Reflex
Treasure
Silver
Island
Sword
A
The
Tale
Thirty-Nine
of Two
Cities
Steps
Gulliver’s
Title
Travels
To
8
ChApTer
whIlE
READING
7eithertold
ChApTers
And
7
whIlE
READING
……………!
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what
you’ve
me,
think in
Philip
didn’t
win
race.
HeI came
16Before
How
. reAdIng
. .?6Cold
and
hungry.
12Encourage
Edek
had
speculation,
run
away
from
and
the
do
Warthe
not
tell
camp.
students
the
Jacques
Gaspard’s
dead
body
after
the
that your
countrymen
the
……………
little
second
andare
third
on
Chainmail.
Where
.on
.Five,
.?Daylight,
Toabout
a farmhouse.
273answers.
When
at the
field
kitchen
Ruth
soldiers
killed
him.
nation
of
insects
that
ever
……………
upon
the
learnt
that
George
stopped
at
What
.the
. had
.?fight
He
hooded
his
eyes
likehad
afinished,
hawk.
124 Yes,
was
holding
Long
John
Edek’s
Silver,
hand.
and
probably
some
others
Madame
Defarge,
about
the
Revolution.
ground.’
Lance
Kinship’s
house
for
a
drink
on
his
way
home.
What . . .? He said that he was a sailor called Ned
38 Jan
because
not
Silver
believe
helped
Edek’s
Trelawney
story
about
to find
hiding
theHong
of
John
about
whether
Ernest
Defarge
isunder
called
Whydid
.Barsad,
. who
.?
Because
Yaxley
was
home
from
Ainslie
had
stolen
some
money
a rest
car.
30
marks
a
the
train.
crew.
Jacques
orthree
not.used
Kong .just
weeks
after George’s
5 How
. .?
He
explosive
to blow death.
up the door.
In
Berlin
it .happens
children
after
the
stayed
ship
inreaches
anon
old
the
cinema.
island.
Ernest
Defarge,
about
the
attack
the
Bastille.
What
helped
the
and
children
of dead
6249 No,
Where
.. ..?the
.?ItOn
top
of
anwives
old
tower.
Which
words
are
missing?
For
each
sentence,
choose
574 Jarvis
Jan
was
helping
some
other
boys
to
steal
food
from
Lorry,
about
Jerry
Cruncher,
who
was
going
and
injured
jockeys.
How . . .?7He
crawled slowly and carefully and
ChApTers
a, b or c. To 9 whIlE READING
the
trains.
to
take
care
of
Mr
Lorry
on
his
trip
to
Paris.
avoidedJim
thewas
wires.
1Before
While
hiding
the10apple barrel, he heard
reAdIng
ChApTer
1 Gulliver
was
a … in
6 The
American
Captain
toldMarquis
Jan he had
been stealing
Charles
Darnay,
about
the
of Evrémonde
Long
John
Silver,
Dick,
and
Israel
Hands
talking
a
doctor
b
teacher
c make
soldier
Encourage
students
to
speculate
and
to
ChApTers
7
And 8 whIlE
READING
American food sent to feed the refugees.
(himself).
about
a
mutiny.
2
The
argument
between
the
Big-Endians
and
the
but
do
not
tell
them
the
answer.
They
will
17guesses,
Alexander
took
care
Hannay
whenhave
he
Jan
went
toTurnbull
prison
because
the
children
didn’t
Charles
Darnay,
about
being
a of
prisoner
himself,
2find
Jim
hurried
to tell
Dr
and theisothers
the
Small-Endians
wasLivesey
aboutanswer
…
as
they
read
number
was
ill with
malaria.
enough
money
to pay
the the
200 marks.
andout
remembering
Drthat
Manette’s
many years
in the2.
a news.
ships
b
shoes
c Bullivant
eggs
2 terrible
Scudder
had
sent
a
letter
to
Sir
Walter
Bastille. 10 To 13 whIlE READING
3 The
King
of
Lilliput
to punish
3ChApTers
ChApTers
The
captain
9 And
didn’t
10
know
whIlE
how
READING
many
men in Gulliver
his crew
saying
that
he
was
with
adecided
good
friend.
