Page 8 - Marvel 11 Reading Book - Demo
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Passage 3
There is a morning mist over the land, and the sun is just coming out as I am
driving to my old village. I can see the maize fields and banana groves around.
There are also gardens full of beans, potatoes, and fruit. The land is covered in
green grass. When I turn into the road to the village, I see a few boda-boda
motorcycle taxis. There is only one shop selling oil, sugar, tea, flour, maize flour,
candles, and paraffin. Children in uniforms are going to school, walking through
the muddy paths with bare feet. Some children cannot go to school because
their parents don’t have enough money to pay for school or books. I see some
people working in the gardens, picking beans. Some boys are carrying water to
their homes from the nearby creek. When I reach the house of my grandmother,
she greets me warmly coming out from her kitchen. She is cooking rice for
breakfast and my aunt is helping her. Her children are playing with a dirty and
worn soccer ball. Their clothes are also very old, but clean.
Write the answers.
1. Where is the writer going?
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2. What do the villagers grow in their gardens?
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Mark True (T) or False (F). Write the correct answer for the false one(s).
3. The people in this village are farmers, and they are quite rich. .......
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4. There are no cars in this village. .......
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What do these words mean in the passage?
5. groves
a) forests b) groups of trees c) fields
6. worn
a) new b) precious c) damaged
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