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Question no 4-7
The Golden Star-Fruit Tree
A long time ago, there was a rich old man living in Vietnam. He had two sons. They had very different attitudes. The older
brother was very greedy, but the younger brother was very kind. When the old man died, the brothers divided his father's wealth
into two parts. The big brother took almost everything. He gave his younger brother only a small piece of land, with a star-fruit
tree in front of it. The younger brother did not mind. From then on he lived there and made his living only by selling star-fruits
from the tree.
Unfortunately, a very big raven often came and ate all the ripe fruits. At first, he was too afraid of the raven and did not know
what to do. But one day he dared to approach the raven. He begged to it not eat the fruits. "If you eat the fruit, I will have nothing
to sell to the market, and my family will starve."
Surprisingly the raven was not angry. He replied, "I need the fruits too. Can I have them and I'll pay you with gold. Bring a 1-
meter long bag, and I'll bring to place full of gold and you can fill the bag full of gold." The younger brother then told his wife to
make a 1-meter long bag. When the bag was done, he climbed on the raven's back and they flew to a place full of gold. He filled
the bag full of gold and then flew back home on the raven's back. From then on, the younger brother and his family could live
happily in luxury
On the commemoration of his father's death, he invited his older brother to come to his house. Thinking that his brother had a
poor house, the big brother refused to come. But because his younger brother insisted, he and his wife finally decided to come.
When they got to the younger brother's house, they were surprised to see that he was now very rich.
He asked his younger brother how he had got all his wealth, and the younger brother was happy to tell him the truth. Then, the
greedy brother and his wife offered the younger brother to trade all their fortune for the star-fruit tree. The younger brother gladly
accepted the offer. Soon the older brother and his family moved to the house with the star-fruit tree. When the raven came for the
star-fruits, the older brother made the same plea. As expected, the raven told him to bring a l-meter long a bag.
Because he's was greedy, he asked his wife to make a much longer bag. When the bag was the bag done, he climbed on the
raven's back and then they flew to the place full of gold. He filled the big bag with gold. He also brought some gold in his
pockets. On the way home, the load soon became too heavy for the raven. Unable to hang on, the raven swayed, and the greedy
brother fell straight down to the sea with his bag and pockets full of gold. He sank very fast down the sea. The older died because
of his greediness.
4. What does the text tell about?
a.It tells about the family of the rich man
b. It tells about the friendship of the human and the raven
c. It tells about the greedy older brother with his kind brother
d. It tells about how the star fruit tree grow
5. Where was the setting of the story?
a.in Kamboja
c. in Vietnam
b. in Indonesia
d. in Java
6. He gave his younger brother only a small piece of land.
a.What is the underline refer to?
old man
c. younger brother
b. older brother
d. the raven
7. What is the comflication of the story?
a big raven often come and ate all the ripe fruits.
b. a raven asks him to bring 1 meter long bag
C. the younger brother was now very rich
d. the older brother sank very fast down the sea
8. What's the re-orientation (learn) taken from the story?
a.don't be sad
c. be a rich man
b.be a kind people
d. do not be a greedy people​

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