8Th form Reading Text #2:

“The Dog and the Wolf”

A gaunt Wolf was almost dead with hunger when he happened to meet a House-dog who was passing by.

"Ah, Cousin," said the Dog. "I knew how it would be; your irregular life will soon be the ruin of you. Why do you not work steadily as I do, and get your food regularly given to you?"

"I would have no objection," said the Wolf, "if I could only get a place."

"I will easily arrange that for you," said the Dog; "come with me to my master and you shall share my work."

So the Wolf and the Dog went towards the town together. On the way there the Wolf noticed that the hair on a certain part of the Dog's neck was very much worn away, so he asked him how that had come about.

"Oh, it is nothing," said the Dog. "That is only the place where the collar is put on at night to keep me chained up; it chafes a bit, but one soon gets used to it."

"Is that all?" said the Wolf. "Then good-bye to you, Master Dog."

The moral of the story is, “Better starve free than be a fat slave.”

True/False Questions Reading #2

1. The dog was starving to death when the wolf met him.

2. The dog offered the wolf a place in his master’s home.

3. The hair on a certain part of the dog’s neck was very worn away.

4. The wolf objected to working steadily and getting his food regularly.

5. The dog says that the collar chafes a bit but one gets used to it.

6. The wolf decides to leave after the dog tells him about his collar.

7. The wolf and the dog went away from town together.

8. The dog calls the wolf “cousin”.

9. The wolf’s collar wore away the hair on his neck.

10. The moral of the story is “Better starve free than be a fat slave.”

8Th Form Reading Answer Document:

Reading Text #1:

from “Hot chocolate tastes better in an orange cup” from Agence France Presse, 2012

Multiple Choice:

1. C

2. B

3. D

4. C

5. A

Reading Text #2:

“The Dog and the Wolf”

True/False:

1. False

2. True

3. True

4. False

5. True

6. True

7. False

8. True

9. False

10. True

8Th Form Listening Text #1:

from “What is the What” by Dave Eggars, 2006

For some time, though, finding food was a task left to each of us; we fended for ourselves. Like many boys, I went to the river to fish, though I had no experience fishing at all. I came to the water and everywhere there were boys, some with sticks and string, some with crude spears. My first day fishing, I brought a twisted stick and a piece of wire I had found under a truck.

“That won't work,” a boy said to me. “You have no chance that way.”

He was a thin boy, as thin as the stick I was holding; he seemed weightless, bending leftward with the gentle wind. I said nothing to him, and threw my wire into the water. I knew he was probably right about my chances, but I couldn't admit it to him. His voice was strangely high, melodic, too pleasing to be trusted. Who was he, anyway and why did he think he could speak to me that way?

He was named Achor Achor, and he helped me that afternoon to find an appropriate stick and piece of string. Together that day and in the days that followed, we waded into the water with our fishing poles and a spear Achor Achor had carved himself. If one of us saw a fish, we would try to triangulate it, while Achor Achor thrust the stick into the water, attempting to spear it. We were not successful. Occasionally a dead fish would be found in a shallow swamp, and that fish we cooked or sometimes ate raw.

Multiple Choice

1. For what purpose is the speaker fishing?

   1. He wants to be like the other boys.

   2. He needs to catch fish for food.

   3. He thinks it will be fun.

   4. He has much experienced in fishing.

2. What is the other boy’s attitude toward the speaker when he first tries to fish?

   1. Encouraging.

   2. Discouraging.

   3. Indifference.

   4. Shock.

3. Achor Achor is:

   1. The boy the speaker meets

   2. The name of the river

   3. The name of a country

   4. The speaker’s name

4. How does the relationship between the two boys develop?

   1. They are angry and do not talk to each other.

   2. They only speak to each other when they must.

   3. They compete for fish at the river.

   4. They become friends and help one another.

5. How successfully do the two boys fish together?

   1. They don’t fish together.

   2. Not at all; they had to eat dead fish they found.

   3. Somewhat; they catch some fish to eat.

   4. Very; they speared many fish.