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A. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow.

It was summer and the cricket sat on an ear of corn happily singing and
enjoying the sun. He felt extremely sorry for the ants, who worked ceaselessly
looking for grains of wheat to take back to their store. He thought that they
really did not know how to enjoy life. But soon winter came and the

thoughtless cricket had no food to eat.

He would surely have died of hunger if it had not been for the generous ants
who had given him some of their grains.

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1. The cricket felt sorry for the ants because they were _________

a) looking at the wheat b) working hard

c) not working d) none of these

2. What was the cricket doing during the summer?
a) He was singing and having fun . b) He felt sorry.

c) Not working d) None of these

3. What happened with the cricket in winter?

a) He became thoughtless b) He had no food to eat

c) He died of hunger d) None of these

B. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow.

Sindbad was an adventurous sailor of Bagdad. He made many voyages across
the sea. During one of his voyage, he and his men reached a deserted island.

They saw a Roc’s nest in the island and tried to break it and see if there were
any gems inside. Just then a huge bird flew in. They rushed to the ship in panic
and tried to move away. But the huge bird followed their ship overhead. It
held a huge rock in its claws and dropped it on their ship. The rock hit the ship

and broke it into pieces. The ship sank with all the sailors on board. Luckily,
Sindbad was saved.

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