Choose the correct word to complete the story.

Once a  farmer lived a comfortable life with his family. His chickens laid many eggs which the farmer used (26)........ to buy food and clothing for his family.

            One day, he went to collect the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a  gold egg. He shouted  (27)............ to his wife, “We’re rich! We’re rich!”

            His wife ran to him and they both looked at the egg in amazement The wife wanted more, so her husband decided (28)........... open all the chickens and find more gold eggs. Unfortunately, he couldn’t find any eggs. When he finished all  the chickens  (29)...........  dead

            There were no  (30)..........eggs of any kind for the  foolish farmer and his  greedy wife.

IV.Read the passage and choose the best option to complete the gaps.

Once a farmer (26)______ a comfortable life with his family. His chickens laid many eggs which the farmer used to (27)______ to buy food and clothing for his family. One day, he (28)______ to collect the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg. He shouted excitedly to his wife, “We’re rich! We’re rich!” His wife (29)______ to him and they both looked at the egg in amazement. The wife wanted more, so her husband decided (30)______ open all the chickens and find more gold eggs. Unfortunately he couldn’t find any eggs. When he finished all the chickens were dead. There were no more eggs of any kind for the foolish farmer and his greedy wife.

26. A. lived B. live C. lives D. living

27. A. selling B. sell C. sells D. sold

28. A. go B. goes C. went D. is going

29. A. run B. runs C. is running D. ran

30. A. cutting B. to cut C. cut D. A&B

V. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in the following passage.     (1.5 pts)

Once a farmer lived a (17)__________life with his family. His chickens laid many eggs which the farmer used to sell to buy food and clothing for his family.One day, he went to collect the eggs and (18) __________one of the chickens laid a gold egg. He shouted (19)__________ to his wife, “We’re rich! We’re rich!”. His wife ran to him and they both looked at the egg in amazement. The wife wanted more, so her husband decided to cut open all the chickens and find (20) __________ gold eggs. (21)__________, he couldn’t find any eggs. When he finished all the chickens were dead.There were (22) __________ more eggs of any kind for the foolish farmer and his greedy wife.

17.A.poor        B. comfortable            C. uncomfortable        D. unsuitable

18.A.discover       B. to discover       C. discovering     D. discovered

19.A.excited   B. exciting       C. excitedly     D. excitingly

20.A.more       B. most        C. many           D. much

21.A. Fortunate        B. Unfortunate         C. Fortunately      D. Unfortunately

22.A.no           B. not        C. none            D. any

Once a farmer lived a comfortable life with his family. His chickens laid many eggs which the farmer used to buy food and clothing for his family.

One day, he went to collect the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg. He shouted excitedly to his wife, "We're rich! We're rich!"

His wife ran to him and they both looked at the egg in amazement. The wife wanted more, so her husband decided to cut open all the chickens and find more gold eggs. Unfortunately he couldn't find any eggs. When he finished all the chickens were dead.

There were no more eggs of any kind for the foolish farmer and his greedy wife.

Choose the word of phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage

Once a farmer (1) ______________ a comfortable life with his family. His chickens laid many eggs which the farmer used to sell to buy food and clothing (2) ______________ his family. One day, he went to (3) ______________ the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg. He shouted (4) ______________ to his wife, “We’re rich”. His wife ran to him and they both look at the egg in amazement. The wife wanted more, so her husband decided to cut open all the chickens and find more eggs. Unfortunately, he couldn’t find any eggs. When he finished all, the chickens were (5) ______________. There were no more eggs of any kind for the (6) ______________ farmer and greedy wife.

Question 1:

A. leave

B. left

C. live

D. lived

Choose the word of phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage

Once a farmer (1) ______________ a comfortable life with his family. His chickens laid many eggs which the farmer used to sell to buy food and clothing (2) ______________ his family. One day, he went to (3) ______________ the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg. He shouted (4) ______________ to his wife, “We’re rich”. His wife ran to him and they both look at the egg in amazement. The wife wanted more, so her husband decided to cut open all the chickens and find more eggs. Unfortunately, he couldn’t find any eggs. When he finished all, the chickens were (5) ______________. There were no more eggs of any kind for the (6) ______________ farmer and greedy wife.

Question 2:

A. to

B. for

C. about

D. of

Choose the word of phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage

Once a farmer (1) ______________ a comfortable life with his family. His chickens laid many eggs which the farmer used to sell to buy food and clothing (2) ______________ his family. One day, he went to (3) ______________ the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg. He shouted (4) ______________ to his wife, “We’re rich”. His wife ran to him and they both look at the egg in amazement. The wife wanted more, so her husband decided to cut open all the chickens and find more eggs. Unfortunately, he couldn’t find any eggs. When he finished all, the chickens were (5) ______________. There were no more eggs of any kind for the (6) ______________ farmer and greedy wife.

Question 5:

A. die

B. díed

C. dying

D. dead

Choose the word of phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage

Once a farmer (1) ______________ a comfortable life with his family. His chickens laid many eggs which the farmer used to sell to buy food and clothing (2) ______________ his family. One day, he went to (3) ______________ the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg. He shouted (4) ______________ to his wife, “We’re rich”. His wife ran to him and they both look at the egg in amazement. The wife wanted more, so her husband decided to cut open all the chickens and find more eggs. Unfortunately, he couldn’t find any eggs. When he finished all, the chickens were (5) ______________. There were no more eggs of any kind for the (6) ______________ farmer and greedy wife.

Question 3:

A. collect

B. buy

C. sell

D. save

Choose the word of phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage

Once a farmer (1) ______________ a comfortable life with his family. His chickens laid many eggs which the farmer used to sell to buy food and clothing (2) ______________ his family. One day, he went to (3) ______________ the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg. He shouted (4) ______________ to his wife, “We’re rich”. His wife ran to him and they both look at the egg in amazement. The wife wanted more, so her husband decided to cut open all the chickens and find more eggs. Unfortunately, he couldn’t find any eggs. When he finished all, the chickens were (5) ______________. There were no more eggs of any kind for the (6) ______________ farmer and greedy wife.

Question 6:

A. poor

B. foolish

C. sociable

D. generous