The Bear and the Two Friends Once, two friends were walking through the forest. They knew that anything dangerous can happen to them at any time in the forest. So they promised each other that they would remain united in case of danger. Suddenly, they saw a large bear approaching them. One of the friends at once climbed a nearby tree. But the other one did not know how to climb. So being led by his common sense, he lay down on the ground breathless, pretending to be a dead man. The bear came near the man lying on the ground. It smelt his ears and slowly left the place. Because the bear did not touch him, the friend on the tree came down and asked his friend on the ground, "Friend, what did the bear tell you into your ears?"The other friend replied, "He advised me not to believe a false friend. 39. What can we get from the story? (A) We have to save ourselves. (B) We have to learn how to climb. (C) Bear will not harm a dead man. (D) True friend always stand by us in ups and downs. 40. "He advised me not to believe a false friend." (Paragraph 3) The underlined word refers to (A) The bear. (B) The dead man. (C) The friend who cannot climb. (D) The friend who climb the tree. 41. Where do you think the story happened? (A) In the river. (C) In the woods. (B) In the park. (D) In the zoo. 42. '... pretending to be a dead man.' (paragraph 2) What is the opposite meaning of the underlined word? (A) assume. (C) reveal. (D) put on.

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The Bear and the Two Friends Once, two friends were walking through the forest. They knew that anything dangerous can happen to them at any time in the forest. So they promised each other that they would remain united in case of danger. Suddenly, they saw a large bear approaching them. One of the friends at once climbed a nearby tree. But the other one did not know how to climb. So being led by his common sense, he lay down on the ground breathless, pretending to be a dead man. The bear came near the man lying on the ground. It smelt his ears and slowly left the place. Because the bear did not touch him, the friend on the tree came down and asked his friend on the ground, "Friend, what did the bear tell you into your ears?"The other friend replied, "He advised me not to believe a false friend. 39. What can we get from the story? (A) We have to save ourselves. (B) We have to learn how to climb. (C) Bear will not harm a dead man. (D) True friend always stand by us in ups and downs. 40. "He advised me not to believe a false friend." (Paragraph 3) The underlined word refers to (A) The bear. (B) The dead man. (C) The friend who cannot climb. (D) The friend who climb the tree. 41. Where do you think the story happened? (A) In the river. (C) In the woods. (B) In the park. (D) In the zoo. 42. '... pretending to be a dead man.' (paragraph 2) What is the opposite meaning of the underlined word? (A) assume. (C) reveal. (D) put on.

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39. D 40. C 41. C 42. C

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The story illustrates a moral lesson about the nature of true friendship. The friend who climbed the tree did not help his companion in danger, which suggests he was not a true friend. The moral is that a true friend would stay and face the danger together. The underlined word 'He' refers to the person who is being spoken to by the bear, metaphorically. Since the bear did not literally speak, it refers to the friend who pretended to be dead and received the 'advice'. The story took place in a forest, as indicated by the setting described at the beginning. The opposite of 'pretending' is to reveal the truth or to be genuine, which is the meaning of 'reveal'.

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