UNIT 9: TO BUILD A FIRE

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UNIT 9 : TO BUILD A FIRE

P77: comprehension 2

I Toward interpretation

Reread the text above and answer the following

questions.

a In what condition was the man in the first paragraph?

b How did the feel in the second part of the first

paragraph?

c Did he enjoy his comfortable time over the smoke?

Why?

d Why did the dog make no effort to go back toward

the fire?

e Why was there no keen personal relationship between

the man and the dog?

a. In what condition was the man in the

first paragraph?

- The man was a little frightened because of

the cold.

b How did he feel in the second part of the first paragraph?

- He felt reassured and comfortable after he had built a fire.

c Did he enjoy his comfortable time over

the smoke? Why?

- Yes, he did because he had eaten enough and felt warm.

d Why did the dog make no effort to go back toward the fire?

- The dog made no effort to go back toward the fire because it was afraid of the whip-lashes

e Why was there no keen personal

relationship between the man and the dog?

II Complete the sentences provided with the

words given:

Satisfaction truth twigs stamped frightened

1. She was by the strange noise outside

2. It was so cold that his feet felt frozen He

them many times to make them move

3. To tell the this is the coldest winter I’ve ever

known since I came here

4. _ are the small thin branches that grow out a

larger branch on shrub or tree

5. In his old age, he had the great looking back

1. She was frightened by the strange noise outside.

2. It was so cold that his feet felt frozen He

3. To tell the truth this is the coldest winter I’ve

ever known since I came here

a larger branch on shrub or tree

5. In his old age, he had the great satisfaction

looking back on his career

III Fill each numbered blank with a

suitable word.

He stood 1 _ He was a 2 _ frightened He stamped up and 3 _ until the stinging

returned into the 4 _ It 5 _ was cold, he

thought That man from Sulfur Creek had

spoken the 6 _ when 7 _ how cold it

sometimes 8 _ in the country And he had

9 _ at him at the time That showed that one must not be 10 _ sure of things

1, up 6, truth

2, little 7, telling

3, down 8, got

4, feet 9, laughed

5, certainly 10, too