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Read the following passage. Suddenly, the sky above me became dark, as if a huge cloud was covering it. Looking up, I saw that the darkness was caused by the shadow of a huge bird that was flying towards me. I had often heard sailors talk of a great and wonderful bird, called a ‘roc’. This must be a roc, I thought, and this huge ball must be its egg! The bird came nearer and sat on its egg. I soon crept close to the egg. Near me was one of the bird’s legs, which was as big as a tree. I decided to tie myself to the leg of this bird with my turban so that when it flew away from the island, it would carry me with it. Now answer the following questions. 1) What made the sky dark? 2) How is the bird described? 3) What is the egg of the bird compared with? 4) How big was the bird’s leg? 5) What was the plan of escape made by the speaker? |
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Answer» 1) It was the shadow of a huge bird that came between the speaker and the sky. 2) Huge, great and wonderful. 3) Huge ball 4) The leg was as big as a tree. 5) The speaker tied himself to the leg of the bird with his turban. |
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