surgeon consoled me about my eyes and felt relieved. I could only smell noxious fumes of medicines in the operating room. Until one experiences it firsthand, one cannot fathom how awful these smells can be. They are 100 times worse than what we encounter out in the world. I am talking of excrement and wound odours like burned or necrotizing flesh. Really awful! However, it was not much like that.

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As he opened the packing of stitching packet,  it made me remember the pang of my youngest daughter who once got her wound stitched that was on her cheek. She was struck by the handle while playing with her siblings a few years ago. During the surgery, he talked about my profession and I told him how I spent my day. He also told me about the utility of my medical provisions and that they could only be availed if I got admitted to the hospital because  ODPs (outdoor patients) are not entitled to any provisions. After half an hour I came out of the operating theatre and met with one of my colleagues. I thanked him for his offering me to drop home. I was able to drive my bike. So I did it. 

After half an hour, I was released and informed the office in college about my accident and reached home. I also got a medical leave for three days.

Reaching home I was a bit happy that I could avail myself of the opportunity to read some books I had had. During the bed rest, I could read only one book, "The Unexpected Universe",  by Loren Iesele, and went to college on the third day. After one week or so my wound healed up and I got my stitches out. This incident dawned on me that "a man doesn't realize the worth of safety from misfortune unless he has tasted it." We are really unable to realize the worth of the myriad blessings that God has bestowed upon us.  We become very gloomy whenever we face failures in our life. We can't judge the blessing of that facility which comes through our misfortune.  It only occurs when we are unable to realize in some mayhem of disaster until we are unable to visualize 

Ref: Gulistan Sa'di -Book I 

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1. What man is unable to appreciate?    

A) innumerable relationships 
B) innumerable wealth in life 
C) innumerable blessings of God
D) innumerable stores of knowledge 

ANSWER= (C) 
Explanation: Life seems to fly away from one's hand and one cannot do anything to control it. 

2. What was the time of the day when this accident happened?

A) It was an early dawn
B) It was in the morning
C) It was in the evening
 D) It was noon

ANSWER= (C) 
Explanation: It was in the morning.

3. What is the synonym for 'entangled '?

A) excelent
B) gripped 
C) emancipated 
D) co-incident

ANSWER= (C) 
Explanation: intertwine, intertwist, interweave, knot, tangle etc.

5. Why was the writer not admitted to the hospital?      

A) because the management did not want to
B) because he was in ODPs 
C) because he had no medical card
D) because he was not seriously injured

ANSWER= (B) 
Explanation: Because he was in ODPs.

6. How did the writer spend his sick leaves?  

A) by using mobile and computer
B) by watching matches on T.V
C) by kept lying in the bed
D) by reading some books of his choice

ANSWER= (D) 
Explanation: by reading some books of his choice.  

7.  What is the wretched reality of the operation theatre?

A) very gloomy
B) very remorseful 
C) very pessimistic
D) very neutral

ANSWER= (B) 
Explanation: The writer was gloomy over the incident 

8. Why could the author not manage his bike?  

A) because he was driving fast
B) because he was very close to that person he hit on
C) because he had loose brakes
D) because he was not wearing his glasses

ANSWER= (B)
Explanation: How Because he was very close to that person who hit on him. 

9. How were the writer's eyes saved.   

A) because he was wearing a hamlet.
B) because he other person was hut badly
C) because he got stitched near his eyes
D) because he applied brakes in time

ANSWER= (A)
Explanation: He was wearing a hamlet. 

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10.  What is the theme of the passage? 

A) God helps those who help themselves.
B) every dawn of life brings new challenges in life.
C) a good person never takes life for granted.
D) he who digs a pit for others falls into it.  

ANSWER= (C)  
Explanation: A good person never tasks life for granted.

11.  If he had had the money, he ____ another house.  

A) would buy
B) will have bought
C) would have bought
D) has bought

ANSWER= (C) would have bought
Explanation: If he had had the money, he would have bought another house.

12. You fitter than ____ am.

A) me 
B) mine
C) I
D) my

ANSWER= (C) I 
Explanation: You are fitter than I am. 

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13. She is taller ___ her all sisters. 

A) then
B) than
C) more
D) from

ANSWER= (B) than 
Explanation: She is taller than her all sisters.

14. He is the ____ boy in the college. 

A) taller
B) tallest
C) tall
D) the taller

ANSWER= (B) tallest
Explanation: He is the tallest boy in the college.

15. She is ____ prettier than her aunty.

A) more
B) many
C) most
D) None of them

ANSWER= (D) None of them
Explanation: She is prettier than her aunty.

16. She is the ____ of the three girls.  

A) more intelligent
B) most intelligent
C) more intelligent
D) much intelligent

ANSWER= (B) most intelligent
Explanation: She is the most intelligent of the three girls. 

17. He feels her attention slipping ____ away from him.  

A) more and more
B) farther and further
C) further and farther
D) further and further

ANSWER= (D) further and further
Explanation: He feels her attention slipping further and further away from him.

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18. This medicine is ___ ideal than that. 

A) more 
B) most
C) many
D) None of them

ANSWER= (B) None of them
Explanation: This medicine is ideal. This is an ideal medicine. 

(Absolute adjectives, supreme, universal, ideal, perfect, unique, complete, full, entire, matchless, preferable need no modifiers)

19. This town is preferable ___ that. 

A) than
B) from
C) to
D) by 

ANSWER= (C) to 
Explanation: This town is preferable to that.

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20. He is ____ unique teacher in the college. 

A) an 
B) the 
C) of 
D) a 

ANSWER= (D) a 
Explanation: He is a unique teacher in the college.

21. My mother is ____ happier today.

A) many
B) much
C) very
D) too

ANSWER= (B) much
Explanation: My mother is much happier today.

22. The wall is ____ high to jump.  

A) much
B) too 
C) very 
D) enough 

ANSWER= (B) too
Explanation: The wall is too high to jump. 

23. Hard work and perseverance never ___ waste.

A) going
B) to going
C) goes
D) go

ANSWER= (D) go
Explanation: Hard work and perseverance go waste. 

24. The wall is ___ high to jump. 

A) too
B) enough 
C) very 
D) much

ANSWER= (A) too
Explanation: The wall is too high to jump.  

25. Children always  ____ to work in time. 

A) goes 
B) go
C) to go
D) going

ANSWER= (B)  go
Explanation: Children always go to work in time.

26. We are ___ tired.

A) many.
B) much
C) very
D) enough

ANSWER= (C) very
Explanation: We are very tired. 

27. He ___ too tired to walk. 

A) will
B) are
C) is 
D) were

ANSWER= (C) too 
Explanation: He is too tired to walk.