Intermezzo What object has two heads, four eyes, six legs and a tail? A horse and its rider.
D. Let’s Check Your Competence Task 25 Read the following story and then answer the questions by choosing the correct answers.
Fixing the Headstone Once, there were two men walking home after a Halloween party. They decided to take a shortcut through the cemetery just for laughs. Right in the middle of the cemetery they were startled by a tap-tap-tapping noise coming from the misty shadows. Trembling with fear, they found an old man with a hammer and chisel, chipping away at one of the headstones. “Holy cow, Mister,” one of them said after catching his breath, “You scared us half to death, we thought you were a ghost! What are you doing working here so late at night?” “Those fools!” the old man grumbled. “They misspelled my name!” Taken from: http://www.dizzyboy.com
Questions 1.
How many men were walking through the cemetery? a. Two men b. Three men c. Four men d. Five men e. Six men
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What made them shocked when they were walking through the cemetery? a. The serene of the cemetery b. The darkness of the cemetery c. A tap-tap-tapping noise d. The howling of wolfs e. A man passing the cemetery in rush.
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Who did they find in the cemetery? a. A villager b. Their friend c. The guard of the cemetery d. An old man e. The maker of a tombstone
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4. What did the old man do at that night? a. He made a tombstone for someone. b. He corrected his name written on his tombstone. c. He was just passing through the cemetery. d. He had just attended a Halloween party. e. He was just making a devotional visit to a grave. 5. “The old man grumbled”. The word grumble in the sentence is similar in meaning to … a. smile b. attract c. persuade d. think e. complain
Interlanguage: English for Senior High School Students XI
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