Vocabulary Cloze (12 marks)

Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the box.

description

safe

help

calm

later

missing

look

shopping

grateful

staff

offered

announced

Mrs Lee was (33) ___________ in the shopping mall when she realised her son was (34) __________. She approached the (35) ___________ at the information counter. The young man (36) __________ his help  readily. He tried to (37) __________ Mrs Lee， assuring her that Kenny would be found in no time. He then (38) __________ through the speaker for shoppers to (39) __________ out for a missing boy. He gave a (40) __________ of Kenny. Ten minutes (41) ___________， an old lady led Kenny to the information counter. Mrs Tan was relieved to see her son (42) __________ and sound. She was very (43) __________ to the staff and the old lady for their (44) __________.

Comprehension MCQ (12 marks)

Read the passage carefully. Then choose the correct answer and write its number (A，B，C or D) in the brackets.

Pamela lived with her parents in a cozy cottage. As the apple of their eyes， she was given everything she wanted. However， Pamela was very miserable because there was one thing she wanted and her parents could not provide for her.

Pamela had no friends. The thought of having nobody to talk to saddened her so much so that she could not bring herself to even smile. Pamela was not ugly. In fact， she had the most beautiful face in the town she lived in. It was her dwarf-like stature that turned everyone away.

One day， Pamela heard a voice when she was sitting by the river admiring the rainbow. “Why do you look so sad?” the rainbow asked. Pamela told the rainbow about her misery. “Come and walk on me. When you‘ve reached the end， you would see a pot of gold. Touch the pot with your hand and make a wish. It will come true for you， and only you.” Pamela followed what the rainbow had told her and wished that she would have the height of a normal person. Within a second， she was as tall as her mother. All the young men and ladies in town came to be her friends.

( ) 45. Pamela was ’the apple of their eyes‘ means that __________.

A. Pamela was her parents’only daught

B. Pamela was her parents‘ youngest daughter

C. Pamela’s parents loved to eat apples

D. Pamela‘s parents loved her dearly

( ) 46. Pamela was miserable because _____________.

A. her parents did not give her all she wanted

B. her parents only gave her a few things

C. she had no friends

D. they lived in a cottage

( ) 47. Pamela was _________.

A. very short      B. very tall       C. very thin        D. very fat

( ) 48. Pamela heard someone ___________ when she sat by the river admiring the

rainbow.

A. talking to her  B. singing to her  C. laughing at her  D. scolding her

( ) 49. Pamela was instructed to __________ and make a wish.

A. walk on the rainbow                n

B. hold the gold

C. carry the pot

D. touch the pot

( ) 50. When Pamela was as tall as her mather， ___________.

A. all the ladies asked her to go out

B. some of the men visited her

C. all the men and women came to be her friends

D. some of the ladies laughed at her

Comprehension OE (14 marks)

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

Dawn usually wakes up very early  in the morning to the chirping of birds outside her window. One morning， Dawn was so angry to be awakened that she threw a stone at one of the birds. It hit and killed the bird.

Later that day， Dawn was out searching for firewood when she fell into a drain. She broke her ankle and could not get up. She was very worried as the sky was turning dark. Dawn knew nobody would walk past that place at night and she would have to wait till the next morning before she could be saved. She  saw two birds flying towards her. Dawn recognised the birds as the friends of the one she had killed. The birds flew away. After a while she heard footsteps and saw a bright light from afar. Dawn saw that it was her father who had come to rescue her. The same two birds were with her father. “The birds led me here. The helped you，” her father told her. Dawn felt guilty for what she had done in the morning and she was never cruel to animals again.

51. Why does Dawn wake up so early in the morning?

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52. Why was Dawn unable to get up after she fell into a drain?

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53. Why was Dawn worried about the sky turning dark?

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54. What is another word for ’rescue‘?

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55. Who had rescued Dawn?

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56. How did Dawn feel about killing the bird?

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57. What lesson did Dawn learn?

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