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Read the following passage. Siew Mei thanked him and went home. Her mother was very glad to see Siew Mei safe. Siew Mei told her mother about the old-man. Siew Mei opened the bundle to show her mother the old man’s white beard. To their surprise, they saw the finest silk thread in the whole of China. They began to weave with the silk thread. When they had finished weaving, they bad made the finest silk they had ever seen. They noticed that the bundle of silk thread still remained exactly the same size as before. News of their wonderful silk spread far and wide. The old woman and her daughter became famous and lived happily ever after. Now answer the following questions. 1) Why was her mother glad to see Siew Mei? 2) What did Siew Mei show her mother? 3) What made them surprised? 4) What did they do with the silk? 5) What did they notice? 6) Which news spread far and wide? 7) What happened to them? 8) How can you describe the turning of old man’s beard into silk?9) Do you believe in miracles? 10) If you were Siew Mei, how would you feel? |
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Answer» 1) It was very, late in the night. And there was a heavy rain. In spite of the rain and the darkness her daughter was able to reach home safely. So she was glad to see her daughter. 2) Siew Mei showed her mother the white man’s white beard. 3) When they opened the bundle they did not see the old man’s white beard but they saw the finest silk thread. It made them surprised. 4) They wove the finest silk cloth with the silk. 5) They noticed that the silk thread remained exactly the same size even after they wove the cloth using it. 6) News of their wonderful silk spread far and wide. 7) The old woman and her daughter became famous for the finest silk they produced. 8) The turning of the beard into silk can be described as a miracle. 9) Yes. I believe in. it because I’ve so many such things. After a dreadful earthquake, though thousands of people lost their lives, a girl was saved alive after a week from the rumblings. Was it not a miracle? So many miracles happened in the human history. 10) I’d be very glad if I were Siew Mei. |
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