Reading: Unit 2 Check The Boy Who Didn't Know Fear

In the kingdom of Near and Far, there lived a boy who didn’t know fear.

One morning, the boy’s mother said, “I want to pick fresh blackberries for a pie,

but I fear the great bear that lives in the forest.”

What did the boy’s mom fear?

• blackberries

• the boy

• the great bear

• a pie

The boy felt around inside the cave and found a warm, furry bed. As he

stretched out on the bed, he heard a tremendous roar, and the bed rolled over!

“It must be the great bear,” said the boy. “Now I will find fear.”

The boy shook the great bear’s legs and shouted in the bear’s ear.

What did the boy find in the cave?

• the great bear

• a dragon

• fear

• a house

The boy felt around inside the cave and found a warm, furry bed. As he

stretched out on the bed, he heard a tremendous roar, and the bed rolled over!

“It must be the great bear,” said the boy. “Now I will find fear.”

The boy shook the great bear’s legs and shouted in the bear’s ear.

What did the boy do to the bear?

• petted the bear

• yelled in the bear's ear.

• gave the bear a hug

• nothing

Just then, the boy felt the laurel wreath fall on his own head. The crowd

cheered and carried the boy to a towering throne. He was to sit on the throne

for the next one hundred years.

How long would the boy sit on the throne for？

• 1 year

• 10 years

• 100 years

• 1000 years

He was to sit on the throne

for the next one hundred years. He would listen to people’s arguments and try

to make everyone happy.

For the first time, the boy felt fear.

Why did the boy feel fear now?

• He would sit

• He would be thrown by a giant every day

• He would be eaten by the bear

• He would listen to people’s arguments

Which of these words means

Looked into something.

• Allergic

• Peered

• Startled

• Tremendous

• Fear

Which of these words means

Very large or great.

• Allergic

• Peered

• Startled

• Tremendous

• Fear

Which of these words means

Painful agitation in the presence or anticipation of danger.

• Allergic

• Peered

• Startled

• Tremendous

• Fear

Which of these words means

Having an allergy.

• Allergic

• Peered

• Startled

• Tremendous

• Fear

Which of these words means

Surprised and slightly frightened.

• Allergic

• Peered

• Startled

• Tremendous

• Fear