Golden Eggs

      Long time ago a remote village, in central China was inhabited mainly with farmers and hunters.

One day, a poor farmer lost his entire livestock to flood. He prayed hard to God for help or his family would die of starvation.

Few days later, an old man with long grey beard, passed by his house took pity on him. He gave him a goose and said “ I don’t have any expensive thing to give you and hope this goose will help you to ease your hardship.”

A week later to almost surprise the farmer found and egg in his yard. This was no ordinary egg. It was a golden egg. He was suddenly overcome with joy.

Thereafter, his livelihood had rapidly improved but the farmer had forgotten his earlier hardship. He became lazy, arrogant and spendthrift.

Strangely, the goose only laid one golden egg every six months. The greedy farmer lost his patient and slaughtered his goose thinking there were plenty of golden eggs inside its stomach.

Though he very much regretted for his foolishness, it’s already too late.

 

1.      What did the story teach us?

a)      It taught not to be greedy and contented with what we had

b)      It taught us to pray to God for help

c)      It taught us foolishness did not pay

d)      It taught us not to be lazy or arrogant

e)      It taught us not to forget a good deed

 

2.      What is the communicative purpose of the text?

a)      To share an amusing  story with other

b)      To inform readers about the farmer and the goose

c)      To describe how the farmer got rich

d)      To persuade the reader to read the story

e)      To entertain the reader with an interesting story

 

3.      Which of the statement described his downfall?

a)      He prayed for God’s help or his family would die

b)      He did not believe the old man

c)      A week later to his utmost surprised he found a golden egg

d)      He lost his patient and slaughtered his goose

e)      He forgotten his hardship and became lazy and arrogant and spendthrift

 

4.      Which part of the story is orientation?

a)      One day, a poor farmer lost his entire livestock

b)      Few days later an old man, with long grey beard, passed by his house took a pity on him

c)      A week later to his utmost surprise the farmer found an egg in his yard

d)      Long time ago, a remote village, in central China, was inhabited mainly with farmers and hunters

e)      Strangely, the goose only laid one golden egg every six months