Explanation
Reading and Comprehension:
One day a bird was sitting on a tree near a stream. It was looking down at the water below. Suddenly it saw that an ant was sinking in the water. It was trying to get out but the water was flowing very fast. The bird quickly dropped a leaf in the water near the ant. The ant climbed on the leaf and looked up as if it was thanking the bird for saving its life.
A few days later, the bird was on another tree and was eating its food. It looked happy as if it was enjoying itself. It did not see that a hunter was going to shoot it. But the ant saved him. As the hunter was about to shoot, it bit him. The hunter missed his shot. The bird flew away as it was flying away, it saw that the little ant was running back into its hole in the ground.
1. The story is full of _______?
A. suspense
B. action
C. lesson
D. fear
2. The story is mainly about ______?
A. wild animals
B. wild creatures
C. a hunter
D. the environment
3. The underlined sentences of the story keep the readers in ______?
A. hope
B. horror
C. suspense
D. thrill
4. Both the paragraphs of the story are mainly about _____?
A. saving life of other creatures
B. a hunter, a bird and an ant
C. amusing children who enjoy reading stories
D. cruelty on the part of man and innocence of two wild creatures
5. The story teaches us a moral that ______?
A. Saving someone’s life is better than taking someone’s life.
B. Wild creatures have as good a right to live as we humans have
C. Man does not take care of small creatures such as birds
D. A good deed breeds another good deed
