Question

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 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‘.

(e) Pick out the word from the passage that means the same as ‗the thresold‘.​

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) The young seagull was afraid of flying over the sea.

(b) The young seagull felt that his wings would never support him.

(c) The word is ‘brink’.

(d) The word is ‘ledge’.