A little red chicken had a store in a small town. She sold many different items to people in the town. The people loved her products.
One day, a cat came to her property. He saw the sign that indicated where the chicken’s store was located. He wanted to purchase bread, but the chicken’s store was almost empty. She had only a bag of wheat.*
“You can use the wheat to make bread,” the chicken said.
“ No, I don’t want to work,” the cat said. “ I just want to buy bread.” The cat became angry and left the store.
Later, the little red chicken saw the cat in a crowd.
“ I will help you make the bread,” she said.
But the cat treated her badly. He did not even communicate with her.
He did not want to do any work.
So the chicken decided to make the bread. She selected the exact amount of wheat to make fresh bread. She used a stone to pound the wheat to get it ready.
Soon, her bread was ready.
The cat came and saw the bread on a dish.
“ Give me some of your bread,” he said.
“ No,” said the little red chicken. “You did not help me make the bread. So you shall not have any to eat.”
The cat argued with the chicken. He tried to offer a price for it.
But the little red chicken did not want to **
sell her bread.
“ Don’t depend on others to do work for you,” said the little red chicken.
“Then how will I get bread?” the cat asked.
“ I recommend doing some work,” said the little red chicken. “ Use a tool to plant your own wheat. When it grows big, you can gather it and make your own bread.
You need to learn to do work for what you want.”
*wheat - a type of plant used to make bread
Answer the questions.
1. What is the story about?
a. A chicken finding a friend to depend on b. A chicken making bread out of wheat c. Why a cat’s store did not have any items
d. The exact amount of wheat needed to make bread
2. What did the cat do when the chicken asked him to help make the bread?
a. He did not communicate with her.
b. He argued with the little red chicken.
c. He said that he would gather all the things needed to make the bread.
d. He treated her very nicely.
3. How did the cat find the chicken’s store?
a. He saw tools being sold outside of the store.
b. He saw a stone with the store’s name.
c. His friend told him to purchase bread there.
d. He saw a sign that indicated her property.
4. What did the cat do when he saw the fresh bread?
a. He selected the product for himself.
b. He tried to buy some of it for a price.
c. He brought a crowd of friends with him to eat.
d. He asked why her store was empty.
5. What did the little red chicken recommend the cat to do to have some bread?
r alive
[alaiv] adj.If someone or something is alive, they are not dead.
-*■ My grandparents are still alive even though they are over 90.
r bone
[boun] n.A bone is a hard part of the body.
->I brought home a nice bone for my dog.
r bother
[bddax] v.To bother is to make the effort to do something.
-* No one bothered to wash the dishes today.
r captain
[kseptin] n.A captain is the person who leads a ship or airplane.
-» The captain sailed his ship to Australia.
r conclusion
[kanklu:3art] n.The conclusion of something is the final part of it.
-*• At the conclusion of the race, the spectators cheered for the winner.
r doubt
[daut] n.Doubt is a feeling of not being sure.
-♦ I have doubt that the story is true.
r explore
[ikspl5:rl v.To explore is to look for new places.
-* He wants to explore the world and see new things.
r foreign
[fo(:)rin] adj.If something is foreign, it is from a different country.
— Mexican food is a popular foreign food.
r glad
[glsed] adj.If you are glad, you are happy.
-* I am glad you came to my party.
r however
[hauevar] adv.However means despite or not being influenced by something.
-*■ She is a great cook. However, she never had professional lessons.
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r injustice [ind3Astis] n.
Injustice is a lack of fairness or justice.
-+ Putting an innocent person in jail is an act of injustice.
r international [mtarnaejanal] adj.
If something is international, it involves more than one country.
-*■ The United Nations is a powerful international organization.
r
lawyer Oo-.jax] n.A lawyer works with the law and represents people in court.
-> The lawyer left the courthouse after the judge made her decision.
r
mention [menjan] V.To mention something is to talk about it.
-*■ The doctors mentioned the problems that the patient was having.
r
policy [palesi] n.A policy is a rule.
-*■ He told us that his policy was to put customers first.
r
so cial [soujsl] adj.If something is social, it is about many people in a community.
-*■ People should come together and fix the world’s social problems.
r
speech [spi:tj] n.A speech is something said to a group of people.
-* She gave a speech to the class.
r
Staff [stasf] n.A staff is a group of people working together in a company.
