Question

Read the following poem carefully and complete the activities. 10 marks

To be a successful and competent vet,

Needs knowledge exceedingly wide,

For each of the patients he’s likely to get

Possesses a different inside.

He must know why the cat is refusing her milk,

Why the dog is not eating his bone,

Why the coat of the horse is not shining like silk,

Why the parrot does nothing but groan;

Why the ducks and the chickens are failing to lay,

Why so faint the canary bird sings,

And if he is called to the zoo, he must say

An incredible number of things.
if the lion’s caught a cold,

If the zebra’s getting old,

If the centipede has trouble with his feet,

If the hippo’s feeling ill,

If the bison’s got a chill,

If the Arctic fox is suffering from heat,

If some virulent disease

Has attacked the chimpanzees,

If the tortoise hasn’t stirred for several years,

If the bear’s too full of buns,

If the cobra eats her sons,

If the panther has a wife who chews his ears;

If giraffes have had a tiff

And their necks are feeling stiff

If hyenas will not laugh at keepers’ jokes,

If the monkey’s pinched his tail,

If the rhino’s looking pale,

If the elephant eats paper-bags and chokes,

If the camel-hurts his hump,

If the kangaroo won’t jump,

If the crocodile turns cannibal and bites,

They run away and get

That omniscient, the vet

And expect him to put everything to rights.

Profoundly I pity the vet, who must learn

Such a very great deal for his pay;

My son, I advise you most strongly to earn

Your living an easier way.

Don’t attempt to attend the zoological crowd;

a far more advisable plan

Is to call yourself ‘Doctor’, and so be allowed

To treat the illnesses of man.

A) Complete the following.

1. It is difficult to be a successful vet because …………………… .
The ducks and chicken are ……………….. .

3. The opposite health problems of lion and artic fox are that ………………….. .

B) Pick out an example of alliteration from the extract.

C) Write four reasons why animals in a zoo suffer more than those who live free in the wild?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1) Needs knowledge exceedingly wide

2) failing to lay

3) The lion has caught the cold and the Arctic fox who live in cold weather is suffering from heat. These are the opposite lionesses of the lion and the Arctic fox.

4)If the bear’s too full of buns,

5)

1.The animals are held in a cage

2. They are not being able to roam free, causing the animal to become depressed for life.

3.Also scientists have proven that animals that are kept in cages become stressed, sick and don't live as long.

4. Furthermore, animals should definitely not be kept in cages because it's not their natural habitat.

Answer 2

Answer:

who was maganlal?

a)fruit seller b) cap seller c) vegetable seller