READING COMPREHENSION I – The Unhappy King

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I. The sentences below are either true or false. Tick (✓) the correct response then justify it.
Both a tick ☑ and the justification are required for one mark. (5 marks)
1. Shahriah was a good King. ( )

Justification: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

2. The wazir hated to send all those lovely girls to their deaths. ( )

Justification: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

3. Sheherezade often shut herself and prayed to God to help her. ( )

Justification: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

4. Executioner killed more than ten thousand girls. ( )

Justification: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

5. Wazir´s daughter achieved her goal as planned. ( )

Justification: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

II. Read the passages titles. What do you think the passage is about? (5 marks )

A new wife every day

a) Shahriah wants and have a new wife every day.
b) The fact the wazir brings girls and the executioner kills them by the King´s order.
c) The King doesn´t trust women´s love and that´s why he kills them.
The Wazir´s daughter
a) Sheherezade.
b) Sheherezade hears about the poor young girls´ story.
c) The wazir shut himself and prayed to God to help him.
Sheherezade´s plan
a) Sherezade asks his father to let her marry him.
b) She plans to stop the King from killing any more young girls.
c) She plans to tell him a lot of tales to distract and persuade him to marry her.

The Genie in the Bottle

III. Read the questions carefully and answer them correctly. (7 marks)
1. Who are the characters?

2.Who was really Mustapha? Answer briefly.

3.Who took some money out of his pocket and gave it to Aladdin?
*) the tailor *) Aladdin´s uncle *) the genie *) Mustapha

4.How did the magician do to create a large hole?

*) he threw some white dust onto the fire.
*) the threw some white dust onto the fire and said some magic words
*) he did nothing.
*) he said open sesamo.

5.How many halls were there down there?

*) one *) two *) three *) two small halls and a large one

6.Why couldn´t Aladdin eat fruit?

*) Because they were huge jewels.
*) Because they were hard and cold.
*) Because Aladdin didn´t like fruit.
*) the answer is the first and second choice.

7.What did the magician plan to do with Aladdin?

*) to get the lamp, then shut the door with Aladdin inside.
*) to lend Aladdin the lamp.
*) to sell the lamp.
*) to make money with it.

IV. Read the passages titles. What do you think the passage is about? (3 marks)

The magic halls

*) A large hole suddenly opened in front of them.
*) The hall(s) full of gold and silver that lead to a garden full of beautiful fruit trees.
*) the number of halls full of gold and silver mentioned in the story

Aladdin goes down the steps

*) The steps that Aladdin had to go down.
*) Fear Aladdin experienced on his way.
*) Aladdin´s going down to the garden full of beautiful fruit.

The Genie of the Lamp

*) The genie that helped him to go out of the hole
*) The genie provided Aladdin and his mother with food.
*) The small genie that helped Aladdin