The Hen with the Silver EggsOne day, in an Arabian city, a woman to the market and bought a beautiful hen. A few days later, to her surprise, the hen she bought laid a silver egg. If the hen could only be persuaded to lay more than one egg each day, the woman was sure she would never have to . (2) again. So the woman decided to make the hen eat more, so that it could lay more eggs. But the only result was that the hen . (3) of indigestion and did not lay more eggs at all.

1. 2. A. GoB. GoingC. WentD. GoneE. Goes

3. 4. A. DoB. WorkC. LaidD. DidE. Worked

5. 6. A. MadeB. DiedC. GrewD. LaidE. Ate

The old saying that necessity is the mother of inventon is not entirely true. If such were the case, one would ...(4) many inventions during periods of ... (5) times. However, history shows that most inventions are (6)... when man is not overworked or hungry.

7. 8. A. beganB. predictC. findD. expectE. meet9.

10. 11. A. easyB. HardC. SpareD. LeisureE. Free12.

13. 14. A. foundB. usedC. madeD. operatedE. discovered

A Four-year-old boy cuddled up to his cat, thanked to it and saidthecat was his hero. It .. (7) inBakersfield, California after he was save by his cat from attacks of a dog. The boy is Jeremy Triantafilo. He was riding his bike on the pavement outside and suddenly was attacked by a neigbours dog. He wascaught inthe jaws of the dog. Fortunately his cat leapt into action and hurled itself straight at the dog. The dogwas startled andrun away. After the incident, the boy has been spending his time with the cat. He has been proud of the cat. When he was (8) whether the dog is the best one, the boy nodded his head and said; Shes my hero. Police . (9) that the dog had nine days left in quarantine before it would be put down after the attack

15. 16. A. CameB. HappenedC. LivedD. StayedE. Saved

17. 18. A. CaughtB. ComplaintC. AskedD. AnsweredE. Bite

19. 20. A. SaidB. CaughtC. AskedD. DeliveredE. Saved