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Reading Comprehension 1.j

 






Read the following passage and answer the questions given below: -

Binya was a poor little girl living with her mother and an elder brother, Bijju, in a very small hilly village of Garhwal. One day while herding her two cows Neelu and Gori back home, she stumbled upon some city people enjoying the picnic in the valley. She was enthralled to see the blue frilly umbrella which they had with them. She began craving for it. On the other hand, the city people got attracted by her innocent beauty and the pendant on her neck. The pendant consisted of leopard’s claw – which was considered a mascot widely in the hills. Binya traded her pendant off with the blue umbrella.

The blue umbrella was so beautiful that soon it became a topic of conversation for the villagers. The children adored her umbrella so much that every time they felt like touching or holding it. Binya was on seventh heaven and rarely closed it because she believed it looked charming when it was opened.\

A) Answer the following questions. 

Q1) Who was Binya and where did she live? 

 Q2) What did Binya wear on her neck? 

Q3) What did Binya do to possess the blue umbrella?


 B) Match the following words with their correct meaning: 

  1) to get attracted by                                             a) mascot 

 2) a desire to possess something                            b) seventh heaven

 3) a thing that is supposed to bring good luck       c) crave 

 4) in a state of extreme happiness                          d) enthralled



 C) Write the collective nouns to complete the following sentences 

1) This year’s basketball ___________ includes three players who are over six feet tall.

 2) A ________________of bees make honey.

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