Reading 6 form

SEMESTER I
READING COMPREHENSION TEST
ALI BABA AND FORTY THIEVES
Ali Baba was such a poor man that he had only one shoe for his two feet. Even mice in his house were hungry.
One day his wife said, “We have no food in the house. No rice. No potatoes. Go and collect leaves in the forest so that I can make a soup.”
Ali was a lazy man. He looked for leaves for about ten minutes and then he climbed a tree to sleep. He was afraid of wolves. When he woke up he was surprised to see forty thieves on forty horses. They stopped in front of the big rock.
“Open, Sesame!” shouted the leader. A door in the rock opened. The thieves carried sacks full of gold into the cave. When they had finished, the leader shouted, “Close, Sesame!” and the door closed. As soon as the thieves had disappeared, Ali Baba jumped down from the tree and said, “Open, Sesame” and went into the cave.
There were shelves all around the walls. The shelves were full of sacks. The sacks were full of gold. Ali took a sack home with him.
One of the thieves saw Ali’s footprints on the sand. He followed them to Ali’s home. He took out his knife and made a cross on the door.
“Now I shall know which house it is”, he said. He rode off to get the other thieves. But Ali had seen the thief.
He and his wife took the brooms and swept away the footprints. Then he made crosses on every door in the street. When the forty thieves arrived they had their knives between their teeth. But they never found Ali – or the gold. And Ali and his wife lived happily ever after.


I. Find true and false statements.
Ali Baba was a poor man.
When he woke up he saw forty wives on forty horses.
“Open, Sesame!” thought the leader.
The thieves carried sacks full of gold into the cave.
The sacks were full of gold and brilliants.
Ali took a sack home with him.
One of the thieves saw Ali’s footprints on the sand.
He took out his knife and made a cross on the floor
Ali and his wife took the brooms and flew away .
10) But forty thieves never found Ali – or the gold.
Choose the correct answer
1) What kind of man was Ali Baba?
a) busy and serious; b) stupid and lazy; c) poor and lazy; d) happy and lazy
2) Why did Ali’s wife tell him to go and collect leaves?
a) because they had no food; b) they liked leaves; c) his wife couldn’t cook; d) they had no leaves
3) What did the leader of the thieves shout to open the cave?
a) Don’t close, Sesame! b) Never open, Sesame! c) Open the door! d) Open, Sesame.
4) What were there on the shelves in the cave?
a) sacks with silver; b) sacks with gold; c) sacks with sugar; d) sacks with salt
5) What did Ali take home?
a) nothing; b) a sack with gold; c) a sack with silver; d) a sack with salt
6) Why did the thief follow Ali’s footprints?
a) to kill him; b) to thank him; c) to know where he lived; d) to help him
III. Answer the questions
1) What did the thief carve on the door?
2) Who took brooms and swept away the footprints?
3) What did forty thieves have between their teeth?
4) Whom did the thieves never find?


IV. Write a short composition about 8-10 sentences, answering the question.
What are you going to do if you find a sack of gold?

SEMESTER II
READING COMPREHENSION TEST
ALLIGATORS

The boys now returned to their tent. They lay down on the grass and talked about bears and alligators. As Paul was a young naturalist he knew a lot of interest­ing things about alligators. Here is what he told his brother about them.

He said that they were found in the rivers of Africa, in South and North America and in the West of India. There were a lot of alligators in the Ganges and other Indian rivers.

An alligator itself is long but his legs are very short. Alligators cannot turn round quickly, and it is easy to hunt them on land. One must only keep away from the alligator's big teeth and strong tail. He can even kill a man with it.

Alligators lay eggs as big as those of geese and put them in the sand where they are warmed by the heat of the sun. The number of eggs is often nearly two hundred.

"Is it true that old father alligators eat their own young ones?" asked Paul's brother.

"Yes, it is true. I saw it myself. The first concern of the mother is to get young alligators to the water where she can hide them better from their father but still many of the young are eaten by old alligators.

"When the young ones grow up they run away from their fathers as they are quicker in their movements. Small alligators often ride on the backs of their fa­thers. They know that the fathers cannot do anything with them in that situation."

"They can eat anything that comes in their way," added Paul, "but fish is their favourite food. They usually eat very slowly. Alligators don't need mush food. They sleep during the winter without any food."

I. Fill in letters.

1) wa...m 2) qui...kly; 3) favo...rite

4) the...r 5) he...t 6) mov...ment



II. Fill in the suitable words.

1. Paul knew a lot of … things about alligators.

2 Alligators have short …

3. An alligator can kill a man with its … .

4. Alligator lay eggs in the … .

5. Old alligators can … their children.

6. The fathers can do nothing when small alligators are on their…


III. Answer the questions.

1. Where can we find alligators?

2. Where is it easy to catch alligators?

3. How many eggs do alligators usually lay?

4. Why can't the fathers catch their children?

5. What is alligators' favourite food?

6. What do they do in winter?


IV. Pretend you are a guide and your job is to tell something interesting about the place where you work. Write about it ( it can be in the jungle, at the seashore, on the bank of the river, etc.)