11ChApTers
Lord
White,
to Philip,
about
the photographs
that
by
…
A
were
Bavarian
honest.
farmer,
to
the
children,
about
a
potato
8
And
9
whIlE
READING
3 Sir Walter Bullivant had told the police that Hannay
showed
Dana
and
Ivor
den
Relgan
as
lovers.
anot
taking
all
hishim.
money
thatDr
When
Jan
most
ofthrown
the
crew
at
went
ashore, Jim went with
14 F
Manette
was
safe
in
Paris.
was
ahad
murderer.
22 F
Harold,
to
Philip,
about
Ivor
den Relgan
no longer
b
cutting
off
his
hair
FrauLucie
them.
Wolff,
tovery
her husband,
about
Edek.
was
afraid
of
Madame
Defarge.
4 Karolides
was
shot
dead at
seven
o’clock
in the
c in the
making
him
blind
being
Jockey
Club.
Two
Jan,
to
honest
the
farmer,
men
in
about
the
crew
the
were
fact
that
murdered
the
farmer’s
on the
35 T
evening.
4 Before
Gulliver
leftabout
Brobdingnag,
he offered
to
Elgin
Yaxley,
toGerman
Philip,
Philip
asking
him for
sons
first
day
had
on
been
the
island.
soldiers,
and
so
enemies
435 F
Most
of
prisoners
were
sent
to
the
Guillotine.
MacGillivray told Hannay that he didn’t want towho
tell
the King
howInjured
to … Jockeys Fund.
more
money
for
the
had Gunn
Ben
fought
had
against
beenPolish
marooned
people.
three years ago.
56 T
arrest
him.build
aJackson
a shipneighbour), to Philip, about
Mrs
(Philip’s
7464 F
Ben
FrauHe
Gunn
Wolff,
knew
to
the
all
children,
about
Flint’s
about
treasure.
their
agreed
to
help,
if
his
life
was
not mother.
put in was
Marmaduke
Jopley
told
the
police
that
Hannay
b from
make
gunpowder
the
man
the
water
company
whotrying
came
to hide
85 Ben
Edek,
offered
to
the
to
Burgomaster,
help
Jim
and
about
his
friends
Jan,
in
return
to
for
danger.
a murderer.
c
find gold
check
Philip’s
pipes.
the
thousand
fact
that
pounds
Jan
couldn’t
out
of
speak
money
German.
that
was
really
his.
7 aF
Mr
Lorry
was
planning
to
leave
Paris
the
next
Lord
Alloa was
and didn’t
the meetingday.
at
5 Gulliver
wasillcarried
awaycome
fromto
Brobdingnag
56 Ivor
den
Relgan,
to
Philip,
about
burning
George
TheWalter
Burgomaster,
to the
farmer, about the children,
Sir
Bullivant’s
house.
by
…
ChApTers
10 To
1211
whIlE
READING
And
whIlE
READING
Millace’s
house.
whoahad to
sent home
like
a be
bird
b
the other
windrefugees.
16ChApTer
Where
.
.
.?
The
English
flag
was 6+14
flying over
1+12 2+16
3+15about
4+10
7+18the8+11
to9the
Philip,
his 5+17
injuries,
whIlE
READING
c to
a monkey
7 Clare,
Edek,
Burgomaster,
about hiswhich
fathershe
Joseph
house
inhad
thewas
stockade,
andby
Jolly
Roger
flying
realized
been
caused
a beating,
not was
a fall
19+13
Because
he
often
illthe
to
go
and
6 Gulliver
found
thetoo
Yahoos
… to meetings
Balicki.
over
the
Hispaniola.
Darnay
appeared
before
the
Tribunal
a
second
time,
from
a
horse.
when interesting
hetowas
heb was
afriendly
man
of his
verycanoes
few
8 even
The afarmer,
thewell,
children,
about
using
Why
. den
. .?was
Because
they
it would
beshe
easier
he
accused
bythought
three
citizens.
When
Dr
72because
Dana
Relgan,
to
Philip,
about
the
list
had to
words.
c
horrible
to get away by river.
defend
themselves
in
the
stockade,
and
because
that heto
was
one of
he they
writtenheard
on
packet
of
cigarettes
foraccusers,
George
Millace.
2Manette
Because
he awanted
collect
histhe
pay
personally.
knew
that
11
ainspector,
To
rescue
13
whIlE
ship
READING
be
sent
toexplained
look
spoke
to
the
Tribunal.
