3rd Class English Comprehension Passage - 4

   Passage - 4

Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions: Once a greedy dog was wandering in the town in search of food. Suddenly, it saw a butcher's shop. It came to the shop and stole a piece of meat from the shop and ran out of town. It wanted to eat the meat at a lonely place. There was a small river in the way. The river had a wooden bridge on it. The dog stepped on to the bridge to cross the river. When the dog reached the middle of the bridge it looked downwards in the clear still water of the river. It mistook its reflection for another dog with a piece of meat in the mouth. As it was greedy, it could not bear it. Without losing any time the dog barked at its own reflection. As it did this, the piece of meat fell into water. The greedy dog realized this. But what could be done now?    

  Where was the dog wandering in search of food?

(A) In town                                                        

(B) In village

(C) In forest                                                       

(D) In house

(E) In kitchen  

Answer: (A)

Explanation:

Dog was wandering in the town in search of food. Therefore, option (A) is correct and rest of the options is incorrect.  

  Who was very greedy?

(A) Cat                                                                 

(B) Dog

(C) Tiger                                                              

(D) Lion

(E) Horse  

Answer: (B)

Explanation:

Dog was very greedy. Therefore, option (B) is correct and rest of the options is incorrect.  

  What did the dog see in the middle of the bridge?

(A) Reflection of a fish                                  

(B) Reflection of a crocodile

(C) Reflection of his own                             

(D) Reflection of a frog

(E) Reflection of water  

Answer: (C)

Explanation:

Dog saw his own reflection in the water and mistook it as another dog. Therefore, option (C) is correct and rest of the options is incorrect.  

  What did the dog do to get another piece of meat?

(A) Smiled at its own reflection                 

(B) Barked at its own reflection

(C) Laughed at its own reflection             

(D) Talked to its own reflection

(E) None of these  

Answer: (b)

Explanation:

Dog barked at its own reflection. Therefore, option (B) is correct and rest of the options is incorrect.