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 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 6:

A. poor

B. foolish

C. sociable

D. generous

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 4:

A. exciting

B. excited

C. excitedly

D. excitingly

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

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 famner 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 inamazement. 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 fpolish famer 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. running D. ran

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

VI.Read the following passage carefully. Decide whether each of the statements below it is T(TRUE), F(FALSE), or N(NOT MENTIONED) :( 10pts)

My uncle owns a small farm . He has a lot of chickens there. He sells eggs and chickens. Every summer, during the holidays, I go to his farm and help him. I feed the chickens and collect and clean the eggs. It is very interesting. My uncle’s hens are rather noisy. They are very useful because they lay eggs, but I don’t like them very much. I prefer the baby chickens and the cocks.

My uncle has some white ducks ,too. They swim on a pond on his farm. There is a low wall round the pond, with a small gate in it. Every evening the ducks come up out of the pond and go into their box. They sleep there at night.

56.I live in a small town. -----------

57. My uncle raises many ducks and chickens . -----------

58. I feed the chickens and collect the eggs every day ----------

59. My uncle also raises a lot of cows and buffaloes. ----------

60.My uncle is very noisy. ----------

61.I like the hens a lot because they are useful ----------

62.The baby chickens and the cocks swim on a pond on his farm. ----------

63. I like the baby chickens and the cocks better than the hens. ----------

64. The baby chickens and the cocks are useful because they lay eggs. ----------

65.The ducks sleep in the pond at night ----------

Read the passage below and answer each question:

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 are rich! We are rich! “ His wife ran to him and they both

looked at the eggs in amazement. His 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.

1. What did the farmer do when he discovered one of his chickens laid a gold egg?

2. What did the farmer shout to his wife?

3. Why did the farmer decide to cut open all his chickens?

4. Did the farmer find any more gold eggs?