Reading comprehension Home Exercise – 04, PASSAGE – A

Once an ant who had come to drink at a stream, fell into the water and was carried away by the swift current. She was in great danger of drowning. A dove perched on a nearby tree, saw the ant’s anger and dropped a leaf into the water. The ant climbed on to this, and was carried to safety.

 Sometime after this a hunter, creeping through the bushes, saw the dove asleep, and took carful aim with his gun. He was about to fire when the ant, who was nearby, crawled forward and bit him sharply in the ankle. The hunter missed his aim, and his loud noise of the dun awakened the dove from sleep. The dove saw her danger and flew swiftly away to safety. Thus the ant repaid the dove for having saved its life in the foaming current of the stream.

1.       The ant came to the stream to

1.       Fall into it.

2.       Look at the swift current.

3.       Carry back some water.

4.       Drink at it.

2.       The dove dropped a leaf into the water to

1.       Save the ant.

2.       Drown the ant

3.       Help itself

4.       Perch on it.

3.       The dove was in danger because

1.       A hunter wanted to care for it.

2.       There was a bush nearby.

3.       A hunter was about to shoot it.

4.       A hunter had felled off the branch.

           4.       The word “ aim ‘ in this passage means

1.       To point a gun at something or someone.

2.       To have an ambition

3.       To try to reach somewhere

4.       To look at something

           5.       The ant repaid the dove by.

1.       Biting the hunter.

2.       Warning the dove

3.       Crawling near the hunter.

4.       Biting the dove.

Answer:

1.       4

2.       1

3.       3

4.       1

5.       1