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Read the following passage carefully. I have two hopes. One is my name, Thandi, which means hope in my language. All children are a hope for their families and many Ndebele girls are named Hope. If you like, you can call yourself Hope, too, in secret, of course. Especially, if you are a boy, of course. The other hope I have is that at the end of this book I can say “Goodbye friend,” not “Good-bye stranger friend.”I don’t know why, but Ndebele people do not call anything beautiful. Even that the best thing is described as good. All Ndebele women paint their houses and I want you to know, stranger-friend, no one’s house is as good, as my mother’s. She has started to teach me to paint good, very good designs. (Painted House, Friendly Chicken and Me) Now, answer the following questions. 1. What are the two hopes as mentioned by the speaker?2. How are many Ndebele girls named? A) Friend B) Hope C) Thandi3. What do Ndebele people call beautiful? A) They call their houses beautiful. B) They call everything beautiful. C) They do not call anything beautiful.4. ‘Especially, if you are a boy, of course.’ What does this sentence indicate? A) To be born as a boy is a fortunate thing in South Africa. B) Only boys are born in South Africa. C) Boys like to be called Hope.5. Whose house is . better than all other houses? |
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Answer» 1. One is her name, Thandi, which means hope in her language and the second one is she can say ‘Good-bye friend’, not ‘Good-bye stranger-friend’. 2. B) Hope 3. C) They do not call anything beautiful. 4. A) To be born as a boy is a fortunate thing in South Africa. 5. The house of the speaker’s mother |
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Read the following passage carefully. I am Thandi, an Ndebele girl in South Africa. I am eight years old, and my best friend is a chicken. You may laugh at that, but when I tell my friend secrets, she can talk all she wants but no one can understand her except another chicken, of course My chicken listens to my stories; she has other uses too. If you play with her and take her mind off what’s going on, you can quickly – very quickly snatch a feather or two when she is distracted. She doesn’t notice, and the feathers will come in handy later, of course. (Painted House, Friendly Chicken and Me) Now, answer the following questions. 1. Who is Thandi?2. Thandi treats her chicken as ……A) a beast B) a friend C) an animal3. Who can understand her chicken better?4. Why should we take her mind off?5. Choose the meaning of ‘come in handy’. A) as many as you want B) to be useful or helpful C) handful of feathers |
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Answer» 1. A tribal girl / an Ndebele girl in South Africa 2. B) a friend 3. Another chicken. 4. To snatch a feather or two / to make her distracted (inattentive) 5. B) to be useful or helpful |
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Read the following passage carefully. When I am taller, I shall have a house so good people will stop in front of my walls and smile, and even laugh out loud. You should have strong eyes to paint well, and your hand must not shake like a leaf on a tree, for you must fill a chicken’s feather with paint and draw a line as straight as a spear. You must have the pattern inside your head, even before you dip the feather into the paint. Your hand must be steady to make the patterns sharp, the walls are high, and your legs must be strong. Sometimes my mother and her sisters sit by the fire in winter, or in summer under shade trees, and they make good things with beads. They tell stories as they sort and string and sew. My mother lets me watch her and very soon I shall be making the amaphotho (a beaded apron) and the ghabi (the fringed lion flap), and they will be so good that when I dance, the stars will dance with me. (Painted House, Friendly Chicken and Me)Now, answer the following questions. 1. What kind of house does the speaker want to have?2. Those days paintings are done using………… A) the leaves of a tree B) The fingers of a hand C) The feathers of a chicken3. ‘The strong eyes’ in this passage refers toA) Big eyes B) Wide eyes C) Perfect eyesight4. What do the women use to make good things?5. What appears to be stars while the speaker dances? |
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Answer» 1. A very good house where people will stop in front of its walls and smile, and even laugh out loud. 2. C) The feathers of a chicken 3. C) Perfect eyesight 4. Beads 5. Beads on her dress appear to be stars. |
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Read the following passage carefully.My father built us small houses, and my mother painted them. We pretend that we can become small and go inside and have our meal. In my village, the children play with penny whistles and bicycles. Some are so shy that they try to lose themselves in their mothers’ blankets, and some just sit back deep inside themselves and look out at the world.When my friends and I go to school, we wear the uniforms father bought in the towrl, but when we come home, we start jumping and laughing because we can take off those dry, dull clothes and put on our beads again and look very good. (Painted House, Friendly Chicken and Me)Now, answer the following questions.1. The purpose of the small houses built by her father is A) to play B) to sell them C) to exhibit them2. What are the play things of her village as mentioned by the speaker?3. ……..some just sit back deep inside themselves and look out at the world.’ What does this part of the sentence express? A) The mothers’ care B) Fear of children C) Fear of mothers4. What do they wear when they go to school?5. Pick out the phrasal verb that means ‘wear’. |
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Answer» 1. A) to play 2. Penny whistles and bicycles 3. B) Fear of children 4. Uniforms 5. Put on |
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