1. 1. READ THE EXTRACTS FROM THESE FAMOUS BOOKS AND RELATE THEM TO
THE PICTURES AND TITLES
Then one morning, exactly at sunrise, she suddenly showed herself.
And, after working with all this painstaking precision, she
yawned and said:
"Ah! I am scarcely awake. I beg that you will excuse me. My petals are
still all disarranged . . ."
But the little prince could not restrain his admiration:
"Oh! How beautiful you are!"
"Am I not?" the flower responded, sweetly. "And I was born at the
same moment as the sun . . ."
The little prince could guess easily enough that she was not any too
modest--but how moving--and exciting--she was!
"I think it is time for breakfast," she added an instant later. "If you
would have the kindness to think of my needs--"
And the little prince, completely abashed, went to look for a
sprinklingcan of fresh water. So, he tended the flower.
"Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk,
he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast
enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. He
sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum
that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps
for himself.
Our labour tills the soil, our dung fertilises it, and yet there
is not one of us that owns more than his bare skin.
You cows that I see before me, how many thousands of
gallons of milk have you given during this last year? And what has happened to
that milk which should have been breeding up sturdy calves? Every drop of it has
gone down the throats of our enemies.
And you hens, how many eggs have you laid in this last year, and how many of
those eggs ever hatched into chickens? The rest have all gone to market to bring
in money for Jones and his men.
And you, Clover, where are those four foals you bore, who
should have been the support and pleasure of your old age? Each
was sold at a year old--you will never see one of them again.
2. In return for your four confinements and all your labour in the fields, what have
you ever had except your bare rations and a stall?
None of them knew that the house they were approaching was full of robbers. They thought
it was another farmhouse and made a plan. They
would open the window and sing for their supper.
They hoped that the farmer and his wife would
think that their voices were so beautiful that they
would be invited in for some dinner and be given
a place to stay for the night. They began to sing
"Ghosts!" cried the robbers. Out of the front door the
robbers ran. They ran down the road until they could
no longer be seen. Chanter, Anciano, Songe and
Belemente Chanticleer looked into the house. Dinner
was still on the table. They ate it all up! The friends were tired. Each found a spot and they curled
up for the night
3. TITLES
1 BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS 2 THE LITTLE PRINCE
3 ANIMAL FARM 4 WHAT SCORCHING WEATHER!
2 READ THESE SENTENCES AND DECIDE IF THEY ARE TRUE OR FALSE
1. The little Prince doesn't like the flower
2. The rose was born in the afternoon
3. The animals in text 2 are happy with their life
4. They can eat everything they like
5. Eggs are sold in the market
6. The animals in text 3 sing very well
7. The farmer and his wife invited them for dinner
8. They slept in the farm
9. It is hot and sunny in Merlin city
4. 10.It is always hot there
3 CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER
1. The Little Prince thinks that the rose is not very............................
a) exciting
b) modest
c) beautiful
2. The flower wanted her ...........................
a) dinner
b) lunch
c) breakfast
3. Clover will never see his ........................
a) foals
b) hens
c) pigs
4. Men cannot run fast enough to catch .........................
a) horses
b) cows
c) rabbits
5. The four friends opened yhe windows and started to ............................
a) cry
b) dance
c) sing
6. The heat wave is due to .............................
a) climate change
b) fire
c) the sun