ENGLISH FORM 4 - Let's Read

ENGLISH (4G)

ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN

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​1. Where do you think the man and the child are going?

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​2. What dangers are they facing?

​Inhospitable

• ​not welcoming or generous to people who visit you

​civilisation

• ​human society with its well developed social organizations, or the culture and way of life of a society or country at a particular period in time:

​miserable

• ​very unhappy

​Barren

• ​unable to produce plants or fruit

Coyote

• a small wild animal like a dog that lives in North America​

grizzly bear

• a very large, greyish-brown bear from North America

Slope

• (part of) the side of a hill or mountain

Multiple Choice

1. What is characteristic of the landscape?

• It is always covered with grey dust.

• It consists only of enormous plains.

• It combines various natural features.

• It is inhabited by a wide variety of animal species.

Multiple Choice

2. The pathway proves that

• the man was not alone.

• there was no reason to despair.

• other travellers had found water

• other travellers had tried to cross the desert.

Multiple Choice

3. What does the traveller see on the pathway?

• man-made objects

• white sand

• bones

• men and oxen

Multiple Choice

4. What conclusion do we reach after reading the description of the traveller?

• He is very weak.

• He is sixty but looks forty.

• He is tired but feels optimistic.

• He has a strong chance of survival.

Multiple Choice

5. Why had the man climbed the Sierra Blanco?

• to see the dry land

• to look for signs of water

• to find the pathway

• to view the plain from above

Multiple Choice

6. What do we learn about the girl?

• She is dying.

• She is big for her age.

• She has injured herself badly.

• She is healthier than the man.

Multiple Choice

7. It is evident from the passage that

• the man doesn't care about the girl.

• the man is concerned about the girl.

• the girl's mother is going to join them.

• the man is sure that everything is going to be alright.