Defarge
30
marks
The angrily
police
to would
Philip,
about
the
hydrogen
38ChApTers
Because
he
was
looking
for
aBut
place
where
high for
tide
1that
She
them
let
if
go
they
of
did
her
not
paddle
return
suddenly,
by
the
and
end
he
of
August.
fell
back
he
had
found
a
paper
written
by
Dr
Manette
in
sulphide
gas
in
Philip’s
water
filter
that
nearly
killed
was at 10.17.
When
he
left
Lilliput,
what
did
Gulliver
take
with
345theWhat
into
the
.
.
water.
.?
The
map
of
Treasure
Island.
Bastille,
and
he
read
it
aloud
to
the
Tribunal.
The
Jeremy. the spy was going to leave from a small him
Because
to show
his
friends
in Evrémonde
England?
24paper
They
Who
.found
. .?aor
Ben
Gunn.
again,
the river
told
story
ofpaddle
the
who had
harbour,
atheir
place
where
there because
wasbrothers,
no harbour.
Before
reAdIng ChApTer 14
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carried
Who
. . it.?the
down
Captain
them.
Smollett
and his
men.
the
deaths
of
four
members
a family. The
55caused
Because
spy to
was
going
back
toofGermany.
students
speculate
and
to to
make
36Encourage
Jan had
Where
. .left
.?
itangry
at
find
theto
Ben
Wolffs’
Gunn.
next
the
people
were
soTo
to
hear
offarm,
these
crimes
thatphoto
they
10
marks
guesses,
but
do
not
tell
them
Before
reAdIng
ChApTer
10the answers. They will
7said
of Darnay
How
Rudolf.
. . .? In
BengoGunn’s
boat. the next day.
must
to the little
Guillotine
find
out
they
readto
that
answers
and
students
speculate
toare
make
84Encourage
Because
Who
. .as
.?she
The
thought
man
in
Edek
thethe
red
was
cap,
soand
ill
dead,
that
and
he1cmight
Israel
After
the
trial,
Sydney
Carton
went
to
the
Defarges’
2b.
guesses
but
do not
tell
them
the answers.
will
T
Total
marks
die before
Hands,
wounded.
they
got
to Switzerland.
wine-shop,
where
he
heard
Madame
DefargeThey
talking
be
able
to
check
their
answers
when
they
read
the
95ChApTers
Because
Where
.he
.?
To
to Inlet,
go Defarge
back
further
to did
theup
Wolffs’
thewant
coast
farm
about
her. family.
Madame
not
toof
14wanted
ToNorth
16 whIlE
READING
chapter.
The
‘yes’
answers
are 1, 4, 5 and
6. were
Treasure
and
get
the
Island.
silver
sword.
stop
the
killing
until
all
the
Evrémonde
family
On the diazo film and paper Philip discovered a list
106of
Because
Why
. . Manette
.?dates,
Jan
Because
screamed
when
athe
him
threw
and
the
kicked
knife
him
that
when
dead.
Dr
could
do
nothing
to
help
Darnay
names,
and
drugs,
and
a letter
written
byhit
Joe wouldn’t
Jim,
Jim’s
pistols
take
went
him
north
off bytoaccident
Boding.
because
his mind
returned
the
past.and
Carton,
George
Millace
tohad
Lance
Kinship.
Because
of shot
this
7letter,
Because
Israel
he had
received
from
Herr
and
however,
had
a that
plan,
whichletters
he kept
to himself.
heHands.
knew
Lance
Kinship
had
killedWolff
George.
1
AFTER
READING
11ACTIVITY
Joseph
What
.
.
Balicki,
.?
Silver’s
and
parrot,
he
now
Captain
knew
for
Flint,
certain
screaming,
that
the
Philip’s
mother had died from drugs, so Philip planned
Before reAdIng ChApTers 12 And 13
Possible
answers:
children’s
‘Pieces
of
father
Eight!
was
Pieces
living
of
Eight!’
in
Switzerland.
to
make
Lance Kinship
give speculation.
him the names
people
Open
answers.
Encourage
Doofnot
give
oLiCeman
: What
time
did
you
arrive
at aMr
Hannay’s
8P
Thesold
heavy
rainHe
turned
thethen
stream
into
fast-moving
who
drugs.
would
give
these
names
to
Before
reAdIng
13
the answers,
whichChApTer
are:
flat?
river,
which
carried Edek’s boat out into the lake.
the
drugs
police.
speculation,
do notclothes
tell students
1Encourage
Sydney Carton
is goingand
to change
with
iLkmanBriggs
: she
At about
a quarter
seven.
