The great expanse of sea stretched down beneath
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"The young seagull was alone on his ledge. His two brothers and his sister had already flown away the day before. He had been afraid to fly with them. Somehow when he had taken a little run forward to the brink of the ledge and attempted to flap his wings he became afraid. The great expanse of the sea stretched down beneath, and it was such a long way down miles down. He felt certain that his wings would never support him; so he bent his head and ran away back to the little hole under the ledge where he slept at night.
(a) Why was the young seagull afraid?
(b) What did the young seagull feel about his wings?
(c) Pick out the word from the passage that means the same as ‘the verge’.
(d) Pick out the word from the passage which means ‘a narrow flat piece of rock that sticks out from a cliff".
Answer:
a) He was afraid of flying and thought he would fall off the brink. b) He felt his wings weren't strong enough. c) brink d) ledge
Explanation:
a) The young seagull was afraid of falling down from the great height as he thought that he would be able to fly successfully like his brothers and sisters.
b) The seagull felt that his wings wouldn't be able to support him as he believed they weren't strong enough. Due to this, he thought that he would never be able to fly.
c) The word "verge" refers to the edge of the most distant point of something, thus from the passage the word "brink" is the closest to it.
d) The word from the passage that means "a narrow flat piece of rock that sticks out from the cliff" is a ledge, which refers to a rock on the verge of a cliff.
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