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The following test is for questions 1 to 4.

Once, a hunter lived in a village. He used to boast of his brave hunting trips to the villagers. The villagers respected him a lot. He mostly told everyone how he had fought a lion bare-handed. He said that the tiny animals used to get scared even at the sight of him.

One day, the hunter was passing through a forest. He met a woodcutter from the same village.

The boastful hunter approached him and said, “How are you? It’s a fine day, isn’t it?”

“Yes, yes, indeed!” the woodcutter replied.

“Well, can you tell me if you have seen some footprints of the lion nearby? it’s been months since I defeated any.”

The woodcutter knew that the hunter only boasted, so he said, “Yes, a lion is in a nearby den. Can I take you there?”

The scared hunter said, “No … No … I only just wanted to see his footprints.”

Finally, the boastful hunter ran away from the spot.

1. What is the best title for the text?

A. A Boastful Hunter

B. A Brave woodcutter

C. A Woodcutter’s Advice

D. A Woodcutter’s Rewards

2. What did the hunter boast about himself?

A. Nobody defeated him.

B. He was the smartest man.

C. He was the strongest man.

D. He was the most courageous man.

3. What did the hunter feel when the woodcutter said that there was a lion in a nearby den?

A. Upset.

B. Scared.

C. Jealous.

D. Disappointed.

4. If the hunter met a wild animal on the way, he probably would … it.

A. trap.

B. fight.

C. catch.

D. avoid.

The following test is for questions 5 to 8.

Three large fish lived very happily in a pond which few people ever passed.

One day two men who were passing by the pond were the fish. One of them said, “Let us hurry home and get our nets. Those fish are too fine to lose.”

The three fish were very much frightened. The first one thought a moment, then swam through the outlet of the pond into the river.

When the men came back with their nets, there were only two fish to be seen. They found the outlet of the pond and made a dam across it.

The second fish now began to think. It came to the top of the water and floated on its back. One of the men picked it up in his net, but it seemed dead, so he threw it back into the water.

The fish that never thought sank to the bottom of the pond and was easily caught.

5. What is the main idea of paragraph five?

A. A man picked the second fish.

B. The second fish could finally save itself.

C. The second fish pretended to be dead.

D. A man threw the second fish back into the pond.

6. What was the main problem of the story?

A. The fish could not escape from the men.

B. Two men were going to catch the three fish.

C. The third fist didn’t think about how to save itself.

D. The fish looked for ways to escape themselves from the men.

7. How could you describe the first fish?

A. Smart

B. Honest

C. Patient

D. Humble

8. From the text we can learn that ….

A. A good man is hard to find

B. Two heads are better than one

C. No one succeeds without efforts

D. A good beginning makes a good ending

The following test is for questions 9 to 12.

Once upon a time, there was a rose who was very proud of its beautiful looks. Its only disappointment was that it grew next to an ugly cactus. Every day, the rose would insult the cactus on its looks while the cactus stayed quiet. All the other plants in the garden tried to make the rose see sense, but it was too swayed by its own good looks.

One summer, the well in the garden grew dry and there was no water for the plants. The rose began to wilt. I saw a sparrow dip its beak into the cactus for some water. Though ashamed, the rose asked the cactus if it could have some water too. The cactus readily agreed and they both got through the tough summer as friends.

9. What is the story about?

A. Two different, but special plants.

B. A beautiful, but arrogant rose.

C. Two plants in a beautiful garden.

D. A beautiful rose and an ugly cactus.

10. From the story, we know that the cactus was …

A. brave

B. wise

C. patient

D. humble

11. The rose ignored other plants’ advice to change its attitude because …

A. It believed it was the prettiest.

B. It could change others to do so.

C. It thought that it was right.

D. It didn’t trust other plants.

12. What can you learn from the story?

A. Don’t allow others to influence your life.

B. Never judge others by the way they look.

C. Respect others and they may respect you either.

D. Don’t let anyone underestimate you because of your look.

The following test is for questions 13 to 16.

Once upon a time an owl and a pigeon met and talked.

“There are more owls than pigeons,” said Owl.

“No, way,” said Pigeon, “There are many more pigeons.”

“Let’s count!” answered Owl, “We will meet in the big wood a week from today.”

On that day. the owls came first. The trees were full of them. The owls laughed and said, ” OOwah-wah-wah!”

Soon they heard a loud roar from the sky. Pigeons were coming from everywhere! The owls could not believe there could be so many pigeons. They sat there moving their heads back and forth staring with wide eyes.

The owl stared so long and hard at the pigeons that their eyes just stayed that way. Then, one by one the one the owls took off, and fled into the sky.

In the meantime, the pigeons were shouting at each other, celebrating their victory. Since then, owls have always traveled at night when the pigeons are asleep.

13. The writer’s purpose in writing the text is ….

A. to entertain the readers.

B. to describe owls and pigeons.

C. to relate the writer’s experience.

D. to explain how owls have big, flat eyes.

14. Why were the owls laughing when they first arrived?

A. They were making jokes about the pigeons.

B. They were telling foolish stories about the pigeons.

C. They were sure they would outnumber the pigeons.

D. They were talking about how ugly the pigeons were.

15. Why were the owls staring at the pigeons?

A. They were afraid that the pigeons would.

B. They were shocked there were so many pigeons.

C. They’d like to count the number of all the pigeons.

D. They wanted to scare the pigeons by acting wicked.

16. What can we learn from the story?

A. Boasting will do more harm to others.

B. Friendship is very easy to build.

C. We can do anything if we are together.

D. Being too proud does not make us noble.