9mVictor
Because
thought
thathe
he to
cared
more
about him
his
told
Philip
stop
asking
if Charles
their guesses
aresoright.
Thewould
‘yes’
answers
are
Darnay,
that Charles
can
escape,
and
P
oLiCeman
:
Why
did
you
go
into
the
flat?
dog
Ludwig
than
about
Edek.
to
lose races.
However,
decidedhas
to become
numbers
1 and
the
treasure
gone). a
Sydney
will
die3in(but
his Philip
place.
photographer, leave Lambourn, and marry Clare.
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everything
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activities
(page
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where
everything was very small.
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241 Y
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Bastille
prison
in
Paris.
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4 YREADING
5N 6N
ACTIVITY
23 BEFORE
35 Lucie.
The
girl
who
looked
after Gulliver
Encourage2 students
to speculate
and to during
make
BEFORE READING
4ACTIVITY
‘Jacques’.
one
of
his
adventures.
will
guesses,
but
do
not
tell
them
the
answers.
They
guesses
but
do
not
tell
them
the
answers
They
thatwill
they
5Encourage
‘A terriblestudents
machine to
of choose
death’, the
withmeaning
a sharp knife
that
find
out
as
they
read
that
the
answers
are
1a,
1c
will
find
out
as
they
read
that
the
‘yes’
answers
are
be
able
to
check
their
answers
when
they
read
the
B
think
is
most
likely.
The
right
answer
is
number
3.
cuts off people’s heads.
(but
for
the
Injured
Jockeys
Fund,
not
himself),
2a,
numbers
1,
2,
and
4.
story.
The
‘yes’
answers
are
2,
5
and
6.
aA ‘piece
Laputa
d
Glumdalclitch
of eight’ was a gold coin (a Spanish dollar,
2b,
2d. 2toBEFORE
ACTIVITY
READING
b Lilliput
e Brobdingnag
equivalent
eight
reals), which was formerly used
ACTIVITY
3 BEFORE
READING
Encourage
students
to speculatecountries.
and to make
cin
Struldbrug
Spain
and
Spanish-speaking
began
in 1939
andstudents
ended
The Second
correct World
answerWar
is 2,
but do
not tell
guesses but do not tell them the answers. They will
in
1945.
The
children
lived
in
Poland,
in
eastern
this.
They
will
find
out
when
they
read
the
story.
ACTIVITY
BEFORE
READING
find out15
as3 marks
they
read
that the only ‘yes’ answers are
Europe.
To
get
to
Switzerland,
they
had
to
go
west
Encourage
but do not tell students
theto
numbers
5 1discussion,
and
6.
ChApTersand
To
5 whIlE
READING
Germany,
then
south
to
Switzerland.
2 Are
these In
sentences
true (T)2,
or3,
false
(F)?6 are true.
answers.
fact, numbers
4 and
1ACTIVITY
Because 3heBEFORE
didn’t like cheating, and he knew that he
a
Gulliver was READING
married.
had
a very
good
chance
of winning
that day.
In
France
in1the
18th
century
richtonoblemen
b
Gulliver
found
it difficult
learn the owned
ChApTers
And
2 whIlE
READING
2most
He of
drove
off
the
road
and
into
a
tree,
probably
the land, of
and
the poor
had nothing.
They had
languages
other
countries.
1 31 years.
because
he
went
to sleep
whiletoheeat,
wasand
driving.
hard
lives,
did
not
have
enough
hated
the
c He was
In Brobdingnag,
1 To 3 whIlEGulliver’s
READING master tried to
2ChApTers
bored.
1 To
3 interested
whIlE READING
3ChApTers
Because
he
was
to
find
out
why
George
and
noblemen.
make
money
by showing
to people
at and
How
. . his
.?
He
knocked
down
ahim
guard
catapult
311King
Because
a man
called
Scudder
arrived
at hisa flat
Because
many
people
came
there. with
had keptnot
a box
of his
worst
mistakes.
the
and stole
his
uniform.
Then he walked out of the
asked
formarket.
help.
24 A
with
leg.money.
Byseaman
giving him
a one
lot of
The
people
of going
Laputa
veryGreek
interested
prison
with
the
other
guards.
43d A
That
someone
was
towere
kill
the
Prime
man called
Blackthat
Dog,
and
a blind
man.other
5 Because
it showed
they
had
met each
in. .mathematics.
