54. Reading Skills Comprehension: Gift

Gift

Read the following passages and answer the questions given at the end of each:

Language is a wonderful gift given to man. No animal possesses this gift, but they have their own way of expressing themselves. When a rabbit sees an enemy, it runs away into its hole. Its tail, which is white, bobs up and down as it runs. The other rabbits see it and they run too. They know that there is a danger. When a cobra is angry, it raises its hood and makes itself look fierce. This warns other animals. When a bee has found some food, it goes back to the hive. It cannot tell the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does a kind of dance in the air. Some animals say things by making sounds. A dog barks when a stranger comes near.                                                          

Questions :

(a) What is a wonderful gift to man?

(b) How does a rabbit express itself in case of danger?

(c) What does cobra do when it is angry?

 (d) How does a bee inform about the presence of food?

(e) How does a dog communicate?

(f) Use the word “possess” in your own sentence.

Answers :

(a) Language is a wonderful gift to man.

 (b) When a rabbit sees an enemy, it runs away into its hole by bobbing up and down its tail as it runs.

(c) When a cobra is angry it raises its hood and makes itself look fierce.

(d) A bee does a kind of dance to tell the other bees where the food is.

(e) A dog communicates by barking.

(f) My uncles possess great communication skills.

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