Unit 15: Why Monkey Has No Home

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Word List

  • n. An affair is an event or a thing that happened.
    My wife and I attended a formal affair over the weekend.
  • n. An assembly is a group gathered together for the same reason.
    The students had an assembly to talk about their interests.
  • v. To bless is to ask God for protection or help.
    The angel blessed the newborn baby to keep it safe.
  • n. Cereal is a breakfast food made from grains that is eaten with milk.
    Cereal is a fast and common breakfast food enjoyed in the US.
  • adj. A cheerful person is happy and pleasant.
    The children were cheerful because they didn't have to go to school.
  • n. The diameter of a round thing is the length across its center.
    The diameter of the tree was about 60 centimeters.
  • v. To exploit something is to use it for greedy reasons rather than good reasons.
    The company exploits their workers and makes them work 12 hours a day.
  • n. A famine is a long time with little or no food.
    The farmers couldn't grow any food in the dry soil, so there was a famine.
  • n. A harvest is the act of collecting food from farming.
    They had a lot of wheat from the last harvest.
  • adj. A merry person is happy and pleasant.
    They felt merry because the weather was great.
  • n. A nut is a hard seed or fruit that comes from some trees and bushes.
    To eat a nut, you must first crack its shell.
  • v. To pardon is to not be angry at someone for asking a question or for making a mistake.
    Pardon me teacher, but could you repeat what you just said?
  • n. A pharaoh was a king in ancient Egypt.
    The pharaohs ruled Egypt for thousands of years.
  • adj. A ripe fruit or vegetable is ready to be eaten.
    The cherries were nice and ripe.
  • v. To roast something is to cook it in an oven or over a fire.
    Mom roasted a turkey for the holiday dinner.
  • n. A routine is a way of doing things that is the same every time.
    My father's daily routine includes shaving right before breakfast.
  • n. A scheme is a plan or design.
    Jason and Mark came up with a scheme to solve the problem.
  • adj. A slim person or thing is thin, not thick.
    Look at my new cell phone. It's very slim.
  • n. A stove is a device used to cook food.
    Our new stove helps us to cook food much faster than before.
  • n. A theft is a criminal act that involves someone stealing something.
    The theft of his TV took place when he was at work.

 

Exercise

A ‣ Circle the two words in each group that are most closely related.

    • a. theft
    • b. nut
    • c. cereal
    • d. routine
    • a. roast
    • b. pharaoh
    • c. stove
    • d. pardon
    • a. assembly
    • b. affair
    • c. bless
    • d. nut
    • a. exploit
    • b. famine
    • c. merry
    • d. cheerful
    • a. scheme
    • b. slim
    • c. ripe
    • d. harvest

 

B ‣ Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part.

  1. The Sun has a larger length across its center than the Earth. _____
  2. The criminal act of taking something stunned all of the students. _____
  3. Her new plan may just solve our year-long problem. _____
  4. The woman wanted the religious man to ask God for help for her. _____
  5. During the long time with no food, her family had to move to the city. _____
  6. The oil company used for greedy reasons the resources of the poor country. _____
  7. Since he is very skinny, most of his clothes don't fit him very well. _____
  8. My thing that I do every day consists of going to work, the health club, and finally home. _____
  9. Don't be angry about this question, but do you know where the library is? _____
  10. In history class, the students learned about the kings of ancient Egypt. _____

 

C ‣ Write the word that best fits each blank.

  1. ripe / roasted
    After picking the _____ fruit, the cook _____ it in the oven.
  2. pardon / theft
    The boy didn't hear what the police said, so he said, "_____ me. Did they say that there had been a _____ in his home?"
  3. famine / pharaoh
    During the _____ , only the _____ had enough food to eat.
  4. cereal / stove
    He wasn't allowed to use the _____ , so he made himself a bowl of _____ instead of cooking.
  5. slim / harvest
    After eating much of the food from the _____ , she was no longer very _____ .
  6. diameter / nut
    You can tell the size of the food inside a _____ if you measure the _____ of its shell.
  7. affair / merry
    The party was such a happy _____ ; everyone seemed so _____ .
  8. routine / bless
    Her daily _____ included visiting her grandmother and asking God to _____ her so she would stay healthy.
  9. assembly / exploit
    The king had a plan to _____ the people, but the people held an _____ to stop him.
  10. cheerful / scheme
    She was _____ because everything about her _____ had worked.

 

Why Monkey Has No Home

For five years, there was a famine. The farmers asked people to bless them, and finally they had a good harvest. Since there was now plenty of food, the pharaoh decided to have a party. The party was a happy affair. For five days, they had a huge feast.

Monkey was very happy. Because of the famine, he was very slim. He wanted to eat a lot of food. When he arrived at the feast hundreds of long tables were filled with food. There were nuts, bowls of cereal, and ripe fruit. He could also smell hot roasted meat cooking on the stove.

The assembly of animals was merry. However, during the meal, Monkey thought of a scheme to exploit the pharaoh's kindness. He decided to steal some of the food and then eat it at home.

All the animals were cheerful. They didn't notice that Monkey was hiding food. After the feast, Monkey took the food to his house and ate it. He repeated this routine every day for four days.

But on the fifth day, the pharaoh had a surprise. He was going to give all the animals a home. Monkey was very excited. But when he arrived at the pharaoh's home, he could not get through the door. The diameter of his waist was wider than the door. He was too fat!

Monkey asked the pharaoh to forgive him for his theft. But the pharaoh said no.

"Pardon?" asked the monkey. He didn't understand why the pharaoh was being unkind. "Everybody else will have a home now, but not you. Now you know that greed gets you nothing," explained the pharaoh.

 

Reading Comprehension

Part A: Mark each statement T for true or F for false. Rewrite the false statements to make them true.

  1. _____ The pharaoh's party was a sad affair.
    __________
  2. _____ There was plenty of ripe fruit at the party from the harvest.
    __________
  3. _____ The assembly of animals was merry.
    __________
  4. _____ Monkey repeated his routine for five days.
    __________
  5. _____ The diameter of Monkey's waist was wider than the doorway.
    __________
  6. _____ The pharaoh asked Monkey, "Pardon?"
    __________

 

Part B: Answer the questions.

  1. What did Monkey do with the food?
    • a. He hid it under the table.
    • b. He took it to his house.
    • c. He gave it to the pharaoh.
    • d. He cooked it on the stove.
  2. The tables were full of all of the following EXCEPT _____.
    • a. vegetables
    • b. ripe fruit
    • c. cereal
    • d. roasted meat
  3. What stopped Monkey from entering the home on the fifth day?
    • a. A locked door
    • b. The pharaoh
    • c. His fat waist
    • d. The other animals

 

Answer Key

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