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Topic 7 Exercise 1 Read The Extract of "The Unicorn in The Garden" by James Thurbar and Answer The Questions That Follow

1. The man sees a unicorn in his garden and tells his wife, but she does not believe him and thinks he has lost his mind. 2. The next day, the man sees the unicorn again and feeds it a lily. 3. When the man tells his wife again, she calls him a fool and threatens to have him committed to an asylum for being crazy.

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Topic 7 Exercise 1 Read The Extract of "The Unicorn in The Garden" by James Thurbar and Answer The Questions That Follow

1. The man sees a unicorn in his garden and tells his wife, but she does not believe him and thinks he has lost his mind. 2. The next day, the man sees the unicorn again and feeds it a lily. 3. When the man tells his wife again, she calls him a fool and threatens to have him committed to an asylum for being crazy.

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TOPIC 7 Exercise 1 Read the extract of The Unicorn in the Garden by James Thurbar and answer the questions

that follow. "The unicorn is a mythical beast," she said, and turned her back on him. The man walked slowly downstairs and out into the garden. The unicorn was still there; now he was browsing among the tulips. "Here, unicorn," said the man, and he pulled up a lily and gave it to him. The unicorn ate it gravely. With a high heart, because there was a unicorn in his garden, the man went upstairs and roused his wife again. "The unicorn," he said, "ate a lily." His wife sat up in bed and looked at him coldly. "You are a booby," she said, "and I am going to have you put in the booby-hatch."

1 a)

Construct 3 questions based on Barretts Evaluation category. 1. What kind of person his wife? 2. What do you think of mans attitude? 3. Is unicorn fact or fiction?

b)

Construct 3 questions based on Barretts Appreciation category. 1. Do you think his wife will believe? 2. What would you do if you were the man? 3. Write your own ending to this story.

Exercises for practice Barretts Taxonomy of Reading Comprehension Literal Comprehension 1. Read the newspaper report and answer the following questions: Robbery AtIbnus By : Din Darmo SEREMBAN, Wed Four men armed with pistols struck at the well-known Ibnu Jewel and got away with RM200,000 worth of jewellery, early today. The robbers all wearing masks, entered the shop soon after it opened and overpowered the only security guard, who was caught off guard. There were no customers in the shop at that time. Ismail Ali, 45, was knocked unconscious but his condition is reported to be not serious. The robbers smashed the showcases using axes and grabbed the jewels. They used two bags to fill the stolen jewels. Seremban CID Chief AssistantCommisioner, IdrisNapiah said,The robbers escaped in a red Proton Wira believed to be stolen. A plainclothes cop was just leaving a coffee shop opposite when he saw the robbers getting into the car. He opened fire and hit the rear windscreen of the robbers car. It is believed one of the robbers may be injured. I urged all doctors to report cases of gunshot wounds. Idris also said police are investigating the robbery and urged all jewellery shop owners to improve the security of their premises.

BeritaHarian, 25 Mei 2011

1. When did the robbery happen? The robbery happened on Wednesday, 25th May 2011.

2. How many robbers were involved?

There were four robbers involved.

3. Were they armed? Yes, they were.

4. How much loss was estimated? The loss was estimated RM200,000 worth of jewellery.

5. Did the robbers manage to escape? Yes, they did.

6. Was anyone hurt? Yes, there was.

7. What advice was given to jewellery shop owners? The jewellery shop owners are advice to improve the security of their premises.

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