24 He
How
.?
By
hiding
in
a
luggage
lift.
Minister.
andO’Tree
the captain
had a fight,
and Black Dog ran
before
shot Yaxley’s
horses.
e Someone
After
spending
aprisoner
year
with
horses
in the
35ChApTers
Why
.
.
.?
Because
a
had
escaped.
1
put
Toa3knife
whIlE
through
READING
his
heart.
away.
6 He
was not a serious or responsible person.
country
of Nazis
the Houys,
Gulliver
was
very
What
. . they
.? The
took
away
and
sent him
her to
1564 Jerry
Because
Cruncher
he
was
afraid
that
they
would
arrest
for
He
said
wanted
oldher
sea-chest.
7 Because
nobody
knewhisthat
he
had them.
happy
to leave so that he could be with
Germany.
26 Jarvis
murder.
Lorry
gave
the him
captain
the black
spot.
8 He
Dana
knew
because
she got
drugs from him,
human
beingson
again.
Why
. . .? too
Because
the night his wife was taken
3775 Monsieur
To
Scotland.
Defarge
Drinking
much
rum.
and Ivor hit him because he wanted him to stay away
away,
someone
shot at the car, and one of the Nazi
48 Madame
As
a milkman.
Defarge
from Dana.
15
marks
4
To
6 in
whIlE
READING
soldiers
was
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Stage 4
JonathanAuthor
Swift
Gulliver’s Travels
Jonathan Swift
Setting
14 Glumdalclitch is a _____ who looks after
Gulliver in Brobdingnag.
a □ kind woman b □ kind girl c □ cruel man
d □ cruel boy
15 At the palace in Brobdingnag, the Queen’s
_____ is very cruel to Gulliver.
a □ sister b □ brother c □ magician
d □ dwarf
16 The King of Brobdingnag is very _____ when
Gulliver offers him the secret of gunpowder.
a □ happy b □ surprised c □ angry
d □ quiet
17 The servants of the President of Glubbdubdrib
are all _____.
a □ ghosts b □ giants c □ dwarves
d □ soldiers
18 A Strudlbrug is a human being who will never
_____.
a □ fight a war b □ learn to read c □ have
children d □ die
19 The Houys are _____ who are very sensible and
gentle.
a □ sailors b □ pirates c □ horses d □ dogs
20 The _____ are ugly animals with human faces.
a □ Laputans b □ Yahoos c □ Struldbrugs
d □ Lilliputians
M U LT I P L E - C H O I C E
TEST
Choose the best answer.
1 Gulliver starts the first journey he describes in
_____.
a □ 1599 b □ 1699 c □ 1799 d □ 1899
2 Gulliver comes from _____.
a □ France b □ Ireland c □ England
d □ America
3 The people of Lilliput are very _____.
a □ small b □ big c □ fat d □ thin
4 The country of Lilliput is _____ the country of
Blefuscu.
a □ under b □ a long way from c □ friendly
with d □ at war with
5 When Gulliver first arrives in Brobdingnag, he
hides in a _____.
a □ house b □ field c □ cooking pot
d □ wooden box
6 The country of Brobdingnag is joined on to
north-west _____.
a □ America b □ Japan c □ India d □ Peru
7 In Brobdingnag, a monkey takes Gulliver _____.
a □ over the fence b □ down the garden
c □ up a tree d □ on to the roof
8 Some sailors find Gulliver in _____ in the sea.
a □ a small boat b □ an old bottle
c □ a wooden box d □ a large bath
9 Laputa is an island _____.
a □ in the sky b □ under the ground c □ in
the sea d □ inside a mountain
10 _____, Gulliver finds some strange creatures
with human faces.
a □ On Laputa b □ In Houyhnhms c □ On
Luggnagg d □ On Glubbdubdrib
20 marks
Dialogue
Who said or wrote this?
