SECTION ONE : READING AND INTERPRETING (16pts)
Read the following text carefully
A long time ago, there was a very old lion which wanted to use his cleverness to catch food because he didn’t have much energy any more .
He decided to go to a cave and to lie on the floor pretending to be sick. In this way he would catch food, because when the passing animals saw him, they would enter for a closer look. Then he would catch them. The lion was able to have many meals using this plan.
But then a fox arrived and he could understand this trick. Thus, he was more careful than all the others and took extra care when approaching the lion. He stopped at a prudent distance and asked the lion about his health. The lion answered “bad very bad”, and he invited the fox to come closer. “Sure”, said the fox , “I would enter if I didn’t noticed that all the animals foot prints enter but there is not one that leaves.”
Extract from “The Fables”
A) Comprehension / interpretation
1 – Read the text and complete the following table.
characters
scene
Moral of the story
2 – Complete the following sentences according to the text.
a) The lion didn’t have much energy tot catch food because ………………………………
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b) The lion went to the cave to …………………………………………………………………
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3 – Answer the following questions according to the text.
a - What was the lion’s trick?
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b- Did the fox enter the cave? why?
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c - What do you think of the fox reaction ?
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4) Find in the text words that closest in meaning to :
iIntelligence §1 …………………… ill §2 …………………. careful§3 ……………………
5) Give a title to the text
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