I. Reading 1- Read the reading below, say whether the statements are true (T) or false (F). (Write T or F at the end of the statement.) HELPING MORTHER AT HOME Every child should love his mother. A girl or boy learns’ many good things from mother. Mother teachers us to be obedient, helpful and friendly to others. Ever since my young days I have always helped my mother in the kitchen. I get up early in the morning and help my mother prepare breakfast. Then I clean the kitchen and sweep the floor. I also help mother wash the post and pans. On Sunday I follow my mother to the market and help her to carry vegetables and fish back home. Some times my mother asks me to cut vegetables. I readily do I wash vegetables. I like to give small help whenever I am free from school work. One day when my mother was sick, I cooked dishes for lunch. My mother is always happy and tells me that I should be good to everyone. Every mother will be happy if her children help her at home. 1. It is a useful lesson for children to love their parents. 2. Children can learn a lot of good things from their mother. 3. The writer seldom helps her mother at home. 4. She gets up late and does nothing in the morning. 5. On Sunday she goes shopping alone. 2- Read the following passage and the unfinished sentences carefully. Then choose the best answer and circle your choice. When springtime comes, everything begins to wake up. Many animals in the woods have been asleep all winter. Birds have been away. Under the snow, the ground has been hard and still. Then, all at once, it is spring! The days begin to grow long. From the south the birds fly back, ready to build their nests. Animals wake up and start to look for food. Trees grow new leaves. Plants begin to flower. Baby birds and animals are born. Farmers are busy from morning until night. In many countries, people greet the spring with songs and dancing. Springtime is a happy time all over the world. 1. The story as a whole is about…………… a. living in winter b. birds flying south c. flowers d. springtime 2. Spring is the time when ……………… a. birds fly to the south. b. it starts to snow. c. baby birds and animals are born. d. farmers have more free time. 3. Farmers ……………………… in the spring. a. have little to do b. begin to look for food c. sing and dance to greet the spring. d. begin to get very busy. 4. Many animals go to sleep in winter because …………………… a. it is difficult for them to find food. b. they have been awake during the other seasons. c. it is too cold for them to look for food. d. they don’t need to eat 5. Birds fly south in winter because ………………… a. there are more trees for them there. b. it is warmer in the south than it is in the north. c. they want a warmer place to lay eggs. d. the days there are longer.