Question

Heaven and Hell

Almost everyone has a wish, but not many people make their wishes come true. Once in ancient China a man had a strange wish, “I want to see the difference between heaven and hell before I die”. He used to say.
Then one day his wish came true. When he was visiting hell, he saw tables full of delicious food, but everyone was hungry and angry. They had food, but had to sit far from the table because they were forced to use very long chopsticks. It was impossible to put any food into the mouth.
When the man was visiting heaven, he was very surprised. Everything looked the same: big tables full of delicious food, people sitting far from the table, and using very long chopsticks to eat.  It was exactly like hell, but in heaven the people were well fed and happy.
Do you know why? In heaven they were feeding one another.

B – Write (T) for true and (F) for false according to the text
1.  (    ) Everyone makes his wishes come true
2.  (    ) This text takes place in modern China
3.  (    ) Heaven is totally different form hell
4.  (    ) People in hell were very hungry and angry
5.  (    ) The Chinese man never went to heaven

   C – Choose the correct alternative according to the text

1.  This story takes place
(a) in the province of Tibet
(b) in old China
(c) in the future
2.  In hell
(a) there was only one table
(b) there was food on the tables
(c) there was small tables with food
3.  In heaven
(a) people were sitting far from the table
(b) people did not eat
(c)  people had long chopsticks
D – Answer the questions according to the text.
1.  What was the wish of the Chinese man?
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2.  How were the people in hell?
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3.  Why couldn’t they eat?
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4.  How were the people in heaven?
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5.  Was heaven different from hell?

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WORD STUDY

A – Underline the opposites of these words in the text. So write the following
1. heaven – ____________________
2. calm – ______________________
3. different – ___________________
4. near – ______________________
5. short – ______________________
6. false – ______________________
B – Complete the sentences with these words from the text: – true – ancient – wish – forced – far
1. She made my dream come ____________________.
2. The ____________________ Greek studied philosophy.
3. My grandfather’s ____________________ was to visit China.
4. The prisoners are ____________________ to work in a farm.
5. We generally sit ____________________ from the table to eat.

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Answer 1

Resposta:

B- 1. F

2. F

3. F

4. T

5. F

C- 1. b) in old China.

2. b) there was food on the tables.

3. a) e c) estão corretas.

D- 1. The Chinese man had a wish to see the difference between heaven and hell before he dies.

2. People in hell were hungry and angry.

3. Because they had to sit far from the table and use very long chopsticks.

4. People In heaven were well fed and happy.

5. The only difference is that in heaven the people were well fed and happy, because they were feeding one another.

Word Study

A- 1. Heaven- hell.

2. calm- angry.

3. different- same.

4. near- far.

5. short- long.

6. false- true.

B- 1. true

2. ancient

3. wish

4. forced

5. far

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