21 ‘I’m so glad they’ve taken away my chains.’
a □ Gulliver b □ Reldresal c □ the King of
Lilliput d □ the Queen of Lilliput
22 ‘For six years we’ve had two political groups, the
High-Heels and the Low-Heels.’
a □ Gulliver b □ Gulliver’s wife c □ Reldresal
d □ the King of Blefuscu
23 ‘For your bravery, you will be one of my lords
from now on.’
a □ Gulliver b □ the King of Lilliput
c □ the Queen of Lilliput d □ Flimnap
24 ‘Our neighbour has advised Father to show you
to people, for money!’
a □ Reldresal b □ the King of Brobdingnag
c □ the Queen of Brobdingnag
d □ Glumdalclitch
25 ‘As I’m a stranger here I don’t mind being shown
to people like a strange, wild animal.’
a □ Gulliver b □ Reldresal c □ the Queen of
Brobdingnag d □ Glumdalclitch
20 marks
Character
Choose the best answer.
11 When Gulliver is younger, he leaves college and
becomes a _____.
a □ doctor b □ teacher c □ musician
d □ shop keeper
12 _____ is one of the most important officials
who helps Gulliver at first.
a □ Yahoo b □ Struldbrug c □ Flimnap
d □ Reldresal
13 The people of Lilliput call Gulliver the _____.
a □ Man-Mountain b □ Man-Hill c □ ManGiant d □ Man-House
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26 ‘How amusing it is that an insect like this
should talk of such important matters!’
a □ the Queen’s dwarf b □ the King of
Brobdingnag c □ the Queen of Brobdingnag
d □ Glumdalclitch
27 ‘I’d like to give you something to thank you for
your kindness to me since I arrived at the
palace.’
a □ the Queen’s dwarf b □ Reldresal
c □ Glumdalclitch d □ Gulliver
28 ‘Young man, nobody murdered me. I drank too
much and died of a fever.’
a □ one of the ghost servants b □ the ghost
of Alexander the Great c □ the President of
Glubbdubdrib d □ the King of Laputa
29 ‘We use language in this country in order to
understand each other, and to give and receive
information.’
a □ the President of Glubbdubdrib b □ one
of the Yahoos c □ Gulliver d □ Gulliver’s
Houy master
30 ‘How can I go back to England to live with
those awful Yahoos!’
a □ a sailor on Gulliver’s ship b □ Gulliver’s
wife c □ Gulliver d □ Gulliver’s Houy master
39 a piece of iron that can pull other pieces of
metal to it
a □ coin b □ key c □ magnet d □ ruler
40 great surprise at something
a □ astonishment b □ worry c □ fear
d □ promise
20 marks
Plot
20 marks
Vocabulary
Choose the best answer.
31 very small
a □ wide b □ adequate c □ deep d □ tiny
32 to make the noise that a horse makes
a □ smile b □ shout c □ neigh d □ laugh
33 when you make a fire stop burning
a □ put off b □ put out c □ put up
d □ put on
34 when there is fighting between two different
countries
a □ war b □ argument c □ revolution
d □ system
35 a person who can make wonderful, strange
things happen
a □ master b □ professor c □ magician
d □ manager
36 very big
a □ huge b □ narrow c □ average d □ round
37 a living animal or person
a □ human b □ creature c □ object d □ thing
38 to move slowly on your hands and knees
a □ race b □ fall c □ jump d □ crawl
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TEST
Choose the best answer.
41 When Gulliver wakes up in Lilliput he can’t _____.
a □ hear b □ see c □ speak d □ move
42 There are two different groups of people in
Lilliput who argue about _____.
a □ which colour shoes to wear b □ which end
to break their eggs c □ which language to
speak d □ which king and queen to choose
43 Gulliver stops the Blefuscan ships by _____ in
the sea.
a □ pulling them b □ pushing them
c □ throwing them d □ kicking them
44 Gulliver leaves Lilliput because the King is _____.
a □ kind to him b □ bored with him
c □ angry with him d □ careless with him
45 When Gulliver’s shown many different people in
Brobdingnag he becomes _____.
a □ angry and violent b □ rich and happy
c □ sad and bad d □ thin and ill
46 The King of Brobdingnag thinks that political
life in England is _____.
a □ perfect b □ terrible c □ clever d □ polite
47 The people of the island of Laputa are very
interested in _____.
a □ sport b □ art c □ maths d □ history
48 When Gulliver is with the President of
Glubbdubdrib, he talks to people _____.
a □ from the past b □ from the future
c □ from England d □ from Japan
49 Gulliver likes living with the Houys because
_____.
a □ there are no wars or crime b □ there are
no ugly servants c □ there is no food or drink
d □ there is no language
50 When Gulliver gets home, he feels _____
because everyone looks like Yahoos.
a □ happy b □ excited c □ sad d □ good