-» My dad has a staff of four people to help him at the office.
r
toward [tawo:rd] prep.If you go toward something, you go closer to it.
-* Santa walked toward my house with a special tree.
r
wood [wud] n.Wood is the thing that trees are made of.
-»I put the pieces of wood in a pile.
1. mention a. to say
Choose the right definition for the given word.
b. to look at c. to not believe d. to be happy 2. social
a. about many countries c. about many people 3. lawyer
a. to be treated unfairly c. leader
4. however
a. the last part c. a rule
5. bother
a. to look for new places c. to talk about something
b. not dead
d. about a different country
b. a person who works with the law d. a part of the body
b. part of a tree d. despite something
b. to make the effort to do something!
d. to not believe
Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the word bank.
wood toward
WORD BANK
policy speech staff
1. My new desk is made of.
2. Students must start class at 9:00 each morning. This is the school’s.
3. There are over 500 people on the hospital’s __________ . 4. Go__________ the river, but stop before you get in the water!
5. The president gave a __________ last night.
Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part.
1. He gave a talk to a group of people at the meeting, spe______
2. Did anyone make the effort to do their homework?
bo________
3. The chair is made of the material trees are made of.
w o ____
4. The group of workers helped him with his work, s ________
5. He is not dead; I saw him yesterday.
a ________
Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the word bank.
WORD BANK
mentioned however policy staff speech
bothered conclusion injustice bones doubt
My teacher’s name is Mrs. Smith. Yesterday, she gave a i______________to our class. She said there was a new 2______________ about the school diet. No one is allowed to eat cookies anymore! The school’s 3______________ decided that their students didn’t eat healthily. They wanted students to improve their eating habits. Everyone will have to drink a cup of milk at lunch. She said milk gives our bodies stronger 4_____________ . She also 5______________ that sugar is bad for us. She said she had no 6_____________ that we would all feel better. We all thought that it was an 7_____________ . But at the 8______________ of class, she told us one more thing, “ It was a joke!” 9_____________ , no one thought that it was very funny. And no students 10______________to laugh.
Shipwrecked
.Simon Yates was a lawyer. He helped many people. However, he was not a nice man. His policy was to help only rich people. He didn’t bother about social injustice. He made a lot of money, but many people didn’t like him. Even people on his staff didn’t like him. They wanted bad things to happen to him. In fact, they were glad when he got into trouble.
Simon had a very bad day. He did many things wrong and lost his job. Soon, he didn’t have any money. His wife, Mrs. Yates, began to have doubts about him.
Simon wanted to start a new life. He planned to leave the country.
He mentioned his plan to the captain of a ship. The captain was exploring the world. The captain felt bad for Simon and said, “ I will take you to foreign countries.” They left the next day.
Near the conclusion of their international trip, the weather turned bad. A wave pushed Simon off the boat. But he was alive. He swam toward an island. After a longtime he got there.
At first he was upset. He was lost and alone. “ I’ll never go home again,” he thought. He had a lot of problems, but he survived. He built a house in a tree. He lived on a diet offish. He made tools from wood and bones. He made a cup to drink rainwater.
Slowly he learned to be happy on the island. He swam every day. He had trouble sometimes, but he always found a way to fix the problem. Life was simple. He liked it.
Finally, people on a ship saw Simon on the island. They wanted to take him home. But Simon was happy. He gave them a long speech about life. He said he wanted to stay. He liked his new, simple life more than his old life.
1. What is this story about?
a. How the captain of a ship explored foreign places b. How a lawyer stayed alive alone on an island
c. Why a man and a woman went on an international trip d. Why it is a good policy to worry about social problems
2. Why does Simon not stay on the boat?
a. The staff do not like him.
b. He wants to swim toward an island.
c. A wave pushes him off the ship.
d. He does not like the diet of only fish.
Answer the questions.
3. How does Simon stay alive on the island?
a. He makes tools from bones and wood.
b. He makes clothes from a tree.
c. He eats food from the trees.
d. He uses a cup to drink seawater.
4. What did Simon mention in his speech?
a. He wanted to see Mrs. Yates.
b. He was unhappy to be alone.
c. He was glad to be on the island.
d. He had doubts about staying on the island.
5. What happens nearthe conclusion of Simon’s trip?