READING COMPREHENSION

READING COMPREHENSION

by Margarita RamGue

Reading

Read the following text, then do the exercises. ​

​The Dog and His Reflection

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A dog carrying a nice piece of meat that he had stolen, was crossing a log over a river on his way home. He saw his reflection in the water and saw another dog with a wonderful piece of meat in its mouth.

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​The dog thought it was another dog and he wanted that piece of meat also. So he snapped at it greedily. However, when he did this, he dropped the piece he had and the reflection disappeared as well.

Multiple Choice

The piece of meat the dog had was

• stolen.

• given to him.

• not real.

Multiple Choice

The dog had to cross over a

• ravine.

• river.

• restaurant.

• stree

Multiple Choice

The dog looked down into the water and saw

• a frog.

• his reflection.

• another real dog.

• a cat

Multiple Choice

The dog thought that the dog he saw in the water was

• a ghost.

• his own reflection

• a fox

• a real dog.

Multiple Choice

When he saw another piece of meat, the dog felt

• sad.

• greed.

•  happy for that dog.

• excited

Multiple Choice

The dog on the log snapped at the other dog. Snapped means

• growled and tried to bite.

•  smiled.

• laughed

• cried

Multiple Choice

The dog dropped the meat and the other dog

•  growled back.

• at the meat.

• run

• disappeared.

Multiple Choice

The lesson is that greed

• makes us rich and happy

• gets us nothing.

• is how dogs act.

• love