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Read The Following Text To Answer Questions Number 1 To 3
Read The Following Text To Answer Questions Number 1 To 3
Once a man sold his well to a farmer. Next day when a farmer went to draw the water from that
well, the man did not allow him to draw the water from it. He said, “I have sold you the well, not
the water, so you cannot draw the water from the well.”
The farmer became very sad and came to the Emperor’s court. He described everything to the
Emperor and asked for the justice. The Emperor called Birbal and handed over this case to him.
Birbal called the man who sold the well to the farmer. Birbal asked, “Why don’t you let him use
the water of the well. You have sold the well to the farmer.” The man replied, “Birbal, I have sold
the well to the farmer, not the water. He has no right to draw the water from the well.”
Then Birbal smiled and said to him, “Good, but look, since you have sold the well to this farmer,
and you claim that water is yours, then you have no right to keep your water in the farmer’s well.
Either you pay rent to the farmer to keep your water in his well, or you take that out of his well
immediately.”
The man understood, that his trick has failed. Birbal has outwitted him.
1. What is the text about?
A. A farmer and witty birbal
B. A smart man and a farmer
C. An emperor and a witty birbal
D. Farmer’s well and witty birbal
E. A farmer and an emperor
2. Why didn’t the man let the farmer use the water from the well? Because …
A. the man needed the water for himself
B. there was no water in the well
C. the man obeyed what the emperor said
D. water in the well was not included in the sales agreement they made before
E. the man thought that he had sold the well but the water was not involved
3. What is the moral value of the text?
A. Stealing is not a good thing, you can always use your brain and ease out of the
difficult situations.
B. Don’t try to cheat because you will end up paying for it regardless of how smart
you think you are.
C. One who desires more, loses all. One should remain satisfied with what one
gets
D. There is no substitute for hard work because dreams cannot be fulfilled without
hard work
E. Do not just blindly walk in to anything without thinking
Read the following text to answer questions number 4 to 6.
Once upon a time Sammy and his sister Marie visited their grandparents at their farm. Sammy
picked up a slingshot to play with out in the woods. He practiced in the woods but he could
never hit the target. Getting a little discouraged, he headed back for the lunch. As he was
walking back he saw Grandma’s pet duck.
Just out of impulse, he let the slingshot fly which hit the duck square in the head and killed it. He
was shocked and grieved. In a panic, he hid the dead duck in the pile of woods. Marie had seen it
all from the window but she said nothing. After the lunch, the next day Grandma said, “Marie,
let’s wash the dishes.” Marie said, “But Grandma, Sammy told me he wanted to help in the
kitchen.”
Then she whispered to Sammy, “Remember the duck?” Sammy got nervous knowing his sister
knew about the duck and if he doesn’t obey, she may tell his grandparents about it. So without
saying anything he did the dishes.
Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing but Grandma said, “I’m sorry
but I need Marie to help make a supper.” Marie just smiled and said, “Well that’s all right
because Sammy told me he wanted to help.”
She whispered again to Johnny, “Remember the duck?” So Marie went fishing and Sammy
stayed to help. After several days of Marie taking advantage of Sammy, he finally couldn’t stand
it any longer. He came to Grandma and confessed that he had killed the duck.
Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug and said, “Sweetheart, I know. I was standing at the
window and I saw the whole thing but because I love you, I forgave you. I was just wondering
how long you would let Marie take advantage of you.”
5. Why didn’t Sammy tell to his grandmother that he had killed the duck?
Because ….
A. He was relieved that he could hit the target
B. He waited for his sister tell his grandparents about it
C. He was afraid of saying about the duck
D. He did not want to tell about it
E. He wanted to tell abouth the truth later
Meanwhile, at home, their stepmother was beginning to wish she had never tried to get rid of
the children. “I must find them,” she said and set off into the forest.
Many hours later, when her feet were tired from walking and her lips were dry from thirst, she
came to the cottage belonging to the witch. The stepmother peeped through the window. Her
heart cried out when she saw the two children.
She picked up the broom leaning against the door and crept inside. The witch was putting some
stew in the oven when the stepmother gave her an almighty push. The witch fell into the oven
and the stepmother shut the door.
‘Children, I have come to save you,’ she said hugging them tightly. I have done a dreadful thing.
I hope in time you will forgive me. Let me take you home and become a family again. They
returned to their home and the stepmother became the best mother anyone could wish to have,
and of course they lived happily ever after!
A man in Puerto Rico had a wonderful parrot. There was no other parrot like it.
It was very, very smart. This parrot would say any word-except one. He would not say the name
of the town where he was born. The name of the town was Catano.
The man tried to teach the parrot to say Catano. But the bird would not say the word. At first the
man was very nice, but then he got angry. “You are a stupid bird! Why can’t you say the word?
Say Catano, or I will kill you!” but the parrot would not say it. Then the man got to so angry that
the shouted over and over, “Say Catano, or I’ll kill you!” but the bird wouldn’t talk.
One day after trying for many hours to make the bird say Catano, the man got very angry. He
picked up the bird and threw him into the chicken house. “You are more stupid than the
chickens. Soon I will eat them, and I will eat you, too.”
In the chicken house there are four old chickens. They were for Sunday’s dinner. The man put the
parrot in the chicken house and left.
The next day the man came back to the chicken house. He opened the door and stopped. He
was very surprised at what he saw!
He saw three dead chickens on the floor. The parrot was screaming at the fourth chicken, “Say
Catano, or I’ll kill you!