MIDDLE TEST

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Text 1
SPARROW
This very small bird is found throughout the world. There are many different species of sparrow.
There are about fifty different species of sparrows living in North and South America. Sparrows are only
about four to six inches in length. Many people appreciate their beautiful song.
Sparrows prefer to build their nests in low places. Their nests are usually built on the ground,
clumps of grass, low trees, and low bushes. In cities, they build their nests in building nook and other
holes. They rarely build their nests in high places. Sparrows build their nests out of twigs, grasses, and
plant fibers. Their nests are usually small and well-built structures.
Female sparrows lay four to six eggs at a time. The eggs are white with reddish brown spots.
The eggs hatch within eleven to fourteen days. Both the male and female parents care for the young.
Insects are fed to their young after hatching. Young sparrows are ready to leave the nest eight to ten
days after hatching. The large feet of the sparrow are used for scratching seeds. Adult sparrows mainly
eat seeds.
Sparrows can be found almost anywhere there are humans. Some species of sparrows prefer
to live in deserts, prairies, swamps, marshes, forests, and other bushy areas. Some sparrows in
northern North America will migrate south in winter, although most stay in one area year-round. The
older adult males of the migrating sparrows usually spend their winters near their breeding area. Many
people throughout the world enjoy these delightful birds.
1. What is the topic of the text?
2. Where does the sparrow live and what is the main food?
3. The word species means .
4. Who care of the young sparrow?
5. What does the third paragraph tell about?
6. What do the sparrows do in winter?
7. The older adult males of the migrating sparrows usually spend their winters near their
breeding area (par.4). what does their refer to?
8. Many people throughout the world enjoy these delightful birds. The synonym of the
underlined word is .
9. What is fed to the young after hatching?
10. How many species of sparrow live in North America?

Text 2

THE MAN AND THE WOODEN GOD

In the old days men used to worship stocks and stones and idols, and prayed to them to give
them luck. It happened that a Man had often prayed to a wooden idol he had received from his father,
but his luck never seemed to change. He prayed and he prayed, but still he remained as unlucky as
ever. One day in the greatest anger he went to the Wooden God, and with one blow swept it down from
its podium. The idol broke in two, and what did he see? An huge number of coins flying all over the
place.
1. What did the men use to do in the old days?
2. What did they worship?
3. From whom did the man get the idol?
4. What was the mans feeling when he went to the wooden God?
5. What was inside the idol?

Text 3
THE MAN AND HIS TWO WIVES
In the old days, when men were allowed to have many wives, a middle-aged Man had one wife that
was old and one that was young; each loved him very much, and desired to see him like herself. Now
the Man's hair was turning grey, which the young Wife did not like, as it made him look too old for her
husband. So every night she used to comb his hair and pick out the white ones. But the elder Wife saw
her husband growing grey with great pleasure, for she did not like to be mistaken for his mother. So
every morning she used to arrange his hair and pick out as many of the black ones as she could. The
consequence was the Man soon found himself entirely bald.
1. How many wives did the man have?
2. How was the mans hair?
3. What did the young wife do every night to her husband?
4. What did the elder wife do every morning to her husband?
5. What finally happened to the husband?