ADVANCED READING AND WRITING

(Brief-answer Questions)

Reading – I

24. Read the following composition attentively and answer any five of the questions:

The glow worm is an insect. In spite of its name it is not really a worm but a member of the beetle family. It is coloured dark brown on the back and pink underneath. There are two spots of bright red on each division of its body. At night there is a green light in its tail.

The glow worm hunts a very small kind of snail for food. The glow-worm's method of attack is interesting. It can make the snail unconscious and then feed on it. But the glow worm cannot really eat. It can only drink. It has to change its food into a drink. It can drink by changing the solid food into a thing liquid.      

a.      Glow worm is really a beetle.

Answer: TRUE

b.      The passage tells only about the food intake of glow worm.

Answer: FALSE

c.       Glow worm is multi coloured.

Answer: TRUE

d.   Glow worm can hunt any snail.

Answer: FALSE

e.   The beauty of glow worm enchants us.

Answer: NOT GIVEN